On Monday 23rd June 2008, Oundle swimmers Adam Smith and Paul Toward were part of the six-person team “Jodie’s Hippos” which successfully completed a relay swim across the English Channel in memory of their friend Jodie Adams, who passed away from a brain tumour on December 8th 2006 at the age of 28. The team raised over £14,000 for the Samantha Dickson Brain Tumour Trust. For more details visit www.jodieadams.co.uk.

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2Swim4Life was started in 2009 as a charity event to raise money for Action Duchenne. The event founder, Stewart Rush, has a son (Joe) with Duchenne's disease which is a type of muscular dystrophy. This was a chance for swimmers to use their muscles (quite a lot) to help those with this muscle wasting disease. Nicola Latty took part in this event which helped to raise over £20,000.

The challenge: To swim 24 miles in 24 hours by swimming one mile on the hour, every hour, for 24 hours. That's 24 miles for each swimmer - no relays for this challenge.

When: 4th October to 5th October 2008.

Where: High Wycombe 50m pool.
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