Thursday 8 March: Its always Womens Day at the B&B

While every day feels like International Women’s Day at Bold & Beautiful, March 8 is officially recognised as IWD across the globe. While keen B&B IWD enthusiasts know the first recognition of a Women’s Day was held on February 28, 1909 in New York, March 8 was suggested by the 1910 International Woman’s Conference to become an “International Woman’s Day.” After women gained suffrage in Soviet Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there. The first Australian IWD rally took place in the Sydney Domain on March 25, 1928. It was organised by the Militant Women’s Movement and called for equal pay for equal work. The day was then predominantly celebrated by the socialist movement and communist countries until it was adopted in 1975 by the United Nations. The B&B celebrate IWD every March 8 with a commemorative swim from Manly to Shelly and back. This celebratory swim is inclusive of all ages, genders, gender identities, ethnic backgrounds and astrological signs. IWD is even more poignant for B&B because we were established and continue to be led by the inspirational Julie Isbill. Here are just a few of our fabulous female swimmers celebrating International Women’s Day:

But it wasn’t just women today, we had all genders and star signs celebrating IWD this morning, here are some of our finest men:

The B&B community celebrate IWD by swimming to Shelly then asking the women to give us a collective ‘let’s go’. We use the collective as an echo of the early socialist origins of IWD. Here’s the collective group for the ‘let’s go’ this morning:

Happy International Women’s Day to all our swimming community.

Cheers,

Pete Anthony

Stats

Swimmers: 158

Newbies: 8

Temperature: 22.4 (felt like 23.167)

News and Newsworthy:

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 18th 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 18th 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 – 13th March 2018 – Guest Speaker
The 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 !