Courtesy of Irish Long Distance Swimming Association and Swim Ireland. For generations, the most difficult, challenging and cruelest channel crossing in the world has generally been considered to be the North Channel, 21 miles between Northern Ireland and Scotland. The North Channel is very cold for even the most hardened swimmers. It is painful due to
Courtesy of Steve Walker, North Channel. After moving "kind of slow" the past few days, Steve Walker described his 11 hour 19 minute crossing of the North Channel between North Ireland and Scotland. "The swim went really well, mostly. Conditions were perfect and there was almost no wind. The weather this month has not been good for swimming; it was very
Courtesy of Pádraig Mallon, North (Irish) Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. Keith Garry of Ireland set a new male record for a solo crossing of the North Channel in 9 hours 57 minutes today (awaiting ratification). Following his successful English Channel crossing a year ago, Garry's initial comments of 'never again' were short-lived.
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pilots Pádraig Mallon and Richard Lafferty of Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services know the value of ‘try, try again’. After Mo McCoy, John McElroy, Olive Conroy, and Adrian Poucher struggled against the currents for nearly 13 hours on their first attempt of the Dál Riata Channel between Scotland
Report is courtesy of Jacqueline Galway. The following athletes were recognized for their accomplishments and achievements at the 2014 Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Awards ceremonies held at The Espalade Hotel in Bray Dublin: * Olive Conroy, Juvenile Best Newcomer to Open Water * Jon Glover, Juvenile Swimmer of the Year Runner Up * Judith
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The Irish Long Distance Swimming Association with the Camlough Lake Water Festival hosted the 1.5 km Round the Rock sea swim today in Warrenpoint Co.Down. Jacqueline Galway reports, "Sunshine on shore, but a cool offshore breeze and choppy waters and tepid 17ºC water met 86 swimmers for the event listed
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. As the sun rose just after 5 am, five swimmers took off in the 13ºC (55ºF) waters of the Irish Sea (Muir Éireann) to complete the Port Oriel Swim. Jacqueline Galway reports, "This was a swim qualifier for Colleen Mallon and Keith Garry as they take on the North Channel and English Channel
