A total of 35 members and their families from various lodges of the Freemasons in Mansfield and Ashfield took part in their 26th Swimathon at the Water Meadows swimming complex, Mansfield.

They raised money for the charity, Send A Child To Hucklow, which provides holidays for disadvantaged children in Great Hucklow, Derbyshire.

Peter Allan, chairman of the Mansfield Town Charity Stewards’ Committee, and Ken Purslow, who organised the event, presented a cheque for £5,100 to trustees Pauline and Derek Smith, of Mansfield.

There was an additional payment of £355 raised at the Swimathon from the Kirkby Lodge.

Thanking the Freemasons and their family and friends for their donation, Pauline outlined the continuing needs of disadvantaged children and the benefits to them from a week’s holiday in the countryside at Great Hucklow.

In attendance was the Rev Maria Pap, who welcomed everyone to the Old Meeting House Unitarian Chapel, Mansfield, where the presentation took place.

Several charity stewards of Mansfield Town were present and a welcome was also given to the Provincial Grand Master for Nottinghamshire, Philip Marshall and his wife, Ann.