The 2017 (104th) Tour de France Sweepstake

Bedworth Disabled Swimming Club is running a sweepstake on the winning team in the Tour de France.

Tickets are available to purchase for £1 for each attempt from the club or can be downloaded from the club website    www.bedworthdisabledswimming.co.uk

Completed tickets should be returned to Sheila Carey or Barbara Lanwarne before 1st July when the draw will be made. Each ticket will draw one of the 22 teams randomly.

The draw will be published on the web site before the racing commences with the first stage from Dusseldorf on 1st July.

It is then possible to follow the progress of the teams until the final sprint on the Paris Champs-Élysées on 23rd July.

This should make an interesting three weeks for a minimum of just a £1 entry!

Best of all you are helping to support the swimming club each time you buy or sell a ticket. Please note there is no limit to the number of tickets that one person can purchase.

Please find the Sweepstake tickets to download below (in two formats)

Good luck everyone!

The 2017 Tour de France Sweepstake

Tour de France tickets 2017

The 2017 Tour de France Sweepstake

Tour de France tickets 2017

Well done to Sally-Anne Tully, who ran the Coventry Half Marathon on 19th March 2017, in just under 3 hours, raising a fantastic £80 for club funds. Many thanks from everyone at the club.

On 21st April, eight of the junior swimmers used the 10 minute test as part of their session. Congratulations to Ryan Fulleylove (355m), William Newton (350m) and Phoebe Tully (272m) who all achieved personal bests for a new certificate. 

There will be a short committee meeting after the session on 28th April.

If you would like to hear William talking to Vic Minett about his trip to Wembley and his blog ‘William’s World’ it was recorded at 10.20 on CWR on 10th April. Great interview, William!

Congratulations to Heidi Garcha who swam 400m for her certificate on 7th April 2017.

Reminder that there is no club swim next week. (14th April 2017)

Daniel Fulleylove swam 100m for his badge and certificate on 31st March 2017 while older brother, Ryan finished his National Plan Stage 8. Congratulations to both.

Bedworth Pool will close at 6.00pm on Good Friday (14th April) and so there will be no club swim.

Between October and December 2016. a total of £57.31 was raised for club funds through EasyFundraising. Thank you to everyone who has helped us to raise this.

Congratulations to Daniel Fulleylove who completed his first 10 minute stamina test, swimming an excellent 175m. Also to Gurvinder Garcha who swam 1300m in the one hour session.

Well done to Sally-Anne Tully who completed her sponsored Coventry Half Marathon in her best time of just under 3 hours.

Congratulations to Philip King on another 10 minute test pb – 281m this time. Philip also gets his attendance T shirt this week.

Tamworth Gala will not be held in May this year, but later on – probably after their summer break.

Good Luck to Sally-Anne Tully on her Coventry Half Marathon. Sally-Anne is raising funds for our club so it is not too late to sponsor her.

The swimming pools at Bedworth Leisure Centre are now open, so there will be a club swim session tonight (17/03/17)