Na een ware invasie van Nederlandse zwemmers in Het Kanaal deze zomer heeft op 1 september de al bijna 10 jaar in Nederland wonende Nieuw-Zeelandse Tracy Clark (43) ook een succesvolle oversteek gemaakt in een tijd van 12 uur 42 minuten. Met een goede voorbereiding van 1,5 jaar in sportfondsenbad Amersfoort, Sijsjesberg in Huizen, de…
Tracy Clark became the 14th New Zealander and possibly the 1st Hilversumer to cross the English Channel Sunday Long term resident and well known volunteer Tracy Clark completed swimming the English Channel in 12 hours and 46 minutes. “I want to thank everyone in Hilversum for their message of support. It was simply overwhelming. As…
An Auckland mother has credited Pineapple Lumps with helping her realise her dream of swimming the English Channel. Clark couldn’t keep any food down as she battled through waves so choppy most boats were turning back to shore. That’s when she tried the iconic Kiwi lollies. It wasn’t until Ms Clark pulled back into Dover…
About 3.5 hours into her successful bid to become the 14th New Zealander to cross the English Channel, Tracy Clark spent five minutes throwing up pretty much everything in her stomach. The problem was the weather. When she left Samphire Hoe in southeast England about 8am Sunday (local time), conditions were “pretty flat”. But three…
