Ricks On Tour ..
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| welcome to the very First Waveney River Swim 1st July 2018 |
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| Ricks On Tour .. Waveney River Swim 2018. Jelly , Boom , Madge , Sudocrem & TipToes .! |
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| The Star off the Show.. supa swimmer now turned Open water event Promoter. Melanie "Madge" Holland. our amazing Host for the day.. |
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| The River Waveney Course |
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| the Ricks Boys.. having a Pre swim beer on Saturday night most likley deciding which one off them was having to do Ryan`s coating of Sudocream duties the following day.!!! |
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| Race Day... Beccles Quay is looking fabulous as swimmer arrive to check in |
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| The BHF Boys looking cool and ready.... |
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| Tiptoes looking keen to check his Goody Bag and make sure its a small t-shirt..! |
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| the 3 big men of the team.!!!! Rayn & Staurt ..and TipToes |
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| Transport to start , |
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| Road Trip to the Start .. shades on. |
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| Warm up area for the elite Wave,,, this is where the mind games start... Pre Race Favorite has to be Professor Paul Smith... will anyone be able to out swim and out Draft the Professor and win the First Waveney swim .????  The swim will be tide-assisted. The distance is approximately 11.5 km, which is divided up into three legs Leg One 4.9k Leg Two 3.3k Leg Three 3.3k Water temperature on the day was a fabulous 21 degrees |
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| start point.!! |
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| Nutty Race officials Vickie and Madge |
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| Ryan miles out in front with only the swans to keep him company |
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| race for third place..we think Greame , Dr Smith & Charlie |
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| Ricks Good Friend and Channel team mate . Caroline approaching the finish |
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| waiting for the 1st swimmer |
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| Madge... doing her stand up routine .. did you hear the one about the open water swimmer and a Duck......;-) |
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| Caroline.. all smiles after another great swim |
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| Caroline . finished in great 2nd place in the Ladies Skins. |
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| Caroline with Mel and a dashing looking parking official .Mr Holland . loving the cream panama suit.. |
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| Ryan stormed to 1st Place the Mens Skins. a superb swim |
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| Ricks Results from the Waveney River Swim. 
Caroline 2nd place in the Ladies Non Skins
time 2hrs 41.07
 4th Charlie 2hrs 34.14 7th Ross 2hrs 41.36 8th Stuart 2hrs .51.01 |
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| Swim Done... now lets eat says the Boom.. |
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| Big Stuart Starter after a big swim is always a Pizza for One... |
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| Pizza done.. now lets do the main course .. Barbeeee Time |
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| Its The only way to celebrate another successful Ricks ON Tour swim trip |
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| Many Congratulations to Melanie. all her hard work paid off big time.. the swim was big success , not only with swimmers taking part but with friends and family who came along to support . already looking forward to the 2019 Waveney River Swim |
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| no open water event can take place without volunteers to help out . congratulations to everyone who gave their spare time and so made this swim possible |
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| for all the results from the 2018 event check out the Broad Swimming Web Page. https://broadsswimming.co.uk/ |
Fancy trying the 2019 event .??
check out the video and then
go to the Broads swimming web page for more details
https://broadsswimming.co.uk/
Now how inviting does this swim route look..
this is what we call a real open water swim.!!
no swimming round in cycles or loops..
For A review of the swim check out
Graeme Schlachter excellent blog
http://zimhippo.co.uk/uncategorized/river-waveney-done/
this is what we call a real open water swim.!!
no swimming round in cycles or loops..
Graeme Schlachter excellent blog
http://zimhippo.co.uk/uncategorized/river-waveney-done/
