SYDNEY ICON JOINS WORLD SERIES SWIMS

In September, World Series Swims was launched and unveiled some of Australia’s most popular annual ocean swims in the new-look family of events.

This week, World Series Swims welcomed one of Sydney and Australia’s most iconic swims to the family – the Macquarie Bondi to Bronte Ocean Swim.

The Macquarie Bondi to Bronte Ocean Swim (B2B) was started in 2001 by the then President of Bronte Surf Club, Graham Ford to raise funds to send a team of young Bronte Surf Club Competitors to the World Life Saving Championships at Daytona Florida USA in 2002. In addition to financing much needed surf lifesaving equipment, this event continues to partly fund Bronte competitors.

The event is now a Sydney institution with over 2000 swimmers competing annually over a course that links the first two Surf Life Saving clubs in the world, Bronte SLSC and Bondi SLSC.

The course traditionally starts in front of Bondi Pavilion, runs out from Bondi Beach, around Mackenzie’s Point and down the coast into Bronte Beach, a distance of 2.1 - 2.4km.

Current Bronte Surf Club President, Basil Scaffidi, believes the new partnership is a great step forward.

“Bronte SLSC is pleased our iconic Macquarie Bondi to Bronte Ocean Swim has joined the World Series Swims family. This association enhances the opportunity for participants of this growing sport to compete in a swim series up and down the eastern coast of Australia “