Southern Dippers is set to celebrate its 15th year of New Year’s Day dips.
Friday, January 1 will see brave souls entering the sea twice at Port St Mary, then Gansey and Port Erin.
To date, Southern Dippers has raised more than £37,000 for various charities. This year, proceeds will go to Finley’s Tracks, supporting the fight against Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Event organiser Lenny Conroy explained: ‘The group has grown from the seven in 2002 to well over 200 dippers for the finale at Port Erin last year, where creative fun fancy dress is the order of the day and a swift hot/cold drink in the nearest hostelries.
‘The landlords have always been so welcoming considering their late night New Year’s Eve events but every year they welcome us back.’
Dippers will first enter the sea from Chapel Beach, in Port St Mary, at midday. They will then proceed to The Fish House.
Then at 1pm, they will dip from Port St Mary’s inner harbour, before retiring to the Albert Hotel.
At 1.45pm, dippers will brave the sea at Gansey beach, before heading to the Shore Hotel.
And finally, a fancy dress dip takes place at Port Erin beach at 2.30pm.
Swimmers are then invited to the Bay Hotel, where the prize presentation takes place at 3pm.
The fancy dress theme is open so dippers are encouraged to be as imaginative as they dare!
The presentation starts at the same time as Castletown Ale Drinkers’ swim starts in Castletown.
Dippers will be hoping the weather will be kinder to them this time round.
Lenny said: ‘2015 was pretty patchy for want of a stronger term regarding the elements but everyone persevered and all four dips took place.’
He is taking pre-orders for a limited edition T-shirt (£8) to be collected on the day. Email shirt size, contact name/address to lenny@triskelpromo.com
Proceeds from the sales will go to Finley’s Tracks. The deadline to place your order is Sunday.
Southern Dippers thanked Pokerstars, Domicilium, Celton Manx, Marcel Limited, Southern Chronicle, The Fish House, Quine and Cubbon and Martyn Cain for their support.
Sponsor forms will be available from Lenny and The Fish House.