SwimBritain 2014

Ricks At The  
British Gas   Swim Britain  2014

London Aquatics Centre

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

SwimBritain is a series of fun team swimming relays that take place across Britain every September. It’s all part of the British Gas/British Swimming partnership. Our goal is to inspire 500,000 people across Britain to swim more regularly – and get fit!

http://www.swimbritain.co.uk/

Anyone can take part - irrespective of fitness levels or swimming ability.  All you have to do is team up with family and friends or use our Facebook Team Builder App to find teammates (you need a team of between two and four people), and find a SwimBritain event pool near you
http://www.swimbritain.co.uk/venues

A-team
Tara ,sue , Ross and Beckie    

SwimBritain 1000

Each team member swims 1000m (4 legs of 250m).
 Relays will be chip-timed so you can track how you and your team mates do in real time on the day.Team results will also be posted online after the event. 

Liz, Dianne and Jenny 

Tara ,Beckie , sue  

British Gas Swim Britain  2014Swim done..loved it..
now for a beer or 2

David Walliams at British Gas SwimBritain

 with the Aquabatix Syncronized Swim Team 

at London Aquatics Centre on September 20, 2014

British Gas and Shelter: Working together to provide better homes for Britain.
Shelter’s history, expertise and credibility added to British Gas’ scale, reach, visibility and practical solutions make a strong partnership in working together to provide better homes for Britain.

http://www.swimbritain.co.uk/about/shelter

Bits & Pieces..

A Few Bits & Pieces..
of Ricks swimmers and friends adventures
over the last few weeks.!      

Our great friend Anji from swan pool 

swam Windermere end to end last week!

all 10.5 miles of it , in 17 degree with 

Anji looking a bit nervous before the off..! 

Anji soon lost all her nerves once in the water
swimming great  in the first hour of the swim   

lunch time feed stop  .!
not far to go now.!! 

Anji completed Windermere In a fantastic 8 hours 31 minutes... 
 congratulations from us all Anji...top effort
channel next maybe..?

Anji , pictured with the great Colin Hill from the Chillswim team
who escorted anji safely throughout the swim   
 all photos curiosity of Chillswim    
http://www.chillswim.com/

Swimbritain Blenheim Palace

 Jodi , Dave,Jenny and helen..

The ASA Team

 Jenny , Alice , Claire and Kathryn

The Boldmere SC Team  

Pre warm up dip

 the start  

David Walliams and Duncan Goodhew 

doing thier warm-ups before joining in ith today swim     

http://www.swimbritain.co.uk/about/blenheim

http://www.swimbritain.co.uk/about/blenheim

Enduroman

ENDUROMAN ARCH TO ARC

The challenge that connects two of the world's most beautiful cites

 by running, swimming and cycling.

http://www.enduroman.com/

 Mr Paul Parrish you are Enduroman No.20

Run 21h55m from London to Dover (T1 18h05m)
Swim 17h25m the English channel (T2 6h35m )
cycle 20h44m from Calais to Paris .
total time 84h44m
Congratulations from us all Ricks  .

Paul`s Enduroman support team join for final picture at Marble Arch, London

 The start of his amazing adventure . Just the 87 miles to run, the channel to swim and 180 mile bike to Paris!

  Paul ,ran the 87 miles   from London to Dover in 21h55m

Paul then. Swam The English channel in 17h25m 
all 22 miles of it 

he made it...... you are a channel swimmer 

an amazing achievement in itself ,but after running  87 miles before,

 it’s amazing , now its bike time..!

Deja vu - now at Wissant - 

exactly level with where paul landed from the swim at 5.30 this morning.! . 

he Cannot believe he's actually done that and now fresh as a daisy on his bike 

paul then ,  cycled the 187 miles from from Calais to Paris

but why..??? Paul undertook the Arch to Arc triathlon to help The Aspire Charity to help others who have spinal cord injures to have better of lives ... what a man.!!

A Post from Aspire
HE DID IT! Paul Parrish just became the oldest person to complete the Arch to Arc challenge in the 6th fastest time ever! 84 hours 44 minutes. 

He’s also only the 20th person ever to do it since it began in 2001

 AND he’s raised over £17,000 for Aspire. Congratulations Paul from everyone
https://www.justgiving.com/PaulParrishArch2Arc

Aspire Charity

The Finishing  the photo of Paul  holding his  bike aloft at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris  ,Its the picture he’s been dreaming of for 2 years ..the picture that means

 he joins  the club  only of 20 people in the world to ever complete

the Marble Arch to  Arc de Triomphe  Enduroman Triathlon   

Hear a lovely interview with Paul after his land mark challenge swim this week

 in this interview with the bbc`s Adrian Chiles, Paul describes how his life has changed in the last 14 yrs. He talks about just became the oldest person to complete the Arch to Arc challenge in the 6th fastest time ever! 84 hours 44 minutes.  And about being only the 20th person ever to do it since it began in 2001

 AND he talks about the Aspire Charity...  

(click the arrow in the picture above to hear paul )

He's now raised over £18,000 which is simply amazing. If you'd like to donate you can do so here: https://www.justgiving.com/PaulParrishArch2Arc/

(all photos curiosity of Enduroman, Aspire & Paul Parrish )     

Chillswim Coniston

Chilled in name and in nature.!
Chillswim Coniston 2014
http://www.chillswim.com/

 this was  taken the morning of the swim  
tell me that does not look fabulous  
Coniston water 

thank you to Nick Daly for using the picture  

thank you to Nick Daly for using the picture

are you sure this is  the way..? 

thank you to Nick Daly for using the pictures 

entrance closed 
see you at the other end.!!! 

here is the start of the yellow wave,

only another 5.25 miles to go   

Captain Slap.

 the great Paul smith 

winner of his age group..in none wet suit   

the amazing Sarah Tunnicliffe

Ricks swimmer..

basher bates..

 winner of his age group..in none wet suit        

Ricks report on the fabulous  

Chillswim Coniston 2014 

Results

 Top 25 in none wetsuit race  
full  none- wetsuit results  list here
http://chillswim.com/media/Coniston

 Top 25 in the wetsuit race  
full  none- wetsuit results  list here
http://chillswim.com/wetsuit
  

Coniston Chillswim 2014 

Official Event Video

See you  2015 

lots more details to come  about our fabulous day in Coniston
where we joined 500+ swimmers taking on one of the UK`s most famous pieces of open water in UK ..but for now we hope you enjoy some pictures and videos of the day ..Ricks