Author: Tomáš Prokop
Jičínský Knížepán through a Newcomer’s Eyes
Our currently fastest swimmer, Petr Šlajs, describes his first encounter with fellow Czech Winter Swimming Cup competitors on his blog. Below you will also find…
New Swimming Talent Leads the Club Trial
As usual, the weather improved for our pre-season “triathlon”, allowing the working party and campfire to go ahead as planned. The least predictable part was…
Invitation to Our Pre-Summer “Triathlon”
We invite all cold-water swimmers and swimming enthusiasts to our traditional pre-summer “triathlon” on Friday 26 June 2015. The club trial is open to everyone,…
In China’s Icy Waters
Early this January, four members — Michal Štengl, Jan Koželuh, Roman Hujer and Josef Stolín — travelled to distant China on a cold-water swimming expedition.…
Braník Ice 2015
Updated with the PrahaTV report Nearly two hundred swimmers took part in the thirteenth Braník Ice in Prague-Braník on Saturday 31 January. For the fourth…
Cold-Water Swimmers’ Baptism 2015
On Sunday 4 January 2015, our traditional swimmers’ baptism took place in the Vltava beside the Braník clubhouse. Conditions exactly matched the previous year: water…
Invitation to the Christmas Cold-Water Swimming Festival 2014
I. plavecký klub otužilců Praha warmly invites you to the 68th Alfred Nikodem Memorial, our Christmas swimming competition in the Vltava. The oldest and best-known…
A Special “150th” Alfred Nikodem Memorial
Updated with a link to the TV Metropol interview. On Sunday 23 March 2014, I. plavecký klub otužilců Praha is holding an event to remember…
Invitation to the Christmas Cold-Water Swimming Festival 2013
I. plavecký klub otužilců Praha warmly invites you to the 67th Alfred Nikodem Memorial, our Christmas swimming competition in the Vltava. The oldest and best-known…
Flooding at Our Clubhouse
PHOTO REPORT INSIDE June brought no long-awaited warmth. Instead, the persistent cold and rain brought flooding to Prague. The unregulated Berounka, which joins the Vltava…