Vanuatu Aquatics Federation kicked off their year with their first of many events in 2018. Vanuatu Aquatics has combined with Bred Bank to create a series of Open Water Swimming events which will go all year round with an event every month. The Bred Bank Swim Series aim to encourage and engage more local swimmers but also to draw attention from International swimmers to come across and swim.

On the 20th January the first Bred Bank Open Water Swim series was held down at Seafront. The race drew a small but eager crowd with 24 swimmers coming down at 7:30am to jump in. The 1km swim is the smallest distance in the series and will start building up the distance to prepare swimmers for the Iririki Round Island swim in May. Results from Event 1 will be posted on the Vanuatu Aquatics Federation.

Post swim, Vanuatu Aquatics Federation announced Vanuatu’s first National Swim Team. The team consists of 11 young youths who have begun training in preparation of The Oceania Championships in June.