The Henley Swim team has announced that for the third consecutive year, it will be running a competition, in conjunction with Sport England’s This Girl Can initiative, to give away free places in the Henley Mile on 9 July 2017.
Henley Swim is looking for five women, aged 16 or above, who have never swum in an open water swimming event before, but would like to put themselves out of their comfort zone and try something completely new.
The five winners will have three and a half months to train to swim a mile in the Thames. During this time they will also be blogging about their experiences, talking about their training, their lives, their mindset, the elements of the swim they are concerned about, and the areas that don’t worry them at all. Although likely to be geographically widespread, the This Girl Can swimmers will get to know one another through a private Facebook group, and will be able to chat in confidence with the group, along with some mentors from Henley Swim.
Henley Swim’s co-founder Jeremy Laming said “We are very excited to be running this competition for the third time. We have been lucky enough to meet some incredible and inspirational women from the last two years, and have been amazed by their stories, their motivation and commitment. Many of them are still continuing their swimming journey, others have found new confidence in other areas of their lives as a result of This Girl Can Swim. We can’t wait to see who 2017 brings to us.”
Those who are interested in being considered for one of the free places can apply online. The closing date for entries is Sunday 19 March 2017.
www.henleyswim.com/this-girl-can
