{"id":821425,"date":"2026-08-21T22:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T22:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/821425\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T22:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T22:00:10","slug":"tickle-swim-for-mental-health-set-for-tomorrow-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/821425\/","title":{"rendered":"Tickle Swim for Mental Health Set for Tomorrow Morning"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Swimmers and kayakers prepare for the 7th annual Tickle Swim for Mental Health in 2019 on the Portugal Cove side of the tickle. Photo by Amy Fitzpatrick<\/p>\n

The annual Tickle Swim for Mental Health is set for tomorrow and the weather outlook is promising. <\/p>\n

Each year for the last 14, people have gathered on the shoreline in Portugal Cove-St. Philip\u2019s to swim across the Tickle to Bell Island to raise awareness and support for mental health. <\/p>\n

Guest host Linda Swain on VOCM Open Line spoke with Courtney Bartlett, a member of the Tickle Swim Committee, about the possible dangers of the swim and the safety measures taken to mitigate any hazards.<\/p>\n

She says it\u2019s important to think about the swell of the water and it\u2019s possible to encounter other creatures in the water such as jellyfish. However, Bartlett says each competitor has a support person to help guide them through any problems.<\/p>\n

Weather, wind and currents are always a consideration and the decision on whether conditions are favourable to go ahead will come tomorrow morning. <\/p>\n

Listen to \u201cCourtney Bartlett speaks to VOCM’s Linda Swain about the Tickle Swim\u201d on Spreaker.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Swimmers and kayakers prepare for the 7th annual Tickle Swim for Mental Health in 2019 on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[97,325699,259,260,215206,325696,325698,325700,325697,325693,325694,325695],"class_list":["post-821425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-listen-to-vocm","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-news-radio","tag-news-radio-st-johns","tag-st-johns-fm-radio","tag-st-johns-local-radio","tag-st-johns-radio-station","tag-vocm","tag-vocm-590","tag-vocm-radio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}