Welcome to the Winter badge ceremony! Today, we had everything going on; cake stalls, raffle tickets, B&B clothing and of course BADGES!
This year, must have been the biggest turn out for badges a whopping 324 people swam 20 times in Winter (over 7 different weeks). A further 154 gained a WWW badge too, for swimming in Winter without a wetsuit!
I did my strategic swimming and managed to get 21 in to gain my badge, but this year I wimped out on the WWW.
The B&B merchandise looked fantastic in all its glorious colours.
Lovely to see John Bryant here today, back and well.
The sun basked swimmers as they entered the water.
Here’s Rainer trying to get some swimming tips from members of the A team.
A small entourage gathered around Jane and a rather unfortunate PJ. Jane explained that It had just delivered an egg somewhere, and so when one life ends….another one begins.
Speaking of sharks …..Rainer displayed his latest feel good t-shirt.
8am, and we all headed to the grounds of Royal Far West.
The queues w
ere massive today!
The B&B hoodies were selling like, well, like the great hoodies they are!
The cake stall made a whopping $294.55!
Shaun was seen loitering close to the cakes ……only one bacon and egg roll Shaun.
The raffle tickets proved popular! Was it because I was selling them, or did we have some great prizes? 😉
We made $901 in raffle money for RFW! Rumour has it that Roger is still holding onto a book, with the ladeeezzzz phone numbers in ?!?! 😉
Big thanks to Gareth, who became the blog photographer while I helped out today.
Soon, we were onto calling out names, coming up to pick up our badge(s) and getting our kisses too!
Cameron saw a great opportunity and linked raising money for the Nepalese earthquake victims, to getting to his 20 swims. Well done Cameron.
Nick decides on where to sew his badges. (Nick your badge is upside down).
Rainer thought he was picking up his badge for ‘most photographed man’ someone had to exp
lain, it actually related to swimming, not blog tarting.
….and John joined us to pick up his badge too.
Congratulations to those who won in the raffle, Guy Dunstan took home a case of local NSW wines as first prize, and MC won the toy box, which he quickly donated to the children who had turned up today.
What a great day for all, and some great fund raising for RFW!
Stats: swimmers – 210, newbies – 11, water temp 19.5
So many B&Bers have taken advantage of the Whitewater half price meals offer that it has been extended. Simon says, “I’ve tried it twice, it’s great value and we’ll be going again in September”.
Exclusive offer to B&B Swimmers from:
Whitewater Restaurant – Half price meals!!
35 South Steyne MANLY
Extended Until 30th September , B&B swimmers will receive 50% off total food bill. Conditions apply: Offer applies to food only, not beverages (note Whitewater is not BYO)
Available for dinner only Sunday through to Thursday (excludes Friday & Saturday and public holidays). Orders must be placed by 7.30pm (the kitchen must have received the order by 7.30pm no later) Not valid in conjunction with any other offer. Swimmers MUST bring along a pink cap (as this deal is exclusive to the B&B). One pink cap per 4 diners. Maximum group size 10 people (3 caps required) At time of booking please mention Bold and Beautiful to receive the discount. Book via the website: or call 9977 0322
http://www.whitewaterrestaurant.com.au/reservations/
Happy Sunny Sunday
Signing off: Snorkles
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10 comments
Elizabeth
13/09/2015 at 12:04 pm
Fabulous media coverage for a momentous occasion.
John
13/09/2015 at 1:15 pm
The conditions this morning made for a great day for the swim and the following badge presentations. Thanks to our organisers and the staff from the Royal Far West. Great pics Snorkles.
Ed
13/09/2015 at 1:26 pm
Thanks to the as usual understated silent machine who make our swim experience complete
Such a good vibe
Elizabeth X
13/09/2015 at 1:44 pm
All of we badge recipients are worthy heroes (& heroines?) today and for some like Ed who came back and got his badges despite a massive op mid-winter it was an even more inspirational effort. Sad to see the demise of the PJ which is probably one so many of us have enjoyed observing and communing with regularly. Hopefully the bub will thrive and make CTB home and our interaction can go on
LSA aka HKTQ
13/09/2015 at 1:48 pm
Great blog, great badge ceremony and fund raising – well done all! Very impressive.
Especially glad to see John Bryant back in good form … And, of course, Lips stealing the show:-)
Shelly
13/09/2015 at 2:42 pm
Couldn’t make it today ! I’ve been worried all day about Shaun & the catering for bacon & egg rolls !! How was he allowed so close to all those cakes ????
Rainer getting tips from the A team that’s a good one ! He obviously didn’t listen !
Nice blog snorks! Even if I couldn’t make I felt like I was there!
Good to see john B there & looking well ! he would have livened the place up 😉
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Love you all
Shelly
Xoxoxo
Jane
13/09/2015 at 2:45 pm
Thankyou to all the helpers at the Badge Ceremony – especially to the cooks at the barbecue who served up all those delicious bacon and egg buns to the longest queue in history, AND cleared it all up afterwards.
Lips
13/09/2015 at 3:21 pm
Thanks Snorks. Great multi-tasking as raffle girl and Sunday blogger.
And big thanks to everyone who helped behind the scenes. Personally, I would have liked more time for acceptance speeches. Overall, a great badge ceremony nonetheless.
Shaun had three bacon and egg rolls.
Lainey aka E-laine
13/09/2015 at 3:36 pm
Excellent blog Snorkles covering all the morning’s events with your usual wit and humour. Great to see so many swimmers getting their first B&B badge too! Let it spur you on to get your 6km and 10km badge in the Summer. (If I can do it anyone can.)
DWSS
13/09/2015 at 5:21 pm
How do you spell your name Snorks? I need it for my list.