January 2, 2007 AccessNorthGA.com
January 2, 2007 The Gainesville Times
We are currently recruiting sponsors and ideas for the 2008 Polar Bear Swim and Southern Winter Games! Please call the office at 770-287-7888 if you would like to be involved!
We had a FANTASTIC day of Jumpin' and Southern Winter Games! 110 Polar Bears leapt into the waters of Lake Lanier. Best Jumps were 1st Place: Carey, Susie and Callie Sartain, Sarah Grace Wells and Hayden Couch. 2nd place was the Double Trouble team of Matthew Carlisle and Tom Kelly. Best Costume Honors went to Gainesville City Councilman - George Wangeman for his dry land Polar Bear and John DePalma for his Swimming - Wet Polar Bear.
How the LCKC Southern Winter Games work!
The 10th Annual Polar Bear Swim is brought to you by the number 10 :)
The Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club
SOUTHERN WINTER GAMES and
Tenth Annual Polar Bear Swim will be Monday - January 1 from 2pm to 4pm.... We're jumpin' at 3pm
The Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club will host our first Winter Carnival with the SNOW Palace Maze, "Ice Blocking", "Snow Ball Toss", "Cross Country Skiing", "Chili - Chili Cook off", "Southern Winter Games" and more! The Winter Carnival will run from 2pm to 4pm. The Polar Bear Swim will be at 3pm. All activities will be on the Olympic Finish Tower Side of the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue - 3105 Clarks Bridge Road - Gainesville, GA 30506
Date Change for LCKC 9th Annual Polar Bear Swim by The Weekly, Your Neighborhood Newspaper
Polar Bear Swim won't leave jumpers in the cold by Ashley McKinney
The Tenth Annual Polar Bear Swim will run in tandem with our first SOUTHERN Winter GAMES featuring the "SNOW Palace Maze", "SOUTHERN SLEDDING - AKA Ice Blocking", "Snow Ball Toss", "Cross Country Skiing", "Chili - Chili Cook off", "Southern Winter Games" and more! The Winter GAMES will run from 2pm to 4pm. The Polar Bear Swim will be at 3pm. All activities will be on the Olympic Finish Tower Side of the Lake Lanier Olympic Venue - 3105 Clarks Bridge Road - Gainesville, GA 30506
Ten reasons to join lckc for the 10th Annual Polar Bear swim.....
1. It will be a TENse day of tens!
2. OsTENsibly the BEST Polar Bear Swim in the Southeast!
3. It's a TENder way to celebrate the New Year with your family and friends!
4. Each jumper gets LOTS of atTENtion from the crowds!
5. People TENd to get over it rather quickly.
6. The water is above TEN degrees!
7. SofTub is BACK!!! :) Your TENdons will stretch back out once you get in the SofTub!
8. We have some INSPIRING and TENacious participantes with exTENsive experience!
9. Some people look forward to and actually inTENd to jump each year... There's lots to do out of the water this year with the Southern Winter Games!
10. There will be lots of TENsion as the judges TENder their decisions on the exTENsive display of costumes and jumps.
POLAR BEAR REGISTRATION FORM Call the LCKC Office or your favorite LCKC athlete if you would like to sponsor an athlete in our program! We have several athletes who are giving their all to represent the United States at the World Championship or Olympic Level and THEY NEED YOUR HELP!! 770-287-7888 LCKC Office number.
Winter GAMES Information and Rack Card!
10th Annual Polar Bear Swim Sponsor Package
10th Annual Polar Bear Swim - REGISTRATION