SWIM MARATHON

THE 2007 CHORLEY LIONS SWIM MARATHON WAS HELD ON THE 03 rd FEBRUARY AT THE CHORLEY LESIURE CENTRE

The Swim Marathon is run on a TEAM SPONSORSHIP procedure.

Results of the 2007 are shown below.
SWIM MARATHON ENTRIES
Team Names Team Names
Tenon Accountants- 3 Teams The Connor family & Friends
St Bedes- 2 Teams St Catherine's Hospice
St John's Ambulance Astley Park School
St Pauls Adlington Chorley Harriers-3 Teams
St Peters Guides-2 Teams Chorley Council
Chorley Sea Cadets-3 Teams

Teams that enter arrange their own sponsors, sponsorship funds are paid based on the number of lengths or a total sum.Teams swim for a fixed time period. It is not an indivdual endurance event teams swim to a relay format. All the The TEAMs retain 30% of the money raised for their own Charities, the balance is distributed by Chorley Lions to pre-identified Charitable organisations. Refer to the table below.

Total entries can vary from year to year. Our gross income for this year is estimated @ £5000.00.

We will advise later on how the money was distributed.

The organisations that benefitted from the 2007 event were:

Donations
St Catherines Hospice-------£1100.00.
Chorley Lifestyle Centre------------------£1100.00




Tenon's Accountants receiving trophy










Additional presentations were made to

St Pauls Adlington ................................................................................ Astley Park School














There is a rumour that the reason Australian swimmers swim fast "Their trainers put Crocodiles into their training pools"


We leave this decision to your teams swimming instructors?!

Chorley Lions offer their sincere thanks to the staff at the Leisure Centre for their support.

by princep