JLDSC NEWS 2024
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SEPTEMBER
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Beautiful conditions for the final junior series / junior club championships!
Congratulations to winners Toby and Ella! |
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Amazing conditions to celebrate our Mr Gravett and his Guinness swim! 16 swimmers took to the water in sunshine and calm seas to swim across to Archi and back - they were met by a few jellies along the way !
Congratulations to winners Toby and Rachel who were presented with a Guinness glass trophy and can of Guinness by Sal Minty-Gravett!
It was great to have so much support out on the water- thank you to our boatman Guy, Graeme and Martin who brought the club boat round for the occasion, and thanks to those from the Canoe Club and Jonathan who gave up their time to paddle alongside the swimmers.
Congratulations to winners Toby and Rachel who were presented with a Guinness glass trophy and can of Guinness by Sal Minty-Gravett!
It was great to have so much support out on the water- thank you to our boatman Guy, Graeme and Martin who brought the club boat round for the occasion, and thanks to those from the Canoe Club and Jonathan who gave up their time to paddle alongside the swimmers.
Congratulations to Senior Championship winners Alice Harvey and Phil Gaudin who took on the gloomy conditions and jellies to swim from Mike Slip to Archirondel and back.
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Congratulations to Sally Minty-Gravett, Robert Taylor and Julia Morris who participated in an annual event swimming between Eceabat (Greece) to Canakkale (Turkey).
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AUGUST
This year the JLDSC is celebrating it's 50th anniversary. To mark the occasion members donned their club swimsuits and had a dip and BBQ at Ouaisne bay. Thank you to Paul Lakeman for the fantastic drone images!
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JLDSC Masters 2024 Winners
Congratulations to Phil Gaudin and reigning champion Alice Harvey who brought home the trophies in this years JLDSC Masters swim from Archirondel to Anneport and back. |
JUNE
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Congratulations to our kayakers Johnathon, John, Jenny and Dee who were awarded the McLaughlin memorial trophy.
Sunshine, smiles and cakes - what more could you want from a Sunday morning! |
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Tuesday night swims at St Catherine's restarted this month! Our first Tuesday night of the season was a special one! Over 60 swimmers took to the water and upon their return were greeted with the Aureole group singing sea shanties and providing cake! It's good to be back!
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Thank you and well done to everyone who came to last nights quiz night!
With deductions for the night, an amazing total of £426.36 was raised - this money will go towards raffle prizes and room decorations for this year's 50th anniversary annual dinner! Congratulations to team 'Bob and Gob' who took top spot! The Dinner Ladies would like to thank the Optimists Club for allowing us the use of their room (and bar) and a huge thanks to Pete Blandin for being our quiz master! |
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MAY
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A phew photographs from today's Break the Ice swim. The rain held off an over 50 swimmers took to the chilly waters this morning to mark the first JLDSC swim of the year! Here's to many more!
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Congratulations to Jean McLaughlin who was awarded the Ann Flambard trophy - an unsuspecting but very worthy winner! Jean is always at swims with great enthusiasm and a huge smile on her face! Very deserving! Well done Jean!
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Charity Swim - Defibrillator
This month we had a charity swim / cake sale to raise money for a defibrillator for a bay of choice. Well done any thanks to all those who swam and donated. £282.20 was raised, along with £153.50 from the Xmas pudding swim - in total we have £435.70 towards a defibrillator. Well done everyone!
MARCH
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Last night saw the return of the CS&PF annual dinner. Our JLDSC special recognition award was presented to Sophie Etheridge by Sally Minty-Gravett. Sophie completed her channel crossing last year in a time of 29 hours 4 minutes! Sophie has fibromyalgia and complex regional pain syndrome - her success in the channel has helped to raise the profile of a Swimming Teachers Association campaign for swimmers with disabilities! Well done Sophie!
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Well done and thank you to the 54 swimmers that took part in the Swimarathon! A whopping £1245.00 has been raised by JLDSC so far!
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JANUARY
Unfortunately due to poor weather and unsafe conditions the decision was made to cancel this years New Year's Day swim.
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We're celebrating 50 years of the JLDSC this year!
What better way to celebrate than with a custom made swimsuit depicting everything that makes the JLDSC special! Contact Nicki Brown directly to place an order! |
