SWIMATHON raises OVER £20,000 for local CHARITIES and ORGANISATIONS

The 48 teams taking part in the Swimathon filled all available lanes and included local schools, community groups and local companies and organisations. They included a team of physiotherapists from Mayday Hospital; members of the London Fire Brigade Swim Team; the Croydon Young Stroke Group; South East Cancer Help Centre; Surrey Association for Visual Impairment.
These are the organisations taking part in the Swimathon. Some entries had more than one team:
11th PURLEY SCOUT GROUP
21st PURLEY SCOUTS
450 (KENLEY) SQUADRON ATC
8th PURLEY SCOUT GROUP
AGE CONCERN CROYDON
BEAUMONT PRIMARY SCHOOL
COULSDON MANOR ROTARY CLUB
CROYDON HIGH SCHOOL
CROYDON SOUTH ROTARY
CROYDON YOUNG STROKE GROUP
DIABETES UK, PURLEY VOLUNTARY GROUP
EARLY BIRDS
FIRST WARLINGHAM FRIENDS OF BROWNIES 1
KENLEY/PURLEY EXPLORER SCOUTS
LAFF
LONDON FIRE BRIGADE SWIMMING CLUB
M. GOSHI WATER FOUNDATION
MAYDAY PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
MOTHERS UNION C.C. PURLEY
MOTT MACDONALD - INTEGRATED TRANSPORT
OASIS ACADEMY COULSDON
OLD COULSDON SWIMMING CREW
PURLEY CROSS INFORMATION CENTRE
PURLEY ROTARY CLUB
REEDHAM TRUST
RIDDLESDOWN HIGH SCHOOL
ROTARY CLUB OF COULSDON
ROTARY CLUB OF CROYDON
SOUTH EAST CANCER HELP CENTRE
ST GILES SCHOOL
ST PETERS CHURCH
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH CATERHAM
ST. JOHN'S CHURCH CATERHAM
SURREY ASSOCIATION FOR VISUAL IMPAIRMENT
A group of swimmers who regularly use local swimming pools – the Earlybirds – raised £3,500. Their chosen charity was the Royal Marsden Hospital.