The launch of the 2019 Saundersfoot New Year’s Day Swim took place at the St. Brides Spa Hotel last week, with Charlie Shivers on hand to unveil the new 2019 shirt and welcome this year’s sponsors at the event.
The 2019 swim will be the village’s 35th and over recent years it has gone from strength to strength, raising thousands and thousands of pounds for charitable and worthy causes. Last year attracted over 2,000 swimmers, generating over £40,000.
And there is a topical treat for all those cycling fans out there, because to celebrate Geraint Thomas’s fantastic Tour de France win, the 2019 shirt features Charlie Shivers in the iconic yellow jersey riding a bike. With that in mind, the theme for the 2019 swim will be anything YELLOW!
Martyn Williams, chairman of Saundersfoot Festivities, said: “The swim is an important date in the calendar for the village. The NYDS shirt has become an integral part of promoting the swim. I am delighted with this year’s sponsorship. The financial support is vital for the future of the swim. It will also ensure that every penny raised by the swimmers will be allocated to their nominated charities.
“The generosity which the businesses have shown towards the sponsorship of the swim has been very much appreciated.”
Saundersfoot Festivities would like to thank St. Brides Hotel & Spa once again for their generous hospitality, as well as Gareth Davies Photography.
The 2019 swim shirt is now on sale at Elements of Pembrokeshire, The Strand, Saundersfoot. All profits from the shirt will be donated to charity.
To find out more information about the swim, please visit the website www.saundersfootnyds.co.uk or follow Charlie Shivers on Facebook and Twitter @CharlieShivers.
2019 Swim sponsors: Powells Cottage Holidays, Harbour Wealth Independent Financial Planners, Scaffold 2000, Sunnyvale Holiday Park, Broughton Leisure Ltd,Tees R Us, Princes Gate Spring Water, Elston Construction, Folly Farm, Taf Valley Coaches, Sue’s Pantry, Saundersfoot Pleasure Boats, 1 Formula Fitness, Little & Large Lite Bites, Tenby Glass, Synter MINI, Lewis, Lewis & Co Ltd, Mike Wealleans PVCu Specialist, Neil Finlay Cars, NBSM and Pembrokeshire Tyres & MOT.