Category: Branické ledy (L. Nicek Memorial)
The 19th Branické ledy — 10th Ladislav Nicek Memorial
On 29 January, the last Saturday of the month, I. plavecký klub otužilců Praha held the 19th Branické ledy competition. The event also bears the…
Branické ledy cancelled; individual training and new members
Government restrictions responding to the COVID-19 pandemic remain in force and will continue for the foreseeable future. We have therefore unfortunately had to cancel Branické…
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…
Braník Ice 2017
On Saturday 4 February 2017, Braník Ice took place as one of the three major winter swimming events run by I. PKO. This season’s first…
Braník Ice 2016
Updated with Antonín Kutil’s photo gallery. On 6 February 2016, our club organised the fourteenth Braník Ice as part of the Czech Cup: traditionally the…
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…
12th Braník Ice
Braník Ice 2014 results Swimmers at the twelfth Braník Ice faced a Vltava flow almost ten times lower than last year. Held for the third…
11th Braník Ice
Braník Ice results An official air temperature eighteen degrees warmer than last year greeted swimmers at our second home competition, Braník Ice, also held as…
Braník Ice — Latest Course Conditions
Friday 1 February, 11:00–11:30 The Vltava remains within its banks along almost the entire course. The exception is a roughly 200-metre stretch between the bridge…
Braník Ice 2012 — Ladislav Nicek Memorial
The tenth anniversary edition of our competition was also the first Ladislav Nicek Memorial. Interest was strong, with 151 competitors. Conditions were truly wintry; to…