List of North Channel swimmers

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Map of the North Channel

The Irish Long Distance Swimming Association (ILDSA) has provided authentication observers for swimmers attempting to cross the approximately 35-kilometre (22 mi) North Channel between Northern Ireland and the Mull of Galloway. According to the ILDSA, this was first accomplished in 1947 by Tom Blower.[1] The first two-way crossing was completed by a six-person relay team on 28 July 2015.[2]

The North Channel is part of the Ocean's seven, a set of seven long-distance open-water swims considered the marathon swimming equivalent of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge.

Solo (including two-way)[edit]

Date Name Nationality Direction Duration
28 July 1947 Tom Blower England Ireland to Scotland 15 hrs 26 mins
11 September 1970 Kevin Murphy England Ireland to Scotland 11 hrs 21 mins
29 August 1971 Kevin Murphy England Ireland to Scotland 14 hrs 27 mins
11 August 1973 Ted Keenan Ireland Ireland to Scotland 18 hrs 27 mins
22 August 1988 Alison Streeter England Ireland to Scotland 09 hrs 53 mins 42 secs
23 August 1988 Margaret Kidd Scotland Ireland to Scotland 15 hrs 26 mins 03 secs
25 August 1989 Alison Streeter England Scotland to Ireland 10 hrs 04 mins
7 September 1989 Kevin Murphy England Scotland to Ireland 17 hrs 17 mins 48 secs
18 August 1997 Alison Streeter England Scotland to Ireland 10 hrs 02 mins12 secs
27 July 1999 Paul Lewis England Scotland to Ireland 14 hrs 28 mins
21 July 2000 Stephen Price England Scotland to Ireland 16 hrs 56 mins
31 July 2004 Colm O Neill Ireland Scotland to Ireland 11 hrs 25 mins 05 secs
12 September 2008 Colleen Blair Scotland Ireland to Scotland 15 hrs 23 mins 59 secs
31 August 2010 Stephen Redmond Ireland Scotland to Ireland 17 hrs 17 mins 01 sec
1 September 2010 Ann Marie Ward Ireland Ireland to Scotland 18 hrs 59 mins 26 secs
27 July 2011 Craig Lenning US Ireland to Scotland 14 hrs 44 mins 50 secs
2 August 2011 Howard Keech England Ireland to Scotland 13 hrs 25 mins
16 June 2013 Fergal Somerville Ireland Ireland to Scotland 12 hrs 21 mins
30 July 2013 Milko van Gool Netherlands Ireland to Scotland 10 hrs 34 mins
29 August 2013 Darren Miller US Ireland to Scotland 11 hrs 16 mins
22 July 2014 Guy Moar Australia Ireland to Scotland 11 hrs 10 mins
07 August 2014 Colleen Mallon Northern Ireland Ireland to Scotland 09 hrs 56 mins
6 August 2014 Adam Walker England Ireland to Scotland 10 hrs 45 mins
2 September 2014 Kimberley Chambers New Zealand Ireland to Scotland 13 hrs 6 mins
22 July 2015 Graeme Lowe Jersey Ireland to Scotland 12 hrs 27 mins
24 July 2015 Vicky Miller England Ireland to Scotland 12 hrs 6 mins
7 August 2015 Rohan Dattaray More India Ireland to Scotland 12 hrs 46 mins[3]
7 August 2015 Adrian Sarchet Guernsey Ireland to Scotland 14 hrs 13 mins[4][5]
11 August 2015 Ion Lazarenco Moldova/Ireland Ireland to Scotland 16 hrs 23mins
9 September 2015 Tom Pembroke[6] Australia Ireland to Scotland 12 hrs
14 July 2016 Cameron Bellamy[7] South Africa Ireland to Scotland 12 hrs 16 mins
25 August 2016 Edward Williams England Ireland to Scotland 10 hrs 58 mins
24 August 2016 Pat Gallant Charette US Ireland to Scotland 14 hrs 22mins
16 August 2017 Abhejali Bernardova Czech Republic Ireland to Scotland 10 hrs 23 mins[8]
25 June 2018 Nicholas Murch United Kingdom Ireland to Scotland 11 hrs 48 mins[9]
5 August 2018 Jaroslav Chytil Czech Republic Ireland to Scotland 16 hrs 4 mins[10]
5 September 2018 Rachael Elkaim Hanisch Australia Ireland to Scotland 10Hr 32 Min
8 September 2019 Zach Margolis US Ireland to Scotland 14 hrs 24 mins 32 secs
1 July 2021 Lauren Lesyna US Ireland to Scotland 16 hrs 14 mins 37 secs
21 July 2021 Elaine Burrows Dillane Ireland Scotland to Ireland 14 hrs 54 mins 30 secs
19 August 2021 Katherine Chapman UK Ireland to Scotland 10 hrs 59 mins 02secs
19 August 2021 Matt Murphy UK Ireland to Scotland 12 hrs 35 mins 02secs
29 September 2021 Luca Estrada Pozzi Italy / US Ireland to Scotland 13 hrs 37 mins 21 secs
15 September 2021 Stève Stievenart France Scotland to Ireland 14 hrs 44 mins 03 secs
9 July 2022 Sarah Thomas US Scotland to Scotland 21 hrs 46 mins 38 secs (2-way)
10 July 2022 Andrew Keay Australia Ireland to Scotland 14 hrs 30 mins 12 secs
10 July 2022 Barry Murphy Ireland Ireland to Scotland 13 hrs 53 mins 34 secs
10 July 2022 Siân Clement Wales Ireland to Scotland 12 hrs 45 mins 32 secs
22 July 2022 Grainne Moss Ireland Ireland to Scotland 13 hrs 33 mins 36 secs
22 July 2022 Barbara Hernandez Chile Ireland to Scotland 12 hrs 19 mins 36 secs
8 August 2022 Alessandra Rossi Cima Brazil Ireland to Scotland 12 hrs 21 mins 00 secs
8 August 2022 Callum Eade New Zealand Ireland to Scotland 11 hrs 40 mins 10 secs
8 August 2022 Sarah Liles UK Ireland to Scotland 12 hrs 54 mins 31 secs
9 August 2022 Jessi Lidstone Harewicz UK Ireland to Scotland 18 hrs 15 mins 4 secs
9 August 2022 Sarah Philpott UK Ireland to Scotland 16 hrs 21 mins 54 secs
23 August 2022 Samuel Abeshouse Australia Ireland to Scotland 11 Hrs 16 mins
18 September 2022 Victor Pineiro Argentina Ireland to Scotland 13 Hrs 29 mins
25 August 2022 Paul Georgescu Romania Ireland to Scotland 11 hrs 7 mins 3 secs
27 July 2023 Bethany Mitchell US Ireland to Scotland 13 Hrs 9 mins 21 secs

Relay teams[11][edit]

Date Team Name Team size Nation of Origin Direction Duration
27 August 1990 Ireland One 6 Ireland Ireland to Scotland 12 hrs 03 mns 01 sec
14 August 1993 City of Liverpool 6 England Ireland to Scotland 10 hrs 39 mins 42 secs
23 June 1996 City of Dublin 6 Ireland Ireland to Scotland 12 hrs 44 mins 56 secs
20 August 1999 The All American 6 US Scotland to Ireland 13 hrs 11 mins 39 secs
26 August 2002 City of Liverpool 6 England Scotland to Ireland 12 hrs 47 mins 41 secs
6 July 2004 The Swilly Trio 3 Ireland Scotland to Ireland 14 hrs 41 mins 14 secs
22 August 2011 Team Camlough Lake 6 Northern Ireland Ireland to Scotland 12 hrs 21 mins 12 secs
5 July 2014 11 Feet Camlough Lake 6 Northern Ireland Ireland to Scotland 12 hrs 52 mins 0 secs
7 August 2012 The Machine Men 3 US Ireland to Scotland 10 hrs 18 mins 0 secs
24 June 2015 Wexford Masters 6 Ireland Ireland to Scotland 13 hrs 09 mins
28 July 2015 Fast and Frozen 6 Worldwide Ireland to Scotland to Ireland (two-way relay) 29 hrs 57 mins
7 August 2015 Infinity V 5 Ireland Ireland to Scotland 13 hrs 15 mins
25 May 2016 Deadly Diamonds 5 Northern Ireland Ireland to Scotland 10 hrs 20 mins 0 secs
12 June 2016 O W Ladies 5 England Ireland to Scotland to Ireland (two-way relay) 28 hrs 25 mins
30 June 2016 The Celtic Kippers 6 Ireland Ireland to Scotland 13 hours 46 mins
25 August 2016 Channel Swimming Crazies 4 Northern Ireland Ireland to Scotland 09 hours 55 mins 44 secs

References[edit]

  1. ^ "North Channel". Irish Long Distance Swimming Association.
  2. ^ Cowie, Jonathan (16 August 2015). "Two relay records set in the North Channel". H2Open.
  3. ^ "Swim the North Channel". Irish Long Distance Swimming Association. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Swim the North Channel". Irish Long Distance Swimming Association. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Sea Donkey - The inspirational story of an ordinary man's attempt to swim the Northern Channel". Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Old Boy's epic North Channel swim for charity". St. Joseph's College. 9 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Solo swimmers of the North Channel - Infinity Channel Swimming". 17 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Solo Female". Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Doctor conquers 22-mile North Channel". The Times. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Czech hardy man conquers North Channel in 16 hours". Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Relay Team North Channel swim". Infinity Channel Swimming. 2016.
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