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Big Ricks Swim Team @RicksSwim

Est in08 in memory of Mark Rickhuss. Team holders of World ,Euro & GB English channel swimming records, raised £100k for UK charities #channelswimmers

Joined June 2014
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An annual memory of Honor Organization Varne Ridge Holiday Park. Unfortunately no longer a haven for English Channel aspirants and cFrom mid-1990s to 2019 it was simply HOME for many preparing, celebrating Channel experience. At one point over 150 success plates on the walls
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Congratulations Steve . Fantastic swim today . #channelswimer Steve Stievenart of France today completed his solo in skins in a time of 16 hours 22mins Subject to ratification he now holds the record for the earliest crossing as well as the latest crossing.
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So Much More To Swimming Beyond The Black Line With Rob Woodhouse dailynewsofopenwaterswimming…
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Drum roll please ..... Entries will open on 14th December. All information is on bldsa.org.uk #newbathhotelandspa
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Even ex British Olympic swimmers find the channel tough to swim . Great swim by Dan Wallace .. Excellent video of the swim youtu.be/PeS-EZlJ_tY @TeamGB @ScottishSwim @CSAswimmers
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Congratulations Petar Ocean seven ☑️ in just 173 days Incredible. dailynewsofopenwaterswimming… #sharetheswimlove
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Swimming the Channel, one eye blind Mel could be about to become the first blind woman to swim the English Channel. Melanie is a Paralympic champion, 6 x world champion & world triathlon champion, . bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0jkk6c…
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❤️ Daniel .. Even the Olympic champion finds the step up to open water not easy #Paris2024 #openwaterswimming @Andyjamesonswim facebook.com/share/r/vaZV3ch…
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Having fun at the pool . ❤️ it ladies #Paris2024 #teamgb #sharingtheswimlove #loveswimming
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We are so sad To hear the news of David Wilkie today . What a swimmer .. he was our swimming idol growing up .. 💔 #davidwilkie @Andyjamesonswim @TeamGB @ScottishSwim
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The Dutch swimmer Maarten van der Weijden won gold in Beijing, having been diagnosed with cancer seven years earlier. he decided to stop competing, and turn attention to fundraising - his own foundation and raising millions for cancer research through bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct5z…

Business Daily - Business Daily meets: Maarten van der Weijden - BBC Sounds

The Dutch Olympic medal winning swimmer has raised millions for charity

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We love this picture from Carrie carlberg .. reminds us it time to get open water swimming again .. yippee ❤️ #openwaterswimming etsy.com/shop/wildartbycarri…
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Wow . We had to check this wasn’t an April fools joke.?? The bbc are actually going to show swimming on television after years of not .!!!! … swimming was team gb most successful sport at Tokyo games . bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/686…
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James Guy: Olympic swimmer on his late ADHD diagnosis and health anxiety bbc.co.uk/sport/swimming/685…
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THE 5TH STROKE Why 'distance fly' might be just what you need and how to make it part of your swim routine Patrick Naylor outdoorswimmingsociety.com/t…
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Ricks thought of the Month .” we all know as swimmers , When you swim a mile for the 1st time ( Any Time ) , you really do feel " Too Tough To Kill " 🙂 #sharetheswimlove #bigrickswimteam
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Flashback to celebrate #InternationalWomansDay . Big Ricks Chicks WR team . Who 2020 became The only team to have ever swam the English Channel as an IM relay team . Claire, Mel , Sarah and Lucy . #channelswimmers #worldrecord #bigrickswimteam
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#InternationalWomensDay Big Ricks Ladies team . WR English Channel swimmers
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Good luck to everyone swimming in memory of Iain over the next two days 👏 Nearly 50 friends of Iain Hughes, a firefighter who died during a charity swim in the English Channel, are set to take on a 36-hour challenge in his memory. bbc.com/news/articles/cw8z3d…
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