Swimarathon 2024 - a brilliant, simple, idea
Sunday 17 March 2024 at Abbeycroft Leisure Centre, BSE 12.00 - 5.00pm
Swimarathon 2024
“A Brilliant, Simple, Idea”
Event Sponsor: The Ridley Godfrey Foundation
Organised by the Rotary Club of Bury St Edmunds
23 teams swimming for 15 different charities -
BSE Sea Cadets
BSE Women’s Aid Centre
Cancer Research
Citizens Advice West Suffolk (2 teams)
Compassion
Eden’s Youth Centre Project (2 teams)
Guide Dogs (2 teams)
RNLI
Rural Coffee Caravan – Rotary Splashers
St Nicholas Hospice (3 teams)
Samaritans, BSE & West Suffolk
TeiganSmile
The Brain Tumour Charity
WSH My Wish (2 teams)
WSH Rainbow Ward (2 teams)
YA Blues, BSE Arts Society
plus 2 teams to confirm.
Swimarathon 2024 – ‘how it works’
The Rotary Club of Bury St Edmunds organises the event.
The costs of running the event is covered by our Event Sponsor – The Ridley Godfrey Foundation - to whom we are all extremely grateful.
We are also grateful for support from Abbeycroft Leisure and the Bury Free Press
Adult Teams. We invite Teams of 4 to swim for a local charity of their choice, with a guideline of a maximum of 3 teams per charity to ‘spread’ the benefit across our community. Some adult teams secure their own lane sponsorship from local companies.
School Teams. The local Secondary schools/colleges receive invitations. Once the details of their Team entries are known, we will invite local companies to sponsor a lane for a School Team with whatever they feel able to contribute.
Polices, Insurance details and Paperwork. All can be downloaded from our Club Website, or emailed from Robert Davie: rdavie593@btinternet.com
Lanes: we can accommodate up to 36 teams (six lanes, six sessions)
Team Organisers: each team appoints its own Team Organiser. The Team Organiser does the team ‘admin’ and is responsible for the collection of the Team’s sponsorship money and its safe delivery to their charity.
Swimarathon 2024 – the detail
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When |
Sunday March 17, 12.00 – 17.00.
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Where |
Abbeycroft Leisure Centre, Beetons Way, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 3YE |
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Organised by |
The Rotary Club of Bury St Edmunds. Reg. charity number: 1026392
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Swimarathon organiser |
Rotarian Robert Davie: email rdavie593@btinternet.com Tel: 07576 880822 3, St Michaels Close, Northgate St. BSE IP33 1HT |
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Teams |
Four members, with an adult responsible as captain/team organiser. The team captain is responsible for contact with the Swimarathon organiser. |
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Teams complete as many lengths as they can in 40 minutes, with only one person in the water at a time. Swimmers of all abilities welcome. Each swimmer receives certificate & medal. |
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Swimmers’ sponsorship forms |
Swimmers raise sponsorship. We recommend sponsorship per length swum by team. Rotary will record only the number of lengths swum. Two forms available: ‘Young person’s’ form and an ‘Adult’ form with a gift aid section. |
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Website |
The Rotary Club of Bury St Edmunds |
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Policies and Insurance |
Available on our website or from the Swimarathon organiser. Copy sent to the Team Organisers in advance. |
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Data protection |
Information supplied will be used solely for running Swimarathon 2024 and not passed on or sold to any other organisation. Team organisers will also receive an invitation to participate in Swimarathon 2025. Data on Gift-aid sheets used only as required by HMRC. |
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Payments to Charities |
Either: direct to the Charity the team is supporting, with an email to let Robert Davie know. rdavie593@btinternet.com (01284 766318 or 07576 880822)
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or via the Rotary Club of Bury St Edmunds Community Account. Details available on request. |
Contact Robert Davie about this page:
'What We Do' Main Pages:
Club member Robert Davie is currently cycling 550+ miles for the Leaders of Worship and Preachers Homes (LWPHomes) to raise awareness in their 75th year. His aim is to visit the four sites at Westcliff-on-Sea, Woodhall Spa, Milborne Port and Minehead.
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took place on September 27, 2023, at the Bury St Edmunds Golf Club. A wonderful day with twenty-two teams competing.
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