An intrepid group of male cold-water swimmers are poised to complete the marathon task of swimming in an icy Belfast river for 365 days in a row as a tribute to the father of one of their members who died from a rare form of brain cancer.
"A tough ride for us all and tough enough since then. Around that time I was cold water dipping every now and then - and through incessant research about glioblastoma I found it receives less than 1% of all funding and wanted to do something to help with the poor funding and profile glioblastoma has - and hence the daily dip was born."
When Peter found out about his father’s illness he did a lot of research and discovered that it receives very little funding and survival rates are below one per cent. The club will be holding a special celebration event at Colin River at 9am on December 3 and have invited other members of the cold-water swimming community to join them.