Welcome to a special Sunday edition, with excitement in the air. It definitely doesn’t look like Summer has finished, but the Summer Badge ceremony held in the grounds of Royal Far West, meant we celebrated the end of the qualifying summer swims.
A beautiful gorgeous day ahead.
Welcome to one of our first time swimmers today.
….and then we’re off ….searching for sealife.
As soon as our swim was over we headed to Royal Far West.
We enjoyed the sausages!
Today we also joined the launch of Sydney law firm, Wotton + Kearney and FDC Construction & Fitout joining forces to help raise awareness of the great work RFW does with the children of rural NSW, by doing a three day cycle from Dubbo to Wagga Wagga.
The guys posed for photos and apparently last week, were waxed! All to raise funds for RFW.
They will cover 490km travelling a route from Dubbo – Trundle – Forbes – West Wyalong – Temora – and finishing in Wagga Wagga.
To donate for this mammoth ride go to: http://ridingforcountrykids2013.gofundraise.com.au/cms/home
Ian and members of ‘The Management’ then started the ceremony off. A whopping 155 people qualified for a 6km badge and the first time ever, I was one of them!
48 B&B swimmers managed a 10km swim. Super impressive!
Thankfully we were all too excited to hear The Lips speech and he was moved on by the welcoming party pretty quickly!
Thanks to John Bond for organising many of the summer swims.
Well I’m off to find a spot in my hoody to sew on my badge!
Monthly Dinner at Bluewater -this coming Tuesday (11th March) at 6.30 pm…only a few seats left!
It’s Movie Night!! And the stars are the B&B swimmers. Don’t know if there will be a red carpet (maybe pink), but come and see Dr Salt. The movie was written and shot by Naomi Fryer late last year will be screened on the night.
With a limit on the numbers, bookings are essential. The cost is only $20 a head which includes shared entrees, a selection of mains to choose (including a vegetarian option) and corkage (for byo wine only) and a little thank you for the staff. All beers, glasses of wine and deserts are an optional extra at the special price of only $5 each!
Do mark this must attend event in your diary, follow the link B&B Movie Night Dinner to book.
If you are in Byron Bay on the 9th March you can see the Bold and Beautiful movie there as well as that is where it will DEBUT!! It’s called Dr Salt and here’s a link to details:http://www.bbff.com.au/programme-2014/?venue=360
B&B i-Log
Almost 50% of swimmers are now using the B&B i-Log. Log your swim ANYTIME of day using this really efficient and easy way to ensure your swim is recorded in the daily attendance and on the Pacific Challenge. To get started, send an email to Ian Forster (ugoboyo@gmail.com). He will check that your email address is activated on the attendance register then send you info on how to get started.
Staying safe
Remember that there are no badges for scaring yourself silly! While it is great to extend your boundaries, it is important to know your limits. Do read these excellent tips on staying safe in the surf. To read, or even download, click here.
Stats:
Sunrise: 6:49am
Sunset: 7:21pm
Water temp:22.8
New:21
All of us:290
6km badge holders: 155
10km badge holders: 48
Signing off: (6km badge holder) Snorkles
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14 comments
Alyson
09/03/2014 at 12:03 pm
Well done to you all!
John.s
09/03/2014 at 12:15 pm
Great blog, Shazza!
What’s with the are they really his comment?
LSA aka HKTQ
09/03/2014 at 12:26 pm
Great blog – of course, I was the “just captured” and the others were the photo-bombers and posers:-)
Such a fun morning and do hope any slow swimmers who are still apprehensive about doing a long swim will join us next year!
Actually, all special thanks to Jules for always encouraging me and the slowbies to buddy-up and “go all the way”, having lots of fun at the same time!
LSA aka HKTQ
09/03/2014 at 12:27 pm
Oh my goodness, 2 badges and I wonder who has swim the furthest in the last 30 days?
Actually, I’ve only been back 25, so John Bond and James Goins and the usual suspects must have been slacking and Simon must have been taking too many holidays:-))
Elizabeth
09/03/2014 at 12:29 pm
Excellent blog. I am so glad at the badge ceremony that Andrew thanked Ian, John K, Anne, Lesley and Pauline and others for all the stuff they do. I am also so grateful to Robyn, Sam, Sarah A, John Bond and the others who lead the swims in such a patient way that even I can join in. Thanks so much. Enjoy your badges all
Snorkles
09/03/2014 at 1:04 pm
Whoops! That comment just slipped out!
Elaine de Jager
09/03/2014 at 1:45 pm
The badges are a great way of encouraging us to get out of that comfort zone and do something we never would have thought possible. I would never have thought I could do a 10 km swim a year ago. LSA is always a constant motivator. If we can do it anyone can. We are thinking about an adventure swim from Quarantine Station to Watsons Bay before it gets cold. Anyone else up for it? Storchy has said he’d be support crew and we might be able to get Tony or Mike there with their boats.
Well done to Snorkles, not just for blogging but for getting her 6km badge using legs only!
Bill McCaffeine
09/03/2014 at 1:55 pm
This is all very well, but I’ve never seen any of these people in the water.
Lips
09/03/2014 at 2:23 pm
Beautiful ceremony. Spoiled only by Ian ungraciously cutting me off half way through my acceptance speech.
Great work covering both swim and awards ceremony Snorks!
The Shark Toucher
09/03/2014 at 3:05 pm
Thanks to all who cut off Rainer’s speech – great team effort!
Pacific Jules
09/03/2014 at 3:21 pm
Thanks Sharon !!
Looks like it was another wonderful morning, both swimming and celebrating everyone’s summer achievements with Royal Far West. Well done to all of you, fantastic !!
Thanks to everyone who begin the scenes doing all the work so everyone gets to enjoy suh special times together too 🙂
Margot
09/03/2014 at 4:08 pm
From the point of view of a (relative) newbie, the idea of doing such a long swim seems daunting if not impossible! Maybe with the encouragement of all you nice B&B-ers, I can do it one day! Looks like it was a great ceremony – very impressive achievements! Well done all!
LSA aka HKTQ
09/03/2014 at 5:37 pm
Oh Storchy, we all know you were sun-bathing on the rocks whilst we swam all those Ks…. next year, pls join me for a 6K and a 10K so you don’t have to pinch someone else’s badges:-)
LSA aka HKTQ
09/03/2014 at 5:39 pm
Margot, you’ll be doing it very soon…. just one stroke at a time in good company!