Sam Playfair

Ful-On Tri Swim The English Channel

Fundraising for The Brompton Fountain
£5,890
raised of £5,000 target
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Ful-On Tri Swim The English Channel, 18 June 2018
We raise money for Royal Brompton Hospital to to support heart, lung and critical care

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At the end of June, we, three members of Ful-On Tri triathlon club - Euan Lees, Nick Berry and Shane McCauley - will take up the challenge to swim across the English Channel, from England to France - a distance of, at least, 21 miles - and, in the process, raise money for a wonderful charity - The Brompton Fountain. The Brompton Fountain supports children with serious, often life-threatening, medical conditions, who are under the care of Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust - the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK.

This is a life-long dream challenge for us. The English Channel is a demanding swim; it is the globally-known standard for marathon swimming, and is considered, by many, to be the ultimate long-distance challenge - fewer people have swum the English Channel than have climbed Mount Everest! It isn’t just the distance that is the challenge, though, but, more, the variable conditions that swimmers are likely to encounter - possible wind force 6 and wave heights in excess of 2 metres, in one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, with 600 tankers, 200 ferries and other vessels passing through daily! Swimmers are exposed to the elements unlike any other endurance athlete. The water is cold, and the jellyfish are unfriendly!!

Your support for this very worthy cause, by giving whatever you can, would be greatly appreciated.

Please, help us to make a difference!

Cheers, guys!

Euan, Nick & Shane

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About the charity

We are the children’s charity at Royal Brompton Hospital supporting cardiac, respiratory and intensive care. Donations help us fund child and family support services, medical equipment, wellbeing projects and resources, accommodation and improvements to the facilities which aren’t funded by the NHS.

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Total raised
£5,890.00
+ £907.78 Gift Aid
Online donations
£5,890.00
Offline donations
£0.00

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