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| The British Heart Foundation .Heart Of England Swim.. 2011 at Blithfield Reservoir ,Staffordshire |
Another weekend, must mean more races for Big ricks.!! , This weekends fun started at the beautiful Blithfeild Reservoir in Staffordshire , which is home to the BHF Heart of England 1 mile swim....
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| Blithfield Reservoir ,Staffordshire |
Click video to see what conditions were like pre-race
We had some great news to start the morning ,as Ricks welcomed 2 new swimmers to the team..Both were taking part in open water event for the 1st time , Martin who we have known for 30 yrs, decided to take up challenge of after a 20yr break and the there was Tim....Tim was at school with Mark ( Big Rick) . he read about big ricks team attempts to raise money for the BHF and for Mark, and wanted to join in and and help raise funds in memory of his great friend..  |
| Martin warming up....!!! http://www.justgiving.com/Martin-White4 |
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| Tim all smiles before his first taste of open water racing http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserPage.action?userUrl=TimWarner&faId=117941&isTeam=false |
Both Martin and Tim are swimming to raise funds for the BHF , so far between them they have raised over £ 480.0 for the Heart Foundation...which is just an amazing effort guys...
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| Nick and Rob..chilling before the start.. does the Chunky ever stop eating..?? |
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| Nigel.. Hmmm.. we are loving the Jesus sandals Nige |
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| We Had Great support at the swim.. it was lovely to see Marks old mate Ash, along with his beautiful daughter Fran and his ever young mom Marg |
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| Big Ricks Team shortly before the off |
click on the Video to hear a short race report.
Well sadly for some the event was cut a little short, as BHF organizes felt the water was a bit rough for some of the weaker swimmer to manage the mile course so, it was changed to about a 1000m, which is the always the correct the decision if there any doubt., After all the BHF swims are take part events, and NOT races..which some of the Triathlon swimmers who turned up clearly forgot as they were moaning after..
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| Nigel and Martin after the swim..!! Hmmm..ill say no more.. |
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| Big Ricks Tim , along side Brother Paul , and his children and their mom Mary..Tim does amazing work for the BHF.. he has raised well over 2 thousands pounds in the last few years in memory of his dad,, the Great John Sanger.. |
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| Its all over for another year.. |
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| That was Big Rick at the BHF Heart of England Swim 2011. Check out the BHF Events page for more Great swims , i`m sure you will see us there.. www.bhf.org.uk/events/swims |
Okay....well that's the fun over....The channel swim is now only 7 days away....its time to focus and get ready.....this weeks swims are just chilled ones..3 or 4 laps at time...all the hard work has been done...and now its all about getting ourselves ready to drive down to Dover next Monday (18/7/11) to hopefully be swimming at 4.30 on Tuesday morning...we hope..!!!
Mondays(11/7/11) channel training report from the Swan
Only 7 days To Go.......
Ricks Channel Swimmers were very busy this weekend, The BHF Heart of England Swim wasn`t` the only swim the team members attend....in fact in all 5 events were swam over 3 days...!! Great effort everyone.. A bonus we had great results in all of them
Mondays(11/7/11) channel training report from the Swan
Only 7 days To Go.......
Big Ricks team are swimming the channel in aid of Cancer Research UK and The British Heart Foundation . If you wish to Support us in anyway ,then just click link below and Please give what you can. Every penny you give will go to help save Lives..!!
Ricks Channel Swimmers were very busy this weekend, The BHF Heart of England Swim wasn`t` the only swim the team members attend....in fact in all 5 events were swam over 3 days...!! Great effort everyone.. A bonus we had great results in all of them
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| The Badger ON Friday, Gary took part in the Jones Lang LaSalle Property Triathlon at Dorney Lake Windsor. Gaz was in Rider Levett Bucknal team who finished 2nd in the Event. http://www.jones-lang-lasalle-property-triathlon-2011-relay-results |
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| The Don On Saturday Richard took part in The Big Cotwold 1m Swim at Waterland Outdoor Centre,, Shorncote, Rich did a great swim coming 10th overall (3rd in the over 40,s) in great time of 23.40 http://www.triferris.com/results/BigSwim |
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| Sloppy On Sunday Nicky took part in The XTERRA EPIC Lakes Swim Series at Ullswater in The Lake District . Nick had a great swim in the 3.8k race coming 21st overall in the ladies race (7th lady in age group) http://www.epicevents.org/Ullswater-results |
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| Basher.. On Sunday Paul took part in 2011 ASA Midland Open Water Championships at BOSWORTH WATER in LEICESTERSHIRE. Paul Did the 3k race..and came home in 3rd Place..http://www.swimming.org/2011-midland-open-water-championships |
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