THE weather was glorious for Ashburton Swimming Pool’s first swimarathon last weekend.

The event was open to teams and individuals in the community to raise money for a charity of their choice by doing a sponsored swim at the pool for free.

Teams included 12 children from Landscove Primary School, who swam 589 lengths in total to raise funds for a new play trail at their school, and four swimmers from the local women’s institute who swam 172 lengths between them for Dartmoor Rescue.

See full story in the Friday, June 23 edition of the Mid-Devon Advertiser.