Full Swims List
OPEN WATER SWIMS
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
ENDURANCE SWIMS
Hrs
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28
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
40.5
41
41.5
42
42.5
43
43.5
44
44.4
45
45.5
46
46.5
47
City
Edinburgh
Dublin, Eire
Cork, Eire
Liverpool
Derby
Huddersfield
Belfast
Leicester
Sheffield
Douglas
Stafford
Wolverhampton
Leicester
Dundee
Hull
Newcastle
Dublin, Eire
Wellington, NZ
Auckland, NZ
Christchurch, NZ
Adelaide, Aus
Melbourne, Aus
Rotherham
Chesterfield
Cape Town, SA
Huddersfield
Worthing
Date
31 Dec 1929/1 Jan 1930
9–10 February 1930
25–26 February 1930
7–8 March 1930
28–29 March 1930
4–5 April 1930
21–22 April 1930
19–20 May 1930
23–24 May 1930
9–10 June 1930
3–4 July 1930
18–19 July 1930
12–13 September 1930
24–25 September 1930
9–10 October 1930
24–25 October 1930
3–4 November 1930
31 Dec 1930/1 Jan 1931
16–17 January 1931
12–13 March 1931
10–11 April 1931
17–18 April 1931
31 Dec 1931/1 Jan 1932
15–16 January 1932
18–19 March 1932
31 Dec 1932–1 Jan 1933
18–20 May 1933
Venue
Infirmary Street Baths
Tara Street Baths
Eglinton Street Baths
Westminster Road Baths
Reginald Street Baths
Ramsden Street Baths
Ormeau Baths
Belgrave Baths, Cossington Street
Glossop Road Baths
Henry Bloom Noble Baths
Royal Brine Baths
Municipal Baths
Belgrave Baths, Cossington Street
Central Baths
Madeley Street Baths
Northumberland Baths
Tara Street Baths
Boys Institute Baths, Tasman St.
Auckland Tepid Baths
Manchester Street Tepid Baths
Crystal Swimming Pool, Unley
Brunswick Baths
Main Street Baths
Central School Baths
Long Street Baths
Cambridge Road Baths
Corporation Baths
