NSW: Swim to raise funds for tsunami zone

AAP General News (Australia)
04-23-2007
NSW: Swim to raise funds for tsunami zone

SYDNEY, April 19 AAP - Swimmers are being urged to swap the pool for the ocean on Sunday,
and take part in an event aimed at building support for the people of Gizo, in the Solomon
Islands, devastated by the recent earthquake and tsunami.

But the Shake Shake Swim for Gizo, from Sydney's Shelly Beach to Manly Beach, will
have no winners, organiser Paul Ellercamp said.

"There are no winners in a tsunami," Mr Ellercamp said.

"We won't have race winners, either. We want as many people as possible to come down
and just swim without the pressure of competing, and help raise funds for the people of
Gizo and its surrounding islands.

"It will be a day when people can just come down and enjoy the sea, in marked contrast
to what the sea has done to Gizo."

The Shake Shake Swim for Gizo - "shake shake" is pidgin for "earthquake" - is being
held on Sunday, April 29.

More than 50 people died when an earthquake and tsunami struck the Solomons on April 2.

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KEYWORD: TSUNAMI SHAKE

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