Open Water Swimming Talk With Tracy Clark
Thursday 20th Oct 2016 7.30pm – 8.30pm Tickets £10 (members & non-members) Tracy is a Virgin Active member who has achieved one of the greatest Open Water Swimming feats this year completing her Triple Crown in open water swimming (English Channel, Catalina Channel & Manhattan Island). Tracy has kindly agreed to come and do…
Crewing For Mo Siegel
OverviewSwimmerMo Siegel RouteEnglish Channel Solo Date11 September 2016 Time16 Hours 42 Minutes Swim Journal I first met Mo in New York for my Manhattan Island circumnavigation. When Mo became aware of my swim and knew Roger and Lindsay were crewing for me, he so very kindly offered us his house in Brooklyn to stay in.…
Crewing For Paula Yankauskas
OverviewSwimmerPaula Yankauskas RouteEnglish Channel Solo AchievementWorld Record – Oldest American Woman (aged 62 years young) Date7 September 2016 Time16 hours 04 minutes Swim Journal In Memory of Deborah Beier who I had the pleasure of crewing alongside for Paula’s English Channel Swim. 30 November 1952-24 April 2017 I first met Paula in Ireland at the Cork…
Sally Minty-Gravett Completes Legendary, Epic Two-Way
When looking at marathon swimming icons Nora Toledano Cadena, Liz Fry and Sally Minty-Gravett MBE crossing channels around the world this week, the phrase, “She swims like a girl” takes on an entirely new meaning. These women are tough and can swim shoulder-to-shoulder with the best men of their generation – and are among the…
Crewing For Sal Minty-Gravett
OverviewSwimmerSal Minty-Gravett RouteEnglish Channel Two Way Solo (England-France-England) AchievementWorld Record – Oldest Person to Complete a Two Way Date30 August 2016 Time36 Hours 26 Minutes Swim Journal When I received a message from Sal to crew for her English Channel two way solo swim, I was a little surprised. After all, we had only met…