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Wishing you joy and friendship throughout the coming year
and may laughter and happiness and swimming fill your world. -Ricks |
Wednesday, 1 January 2014
2014
Thursday, 12 December 2013
The Swimming Times
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| Ricks In The Times..!! Open Water Swimming , teaching and coaching |
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| Ricks made it into November`s Open Water Swimming special edition we are very lucky. (To Read more clearly, then just click on the picture and zoom in) |
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| Supa Daz tops this page along side out channel pilot Fred Mardle (To Read more clearly, then just click on the picture and zoom in) |
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| Big bad John, Ricks Big man Richard Brwonjohn heads this page , Rich was using the ferry as his pace maker for 4th hour of the swim ;-) (To Read more clearly, then just click on the picture and zoom in) |
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| A big thank you to the swimming times to take time to run our 2 way story in this months great issue of the magazine, if you love open water swimming you will want to get yourself a copy sharpish.. |
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| If The Swimming Times amazing article about us has whetted your appetite for the full story of our 2 way swim of the English Channel then simply click the link below for total story.. http://Pipsswimengland-to-france-back-again.html one last thing before we go......!! |
Its Been Emotional....!
Keep Swimming
Friday, 6 December 2013
Susan Mary Taylor
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| Susan Mary Taylor "Channel Swimmer " 11/07/1979 -14/07/2013 |
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| Susan’s memorial bench is now in place on the
cliffs looking out over The English Channel please whenever you get the chance pay a visit a spend a few moments to remembering a lovely lady x Susan special place is located at The Varne Ridge Channel Swim Park 2 miles from Dover (145 Old Dover Road, Capel-le-Ferne, CT18 7HX)http://www.varne-ridge.co.uk/ |
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| The English Channel.. Susan`s words to all future channel swimmers... ”Sit awhile, contemplate the challenge ahead.!, Arise strong, swim straight, swim true, swim with me, swim with spirit, achieve your goal and bring me back a French "pebble".. Enjoy your journey and have faith in yourself! Susan x |
Dr. Julie Bradshaw MBE is joining families and staff at
Rainbows Hospice who are taking the plunge in a 24 hour Swimathon in memory of
Susan Taylor who tragically died while swimming the English Channel earlier
this year..the swim takes place on the 29th November -
for more details about the swim and to sponsor Julie and Susan`s Friends at:
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Capel-le-Ferne
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We returned to Dover at the weekend (2/11/13) for the CSA channel dinner...
it was our 1st chance since our swim in July to
go to the swimmers channel home Varne Ridge at Capel-le-Ferne to pay our
respects to our much loved and much missed Friend Susan Taylor
Susan
Susan had stopped at Varne Ridge in preparation for her channel swim
The Varne Ridge Channel Park owners Evelyn & David Frantzeskou have put a plaque up on the channel swimmers Wall to remember Susan .. and also Varne Ridge along with Susan's family and Friends have raised funds for a memorial bench in memory of Susan to be placed alongside that of Paraic
Casey`s on the cliffs of Capel-le-Ferne looking out over the English channel in the New Year, if
you get the chance when you are swimming next yr and for yrs to come..please
pop along and take seat for a few minutes and enjoy it’s a beautiful views ..and
remember 2 beautiful and Brave swimmers x
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| The Views from the cliffs at Capel-le-Ferne Folkestone to the Right |
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| The Views from the cliffs at Capel-le-Ferne " The White cliffs of Dover to the left " |
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| The Views from the cliffs at Capel-le-Ferne " And France lies straight ahead " |
Sunday, 1 December 2013
Channel Swimming Association Awards 2013
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| Channel Swimming Association 1927-2013 The Home Of English Channel Swimming http://www.channelswimmingassociation.com/ |
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| Pip Double Channel Team 2013.. for the first time since July the boys were back together for the Channel Swimming Association Champions Dinner held in the Amazing Connaught Hall in Dover |
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| Channel swimming association Champions Dinner its a chance for swimmers from the past and todayto meet up , have a glass of wine and share stories about what has been the best CSA channel year ever |
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| Channel swimming association Class of 2013
one 2-way solo
forty three solo swims
Two - 2 way relay teams
thirty six one way relay swims
( from 2 person to 8 person teams )
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For The opening speech of the evening we were very lucky and
honoured to have Mr Simon Griffiths Editor of the great H20pen Water Swimming
Magazine .Simon is an amazing supporter of channel and open water swimming in
the UK and the World.
(Click on the arrow in the Picture to hear Simon`s speech , doesn`t
the young man look dapper in Black Tie instead of the normal black wet suit..;-)) )
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| The Great and Good of English Channel Swimming are all gathered in the impressive Settings of the Connaught Hall in Dover.. |
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| Channel swimmers and Honored guests.. (think they must mean the channel pilots ) please take your seats.. |
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| Mr Copeland.. Big Doug raising a big Chaser of whiskey to another great year for Ricks and Pip`s Channel Team |
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| Ricks & Pips Captain. Rob "The Special one " Cash enjoying a chilled moment whilst Mrs Cash is at the Bar,, |
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| MR & MRS Endeavor our very good friends and fellow Swan Pool and 2013 channel swimmers Susan and Raymond Brookes. |
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| Darran "Supa Daz" Redman Duke & Mr Copeland Daz and Doug determined to make the most of their last ever Channel dinner the guys are hanging up their channel trunks |
Tonight's 2013 Winners...
"EVERYONE IS A WINNER WHO ATTEMPTS THE CHANNEL"
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| The King OF The Swan.. our very own Dan Earthquake winner of the Greatest solo Feat of Endurance 21 hrs 23 minutes  |
Pip`s were very Proud to Receive the Stan Maycock Shield for 2013
our Time was the fastest we had do in the 3 yrs trying..
and had it not been for Cashy
swimming of in the wrong direction it would been done in under 10hrs..;-))))
Channel Swimming Associations
Fastest Men`s Relay Team
2011/12/13
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| Proud Moment and yet a sad moment for us all its the last time this 6 will swim a channel swim together |
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| Big Bad Brownjohn.. A proud moment for Richard, the years double channel was all down to the Big Man.. he wanted to do something for Pip. He wanted do something that would help others overcome and beat Breast Cancer on his own Rich raised over £6000 plus.. for Breakthrough Breast Cancer |
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| Its Kits Fault Channel Relay Team 2013 our good friends and training partners from Swan Pool Ray, Jackson,Steve,Sue.Ali and Paul |
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| The Space Cadets Channel Team 2013.. Ricks good Friends from Bournemouth Jo,Keith,Ali, Stuart,Lou,Sarah,Gary |
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| the Great Freddy and Harry Mardel our Channel pilots for the last 3yrs |
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| the lovely and charming Sian Williams solo swimmer 2013 |
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| The Don and The Grey Badger.. |
Channel Swimming Association class of 2013
Click of the Pic to hear and see some of the channel swimmers
from all over the world that completed there channel dreams in 2013.
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| its Goodbye from Big Gaz and its Goodbye from Big Ricks.. xxx or is it.....??? Anyone Fancy a 3 way in 2015..... |
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| This is what Supa daz and Mr Copeland thought of that suggestion .. WE WILL BE BACK..... |
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Kellogg's Swimtastic Awards 2013
Kellogg's Swimtastic Awards 2013
Celebrate some of the country's most outstanding achievers in the world of Aquatics Athletes, teachers , and coaches of all ages and abilities, from all walks of life are recognized and congratulated for their outstanding achievements
 its much much more, we meet at lunch time... to firstly meet and chat to the stars of British Aquatics Olympic , world champions , world record holders , GB water Polo , GB Diving,Synchronized and Disability swimming in the Uk 
after meet Stars comes the real fun part of the Day..
"Swim with the Stars.."
it really was a fun afternoon for the children yes, but also mom`s and dad`s its not everyday you get to swim with Olympic champions |
Young Swimmer of the Year Award
Disability Swimmer of the Year Award,Parent of the Year Award
Senior Swimmer of the Year Award,Fundraising Award,
RLSS Lifesaving Award,Swim School of the Year Award
ESSA Dolphin Award,Top Teacher Award
Family Swim Award,Community Project for the Year Award
 so lets get the swimtastics under way  
The Host from the swimtastic`s is
Olympic 2004 Bronze medalist and
BBC TV and Radio presenter
Steve Parry
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To Hear the open few words from
our Swimtastic host , just click the arrow in the
picture above.
our Swimtastic host , just click the arrow in the
picture above.
Just one the Winners tonight , the amazing young girl Mia McGrory..
Mia.had open heart surgery this year ,
but after just 6 weeks she was back in the pool and swimming..;-)
Mia pictured here with top bloke Josef Craig
British Paralympic champion 2012 .
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| Ricks did not get award as such this evening , However our reward was to be just to be nominated , and so we able to witness the amazing swimmers here tonight and hear their personal stories of how swimming has help them and others to have a better lives. |
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| once the awards ceremony had finished it was time to let our hair down ( not that we have much to let down these days ) and try and dance the night away and also get a chance to meet some of the top people from tonight awards and from ASA British swimming with the ricks Boys is the charming Katie Brazier the Director of Sponsorship for the ASA |
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| with the Ricks boys is our host and great supporter of Open water swimming in the UK Steve Parry |
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| with The Ricks is our hero from the 80`s when we were trying to be fast pool swimmers 1980 Olympic silver medalist Sharon Davis |
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| its was great to meet up with Ricks good Friend Olympic swimmer and all around supporter of swimming in the UK Sarah Price |
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| Finally it was great to meet our good friend and training from Walsall swimming club the great Britain Water polo Claire Nixon picture her with fellow Olympic Water Polo player
ROLL OF HONOUR
Young Swimmer of the Year Award
Disability Swimmer of the Year Award
Parent of the Year Award
Senior Swimmer of the Year Award
Fundraising Award
RLSS Lifesaving Award
Swim School of the Year Award
ESSA Dolphin Award
Top Teacher Award
Family Swim Award
Community Project fo the Year Award
Facility Operator of the Year Award
A huge congratulations to all our deserving award winners!
 along side some the country's most outstanding achievers in the world of Aquatics 2013 , |
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