Swimarathon set to return to Jersey in July

The Swimarathon is returning to Jersey this summer.

The fundraising event was cancelled last year, due to the pandemic.

This year it will be held between Saturday July 3 and Wednesday July 7, to allow time for restrictions to ease further.

Anyone who had reserved a lane last year will get priority. From today, the Lion's Club will be contacting those teams to offer them first refusal.

The organising committee says it is confident it can run 'a Covid-safe, fully compliant event'.

It aims to fill all eight lanes for every hour the event is open, so as much money as possible can be raised.

The five charities chosen for 2020 - Brighter Futures, Brightly, Jersey Youth Trust, Teenage Cancer Trust Jersey and YouMatter – will be the 2021 beneficiaries.

Event sponsors Ravenscroft covered all of the expenses of the 2020 event to ensure that the £55,000 donated by intending swimmers, despite them not being able to swim, was used to help charities whose finances were impacted by the pandemic.

Haydn Taylor, managing director of Ravenscroft in Jersey, said they were hopeful that all fundraising events could return to normal this year to help the struggling third sector.

Any new teams wishing to take part can email administrator@lionsswimarathon.org.