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<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>24th June</strong></span></p>
<p>We have completed more than half the distance to Dublin now, just a couple of weeks to go before we have the big swim on the 7th July.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>18th June</strong></span></p>
<p>Mick and Helen completed the Great North Swim in 31:15 and 32:49, not happy with the times, we have now entered the Great Scottish Swim In September</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Rochdale</span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> Underwater Hockey Team</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is a long established charity and the charity behind Childline, in addition they provide guidance and training to many other people involved in the protection of children.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Oulder Hill are organising a Swimathon from the 1<sup>st</sup> April to the 9<sup>th</sup> July.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The idea being that the individual/group or club set themselves a target to complete in that period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the past the Club has successfully swum the channel in a single evening (that is 1400 lengths), this time we have 10 weeks to get to our final goal.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">This time we would like to visit </span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Dublin</span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> by crossing the </span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Irish Sea</span></strong><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">, 74 miles away from Holyhead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is a total of 4750 lengths of the pool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a Club we already swim approximately 240 lengths per week as a minimum, our intention is to keep training and on Thursday 7<sup>th</sup> July to have a big swim and complete the remaining distance.</span></strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Helen and Mick are also taking part in the Great North Swim in Windermere on the 18<sup>th</sup> of June. One mile in the lake, without fins!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are doing a lot of training and that distance will also count towards the overall total.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please support the young people of the club to get to their target and help us to raise money for the NSPCC by giving generously. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Barrie, Mick and the Committee</p>
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