Saturday 10th March; a new perspective!

I don’t often walk to Shelly Beach, I’m usually more comfortable in the water, however decent size waves and a sore neck necessitated walking today.   What a blessing-  I can see why people travel great distances to enjoy this coastal walk.

The art work along the way is hard to appreciate when you are in the water;

And mother nature was creating her own masterpieces, reflecting beautiful light onto the water and buildings.

Many swimmers chose to enter/ exit at halfway as there was a bit of a break happening out near the point.
I met some colourful characters along the way.

Finally, a big happy birthday to my wise and kind swimming buddy, Barb,  seen here with her arm around her son Toby, and gorgeous friends Kate and Annie.

batyr is a for purpose organisation that focuses on preventative education in the area of youth mental health. batyr provides programs that train young people to speak about their personal experience with mental ill health and start a conversation in their community.

Babewatch 12 hour swim

The Babewatch Crew will be doing a 12 hour team relay between Manly and Shelly starting at 6am on this Sunday. We will have a silent auction (signed Swans jersey), a raffle, bake sale, and we will be doing massages and physio assessments by our physios. Our fundraising is for a cause close to our hearts, for youth mental health charity batyr. Batyr aims to increase the help seeking rates of young people with mental health issues through education and empowerment, and this is complemented by our morning swims with the B&B 🙂 

Libby said come and meet the movie star artists:

Support your local community – Manly Art Gallery Society presents BRILLIANT ARTISTS Film Series 2018 – 4 brilliant films in 4 months…including WHITELEY, ARCHIBALD PRIZE…Bookings through Eventbrite search for tickets at Brilliant Artists

Wine and cheese.

2018 Summer Badge Ceremony – Sunday 18^th March

You’ve done the hard yards and got your Summer Badge(s), now come and collect your badges with all the pomp and ceremony the B&B can muster.  Bring along $10 for each badge you have earned (correct money appreciated). The venue is the Royal Far West Children’s Home (opposite the beach) on Sunday 18^th March, straight after the regular swim! Everyone is welcome, family, friends and swimmers alike.

A $5 donation will be payable to the RFW at the gate for hosting this event, and …. RFW will provide a FREE breakfast (bacon and egg sandwich and a coffee/tea). Bookings are essential to ensure there is enough food.  Book here for Badge Breakfast

All 2018 summer badge qualifiers will be presented with their well earned badge(s), so whether you are getting one personally or you want to enjoy the celebrations of your fellow swimmers, a great morning is guaranteed so come along, soak up the atmosphere and get inspired for the upcoming winter badges…

Monthly Dinner – 13^th March 2018 – Guest Speaker

he next B&B monthly dinner for the year will be held on Tuesday 13th March at 6.30 pm at Bluewater Restaurant. The guest speaker on the night will be one of our swimmers, Sharnie Connell who is a marine science specialist. Sharni will present the case for establishing a Sydney Marine Park.

The Sydney region’s incredible coasts and ocean are at the heart of our enviable lifestyle. Our beaches, bays and waterways are truly iconic, and are renowned for their beauty both above and below the water, yet less than 1% of our waters are protected. A science based multi-use Marine Park for the Sydney region will secure a healthy blue backyard for our boating, swimming, surfing, and fishing lifestyle, and protect it from the pressure of coastal development and many other impacts. Sharnie, and many other environmental professionals, maintain that we need a Sydney Marine Park to protect our coastal lifestyle for generations to come. “We’ve got stunning terrestrial national parks around our harbour and coastline, but we have none in the sea. We have thriving marine parks to our north and south, but none around Sydney, where we need it most.”

The cost of the dinner is great value at only $25 a head, which includes shared entrees, and a selection of mains to choose from (including a vegetarian option). Glasses of beer or wine and desserts are also available at the special price of only $5 each. Numbers are limited, so bookings are essential:  To avoid disappointment and secure your spot please book HERE. 

RANDOM MONTHLY SWIMMER PRIZES STARTED !! 

First winner – Nicole Piha

Thanks to an amazing new partnership, B&B will be awarding random monthly prizes just for swimming !!!!

What’s the catch… you MUST LOG YOUR SWIMS TO BE IN THE DRAW !!!  To learn more about how to log your swims if you aren’t already, please find details further down in this newsletter

As of 1st February, every time you swim with B&B and log your swim as such, on our daily attendance software, you will automatically be entered into the monthly lucky swim prize !!!

Yep, each time you swim with B&B and log your swim that equals an entry into the random prize draw !!!

Prize draw will be completed at the end of each calendar month and completed by the computer software.

And there’s more… THERE WILL BE AN EVEN BIGGER PRIZE FOR RANDOM SWIMMER OF THE YEAR !

And there’s still more…. there will be a surprise event with maybe even more prizes… launching this relationship and the details of the prizes one weekend in February.  I guess you’ll have to swim to be lucky enough to be there 🙂

*Conditions apply:

You must swim with B&B in the mornings to be eligible to log your swim.

Completing your own swims later in the day, whilst that is awesome, it isn’t eligible for logging.

You must complete your log for the morning swim on the morning of your swim.