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The Warwick School team of 6 boys, aged between 14 and 18, set off from Samphire Hoe, Dover at 00.15am Saturday 7 July. The swim over to Abbeville, Calais took 13 hours 9 minutes. About three hours into the swim the team turned into a choppy wind, with 6 hours of slog ahead of them and suffering from motion sickness, it was making progress much slower than they had hoped for.
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Conquering their fears as they had to swim in the dark through banks of seaweed, jellyfish and the wakes from container ships and ferries, the boys persevered. After 11 hours and continuously fighting into the gusting 14 mph wind blowing white capped waves into their faces, the boys were all feeling ill wondering whether they could really complete this challenge, and whether they had been over ambitious in thinking that they had a chance! At this point the all important training kicked in along with the drive and determination to keep going.......
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