Over 156 Bold & Beautiful swimmers.
Brendan and Gaetan enjoyed an early Bolderdash and 17 swimmers, kindly led by David Adams, continued on for the 6km Summer Badge Swim up to Freshie and back with plenty of swell but no breaking bommie so all in all a good fun swim which saw Brendan finish the year with a solid 9km swim.
We had a fantastic turn out for our last regular B&B swim of the year to Shelly and back, and what a terrific swimming year it has been for all of us too :-)
Over 1100 new swimmers have joined us during 2011, which sees our current total number of B&B participants at 2117, until tomorrow that is ;-)
Many people have gone on to swim the furthest they have ever swum, be it one way from Manly to Shelly, the return swim of 1500m, a 3km Bolderdash, a summer 6 or 10km swim, an ocean race, a triathlon, or the English Channel. All are fantastic personal achievements, but most importantly, regardless of any swim, we have all made new friends and what superb friends they are too !
I reckon, not only are we the largest daily ocean swimming group in the world, we're also the best bunch of people in the world !! ;-)
Our year was beautifully culminated in a lovely post swim celebration for Bruce Paterson, our most senior swimmer. Bruce certainly had a wonderful morning amongst his very dear, hugely appreciated and much valued B&B friends. Thanks for playing chauffeur Bella.
Thanks also to the staff at Manly Wine who danced out a cake and sparkler just for Bruce which you can see below, courtesy of Stephen.
As Anna so eloquently put it in a comment for us yesterday: "Life's short, let's enjoy it." So if you couldn't make it this morning, you may as Anna suggested, wish to shake Bruce's hand or say hi to him next time you see him. He definitely will appreciate it.
Let's hope 2012 is fun filled, with happiness and good health for all of us, jam packed with lots of fantastic 'pink' swims and a whole bunch of fantastic new friends who will hopefully come and join in the fun, fitness and friendship with us too.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !
Please note that tomorrow morning, New Years Day, Manly Wine will be open at 8am rather than 7, so please take your time in catching that body wave to finish or a little longer in the shower and it should then be coffee time :-)
One of our swimmers is looking for a small fully furnished unit to rent, in or close to Manly. If anyone knows of anything ??
Water Temperature 22.6
Air Temperature 20.5
Sunrise 5.47am
Sunset 8.09pm
Low Tide: 7.39am
High Tide: 1.42pm
Lastly... did anyone loose the flipper featured in the last photo this morning, size 10-11, found by Eco Diver Dave Thomas between the Half Way and Manly.
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