12 October 2025
Swimathon, and on, and on, and on…
18 years and counting.
This year you'll be making a splash for some great causes
The money raised from the 2025 Swimathon will be shared between a number of local charities supported by Woking Rotary Club including, amongst others, Woking & Sam Beare Hospices and Woking Community First Responders.
“Now in its 18th year this annual event has raised over £220,000 for local charities”
Terry Smith
The Woking Rotary Swimathon returns this October — ten hours, six lanes, and hundreds of swimmers diving in to raise money for local causes.
From school teams to local businesses, from groups of friends to solo swimmers, everyone’s welcome to take part — swimming in teams of six for an hour, side by side with others making a difference. Every length helps.
For the 18th year Trident Honda Ottershaw are sponsoring the event and we are grateful for their continued support.
Thanks to everyone that has entered this year.
Team registration is now closed for another year.
Fundraising is still continuing, however, and the campaign won’t close until all funds are collected — typically some time in early November.
We’re on JustGiving. And you, and your sponsors, may find it easier to manage your fundraising for the event using JustGiving. Using the link below you, and the other members of your team, can set up individual fundraising pages connected to our Swimathon campaign. In this way, all your contributions and those of your sponsors will flow directly through to us and be recognised automatically via JustGiving. If you’re new to JustGiving you’ll be walked through a process that asks which charity you want to support, and then which event — look for Woking Rotary Swimathon on the 12th October. Dive in.
Make a one-off donation here
If you’d like to support Swimathon but aren’t swimming and aren’t connected to a team you can sponsor, you can still do that. Use the button below to make a one-off donation. All your donation will go to the charities being supported.
FAQs
Our Swimathon 2025 is a fun event organised by Woking Rotary Club to raise money for charitable causes.
Everyone! Local charities get money to help with their important work, whilst the teams of swimmers have lots of fun trying to swim as many lengths as possible whilst raising as much sponsorship money as possible.
This year’s charities include: Woking & Sam Beare Hospices, and Woking First Responders, along with other local charities supported by the Rotary Club of Woking Benevolent Fund (“RCWBF”).
Any confident swimmer who is at least 8 years old, so teams representing many local schools (pupils, staff and parents take part, plus teams from Rotary clubs, youth groups, health clubs, shops, charities, offices, police, paramedics, families, businesses, fire crew, nurses and doctors, friends, scouts and guides, cubs, and swimming clubs.
All team members who take part will be awarded a commemorative medal.
Organising an event such as this takes significant resources. We always try to keep our costs to a minimum. Volunteers do all the work but inevitably there are expenses. For the 17th successive year, Trident Honda is the main sponsor of the Swimathon and is meeting a substantial share of these costs. But this still leaves a large sum to find, and we very much welcome other sponsorship for the event, either corporate or individual.
You and your team will not only raise vital funds for local charities but will have lots of fun being part of a great day.
We have teams from schools, youth groups, families, work colleagues, sports clubs, local businesses, charities and groups of friends. Everyone is made very welcome, and we hope they all leave with a great sense of achievement. Teams are usually made up of six swimmers, but this can vary.
All swimmers must be safe in deep water, but because you only swim one length at a time you don’t have to be especially strong. You will be in the water for 55 minutes, but you will be resting at the end of your lane between lengths. The whole team may swim about 100 lengths in total, but if one of you is much stronger than the others, you might swim more lengths than your team mates. Taking part is what really matters.
The activity within the Pool building is under the supervision and control of the Pool management at all times.
We welcome children taking part. The minimum age for swimmers is eight years at the time of the event and every team member must be confident swimming in deep water. Children less than sixteen years old need the consent of their parents or guardians. In the case of School Teams, this may be arranged through the school, if the Woking Rotary Club agrees in advance.
Information and documents for the event, including entry and sponsorship forms, are available here on this website. Entry and sponsorship enquiries should be made to Terry Smith on 01483 762832 or at terry.smith@rotarywoking.co.uk