Jersey France Challenge

Secure your team place by registering with your details only and selecting ‘I will invite my team members later’ then email the organisers on enquiries@3d-events.co.uk with the rest of your teams email address and they will invite your team members to register their personal details and accept the events terms and conditions.

Located 2.7km from the Carteret Port is Salle des Sports which is a Gymnasium for use for challengers to sleep in. Please see the address below for reference.

3 Rue Pierre de Coubertin, 50270 Barneville-Carteret, France.

This option offers very basic accommodation and challengers will be required to bring their own sleeping mat and a sleeping bag. Please note, breakfast is not included.

Tickets cost £10.00.

The challenge will start at 06:00 from La Coupe, Fliquet Bay, Jersey.Boat Skippers + Teams must meet in the bay no later than 05:30. On race morning at approximately 04:45, team captains will be asked notify Race HQ that their team are on schedule for the meet at 05:30 ahead of the challenge start at 06:00.

On arrival in Fliquet Bay, boats are permitted to drop their first swimmer on the beach at La Coupe and then must move off and will be lined up 300 yards off the shore of Fliquet Bay.

The first swimmer will get in the water and start swimming when they hear the start horn, swim teams will then rotate every hour until they reach the north shores of Carteret, France (subject to all final permissions and government event guidelines). The swimmer in the water at the time will swim ashore and run through the finish flags which will be visible on the beach.

Two, three, four, five and six swimmers can make up a swimming relay team. Each swimmer is recommended to swim for 1 hour before rotating with a team member, but it is entirely up to each team if they wish to rotate more often, but there must be a minimum swim duration of 30 minutes per team member. Depending on team size, some swimmers will swim once and some twice.

Should you need additional swimmers or wish to join a team then we can help, just let us know and we will support you to find a team/swimmer.

Each swim team is responsible for providing their own safety boat which will be required to stay with the team throughout the entire challenge. We kindly ask you to liaise on your safety boat with our swim co-ordinator Simon O’Donoghue prior to the event, you can email him on simon@spring-im.com

The swim relay is controlled by times and not distance, each swimmer will swim for 30-60 minutes before rotating to the next team member. Co-Ordinates will be provided to Boat Skippers and Team Captains ahead of the Race briefing. It is then down to your Boat Skipper to interpret these hourly way points are plan the winning route for your team.

The Jersey France Challenge 2024 information pack includes all the essential race day information including timings, kit requirements, what to expect on race day and essential guidance on race safety.

Please click here to access this and ensure you read this carefully ahead of the race, we will issue a revised race information pack for the 2024 event in due course.

There is! Please note the below will not be provided by the organisers and so it is the challenger’s responsibility to bring on the day.For any additional swim questions, contact Simon O’Donoghue – simon@spring-im.com

• Plenty of Food & Drink (Jelly Babies, Hot drinks in a flask are great)
• Fully Charged Mobile phone (For Tracking) with the Race Nation App downloaded and logged in.
• Spare mobile phone or charger in case your phone battery runs out.
• Appropriate clothing for weather conditions (bring blankets and warm clothing for finish)
• Towel x2
• Sun cream and other on-water protection from the sun/wind/rain!
• Vaseline or Anti Chaff cream
• Anti-mist google spray
• Please note that there will be no toilet facilities on the boats (be prepared to use natural facilities (sea) or bring a bucket.