Rough, Remarkable, Renowned Rottnest Rewarded
The Rottnest Channel Swim Association was inducted as an Honor Organization in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame ceremonies at the United Nations.The Rottnest Channel Swim Association has conducted over two decades of 19.7K solo and relay crossing of the Rottnest Channel in Western Australia and is truly one of the world’s greatest open water swimming spectaculars with so many swimmers, so many boats, so much interest and passion for the sport.
Formed in 1989, the Rottnest Channel Swim Association priorities are to observe and authenticate people who swim the famed Rottnest Channel, promote safety, advise and encourage swimmers wanting to make an attempt as well as gathering and preserving historical data from the crossings.
Nearly 25,000 individuals have been certified by the Rottnest Channel Swim Association to have swum the channel as solo and relay swimmers since 1956. This was the acceptance speech of Raymond Yong, President of the Association:
“The Rottnest Channel Swim Association is deeply honoured to be recognised for induction as an Honoree Club into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
Whilst we regret not being able to attend the presentation, dinner and celebrations in New York, we are with you in spirit.
We wish you a wonderful evening and thank you once again for your very kind recognition of the work undertaken by our Association in hosting and promoting our local and somewhat iconic open water channel crossing – a 19.7K crossing of the Indian Ocean, from Cottesloe Beach to Rottnest Island in Western Australia.
If any of you are ever in our part of the world, drop in and say ‘hello’! We’d love to see you. And finally, our thanks go to Shelley Taylor-Smith, an Australian swimming icon in her own right, for accepting the award on our behalf.”
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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