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I’m doing it again. That half marathon thing from Newcastle to South Shields called the Great North Run. I’ve done quite a few of these Great North Runs, so you’d think I’d have learned my lesson by now :o) However, I was asked to get involved with Crohn’s and Colitis UK by a few of my friends who’ve benefitted from the charity. They wanted to give the charity something back for all the help they’d received and were doing the Great North Run to raise some money, so I said I’d join them.

So, here I am again with just over two months to go to get fit to run 13.1 miles.

As part of my sponsorship efforts I’ve created a fundraising page at ‘Just Giving’. You can visit it by clicking below ….

https://www.justgiving.com/MartinConnelly212 …. Where you can see me modelling my Crohn’s and Colitis UK vest.

If you want to help support me and cheer me on, you can make a quick donation while visiting my page and leave a witty message.

JustGiving sends your donation straight to Crohn’s and Colitis UK and automatically reclaims Gift Aid if you are a UK taxpayer, so your donation is worth even more.

Thank you for your anticipated support.

Oh and please feel free to circulate this email to others and share on your Facebook accounts :o)

Regards

Martin

Congratulations and Good Luck to all!

On the completion of the British Swimming competition 10 week qualifying window, several of GAW’s most prominent athletes produced some top level performances; ensuring that they made the final qualifying cut for this summer’s 3 major national domestic championships.

Will Hardy

Swim England Champs 50/100/400 Free, 100 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke, 200 I/M
Swim Scotland Champs 50/100/400 Free, 100 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke, 200 I/M

Adam Morkot 

Swim England Champs 200 Butterfly
Swim Scotland 50/100/200 Butterfly

Sarah Wright 

British Champs 50 Butterfly
Swim English Champs 100/200 Butterfly
Swim Scotland Champs 50/100 Freestyle, 50/100/200 Butterfly

Zoe Price

Swim English Champs 50 Breaststroke
Swim Scotland Champs 50/100/200 Breaststroke

Ella Watson

Swim England Champs 100 Butterfly

Ryan Zhao 

British Champs 50 Backstroke
Swim England Champs 100 Backstroke, 50 /100 Breaststroke, 100 Freestyle

James Strickland

Swim Scotland Open Champs 50/200 Backstroke

Sarah March

Swim Scotland Champs 50/100/200 Breaststroke

Maia announced two years ago that she wanted to grow her hair and cut it off at the end of primary school to give to charity. She will be donating 7 inches of her hair to The Princess Trust, a charity which makes free wigs for children who loose their hair due to an illness or treatment. Any money Maia makes from sponsors will also be given to the charity to help fund the making of the wigs.

On Friday the 24th June, Maia bravely had a huge 7 inches chopped off her beautiful, long, blonde hair. So far she has raised a staggering £650, which will be given to a fantastic cause.

If you wish to make a donation, here’s the link to her Just Giving page https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/zoe-stovold

Swimsafe sessions will once again be taking place on the North East coast this summer.

The FREE open water safety sessions for children aged 7-14 will be taking place at Longsands beach, Tynemouth from the 2nd-12th August (Wed-Sat only) and Sandhaven beach South Shields from the 16-26th August (Wed-Sat only).

This is a great opportunity to introduce young swimmers to open water safety and swimming in the open water.

More info in PDFs below:
Swim safe poster – Tynemouth Longsands
Swim safe poster – South Shields Sandhaven

The GAW ASC annual panto trip is to see Peter Pan at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, Wednesday 29th November 7.00pm

Tickets cost £12.50 each.  Closing date 4th September or when all 200 tickets have been sold.

GAW members and associates click the following link to purchase via our commerce site
http://www.gawbook.org.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=98&product_id=403