SWIMATHON 2025 15/16th February 2025
This will be the 34th Soroptimist Swimathon in Taunton and we have again partnered with the Taunton Round Table and the Taunton 41 Club.
The 2020 Swimathon raised £16,528, making the total raised over the 32 years just over £677,000. This has been distributed among 78 local charities.
The 2025 Swimathon will raising money for 3 local charities – Stand against Violence, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Somerset Bursary committee and Taunton East Development Trust.
It doesn’t matter whether you are 8 or 80 and whether you swim fast or slow, do crawl or doggy-paddle, so long as you can rustle up a team of six, you can take part in this Swimathon. It is one of the most successful fund raising events in the south west – since its inception in 1988 over £677,000 has been given directly to a variety of locally-based charities.
Taunton School generously make their pool available each year for the two days of the Swimathon. Every swimmer gets a medal, and there are a number of trophies to be won for teams raising the most sponsorship money or swimming the most lengths.
The Swimathon Committee said, “Teams from all over the Taunton community take part in our Swimathon, including Law firms, Accountancy firms, the Hydrographic Office, Musgrove Park Hospital, St Margaret’s Somerset Hospice, schools – and many, many more. It is a real community event, and there is a great buzz. Teams come back, year after year, and they always have a great time”.
Come and join in the Swimathon; it’s the most fun you could have on a cold weekend in February – and you can get a rosy glow by raising some money for local good causes.
For more information send an e-mail request to Swimathon Email.
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