10 days to go!

10 days to go. Earlier today, was absolutely fantastic to get a brand new country taking part. Thanks to President Luis Jarava, The Rotary Club of MurciaNorte , Spain not only became official club number 98 to sign up, but the 21st country to be represented. Great also to see the event publicised in Spanish on their front page http://www.rotaryclubmurcianorte.com/ . We were even given the precise location of the swimming pool for the event on googlemaps so here it is Latest Global Map

I have to say, these little joyous moments when the global community really does seem a lot more like a village are what makes it all so rewarding.

Here's a snapshot of just a few of the little highlights from today.

Rotary Club of Matamata ,New Zealand are one of 4 clubs there all swimming at 0100-0200 in the morning - Don Stanley sent me the details tonight - they are aiming to raise an amazing £8000 and have 500 swimmers taking part - truly inspiring!
Marion Long of the Rotary Club of Alnwick, sent me a pic of their 2 metre by 1 metre global Swimarathon banner proudly adorning the local Leisure centre. She tells me she's been on Alnwick Community Radio, has sent press releases to local and national BBCTV stations - that's the spirit

Robert Ogle from Pigeon Forge Rotary, USA said this about our event

"As our first exposure to the event, we are excited to use this year as a springboard to grow the event for future years. Our club has a wellness committee, and this event is exactly what we’ve been looking for."

Lawrence Tris Tristam of Petersfield Rotary Club was interviewed on Radio about the event today at Kestrel FM


Alexandrina Robu of Chisinau Rotaract club in Moldova tells me on FB chat that the Vice Ambassador of Germany will be swimming with them


And over on twitter, we are now being followed by RotaryPRtips - the official PR group for Rotary International.

We sent out a Guinness World Record Attempt certificate and an update email tonight to all the participants - look out for more in the coming days as we get nearer to the event - can't wait for tommorows news!