HBPW’s Charity Swimmers
The Rotary Club of Retford’s annual Swimathon, one of the longest running events of its type in the country – it has now clocked up 28 years – took place at the Post 16 Leisure Centre in Retford, Nottinghamshire.
Numerous teams from a variety of corporate, charity and community organisations, took to the water in rotation, completing 10-12 minutes swimming each, the entire event lasting nearly seven hours.
HBPW Managing Partner, Paul Withers, who, as a former Rotary President swam for the Rotary Club of Retford team, said: “This is an amazing event and each year we clock up around £13,000 to £14,000 for charity.
“The six HBPW lads did brilliantly, raising more than £600 which also won them the ‘most money raised’ prize award. We will be making that figure up to £1,000.
“It was a great day and each team was able to decide who to donate half of their sponsorship money to. The HBPW swimmers opted to support Alzheimer’s research with the balance of their monies going to local charities supported by the Rotary Club of Retford.”