Our traditional cold-water swimmers’ baptism takes place on Sunday 6 January 2013. Open to swimmers and the public, it welcomes new members while longstanding members and visitors renew their baptism each year. The ceremony has a long history; for example, you can read how Květy magazine described it in 1964: 1964 baptism report (PDF, in Czech). Full event details follow.
When: Sunday 6 January 2013 at 10:30
Where: the Vltava channel beside the Kotva campsite in Prague-Braník (Nádraží Braník stop, trams 3, 16, 17 and 21)
Meeting point: I. PKO Praha clubhouse, U Kempinku 1801/2, Prague 4
Organiser: I. plavecký klub otužilců Praha
Information: club chairman JUDr. Tomáš Prokop, telephone 606 754 905, email: tomas-prokop@seznam.cz