Over £2,500 was raised for local charities and groups when 110 people from across the Burnham-On-Sea area took part in a sponsored swim in Brean on Sunday (February 9th).
The annual Swimarathon, run by Burnham Rotary Club and the Inner Wheel, involved 15 teams swimming lengths of the Brean Splash pool to raise funds.
The swimmers retained all of the sponsorship funds they raised for their nominated good causes.
Organiser Jim Tancock told Burnham-On-Sea.com: “We were delighted with the number of swimmers of all ages taking part.”
“A great time was had by everyone and a good sum has been raised for local causes.”
He said a total of 4,500 lengths of the pool were swum by the participants over the course of the day.
Among those taking part were Burnham Swimming Club, Burnham Inner Wheel, Brent Knoll Girl Guides, Berrow Guides, Burnham RNLI, Monarchs Gymnastics Group, Brean Splash, Langford Limpetts and Burnham Army Cadets.
The medals for the swimmers were donated by Blake Vetinerary Group and the Co-operative Funeralcare.
Organisers from the Rotary and Inner Wheel Clubs were delighted with the event
The Monarchs Gymnastics Club prepares for its swim
The Burnham Inner Wheel swimmers
Berrow Guides after their swim give a ‘thumbs-up’ on the event
The RNLI team, with ‘secret weapon’ Chloe Edrich, a local champion swimmer!
The Burnham Inner Wheel swimmers
The Burnham Monarchs team completes its swim
Pictured: Some of those who took part in Sunday’s Brean Swimarathon (pics from Burnham-On-Sea.com and Mike Lang)
