As usual, our traditional cold-water swimmers’ baptism will take place on the first Sunday after New Year, which this time falls on 7 January 2024. The event is open to all cold-water swimmers and the public. New club members are baptised, while other members and visitors traditionally return for their annual baptism too.
This year’s ceremony will also be attended by our honorary member Jan Novák, who swam the English Channel in 1974 and 1975. In a symbolic case of “third time lucky”, he will give another ceremonial christening to a book by our fellow member and journalist Jan David: “MRZNEME NAPŘÍČ VLTAVOU – 100 let zimního plavání od dob průkopníka Alfreda Nikodéma” (“Freezing Across the Vltava — 100 Years of Winter Swimming Since Pioneer Alfred Nikodém”). Copies will be available to buy at the event on special terms.
Practical information
When: Sunday 7 January 2024 at 15:00.
Where: Prague-Braník, in the side channel of the Vltava beside Camping Kotva (Nádraží Braník stop, trams 2, 3, 17 and 21).
Meeting point: I. PKO Praha clubhouse, U Kempinku 1801/2, Prague 4.
Who: all cold-water swimmers and the public are welcome. New members are baptised, and other club members and visitors traditionally take part again each year.
Organiser: I. PKO Praha — First Prague Cold-Water Swimming Club.
Information: club chairman Tomáš Prokop, email tomas-prokop@seznam.cz, telephone 606 754 905.