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| Pip`s Double channel team 2013.. we did it...;-))
Pip’s Channel Swim team (also known as Big Ricks) successfully completed a two way swim of the English Channel in 20 hours and 40 minutes.
Late on Monday(15/7/13) evening , After 13 months of hurt from last year’s disappointment , we have achieved what we set out to do.....
A double swim of the English channel...!!!!!!!
we completed our swim with Bob Cash taking the last leg in total darkness , swimming into Shakespeare beach around 10.45 on Monday evening – its was emotional experience for us all...
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| this makes it official.. the signing on the walls of the famous channel Pub the White Horse Inn Dover... a Job well done |
we wish to thank you all for your amazing support with our swim for Pip and For Breakthrough Breast Cancer ...the last 9 months, at times have been hard, other times very emotional , but most of time all its been Fun, Just the way Pip would have wanted it to be ..;-)
Best wishes and thank you all so much..
We successfully completed
a 2 way swim of the English Channel
on the 15th july 2013..
it took us 20 hrs 40 minutes
we swam to help raise much needed funds for
on the 15th july 2013..
it took us 20 hrs 40 minutes
we swam to help raise much needed funds for
 we hope you think we are deserving of your support not only in our quest to swim the 60 miles to France and back .!, but more importantly we hope we more deserving of your support in our quest to help Breakthrough Breast Cancer with their amazing work to save lives . http://www.justgiving.com/pipschannelswimteam |
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It’s not the clearest channel route map you will ever see, but it will do until we get the real channel map in a few months time...
We pretty much started and finished in the same spot...
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Rob swimming at 4.30 am Monday morning ...
2 hrs into the double...
Our time for the swim
a was a total bonus on the day
But just for the record , this bunch of old men will now get
added to a very small list of successful 2 way channel teams
On the all time list of 2 way relay teams from
around the world,
Our time puts us as the 22 fastest team to ever do a 2 way
crossing of the English channel ever..!!! And 3 fastest all English team...
England to France 10hrs 40 minutes
France to England 10hrs 1 minute
Total Time 20 hrs 40 minutes...
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