Swim For The Canterbury Earthquake Appeal
A 1K swim for the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal on February 26th at the Milford Beach Reserve in Auckland is being quickly organized. 100% of the cash donations will be sent to the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal in light of the recent tragedy in Christchurch, New Zealand. Scott Rice of Quantum Events publicly thanked Simon Bucherer and Sarah Ley-Bucherer who came up with this idea to support the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal, and to Surf Lifesaving New Zealand for their support of this event.
Christchurch remains in a state of emergency for the next five days as residents of the City go about securing their lives and property.
Scott, who cancelled the next leg of the New Zealand Ocean Swim Series, explained, “While this [cancellation] will undoubtedly cause some disruption to those entered in this year’s Corsair Classicevent, we have thoughts only at the moment for the people of Canterbury and wish to extend our sympathies to all who have lost loved ones or suffered damage to their homes, place of work or indeed lost their livelihoods as a consequence of the earthquake and the incredible damage caused.”
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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