2020 Charity Swim - 22km of Cornish waters

We went and did it again. Another year, another crazy charity challenge.

Tom’s grandma (in-law) is 92 and her health hasn’t been great of late. When trying to find an aquatic wheelchair to borrow to get her into the geothermal section of the Jubilee Pool we really couldn’t find anything. This inspired Tom to dedicate this years challenge to Joyce Cooper. The Jubilee Pool also very generously agreed to let her be the first person to use this new section of a world class lido.

We set ourself the goal of raising £2,500. We didn’t quite make that total but we did reach £2,000 and bought one of our preferred chairs.

THE CHALLENGE : we wanted to show off Cornwall a bit, take in lots of glorious swims and rack up a decent distance. So Tom devised the 1km challenge. We set out to swim 1km on as many beaches in Cornwall as we could, in 1 day. We managed 22 beaches, in the daylight of 1 day. We could have possibly completed more but Tom’s left arm stopped working (it’s still swollen 5 days later) and Jo’s just plain old!

We thoroughly enjoyed the day. Absolutely didn’t train up for the challenge (again!), made what we think is a great video, explored some new beaches and some how only paid £4.50 in car park charges!

HIGHLIGHTS : swimming at Mother Ivey’s Bay, Whipsiddery beach to Porth Beach, always Crantock and the video. We’re really happy with the video.

Annual Charitable Swim

*** CRAZY CHARITABLE SWIM ***

It's that time of year again. Each year Tom & Jo train up, swim loads, get on the weights, board paddle, run, build some good core strength and conditioning... this typically happens directly after they do a crazy, endurance charity challenge and this year is absolutely no different! 

On Friday 10th July (with the 17th as a back up date) we'll attempt to swim 1km on as many beaches in Cornwall as we can in one day – (hopefully 25-30) to raise vital funds to help other, less physically able people to experience the joys of the water.

Our story starts with my partner's Gran, Joyce Cooper who - at 92 and after a lifetime of open water swimming - is desperate to return to the sea, possibly for the last time. Having gradually lost mobility, she is now in need of all-terrain wheelchair access to the water, and we’d love to generate enough money for the iconic Jubilee Pool in Penzance to have a permanent sand chair so that a range of older and disabled people can be granted easy access into the new geothermal pool and the sea via the neighbouring slipway off Penzance promenade.

Joyce was at the Jubilee’s original opening in 1935 and has continued to swim there with four generations of her family ever since. She is proof of the positive impact that both swimming and seawater have on physical and mental wellbeing – and how important it is that everyone can have the chance experience this.

Wouldn’t it be a fitting finale to her Jubilee Pool story for Joyce to enjoy another sea dip and to pave the way for others to find similar freedom in the water?

Please share her story and donate what you can.

Thank you!

LINK : https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/wheelchair-for-jubilee?utm_term=6kEKPgnPe