H2Open 2012 Awards Update
What a great response to the H2Open 2012 Open Water Swimming Awards: almost 50 nominations received already. Keep them coming in.
The one notable exception is for the “Best International Event of the Year”. We know we have plenty of readers outside the UK, and we also suspect quite a few British swimmers travel to events around the world. We’d love to hear from you what you think are the best open water swimming events in the world. Also, we only have one nomination so far for Inspirational Swim of the Year. Roger Allsopp becoming the oldest man (at 70) to swim the English Channel is certainly inspirational but we’re sure there are others.
Remember, anyone can make a nomination. Complete a nomination form here.
See below for a summary of entries so far.
| Award | No. of nominations | Nominations |
| Charity Swim of the Year | 12 |
2swim4life Big Ricks swim team Cake Pigeons David Walliams Great Pier Swim, Southend On Sea (8 nominations) |
| Best UK Event | 17 |
Henley Swim Bridge to Bridge (2 nominations) British Gas Great East Swim (2 nominations) British Gas Great Swim Series Clevedon Annual Long Swim Henley Swim – Classic (6 nominations) British Gas Great Salford Swim Southend Great Pier Swim (2 nominations) SwimFesT Series, Lakeside The British Gas Great North Swim |
| Best International Event | 0 | |
| Coach of the Year | 6 |
Dawn Rolph Gill Kelly Pauline Squire Ray Gibbs Tri n Swim Well (2 nominations) |
| Innovation of the Year | 3 |
Queenford Lake Relays (2 nominations) Swimovate Poolmate |
| Inspirational Swim of the Year | 1 | Roger Allsopp |
| Open Water Ambassador of the Year | 5 |
Colin Hill Pauline Squire (2 nominations) Richard Stannard Stephen Parry |
| Open Water Swimmer of the Year | 5 |
Barbara Williams Christopher Smith Howard Keech Paul Bates Roger Allsopp |
Simon Griffiths
I created Outdoor Swimmer in 2011 (initially as H2Open Magazine) as an outlet for my passion for swimming outdoors. I've been a swimmer and outdoor swimmer for as long as I remember. Swimming has made a huge difference to my life and I want to share its joys and benefits with as many people as possible. I am also the author of Swim Wild & Free: A Practical Guide to Swimming Outdoors 365 a Year and I provide one-to-one support to swimmers through Swim Mentoring.
