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Simply put, our team aims to swim the English Channel, to raise fund for The Alexa Trust.

Our friends Howard & Esmari James lost their daughter Alexa, tragically very early in life and they set up the charity in her honour to support families with babies in NeoNatal units. We are doing our part in supporting this amazing cause...

But not content with a standard crossing of the worlds busiest shipping lane, we are crossing as a team of four in a Medley Relay format. That's Steve starting with backstroke, Nick with Breaststroke, Patrick with butterfly and Brian for the front crawl and repeating, an hour each, until we reach the other side!

We will be the first all male Medley Relay attempt at the channel under CSA rules And possibly the first of the 2023 swim season. The previous Medley crossing was complete with a mixed team in 11 hours 29 minutes. The target is to finish at all but a new record would be a real bonus!

We have just a few weeks left to be ready for this. 21 miles in a straight line which could be many more with the tide. The water is cold (~14 degrees C), the ships are big and the channel is notorious for changing conditions quickly. We will need all the help we can get but will keep you updated with our progress here.

If you have been following our progress we have made several long swims as a group now supported my or local swimming comunity. We have swam St Margarets to Kingsdow and St Matgarets to Deal and have just two more weekends if long swims before we rest up/fuel up for the big day.

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