Swimathon 2025

Sat, Mar 29th 2025 at 9:30 am - 2:30 pm

This is an easy and fun way of raising funds for your charity or good cause. The format is changed this year to enable you to retain 90% of your sponsorship money so why not dive in ?


PLEASE NOTE THAT LAST DATE FOR ENTRIES IS 28th FEBRUARY SO DON"T DELAY !

Stockport Lamplighter Rotary Club is pleased to welcome teams again to take part in our 23rd annual swimming fundraiser. It is for swimmers of all ages and abilities. The event is in the heated pool at Stockport Grammar School.

Each team has a 55-minute slot, but only one member of each team swims at once.There is no need for any one individual to swim for the whole 55 minutes. Team-members usually take it in turns to swim a length or two each but each team can choose their own format . All sponsorship is based on the team's total of lengths, not that of any one individual. The pool is divided into four lanes, so four teams can swim for each period of 55 minutes, with a five-minute changeover period for the next teams to get in place.

All teams will receive a certificate showing the number of lengths swum by the team.

 The Rotary Club of Stockport Lamplighter has facilitated the  raising of in excess of £75,000 from these events for local charities and good causes . This year we are changing the financial format so that the participating teams can now retain 90% of their sponsorship money for their own charity or good cause subject to donating the remaining 10% to the Rotary club for subsequent distribution to Rotary's chosen charities .

Please don't be put off by the title. No team, or individual, is being asked to swim an unduly long distance. This is not a competition. There are no hard and fast rules about how a team should be organised – some may prefer to swim alternate lengths, while others may prefer members to swim for more than one length. All we ask is that inexperienced, or out-of-condition, swimmers do not exceed their capacity.

PLEASE ENTER ON LINE AS FOLLOWS

Step 1- Fill in and submit the entry form by 28th February  accessed by the following link. If you are entering more than one team then please use a separate form for each team.

Link to entry form 

Step 2 - Once your swimming time has been confirmed by email from the organiser then fill in and submit the team sheet(s) before 14th March at the latest.

Link to team sheet

Step 3 - After your entry  is confirmed you can if you wish download and fill in as many of the sponsorship form(s) that you need for your team(s) by following one of  the links below.

Link  to sponsorship forms download in word format

Step 4 - As soon as possible after the event plase let us know the total you managed to collect and send us 10% , payment details will be on the confirmation email.

We will always try to give you one of your preferred start times but the times are allocated on a "first come first served" basis so may have to offer an alternative if already taken. We will be in contact to confirm this and other relevant details after the entry is received.

Please note that the start time is to start swimming and you need to arrive before this time to get changed and organised.  

Contact Information for entries : Lesley Higginbottom

Telephone : 07877 134937 

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