Pub2Pub

The Pub2Pub is a slightly eccentric 2.5km swim from The Pilchard Inn with a very fast stream to The Quay, Bantham, followed by a short sharp run up the hill to The Sloop where there is a free pint and pasty waiting. However, non-runners need not be put off – only the first few participants actually run to The Sloop, most people walk up the lane chatting!

Since it was launched in 2014, the Pub2Pub has grown in popularity and raised nearly £26,000 for Bantham Surf lifesaving Club (BSLC) and Bantham Sailing Club’s (BSC) Community Learn to Sail Scheme.

To ensure everyone feels included, each participant chooses a village to represent and so as well as prizes (highly coveted Pub2Pub mugs) for the fastest three men and women there is a prize for the best village (a large tin of chocolates). The trophies for the fastest man and women were made by Pete Lawrence, a volunteer lifeguard at BSLC, he used 3,000 year-old wood retrieved from a bog in Ireland, these gorgeous trophies are kept on display at The Sloop along with the slightly OTT Village Cup.  There are also prizes for the fastest male and female Pub2Pubber lucky enough to be over 50! The event organisers are proud that top swimmers and triathletes swim alongside more recreational participants, including one year a guy in pink shorts with an inflatable crocodile.

If you’d like to join in the fun this year, the swim is fantastic but the party at the Pub is even better, and none of this would be possible without event sponsors Wollens (Solicitors), The Sloop and Harriet George (real estate) plus all the lovely volunteers from BSC and BSLC, and the support of The Bantham Estate so many thanks to each and every one of them.

Date: 9 August at 5pm

Wetsuits are advised but optional, under 18s at the discretion of the organisers.

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