The Big Swim Assistant Race Director
Whale Beach Surf Life Saving ClubAbout The Big Swim Thought to be New South Wales longest continuing running ocean swim with its first start in 1974, THE BIG SWIM presented by the Whale Beach Surf Lifesaving Club in association with Macquarie is a journey swim, not around the buoys in a bay, or up and down a beach outside the break but a true ocean swim, from Palm Beach to Whale Beach around the headland through the Tasman Sea. Held on the last Sunday of January each year with a distance of 2.5 – 2.8 km, it is known as THE BIG SWIM because it is BIG, conditions vary from dead calm to testing south-easterly or uncomfortable nor’easter’s which can arrive early in summer with swells from all directions making for challenging swimming when you breathe to the left. It is a huge achievement to complete one swim and some have swum in over 30 swims! This year’s swim is on Sunday 27th January, 2019 and as a precursor the** URM Little Big Swim** commences at 830am with an 800 metre swim around kiddies corner at Palm Beach. This is a perfect introduction to open ocean swimming with enormous water safety and a fabulous location for a short course swim. With registration from 7.30am for both events, the Big Swim starts off with the Elite group of swimmers at 10.00am.
More info can be found here - thebigswim . org . au
Responsibilities:
- Event coordination
- Working with sponsors and suppliers
- Coordinate a large team of helpers
- Coordinate suppliers
Skills
- Strong organisation skills
- Keen interest in ocean swimming
- Good work ethic
- Eye for detail
Experience
- Events Management
Note, this is a volunteer role