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Second BTAAP Business Plan    Bohemian Teenagers Symphony Orchestras Programme    Defined Terms - Bohemian Teenager Symphony Orchestra Programme

Third BTAAP Business Plan    Bohemian Teenager Ballet & Modern Dance Programme        Defined Terms BTB&MDCP

Ocean Swimming or Ocean Swimmer means for the YELP Holistic First Business Plan one of 9 RREAs (for the 21½ Months Tenure Of Pilot) as described in -

*           item 4 of 9 Rigorous Recreational Exercise Activities (for the 20 Months Pilot);

*           item 7 of "900+ Existing LDREGs in NSW across"; and

*           www.oceanswims.com.au

Ocean Swimming usually between 1km and 2.5km, which traditionally have been organised by Australian Surf Life Saving Clubs.  Over 100 annual swims across Australia which attract up to 10,000 swimmers, including such longstanding events as the Palm Beach to Whale Beach Big Swim, Cole Classic, Shark Island Cronulla.  Almost anyone who can swim 20 x 50m lengths of their local council pool can take-up ocean swimming.  Learning to swim in a big swell is not as difficult as it might seem, as when the water rises swimmers rise with it, when the water drops, swimmers naturally drop as well.  Probably the biggest difficulty is that there is no black line on the ocean seabed, particularly relevant in the annual Rottnest Island Channel Swim, the icon of marathon ocean swimming.  It starts on a stunning white sanded Cottesloe ocean beach, which is steeped in the beach culture of Perth and infamous for Great White shark attacks. The swimmers head west out to sea and somewhere between 19.4 and 23 kilometres later, depending on how straight they swim, stumble onto the sands of Rottnest Island invariably displaying well-earned self-confidence. 

Ideally suited to women because of their better flotation and it is not a body contact sport.  Invariably, swimmers socialise and mingle around the surf clubs after such swims and strike up friendships with swimmers who train at the same local pool or beach.  whilst the sport is known as Ocean swimming, such events can be in harbours, lakes rivers etc eg 11km Harbour Bridge to Manly Wharf in March annually where swimmers may enter in a relay team of say 4 or 5 with a support boat thereby swimming approx. 2km each or as an individual swimmer.  The Business Plan Developer entered five 6 adult swim teams in the 2006 11km Harbour Bridge to Manly Wharf, which his then employer Commonwealth bank sponsored, and proved to be an enjoyable and satisfying success.

Because ocean swells in annual surf club events can vary between glassy flat to a choppy 3m wave, Ocean Swimmers are invariably highly self-confident.

Ocean Swimming provides a robust cardio vascular workout, with psychological and physiological benefits from strengthening core muscle groups amidst a disciplined environment, which strengthens the upper body and core muscles.