The Winters Work Is Done ..

Big Ricks Double Channel Team 2016
Ross, Mrs T, Stu , Prince Charles , Basher and King Small 

1st channel Training session
November 2015, as you can see 2 members were sadly missing
but with us in some shape or form  

team Tops Arrive
big thanks from us all
 to Aggora for there Very  kind  help &support 

Well done to Channel team expat member Rob who completed his 2 hour cold water Channel test swim yesterday in a cold endless pool in Bangkok!

Snow Time
it was 6 months to channel day 

If all official
we are swimming to France & back
27Th July to 31st July 2016

No Channel swim is complete
until  the Team Hoodies arrive 

Four of the Ricks Channel team joined up with our Perry Beeches Team Mates 

to have a go at Staffordshire County Championships  , just to see how winters training had gone the team won 32 gold medals ,

 52 medals in total..   

we are now really looking forward to get back into open water in few weeks , winters training has gone great, the team are flying in the pool ... but as we all know pool swimming and open water swimming are totally different...but what ever happens over the next few months its going to be FUN .!!

these are just  some of many swim sets with have done with Ricks and with our Masters team mates at Perry Beeches SSS swimming club. hope you may find them useful..., to help you  look through them we need a Ricks Blog Tune....it can only be one ..the unofficially channel anthem by Frank Turner - If Ever I Stray..enjoy the song and enjoy the swim sets . some of them are Fun..;-) 

 click on arrow to play as you read

Big Ricks are Swimming the English Channel
to France and back.!
in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
if you wish to help and support the Ricks team and Macmillan
please click the link below..thank you https://www.justgiving.com/teams/bigricks    

Mission Impossible IV

BIG RICK`S SWIM TEAM

Presents....

Basher, Prince Charles , Baby Face Emery , Awesome Thorn ,The Boom

 & King Small 

Big Ricks  Double Channel Team 2016

The Channel Impossible IV

" The Return "

(Nothing Great Is Easy..!)

Only 7 months to go....

 ‎"Your mission ', should you choose to accept it,  is after a 3 years break  to once again attempt an Epic two way swim of the the English Channel, only difference this time, is you have a new and younger team to help  you Finish it ...;-)) . 

As usual  your lead man will be  Basher  , but in 2016 Basher is now followed by Awesome Thorn , Prince Charles  , Baby Face Emery , King Small  and the Boom   , Now  should you or any member of your team feel the need to start panicking again like the 2012 team did  , as it gets a bit windy , dark and foggy with 2m waves , and then starts running up and down the boat shouting this should be stopped , or perhaps you feel  Sea Sick, or maybe  get stung by a Jellyfish or 2 , or be hit by the odd piece of wood or ferry or worse.. Well tough..!!!! you're are so not getting out until your hour slot is done and you  finally get the swim is  completed...!!!

The boat will self-destruct after 24 hours so you had best get a move on do it.!!. Good luck Team , (Simply click the arrow on the picture above to listen to a great song as you read, and TURN it up loud..!!)..

The English Channel.

This looks simple wouldn`t you say...Just  jump in at Dover, paddle over to France,

make a sand castle ,have an ice cream maybe on Cap Gris Nez Beach, 

and then paddle back to Dover for some Fish and Chips and a beer.. EASY...!!!

The Challenge...!

more info to come...

Feels good  to be back and swimming the channel 

Big Ricks are Swimming the English Channel
to France and back.!
in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.
if you wish to help and support the Ricks team and Macmillan
please click the link below..thank you https://www.justgiving.com/teams/bigricks