Membership in the elite club is fun.

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The attitude of the 11 is: if you want to have fun in the swimming pool, you must join the club.

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The event, which sees club and fun runners competing against elite athletes, is now in its 24th year.

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"It's all in fun in the end really, " says Roe, the president of the Washington-based Whisker Club who competes in the Hungarian-style moustache category.

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The club said QuickQuid has also made a commitment to invest in its community initiatives and "bring some real fun to matchdays".

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