49 days to go and counting. As of this afternoon UK time we now have our 39th entry confirmed and registered from the Rotary Club of Alnwick in Northumberland. Plenty of other exciting activity going on today. Invited to send a mail to pr@rotary.org at Rotary International HQ, so did just that and here's hoping we can take the PR to another global level!
More great news on the UK front as RIBI have confirmed that the next event nationwide press release is due to be published next Monday 9th January. Just this afternoon, team GB olympic waterpolo ladies got in touch requesting more info on how they can get involved and take part , so that's another exciting development.
On the subject of event organisation, I've really been hugely impressed by the fantastic events being prepared and built around the Swimarathon World Record attempt hour.
Take for example these two Rotary clubs in Queensland Australia - this is my kind of pool party!!
https://www.facebook.com/events/270827022981909/
Here's a few details - there's even a hush hush superstar swimmer being lined up which should be confirmed very soon
7.30pm Gold coin donation to enter pool - Proceeds to END POLIO NOW - Thanks to June who is not charging. BBQ and Bar - Proceeds from food and bar will go to the Mareeba Swimming Club to purchase a shade cloth for the pool - Rotary will run Bar and Food as a thank you to the swimming Club.
Entertainment - Waiting on confirmation from band suggested by June - No Charge -
The following swimming events will be held, prior to the record event - there is obviously fees involved with the following events!
1. Celebrity 50 meter Freestyle! - local celebrities to take part in this race
2. Corporate 50 meter Medley Relay
3. Services 50 meter Medley Relay - Ida and Jeanette to follow up on this.
> Police Service - Confirmed - Organiser SGT Geoff Stockall Fire Brigade - Army Reserve - Rotary - Confirmed - Organiser - President Kevin Davies Ambulance - Lions - at 945PM sharp we will need to get all record swimmers ready so we can start at 10PM AEST sharp - The record will end at 11PM.
> We will close bar at midnight - Evening ends!
There are so many more great additional fundraising ideas out there including street collections, tshirts, wristbands, corporate games, cupcakes, balloons, auctions, pre swim dinners - the list is endless - so one things for sure it's going to be a day to remember!!
Friday, 6 January 2012
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Start Spreading the news - 50 days to go!
Into the final 50 days of the countdown - pinch me I still must be dreaming!!
Just to underline the truly global nature of this event, I've just spent some time responding to questions from a journalist at the Mareeba Express newspaper in Queensland Australia! We have had a phenomenal take up down-under (especially considering the time differences involved) with now 6 Australian and 3 New Zealand clubs confirmed as taking part.
What I really love doing at the moment is "googling" for Rotary Global Swimarathon and looking for new articles about the event- Try it yourself!!
Here's a selection of press and blog coverage - please take a look!!
http://www.ribi.org/news/articles/rotary-global-swimarathon-makes-a-splash-worldwide
http://www.rotaract.org.uk/index.php?cat=content&page=news_sheet&NewsID=111
http://cumbria24.com/news/2011/12/28/rotary-global-swimarathon-end-polio
http://openwaterpedia.com/index.php?title=Global_Swimarathon
http://harrogate-news.co.uk/2011/12/31/swimarathon-benefit-rotarys-polio-eradication-campaign/
http://loneswimmer.com/tag/swimarathon/
http://public-image-action.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-received-tweet-this-week.html
http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/local/swimarathon_chairman_receives_an_award_created_in_his_honour_1_3253229
Of course, we want to keep all the communication lines flowing around the world. If you are a twitterer, please use #rotaryglobalswim at every opportunity to talk about the event and please follow us and encourage others to do so at http://www.twitter.com/rotaryglobeswim
Get in touch any time on our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/rotaryglobalswimarathon
And send us an email at rotaryglobalswimarathon@gmail.com
Let's make this the biggest and best Rotary World Wide event ever!!
Just to underline the truly global nature of this event, I've just spent some time responding to questions from a journalist at the Mareeba Express newspaper in Queensland Australia! We have had a phenomenal take up down-under (especially considering the time differences involved) with now 6 Australian and 3 New Zealand clubs confirmed as taking part.
What I really love doing at the moment is "googling" for Rotary Global Swimarathon and looking for new articles about the event- Try it yourself!!
Here's a selection of press and blog coverage - please take a look!!
http://www.ribi.org/news/articles/rotary-global-swimarathon-makes-a-splash-worldwide
http://www.rotaract.org.uk/index.php?cat=content&page=news_sheet&NewsID=111
http://cumbria24.com/news/2011/12/28/rotary-global-swimarathon-end-polio
http://openwaterpedia.com/index.php?title=Global_Swimarathon
http://harrogate-news.co.uk/2011/12/31/swimarathon-benefit-rotarys-polio-eradication-campaign/
http://loneswimmer.com/tag/swimarathon/
http://public-image-action.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-received-tweet-this-week.html
http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/local/swimarathon_chairman_receives_an_award_created_in_his_honour_1_3253229
Of course, we want to keep all the communication lines flowing around the world. If you are a twitterer, please use #rotaryglobalswim at every opportunity to talk about the event and please follow us and encourage others to do so at http://www.twitter.com/rotaryglobeswim
Get in touch any time on our facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/rotaryglobalswimarathon
And send us an email at rotaryglobalswimarathon@gmail.com
Let's make this the biggest and best Rotary World Wide event ever!!
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Like a child on Christmas Morning!
51 days to go.
Well the Christmas holidays are behind us now, and new global Swimarathon enquiries are coming in thick and fast. Right now I feel exactly that amazing sense of anticipation and wonder as I did waking up on Christmas morning all those years ago.
In this case, substitute stockings for Inboxes and facebook pages, but you get the drift !!!
Yesterday alone, our twitter appeal for new followers went out to 120,000 twitter users thanks to Rotary International , which brought us brand new and very positive enquiries from Rotaract Shanghai in China, from Rotaract Westminster in London as well as dozens of new supporters.
Just this morning in the space of 30 minutes we had two new sign ups from District 9550 Australia clubs , taking the total of Australia and New Zealand participants to 9 out of the 38 clubs registered - an incredible effort given the time zone differences involved.
So many exciting developments, so much happening - just like a certain man in a red suit, I can see we are going to be very busy on 25th - every boy and girl has been very good!!
Well the Christmas holidays are behind us now, and new global Swimarathon enquiries are coming in thick and fast. Right now I feel exactly that amazing sense of anticipation and wonder as I did waking up on Christmas morning all those years ago.
In this case, substitute stockings for Inboxes and facebook pages, but you get the drift !!!
Yesterday alone, our twitter appeal for new followers went out to 120,000 twitter users thanks to Rotary International , which brought us brand new and very positive enquiries from Rotaract Shanghai in China, from Rotaract Westminster in London as well as dozens of new supporters.
Just this morning in the space of 30 minutes we had two new sign ups from District 9550 Australia clubs , taking the total of Australia and New Zealand participants to 9 out of the 38 clubs registered - an incredible effort given the time zone differences involved.
So many exciting developments, so much happening - just like a certain man in a red suit, I can see we are going to be very busy on 25th - every boy and girl has been very good!!
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
Great examples of local events for Global Swimarathon!
52 days to go!
For today's entry, I'd like to highlight a couple of clubs here in the UK who have worked extremely hard in preparing their participation in Global Swimarathon and to share with you some of their event plans.
Firstly the Rotary Club of Brampton and Longtown in Cumbria. Thanks to fantastic work by Kevin Walsh http://www.twitter.com/kwalsh601 over the last few months, they have the very appropriately named "The Pools" venue booked in Carlisle, they are already actively recruiting participants and as you'll see in the article below they even have the "End Polio Now" message lighting up the town!
http://cumbria24.com/news/2011/12/28/rotary-global-swimarathon-end-polio#.TvtKISr4BuE.twitter
Across the other side of the UK, Sarah Bosomworth http://www.twitter.com/sarah_nepal2011 has also done a terrific job in getting the Rotary Club of Knaresborough, Yorkshire ready for the event. As well as securing a booking for all 8 lanes of the local Knaresborough pool, they will be joined by current UK Paralympic Swimmer Claire Cashmore and RIBI President Ray Burman amongst the many distinguished guests of honour.
http://harrogate-news.co.uk/2011/12/31/swimarathon-benefit-rotarys-polio-eradication-campaign/
Over the coming days and weeks, we'll be highlighting many more event details, and will share with you a full list of all the venues taking part around the globe - watch this space!
For today's entry, I'd like to highlight a couple of clubs here in the UK who have worked extremely hard in preparing their participation in Global Swimarathon and to share with you some of their event plans.
Firstly the Rotary Club of Brampton and Longtown in Cumbria. Thanks to fantastic work by Kevin Walsh http://www.twitter.com/kwalsh601 over the last few months, they have the very appropriately named "The Pools" venue booked in Carlisle, they are already actively recruiting participants and as you'll see in the article below they even have the "End Polio Now" message lighting up the town!
http://cumbria24.com/news/2011/12/28/rotary-global-swimarathon-end-polio#.TvtKISr4BuE.twitter
Across the other side of the UK, Sarah Bosomworth http://www.twitter.com/sarah_nepal2011 has also done a terrific job in getting the Rotary Club of Knaresborough, Yorkshire ready for the event. As well as securing a booking for all 8 lanes of the local Knaresborough pool, they will be joined by current UK Paralympic Swimmer Claire Cashmore and RIBI President Ray Burman amongst the many distinguished guests of honour.
http://harrogate-news.co.uk/2011/12/31/swimarathon-benefit-rotarys-polio-eradication-campaign/
Over the coming days and weeks, we'll be highlighting many more event details, and will share with you a full list of all the venues taking part around the globe - watch this space!
Monday, 2 January 2012
First Irish club registered / event news and updates
53 Days to go....
Just had confirmation thanks to the brilliant efforts of Irish Open Water legend Donal Buckley - check out his fantastic website at http://loneswimmer.com/ that the Rotary Club of Waterford D1063, Ireland have just become the 36th Club officially registered and the 11th country now represented - Here's the full list of entries http://www.rotaryglobalswimarathon.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=124
As well as those already fully signed up we continue to get multiple new enquiries on a daily basis from Rotary Clubs across the Globe so we're hoping the list of entries will rapidly expand to 100 or more by the end of this month!
Just take a look at some of the quotes and feedback we've had on the website
#Rotaryglobalswim - Just published a great selection of messages on what people are saying about the event around the world! http://
Here in the UK RIBI (Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland) are now centrally promoting the event to every club in the Country
Sign up and dive in to save millions of children from polio:http://www.ribi.org/news/
We've even been featured in Rotary Down Under magazine - have a look on page 35
Please please keep on spreading the word - talk to your club and get signed up if you can - be part of something amazing!!
Just had confirmation thanks to the brilliant efforts of Irish Open Water legend Donal Buckley - check out his fantastic website at http://loneswimmer.com/ that the Rotary Club of Waterford D1063, Ireland have just become the 36th Club officially registered and the 11th country now represented - Here's the full list of entries http://www.rotaryglobalswimarathon.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=124
As well as those already fully signed up we continue to get multiple new enquiries on a daily basis from Rotary Clubs across the Globe so we're hoping the list of entries will rapidly expand to 100 or more by the end of this month!
Just take a look at some of the quotes and feedback we've had on the website
#Rotaryglobalswim - Just published a great selection of messages on what people are saying about the event around the world! http://
Here in the UK RIBI (Rotary in Great Britain and Ireland) are now centrally promoting the event to every club in the Country
Sign up and dive in to save millions of children from polio:http://www.ribi.org/news/
We've even been featured in Rotary Down Under magazine - have a look on page 35
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Please please keep on spreading the word - talk to your club and get signed up if you can - be part of something amazing!!
Sunday, 1 January 2012
Happy New Year - The countdown truly begins!!
First of all, let me wish each and every one of you a fantastic and unforgettably magical 2012. Here in the UK there's an unmistakeable extra level of excitement and wonder now that the Olympics and Paralympic Games are just around the corner.
As promised, today marks the first day of daily blog updates letting you know all the latest Rotary Global Swimarathon developments. Over the next 55 days we will be sharing all the latest entrant details and event plans with you, including where and how you can take part ,whichever continent of the world you happen to reside in!
No better place to start than our incredible and utterly inspiring Swimarathon ambassadors. We are truly blessed and completely overwhelmed to have two true swimming legends working with us.
Firstly want to say an enormous thankyou to all the Rotarians and friends out there who got behind and voted for our Australian ambassador World record holding ultra marathon swimmer Penny Palfrey to be World Open Swimmer Woman of the Year.
It was a remarkable response all round but one that she completely deserved for her amazing performances including the unforgettable Bridging the Cayman Islands Swim. In the end, she amassed over 18% of the votes and 1887 in total, finally just being edged out by the current double world marathon champion Pilar Geijo from Argentina.
http://www.palfreymarathonswims.com/2012/01/wowsa-results-for-2011/
I'm very sure in 2012 with all the phenomenal challenges she has planned she will go one better. Whatever the case, we will continue to give her our absolute support. Her involvement and support has made such an amazing difference to our event going global, meaning many $1000s and potentially 100s of $1000s will be raised for Rotary International's End Polio Now Campaign
Our UK ambassador 6 time Paralympic medallist and 5 time world champion Fran Williamson continues to be utterly committed to our event and we are extremely honoured to have her attending our Grantham event in February as special guest. She's even coming out of retirement to take part . Here's her very special message she recorded for us
All in all it's set to be an incredible event for such a very important cause -We want as many people as possible to share in it, so please keep spreading the word.
Contact us any time on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/rotaryglobalswimarathon or twitter at http://www.twitter.com/rotaryglobeswim or most importantly to register to take part please go to http://www.rotaryglobalswimarathon.org/
More tommorow!!
As promised, today marks the first day of daily blog updates letting you know all the latest Rotary Global Swimarathon developments. Over the next 55 days we will be sharing all the latest entrant details and event plans with you, including where and how you can take part ,whichever continent of the world you happen to reside in!
No better place to start than our incredible and utterly inspiring Swimarathon ambassadors. We are truly blessed and completely overwhelmed to have two true swimming legends working with us.
Firstly want to say an enormous thankyou to all the Rotarians and friends out there who got behind and voted for our Australian ambassador World record holding ultra marathon swimmer Penny Palfrey to be World Open Swimmer Woman of the Year.
It was a remarkable response all round but one that she completely deserved for her amazing performances including the unforgettable Bridging the Cayman Islands Swim. In the end, she amassed over 18% of the votes and 1887 in total, finally just being edged out by the current double world marathon champion Pilar Geijo from Argentina.
http://www.palfreymarathonswims.com/2012/01/wowsa-results-for-2011/
I'm very sure in 2012 with all the phenomenal challenges she has planned she will go one better. Whatever the case, we will continue to give her our absolute support. Her involvement and support has made such an amazing difference to our event going global, meaning many $1000s and potentially 100s of $1000s will be raised for Rotary International's End Polio Now Campaign
Our UK ambassador 6 time Paralympic medallist and 5 time world champion Fran Williamson continues to be utterly committed to our event and we are extremely honoured to have her attending our Grantham event in February as special guest. She's even coming out of retirement to take part . Here's her very special message she recorded for us
All in all it's set to be an incredible event for such a very important cause -We want as many people as possible to share in it, so please keep spreading the word.
Contact us any time on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/rotaryglobalswimarathon or twitter at http://www.twitter.com/rotaryglobeswim or most importantly to register to take part please go to http://www.rotaryglobalswimarathon.org/
More tommorow!!
Monday, 12 December 2011
A Worldwide Swim to End Polio Now! | Socyberty
Here's the one -stop shop article with all the links to the event - the great news is every click or view earns pennies directly for Rotary International's End Polio Now campaign - thanks!!
A Worldwide Swim to End Polio Now! Socyberty
A Worldwide Swim to End Polio Now! Socyberty
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