Last Facebook update from the boys (at 10:00 this morning):
Seven hrs done , 6 miles from France . Must deserve one of Fred’s Masterpieces famous bacon rolls , Basher and Supa get 1st round
Just checked on Masterpiece’s location (at 13:40):
Swim boys swim!!!
If you want to see the boys progress please click here.
The call has come in – Swim starts at 02:00 on Monday 15th July!
Paul’s latest blog is attached below – Good luck guys!
“finally the time has come…no more talking or no more asking for help…its 100% swim time ,
Our double swim of the English channel looks set to go ahead in the early hours on Monday morning starting around 1am.. …
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for their messages of good luck…it means a lot to me and the guys ,
it’s been a tough emotional 9 months for the 6 of us..We hope can make the swim a success this year for many private and personal reasons..,..
We will for sure give it our best shot….Let’s do it..
If u wish to stop up all day and night to follow our progress then these are links to help you…
thank you for your help, your support , for your Kinds words
Paul.x ‘
CSA ships GPS tracker links…our Boat is called Masterpiece..
(Channel Swimming Association Link to Masterpiece)
http://www.channelswimmingassociation.com/csa-pilots/fred-mardle
ShipAIS tracker link, you will again find Masterpiece and all ships that are
in the channel
http://www.shipais.com/currentmap.php?refresh=2&count=3&map=folkstone
also will be updating on our Twitter
https://twitter.com/bigrickswimteam
@bigrickswimteam
A thank you to you all ,for your Kinds words
your for help, and of course for your support over the last 3 years..
This is the last swim..so let’s do it..;-)) ,
Paul.x
Breakthrough Breast Cancer..
A big well done and thank you to all of the swimmers who took part in the final round of this year’s Mercian League.
A very depleted team (from illness, other commitments, and even one swimmer – Dominic Blackwell – achieving a MDQT at last weekend’s Boldmere Open Meet, meaning he was too fast to compete), did very well in a hot and sticky Solihull pool.
With 8 first place swims (Girls Open Medley relay – Jessica Jones, Sareena Gaddu, Katie Gulliver, Lucy Gale), Jessica Deans (50m Free), Jessica Jones (Open 100m backstroke), Jessica Deans (10/under 25m fly), Pia Tonks (12/under 100m free), Sareena Gaddu (14/under Breaststroke), Katie Gulliver (Open 100m Free) and the girls 14/under medley relay team (Jessica Jones, Sareena Gaddu, Sancha Tonks, Lucy Keyte), all of whom did brilliantly well.
These along with twelve other top three finishes, all of the swimmers should congratulate themselves for a good evening of swimming. Out of the 34 individual races, there were 13 personal best times achieved.
Well done to all who took part – the swimmers were a credit to their coaches.
Results available in the members section.
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Tudor Grange Aquathlon Sunday 29th September 2013 Tudor Grange Leisure Centre Blossomfield Rd Solihull B91 1 NB 1st SWIMMER 10am This event is sanctioned and run under BTF rules
http://www.britishtriathlon.org/britain/documents/membership/2013_btf_rulebook_revisions.pdf
COURSE DETAILS POOL SWIM RUN – TUDOR GRANGE PARK
ENTRY FEE CHILDREN 8-16 YEARS £13.00 TE MEMBERS £15.00 NON TE MEMBERS
ADULTS (17+) £15.00 TE MEMBERS £18.00 NON TE MEMBERS
ENTER ONLINE AT http://www.entrycentral.com/index.php?festivalID=291
CLOSING DATE FOR ALL ENTRIES is 22nd September 2013 or WHEN RACE IS FULL NO ENTRIES ON DAY NO TRANSFERS OR REFUNDS INCLUSIVE FOR DISABLED TRIATHLETES – IF YOU HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION AND WISH TO ENTER THE EVENT AS AN INCLUSIVE COMPETITOR PLEASE CONTACT rosa@solihulltri.org |
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Pip`s Swim Team Challenge for 2013 is to attempt a TWO WAY SWIM ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.!! we do aim swim from England to France and back again, between us thats about 60 miles of swimming.
This year we are fund raising in the memory of Philippa “Pip “Thomas and in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer. We Tragically lost Pip, to breast cancer in October of last year – her two year fight against this horrible disease was such a brave one ,she is missed so much by everyone x
Pip was the long time Partner of Richard Brownjohn who’s idea it was to try and do a 2 way swim of the English Channel in memory of his Beautiful Pip and whilst doing so try to raise money for the amazing Charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer who are dedicated to saving lives by finding the causes of breast cancer, improving detection, diagnosis, and treatment….
Pip`s Channel Team consists Richard Brownjohn, Stuart Dugmore, Darran Dyke, Gary Edgington, Rob Cash, and Paul Bates . We will attempt our swim around the15th July 2013.We will swim from Dover at around 2am over to the French coast at Cap Gris Nez where we have to swim ashore and walk briefly on French soil, before then returning back to the sea to attempt our return swim back to Dover . We estimate it will take us just under 24 hours to complete the 60 miles swimming!
Pip`s Channel Team, and all of Pips family are so grateful for your help and support, every penny donated here today will go to help save lives.
Thank you for your generosity – Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure.
http://www.justgiving.com/pipschannelswimteam
You can now text donate to this page if u wish any amount from £1 up
Pip’s details are
type in the text box PIPS91
With the amount you wish to donate eg. £5
And then Send To this number 70070
Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity. So it’s the most efficient way to donate – saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
So please dig deep and donate now. Thank you so much Pips Channel Team
Kind Regards
If you would like to follow their progress they’re boat is called Masterpiece (same boat they have used previously)
Here’s the Channel Swimming Association link to Masterpiece:
www.channelswimmingassociation.com/csa-pilots/fred-mardle
Also – there is the ShipAIS tracker link,you will find Masterpiece and all other ships currently in the Channel:
Mark Foster invites you to race him in a 1.25km open water swim on 24th August in Eton, West London to raise money for Level Water.
Level Water is a charity that provides free one-to-one swimming lessons for disabled children, until they can join mainstream lessons and swimming clubs.
Make sure you use the discount code LEVELWATER10 and tick the ‘Fundraise for Level Water’ box when you make your entry.
You can also get in touch at contact@levelwater.org
