Have a look at the last few events – still available to swim the beautiful St. Marys Loch and the final end of season swim at Lynn Regis
!!Come on guys it will soon all be over for the year and you will be back in the boring indoor pools counting laps not miles!!
Swimming through the night on Monday 7th August and finishing on
Tuesday 8th August, Wendy Figures successfully crossed the English
Channel in 13 hours 45 minutes. Her boat pilot was Fred Mardle on
Masterpiece of CSA and she had plenty of support with her crew of 4!
Well done Wendy – another great swim!
Many congratulations to Philip Hodges who completed a solo swim of
Loch Awe on 19th August. His time (subject to ratification by the
BLDSA Committee) was 15 hours 3 minutes 44 seconds.
An incredible swim by Philip, more so because Philip has been in
Ireland for much of the last fortnight patiently awaiting his North
Channel slot. Unfortunately his tide was blown out, but in an
incredible display of resilience, he swam Loch Awe instead today.
Many congratulations from all of us in the BLDSA. Awesome!
You will probably have already seen the fantastic photographs on Facebook of the inaugural event at Ellerton Lake – Champion of Champions North. Amanda Bell and her team created a really special event that I’m sure will be popular for years to come. The results are now available on the website and we are creating a new picture gallery which will be uploaded in the coming days along with Amanda’s report.
Fast swimmers, endurance swimmers – everyone came out of the water to the same applause. Congratulations to James Leitch winning the men’s event in 3 hours 24 minutes and 28 seconds – an amazing swim. The ladies winner was Caroline Duffy in a time of 4 hours 2 minutes and 10 seconds – also an amazing swim.
We also had 2 junior swimmers who deserve a special mention – 15 year old Ellie Knight who completed the full 9 mile course in 5 hours 17 minutes and 57 seconds and our youngest swimmer Madeleine Adams who, at 13 years of age, completed the 3 mile event in 1 hour 34 minutes and 22 seconds.
As always, our events cannot run without the help of an army of volunteers. Well done to everyone who willingly gave their time and effort to make the event such a success.
BLDSA Ambassadors Graham & Margaret Smith were invited to attend the 2017 IMSHoF Induction Ceremony. A selection of photos:
Top Left: Ned Dennison of IMSHoF & Graham & Margaret Smith of the BLDSA
Top Middle: Margaret Smith – BLDSA & Gary Hall of Outdoor Swimmer
Top Right: Centre – Gerrard Carty of ILDSA & Steve Millar, Chairman of ILDSA
Bottom Left: Guests at the IMSHoF Induction ceremony 2017
Bottom Middle: The Chapel where the Induction Ceremony was held at Old Windsor
Bottom Right: Gerrard Carty, Graham & Margaret Smith outside Windsor Castle
Group shot
