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Swimming The English Channel Archive
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‘Pancrequatics’ take on the Channel
For someone who only learned to swim front crawl four years ago, swimming the English Channel might seem a little over ambitious.www.pcrf.org.uk) since January this year, raising more than £8,500 to date. Ultimately, she aims to raise £30,000 to help support vital research projects around the UK to find new treatments for this cancer, which [...] -
Australian swimmer to attempt triple English Channel swim
For most people, swimming the unpredictable and notoriously demanding English Channel is a major accomplishment in itself. Swimming a double something else, but a triple? This may seem a swim or two too far, but 25 year old Australian Chlöe McCardel will attempt just that in July this year. Completing this incredible feat would make [...] -
Channel Swim safety concerns raised
Rising numbers of cross-Channel swims have prompted calls by a ferry service to have the activity regulated by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). According to DFDS, which operates between Dover and Dunkirk, for safety reasons the swims need to be better regulated better the 21-mile stretch, which is also the world’s busiest shipping lane. The endurance [...] -
Mother Gives up Work to Swim the English Channel
In aid of the Royal National Life Boat Institution a mum of two is training hard for the mammoth task that is swimming the English Channel next month. The 35-year-old, Chantal Carr from Edmonton has given up work to carry out the intensive training regime to set her up for the tough 21-mile swim through one [...]