2010 Swimathon
The Portishead Rotary Club, 14th Annual Swimathon 2010
held on
Saturday 27th March at Parish Wharf Leisure Centre, Portishead
Another great success in this years local events callendar!
This year we are supporting:
Cancer Research UK
CLIC Sargent (Caring for children with Cancer)
Muscular Dystrophy Campaign SW
as well as
Schools Projects, Local Groups and Charities
We were all extremely pleased to welcome Jemma Cooper, Weather Girl from BBC Points West, and Wendy Watkins Co. Organiser of Portishead Carnival, as well as Nigel from Portishead Homebase Store, who helped start a number of swimming sessions.
Jemma rallied on the teams and their supporters, taking time to talk to a number of individual swimmers.
This year 74 teams took part, which amounted to some 444 swimmers. A total of 5279 lengths were swum over eight sessions of 35 minutes.
Portishead Rotary President: Chris May, with a number of the swimmers
Once again Portishead Rotary entered their own team. It was clear that very little training had taken place prior to the event, however, they still managed a moderately respectable 69 lengths by the end of the last session.
We are very pleased to announce that all of the costs this year for the set up and organisation of the event were more than covered by the generous donations from local businesses. This means that all the sponsorship raised from teams entering this year go directly to the nominated charities. Over the next couple of weeks we will be chasing the teams for their sponship money, so we can announce the grand total raised, as quickly as possible.
Click here for list of: 2010 Swimathon Sponsors (list being updated)
The Rotary Club wish to sincerely thank all the Sponsors once again for their help in making the Swimathon a continuing success, our appreciation and thanks also to the editorial staff whose support through their publications have raised the awareness of the Swimathon and other Rotary Events. Our thanks also to the manager & staff at Parish Wharf Leisure Centre who worked tirelessly on the day supporting our club members in ensuring the event ran smoothly.
Next Year the Swimathon will be held on: 26th March 2011
