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Moreover, as well as being a huge success story here in the Island, the sponsored swim formula has been exported to many other places – many of which use the Jersey Lions’ ‘How to run a Swimarathon’ guide to great effect.
Appropriately, at least 40 charities will benefit from the present big swim. The organisers and principal sponsors, RBC Wealth Management, will no doubt have their sights set on yet another record to ensure that the money raised goes as far as possible.
That said, breaking records is anything but the only goal. The Swimarathon might have raised well in excess of £2.6 million since it was first staged at Fort Regent, but the extent to which it involves the Jersey community is also of great importance. Islanders always take to heart the Lions Club watchwords,
‘We serve’, and support the event magnificently.
Those who contribute by swimming – and the list of participants has included senior politicians, Lieutenant-Governors and the present Bailiff, Michael Birt – are the most obvious contributors, but others must not be forgotten. To begin with, there are those who sponsor the swimmers, who include individuals and corporate bodies. Then there are the many Lions Club members and their associates who make sure that the whole affair runs like clockwork.
It would be possible to mention a great many people who have served the Swimarathon in exemplary fashion since its inception, but the contribution of the Royal Seals team from Government House, led by our present Lieutenant-Governor, Lieutenant-General Andrew Ridgway, and his wife Valerie, has been truly outstanding. If their efforts are as successful this year as in the past four years, they alone will have raised cumulatively as much as a single full Swimarathon now brings in.
A hard weekend’s swimming lies ahead. We offer our very best wishes to all those taking part – directly and indirectly – and congratulate the Jersey Lions on 40 years of expert organisation, highly effective fundraising and remarkable dedication to the welfare of others.
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