Swimmers Help Sailors Help Survivors
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. 60 volunteers, 21 kayakers, 9 escort boats and onshore support teams helped 21 swimmers complete the 2.5 nautical mile swim from Stokes Bay to Ryde Sands this weekend.
Together the group helped raise more than £25,000 for Anna Wardley‘s Solent Swim Challenge in aid of the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust on the Isle of Wight. The charity takes young people aged between 8 and 24 sailing to help them regain their confidence on their way to recovery from cancer.
The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust teamed up with Gosport-based endurance swimmer Anna Wardley to organise the event.
Upper photo by Katie Beney captures post-swim smiles by the 21 swimmers of the Solent Swim Challenge together with Anna Wardley and Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust Fundraising Manager Clare Ross.
Lower photo courtesy of Tom Savage.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Daily News of Open Water Swimming and founder of WOWSA. 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).
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