Barry Bishop and Steve Mills joined the Royal Navy together in June 1985 aged just 16 and went on to serve on several submarines, between them notching up over 28 years service. Having both now left the military they remain actively involved in charitable work – Barry is the Chairman on Oxford Sea Cadets and Steve is a Branch Secretary for the Royal Naval Association.

Barry and Steve have embarked upon 3 gruelling events in order to raise a substantial amount of cash for their three chosen charities. The three crazy endurance events will be one each of Cycling, Running and Swimming.

The first two events have now been completed, Cycling between Lands End and John O’Groats and running the Wroclaw Marathon. The final event of which some say will be their greatest challenge of Swimming the English Channel is currently being planned.

During the year the Two Fat Submariners have been very busy squeezing in other fund raising events (between harsh training regimes) to help their charities even further. The events such as a Formula One Karting Challenge, a Cribbage Tournament the extremely popular and successful Speedway Schools and of course coming up the TFS Spring Classic Golf Competition.

You can read the full reports from the completed events or read a write up on the forthcoming Channel Swim by simply clicking on the event you wish to read about above.

During the year TFS have been donated an impressive array of items for auction, all of which have made a handsome sum. For those of you who have either purchased an item or even donated one, we thank you very much. For those of you who want to donate an item for auction please don’t hesitate to contact by email on info@twofatsubmariners.com.

With our very best wishes

Barry and Steve