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Help Emily conquer New Zealands Cook Strait!
Help me to raise money for a disabled chair hoist for Hampton Pool!
Hello!
Thank you for sponsoring me! This is an exciting challenge that i have been training for for 2 years now! It all started when I became an Open water swimmer in 2005 when I went on a swimming holiday to Greece that May. the following September I swam the length of Lake Windermere and then in August 2006 I swam the English Channel.
I have always loved swimming and being asthmatic I have found it very therapeutic. I have found swimming outdoors helps me greatly. Due to this I have developed a passion for open air pools. I live near Hampton Pool and have been working at the pool for 5 years. I consider it to be a tranquil paradise within busy London. The pool was saved from closure in the 1980's by local people, now it is a charity managed by YMCA London South West and Hampton Pool Trust. Whilst other Lidos are still being shut down this one is getting stronger every year and is a fantastic facility for the local community. Due to this I thought that if I was going to do a crazy event then someone should benefit, therefore I hope to raise money to pay for a disabled chair hoist so that the pool can be accessible to the whole community.
I have been training hard for the past 18 months using pools and open water. I am hoping to swim the Strait within 11 hours.
This challenge is a big one for me, I am not a fast swimmer and will never break any speed records, however when I realised that I could be the first British female to swim the Strait (others have tried) I saw this as a chance to set a record!
64 people have been successful since 1962, it has a high failure rate due to strong tides, unpredicatable weather and cold water (wetsuits are not allowed). Because I am not a fast swimmer this is what makes it more challenging for me-can I get accross before the tides or weather changes? If my speed is not constant it could cause my swim to be terminated due to the reasons mentioned above.
I will have to maintain my 2.5 Km/hour pace for the 11 hours!
I am trying not to think about the sharks and the Jelly Fish, so now you know what it is all about, please give generously to help spur me across the rough water!
Many Thanks
Emily
Recent donors
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Jens £20.00 22.05.10 Well done, Emily! Absolutely amazing! |
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Juliet Cameron £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 11.05.10 As the one to start the dancing Saturday a little reward!! |
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Anonymous £100.00 (+ £28.21 giftaid) 30.03.10 Well done, Emily!!! |
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Patty Lloyd £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 30.03.10 |
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Norman Frost £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 30.03.10 Well done awesome Emily! |
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Anonymous £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 30.03.10 well done! |
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Anonymous £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 30.03.10 Just read about your achievements in the SLSC newsletter-amazing! Big congrats and good luck with getting the disabled facilities at Hampton-it's a lovely pool! |
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Anonymous £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 30.03.10 I heard about this through the SLSC. Fantastic achievement!! Wish I could donate more at the moment... |
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Jolyon Roberts £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 30.03.10 Just read about your wonderful achievement on another swimming club's newsletter. Well done and good luck raising money for this worthy cause |
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Alex Davis £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 30.03.10 Congratulations! |
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Caroline £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 26.03.10 Congratulations! What an achievement! |
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Diane and Phil Gale £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 26.03.10 You are a star..and a courageous one at that! Keep on sparkling!!! Much love, Diane and Phil |
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Oliver Gray £30.00 (+ £8.46 giftaid) 25.03.10 Hats' off to you Emily. Congratulations on your achievement. |
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Jenny (aqua class, Pavilion) £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 23.03.10 Many congratulations on this remarkable achievement! |
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Anonymous £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 23.03.10 Linda & Bryan (Hampton Pool) Well done you. Hopefully be able to get in the pool now. |
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John and Tricia Salmons £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 23.03.10 We are in awe, what an inspiration you are! |
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Kristian Taylor £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 22.03.10 Absolutely amazing. Well done. |
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Helen and Terry Mansfield £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 21.03.10 Well done Emily, you are a most incredible young lady! |
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Caroline & Jase £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 20.03.10 Fabulous effort very brave well done & great cause |
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Tim £30.00 (+ £8.46 giftaid) 16.03.10 Stonking performance.Well done. |
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DAVID BENTLEY £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 16.03.10 Good luck |
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Andrew £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 15.03.10 Well done, you are an inspiration! |
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Daphne £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 14.03.10 Sorry I woke you in the inight, in excitement of discovering what you'd done hadn't thought you may still be there! Would have thought of you when on ferry Picton to Wellington on 16 Feb. I'm so impressed, fantastic. |
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Chris, Dave and Rachel £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 14.03.10 WELL DONE and congratulations! |
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Trish £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 13.03.10 Emily, you are fantastic - what an inspiration. I bet you smiled the whole way too. Send photos. |
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Bernadette & Kevin £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 12.03.10 Well done so glad you were able to do it, I feel exhausted thinking about it! |
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Jane Howard £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 12.03.10 Congratulations for completing such an awesome swim! From - a fan of Hampton Open Air Pool! |
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Anonymous £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 12.03.10 |
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Margaret and Ella (Fernhill) £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 11.03.10 Conratulations! What a brave and clever girl you are! |
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Tony £35.00 (+ £9.87 giftaid) 11.03.10 Congratulations! I am very proud of you! |
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Lynn Hawkins £50.00 09.03.10 Well done Em. You are an inspiration. Let me know if u are stopping off in Singapore on the way home x |
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Birgit £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 02.03.10 Good luck! |
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Sharon & Alan £40.00 (+ £11.28 giftaid) 28.02.10 Good luck Emily. |
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Laura £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 28.02.10 I saw your posters at Hampton Pool, and having just read Lynne Cox's account of making the first ever crossing of the Cook Strait think you are undertaking an amazingly impressive feat. Good luck and hope you manage it. |
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John and Megs (Gozo 08) £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 28.02.10 Good luck Emily, think the sharks will be more nervous of you! Have a great swim. |
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Viv and Tim Evans £15.00 (+ £4.23 giftaid) 27.02.10 Best Wishes for your swim. As users of Hampton Pool we feel it would be great if disabled people can more easily use the pool too. |
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Anonymous £5.00 (+ £1.41 giftaid) 26.02.10 as a user of Hampton Pool, I hope you are successful |
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Tam & Claire Holmes £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 26.02.10 Good luck, though you are probably out of the water by now.. Lots of love. Tam, Claire and bump. |
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Alla Cassidy £17.33 (+ £4.89 giftaid) 26.02.10 Good luck, Emily!!! with the best wishes from Russia |
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Uwe £25.00 26.02.10 Hi Emily I do not know if you made it but I hope so much you did it! Uwe |
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Anonymous £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 25.02.10 Its now 8:45am 25/2 in the UK and am wondering whether you managed to complete your swim. Being a Kiwi I know Cook Strait so rather you than me. Anyway its a very worthy cause! Really hope you do (did) it! Cheers |
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WALT HENEBRY FROM CHICAGO £50.00 (+ £14.10 giftaid) 25.02.10 eMILY YOU WERE ONE OF THE GUIDES ON MY cROATIAN SWIM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. YOU HAD LOADS OF FUN WITH MY CROATIAN TRANSLATION BOOK I GAVE TO YOU. i WAS THE AMERICAN FROM CHICAGO. ANYWAY GOOD LUCK ON YOUR SWIM. yOU WILL BE IN MY PRAYERS. |
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Toni Green £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 25.02.10 Emily, go for it.......have a great swim and enjoy it. Good luck and continue to inspire all those open water swimmers, I know that you inspired mum and me in Croatia, best of luck, from Toni and Rosemarie Green |
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jan doedens £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 24.02.10 go emily |
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Norman Frost £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 24.02.10 Good luck awesome Emily! |
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Simon Griffiths £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 23.02.10 Hi Emily, I hope the tides and weather are good to you. Best of luck. Simon |
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Sandra Girdwood £10.00 (+ £2.82 giftaid) 22.02.10 |
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Adrian & Karin Sumption £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 22.02.10 We've crossed it on a ferry, but the thought of swimming it is awesome! |
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Jean and Norman £20.00 (+ £5.64 giftaid) 22.02.10 Emily- What a fantastic girl you are!!! xx |
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All the Tomlinsons £40.00 (+ £11.28 giftaid) 22.02.10 Thinking of you Emily ... you can do it! |
Running total
- Target:
- £5,000.00
- Total raised incl. Gift Aid:
- £3,626.24
- Total donors:
- 108
- Biggest donor:
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Chris and Marguerite Pocock
£100.00 - Last donor:
- Jens 22.05.10
- Offline fundraising:
- £0.00
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