Articles
16th Braník Ice — 7th Ladislav Nicek Memorial, 3 February 2018
Braník Ice is one of the competitions organised by our club. Although it receives rather less publicity than the better-known Christmas Alfred Nikodem Memorial, it…
I. PKO Cold-Water Swimmers’ Baptism — Prague-Braník, 7 January 2018
Updated 15 January 2018 with a Czech Radio Plus report. Newcomers and longstanding I. PKO members gathered for this year's cold-water swimmers' baptism on the…
Czech Television visits a cold-water swimming session
Czech Television reporter Adriana Neubauerová visited Braník on Wednesday 3 January 2018 to film a short report on an ordinary cold-water swimming session. She used…
Alfred Nikodem Memorial 2017
Updated 31 December 2017 (further media coverage), 30 December (video reports) and 28 December (Jaroslav Kroš’s photo gallery, final results and press coverage). On St…
Invitation to the 71st Alfred Nikodem Memorial
I. plavecký klub otužilců Praha warmly invites you to the 71st Alfred Nikodem Memorial, our Christmas swimming competition in the Vltava. The oldest and best-known…
Information for unaffiliated swimmers — Alfred Nikodem Memorial 2017
The Alfred Nikodem Memorial takes place, as traditionally, on 26 December at 11:00 at the southern tip of Slovanský Island. We are delighted that you…
Introducing young people to cold-water swimming
On Saturday 16 December 2017, we will once again hold our event called “Children, meet cold water…”. We will welcome children from schools in Prague…
The Northernmost Ice Mile
Our I. PKO Praha members Leszek Naziemiec, Lukasz Tkacz, Marek Grzywa, Kinga Korin, Mariusz Lebioda and Artur Kubica successfully took to the cold Norwegian waters.…
The autumn time trial
This autumn's work party had a particularly energetic, get-things-done spirit. Coordinator Vladimír Čadil especially appreciated the strong turnout and everyone's hard work. We restored the…
The spring time trial
On 23 June 2017 we held our traditional Vltava time trial. We call this event our “triple event”, because it consists of a work party,…