BSJ swimmers forTunisia marathon

Five open water swimmers from Birkirkara St Joseph Sports Club – Keith Bartolo, Roberto Demicoli, Samuel Attard, Gilbert Bartolo and Andrew Grech – will travel to Tunisia on Sunday to take part in a long-distance relay. The 1,400m marathon is the idea...

Five open water swimmers from Birkirkara St Joseph Sports Club – Keith Bartolo, Roberto Demicoli, Samuel Attard, Gilbert Bartolo and Andrew Grech – will travel to Tunisia on Sunday to take part in a long-distance relay.

The 1,400m marathon is the idea of renowned Tunisian long-distance swimmer Nejib Belhedi, a Lieutenant Colonel in the Tunisian Army, who wanted to send a positive message to the world about the region following his country’s revolution in 2011.

The purpose of the event is to promote peace and solidarity.

It starts from the Tunisian/Algerian border in the Tunisian North Sea and proceeds to the Tunisian/Libyan border in the Southern Tunisian Sea.

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