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COWES CLASSIC
500m Beach Swim & 4km Road Run
Leg 2 of the Bass Coast Series
Saturday 8th February @ 2:00pm
The event is a major fundraiser for Phillip Island Football and Netball Club and the Woolamai Beach SLSC. All proceeds support local community sporting clubs and volunteer surf life saving patrols at Phillip Island
Registration fees
Individual Competitor
Registration closes in 1 month 12 days-
For ages 14-17, discounts applied at checkout... $20 discount on Early Bird pricing, $25 discount on Standard pricing
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$60.00
Early Bird
Sep 7 – Oct 7 -
Register for Individual Competitor$70.00
Standard
Now registering Oct 8 – Feb 7
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Team Relay
Registration closes in 1 month 12 days-
(Please note both team members are required upon sign up. Click +Add Another Registrant to include the details of your second team member.)
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$90.00
Early Bird
Sep 7 – Oct 7 -
Register for Team Relay$100.00
Standard
Now registering Oct 8 – Feb 7
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RACE DETAILS
500m tide assisted swim around the pier. Don your shoes at the transition zone for a 4km run up Thompson Ave, turning left down Chapel St towards Silverleaves, then looping back along the foreshore to the finish in front of the North Pier Hotel.
Cowes Classic race start time 2.00pm, Saturday 2nd March, 2024.
Marshall at the start 15min before race time.
You will only be able to register online. Strictly no walk-ins.
Results presented at the North Pier hotel after the race.
- No extraneous aids are allowed. This includes, but is not limited to fins, boards, snorkels, flotation gear, and personal support teams.
- Wetsuits may be worn.
- Course Marshalls shall have the authority to disqualify any competitors.
- Race officials shall have the ultimate and final authority to remove a competitor if the competitor is judged to be physically incapable of continuing the race without risk of injury.
- All competitors must adhere to the course as marked.
- Competitors will be required to have an official race number, and during the swim wear an official sponsor’s swim cap, provided upon registration.
- Organisers reserve the right to accept, reject, and cancel entries.
- The spirit of friendly competition should be maintained throughout the event. Any unsportsmanlike behaviour will be grounds for immediate disqualification.
- Only those participants who have trained and feel competent to complete the event should enter the event.
- We recommend wetsuits and goggles be worn by swimmers.
- Each competitor will be issued with a transponder (timing bracelet) which they will be required to wear at all times during the race. It is the responsibility of competitors to ensure the transponders are securely fastened to them prior to entering and exiting the water. Non-returned or lost transponders will incur a $100 replacement charge.
Contact information
- Event contact
- Woolamai Beach SLSC & Phillip Island Football Club
- Phone
- 0411 193 962
- Website
- Visit website
