15 days to go. Went down to the local newsagents and gleefully picked up this week's copy of our local paper the Grantham Journal. Fabulous to see 6 pages of coverage on our swimarathon event, even including a bonus article on my swimarathon marathon over the weekend - 3 weeks (1 as a cartoon) being featured in a row - it's all too exciting :)
Apologies in advance that I won't be able to do much updating over the weekend, as we're heading for a family weekend break, but I fully expect the registrations to keep coming in, and I will try to keep track via my smart phone. Robert Hartness from Barnard Castle Durham, England got in touch yesterday with news of their swimarathon event that hadn't yet been registered and is set to raise an amazing £5000, and I know that Ellen Yu of Rotaract China and Suzanne Mekhitan in Sydney are definitely about to register so who knows we could even reach the magic 100 by early next week
Please keep those media contacts / enquiries going - April Dequito from Rotary Talisay in Cebu City Phillipines sent us a fantastic note that they'd been featured on a local TV station, and just at lunch time the Rotary Club of Knaresborough's event was promoted on their local Radio station.
In fact let's make it a challenge - please report back on our facebook group site or on our wall with details of any publicity you have attracted - we'll share the best ones with the world!!
Cheers!
Paul
Showing posts with label gb waterpolo rotary international. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gb waterpolo rotary international. Show all posts
Friday, 10 February 2012
Sunday, 29 January 2012
Share your Global Swimarathon story!
26 days to go. Wonderful to announce our first official sign up from Continental Europe tonight - Club number 74 is the Rotary Club of Satu Mare in Romania , thanks to Oanu Dumitru for completing the registration.
We really are closing in very fast on that 100 club sign up target - not a single day in the last week has gone by without a new sign up to report. Also in this week alone we've had sign ups from two Rotaract Clubs in London and Sydney, plus an Interact and even an Earlyact club in Pakistan, which just underlines how far we are now reaching in terms of participation.
What's also brilliant is that a number of sign ups this week, are from additional clubs that are linking up with those already entered to share in the events.
In that spirit, it would be truly wonderful if all of the clubs that are now officially entered could make a final promotional push to connect with other clubs including Rotaract and Interact clubs in their local area and Districts to get involved.
Please do use your own network of contacts through email, facebook and social media to help us reach as many people as possible. Every day, with every new connection, the collective efforts of our Rotary family around the world are writing new chapters in this incredible story.
We will shortly be setting up a Facebook group and inviting all those taking part or helping to promote Global Swimarathon to join in, and this should be another great way to share experiences, support and help each other in getting everything ready for that magical day on 25th February.
Finally, can I request that in terms of promoting the event in local media, coverage in newspapers / radio interviews , it is VERY IMPORTANT for the record submission that you keep extra copies of any articles mp3s etc about your local events to send through to us in Grantham at Global Swimarathon HQ along with completed list of entrants and photos / videos from the day as evidence. So please do keep that in mind over the next few weeks in the build up to the event.
Thankyou for all that you are doing - you really are making a difference, we really can END POLIO NOW.
We really are closing in very fast on that 100 club sign up target - not a single day in the last week has gone by without a new sign up to report. Also in this week alone we've had sign ups from two Rotaract Clubs in London and Sydney, plus an Interact and even an Earlyact club in Pakistan, which just underlines how far we are now reaching in terms of participation.
What's also brilliant is that a number of sign ups this week, are from additional clubs that are linking up with those already entered to share in the events.
In that spirit, it would be truly wonderful if all of the clubs that are now officially entered could make a final promotional push to connect with other clubs including Rotaract and Interact clubs in their local area and Districts to get involved.
Please do use your own network of contacts through email, facebook and social media to help us reach as many people as possible. Every day, with every new connection, the collective efforts of our Rotary family around the world are writing new chapters in this incredible story.
We will shortly be setting up a Facebook group and inviting all those taking part or helping to promote Global Swimarathon to join in, and this should be another great way to share experiences, support and help each other in getting everything ready for that magical day on 25th February.
Finally, can I request that in terms of promoting the event in local media, coverage in newspapers / radio interviews , it is VERY IMPORTANT for the record submission that you keep extra copies of any articles mp3s etc about your local events to send through to us in Grantham at Global Swimarathon HQ along with completed list of entrants and photos / videos from the day as evidence. So please do keep that in mind over the next few weeks in the build up to the event.
Thankyou for all that you are doing - you really are making a difference, we really can END POLIO NOW.
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
One Month to Go!
30 days to go.
This morning I joined our Swimarathon chair Roger Graves at the Grantham Meres Leisure Centre the home of Grantham Swimarathon and soon to be centre stage in the Global Swimarathon.
Standing outside freezing cold in our Global Swimarathon t-shirts, like a couple of silly school boys clutching our inflatable globe, as our picture was taken for the local paper the Grantham Journal, couldn't help but think of all the amazing events that will be happening in exactly a month's time. Could this funky space age looking late 80s creation, really be the Pool that finally Ended Polio!?
No time for glamour shoots for us though , Hello magazine will have to wait! Brilliant to get even more signups with the Rotary Club of Redwing Minnesota becoming the 7th USA club and helping us achieve a magnificent 60 clubs officially registered.
Then in this very special Olympic year for our capital city , we got the news that the Rotaract Club of Westminster had formally registered and will be staging a Swimarathon in partnership with the Rotary Club of London - London's oldest Rotary Club which last year celebrated it's 100th year and is club number 50 in the worldwide list.
So Roger says to me - can we get the London Olympic pool next? We can all dream!!
Been brilliant gathering in the details from around the world about the local events. As I mentioned yesterday we look absolutely certain to break the world record, bearing in mind the first 12 clubs to estimate participants have come up with a total of 4000 swimmers between them!!
Please keep the information coming in, and please keep on promoting your participation within your local area and districts - just like me and Roger this morning - we really have got the whole world in our hands!!
This morning I joined our Swimarathon chair Roger Graves at the Grantham Meres Leisure Centre the home of Grantham Swimarathon and soon to be centre stage in the Global Swimarathon.
Standing outside freezing cold in our Global Swimarathon t-shirts, like a couple of silly school boys clutching our inflatable globe, as our picture was taken for the local paper the Grantham Journal, couldn't help but think of all the amazing events that will be happening in exactly a month's time. Could this funky space age looking late 80s creation, really be the Pool that finally Ended Polio!?
No time for glamour shoots for us though , Hello magazine will have to wait! Brilliant to get even more signups with the Rotary Club of Redwing Minnesota becoming the 7th USA club and helping us achieve a magnificent 60 clubs officially registered.
Then in this very special Olympic year for our capital city , we got the news that the Rotaract Club of Westminster had formally registered and will be staging a Swimarathon in partnership with the Rotary Club of London - London's oldest Rotary Club which last year celebrated it's 100th year and is club number 50 in the worldwide list.
So Roger says to me - can we get the London Olympic pool next? We can all dream!!
Been brilliant gathering in the details from around the world about the local events. As I mentioned yesterday we look absolutely certain to break the world record, bearing in mind the first 12 clubs to estimate participants have come up with a total of 4000 swimmers between them!!
Please keep the information coming in, and please keep on promoting your participation within your local area and districts - just like me and Roger this morning - we really have got the whole world in our hands!!
Monday, 23 January 2012
Please tell us all about your event plans!
32 days to go. We've reached a wonderful stage now where new entries and new interest are coming in from all corners of the globe, in a constant stream of updates. Just yesterday afternoon after I'd finished my blog entry, our 56th club registered came in via Brett Culpin of the Rotary Club of Melton Aurora in our home District 1070, the 3rd entry in the space of a few hours.
In the next few hours we'll send out our 5 weeks to go news email to all the participating clubs and attached to it will be a spreadsheet outlining the local details of each event. For all of you reading this who are entered, we'd love to get an update on the following:
Location of event: Name and address of pool / open water venue
Local Time of WR swim : Just to check we all have the right time agreed
Number of Swimmers expected : So that we can track where we are in terms of the World Record numbers
Event Duration : -Many events will include additional activities spanning a few hours
Fundraising target : An estimate of how much you are aiming to raise (in local currency is fine)
Other event information : Do you have any special guests, extra swimming events, other fundraisers on the day/night eg food, raffles, street collections.
As soon as we get the information we will of course share it on our world wide map of entrants - here's what we have so far on the map http://g.co/maps/fzbzw
Finally just want to give a huge shoutout and say a massive thankyou to all the girls in the Team GB Olympic Water Polo Team. As we've mentioned here before, we met them all up at the Swimtastic awards in November, and have followed their progress ever since. Even though because of training requirements they won't be able to take part on the day of 25th February, they've very generously offered to donate our club tshirts, signed photos and even a cuddly bear mascot for us to include in our special End Polio Now auction we are planning. They are also definitely up for taking part in the future. All I can say is , it makes me immensely proud to be able to consider myself a supporter of these brilliant Olympians. For me they represent everything that's right about sport. They are improving day by day, taking on the best in Europe and the World, utterly dedicated to their goal of Olympic achievement. Just as we Rotarians are so determined , so incredibly committed to seeing the End of Polio. It's just magical when we can bring these two worlds together. Please join us in supporting these fantastic ambassadors for their sport on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/GB_WPolo_girls Thanks!!
In the next few hours we'll send out our 5 weeks to go news email to all the participating clubs and attached to it will be a spreadsheet outlining the local details of each event. For all of you reading this who are entered, we'd love to get an update on the following:
Location of event: Name and address of pool / open water venue
Local Time of WR swim : Just to check we all have the right time agreed
Number of Swimmers expected : So that we can track where we are in terms of the World Record numbers
Event Duration : -Many events will include additional activities spanning a few hours
Fundraising target : An estimate of how much you are aiming to raise (in local currency is fine)
Other event information : Do you have any special guests, extra swimming events, other fundraisers on the day/night eg food, raffles, street collections.
As soon as we get the information we will of course share it on our world wide map of entrants - here's what we have so far on the map http://g.co/maps/fzbzw
Finally just want to give a huge shoutout and say a massive thankyou to all the girls in the Team GB Olympic Water Polo Team. As we've mentioned here before, we met them all up at the Swimtastic awards in November, and have followed their progress ever since. Even though because of training requirements they won't be able to take part on the day of 25th February, they've very generously offered to donate our club tshirts, signed photos and even a cuddly bear mascot for us to include in our special End Polio Now auction we are planning. They are also definitely up for taking part in the future. All I can say is , it makes me immensely proud to be able to consider myself a supporter of these brilliant Olympians. For me they represent everything that's right about sport. They are improving day by day, taking on the best in Europe and the World, utterly dedicated to their goal of Olympic achievement. Just as we Rotarians are so determined , so incredibly committed to seeing the End of Polio. It's just magical when we can bring these two worlds together. Please join us in supporting these fantastic ambassadors for their sport on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/GB_WPolo_girls Thanks!!
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