Pair take the plunge for charity

Two madcap Bexhill College students came up with a splashing way for the frosty weather to help them raise funds for charity.

By The Newsroom

Published 31st Dec 2009, 12:16 BST

Updated 7th Jun 2018, 20:13 BST

Keiron Akam, 16, and Conor Wilkinson, 17, pledged to run into the sea if 600 people joined their group on internet site Facebook.

Less than a week later, on the day before Christmas Eve, the pair were stripping off on Bexhill beach, with tin-rattlers collecting for St Michael's Hospice.

Conor said: "When we were getting undressed Kieron looked at me and said, 'I'm regretting this now'.

"Then he was running down in front of me. I thought, I'm not letting him get away."

The pair spent a couple of minutes in the water before running for land, clothes and car heating.

Kieron said: "We thought it would be funny and raise a bit for charity. It was probably the coldest I have ever been."