Grants were given to 18 local organisations as listed below.
Organisations receiving grants:
Bower House
Church of England School, Fairfield Road PTFA
Churches Together Holiday at Home
Great Bowden Academy
Great Bowden Pre-school
HFM Radio
Harborough HomeStart
Harborough Musical Memory Box
Ian’s Chain
1st Market Harborough Scouts
Market Harborough Fixers
Market Harborough Wombles
Morsebags
St Dionysius Disabled access fund
Prizes awarded
Trophies were presented, by Rotary Club President Ian Clarkson, to Oliver Lee for being Junior Star Swimmer, Welland Valley Triathlon Club team for the most lengths swum, Donald Maclean as Adult Star Swimmer, Voluntary Action South Leicestershire team for raising the most sponsorship money and Freedom Support team for the best team name: Swimply the Best.
The Rotary Club would like to thank the local business sponsors whose support covers the expenses of running the event, thus allowing all the money raised by the swimmers to be distributed to local organisations and Rotary charities. This year’s sponsors were:-
Brooke House
Denham Jewellers
Dunleavy Hairdressers
Farndon Fields Shop
ET Peirson
Harborough Leisure Centre
Harborough FM,
Paul Johnson Design
K Lewingtons
Mayday Financial
Mistrys Pharmacy
J Stamps
Stephen Sanderson Transport
Taylor Wimpey
Walker Forestry
Wingates
Wilkinson Goldsmith
The annual Swimarathon event on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd March 2025. Over the two days, 23 teams took part involving 100 swimmers. Harborough FM provided the music and commentary which kept the teams motivated during their 50 minute swim. The Rotary Club is extremely grateful to the Harborough Leisure Centre for their support without which the event could not be held.
Next year’s SwiMarathon will be on Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th March 2026. Team applications are already being received at swimarathon@rotarymarketharborough.org.uk