For several years students from Rosebery School in Epsom, guided by PE Teacher Margot Evans, have swum many lengths of the splendid Legal and General pool at Kingswood to raise sponsorship for local charities. This year they raised over £800, which was presented by Prefect Sarah Coopey to David King, President of Nonsuch Rotary at a recent school assembly.


Congratulating the swimmers David said, “Helping others while have fun and exercise is a winning combination. Your efforts will help to make life a lot easier for people who are suffering in one way or another. I hope we will see you in action again at our next Rotary Swimathon in November.”

This Rotary event raised nearly £3,000 altogether, to be divided between the Children’s Trust and various other charities chosen by the 21 participating teams and Rotary.

A portion of the money raised by Rosebery will go to the Brain Stem Tumour Research Project, in memory of fourteen year old Sophie Pollock, a pupil at the school who tragically died from cancer very recently.

The next Swimathon will be on 3 November, for more information and to request a sponsonship form email nonsuchswim@aol.com or call Terry Mayho on 020 8393 2583