Shirley Pool Channel Swim

Swim the Channel in the comfort of Shirley Swimming Pool
and raise sponsorship for Macmillan Cancer Relief

Entry Fee £4 Per Person

Prizes and Cetificates for ALL participants.
























Successful Channel Swimmers........
First Team to finish: Legless Team 22/2/05 2 hours 5 minutes 1408 lengths 5 swimmers

First Family to finish: Colmer Family

Fastest individual to finish: Alan White 30/01/05
First Child to finish: Joseph Fenton (11) 8/05/05

Total raised to date: £5,500

Star Swiimers so far....
Star Swimmers entered in the event that have completed the 1408 lengths of the Shirley Pool, equivalent to swimming the 22 miles of the Channel are highlighted:
click here to download the Swimmers to date (file size 298K)

The gallery of Stars so far..........Photoset 10


Wouldn't it be great to say      "I swam the English Channel" ?
Wouldn't it be even better to be able to say you did it all for charity Well, now you can! In the warmth safety and comfort of Shirley Swimming Pool

Clock up the equivalent distance of the Channel (22 miles) as a team or an individual over as many weeks or months as it takes
Get your personal record card on registration and payment of £4.00 per person entry form
When you have logged the 1408 lengths you have swam the equivalent of a Dover to Calais Channel Swim
Get your friends and relatives to sponsor you for this challenge

Where will the money go?

All sponsorship raised and entry fees will go to the Macmillan Cancer Relief Appeal in Southampton and help fund the new £1M Cancer relief centre currently being built at Southampton General Hospital.
This centre is planned to give help,advice,support and councelling to people living with Cancer in our city and it's immediate surrounds.

Prizes and Certificates

Certificate and gift for everyone who completes the "Channel Swim"
"I Swam the Channel" T-Shirt for those who raise over £25 in sponsorship
"I Swam the Channel" T-Shirt plus extra gift for those who raise over £100 in sponsorship
Special Prize for the swimmer who raises most individual sponsorship each year
Special Prize for the team who raises the most sponsorsgip each year

Thank you for entering the challenge to swim the channel
The children in David’s classes are going to swim the channel as a group

We are going to try and swim the channel! - Length Calculator

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