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Celeb
Backing
The Ocean
Gateway Challenge has been backed by a number of well-known personalities.
Martin
Strel, record breaking ‘Amazon’ swimmer
“I hope that James will use my experiences to help him with
his marathon effort. Open water swims are very tough and to swim
36 miles in two days is admirable. I fully appreciate James’
efforts for ‘The Ocean Gateway Challenge’ and wish
him all the best with the challenge.”
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Steve
Parry, Olympic Bronze Medal Winner
“I’m sure that a lot of people would agree with me
when I say that James is a mad man! Nevertheless, this will be
fantastic feat to achieve, to attempt to swim over 18 miles a
day is an amazing effort. Being born in Liverpool and living in
Manchester, I have been trying to get both great North West cities
to work together for the last ten years, so if this challenge
can unite the two cities and provide the region with a world-class
children’s hospital, then what can be better?” |
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Lewis
Pugh, international environmental swimmer
"Swimming the full length of the Manchester Ship Canal, all
36 miles, will be
arduous undertaking. I take my hat off to James. I also greatly
admire his
aim to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds for the proposed
new Manchester Children’s Hospital."
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Philip
Neville, Everton and England International, and Patron for The
New Children’s Hospital Appeal
“We are absolutely thrilled that James has decided to donate
all the funds raised by his "Ocean Gateway” swim to
The New Children’s Hospital Appeal and wish him the very
best of luck with his challenge. His attempt to swim 36 miles
in the canal which has never been attempted before is an amazingly
difficult and ambitious challenge and one that I know I would
find impossible to do myself. However, I have every confidence
that James will succeed and we will be supporting him every step
of his journey.” |
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James
Cracknell
"The work involved in such an event is phenomenal
and I would like to pass on my thoughts of best wishes
and good luck to James ahead of his swim along the Manchester
Ship Canal. The Ocean Gateway Challenge will be a fantastic
event and I hope that James can complete the swim to
raise as much money for the hospital as possible. Get
Sponsoring!" |
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Swim
Launch with Keri-Anne Payne - British
Olympic Silver Medallist at Beijing 08
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