Have you ever dreamed of swimming across the English Channel? Maureen McCoy one of our Club coaching team actually did.
This year diabetes UK has chosen for their main fundraising challenge SWIM22….22miles being the width of the English channel….The challenge is to swim 22miles between 22nd April and 22nd July…in the convenience of your own local pool.
Diabetes is on the increase here. Diabetes UK Northern Ireland works to Care for, Connect with and Campaign on behalf of 73,500 people living with diabetes in Northern Ireland and their family and friends.
Most people will know someone who has it and who is being treated with diet, tablets, injections or a combination of these.
The type that needs regular daily injections often starts in childhood and is a lifelong condition which affects many aspects of daily life.
There is no charge to register for the event ….and you get a free swim hat……all that the each swimmer needs to do is keep a record of how many lengths they have swum (or the number of metres for each training session to add up)…..1416 lengths of a 25m pool is the same as 22miles.
It can be over as long as it takes ( deadline is 22nd July). There is no minimum amount to fundraise, so no reason not to take part.
It would be a real boost to a swimmer to realise they have swum that far…I dont think many of us realise how far the kids swim when they are training. Even better, they are raising money for a very worthy cause.
All the coaching staff and the executive have offered their support to any swimmers wanting to take on the challenge.
Please follow the link below if you wish to register for the event.
http://www.diabetes.org.uk/swim22
It would be great to know how many swimmers take up the challenge and complete it (either individually or with their friends in a squad) and hopefully how much money they can raise between them. Please let me know when you register by emailing louisesands@sky.com
