Swimming Challenges
Swimathon is the world's biggest fundraising swim!
Check back for information for 2012
Swimathon has been taking place in over 500 pools across the UK for more than 20 years! It has raised over £32 million for various charities with 1/2 million swimmers having swum approximately 24 times around the world! In 2009 almost 15,000 swimmers, we have raised almost £1.5million for Marie Curie Cancer Care and The Swimathon Foundation.
Swimathon is open to everyone, encouraging people to set their own personal challenge by accomplishing a distance of their choice. Swimmers can challenge themselves to the ultimate 5K challenge, 2.5K for the intermediate swimmer or 1.5K for those who swim occasionally. For those interested in joining forces with friends, colleagues or family, the 5K challenge can also be completed as part of a team of up to five people.
Abbeycroft Leisure is a registered Swimathon pool and we’ll be keeping you informed with dates for 2012’s Swimathon, so keep a look out!
Find out more at http://www.swimathon.org!
The British Gas Great East Swim
Do you require any help with you swimming stroke or breathing technique, then come along to one of our Aqua Buddy session where a qualified instructor will be available to assist or answer any questions you have.
Training available during any lane swimming session and Swim Fit session on a Sunday 5 – 6pm.
See Swim timetable on the website for lane swimming session times
The British Gas Great East Swim is the finale event in the Great Swim series – an exciting one mile, mass participation open water swim at Alton Water, Suffolk. Set against 600 acres of beautiful Suffolk countryside the British Gas Great East Swim is the perfect challenge for swimmers of all abilities.
You must be able to complete at least one mile in training before taking part in the event. A continuous mile is 64 lengths of our main pool!
Find out more at http://www.greatswim.org/GSE.
Aspire Channel Swim
Swim the distance of the English Channel (22 miles) over a 12 week period and raise money for Aspire and people with spinal cord injuries.
22 miles is the equivalent of 1416 lengths of our main pool. If you’re feeling adventurous, you can swim on your own or alternatively, get a team together through work, your school or youth group. Ideas on fundraising and incentive prizes can be found on the Aspire website.
This year’s Aspire Channel Swim is taking place from September 2011, so sign up now at www.aspire.org.uk/channelswim and get swimming for charity!