Who we are

We are all members of Southwell Minster Choir:

1. Matthew Farrell (Dec Alto Lay Clerk)
2. Jeremy Pemberton (Can Bass Lay Clerk)
3. Becky Burrows (Mrs Can Alto-to-be)
4. Harriet Astbury (Minster Consort Soprano and Mrs Aux Dec Tenor-to-be)
5. Jonny Allsopp (Assistant Director of Music)

What we are doing

From the 1st to the 31st March 2022, all five of us will be donning our swimming goggles and aiming to each swim 34km (or the rough width of the English Channel).

This averages out at about 1.1km a day, or 44 lengths of our local leisure centre pool, so not an insignificant challenge!

Why we are doing it

Southwell Minster Choir is hugely fortunate to have a Choir Association alongside it, which exists to fund everything from choir tours and concerts, to chorister travel bursaries and new music commissions; we simply wouldn't be able to fund many of the activities the Choir does without their support.

We are therefore looking to raise at least £3,400 (£100 for each of the kilometres that the five of us will have to swim) to support the important work that Southwell Minster Choir Association (SMCA) does.

More information on SMCA can be found at https://www.southwellminster.org/minster-music/choir-association/