The Ecover Blue Mile teamed up with Naish UK to field 19 paddlers in the Head of the Dart stand up paddle board race – the biggest SUP race in Britain.
150 paddlers did battle in the 13-mile dash from Dartmouth to Totnes on 12 April, with experienced pro (and previous Ecover Blue Mile winner) Ryan James the first man home in a time of 1:24:30.
It was the battle of the seafood restaurants as Mitch Tonks of RockFish and Ben Squire of The Boathouse Cafe took part in the inaugural Ecover Blue Mile Fish SUPper Challenge in Plymouth to raise money for the Marine Conservation Society .
Ben and Mitch raced over a 100m sprint course in front of the Mayflower Steps in a best of three contest. And the Champion for 2013 is Ben, who came...
The sun shone on ‘Super Saturday’ at the 2013 Ecover Blue Mile, as hundreds of people took to the water off Plymouth’s historic Barbican to raise money for the Marine Conservation Society.
A record number of people signed up to take part in this year’s event, which saw almost 300 enthusiasts swim, kayak and stand-up paddle (SUP) a mile from The Mayflower Steps and Commercial Wharf to...
Plymouth's Ecover Blue Mile events got underway on Saturday. Organisers announced that there will be a ‘Super Saturday’, with all the major events taking place on the first day of the two-day event on 14-15 September.
The high winds and heavy rain forecast for the South West on Sunday means that the one-mile open water swim, kayak, stand-up paddling (SUP) and Corporate Team Challenge...
Record numbers of people have signed up to take part in this year’s Ecover Blue Mile in Plymouth.
Some 300 people will be making a splash off Plymouth’s Barbican waterfront this weekend (14-15 September) – that’s 100 more than the event’s previous record. They’ll be swimming, kayaking and stand-up paddle boarding their way along the one mile course in a series of ‘waves’ throughout...
The Ecover Blue Mile’s best known supporter, Paul Rose, talks about why he loves the event so much and what we can all do to ensure our oceans have a brighter future.
When it comes to oceans and polar exploration, there’s not much that Paul Rose hasn’t done. Paul has some 8,000 ocean dives under his belt, was base commander at Rothera Research Station in Antarctica for 10 years and...
Among the Olympic gold medallists taking part in the mass participation watersports event, the Ecover Blue Mile, is Plymouth kayaker and swimmer Steven Dodd.
Steven, 38, won three gold medals at the GB Special Olympics for people with learning difficulties. He claimed his trio of golds in the kayak competition in Nottingham earlier this year, winning the 200m, 500m and the tandem...
Olympic gold medallist Tim Baillie is to appear at the Ecover Blue Mile in Plymouth in September, after a shoulder injury to his C2 canoe slalom partner Etienne Stott ruled the pair out of this year’s World Cup Series.
Tim and Etienne were competing in the qualifying rounds in the third World Cup race in Spain in July when Etienne dislocated his shoulder, bringing an early end to their...
Plymouth’s golden girl Ruta Meilutyte took time out from her busy schedule to explain why she’s backing an event which gets people active in the water.
Ruta, 16, has thrown her weight behind the 2013 Ecover Blue Mile which takes place off Plymouth’s historic Barbican on 14-15 September.
Lithuanian-born Ruta shocked everyone including herself when, at the age of just 15, she won...
Plymouth’s Olympic gold medallist Ruta Meilutyte took time out from her busy training schedule ahead of the World Championships in Barcelona to explain why she’s backing an event which gets people active in the water.
Ruta, 16, has thrown her weight behind the 2013 Ecover Blue Mile which takes place off Plymouth’s historic Barbican on 14-15 September.
