On Thursday 14th July we are holding a Sponsored Swimathon at Moor House School and College.

We hope to have a lot of fun, and to give ourselves an individual as well as a collective challenge, to see what we can achieve together; we are also hoping to raise money to benefit all the young people at Moor House through our refurbishment project and welfare fund. 

The event will run from 12.00 noon to 12.00 midnight and our aim is to have people swimming continuously during this time. People can join in when they want, and also take a break when they want, as long as we have at least one person in the pool keeping the swimathon going at all times!

We want as many members of the Moor House community as possible to join in with the swimathon, as our challenge is to 'Swim the English Channel'. 

The length of the English channel is 21 miles, which is 33.6km, or 33,600 metres, or 1344 lengths of our pool. Can we achieve our challenge?

We want each person to set their own target, to represent a challenge for them. Therefore a strong swimmer may set their personal target of 20 lengths, maybe more; however a less confident swimmer may set their personal target of 10 lengths, 5 lengths, 1 length, or even 1 width! 

Also, in the spirit of teamwork and cooperation, we can also allow swimmers to be towed on a floating mat up and down the pool!

Please consider sponsoring our event. Thank you!