Here are just few pictures from Rick's Swims
and other adventures in June
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| Ricks Jnr Team.. Young Basher , admiring the view of cliff lakes swim venue before the Triathlon England swim session 6/6/15 
Now that's what we
call A Real Open Water Swim .!!
its 8am Sunday morning , you’re at a lake , its cold , its lashing down with rain , the water is lovely warm 13. , and you have to swim an hour + in just your trunks.!! heaven in fact the only thing missing to make it a perfect swim .....would be if My Ricks Channel Team mates had turned up ;-)))..!!!!!!!!!!! Hmmmm cheers to Oldbury STC - Triathlon for turning up in even shocking weather to run the safety.
1/6/15
 to Cliff lakes OW venue in Kingsbury , we have a new team running Open Water swimming at Swan Pool Oldbury STC are now in charge of all things Open Water from May to September .  (£20.0 to join , £40 to swim for the season (or £3.00 per swim ) any more info needed will be the Olbdury STC facebook https://www.facebook.com/OldburySTCTri?fref=ts |
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| Perfect condition on Sunday at the swan Darraon and Rachel, Anji, Paul all did great swims |
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| some of the life guard team from Worcester doing an hour kayaking , before then doing a mile swim |
you will still see the Sandwell team on Sunday
as they do there own life guard training
here is young Colin with his buddies
about tom hit the water for the 1st time this summer
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| Colin is getting ready for another year of Life Guarding at events all over the Midland's |
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| Ricks Channel Swimmer Charlie "well done " Wheadon during the Great Midland Run in Sutton Coldfield. |
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| Top effort young man. 1hr 11.16 for 8.5Miles..  Claire took part in the ‘BEST FEST’ – a week-long festival of open water swimming in Colonia St Jordi on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca. |
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| Claire powering her way to the finish in the 7k event |
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| Finished... another superb swim by Mrs T,. |
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| Claire finished in 3rd place in the 7k.. fab result for the old lady .;-)) |
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| Ricks Swimmer Nick .. Nick more a runner than a swimmer these days, smashed the Great Midland Run in 57.12 great effort |
beautiful conditions at swan pool
for Sunday Morning Swim..
water temp 16 , sun was shining.
just Perfect
just Perfect
14/6/15
Young Ray...
all smiles after his hour + swim
Just Don`t mention the Villa .!
Big Daz..
darron is getting into fitness after having a new hip 8 weeks..
the man is still supa fast..6 laps in under the hr..
Many Congratulations to
Ricks swimmers and our Perry Beeches sc team mates
who stormed it at the Great North Swim over the Weekend
Michelle ,Ryan and Charlie
all had great swims in the
500m, 2 miles and 5k events
great effort guys.
Looking Focused
before the start of the 5k.
Charlie did super
swim in the Tough Mans event the 5k.,
coming 7th in age and a great 19th over
all in 1.09.38...top effort
500m
Ryan & Michelle Cox-Coley 26:02 (Michelle 1st ever OW SWIM )
Ryan also came 2nd in age (& 9th overall )in the 2 mile event 45.40
Ryan also came 2nd in age (& 9th overall )in the 2 mile event 45.40
Well done to Basher who did
his annually 2 hour channel test swim
in a toasty 13.2 Degree water.
Congrats to Liz on her fabulous mile swim
at the Great East Swim at Alton Water,.
liz did the mile in 55 minutes ,
a 3 minute + PB
Big Stuart all smiles on Sunday
before his 1st open water swim of the summer
what better way to start Fathers Day ,
then with a 3 mile swim in lake .!
Basher , Ross and Stuart
Ricks Basher..
after he had finished
the Great Manchester Cycle
all 52miles of it..
28th June
Paul picture at the Etihad Stadium
home to Manchester City FC
which was the start point for Sunday event..
despite the shocking weather on the day
8500+ plus took part on the Day.
This was Pauls 1st event in his own personal challenge
for Macmillan Cancer Support
" 7 @ 47 "
To celebrate becoming coming 47 yrs young last weekend,
he thought it would be fun to try and do
7 events in 4 straight weekends
we wish him luck
after he had finished
the Great Manchester Cycle
all 52miles of it..
28th June
home to Manchester City FC
which was the start point for Sunday event..
despite the shocking weather on the day
8500+ plus took part on the Day.
This was Pauls 1st event in his own personal challenge
for Macmillan Cancer Support
" 7 @ 47 "
To celebrate becoming coming 47 yrs young last weekend,
he thought it would be fun to try and do
7 events in 4 straight weekends
we wish him luck
7 events in 4 week are .
Great Manchester Cycle 52 miles 28th June ( Old
Traford )
Great Manchester Swim 1 mile 4th July ( Salford
Quays )
West Midlands & Warwickshire
Open Water Swimming Championships 3 miles 5th
July ( Bosworth )
English Channel Ultra Sea Swim 4hrs/8miles
11th July ( Bournemouth )
Pier to Pier Swim 1.4 miles 12th July
(Bournemouth )
Isoman Aqua Bike 3.5 miles OW swim followed by 36 miles Bike
18th July (Worcester )
Birmingham Triathlon 19th July ( Sutton
Coldfield )
if you wish to donate to Pauls challenge
for Macmillan Cancer Support
simply click on the link
