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2008 SWIMARATHON PRESENTATION A presentation evening was held in Champions Manor Hall, Hullbridge Road, South Woodham Ferrers to present cheques to the main charities that were nominated by the town Rotary club, The Swimarathon was held in March at the Woodham Ferrers swimming pool. Raised a total of £11,000 with Gift Aid which is still to come. The following charities were presented with the following Cheques. Essex Air Ambulance £1,600 Little Haven Hospice £1000.00 Farleigh Hospice £3000.00 First Responders £300.00 Cheques were also presented from the Fireworks held at Marsh Farm in November. McMillan Nurses £1.900 Essex Air Ambulance £1,500 In addition to the Cheque Presentation, Certificates were given to the main sponsors of the Swimarathon, with out this support the event could not take place, we are very grateful to the following business for their support, P.J King Funeral Directors Maplefords carpet & flooring specialists Ahead 4 .com computers Elachi Indian restaurant South Woodham FOCUS Palmers solicitors. Team Awards. In recognition of the effort that the teams put in this year, the following awards were made. The Rotary Award. • Single team with the largest amount of sponsorship. Bob’s Babes £1,463 • Team members were. Sue Wildgress, Barbara Wheate, Lindsey Waters, Gail Taylor-Neilson, Alison Harding, Rob Procter Kingsview Group Cup • Team that covers the greatest distance Young Dolphins 204 lengths • Team members were Hanna Flight, Lauren Flight, Catherine Lumley, Lauren Baker, Matthew Stoker, Joe Hellier. The Electro (UK) Ltd CUP • Awarded to the junior team with the most lengths out side SWF . Young Dolphins 204 lengths From MaldonTeam Members, Hanna Flight, Lauren Flight, Catherine Lumley, Lauren Baker, Matthew Stoker, Joe Hellier. Unfortunately we lost some data , if you know of a young person or anyone that swam in a team that deserves recognition please contact David Shea on 01245 324645 and we will be pleased to present a small award. Replies by end of MAY please The Rotary Club wishes to thank all the competitors for taking part and the Sponsors for their financial support, without whom we could not run the swimarathon so successfully and contribute so much to charities, Photos The Rotary Award: presented to Bobs Babes: The Kinsview & Electro Cups were presented to Colin Flight (Young Dolphins) Rotary president Cec presenting cheques below: Little Havens Hospice: Vicky Beckinsale Farleigh Hospice: Dawn Shell First Responders: for Peter Blackman (Ken Walker) McMillan Nureses

William De Ferrers Pupils Speak Out To Win Competition William De Ferrers School entered 2 teams in the Combined Wickford and South Woodham Ferrers Rotaryu Clubs “Youth Speaking Competition”. This is the third Year that the school has entered teams and the they have carried individual first places in all of the years but last year & this year they won the overall winners trophy Pictured below are the winning “A” team receiving the trophy from Wickford Rotary Club President Norman Hollingsworth, the team pictured left to right are Stephanie Hedges, Sarah Hedges & Megan Crisp The pupils thought that this was a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate how well these young people can express themselves on a number of subjects. There were some 10 teams and all were well supported by parents & families at the event held at the Chichester Hotel. Tony Graham Rotary PRO

SWF Summer Fayre Following the success of last year's Summer Fayre, a bigger & better family fun day out is planned for this year on Saturday 5th July 2008. For more information and an application form to take part with a stall etc click on the SWF Summer Fayre Link opposite in the links column column