England,
Ascot
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Heathfield School
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06Dec03
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Heathfield School in Ascot is a girl's boarding school and will be swimming on 6th
Dec to help raise money for Terri. Students watched the programme about Terri in
PSE classes and were very moved by her story.
Our swim will involve girls, teachers, matrons, parents and anyone else we can drag
along. All of our 1st to 3rd formers will be taking part in some way. The 3rd form
think they can swim the 35km themselves...and were disappointed that it wasn't actually
the real English Channel they were swimming - very keen! The 2nd form were keen
too and wanted to hire shark cages, the lot. With school on Monday morning we decided
the school's warm indoor pool was the best venue...
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90
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England,
Barrow-in-Furness
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Barrow Swimming Club
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06Dec03
|
The local pools has given us two lanes for the whole day. The swimmers have been
organised into a number of relay teams. The local long distance swimming club is
also taking part and they are attempting to swim the 35km distance individually.
We could have as many as 100 people swimming on the day.
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30-100
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England,
Billericay
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Billericay Friday Swimmers
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06Dec03
|
Message on Rob's answering machine 05Sep03:
"Now listen, dahr-ling...there are a group of us here in Billericay who swim on
a Friday and it may not be very creative but we call ourselves the Billericay Friday
Swimmers. There are 23 of us and we have decided we are going to swim the Channel
for Terri. Not the real thing of course but the distance. To be honest we are more
of a 'coffee morning in water' because we do more talking than swimming when we
are in the pool. But we are going to try. We think if we start next week we might
finish by Dec 6th. I hope that's alright. We just wanted to let you know..."
Message on Rob's answering machine, 10Nov03:
"Now we don't wish to boast...but we have done our swim already and we have done
the whole thing! We are all rather surprised because I am not sure we honestly thought
we could swim that far. We did two thousand and ninety lengths. Sounds an awful
lot but someone said that's the Channel so that's what we did. We enjoyed ourselves
immensely and will send the money we raised to the Trust and let you know how much
it was when we know.
A poem received from another swimmer in the group:
A 'coffee morning in water' is what we used to be
Then Swim For Terri entered our lives and things changed, considerably
We natter not, we chatter not, now swimming is the trend
It is a poss-i-bility that 'coffee mornings' will end.
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23
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England,
Birmingham
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University of Birmingham Swimming Team
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06Dec03
|
Our Swim For Terri is going to be a great swim 'team' effort done in true relay
fashion including watching for dodgy handovers and false starts. We will swim hard
and earn our beers in the bar afterwards! Happy swimming!
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~ 20
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England,
Birmingham
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King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
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06Dec03
|
Well where do I start? The 'Being Terri' documentary was shown to 800 students at
the school and had an extraordinary impact. Swim For Terri has been embraced by
the whole school. Not only are we swimming (and running!) but Swim For Terri has
now been incorporated into the 'citizenship' part of our curriculum for this year:
making a difference, getting involved and making it count.
There are a number of activities - largely initiated by the girls - that make up
our participation.
We have about 500 students involved, from all age groups, 11-18 year olds, and from
the elite swimmers to those who swim very little. Some are just seeing how far they
can swim, others are working as a team, aiming to swim the 35km WITHIN their groups.
Does this put us in the running for the most channel crossings completed? We are
aiming for twenty! This will be happening in every single PE lesson in the week
beginning 1st Dec. Makes me dizzy thinking about it, and all credit to the PE department
who will have the pool, the pupils, floats, flippers, armbands and pyjamas all organised!
Some year 11 girls (aged 15-16), not keen on swimming, asked if they could run the
35km and they have been in training. There are 10 teams of 6 students, so in total
that's 30 Channel crossings, or 1050kms or from Birmingham to Milan, Italy!
This is not just a fundraising activity for the school. It started as empathy for
another child but has led to much learning, creativity, teamwork, health and fitness,
community spirit...and FUN. We are truly glad to be part of it.
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500
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England,
Boston, Lincolnshire
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Boston High School - Upper Sitxh
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02Dec03
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Put a red dot on the map for Boston High! On Tuesday Dec 2nd a 'baker's dozen plus
one' of sixth form students will be participating in the Swim For Terri during their
PE lesson. We've done the calculations - 2.5kms each on average, and if we turn
in 20 min per km, we'll be done by the bell. With boys and girls involved there
will be a healthy competitive edge. Let's just hope the boys can keep up...
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14
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England,
Bridgnorth
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Oldbury Wells School
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14Nov03
|
Oldbury Wells School calling from Bridgnorth. No, it's not our votes to tell you
about, Ã la the Eurovision Song Contest, but our Swim For Terri!
We had lots of interest in participating in the swim and so organised ours a few
weeks early! The girls swam and the boys sponsored them. Seemed fair!
We had a bit of a challenge with our pool. It was out of action for the first half
of the term, and just when we thought we would have it back for the remainder of
the term we were told that it would only be available for one week.
So we put our skates on and got our cossies on and we have just had our Swim For
Terri - from 10-14Nov!
Ours is not an Olympic sized pool or heated to any great temperature (for that read
'cold') so the girls endured great personal discomfort to complete their lengths!
We had all levels of swimmers involved, from county standard to those that travel
at a more sedate speed. All played their part. In total we had about 80 swimmers
and they have raised a considerable amount of money!
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80
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England,
Bristol
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Clifton College
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01Jan04
|
Logistics, logistics, logistics. Clifton College will be participating with a Swim
For Terri but ours will be in the New Year. More details at the start of January
but please make sure we are represenetd on the website so everyone knows we are
here too!
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35+
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England,
Bungay
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Beccles Kingfishers Swimming Club
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23Dec03
|
The Kingfishers' Swim For Terri will involve swimmers from 10-18 of age, swimming
as a relay in one lane given to us for the whole day by the local pool. We are hoping
to persuade the parents to arrange refreshments and lap counting! It was critical
we have the swim before Christmas so we are not too fat to swim!
__________________________________________
Post swim: With 18 swimmers and a lot of support from parents, pool staff and sponsors,
we managed to double the distance of 22 miles! ...so we successfully swam the channel
and back! The swimmers were aged 10 to 18, and we even had one parent join in! We
were provided with refreshments and a good day was had by all. Thank you for allowing
us to be part of this experience. Well done to all the swimmers. The money rasied
has gone to a wonderful little girl and we hope it will make a difference.
Sarah Kirby, on behalf of Beccles Kingfishers
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25
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England,
Cambridge
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Cambridge University Swimming & Water Polo Club
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06Dec03
|
The venue is yet to be confirmed (note to potential sponsors: we haven't yet got
a University Pool...) but the Swim For Terri will involve members of EVERY college
of the University, as well as alumni of the Swimming and Water Polo Club. We will
probably put the alumni in a separate lane and no doubt they will be hoping to keep
up with the current record-breaking team! We hear the Oxford team is doing a Swim
For Terri. We do hope they manage to finish the 35kms because it could be a struggle
for them...
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30-50+
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England,
Canvey Island
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Canvey Island Swimming Club
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06Dec03
|
All swimmers within the club will swim as a relay over six lanes. We are hoping
to have even our littlies on armbands taking part. And we may even get some of our
sponsors swimming...
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50+
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England,
Carlisle
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Border Television
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06Dec03
|
Carlisle is nestled just south of the border with Scotland so we are probably the
last Swim For Terri in England, so to speak. Cumbria stretches from the Scottish
border down to the Lake District and although there are some very hardy folks who
swim in the lakes (and probably at this time of year too) this little group isn't
amongst them!
LivingWell, our local health club, have very kindly given us permission to use their
pool for our swim. We are only a small team at the moment but we know that for this
terrific cause every little helps. There are murmurrings that some swimmers from
'the other' televsion company may join us. If so, a form of synchronised swimming
may result...
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5 plus...
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England,
Croydon
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Edenham High School
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07Dec03
|
A local school has very kindly given us use of their pool for our Swim For Terri.
A few teachers and a lot of Year 7's are going to swim the distance! We will be
relying on the children to do the majority of the work but the adults will definitely
be getting wet too!
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50+
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England,
Downham Market
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Downham Market Amateur Swimming Club
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06Dec03
|
Our Swim For Terri will be in one lane of our pool and each swimmer will glide effortlessly
(or flap frantically) to complete as many lengths as they can in our individual,
allocated times. We will have swimmers of all ages and abilities which will be great
- and it will be a lot of fun!
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30-40
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England,
Felixstowe
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Sarah Gilder & Friends
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06Dec03
|
With a week to go before our Swim For Terri we are still chasing the elusive few
swimmers who may prove the key to getting us to the 35km mark. But I am confident
we will get there.
Our swim is a truly multilocation effort with people swimming at their local pools
with the distances we swim being 'pooled'. There are people swimming in Felixstowe,
in Ipswich and in Burstall, a weeny village in the sticks - I didn't even know they
had a pool there frankly! - and we have two swimmers in Wimbledon in London.
My husband will be rounding up some of the local football team this Saturday, probably
with the offer of 2 hrs of circuit training and weights as the alternative to participating
in our swim.
35kms here we come!
Update received 27Nov03: Felixstowe Swimming Club have kindly agreed to make sure
there is no 10-15km gap between us and Calais. A number of the 10-18 year old swimmers
will be joining us for the swim. I will still remind my husband to 'persuade' the
footballers to participate as it will do them good anyway...
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17+
|
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England,
Grange-over-Sands
|
Derek Griffiths - just me!
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06Dec03
|
Derek called me the other day to let me know he would be doing a Swim For Terri.
He is one of the few, if not the only one, who will be doing the 35km on his own.
I am writing this as in Derek's own words 'I don't like technology. Swimming goggles
is as far as I will go."
A little research and you discover that Derek is the only person ever to have swum
across Morecambe Bay (12 miles), around Walney Island (24 miles), and is one of
the few to have swum every lake in the Lake District top to bottom. So he might
not like technology, but he can swim.
Berners is a swimming pool local to Derek and they have very kindly given him use
of a lane for the day. Derek will start swimming at 6 in the morning and, without
stopping, expects to finish about 12 hours later. For us ordinary swimmers it's
tiring just thinking about it.
Derek has left sponsorship forms at the local fish shop, newsagents and several
places inbetween to drum up sponsorship for his swim. He is steeling himself, not
for the swim, but for the prospect of looking over the shoulder of one of the Berner's
staff, while they help him send a few emails to raise sponsorship that way too.
Good luck Derek - and thanks!
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1
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England,
Guildford
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Guildford High School Swim Squad
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08Dec03
|
The swim squad will complete the 35km Swim for Terri between them, in relays, on
their last training session this term in the warmth of the school indoor pool!
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40-50
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England,
Hampton, Middlesex
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Hampton School & Lady Eleanor Holles School
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02Dec03
|
The number of swimmers wanting to be involved has increased since the girls' school
next door agreed to join in the Swim For Terri. Handy really as we are using their
pool. We will be swimming on a Tuesday afternoon and plan to swim the 35km of the
Channel using as many students as possible in a form of relay. Watch this space...
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30+
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England,
Hull
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Hull University Swimming Club
|
14Jan04
|
When to do our swim was a battle of the dissertation and the turkey. The dissertation
won. See, there you go, hardworking students after all, proving that 'hardworking
students' is not an oxymoron.
Most of the swimmers have dissertations due and exams to take at the end of term
and a lobbying group gained support for 'let's swim off the turkey'. So our Swim
For Terri will be early in the New Year which will also give us the opportunity
to make sure our families gain full sight of our sponsorship forms - as well as
the Being Terri programme so they know exactly what we are swimming for. What a
cause.
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20-30
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England,
Ipswich
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Ipswich Swimming Club
|
09Dec03
|
Our Swim For Terri - Terri lives just round the corner from us here - will be on
a Tuesday night, our local club night. We are working out how we will cover the
35km but with a talented (and fast!) group of swimmers we should be able to manage
that, and perhaps get some of the way back from Calais to Dover.
__________________________________________
Post swim: Wow, what a night! All of our competitive squads were involved. It was
great to see almost a 100 swimmers in the pool at the same time (well almost). There
wasn't even room to get the coaches in...perhaps they cannot swim!?
Our total mileage has not been calculated yet but I do know that the "Top Squad"
swam around 29 miles. We even had people wanting to swim for Terri in our social
swimming session. We were glad to be a part of this.
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100
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England,
Isle of Wight, Newport
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Solent Hoppers
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06Dec03
|
We have a potpourri of swimmers involved in our Swim For Terri including little
ones, children, the more leisurely of the swimming community and masters swimmers.
We might not swim the Channel (possibly the Solent!) but we will be giving it our
all.
After a recent notice in the local paper, people have telephoned with donations
- and it is very touching when you know those who give are probaly those who can
least afford it.
Some children and friends have been particularly creative and although they won't
be swimming wanted to take part so they will be bag packing at the local Sainsbury's
to raise money for Terri!
We are flying the flag for little Terri here.
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10-15+
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England,
Isle of Wight, Sandown
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"Heights", Sandown Swimmers
|
06Dec03
|
The sea around our Island is a bit cold in December so we will swim widths and lengths
in our nice warm pool for Terri. Our group will include adult beginners and experienced
swimmers, many of whom have swum from here to the mainland or taken part in Channel
relays.
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10-20
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England,
Isle of Wight, Seaview
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Isle of Wight Sports Club
|
06Dec03
|
Our pool measures 16 metres x 8 metres and my Sports & Fitness Manager, Nolan, is
confident that we can complete the full 35km distance between us during the hours
8am to 10pm. He's mad of course. However, we shall go for it, without Nolan, who
is yet to be seen in swimming trunks. Looks like I shall be on the early and late
shift!
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20-30
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England,
Kingsbridge
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Kingsbridge Communnity College
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06Dec03
|
Although we are but a short jog from the English Channel, it's a little wider down
here than up there at Dover, so we are going to be doing our Swim For Terri in the
comfort of the Quayside Leisure Centre. We have been allowed the use of a few lanes
so that some mad, crazy people can swim their hearts out for over 3 hours on Sat
6th.
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14+
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England,
Lancing
|
Lancing College
|
04Dec03
|
Each person on our Swim For Terri team will swim 1 km to give a total distance equal
to the English Channel, BUT (and even though we are rather close to the Channel)
in the comfort of the school pool...!
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35
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England,
Liverpool
|
Hoylake ASC
|
06Dec03
|
We have our Christmas Gala on 7th Dec and we are all going to be swimming for Terri
to make sure Liverpool is on the map! Our gala involves 5 local clubs so we will
have 5 teams involved. Our contribution will come from entry money and raffle ticket
sales.
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100+
|
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England,
Liverpool (Woolton)
|
Newborough School
|
27Nov03
|
We are a school of just 32 children but almost all were involved in the Swim For
Terri - children from 3 years of age to 16.
The children have learned a lot from being involved - many of the older ones have
seen the Being Terri video. All have had fun.
Best wishes from Woolton in Liverpool.
|
32
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|
England,
London
|
Auntie & Co. (i.e. the BBC)
|
06Dec03
|
It took a while to find a pool with enough lanes for us all and we thought at one
stage we might have to swim the actual channel after all...grease and all! Gurnell
Leisure Centre, Ealing, are allowing us to use their pool free of charge throughout
the morning. We have 3 lanes and are swimming in relays.
Zoggs are supplying us each with yellow swim hats and goggles! We will have 'Swim
for Terri' printed on them or written in the hand of the person with the neatest
or most creative handwriting!
We have an Ealing Gazette reporter coming along. We are not sure if they're intending
to take part but I'm sure they'll get thrown in!
If we have the time and energy we will swim the Channel and back! We'll let you
know what happens - with photos...
__________________________________________
Post swim: Our swim took place on Saturday 6th December at Gurnell Leisure Centre,
Ealing. It was a cold and wet morning but 30 people managed to drag themelves out
of bed and arrive at the pool at 7.45am, all with smiles on their faces!
Once everyone had arrived we had a brief team meeting, discussing our goal and organising
the strong and weaker swimmers into groups. Meanwhile, the non-swimmers were putting
up posters around the pool advertising Swim For Terri and walking around the spectators
gallery with collection buckets.
Zoggs kindly donated yellow swimming hats, goggles and keyrings for each swimmer
so we distributed those - and then we were off!
We were only allocated two lanes to swim but we soon took over the entire pool!
There was a mixure of swimmers doing different things, some were swimming non-stop,
some were stopping every 10 lengths, others were stopping when they needed a breather.
Each swimmer had their own log sheet of how many lengths they had completed, these
were tallyed up every so often and added to the grand total displayed on a huge
board. Swimming commenced at 8am and finished at 10.30am when we realised we had
done almost 400 lengths over the target! We completed 1802 lengths in total.
The atmosphere was of sheer triumph at the end! If people were tired they did not
show it! Our next challenge after the swim was to find a pub to feed us all!
Credit goes to every person that made this swim possible, thank you!
Sarah Ewen, BBC
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35
|
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England,
London
|
Lane4
|
06Dec03
|
At the moment there are 10 Lane4 people hoping to swim the equivalent of the English
Channel in the pool at the Harbour Club in Chelsea. Nine of us are planning to swim
a length each with Adrian Moorhouse (Olympic Gold medal winning swimmer) swimming
the rest (approx 22 miles!)
|
10
|
|
England,
London
|
London Weekend Television (LWT)
|
05Dec03
|
You'll find us doing our Swim For Terri down by Waterloo Bridge. Fortunately NOT
in Old Father Thames (ooh, very chilly!) but in a beautifully heated pool that has
been donated for our use for the day. One of our group has only just learned to
swim but that's not stopping him - so 10 lengths for him...and the rest of us will
just have to do the remaining 1,390 lengths between us. Yikes! Last time I swam
a very long way I had to wear my pyjamas...but I did get a gold medal for it (no,
not one of THOSE gold medals). Anway, I digress... Good luck to everyone who is
swimming.
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20
|
|
England,
London, Fulham
|
Harbour Club All Stars
|
06Dec03
|
We will be swimming a km each in relay fashion starting at 8am and finishing at
8pm - which is when the bar opens. Given the minutes taken to swim a km vary from
15 to 60 [Editorial comment: Are you serious we have someone on the team who will
take an hour to swim a km, that's going backwards...] there are now frantic calculations
underway to work out how many swimmers we need in the pool at any one time to make
sure we are all done by 8pm. [Ed: I still can't believe 60 minutes...]
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35
|
|
England,
London, Fulham
|
Rob, Mark and Jeremy...and Catherine
|
06Dec03
|
We'll probably regret this (and our back up plan is to round up a fourth person...[Update
received: we are now four: we've had to draft in a girl, Catherine]) but we are
going to try and swim the 35km between the three of us, one km on, two kms off over
a period of 12 hours. We are all swimmers of absolutley no note whatsoever (although
Jeremy claims to have done a triathlon swim at some stage in the last decade...and
in recent months Mark has been seen training by swimming across a large bay in southern
France - chatting to a friend while doing so, so it can't have been that serious
a training swim.) We have a new found respect for those individuals who have actually
swum the English Channel.
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3...er 4
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England,
Manchester
|
Wright Robinson Sports College
|
04Dec03
|
Our Year 7 (11 and 12 year olds) Personal and Social Education (PSE) group have
been studying the dangers of fire and saw the video about Terri. Having been very
moved by the programme and Terri's story the children wanted to do their own Swim
For Terri. We will be using our old school pool and it may be one of its last uses
before the new school is built. If it is one of the last uses of the 'old pool'
then it is a very worthy one.
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25
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|
England,
Marlborough
|
Marlborough College
|
06Dec03
|
The response to participating in the Swim For Terri has been staggering. Our school
is made up of Houses and all will be involved. We will have as many as 150 individuals
swimming. We expect an average of 30 lengths per person so that gives us a distance
of 112km, or the more unusual Channel crossing of Bournemouth to Cherbourg. That'll
keep them fit!
We are very humbled by Terri's courage and are extremely proud to be part of this
very worthwhile cause.
Links: www.marlboroughcollege.org
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100+
|
|
England,
Nelson
|
Nelson Swimming Club
|
01Dec03
|
We have persuaded a number of young swimmers who are members of the club to do the
sponsored swim instead of a training session. They were more enthusiastic about
the sponsored swim and don't mind missing training!
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20-30
|
|
England,
Norwich
|
Anglia TV
|
06Dec03
|
The cameras will most definitely be turned off when Anglia TV staff don their cozzies
to raise money for Terri. It won't be a pretty sight but newshounds, producers,
researchers and support staff will be doggy paddling to victory for the beautiful
little girl, who's one of the family!
[Editorial comment: This is the team that made the television documentary 'Being
Terri'.]
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40-50
|
|
England,
Oxford
|
Oxford University Modern Pentathlon Association (OUMPA) & Old Blues
|
06Dec03
|
We have negotiated use of the brand new Oxford University swimming pool. We'll have
to decide a format once we know how many people are doing the swim, but hope that
the University Swimming Club and Water Polo club might join us. The swim will be
at 5pm - so we'll be swimming fast to try to hit the bars early.
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??
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England,
Oxford
|
Oxford University Swimming Club
|
27Nov03
|
Our swim is going to be a relay with anyone from the University swimming, even if
its just a few lengths. We are aiming to get LOTS of people involved...
__________________________________________
Post swim: On the evening of the 27th a number of the University swimmers met in
the new Rosenblatt Pool to Swim "across the channel" For Terri. In the
end there were 10 of us and we managed to complete the distance in about an hour
and a half. Those people that couldn't make it to the pool to join us for the swim
showed their support by sponsoring us...and we raised a lot of money!
We are all really proud of the way Terri and her father Paul are coping; they are
an inspiration. Everyone was pleased to be involved in the Swim for Terri and we
hope our sponsorship money helps.
Gemma Tinson, Oxford University SC
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20-30+
|
|
England,
Padworth, Reading
|
Padworth College
|
30Nov03
|
Our Swim For Terri took place over a three day period - although not all of it spent
in the water i hasten to add!
We are an international college, and appropriately given the nature of the Swim
for Terri, our swimmers represented many countries including China, Vietnam, Brunei
and India.
We had lots of fun doing the swim and we will all be collecting sponsors in our
home countries when we go back for the Christmas break.
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14
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England,
Peasemore, Newbury
|
Margaret Bolam - Just me!
|
06Dec03
|
‘Learning to swim’ FOR TERRI, From Sat 6th Dec 2003
I wanted to do a ‘Swim For Terri’ along with those in the 70 some countries around
the world, but there was one small problem. I can’t swim. There was only one thing
for it: learn to swim. So from Sat 6th Dec I have decided that I will ‘Learn to
Swim For Terri.’ I have set myself the target of being able to say, by 30 April
2004, ‘I’m a swimmer’. It sounds so ordinary doesn’t it? But by doing so I hope
to raise a little money for an extra-ordinary little girl. 100% of the money I raise
will go to Terri’s Trust Fund. Of the pool now for the first lesson...
Yours, Margaret Bolam (Age: 50ish – but I’m not saying anything more than that!)
See the first page of Margaret's sponsorship form.
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1
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England,
Preston
|
Preston Swimming Club & Friends
|
06Dec03
|
Preston is proud to be on the map! We heard about the idea of a Swim For Terri through
www.mumsnet.com and
www.netmums.com so we
have mums and families involved - and thanks to Preston Swimming Club we'll have
a terrific turnout. Although, personally, I will be 8.9 months pregnant on the day
of the Swim For Terri I hope to manage a few lengths… We will be attempting to cross
the channel 10 times, a hard target but definitely achievable if all the Preston
Swimming Club swimmers do their normal sessions and the parents and coaches add
their distances in too!
Links: www.prestonswimming.co.uk
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30+
|
|
England,
RAF Cranwell
|
RAF Swimming, Diving & Water Polo
|
22Nov03
|
All the RAF swimmers, divers and water polo players in attendance at a squad training
weekend will, together, swim the Channel for Terri. We are delighted to be involved
and for the RAF to play it's part. It's the ideal exercise for us all before our
end-of-season pint in the bar! After this swim we are doing a Swim For Terri on
the day itself, 6th Dec, in Lanzarote so go and look us up on the world map...
Also, we are looking forward to playing our part in what is being suggested for
next year as a worldwide swim...very exciting indeed.
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50+
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England,
Reading (& Waterlooville)
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Reading Swimming Club
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06Dec03
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Members of two of our junior squads will be tackling the swim - some at training
in Reading and some at a meet in Waterlooville, Hants, which will also be a first
ever away meet for some. Not quite in the Channel, but pretty close...
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20-25
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England,
Sheffield
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Elaine Lack, Peter Lack and Pam Haslam & Friends
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07Dec03
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We decided to make sure Sheffield was on the map with a Swim For Terri.
Having been promised two lanes at Ponds Forge in Sheffield, we sought out our friends
to see who could swim something more than the doggie paddle!
The real challenge became obvious: how to make sure ten lads would be in the pool
early on a Sunday morning after a Saturday night out. Well, us girls had to be creative.
Let's just say we pointed out that one of our female swimmers is well equipped and
doesn't need anything to stay afloat.
So Sheffield's answer to Pamela Anderson - sporting a cozzie - and ten lads, and
a few others, early on a Sunday morning, will be swimming for Terri.
We hear some are even trading in the more usual Saturday night on the razzle for
a cozy night in with a cup of cocoa in preparation for the swim. Now there's dedciation
for you.
We will all be swimming our hearts out for Terri.
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15
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England,
Shepperton
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Mother & Daughter - Jill Chandler and Yvonne Smythe (...& friends possibly!)
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06Dec03
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Pool time constraints meant we have had to be creative so we are doing our Swim
for Terri over a period of a few weeks and we will complete the last laps on Sat
6th Dec. At the moment there are two of us - me and my mum! - but we WILL complete
the 35kms between us, come what may...and I suspect we will attract a few others
so we don't end up with shoulders as wide as an albatross by the time we finish.
We are proud to have Shepperton, down by the River Thames, on the map for Terri.
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2...+?
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England,
Southport
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Birkdale High School
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06Dec03
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There has been lots of interest in the Swim For Terri which will involve some 30-35
students. We will be swimming in two 1 hour groups. We have six staff involved including
the Head!
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30-40
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England,
Stowmarket
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Stowmarket Swimming Club
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15Oct03
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It's not that we wanted to be first to do our Swim For Terri or anything...but we
just couldn't wait! We raised the money thanks to the Stowmarket Lions Club allowing
us to use some of the time they had booked for their annual sponsored swim for charities.
We were allowed six teams of six swimmers and we had 45 minutes to swim as many
lengths of a 25m pool as could be done, relay fashion. Each team was determined
to do more lengths than the others. I think it was as hard getting out of the pool
after each length as swimming the actual length. (Next day all of the winning team
complained of stiff ribs from the effort of getting out.)
The winning team did a record breaking 208 lengths. Not the Channel, but not bad
going at all and we had a lot of fun doing it!
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36
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England,
Sutton
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Sutton High School For Girls
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13Dec03
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We have four lanes of the local pool and with 32 girls swimming we aim to swim the
total of 35km in one and a half hours. How about that for speedy!
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32
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England,
Teddington
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Lensbury Ltd
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06Dec03
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We have both children and adults taking part, some of who are taking the opportunity
do complete ASA distance awards (from 50m - 3000m). I am hoping to find more swimmers
as at present I am swimming half the distance - not what I intended...!
Update received 23 Nov 03:
We have had so many people now wanting to be involved that we are going to swim
44 miles - the Channel and back! This has taken off here. Things are going very
well and we are all having fun. If this goes on - and given we are right next to
The Thames - we'll have to consider using the river too...only joking...it's very
brrrr cold brrrr in the Thames in December...
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40
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England,
Workington
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Workington ASC
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03Dec03
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We are organising three teams of swimmers of different ages & abilities, who between
them will swim 35kms during our training session. You never know, we might just
manage two English Channels in total...
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Post swim: 48 swimmers Swam for Terri tonight. The swimmers ranged from 7 to 17
years of age and they managed to swim in excess of 70km between them. A fantastic
effort! So that's across the Channel and back again. They were all glad to see dry
land when they had finished, mind!
CONGRATULATIONS SWIMMERS!
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50+
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Guernsey,
St Peter Port
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Derek Lainé & Friends
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08Dec03
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We are going to do a 5 x 7000 metre relay for Terri. More details to follow...
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7
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Ireland,
Dublin
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Trinity College Swimming Club
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02Dec03
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We are pleased to put a dot on the map for the island of Ireland for the Swim For
Terri. Thirty diligent students will be getting themselves diligently down to the
pool to diligently put in some laps.
The core of the team will be the Dublin University Swimming Club who didn't even
have to be bribed to Swim For Terri. The usual promise is free Guinness at the bar.
We will of course be in the bar when we have finished to replace lost fluids - hey,
what else do you expect, we're from Ireland and we're students - rewarding ouselves
with plenty of the black stuff, justifying it also on the grounds that we might
just swim the Channel for real one day and if we do we'll need the insulation...
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30
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Isle of Man,
Douglas
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Manx Masters
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06Dec03
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A core group of masters swimmers will be flying the flag for the Isle of Man in
the Swim For Terri. We may not have the azure blue waters and the reefs that some
other islands in warmer climes boast of, and our cats may famously not have any
tails, but we Manxmen and woman are a sturdy lot... and goodlooking too!
Our Swim For Terri will be a dedicated swim during a one hour training session on
Saturday between 1 and 2pm and we are hoping to cover the distance of the English
Channel between us. That's 3km each in an hour so it's head down and off we go...
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12
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Jersey,
St Helier
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Richard Davy + friends
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06Dec03
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I am a firefighter and i was immensely moved by the programme about Terri. My local
pool - Les Quennevais Leisure Centre - has donated a lane for me to Swim a Solo
Attempt, although if any others appear on the day, I shall not be proud/shy...feel
free and let's knock off the lengths...!
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1
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Scotland,
Edinburgh
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Edinburgh Swimming Development Team
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06Dec03
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Nae fear, the Scots are coming......but nae wearin' kilts, nor wi bagpipes for snorkels!
We'll be there with swim teams from 'Swim4All' lesson swimmers, teaching staff and
centre staff all battling it out to raise money for Terri. Royal Commonwealth Pool
will get things hurling and curling along with some of our other pools 'swimming
it' for Terri with 'swim4all'.
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Post swim: We swam the height of Ben Nevis! We had a number of Swim4All families
involved and some young swimmers, Lyall, Murray and Ian, from our Stroke Development
III classes. We all thoroughly enjoyed swimming and raising money for Terri. Thank
you to all those that contributed. We would like to send Terri our love and best
wishes from all at Edinburgh Leisure Swim4All department.
Louise Findlay, Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh
Links:
www.edinburghleisure.co.uk
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30,40,50+...
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Scotland,
Glenrothes
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Fife Fire and Rescue Service
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06Dec03
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Firefighters have found another use for water - getting in it and moving around!
We're busy rounding up as many willing volunteers as possible to Swim For Terri
- or count laps - to raise money for something very close to our hearts. We may,
however, require our colleagues to rescue us from our synchronised sinking!
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10-20
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Scotland,
Orkney Islands
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Stromness Swimming Pool
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06Dec03
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We are roping in/bribing/cajoling/blackmailing everyone from the Triathlon Club
and the Swimming club through to our Learn To Swim adults and children, to come
in and swim a few lengths. For some unknown reason I and Assistant Manager Kenny
Macleod will be swimming in chest waders!
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30 - 40
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Scotland,
Shetland Islands
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Shetland Selkies
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06Dec03
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I have so far managed to bully 30 people into taking part in the swim. It is taking
place at Clickimin pool, the most northerly 25m pool in the U.K. We decided against
swimming in the sea due to the ice-berg hazard. We shall all be in at the same time,
9am - 11am, before the pool opens to the public.
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30-40
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Wales,
Pembroke
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Irene Delahunty & Friends
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29Nov03
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I think we get the prize for the furthest west of the Swims for Terri on the UK
mainland (I had to craft that carefully as I just noticed the Swim For Terri in
Dublin...)
Having volunteered to do the Swim For Terri on my own if necessary, others have
clearly felt pity for me and I am relieved to say 'we' are now 20.
We are confident we can complete the full 35km of the Channel, particularly because
one of our number is a delightful chap called Austyn Shortman who is a former Commonwealth
swimmer and the current world record holder at 50m freestyle (Masters swimming)
ie a normal person but with an in-built out-board motor.
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Post swim: We have had a great afternoon! We had a lovely turnout for the swim,
and lots of fun was had by all. I put on nibbles and drinks after the swim, and
so far have over three hundred and fifty pounds in COINS in my swim bag! Thank you
for giving us the opportunity to join in. We all had a great day here in Wales.
Irene Delahunty, chief rounder-uper in Pembroke
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20+
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