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Splash, dash, and dine

Plaukikė-Rūta-Meilutytė-Londono-olimpinėse-žaidynėse-iškovojo-aukso-medalį.-EPA-ELTA-nuotr.KPMG is supporting Splash, Dash and Dine event with the Olympic Gold Medal winner and World Record holder, Rūta Meilutytė, and her Coach, Jon Rudd.

“We are extremely pleased that Rūta and Jon will be our guests for the 2014 Splash, Dash and Dine fundraiser in January,” said the Cayman Islands Amateur Swimming Association (CIASA) President, Peter MacKay.

Other confirmed guests are Cayman’s own Olympic Swimmer, Brett Fraser; US Olympian Coach, Neil Walker (USA) and US High Performance Coach, Dave Kelsheimer (USA).

Splash, Dash and Dine will have something for everyone, starting with Age Group Clinics for the local swim community on Thursday, January 9th and Friday, January 10th; dinner with Olympians and an auction on Friday 10th at 7pm at The Grand Cayman Marriott, Seven Mile Beach; two Sea Swims (200M and 400M distances) and the CIASA Annual Awards Ceremony and BBQ at Royal Palms, Seven Mile Beach on Saturday, January 11th.

“Open water swimming, a sport which CIASA and Frank Flowers have nurtured over the years, is emerging as one of the Cayman Islands’ most important sports,” says Hellen Chemeli, Community Committee Member and Senior Manager, Audit at KPMG. “KPMG is committed to giving back to the local community and is proud to support our young, swimmers, who did exceptionally well at the CARIFTA competition and the British, Canadian and Irish Nationals earlier this year.”

Funds raised at the 2014 Splash, Dash and Dine will go towards all of CIASA’s swim programmes, including learn to swim, coaches clinics, and international swim meets such as CARIFTA, Youth Olympics, Island Games, the Commonwealth Games and the Masters Competitions.

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