Bog snorkelling

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Bog snorkelling
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Competitor of the World Bog Snorkelling Championship
First played 1976, Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, United Kingdom
Characteristics
Team members Single competitors
Mixed gender Yes, but in separate leagues
Type Outdoor, aquatic
Equipment Snorkel and flippers
Venue Water-filled trench cut through a peat bog

Bog snorkelling is a sporting event that consists of competitors completing two consecutive lengths of a water-filled trench cut through a peat bog in the shortest time possible. Competitors must wear snorkels and flippers and complete the course without using conventional swimming strokes, relying on flipper power alone. A wetsuit is not compulsory, but is often worn.

The length of the trench is 60 yards (55 m) (traversed twice for a course of 120 yards (110 m)).[1]

The current World Record Holder, Kirsty Johnson, set a time of 1 min 22.56 secs in 2014 .

History of bog snorkelling

The activity of bog snorkelling was started in 1976 near Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales, United Kingdom. It began as a result of an over-the-bar conversation in The Neuadd Arms between Gordon Green and a few regulars.[citation needed]

World Bog Snorkelling Championship

The World Bog Snorkelling Championship, first held in 1985, takes place annually every August Bank Holiday at the dense Waen Rhydd peat bog, near Llanwrtyd Wells in mid Wales. In 2014 Kirsty Johnson broke the previous world record set by Dineka Maguire in 2013. Kirsty's time was 1:22.56 secs. The World and Men's Champion for 2015 is Haydn Pitchforth in a time of 1.26.75 this breaks the recent dominance of female bogsnorkellers who had taken the world title for the previous two years. The Ladies Champion in 1.31.06 is Eva Jonasson also the reigning Swedish champion.

Other bog snorkelling events take place, particularly in Wales (but also in Australia, Ireland, and Sweden). Associated events include the associated mountain bike bog snorkelling (where competitors must ride through the bog on specially prepared mountain bikes), and the Bog Snorkelling Triathlon (a 120-yard (110 metre) swim, a 19-mile (31 kilometre) bike ride and a 7.5 mile (12.1 kilometre) run).[2][3]

Proceeds from the championship go to a local charity each year. Charities include the Cystic Fibrosis Trust (2005) and the Motor Neurone Association (2006). The 2006 charity was chosen in memory of the Green Events Treasurer, Ron Skilton, who died in December 2005.[4]

Results

Men

  • 2015 - World Champion : Haydn Pitchforth : 1 min 26.00 secs
  • 2014 - World Champion : Craig Pedley ; 1min 33.25 secs
  • 2013 - World Champion : David Williams : 1 min 32.68 secs
  • 2012 - World Champion : Richard Addis : 1 min 26 secs
  • 2011 – World Champion : Andrew Holmes : 1 min 29 secs (New world record)[5]
  • 2010 – World Champion: Dan Morgan : 1 min 30.06 secs (New world record)[6]
  • 2009 – World Champion : Conor Murphy : 14 min 42.30 secs
  • 2008 – World Champion : Conor Murphy : 1 min 38.09 secs
  • 2007 – World Champion : Robert Liscoe : 1 min 43 secs
  • 2006 – World Champion : Haydn Pitchforth : 1 min 41.42 secs
  • 2005 – World Champion : Iain Hawkes : 1 min 46.03 secs
  • 2004 – World Champion : Phillip John : 1 min 38 secs
  • 2003 – World Champion : Phillip John : 1 min 35.46 secs
  • 2002 – World Champion : Phillip John : 1 min 45 secs
  • 2001 – cancelled due to Foot and Mouth Disease
  • 2000 – World Champion : John Cantillon : 1 min 39 secs (New world record)[7]
  • 1999 – World Champion : Peter Owen : 1 min 52 secs
  • 1998 – World Champion : Craig Napper : 1 min 53 secs
  • 1997 – World Champion : Peter Beaumont : 1 min 44 secs
  • 1996 – World Champion : Jonathan Maiden : 2 min 12 secs
  • 1995 – Cancelled due to drought
  • 1994 – World Champion : Stephen Madelin

Women

  • 2015 - Female World Champion : Eva Jonasson ( Swe) 1min 31.03 secs
  • 2014 - Female World Champion : Kirsty Johnson 1min 22.56 secs (New world record and current record for both sexes)
  • 2013 - Female World Champion : Dineka Maguire 1 min 23.13 secs (New world record)
  • 2012 – Female World Champion : Dineka Maguire 1 min 26.97 secs (New world record)
  • 2011 – Female World Champion : Dineka Maguire
  • 2010 – Female World Champion : Dineka Maguire : 1 min 31.90 secs
  • 2009 – Female World Champion : Laura Smith : 1 min 51.00 secs
  • 2008 – Female World Champion : Kirsty Brown : 1 min 53.12 secs
  • 2007 – Female World Champion : Joanne Pitchforth : 1 min 35.18 secs
  • 2006 – Female World Champion : Alexis Howe : 1 min 45 secs
  • 2005 – Female World Champion : Heidi French : 1 min 48.65secs
  • 2004 – Female World Champion : Terry Avery
  • 2000 – Female World Champion : Joanne Wallace
  • 1998 - Female World Champion : Clare Davies
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A photo of the World Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling Championship[when?]

Junior

  • 2015 - Junior World Champion : Megan Davies 1 min 54.84
  • 2014 - Junior World Champion : Emma Pitchforth 1 min 26.81 (World record for Juniors)
  • 2013 - Junior World Champion : Jack Everist
  • 2012 – Junior World Champion : Dineka Maguire 1 min 26.97 secs (world record)
  • 2011 – Junior World Champion : Dineka Maguire
  • 2010 – Junior World Champion : John Lydeard
  • 2009 – Junior World Champion : Beccy Lord 1 min 41.56 secs
  • 2008 – Junior World Champion : Laura Smith 1 min 51.21 secs
  • 2007 – Junior World Champion : George Murphy 1 min 35 secs
  • 2006 – Junior World Champion : William Schofield 1 min 48 secs
  • 2005 – Junior World Champion :
  • 2004 – Junior World Champion : Gareth Madelin
  • 2003 – Junior World Champion : Gareth Madelin
  • 1999 – Junior World Champion : Joanne Wallace 1 min 53 secs
  • 1997 – Junior World Champion : Al Hudson
  • 1996 - Junior World Champion :

Local Men's

  • 2015 -Local Champion : Alex Creak
  • 2010 – Local Champion : Tony Bain
  • 2004 – Local Champion : Nick Bridgeman

Local Women's

  • 2010 – Local Women's Champion : Kelly Fuller
  • 2004 – Local Women's Champion : Becky Jones

References

  1. ↑ Irish Bog Snorkelling (2009). World Record Smashed Twice!! 1st ever Irish Bog Snorkelling Championships a Huge Success. Irish Bog Snorkelling. Retrieved on 2012-07-29 from http://www.irishbogsnorkelling.com/index-09.htm.
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