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Open Water Swimming at Heron Lake is opening early this season due to massive demand. The Lake opens on April 25th 2009Since 2006 Heron Lake Swimmers have been the single biggest donators to the lake, which has helped raise money for the BDWSA (British Disabled Water Skiing Association). With the money raised last year, it has been possible to invest in the much needed improvement of the facility, with new showers and changing rooms, plus many other areas that help and maintain a great facility for people to use and enjoy. The lake was receiving over 400 swimmers at the weekends, which illustrates what a popular venue and safe fun and enjoyable place Heron Lake is to use. 2008 will be no exception with an expected increase in people attending the lake. With this forecast additional parking areas are being sorted out. Heron Lake Opening TimesWe swim from 6am to 8.30am on Saturdays, Sundays and Wednesday mornings from the 25th April until end of September 2009. Heron Lake might be opening on Tuesdays, but this will depend on demand for Wednesday swimming this seems to be the most popular day to swim. Last entry to the lake is at 8am, exit the water by 8.30 to vacate the premises for 9am, to allow the disabled water skiers to have full access. Please note: The above times must be adheared too as the lake is only available to us until 9am. Heron Lake Prices£5 per person, per session. £35 for a 10 session card purchase. £300 for a 100 session card purchase. All the cards can be purchased at the gate in the morning. If you do so, please be aware that other vehicles will be entering and exiting the lake. Park up just after the gate to one side. Alternatively you can send a cheque, made payable to "Heron Lake Swimmers" and send it to Heron Lake Swimmers, 17A The Arches, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1RH. The session cards were extremely popular last year, as it meant that clubs and individuals not only save money, but it helped with the queues going out of the gate. Waiver Disclaimer FormWe have been asked by our insurance to get everyone to fill out and complete a new Waiver Disclaimer Form click here to download. Please complete this form to save time on the gate. If you can forward it onto any one that you know will be coming for a swim, this again will save a huge amount of time when entering the lake. 
Wetsuit Testing - Try before you buyIf you are looking to improve your swim times, but also get the best experience out of your swim leg or your triathlon, we recommend that you get yourself kitted out with a decent wetsuit, so why not come down to the lake and try before you buy. Wetsuit testing is charged at £15 per test. We will take off any testing money from that morning's session on the purchase of a suit We want to make sure that we offer you the best service available. Offering a wetsuit testing service is something that other stores are not able to provide. Heron Lake is proud to be associated with the worlds best Manufacturers of wetsuits Orca, who will be on hand every weekend at the lake to try and test out the latest wetsuits on the market. There will also be an opportunity to try out Blue Seventy and Aquasphere wetsuits throughout the season. Aquasphere is also the main supporter of swimming goggles. They are number one in open water swimming and triathlon swim accessories. SBR SPORTS is the Official Retailer at the lake. They do not hire wetsuits for the season or one off events, as 99% of the time most people buy a wetsuit and use it, not only at the lake, but also for the whole season. Open Water Swimming RacesWe had a lot of people asking about practicing their race swim times and race start simulation. Every Saturday at 8am there will be a 1 lap around the lake race. Prizes will be given for 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Over a 10 week period everyone's times will be logged and race leader board will be put up at the lake to see who is winning. To enter the 10 races will cost £20 or £2.50 per race. If you enter the series you could win up to £500 worth of kit from Rick Kiddle Coaching, Aquasphere Wetsuits and SBR Sports. For more information, please ask at the lake information point. The first race will not be until the second week of the lake opening. Throughout the year there will be some advertised evening swimming dates TBA. If you are looking for evening swimming or a small event to get race sharp please visit www.f3events.co.uk which will have some regular swims and events at Dorney Lake. F3 EventsFore more information on the evening triathlons and entry forms please visitWant to Coach at Heron Lake? Heron Lake has always encouraged more coaches to use the lake and bring down clients to improve their open water swimming. For more information on coaching, please contact Rick Kiddle who heads up the coaching at Heron Lake. If you are part of a club that has purchased 200 session cards or more, you are able to coach your members for FREE. For all coaching sessions, we ask that you please contact Rick Kiddle - 07770 391966 or visit his website at: http://www.rickkiddle.com, so that we know who is coaching, and Rick is able to sort out any additional water or land cover that is required for Health & Safety. Staff WantedWith any successful organization that gets more popular, we need to get more staff. If you want to join the team at Heron Lake, we are looking for enthusiastic and committed staff to help out with the gate, pontoon lifeguard, car parking assistance and cafe staff, plus SBR SPORTS is always on the look out for new members to join its retail team. There are very flexible hours and also good pay. For more information, please contact Martyn Edwards at Martyn Edwards or Rick Kiddle on 07770 391966. The Waterside CafeThe Cafe is now going to be run by Heron Lake swimmers - The Cafe opens at 6.30 until 8.30 and will take last orders at 8.15. If you are looking to warm up after your swim the Heron Lake bacon butty and coffees are usually well received. Heron Lake ServicesAll triathlon equipment is available to buy from SBR Sports, who have everything you could possibly need and can even offer delivery to the lake. There are also Wetsuits available for sale and trial every session. How to get to Heron LakeHeron Lake is only 100m off the M25 & Junction 13. Heron Lake & Open Water Swimming InformationFor more information on Heron Lake please use the form below. |
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