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Support Lou as she swims 23km over the month of March - the length of the Cook Strait!

  • Invitation to attend the CENTRAL ITM Big Swim Event Wrap & Presentation

      8 April 2024
    Posted by: SPLASH
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    The Carterton Indoor Pool Project invite you to an evening of connection and celebration.

    Please join us at 6pm, on Monday 29 April at the White Swan Country Hotel GREYTOWN to celebrate the community’s achievements and connect with the people who are involved with using the Carterton Indoor Pool.

    The CENTRAL ITM Big Swim 10^6 involved over 340 participants, who covered 2,552,083m (including two solo swims across of Lake Taupō), resulting in $52,766.10 dollars donated.

    Please RSVP to kiaora@createasplash.co.nz. before 25th April.

    Ngā mihi mahana,

    The Carterton Indoor Pool Project Team.

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  • THANK YOU to all CENTRAL ITM Big Swim participants, supporters & donors!

      31 March 2024
    Posted by: SPLASH
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    Thank you to everyone who has swum, aqua walked, dressed up, baked, supported and donated this month. Today is the last day of the CENTRAL ITM Big Swim 10^6. It's been an amazing fundraiser and sooo much fun! It has brought together a community - both near & far. We are still adding up the metres and will be announcing the overall total soon. If you haven't sent your metres in - please email them to kiaora@createasplash.co.nz. To those supporters who have been on the sidelines cheering, timing and encouraging our participants - A BIG THANK YOU, and an even BIGGER THANK YOU to those of you who have donated to save the Carterton Indoor Pool. You have made a community very happy and shown that this pool needs to stay open so that everyone from all over Wairarapa can use it. We may not have reached our audacious goal of One Million dollars, but with your amazing generosity you have given us the seed money to apply for grants to upgrade the pool. THANK YOU. 💕🏊‍♀️🏊🏽‍♂️🏊🙏

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    • 02/04/2024 by Brendon Corlett

      A pleasure to have taken part in this fundraiser even though it was only small part and a BIG thank you to the team who organized this event..👏👏

  • And that’s a wrap!

      28 March 2024

    23km down, 920 lengths, the length of the Cook Straight! Amazing feeling to have achieved that distance and also to know I can take a wee break now 🐠

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  • So close!

      22 March 2024

    Only 3km more to go and then I’ve made it! 800 laps of the pool so far and about 7 hours of swimming time ☑️

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  • Over Half Way!

      12 March 2024

    Woo hoo hit 12km last night so over half way now with only 11km to go. Henry just informed me I have now swum 480 lengths of the pool which makes it all sound even more mad 🐟

    Really appreciate all the support!

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  • Fundraising day!

      10 March 2024

    Amazing afternoon spent at the Carterton Pool Fundraising event! Huge thanks to all involved for their outstanding work pulling it all together 💦 100 laps done ✔️ 2.5km more ticked off ✔️ only 12.5 km to go

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  • And we're off....

      7 March 2024
    Posted by: SPLASH
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    We've kicked off the CENTRAL ITM Big Swim weekend with the Wairarapa School's Day. Massive THANK YOU to South End Primary Principal Clare Crawford for organising today's continuous swim, and the kids and teachers for taking part. Almost 200 swimmers covered almost 120,000m. Our CENTRAL ITM Big Swim event total to date is $21,107.

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  • 8km down!

      6 March 2024

    Hit 8km down today , that’s over a third down! Really appreciate all the support 💦

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