The Swim Team really appreciate all your e-mails ... here's a selection of them!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for organizing this event!! It was great fun! Susanne

Was hard work but a great swim, thanks to all organizers. Christophe

Well done organizing this. Berry

Thanks for the great event today! John

A big thank you to everyone for their hard work in organising this. Hope to see you next year. Best The Keatings!

Just wanted to say you guys all did a great job in organising this year. It went great- I did one a few years back and this was certainly better. All the best and thanks for all your efforts- they are recognised and appreciated. Myles

Thanks a lot for this fabulous organization. We had a great time. Thanks again, Best regards Camille

Thanks to you and your team for organising such a well-run and fun event on the weekend. Our whole family enjoyed the experience and our 10 year old son will be back next year to swim with his parents. Cheers Louise

Thank you very much indeed. You organised very well this Mekong river swimming competition 2011. I hope to do it next year with a better score. Thank you for keeping all swimmers informed. Regards, Marie

Thank you for a great event. Best regards, Pelle

Just a note to say thanks for organising the swim yesterday. It was well-organised and lots of fun. Appreciate your efforts. Best, Rosaleen.

Thanks for a great event. I really enjoyed. Never quite expected to come 2nd! Thank you Alan

Another word of congratulations for coordinating such a successful event. Why was it successful? Participants enjoyed themselves, pax & vols could access the venue using well-prepared maps and transportation options, pax & vols knew what they needed to do, injuries were minimised and promptly managed because SOS mechanisms were in place, spectators had plenty of opp to watch and enjoy the event, pax were nourished post-swim, all people’s efforts were celebrated (even after the event as shown in your email below) and and and and I wasn’t really behind the scenes to know the ins and outs more intimately, but from where I stand, things really did turn out very successfully. Please feel free to keep my name on file for next year (though I’ll surely want to join you all in the water come swim time). Best wishes, Nicole

Just wanted to say a big thank you for a great morning on Sunday - a fantastic chance for my 12 year old daughter to challenge herself ( as for her 46 year old dad....) It was a really well organised event, so please pass on my thanks to all those who made it happen - MRS 2012? Mark and Eden

Congratulations to you and your team - this event (from swimmer perspective anyway) was so well organised, communication was excellent and direction/briefing on the day was well done. It was great to be so informed, particularly in the week leading up to the event. I chose The Shop for lunch on Monday - great to have local business support too. Thanks again, Cassie.

I just wanted to drop you a short note and thank you for coordinating the Mekong River Swim. It was a great event and very well organised. I hope it was a success and will be held again next year. Regards Elisabeth

The Swim Team really appreciate all your e-mails ... here's a selection of them!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for organizing this event!! It was great fun! Susanne

Was hard work but a great swim, thanks to all organizers. Christophe

Well done organizing this. Berry

Thanks for the great event today! John

A big thank you to everyone for their hard work in organising this. Hope to see you next year. Best The Keatings!

Just wanted to say you guys all did a great job in organising this year. It went great- I did one a few years back and this was certainly better. All the best and thanks for all your efforts- they are recognised and appreciated. Myles

Thanks a lot for this fabulous organization. We had a great time. Thanks again, Best regards Camille

Thanks to you and your team for organising such a well-run and fun event on the weekend. Our whole family enjoyed the experience and our 10 year old son will be back next year to swim with his parents. Cheers Louise

Thank you very much indeed. You organised very well this Mekong river swimming competition 2011. I hope to do it next year with a better score. Thank you for keeping all swimmers informed. Regards, Marie

Thank you for a great event. Best regards, Pelle

Just a note to say thanks for organising the swim yesterday. It was well-organised and lots of fun. Appreciate your efforts. Best, Rosaleen.

Thanks for a great event. I really enjoyed. Never quite expected to come 2nd! Thank you Alan

Another word of congratulations for coordinating such a successful event. Why was it successful? Participants enjoyed themselves, pax & vols could access the venue using well-prepared maps and transportation options, pax & vols knew what they needed to do, injuries were minimised and promptly managed because SOS mechanisms were in place, spectators had plenty of opp to watch and enjoy the event, pax were nourished post-swim, all people’s efforts were celebrated (even after the event as shown in your email below) and and and and I wasn’t really behind the scenes to know the ins and outs more intimately, but from where I stand, things really did turn out very successfully. Please feel free to keep my name on file for next year (though I’ll surely want to join you all in the water come swim time). Best wishes, Nicole

Just wanted to say a big thank you for a great morning on Sunday - a fantastic chance for my 12 year old daughter to challenge herself ( as for her 46 year old dad....) It was a really well organised event, so please pass on my thanks to all those who made it happen - MRS 2012? Mark and Eden

Congratulations to you and your team - this event (from swimmer perspective anyway) was so well organised, communication was excellent and direction/briefing on the day was well done. It was great to be so informed, particularly in the week leading up to the event. I chose The Shop for lunch on Monday - great to have local business support too. Thanks again, Cassie.

I just wanted to drop you a short note and thank you for coordinating the Mekong River Swim. It was a great event and very well organised. I hope it was a success and will be held again next year. Regards Elisabeth

So you swam the Mekong ... how about joining Cambodia's first ever Aquathlon?

The newly formed Cambodia Traiathlon Federation are organising Cambodia's first ever Aquathlon (swimming & running) in May 2011. Please check out their FaceBook page or e-mail rowdie_loughlin@ican.edu.kh for further details!

Hope to see you there!

David & The Swim Team

So you swam the Mekong ... how about joining Cambodia's first ever Aquathlon?

The newly formed Cambodia Traiathlon Federation are organising Cambodia's first ever Aquathlon (swimming & running) in May 2011. Please check out their FaceBook page or e-mail rowdie_loughlin@ican.edu.kh for further details!

Hope to see you there!

David & The Swim Team

MRS 2011 in the news!

The Phnom Penh Post on Monday 4th April

The Cambodia Daily on Monday 4th April

MRS 2011 in the news!

The Phnom Penh Post on Monday 4th April

The Cambodia Daily on Monday 4th April

A HUGE thank you to all of our sponsors this year!

Thank you to all the volunteers who turned out in force to ensure the MRS 2011 was such a great event for everyone involved! The Swim Team would also like to thank Prek Leap Agricultural College for once again hosting this annual event. The support and cooperation from the Director and his staff at the college has been much appreciated. We hope that we can continue this collaboration in 2012.

International SOS (corner of St. 51 & St. 228) who once again provided the medical team (paramedic, nurses & ambulance), without which this annual event would certainly not have been possible. Thanks to Ed, the International SOS nurses and Sue for supporting the MRS once again!

The Shop on St. 240 who provided nourishment post-swim for our intrepid Mekong River swimmers. Thank you for your continued support with the MRS and the sandwiches, Griet!

A new sponsor this year, but the plethora of much deserved pizza was certainly welcome by our winners! Luna d'autunno on St. 21 provided pizzas for all 1st & 2nd place swimmers in each of the under 18 age groups and for the 4 swimmers in the fastest team! Thank you Elain for donating these.

You will all have seen this amazing piece of artwork promoting the MRS 2011 on posters, in magazines and at the Swim on the t-shirts and banners. A highly talented local artist, Peap Tarr, is the person who created this logo. We really appreciate Peap creating and donating such an iconic image for the Mekong River Swim. As you will see from the post below in this blog, there is a limited edition run of white t-shirts now on sale at both iCAN and K'NYAY for only $8. Buy them for your family & friends before stocks sell out!

K'NYAY Khmer & Vegan Cuisine on St. 268, played a huge part in the run up to the MRS 2011, as they were one of the two registration points across the city. Not only did Run, Sern & their team at K'NYAY promote and register swimmers for the MRS 2011, they also turned out to volunteer as safety crew at the Swim last Sunday and they donated $100 worth of K'NYAY meal vouchers to 1st, 2nd & 3rd positions in both the mens and womens +18 years category. Great effort guys!

Last, and by no means least, a MASSIVE thanks to the team at iCAN British International School! After the cancellation of MRS 2010 due to a lack of volunteers, the Swim Team at iCAN offered to take over the organisation of this years MRS. It was a real team effort and over 50 of the iCAN staff and school community volunteered at the Swim on Sunday. iCAN was also the other registration point across the city and their organisation ensured that the event ran so smoothly. The Swim Team at iCAN have already met and begun to plan MRS 2012

... so keep Sunday 1st April 2012 free in your diaries!

David & The Swim Team

A HUGE thank you to all of our sponsors this year!

Thank you to all the volunteers who turned out in force to ensure the MRS 2011 was such a great event for everyone involved! The Swim Team would also like to thank Prek Leap Agricultural College for once again hosting this annual event. The support and cooperation from the Director and his staff at the college has been much appreciated. We hope that we can continue this collaboration in 2012.

International SOS (corner of St. 51 & St. 228) who once again provided the medical team (paramedic, nurses & ambulance), without which this annual event would certainly not have been possible. Thanks to Ed, the International SOS nurses and Sue for supporting the MRS once again!

The Shop on St. 240 who provided nourishment post-swim for our intrepid Mekong River swimmers. Thank you for your continued support with the MRS and the sandwiches, Griet!

A new sponsor this year, but the plethora of much deserved pizza was certainly welcome by our winners! Luna d'autunno on St. 21 provided pizzas for all 1st & 2nd place swimmers in each of the under 18 age groups and for the 4 swimmers in the fastest team! Thank you Elain for donating these.

You will all have seen this amazing piece of artwork promoting the MRS 2011 on posters, in magazines and at the Swim on the t-shirts and banners. A highly talented local artist, Peap Tarr, is the person who created this logo. We really appreciate Peap creating and donating such an iconic image for the Mekong River Swim. As you will see from the post below in this blog, there is a limited edition run of white t-shirts now on sale at both iCAN and K'NYAY for only $8. Buy them for your family & friends before stocks sell out!

K'NYAY Khmer & Vegan Cuisine on St. 268, played a huge part in the run up to the MRS 2011, as they were one of the two registration points across the city. Not only did Run, Sern & their team at K'NYAY promote and register swimmers for the MRS 2011, they also turned out to volunteer as safety crew at the Swim last Sunday and they donated $100 worth of K'NYAY meal vouchers to 1st, 2nd & 3rd positions in both the mens and womens +18 years category. Great effort guys!

Last, and by no means least, a MASSIVE thanks to the team at iCAN British International School! After the cancellation of MRS 2010 due to a lack of volunteers, the Swim Team at iCAN offered to take over the organisation of this years MRS. It was a real team effort and over 50 of the iCAN staff and school community volunteered at the Swim on Sunday. iCAN was also the other registration point across the city and their organisation ensured that the event ran so smoothly. The Swim Team at iCAN have already met and begun to plan MRS 2012

... so keep Sunday 1st April 2012 free in your diaries!

David & The Swim Team

MRS 2011 t-shirts NOW ON SALE!

Have all your friends been asking you where you got your stylish MRS2011 t-shirt?

Do they want to have one too?

Well now they can!

Limited edition MRS2011 white t-shirts (designed by Peap Tarr) are now being sold at K'NYAY and iCAN to further raise funds towards this year's cause - helping to rebuild/resource a primary school in Ofunato, Japan, which was destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami last month.

These limited edition t-shirts being sold for only $8, in a variety of sizes. Please spread the word!

Hurry now whilst stocks last ... otherwise you'll have to wait a whole year until the next Mekong River Swim!

MRS 2011 t-shirts NOW ON SALE!

Have all your friends been asking you where you got your stylish MRS2011 t-shirt?

Do they want to have one too?

Well now they can!

Limited edition MRS2011 white t-shirts (designed by Peap Tarr) are now being sold at K'NYAY and iCAN to further raise funds towards this year's cause - helping to rebuild/resource a primary school in Ofunato, Japan, which was destroyed by the earthquake and tsunami last month.

These limited edition t-shirts being sold for only $8, in a variety of sizes. Please spread the word!

Hurry now whilst stocks last ... otherwise you'll have to wait a whole year until the next Mekong River Swim!

The MRS 2011 results are in ...

POS.	SWIM TIME	MRS 2011 Swimmers
1	8.24	Xavier Riblet	M85
2	9.36	Alan Kourie	M2
3	9.37	Ben Wallace	M10
4	9.57	Trevor Piper	M83
5	10.00	Berry Schipper	M12
6	10.03	George Jefferies	M30
7	10.07	Jean-Pierre De Mamgemie	M34
8	10.07	Rebecca Green	F45
9	10.18	Marion Maitre	F36
10	10.22	Elisabeth Turnbull-Brown	F13
11	10.34	Nicolas Axelrod	M50
12	10.38	Jady Smith	M31
13	10.40	Arnaud Demarti	M7
14	10.46	Narak Kun	M48
15	10.51	Romain Clercq-Roques	M65
16	10.53	Terry Bourke	M77
17	10.57	Tristan Peschoux	S2
18	10.59	Ben Rutledge	M9
19	11.10	Stefaan Vande Walle	M73
20	11.23	Chris Lahey	M15
21	11.30	Eric Le Guen	M29
22	11.47	Louise Murray	F33
23	11.52	Karen Genzink	F24
24	12.00	Carl-Emil Kjellstrand	M14
25	12.10	Rowdie Loughlin	M67
26	12.15	Adele Peers	F1
27	12.24	Dirk Horemans	M27
28	12.24	Tess Lambourne	F54
29	12.26	Nobuaki Hirose	M51
30	12.30	Sowon Lee	J13
31	12.32		M88
32	12.33	Benj Street	M11
33	12.39	Coline Rapneau	F11
34	12.40	Kate Lewis	F25
35	12.50	Michael Polak	M46
36	12.53	David Hunt	M25
37	13.04	Joachim Groder	M35
38	13.14	Maria Sommer	J11
39	13.15	Caroline James	F7
40	13.16	Tim Ricketts	M80
41	13.19	Myles Harrison	M47
42	13.20	Sopheap Keo	M71
43	13.23	Jessica Robertson	F22
44	13.25	Lisa Slavovsky	F31
45	13.26	Darren Marshall	M23
46	13.33	Patrick Kooijman	M53
47	13.35	Peter Roggekamp	M55
48	13.35	Jael Sommer	S4
49	13.45	Tonya Nicholoson	F55
50	13.50	Charlotte Lancaster	F9
51	14.01	Roy Jaekelmann	M68
52	14.03		F57
53	14.10	Tom Murray-Loans	M82
54	14.15	Veerle Cnudde	F56
55	14.19	James Oakley	M32
56	14.30	Matteo Piccoli	J3
57	14.50	Camille Niquin	F4
58	14.50	Sarah Sommer	J12
59	15.25	John Friend-Pereira	M38
60	15.32	Katie Watson	F26
61	15.34	Jenny Holden	F21
62	15.51		F58
63	15.54	John Coughlan	M36
64	15.55	Jessica Rendall	J10
65	16.01	Jean-Baptiste Beaufort	M33
66	16.05	Nicola Lockwood	F42
67	16.06	Rosaleen Martin	F48
68	16.14	Steven Gosselin	M75
69	16.17	Jenna Colbourne	F20
70	16.20	Petros Isaakidis	M56
71	16.26	Ray Walker	M61
72	16.35	Sibylle Dischler	F51
73	16.39	Lori Hastings	F32
74	16.40	Els Vandekerckhove	F14
75	16.41	Pierre Sudre	M60
76	16.41		M86
77	16.50	Robert Finch	M63
78	16.59	Katy Dyer	F28
79	17.00	Jakamo Sharpe	J1
80	17.02	Guenaele Laurent	F17
81	17.02	Christopher Green	S1
82	17.07	Arnaud Marguerat	M8
83	17.07	Emilie Keating	J9
84	17.09	Sandrine Leymarie	F49
85	17.10	Dominic Sharpe	M28
86	17.15	Julien Strens	M43
87	17.15	Rachel Arrundale	F44
88	17.16	Simon Culdaut	M70
89	17.20	Cassie Love	F8
90	17.23	Chloe Keating	J7
91	17.30	Stefan Hutter	M74
92	17.30		F59
93	17.37	Eva Pritscher	F16
94	17.38	Nicholas Preisner	M49
95	17.43	John Entwistle	M37
96	17.45	Regis Seng	J5
97	17.50	Caroline Aymard	F5
98	17.53	Christophe Gardella	M17
99	17.59	Mina Barling	F39
100	17.60	Michelle Keating	F38
101	18.10	Pierre Fontaine	M59
102	18.23	Kurt Burga	M44
103	18.29	Eden Prothero	J8
104	18.33	Polly Egerton	F43
105	18.39	Mark Prothero	M45
106	18.40	Susanne Lenz	F52
107	18.41	Richard Lekkerkerker	M62
108	18.52	Daniel Talstra	M22
109	19.00	Sarah Carter	F50
110	19.04	Jayne Green	F19
111	19.10	John Monnat	M40
112	19.13	Katja Horsch	F27
113	19.16	Anthony Green	M6
114	19.26	Leakhena Sophan	F30
115	19.38	Oliver Bonifacio	M52
116	19.50	Bindi Borg	F3
117	19.55	Naomi Rowland	F41
118	20.14	Abbie Hill	J6
119	20.15	Adrian Murray	M1
120	20.30	David Wooderson	M26
121	20.39	Phirun Nop	M58
122	21.44	Tania Duschene	F53
123	21.46	Melanie Friedmann	F37
124	21.47	Tim Harford-Cross	M79
125	22.18	Moustafa Hill	J4
126	22.20	Ross Hill	M66
127	22.32	John Shane	M41
128	22.37	Emily Bowden	F15
129	22.46	David Haskel	M24
130	22.48	Naomi Robinson	F40
131	23.00	Sovannarith San	M72
132	23.16	John Jeong	M39
133	24.39	Andy Bedard	M5
134	25.08	Lev Kakasenko	J2
135	25.14	Colleen Mascenik	F12
136	27.10	Caroline Berry	F6
137	27.57		M87
138	no time	Alessandro Spairani	M3
139	no time	Andrea Broggi	M4
140	no time	Brendan Siebert	M13
141	no time	Chris Merritt	M16
142	no time	Christophe Grundmann	M18
143	no time	Christophe Peschoux	M19
144	no time	Craig Meisner	M20
145	no time	Daniel Riegler	M21
146	no time	Julien Mermillon	M42
147	no time	Pelle Gatke	M54
148	no time	Phil Kelly	M57
149	no time	Roels Seppe	M64
150	no time	Scott Pierce	M69
151	no time	Stewart Jordan	M76
152	no time	Thong Sopha	M78
153	no time	Timothy Sturrock	M81
154	no time	Willem Dendooven	M84
155	no time	Aimee Brammer	F2
156	no time	Clarisse Reiter	F10
157	no time	Heather Ezzell	F18
158	no time	Julienne Hortle	F23
159	no time	Kimberly Moody	F29
160	no time	Margaret O’Donell	F34
161	no time	Marie Cammal	F35
162	no time	Rebecca Swarbrick	F46
163	no time	Robin Martz	F47
164	no time	Grace Tranter-Entwistle	S3