The Lorne 5000

Dear Swimmers

The participation of all our competitors during the Pier to Pub Event Weekend is important to us and it’s for this reason that we wanted to make you aware of a change to the program for 2020.

As you may know the Lorne Surf Lifesaving Club will be celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the world-renowned Pier to Pub swim in January 2020.

The event is made possible each year because of the huge commitment from over 700 volunteers.

In our 40th year with so much to celebrate the program will stretch out and the number of hours we can reasonably expect our volunteers to work must be a primary focus for us.

Extra early preparation for the Lorne 5000 course and event space will put pressure on our teams and it is for this reason that in 2020 we will not be running the Lorne 5000 event as part of the Event Weekend.

We know many of you look forward to this event and have it set in your summer swimming program so this news will be disappointing for you.

This decision means we can continue to offer the high standard of event that you have come to expect of the Pier to Pub, whilst ensuring the safety of volunteers.

We hope you will join us for the 1.2km swim across Loutit Bay on January 11, 2020. Entries open on November 4, 2019.

Best regards

Lorne Pier to Pub Committee