Thanks for a wonderful Macquarie Bondi to Bronte Ocean Swim

Sunday 7th December 2014

Thank you to the all participants, supporters and volunteers who took part on Sunday 7th December. We were blessed with incredible conditions and thrilled to hear so many loved their swim.

A huge congratulations to the first ever back to back male elite winner Wally Eggleton, who set a blistering pace from the start and showed why he is one of Australia's best open water swimmers. The female elites Steffanie Gillespie & Zoe Whitfield put on another incredible show, with a dramatic sprint to the finish resulting in the first tied elite race in B2B history. Congratulations to all swimmers there was some incredibly quick times across all the age groups and some wonderful achievements.

We would like to celebrate 17 special swimmers who completed their 14th Bondi to Bronte. These swimmers have swam every B2B and yesterday we aknowledged and thanked them at the swim presentations by presenting them with a Bondi to Bronte Legends limited edition linen print, designed by Sian Faber. Those who could not stay for the presentations, we will send you your Legends gift this week.

14 years of Bondi to Bronte - Legends: Sally Bassett, Graeme Bell, Shaun Clyne, Mark Dalgiranis, Gayle Dundas, Denise Elder, Leonard Gentin, Rozanne Green, Ginnie Hedderman, Ziggi Lejins, Tony Moore, Coleen O'Niel, Paul Pearce, David Ross, Tim Ryan, Peter Theil & Kellie Wheelahan.

The Bondi to Bronte Ocean Swim would not be possible without the support from our major sponsor Macquarie Group. We hope you all got snapped by the Macquarie photographer and picked up your swim memento. Thanks also to Banana Boat & Speedo for supplying the fun, sun protection and great prizes.  

Bondi to Bronte results can be found here

Bronte Junior Ocean Swim results can be found here 400m & 800m

Bronte Bay 800m results can be found here

If you have any questions about your results please email us at swims@bonditobronte.com.au and we will look into it, with our timing partner The Timing Guys, for you.

We are thrilled to have raised almost $30,000 for our charity partner The Kids' Cancer Project. As many of you are still fundraising and receiving congratulatory donations we hope to reach the $40,000 goal before January 1st 2015. We encourage you to spruik your B2B swim achievement to your family and friends to help us reach that goal. Remember all B2B swimmers who raise $250 or more for The Kids' Cancer Project will receive a refund on their swim entry - so you can still fundraise or support a swimmer via the Everyday Hero fundraising page here.    

We are gathering all the pics and stories and will share with you shortly.

Thanks to all for being a part of the 2014 Bondi to Bronte Ocean Swim.

A Taste of Bondi to Bronte 2013 

A huge thank you to the team from 2LittleFish for capturing wonderful aspects of the 2013 Bondi to Bronte & Junior Ocean Swim.

 

Fundraising Update - over $40,000 raised in 2013

The Macquarie Bondi to Bronte Ocean Swim is proud to partner with The Kids' Cancer Project (TKCP) for the fourth year in 2014. Over the past 3 years, B2B swimmers have raised over $100,000 for The Kids' Cancer Project, funding trials at the Children’s Hospital Westmead to find cures for childhood cancers. After reaching $40,000 in 2013, our highest fundraising year every - we would love to surpass this figure in 2014. This year, money raised from the Bondi to Bronte will contribute to world first clinical trials funded by TKCP at UNSW. We know that there are many events with many great charities to support, we and the incredible team at The Kids' Cancer Project would greatly appreciate your efforts again. Go to The Kids' Cancer Project website to find out more about the incredible work they do for kids.

2013 Photo Gallery

Photo credits to the wonderful Mark Tipple - who spent hours out on the course delighting and interacting with many of the swimmers! There are many more wonderful photo's of the day, see them here

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