Shark Dive!

Nick has always been fascinated by sharks and can watch them for hours but has never had the opportunity to join them in the water...... until now!

When he told the team at Throgmorton what he was planning to do for his next charity fundraising challenge, amazingly a few said they'd like to do it as well and it turned into a real Throgmorton Team effort.

This time the team were raising money for the SJP Charitable Foundation in aid of The Movement Centre.

What an experience …. thankfully Adrian, Becky and Nick survived their time in the huge Shark Tank at the Blue Planet Aquarium!

To have a closer look at their experience, please take a dive into this clip

After starting in a classroom studying PADI training, it was into the training pool to practice using the Scuba gear and finally, they were ready to get into the big pool to spend 30-40 minutes with the big fish in their own environment!  Nick said that it was quite a surreal experience and he wasn’t sure if he’d ever felt so vulnerable before!

The Blue Planet Aquarium at Cheshire Oaks has a huge 3.8million litre tropical tank, home to Sand Tiger Sharks, Nurse Sharks, Blacktip Sharks, Bamboo Sharks, Arabian and Brown Banded Southern Stingrays & magnificent aquatic fish. 

Betty and Alfie were the largest, scariest looking Sand Tiger Sharks at about 10ft long. They’d all been warned that Alfie likes to get a little too close and so it proved …..

We’d all like to say a HUGE thank you for everyone’s support so far!

It’s still not to late to donate though https://www.justgiving.com/page/tawm-sharkdive

For more information on The Movement Centre or the work of the SJP Charitable Foundation, please visit www.the-movement-centre.co.uk  / www.sjpfoundation.co.uk

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