A busy swim this morning, maybe because 284 swimmers qualified for their ‘Cold and Beautiful 2013’ badge earlier this year and can’t wait to pick up their sew on badge or badges later this morning! Straight after our dip in the ocean!
But we did swim before the ceremony. Here’s the Resident Teddy Snatcher …taunting our youngest swimmers. Spotty Teddy hasn’t his wetsuit on, so won’t be going in today.
To qualify for a badge, swimmers had to clock up 20 swims over 7 different weeks in Winter. Congratulations to you all!
A further and more cosseted badge is the WWW or Winter Without Wetsuit badge, same rules but the swims have to be without a wetsuit on!
Jazzy and Laura, our youngest winter badge swimmers, pose with our eldest Wilf ….congrats to you all!
To add to all of this, 14 swimmers were sponsored over Winter to swim without their wetsuits! Well done for suffering and raising money for charity.
Penelope from Royal Far West welcomed us and spoke of their latest project.
A word from our charity:
RFW have a team of 3 athletes who’ve volunteered to compete in the Port Macquarie Half Iron Man on 20th October to raise $10,000 to help bring 35 Indigenous children (kindy to year 4) from Green Hill School in Kempsey to RFW, as they’ve been identified as needing the specialised health services provided here, that they’re unable to receive in their local community.
The money you guys so generously raised for RFW at the B&B ball has been donated directly to this fantastic cause. So as you can see, something tangible, worthwhile and significant for these country kids will occur thanks to your generosity.
To watch a short video on this challenge click here http://animoto.com/play/Vp4RwVOSzsNRXM83MDlb0g
To learn more about this great cause, donate or help raise awareness please check out their website: http://portmac.gofundraise.com.au
Thanks guys, once again B&B continues to make a positive difference to the lives of so many.
Back to the badges. This year, water temperatures have been kind to us and a whopping 143 qualified for their WWW badge! A warm congrats!
Staying safeRemember 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.Signing off: Snorkles
Today’s Stats:
Swimmers:208
Newbies:5
Water Temp:18.6
Sunrise: 5:53 am