{"id":164,"date":"2013-02-23T13:11:25","date_gmt":"2013-02-23T13:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2018-03-22T16:56:05","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T16:56:05","slug":"big-ricks-swim-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/masters\/big-ricks-swim-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Ricks Swim Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">&#8220;Ordinary People,Doing Extraordinary Things&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;.. We Swim To Get Fit.!,We Swim To Have Fun..! We Swim To Help Others.! A team above all but above all a team<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bigrickchannelswimteam.blogspot.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/bigrickchannelswimteam.blogspot.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Monday, 5 March 2018<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/bigrickchannelswimteam.blogspot.co.uk\/2018\/02\/ricks-four-way-english-channel-relay.html\">Ricks Four Way English Channel Relay Swim<\/a><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bigrickchannelswimteam.blogspot.co.uk\/#RicksFourWay\">#RicksFourWay\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Big Ricks Swim Team\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Four\u00a0 Way English Channel Swim 2018 .<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ricks Swim team are\u00a0 attempting a quadruple swim of The English Channel&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>if successful we will be the third team in History to ever complete \u00a0this epic swim and<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 the first ever team from Great Britain and Europe to do so &#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is not just the distance &#8211; 136 km or 84.5 miles\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>( the swim could be double this distance due to the Channel Tides)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>that presents a substantial obstacle, but also the tidal changes,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0cold water, jellyfish,\u00a0\u00a0probably at least two full nights swims\u00a0..<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>after all that lets not forget\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>we are swimming across the busiest Shipping lane in the world,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>not once but four times ..<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Big Ricks \u00a0attempt of a non-stop quadruple crossing of the English Channel\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2013 is expected to take two days and nights \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>and will occur within between \u00a0September 2nd\u00a0to 8th 2018\u00a0<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>it\u00a0Should be a fun 48 hours .!!!!\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This was Big Ricks English Channel Anthem\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>on our 1st Ever Channel swim in 2011 ..<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>sounds as good today as ever .#RicksFourWay<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TakeMeDownToTheEnglishChannel?src=hash\">#TakeMeDownToTheEnglishChannel<\/a>..By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FrankTurner?src=hash\">#FrankTurner<\/a>&#8230;!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please\u00a0don`t forget we are attempting to be the 1st team from Great Britain to complete a quadruple English Channel Swim . its never been attempted before by the Brits .. everyone is saying Four Way &#8230;? NO WAY &#8230;you are crazy to even attempted it &#8230;&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>we are going to\u00a0 need as much help and support as we possible can for this One Off swim .. if\u00a0 you want to get on board and support Ricks in anyway shape or form please contacts us on\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:bigrickswimteam@gmail.com\">bigrickswimteam@gmail.com<\/a>\u00a0&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>wish us luck &#8230;.Ricks &#8230;..\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>for more information , pictures , Video over the coming months check out Ricks FaceBook team page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BigRicks2016\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BigRicks4way\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>#RicksFourWay\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Posted by\u00a0Big Rick`s Swim Team\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bigrickchannelswimteam.blogspot.co.uk\/2018\/02\/ricks-four-way-english-channel-relay.html\">04:37\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"1%\">Reactions:<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Ordinary People,Doing Extraordinary Things&#8221;&#8230;&#8230;.. 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