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Tenby
Boxing Day Swim started in 1970 and has snowballed into Tenby's main
Christmas attraction. With around 600 swimmers and thousands
of onlookers each year, this fantastic spectacle is not to be missed.
With
everyone
swimming for charity, and the majority in fancy dress, Boxing Day in
Tenby is a surefire way to carry on the fun at Christmas. A roaring
bonfire greets the emerging swimmers and everyone of them receives a
medal for their bravery. Started by
Tenby Sea Swimming Association, (TSSA), the Osborne family
has
been associated with the spectacle from the beginning and Chris
Osborne,
chairman of TSSA has seen the event take place in every weather
condition, from brilliant sunshine to freezing wind-chill. And he said
that each year, the organisers never fail to be amazed by its
growing success and popularity. As the swim goes from strength to
strength each year, the event grows with canoes, raft racing and much
more before the great immersion at 11.30am . Come and meet your friends
on the North Beach this Boxing Day,
give generously to the local charities and enjoy all the fun of the
beach.
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Hundreds of brave bathers are tuning up for a crazy 2009 Christmas, as a musical theme is sounded out for the Tenby Boxing Day Swim.
The fancy-dress code of ‘Seasonal Songs’ should strike just the right note with fans of wacky costume, encouraging We Three Kings, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and Frosty the Snowman to take to the water.
There will also be a special prize for the best fancy-dressed group of singers at the event.
The swim, now in its 39th year, is one of Britain’s top festive highlights, and attracts crowds in their thousands who enjoy the silly spectacle from every vantage point around Tenby’s North Beach.
Its organiser, Tenby Sea Swimming Association (TSSA), has just gained a further three years of sponsorship from Tenby-based FBM Holidays.
* Pembrokeshire’s Hope Multiple Sclerosis therapy centre
* Pembrokeshire Special Needs Gymnastics Club
*Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice for Wales
*Leukaemia Research, Tenby and district branch
TSSA alone has raised approaching £200,000 over the years, with many thousands more by swimmers who collect for their own chosen charities and good causes.
TSSA chairman Chris Osborne, whose family have been involved in the Boxing Day Swim from its beginning, admitted: “I continue to be amazed by the lunacy of the event, at its ridiculous popularity and its expanding legacy. It’s hard to even contemplate seasonal celebrations without it!”
He welcomed the continued sponsorship of FBM Holidays and added: “It means that the core costs are paid for, so everything can go to the beneficiary charities. That makes it, in today’s difficult economic conditions, a sustainable swim as well.”
FBM Holidays partner Tim Brace said: “We’re delighted to support the event - it gives us the opportunity to put something back into the community, with the knowledge that we are helping to keep this wonderful Tenby tradition going. It’s even more important, when times are hard, that people support events like this. We are stronger as a community when we work together and the Tenby Boxing Day Swim helps to make the town a place that locals and visitors can enjoy together over the festive season.”
Last
year’s event attracted almost 600 entrants who raised over £17,000 for
charities and good causes.
Those
of you who would
like to join the swim this year can request a sponsor form by
completing the
application form below.