OPEN WATER SWIMS
1923 5 August: British Ladies’ Record for Thames Swimming over the 27-miles’ stretch between Putney and Silvertown, in 10 hrs 45 mins
1927
18–29 July: From Westminster Bridge down the Thames to Folkestone (120 miles in 10 stages)
7 October: English Channel (France to England ) – 15 hrs 15 mins
1928
5 April Strait of Gibraltar: – 12 hrs 50 mins
1929
20 June: The Wash – 13 hrs 25 mins
12 July: Lough Neagh (breadthways) – 13 hrs 48 mins
13 July: Loch Ryan – 3 hrs 38 mins
28 July: Firth of Forth – 11 hrs 22 mins
17 August: Lough Foyle (Moville to Portstewart) – 8 hrs
20 August: Lough Foyle (Portstewart to Moville) – 7 hrs
8 September: Lough Neagh (lengthways) – 20 hrs 1 min
1930
13–22 June: Around the Isle of Man (100 miles in 9 stages; 56 hrs 45 mins’ total swimming time)
16 August: Hellespont (Dardanelles) – Europe to Asia Minor – 2 hrs 55 mins
22 August: Hellespont (Dardanelles) – Asia Minor to Europe – 3 hrs 5 mins
3 September: Sea of Marmara – 7 hrs 20 mins
25 December: Wellington Harbour, New Zealand – 7 hrs 3 mins
1931
21 January: Rangitoto Island to Cheltenham, New Zealand – 1 hr 30 mins
24 January: Won Manly Swimming/Floating Endurance Competition, Sydney, Aus– 48 hrs 15 mins
2 August: Galway Bay, Eire – 19 hrs
1932 All in South Africa
25 March: Cape Town to Robben Island – 9 hrs 12 mins
27 March: Robben Island to Cape Town – 7 hrs 36 mins
Set distances in the following rivers:
10 April: Swartkops River, Cape of Good Hope – 6 and a half miles in 3 hrs 31 mins
17 April: Buffalo River, East London – 7 miles in 6 hrs 21 mins
23 April: Modder River, Glen, Bloemfontein – 2 hrs 25 mins
8 May: Germiston Lake, Johannesburg – 6 miles in 5 hrs 38 mins
15 May: Hartbeespoort Dam, Pretoria – 4 hrs 45 mins
22 May: Vaal River, Vereeniging – 6 hrs 44 mins
Swims attempted but abandoned due to low water temperature or contrary tides:
1927
22 October: Vindication English Channel swim
1928
Jun to Nov 4: North Channel attempts (Irish Sea)
17 September: 14 hours’ endurance sea swim at Blackpool (target: 25 hours)
1929
Aug–Sept 4: more attempts on North Channel (Irish Sea)
1930
2 June: Moray Firth
30 June: Bristol Channel
30 Sept: English Channel – Dover Town Gold Cup (England to France)
1933
2 August: English Channel – Dover Town Gold Cup England to France
29 August: English Channel – Dover Town Gold Cup England to France
21 September: English Channel – Dover Town Gold Cup England to France