The Coalie Crawlers
Coalie Crawlers September 2022
We would like to say a big thank you to everyone , our Event the
Coalie Crawlers Swim raised £795 for the Firefighters Charity and
£320 for the RNLI . Thanks goes to the RNLI for the Safety boats
Bekki for the organisation of the event and to Mike for the Medals
and last but not least all the swimmers and kayakers.
Coalie Crawlers 2021 Raise £781 for The
Fire Fighters Charity
On Saturday 11 September 2021, the Coalie
Crawlers swimmers took part in their fourth charity fundraising swim
in aid of the Fire Fighters Charity. All six swimmers
successfully completed the 7.5km sea swim, from Hayling Island
Lifeboat Station down the estuary into the slipway next to Emsworth
Slipper Sailing Club. Weather and sea conditions were
fantastic and each swimmer was greeted at the finish by staff of the
Coal Exchange, family, friends, the Emsworth fire fighters, local
residents and visitors. All were awarded with a well-deserved medal.
However, as always, the swimmers could not, and would not, have done
this challenge without careful planning, their own kayaker and a
group safety boat all of whom gave up their time voluntarily.
Fundraising continued throughout the
afternoon and evening at the pub with a BBQ and live music. Fire
fighters and local people swam for this local cause. There was a
real community involvement with everything with the food being
donated by the Coal Exchange and live music by Paul and friends.
A cheque for £781 was presented to Kerry
James, Fundraising Manager, on behalf of the Fire Fighters charity,
on Friday 12 November 2021. She said: “A massive thank you to
everyone involved in making the fourth year of the charity swim such
a success. These past 18 months have been challenging for everyone
in so many ways and there is no doubt that this donation will go a
long way in enabling us to continue to provide support to those in
the fire community that need our help with mental, physical or
social being needs”.
This charity swim proved once again a big
success and the next one will be early September 2022.