{"id":1387,"date":"2013-07-10T14:25:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T14:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2013-07-13T10:02:15","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T10:02:15","slug":"next-week-pips-2-way-channel-swim-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/next-week-pips-2-way-channel-swim-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost here &#8211; Pip&#8217;s 2 way Channel swim challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pip`s Swim Team Challenge for 2013 is to attempt a<b>\u00a0TWO WAY SWIM ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL.!<\/b>! we do aim swim from England to France and back again, between us thats about 60 miles of swimming.<\/p>\n<p>This year we are fund raising in the memory of Philippa<b>\u00a0\u201cPip \u201cThomas<\/b>\u00a0and in aid of Breakthrough<b>\u00a0Breast<\/b>\u00a0<b>Cancer<\/b>. We Tragically lost Pip, to breast cancer in October of last year &#8211; her two year fight against this horrible disease was such a brave one ,she is missed so much by everyone x<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pip.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1389\" alt=\"pip\" src=\"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/pip.jpg\" width=\"78\" height=\"65\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPip was the long time Partner of Richard Brownjohn who\u2019s 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\u00a0saving lives\u00a0by finding the causes of breast cancer, improving detection, diagnosis, and treatment&#8230;.<br \/>\nPip`s \u00a0Channel Team consists\u00a0Richard Brownjohn,\u00a0Stuart Dugmore,\u00a0Darran Dyke,\u00a0Gary Edgington,\u00a0Rob Cash, and\u00a0Paul Bates\u00a0<b>.<\/b>\u00a0We will attempt our swim around the<a href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/15\">15th July<\/a>\u00a02013.We will swim from Dover at around\u00a0<a href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/16\">2am<\/a>\u00a0over 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\u00a0<b>24 hours<\/b>\u00a0to complete the\u00a0<b>60 miles swimming!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<\/b>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.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your generosity &#8211;\u00a0Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/pipschannelswimteam\">http:\/\/www.justgiving.com\/pipschannelswimteam<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can now text donate to this page if u wish any amount from \u00a31 up<\/p>\n<p>Pip\u2019s details are<\/p>\n<p>type in the text box \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PIPS91<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With the amount you wish to donate \u00a0\u00a0eg. \u00a35<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And then Send To this number \u00a070070<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Your details are safe with JustGiving \u2013 they\u2019ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they\u2019ll send your money directly to the charity. So it\u2019s the most efficient way to donate \u2013 saving time and cutting costs for the charity.<\/p>\n<p>So please dig deep and donate now. Thank you so much Pips Channel Team<\/p>\n<p>Kind Regards<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pips-channel-team.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1027\" alt=\"Pips channel team\" src=\"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pips-channel-team-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pips-channel-team-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pips-channel-team-512x384.jpg 512w, http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Pips-channel-team.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to follow their progress they&#8217;re boat is called <em><strong>Masterpiece<\/strong><\/em> (same boat they have used previously)<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the Channel Swimming Association link to Masterpiece:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelswimmingassociation.com\/csa-pilots\/fred-mardle\">www.channelswimmingassociation.com\/csa-pilots\/fred-mardle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also &#8211; there is the ShipAIS tracker link,you will find <em><strong>Masterpiece<\/strong><\/em> and all other ships currently in the Channel:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.shipais.com\/currentmap.php\">http:\/\/www.shipais.com\/currentmap.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pip`s Swim Team Challenge for 2013 is to attempt a\u00a0TWO 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\u00a0\u201cPip \u201cThomas\u00a0and in aid of Breakthrough\u00a0Breast\u00a0Cancer. We Tragically lost Pip, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/next-week-pips-2-way-channel-swim-challenge\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Almost here &#8211; Pip&#8217;s 2 way Channel swim challenge<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1387"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1399,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions\/1399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}