Championship Hon. Secretaries
Chris Malpass
Swim Sec. Windermere
Chris is a real swimmers’ swimmer – he lives and breathes the sport and is actively involved at every level – from a coach through to competitor. As a youngster, Chris was selected to compete at an international level for both Great Britain and for England. In 2014, Chris successfully competed at the World Masters […]View Profile
Andre Roberts
André took up marathon swimming in 2014 when he first became a member of the BLDSA. Since then he has been a regular on the BLDSA circuit and has completed a Solo English Channel (2015), Two Way Windermere swim (2015), 3 person Channel Relay (2016) and swum the length of Lake Zürich (2017). BLDSA Roles […]View Profile
Mark Sheridan
Past President: President 2017-2018
I live near Sevenoaks in Kent (UK) and am a mad keen open water distance swimmer. I have completed 8 swims over 21 miles including 43 mile Lac Leman (4th solo ever & 1st Brit), the English Channel (twice), Loch Lomond (44th person), the Catalina Channel in California, SCAR etc. I currently serve on the […]View Profile
Francis Zielinski
Committee Member
I started outdoor swimming as a move towards training for triathlon events and following a year of wetsuit swimming I had increased my confidence in the water. With a little bit of encouragement from Jean Wilkin Oxley I took the step to swim with the BLDSA. I have been a member of the BLDSA for […]View Profile