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Iʼve raised £2,250 to TEAM H2 Oh! Swimming The English Channel & raise money for 'Swim Torquay' Plainmoor Community Swimming Pool, we're a Team of 5.
- Torquay, Devon, UK
- Funded on Wednesday, 31st October 2018
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Team H2 OH! Ziggy (AKA Selene) Gerry, Lindsay, Pete & Rachael -
SWAM the Channel a relay across the English Channel to raise money for our nominated charity, 'Swim Torquay', Plainmoor Community Swimming Pool, Torquay.
'Swim Torquay' or Plainmoor Community Swimming Pool as it is also known, was built in the 1970s, it is a Charity run pool with dedicated & friendly Lifeguards & the manager Marcus is passionate about swimming being made available to all. The pool caters for a huge variety of swimmers & learners - from one to one swimming lessons for all ages & abilities, Clubs, Mobility, Baby/Toddlers Groups, Schools, Triathlon Swim Coaching, Lifeguard Training, Swim Parties, Aqua Fit....
Many people learnt to swim here, as a charity pool it constantly needs funding to stay open & continue to offer a safe environment for all to swim & have fun. Swimming is a great form of exercise, being non-weight bearing it is great for those with joint issues, it also uses large groups of muscles, so a brilliant way to stay fit too!
The Channel Swim - 2018
WHEN - 30th of September 2018
HOW FAR - The Channel is 21 miles at its shortest point, however we will swim much further as the current will move us many miles off course as the tide ebbs and flows.
HOW LONG - between 10 to 25 hours! (if not more!)
The Louisa Jane will be escorting us safely across the Channel as there could be at least 200 other vessels as well as up to 600 tankers, marine creatures & debris! We are hoping to Find Nemo, France & ‘put pebbles down our pants!’.
Sea temperatures could be between 12-18 Celsius during the day, dropping lower during the night, once we set off from Dover, we will be non-stop swimming until we reach France, which will mean taking our turn swimming in the inky blue sea during the night – scary! We do not want to find Moby Dick or Jaws!
There were BIG WAVES & tankers, at the start is was pitch black, unfortunately Ziggy was really sick!
Thank you for your generous donations :)
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- 6 years ago
Selene Corvin
6 years agoTeam H2 Oh! completed their English Channel Crossing! Pitch black sea *TICK* Big Swell & Waves *TICK* Lots of Vomit *TICK*TICK *TICK* (Luckily this wasn't a team activity, Ziggy completed this on her own!) There were a few hiccups along the way, some very choppy conditions, we went off track at times due to strong currents & as we were not in the Neap Tide we had hoped for; our swim was brought forward a few days as the week ahead look unsettled, we were keen to go! It was definitely a Channel Swim Adventure!
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- 6 years ago
Selene Corvin
6 years agoDid you know.... 'Fewer people have swum the English Channel, than climbed Mount Everest' (James Howard - four times Channel Swimmer, holding the record for the earliest & latest in the year channel swims) !!!
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- 6 years ago
Selene Corvin
6 years agoThis is fabulous.... Thank You to everyone who has donated so far. Luckily there's another 5 weeks before we're off again, if you've not heard, the windy weather stopped our channel swim in August, but we're booked to return between October 1st - 5th (we are slot 3, so fingers crossed for Oct 3rd) So if you kept meaning to donate... it's not too late!! It would be great to smash our target!
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Andy Webb
Oct 31, 2018
Well done Lindsay and team.Awesome achievement!Andy
£30.00
Michele Sandhu
Oct 28, 2018
Well done Ziggy and Lindsay! Xx
£10.00
Steph Nickels
Oct 19, 2018
Very well done, what an achievement!
£10.00
Anonymous
Oct 10, 2018
Great effort team!Sorry to hear about the sea sickness and the poor swimmer who swam through it eewww.
Fenella Davis
Oct 8, 2018
Well done!! Great achievement for Plainmoor
£30.00
Joanna Clark
Oct 6, 2018
Amazing achievement. Well done everyone!
£20.00
Oliver Castledine
Oct 3, 2018
£5.00
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