Learning to Suck it in!

Hello, Bishop here.

Another lovely swim this morning. Water was a barmy 27.6 degrees, smiles on lots of faces… but hard to impress Statler and Waldorf from the Muppets…

JP did the early swim and still looks like he is asleep. Clearly the girl behind (Ms Jones) did not want to be in the same shot.

Security was on hand to deal with any people who would turn our lovely swim into a race!

Here we are coming into Shelley Beach this morning. It was taken by runner Mark who swam for the first time just last weekend (one of the ways).

Now we have all been having a good laugh about last weekends Sydney Morning Herald page 6.

The boys kindly showed me this morning how to suck it in – for future reference.

Finally this morning a few of us headed off to the Manly Salvation Army to be a part of their daily community lunch for those in need. If you want to help out, Manly Life Church helps every 4th Thursday of the month, so you can join us 😉

Tomorrow of course is one of the biggest swims of the year! ANZAC day at the Bold and Beautiful often draws about 500 swimmers. If you are one of the regular stronger swimmers, please remember to keep an eye out for those who may not be as confident in the Pacific!

It is also the conclusion to the Autumn Triple Crown (Good Friday, Easter Sunday and ANZAC Day). Currently Brad is leading the Spaniard and myself by one point. Oh the suspense… oh the intrigue… who will win (probably not Sterling)?

Important Message from John Kelly

We are having our Anzac Day Service after the swim this year at 8am with Manly Surf Club so please stay around for it. Greg will be on his bugle and Bella singing so it will be a wonderful event!

The Trivia Night is pretty much sold out!!

There might be a random ticket or two if you are lucky.  So, if you want tickets – and haven’t booked, or have booked (and paid) but now can not attend, please send Ian an email at ugogoyo@gmail.com (copy and paste the address ‘cause this is not a link).

This year we will be joined by the Royal Far West who will be assisting in fundraising for the event, and will receive part of the funds raised on the night.

B&B i-Log

Really if you haven’t been using the B&B i-Log then you must be new!!  Almost 75% 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 Forsterugoboyo@gmail.com (This is not a link so please copy and paste into your email). He will check that your email address is activated on the attendance register then send you info on how to get started.