大象传媒 NI presenters swim for Children In Need
The Belfast-based team consisted of Cate Conway, Anne-Marie Wallace, Mark Simpson and Connor Phillips
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A team of 大象传媒 Radio Ulster presenters have completed their part of this year's 大象传媒 Children in Need 1000 Mile Swim challenge.
A total of 1,000 miles (1,609km) is being attempted by teams at 大象传媒 radio stations across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The Belfast-based team consisted of Connor Phillips, Cate Conway, Anne-Marie Wallace and Mark Simpson.
They each swam a mile a day for five days and some of their 大象传媒 Belfast colleagues joined in to complete 24 miles in total.
'It was a rollercoaster'
They swam at the heritage pool at Templemore Baths in east Belfast, which dates back more than 100 years.
The challenge is
The final mile by the Belfast team was completed on Friday by Connor Phillips, live on his 大象传媒 Radio Ulster programme.
As he finished his final length he said: 鈥淲here we see the Children In Need money going is phenomenal.
鈥淪ome of the children haven鈥檛 had a great start in the world 鈥 and that鈥檚 where Children In Need comes in.鈥
The presenters fitted in the daily mile-long swim with their day jobs.
Cate Conway, who co-presents the Vinny & Cate show, admitted it was difficult at times.
She said: 鈥淚t was a rollercoaster. It was really good fun鈥 but I won鈥檛 lie, it was a struggle. There were days whenever I left the pool and went straight to work and I was exhausted. But I really enjoyed it.鈥
More than 拢100,000 has been raised so far by the swim challenge across the UK.