FitzWimarc stars 'swim channel' to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK

George Coverly, George Nagle, Jack Minney and Henry Dean dug deep to swim 1, 352 lengths between them at the Garon Park pool in Southend.

And their efforts, which came as part of a business studies project, have seen them raise close to £2,200 for charity.

“It was a tough challenge for a great cause and I am glad we did it,” said George Coverly.

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“I think it took us about six hours in the end but we all worked hard together to make sure we did it.”

The swimmers from the Rayleigh based school had their own lane in the pool to complete the challenge.

And Jack Minney was proud of the commitment everyone showed.

“It’s a massive achievement for me and I’m proud of us to have the resilience to complete the tough challenge,” said Jack.

“We’ve trained hard and it was brilliant to get it done all together.”

Henry Dean trains eight times a week as one the top swimmers in the country for his age-group.

And the 18-year-old was pleased to take part in something different in the pool.

“It was a great experience and it was amazing to see everyone around us be so supportive,” said Henry.

“It all went really well.”

And those sentiments were shared by George Nagle.

“Our charity swim was a huge success,” said George.

“It felt like we were bringing the community together and raising vital funds for a great cause.

“We’ve had loads of messages of support which have been brilliant too.”

However, the swimming challenge is just one sponsored event being undertaken by Year 13 pupils at the schools.

And their business teacher Manjola Carter is rightfully proud of their achievements.

“As part of the course we put on all the pupils have to put on an actual business event,” she said.

“We’ve had other groups putting on events such as a curry night, a quiz night, a basketball match and a football match too.

“All the kids have done amazingly well and all together they have raised around £5,000 so I’m super proud.”

The swimmers can still be sponsored here.