A competitor named Rich Welsh midway through his challenge at this year's World Bog Snorkeling Championships in Wales. Steven May/Demotix/Corbis A competitor in action at last year's championships.

ARDEE has its Turfman Festival and now thanks to Collon man, John McKeown, the village has its own direct connection to Monaghan's first bogsnorkelling competition. The Oriel Road resident who runs ...

THE World Bog Snorkelling Championships celebrated its 21st birthday yesterday by holding its first ever "swim-off". THE World Bog Snorkelling Championships celebrated its 21st birthday yesterday by ...

Scores of snorkellers braved driving rain this weekend to swim through a peat bog in the Welsh mountains in the annual World Bog Snorkelling Championships. Part of the World Alternative Games, the ...

NOTTING Hill Carnival revellers were among those drenched today as large parts of the UK were hit by a Bank Holiday downpour. Carnival-goers in London had to wear coats as heavy rain battered the UK ...

The last call has gone out for brave swimmers to take part in the 2014 Northern Ireland Bog Snorkelling Championship. If you have the stomach for this quirky competition it is taking place on July 27 ...