Bog snorkelling is a sporting event that consists of competitors completing two consecutive lengths of a 60-yard water filled trench cut through a peat bog, in the shortest time possible. Competitors must wear snorkels and flippers, and complete the course without using conventional swimming strokes, relying on flipper power alone. Wet suits are not compulsory, but are usually worn. A yard (abbreviation: yd) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... Peat in Lewis, Scotland Peat is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation matter. ... Lütt-Witt Moor, a bog in Henstedt-Ulzburg in northern Germany. ... A snorkeler amid corals on a coral reef near Fiji. ... Swimmer redirects here. ...

World Bog Snorkelling Championship

The World Bog Snorkelling Championship, first held in 1985, takes place annually every August Bank Holiday at the dense Waen Rhydd peat bog, near Llanwrtyd Wells in mid Wales. The 2007 event was not sponsored, the last sponsor was London-based IT consultancy company SPMK in 2006.^[1] Joanne Pitchforth of Heckmondwike is the current world record holder with the time 1m35s, having shaved fractions of a second off the previous record set in 2003. Rob Liscoe is the current men's champion winning on August 27, 2007. Joanne Pitchforth is the current women's bog snorkelling champion, and George Murphy the champion junior bog snorkeller. Interestingly, all three champions this year regularly play Underwater Hockey. Other bog snorkelling events take place, particularly in Wales, including the associated mountain bike bog snorkelling (where competitors must ride through the bog on specially prepared mountain bikes), and the Bog Snorkelling Triathlon. This article is about the year. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Llanwrtyd Wells (Welsh: Llanwrtyd) is a small town in Powys, in the traditional county of Brecknockshire, mid Wales, lying on the River Irfon. ... Mid Wales is the name given to the area of Wales between North Wales and South Wales. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Heckmondwike (known locally by its nickname Hecky) is a small town which is located in West Yorkshire, England, 13km (8 miles) south east of Bradford. ... is the 239th day of the year (240th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Underwater hockey (also called Octopush) is a non-contact sport in which two teams compete to manoeuvre a puck across the bottom of a swimming pool into goals. ... Image:Downhill Bike A cross country mountain bike race A hardtail mountain bike A mountain bike or mountain bicycle (abbreviated MTB or ATB (All Terrain Bicycle)) is a bicycle designed for mountain biking, either on dirt trails or other unpaved environments. ... The three components of triathlon: Swimming, Cycling, Running A triathlon is an athletic event consisting of swimming, cycling and running over various distances. ...

Proceeds from the championship go to a local charity each year. Charities include the Cystic Fibrosis Trust (2005), Motor Neurone Association (2006)^[2] The Cystic Fibrosis Trust, founded in 1964, is the United Kingdom’s only national charity dedicated to all aspects of cystic fibrosis (CF). ...

Results

MEN

• 2007 - World Champion: Rob Liscoe : 1m42s
• 2006 - World Champion: Haydn Pitchforth : 1m41s
• 2005 - World Champion: Iain Hawkes
• 2004 - World Champion: Phillip John :
• 2003 - World Champion: Phillip John : 1m35.46s
• 2002 - World Champion: Phillip John : 1m45s
• 2001 - cancelled due to foot and mouth disease
• 2000 - World Champion: John Cantillon : 1m39s

LADIES

• 2007 - Ladies World Champion: Joanne Pitchforth : 1m35.18s >>>CURRENT WORLD RECORD TIME<<<
• 2006 - Ladies World Champion: Alexis Howe : 1m45s
• 2005 -
• 2004 - Ladies World Champion: Terry Avery

JUNIOR

• 2007 - Junior World Champion: George Murphy : 1m35s (with allowed stops)
• 2006 - Junior World Champion: William Schofield : 1m57s
• 2005 -
• 2004 - Junior World Champion: Gareth Madelin
• 2003 - Junior World Champion: Gareth Madelin

LOCAL MEN'S

• 2004 - Local Champion: Nick Bridgeman

LOCAL Women's

• 2004 - Local Women's Champion: Becky Jones

SLOWEST

• 2004 - Slowest: Jason Bailey

A photo of the World Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling Championship

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World Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling Championship

The World Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling Championship first took place in 2000. Although no event was run in 2001, since then, it has been a yearly event. The special preparation for the bikes consists of the tires being filled with water and the bike frame with lead. Firestone tire This article is about pneumatic tires. ... This article is about the metal. ...

The Bog Snorkelling Triathlon was inaugurated in 2005. The first event took place on 10 July, and was sponsored by Young's Bitter. The event consists of a run of approximately 12 miles, a bog snorkel of approximately 120 yards through the "Bog Trench" and a 25 mile mountain bike ride. There is both an individual and a team relay event. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 191st day of the year (192nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Young & Cos Brewery Plc is a vertically integrated British regional brewer founded in 1831 by Charles Young and Anthony Bainbridge when they purchased the Ram Brewery in Wandsworth. ... “Miles” redirects here. ... Image:Downhill Bike A cross country mountain bike race A hardtail mountain bike A mountain bike or mountain bicycle (abbreviated MTB or ATB (All Terrain Bicycle)) is a bicycle designed for mountain biking, either on dirt trails or other unpaved environments. ... Automotive style miniature relay A relay is an electrical switch that opens and closes under the control of another electrical circuit. ...

A Northern Ireland bog snorkelling championship takes place in Dungannon, in County Tyrone. Northern Ireland (Irish: , Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a constituent country of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Omagh Area: 3,155 km² Population (est. ...

External links

• Official Event Web site
• Bog snorkelling images (BBC News)
• Online Bog Snorkelling Challenge (BBC News)
• New champion for bog snorkellers (BBC News)
• Bog snorkellers take the plunge (BBC News)
• Bog Snorkelling web site
• Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling
• The more recently established Bog Snorkelling Triathlon

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References

1. ^ World Bog Snorkelling championships website
2. ^ The 2006 charity was chosen in memory of the Green Events Treasurer, Ron Skilton who died in December 2005.[1]