The Boxing Day Swim 2003 t-shirt design

Once again, members of NSVL braved the icy waters of the North Sea on Boxing Day for some sponsored insanity, and even a bit of swimming, to raise money for the club.

With a water temperature of 6°C and air temperature of 10°C, we had pretty fair conditions and although no records were broken, a few members stayed in a good 15-20 minutes, swimming out to the sandbank and playing in the waves.

This year, as last, we had a specially designed T shirt to commemorate the event listing the water temperatures at other world famous beach resorts...just to make us feel even colder...

As well as welcoming some of our new Rookie members into the water for the first time, we also had four members of the North Tyneside Swim Squad, who are used to waters a lot warmer than this to swim in. Oddly, though, it doesn't seem to have put them off us - they want to come back in the new year to start lifesaving training!

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