Saturday 2 August 2014

Great Manchester Swim

Ricks At The
 Great Manchester Swim 2014
Saturday 19 July 2014 
Salford Quays, Manchester

its 9.30am on a Saturday morning..
we are  in the heart of Manchester ..!!

with over 3000 swimmers   
think its time to get this swim started
Coronation Street star Catherine Tyldesley,
the official ambassador of this year’s swim,
 was on-hand to launch the event
http://www.greatswim.org/events/great-manchester-swim
                      okay its time to get you all warmed up for what lies ahead of us.
this is a close up view of the greatswim PT instructor..
getting the swimmers ready, warmed up and relaxed to swim
The
 Great Manchester Swim 2014
          ( just click the arrow in the picture above )        
The orange wave the start  

The yellow wave start 
along with a ricks report of todays  swim   

Just a  few random pictures we took from a brilliant day at the
    The
 Great Manchester Swim 2014
Ricks swimmer
sloopy Alsop
4th in age,  26th  overall  
 Ricks swimmer
young Ross  
9th in age,  65th  overall 

 Ricks swimmer
Basher   
2nd in age,  20th overall 
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okay , 
these are just some of the random pictures Ricks  took of the Great Manchester event..
we hope you can judge from them , what a great event  it is to be part of ,
and maybe they will make you think about having a go yourself
at one the great swim events around the UK..
go on give it a go..!! 
you will love it.. 
hope to see there...Ricks