Record-breaking 3000 attend Walrus Dip at Cefn Sidan Beach
An estimated record breaking 3,000 people turned out for Cefn Sidan beach’s 27th annual Walrus Dip - with more than 700 of them dashing into the freezing frothy sea.
The oldest dipper was 83-year-old Robert Edwards dressed as Santa and the youngest was Sadie Matthews, aged five, carried by her mum Hannah into the waves, both dressed as Santa’s elves.
They were joined by a colourful posse of festive revellers dressed in various guises ranging from Jack Sparrow to the Happy Feet penguins all the way from Merthyr Tydfil. There were a number of brave bikini clad women and several even more daring mankini clad males.
The Chairman of Carmarthenshire County Council Cllr Terry Davies counted down the charge to the sea and joined in the fun and frolics raising more than £2,000 for his nominated charities, the Teenage Cancer Trust and the British Heart Foundation as a thank you his successful triple heart by-pass operation six years ago.
Hundreds crashed into the waves to claim their “I Did It” Walrus Dip certificates.
An estimated £200,000 has been raised for worthy charities by the intrepid dippers with the kiddies’ cancer Latch being the main beneficiary.
Happy Feet fancy dress duo Karon Esposito and Dawn Jones raised £600 for the Albert Brown Haemophiliac Unit at the University Hospital of Wales Heath Hospital, Cardiff.
Husband and wife team Debbie and John Price dressed as Showtime Dances to heighten the profile of Dance Kingdom in Llanelli.
The oldest dipper was 83-year-old Robert Edwards dressed as Santa and the youngest was Sadie Matthews, aged five, carried by her mum Hannah into the waves, both dressed as Santa’s elves.
They were joined by a colourful posse of festive revellers dressed in various guises ranging from Jack Sparrow to the Happy Feet penguins all the way from Merthyr Tydfil. There were a number of brave bikini clad women and several even more daring mankini clad males.
The Chairman of Carmarthenshire County Council Cllr Terry Davies counted down the charge to the sea and joined in the fun and frolics raising more than £2,000 for his nominated charities, the Teenage Cancer Trust and the British Heart Foundation as a thank you his successful triple heart by-pass operation six years ago.
Hundreds crashed into the waves to claim their “I Did It” Walrus Dip certificates.
An estimated £200,000 has been raised for worthy charities by the intrepid dippers with the kiddies’ cancer Latch being the main beneficiary.
Happy Feet fancy dress duo Karon Esposito and Dawn Jones raised £600 for the Albert Brown Haemophiliac Unit at the University Hospital of Wales Heath Hospital, Cardiff.
Husband and wife team Debbie and John Price dressed as Showtime Dances to heighten the profile of Dance Kingdom in Llanelli.
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