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Kingdom Games 2024 – Schedule of Events

Kingdom Games is proud to host over 50 days of highly acclaimed swimming, running, and biking events in 2024

Swim the Kingdom

  • Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival – February 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26, 2024 – The only two-lane, 25-meter winter swimming pool cut in the ice in all of the Americas. We have expanded to three days of swims.  25-meter, 50-meter, 100 meter, and 200-meter races, plus the fiercest of hat competitions.  Plus the Flag and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the EastSide and Warm Up at Jasper’s Tavern on Thursday and a Stay Play Jay Day on Monday.   TOTALLY COLD.  Online Registration for 2024 is now open HERE
  • NEKOWSA Champion of Champions Challenge – July 6, 2024.  6,5 Miles, then 3.5 miles followed by a 2 mile swim out to and around the islaands of Derby Bay  on Lake Memphremagog
  • Kingdom Swim – July 27, 2024 – Our Flag Ship Swim – A robust weekend, celebrating open water swimming in the Heart of the Kingdom in the Heart of the Summer.  We open with our Memphremagog Costume Parade down Main Street in downtown Newport followed by a scrumptious Swimmers and Yackers Pasta Dinner at the EastSide.  On Saturday, we offer courses of varying distances including our 25 km Border Buster, 10 miles, 10 km, 5 km, and 1 mile.  On Sunday, many go for an informal “cool down” swim at Lake Willoughby.  NO LANES – NO LINES – NO LIMITS.
  • Saturday Clubhous Swim Series – Summer 2024 – 12, 6.5,, 3.3 and 2-mile courses.  From The Clubhous out to and around the islands of Derby Bay on Lake Memphremagog. Offered from the middle of June, through July, August and the middle of September, on the following Saturdays:
                  • Saturday, June 15, 2024
                  • Saturday, June 22 2024
                  • Saturday, June 29, 2024
                  • Saturday, July 13, 2024
                  • Saturday, July 20, 2024
                  • Saturday, August 17, 2024
                  • Saturday, August 24, 2024
                  • Saturday, August 31, 2024
                  • Saturday, September 7, 2024
                  • Saturday, September 14, 2024
  • NEK Swim Week – August 3 – August 11, 2024 – 8 lakes over the course of 9 days – 46 miles. Swim one.  Swim them all.  Laid Back – Magical – Restorative – Summer at its best.
                  • Crystal Lake – August 3, 2024 – 5 miles
                  • Island Pond – August 4, 2024 – 4 miles
                  • Lac Massawippi – August 5, 2024 – 9 miles
                  • Lake Seymour – August 6, 2024 – 6.2 miles
                  • Echo Lake – August 7, 2023 – 7 miles
                  • Clubhous Swim – August 8, 2023 – 6.5 or12 miles
                  • Willoughby – August 10, 2023
                    • One Way – 5 miles
                    • Two Ways – 10 miles
                  • Caspian – August 11, 2024 – 3 miles
    • In Search of Memphre – Summer 2024 – Our epic, 25-mile, international swim between Newport, VT and Magog, QC. This year we are offering seven three-day windows throughout July, August, and September (we pick the best day of the three to swim) with room for 1 to 2 swimmers in each window.  Each swimmer is supported by a motorboat and an experienced pilot.  We swim to support a more open border with our Canadian friends and to seek our swimmer friendly and elusive lake creature, Memphre.
            • June 17 – 19, 2024 – Our first three-day window
            • July 8 – 10, 2024 – Our second three-day window.
            • July 15-17, 2024 – Our third three-day window
            • August 20-22, 2024 – Our fourth three-day window
            • August 26–28, 2023 – Our fifth three-day window.
            • September 3 – 5, 2024 – Our sixth three-day window
            • September 9-11, 2024 – Our seventh three-day window
    • Clubhous Cold Water Swimming – Spring and Fall 2024 –  We will be hosting short, cold water swims at the Clubhous on Lake Memphremagog on Sunday mornings at 10 am during May and early June and again in October, November, and December until the lake freezes over, followed by another New Year’s Day Willoughby Swim on January 1, 2025.  Spring swimming starts on Sunday, May 12, 2024 and continues until June 9, 2024.  Fall swimming starts on Sunday, October 6, 2024 and continues every Sunday through December.
    • Vampire Swim – October 26, 2024 – In venues all over the world, cold water swimmers gather to celebrate this ghoulish holiday.   We donate blood and raise donations for the Red Cross.  We swim in costume and howl at the Moon.  This year we will be hosting a Vampire Swim at The Clubhous in conjunction with our cold water, cold blooded friends around the world.  VE VANT YOUR BLOOD!

Run the Kingdom

  • The Dandelion Run – May 18, 2024 – Half  Marathon, 10 K, 4 Mile and 2 Mile – Run, Bike or Hike on dirt roads through the World Famous Dandelion Fields of Derby, Morgan, and Holland. Musicians sprinkle the course.  It’s May!  It’s Time to Run!  Just for the Fun of It!
  • Harry Corrow Freedom Run – July 4, 2024 – 10 Mile, 10 K, 5 K and 1 Mile Runs and Walks – We celebrate Freedom from Tyranny and Freedom from Asphalt. We run on the Newport-Derby Bike Path up the east side of Lake Memphremagog and on the Memphremagog Trails.
  • Fly to Pie, Kingdom Marathon – October 5, 2024 – Run, Bike or Hike – 26.2, 17, 13.5, and 6 miles – Doin’ the dirt through the gut of the Kingdom at the height of Fall Foliage. We start at the airport in Coventry (or at the Irasburg Common for the 19 km option) and finish at Parker Pie, West Glover.  All the pizza you can eat, Hill Farmstead Beer on tap, some fine music. One of the toughest, most spectacular marathons east of the Mississippi.   Just the best way to finish up our year.

Bike the Kingdom

  • The Moose – June 8, 2024 – 103 mile “timed event” through Moose Country. We start and finish at Mike’s Tiki Bar in East Burke, VT,   with a 66 mile Short Route starting at the Island Pond Historical Society.  Moose Dollars all around to be spent at Mike’s Tiki Bar with 30 beer on tap, the Burrito Stand, and, in Island Pond at the Essex House and Tavern.
  • Lage Region Ride – June 9, 2024 – A 44 mile “cool down” ride to Sutton, past Crystal Lake, and through the Willoughby Gap with a start and finish at Mike’s Tiki Bar.
  • Fly to Pie, Kingdom Marathon – October 5, 2024 – Run, Bike or Hike – 26.2, 17, 13.5, and 6 miles – Doin’ the dirt through the gut of the Kingdom at the height of Fall Foliage.  We start at the airport in Coventry (or at the Irasburg Common for the 6-mile option) and finish at Parker Pie, West Glover.  All the pizza you can eat, Hill Farmstead Beer on tap, some fine music. One of the toughest, most spectacular marathons East of the Mississippi.   Just the best way to finish up our year.