Category: Club life
Farewell to Vladimír…
It is with great sadness that I write these lines to tell cold-water swimmers, long-distance swimmers and friends of both sports that our long-serving sports…
Czech Television and TV Metropol Cover the Alfred Nikodem Commemoration
Updated with the TV Metropol report. On Sunday 23 March, our members and guests celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of Alfred Nikodem, founder…
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…
A Joint Interview with Richard Haan and Jolana Smyčková
Published in Magazín MF DNES on 30 January 2014. MF DNES — Richard Haan and Jolana Smyčková (PDF, in Czech)
Cold-Water Swimmers’ Baptism 2014
On Sunday 5 January 2014, the traditional swimmers’ baptism took place in the Vltava beside our Braník clubhouse. Conditions were similar for the third year…
Invitation to the Cold-Water Swimmers’ Baptism 2014
The first Sunday in January, 5 January 2014, brings our traditional cold-water swimmers’ baptism. As every year, the event is open to swimmers and the…
I. PKO Members Join the First International Bering Strait Relay
Even at the height of summer, winter swimmers are not short of serious challenges. In early August, forty swimmers from fourteen countries, including the Czech…
A Triathlon beside the Vltava
Club trial results in PDF On 20 September 2013, Braník hosted our eagerly awaited traditional “triathlon”: a WORKING PARTY to tidy the grounds, a roughly…
A Letter to Vašek Pátek, Who Went for His Last Run on 11 June 2013, Was Struck by a Tram and Never Woke Again. His Heart Stopped on 10 August 2013.
Dear Vašek, The news that you had physically left this world was crushing and painfully paralysing for us all. Unable to come to terms with…
Our Last Flood-Time Training Session
The Vltava was expected to peak on Monday 3 June 2013, so it was hardly surprising that there was limited enthusiasm for river training. A…