600SQN: RAF Reserves
RAF100: 600 Squadron Swim Serpentine Team 2018
Fundraising for The Royal British Legion
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Welcome to our fundraising page for
SWIM SERPENTINE 2018
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OUR SQUADRON:
No 600 (City of London) Squadron of the Royal Air Force Reserves (600SQN) is the oldest RAF Reserve Squadron in the UK. It was formed in 1925 and has a rich prestigious past with many battle honours which include the Battle of Britain in 1940.
2018 is the 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force (RAF), known as RAF100, and during this special anniversary year 600SQN will continue to make history by raising money for good causes. The total amount raised from 2011 to present day can be found using the hyperlink below:
The fundraising events 600SQN will be taking part in during RAF100 can be found using the hyperlink below:
The events taking place to celebrate RAF100 can be found on the RAF100 website using the hyperlink below:
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OUR EVENT:
Swim Serpentine is a one-day open water swimming festival staged in the heart of London. Organised by London Events, the festival is held in and around the beautiful Serpentine in Hyde Park, the venue for the open water swimming competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
There are three distances, Half-Mile, One-Mile and Two-Mile. Our team members will be taking part in the One-Mile and Two Mile distances.
One-Mile Swim: A classic distance in the world of open water swimming events. Swim Serpentine takes place on the same course as the London 2012 Marathon Swimming Olympic event, with one full lap around the Serpentine making up the one-mile swim. This is the most popular of all the distance for Swim Serpentine with swimmers taking anything from 20 minutes through to one hour to complete the swim.
Two-Mile Swim: For those who would like to test themselves with two full (1.6km) laps of the Serpentine. Aimed at more experienced swimmers who have already completed a mile open water swim previously. A challenging two lap swim.
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OUR TEAM
Representing 600 (City of London) Squadron during this event are: -
Bronwyn Harding - One-Mile (Wave 3: starting at 09:10)
Jonathan Rymel - Two Miles (Wave 6: starting at 10:45)
Gary Stevens - Two-Miles (Wave 6: starting at 10:45)
Tasmin Paige - our 600SQN colleague, is also taking part in Swim Serpentine and will be swimming 2 miles. Tasmin will be fundraising for the Royal Air Force Charitable Trust as they provided sponsorship for her to complete 15 hours of flying lesions. Swim Serpentine will be Tasmin's 'thank you' to the RAFCT. If you wish to sponsor Tasmin, please do not donate to this page. Tasmin's fundraising page is on VirginMoneyGiving, and can be found by using the hyperlink below: -
TASMIN'S SWIM SERPENTINE VMG FUNDRAISING SITE
Jonathan Rymel will be taking part in his third and final event to qualify for the London Classics Medal.
Jonathan's pervious two events were: -
600SQN LONDON MARATHON TEAM 2018
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OUR FUNDRAISING: Donations
If you wish to make a donation to support our Swim Serpentine challenge in aid of The Royal British Legion please choose one of the following options: -
1. ON LINE: Click on the Donate button on this page and follow the on-screen instructions for your donation (please don't forget Gift Aid).
or
2. ON MOBILE: Use JustTextGiving by sending your text to 70070 and the following message SINK55 £5 (please don't forget Gift Aid). The JustTextGiving donation can be any of the following amounts: £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 and £10.
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OUR RESULTS:
We are pleased to announce we completed our individual events and our results are available by clicking onto our names below: -
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OUR THANKS:
600SQN: Steve Duddy: RBL:
and everyone taking part in the 600SQN RAF100 Fundraising Events.
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OUR ORGANISER:
Jonathan Rymel