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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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Almost here – Pip’s 2 way Channel swim challenge
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:
Race Mark Foster and fundraise for Level Water
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
Beeches success at the Boldmere Water Carnival
What a great weekend for Perry Beeches Sutton Swim Squad at the Boldmere Water Carnival. It was a real scorcher both in and out of the water, with 42 Personal Best times out of 50 swims. This equates to a massive 84% of all swims – what a great result.
The 9 swimmers who took part were Dominic Blackwell, Jessica Deans, Dominique Gomez, Andrew Gulliver, Katie Gulliver, Jessica Jones, Jamie Keyte, Pia Tonks and Sancha Tonks.
Helen Pordage, who was there as Coach over the weekend said “If you had to ask me to name the ‘swimmers of the meet’ , I would have to say ………………. ALL of them. Every swimmer swam beyond themselves and contributed to a fantastic weekend for Beeches. Yes we had our ups and downs – but that’s Open Meets for you. Its tough and they all come through it. For me it shear magic – they kept achieving PB after PB.”
Full results available in the Members section.
For all results see http://www.boldmereswimmingclub.co.uk/carnival.php
Paul Bates with the legend Dan Earthquake
Whilst enjoying the early morning sun yesterday morning, Paul Bates managed to get a few moments with the fresh-from-the-channel legend that is Dan Earthquake.
Dan said he was still hurting all over from his successful solo swim last week!
His story is well worth a listen…the 2 hrs of swimming through jelly fish sounded painful , but as Dan put it “My shoulders were hurting too much to feel the stings at the time!”
Dan’s channel marathon blog (link below) , which is a very good and honest account as always from the big man, is well worth a read.
Also………………only 6 days to go until Mr Bates himself attempts the two way Channel swim as part of Big Rick’s team….
http://www.coldwaterculture.com/2013/07/2125.html
Rob Small – international superstar -PD Int’l Triathlon 2013 – Sprint Distance
Beeches’ favourite Rob Small took part in an epic event this weekend. It was the Port Dickson International Triathlon which took place on the 6 July 2013. A sprint distance triathlon, which covered 750m swim, followed by 20km bike and 5km run.
Rob Small said “Great weekend – port dickson tri – sprint tri on saturday (750 swim, 20km bike, 5km run), Full tri on sunday (1.6km swim, 1km beach run, 43km bike, 9.5km cross country).
Looking good Rob!