SLICE 2025

sHAFTESBURY lIDO icE cHAMPIONSHIP eXTRAVAGANZA 2025

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Programme of Events – times updated 11/02/25

RULES and INFO

Race Entry

• SLICE 2025 will include both individual races and relays.
• You can enter as many races as you like. But please remember the water will be cold, possibly under 5ºC, and you must allow time for rewarming between races.
• Competitors must be acclimatised to cold water before the event.
• Entry is via our booking platform www.bookwhen.com/shaftesburylido. Please scroll down on the booking page to the event date. Entries open at 0900 on 2^nd January 2025.
• Competitors must be at least 18 years old on the day of the event.
• Entries close at midnight on 1^st February 2025.
• This is not a licensed meet and is all in the name of fun.

Registration

• There is a ‘SLICE registration fee’ of £10 for all competitors, payable when you book your race(s). This can be selected at the top of the event bookings list on the booking page.
• All competitors must fill out an online registration form by midnight on 1^st February 2025. The link for this can be found here: https://forms.office.com/e/UQ40wPySUA or under ‘INFORMATION’ when you select your ‘SLICE registration fee’.
• All competitors must register in person at Shaftesbury Lido on 16^th February 2025, when you will be given your race pack and hat.
• Competitors can register for all races between 8am and 9am.
• Competitors only taking part in afternoon races can register from 1230-1310.
• Competitors will not be able to register and take part if they have not filled out the online registration form prior to the event, and no refund will be given.
• Please allow plenty of time to arrive and register, failure to register on time will result in disqualification, and no refund will be given.
• At registration you will be given a card with your race details, including time of your race and when to arrive poolside at the assembly point. Late arrivals will be disqualified, and no refund will be given.
• Any merch that has been pre-ordered will be available to collect at registration. Please note there will be limited merch available on the day so to avoid disappointment, please pre-order. Information on how to order your sparkly merch is on the online registration form.
• Relay teams – the team captain’s name and details are required for entry and must be on the online registration form. Other team members’ details must be included on the Captains online registration form also. Team member details must be submitted by midnight on the 1^st February 2025. Any changes to team members must be made no later than 7th February 2025 by emailing them to slice.dorset@gmail.com

Transfers and Refunds

• Once you have entered and paid for a race, it is not possible to transfer your entry to another person, and you can only receive a refund if you cancel an entry before 1^st February 2025. This must be done by email to slice.dorset@gmail.com
• If your chosen race is sold out, please email slice.dorset@gmail.com with your name, gender, and the event that you wish to enter. We will place you on the waiting list for any spaces that may become available.

Your Race

• All competitors will be swimming at their own risk.
• Competitors must wear a swim hat. Bobble hats may be worn over the top of the swim hat for the bobble hat dash and the fun relay only.
• Competitors must wear a safety belt while swimming (such as the belt from a tow float). Please try and bring your own, however we may have a few available on the day to borrow.
• Competitors taking part in the 16 length race must bring a ‘second’ who will watch them compete and stay with them after to help them with recovery if needed. This should be someone who knows you and has seen you swim in cold water before. We will endeavour to find you a second if you are unable to provide one yourself.
• No-one may swim under the influence of alcohol or drugs, including performance enhancing drugs or internal or external substances that preserve or increase body heat.
• All competitors must wear a non-transparent, one or two-piece, swimsuit, which goes no further than the shoulder or top of the knee (i.e. no legs or sleeves). Women may not swim topless.
• Swimsuits must not give the swimmer any thermal protection or buoyancy. Thermal socks, thermal gloves or wetsuits are not permitted, with the exception of the bobble hat dash and the fun relay, when gloves and/or socks may be worn.
• Competitors may not use any device or material that is designed to improve performance, such as hand-paddles, snorkels, fins or floatation aids, with the exception of the fun relay, and only then what is provided by the event organisers.
• Please email us at slice.dorset@gmail.com if you have any special requirements regarding swimwear for cultural or medical reasons.
• All races will start and finish at the shallow end, with the exception of the bobble hat dash, which will start at the deep end and finish at the shallow end.
• Competitors will start in the water, with shoulders in the water and one hand on the wall.
• No diving allowed at any time.
• Competitors must not swim for more than 5 meters underwater from the wall, either at the start or after a turn. i.e. you must resurface before travelling 5 meters.
• No tumble turns allowed at any time.
• Competitors must swim the stroke of the race entered. Freestyle can be any stroke.
• Competitors must touch the walls to turn and to finish.
• Breaststroke and Fly – turns and finishes must be by using 2 hands to touch the wall.
• Relay change-overs – the outgoing swimmer must keep one hand on the wall until the incoming swimmer has touched the wall.
• False starts will not be recalled but will incur a 5 second penalty, and if deemed blatant, will result in disqualification.
• Competitors must exit using the steps at the shallow end.
• Races will be heat declared winners, no finals.
• Any deviation from these rules may result in disqualification. Judges and/or organisers decision is final.

Rewarming and recovery

• Hot tubs will be available for competitors only, for use between races.
• Hot tub use is at the competitors own risk and should only be used when there are observers present. Observers may be part of the event team or a competitor’s ‘second’, and will be someone who can keep a close eye on the competitor while they are in the hot tub, and for a while after they get out, to make sure they have no ill effects.
• Competitors who have taken part in the 16 length endurance race must have their ‘second’ present while they are in the hot and for a while after they get out, to make sure they have no ill effects.
• Any problems with rewarming between races may result in that competitor being withdrawn from subsequent races, and no refund will be given. Organisers decision is final.

Leisure Swim

• There will be a leisure swim during the afternoon registration from 1230-1300.
• This will be open to anyone and pay on the day. Cash or card accepted.
• It will be on a first come first served basis and limited to 20 in the pool at any time.
• If you are hoping to swim during this time and either competing in the afternoon or acting as a ‘second’ to a competitor, please allow enough time to rewarm fully either before your race or when you are needed by your competitor.

Refreshments

• Both cash and cards accepted.
• Hot chocolate and yummy slices of homemade cake will be available (all proceeds from these will go directly back to the Lido for renovations and improvements).
• There will also be a local hot food van on site serving a selection of hot and cold drinks, and food, including bacon, eggs, burgers and sausages, plus veggie burgers and sausages.
• Please bring your own reusable mugs where possible to help with Sustainable Shaftesbury.

Photography and filming.

• By entering any race as part of SLICE 2025, you are agreeing to photography and filming throughout the event.
• Photographs and recordings will be used for marketing and publicity on social media and the STC (Shaftesbury Town Council) website and may be used in the press or third-party media and publications.

Prizegiving

• This will take place at the end of the day after the last race has been swum from 1530-1600.
• Medals will be awarded for 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd for each event.

Raffle

• There will be a raffle draw at the end of the day with Prizegiving, cash or card accepted.
• Please bring something to add to the table for the raffle.

Thank you for supporting the first year of this event, we hope it will be a great success and something to continue in the future.

All proceeds will be going to help with renovations and improvements for the Lido.

If you would like to make a donation to the Lido, then please send an email the Lido Manager for more details and to find out how ~ lidomanager@shaftesbury-tc.gov.uk.