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2007

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On Sunday 1^st June Exmouth Swimming and Life Saving Society held the 45^th annual Fairway Buoy Swim.  For the first time in the swim’s history a new route had to be used after areas of the old course had become too shallow to swim in.  The new route began further along the beach as close to the docks and Mamhead Slipway as possible.  The new route used the new Swash Way channel to get swimmers and support vessels through Pole Sands and out to open sea where swimmers swam a circuit before rounding the newly positioned turn buoy and returning to the start position.

 

On the day there was little or no wind and 33 of the record 39 swimmers entered took to the water including King of the Channel Michael Read and Linda Ashmore, record holder for the oldest female to complete the Channel, and a strong team of 5 Exmouth Swimmers.  Swim organiser Barry Westaway said, “Someone must have been looking down on us with the weather” as none of the 33 swimmers who started the 4.5 mile course retired.

 

The race was won overall by last year’s winner Caroline Ball of Kelly College in a time of 1.34.25. Caroline trains in open water with the Exmouth Open Water squad and coach Alan Franks at Budleigh beach up to three times a week.  Second overall and first male swimmer to finish was Darron Corden in 1.36.52, who returned to the Exmouth Fairway Buoy Swim a number of years after he last entered.  3^rd overall was Nancy Shaw with Robert Cook, winner of the men’s race last year, 4^th overall and 2^nd male.  The 5^th swimmer overall and 3^rd man home was Exmouth swimmer Olly White who won the trophy for first Exmouth swimmer after 1.40.54 in the water.  Simon Lee who has completed the swim 19 times and has won the swim on numerous occasions was 4^th male and 6^th overall finishing a minute before Exmouth Swimmer Ian Lang who completed the swim in 1.42.23 to improve his overall and men’s positions from last year finishing 7^th overall and 5^th male.  Next to finish was first Exmouth Lady Tara Dudley who was competing in her first Fairway Buoy and claimed 8^th place and 3^rd lady in a sprint finish from Charlotte Roberts.  Elaine Lewis, also competing in her first Fairway Buoy was second Exmouth Female home, 18^th overall and 6^th female swimmer in a time of 1.48.05.  Completing the Exmouth team was Mark Westaway who was 17^th overall and 12^th male; Mark is swimming the English Channel this August and is sponsored by Exmouth Swimming and Life Saving Society and Westaway Electrics.

 

Thanks go to everyone who made the swim a safe and successful one.

 

 

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Fairway Buoy 08