Open Water & Long Distance Swimming
Competing in Open Water Swimming
Open water swimming competitions take place in a river, lake or sea. Long distance swimming is an open water event up to a maximum of 10 kilometres. Marathon swimming are events involving distances of over 10 kilometres. We travel to events such as Brighton for the Pier to Pier race, the Kent & SE Regional Championships at Portsmouth, Junior International & British Championships at the Albert Docks and National Age Groups at Nottingham.
See below for details of the DLGC Open Water Club Records.
British 5k & 10k championships.
Some ASA Regions organise regional championships and grand prix. The SE Region ASA is one of the regions to do this.
- British Long Distance Swimming Association organised events:
Please don’t be confused by the definitive word of "competition" as “open water swimming” is also about personal challenges
and achievements.
Boxing Day Dip
The Club also organises Dover's Annual Boxing Dip on the beach at 12am (26th December) in front of the Dover Sea Sports Centre. For those wishing to join in or spectate the tradition of the DLGC Boxing Day Dip at Dover Seafront, registration starts from 11.15am. The event is free to DLGC Members and there is a small charge for non-members (for the badge) but remember to register. The 'dip' is for 5 minutes and is supervised by lifeguards and marshalls to keep people safe. A fun event for all ages! Fancy dress optional! We hope to see you there!
Channel Swimming
We have a history of solo and relay team successes across the English Channel (escorted by one of the regulating firms).
See below for details of the DLGC English Channel Swimming Records.
Front(L-R) Eileen Morly-Wendy Button-Pam Bowley-NK-NK-Jackie Fleet-NK-Edward King
NK-Brenda Morley-NK-Horace Button-Jim Flack-Alan Loveard-NK-NK-Alan Fisher
(L-R Alan, Duncan, Terry, Paul, Robert and Jane) completed the swim in 12hrs 46mins
Lewis Young (16), Sophie Tills (18), Matthew Austin (14), Chelsea Callow (14),
Abigail Oram (14) and Joe Denton (16) completed the swim in 11hrs 39mins
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This Photograph was taken at the Southern Counties Long Distance Championships, at the Royal Albert Dock London 1999
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The DLGC First Ever All Female Channel Relay Team
27th Aug 2005 -
Sophie, Tori, Lucy, Mel, Corienne and Laura completed the swim in 9 hours 47 mins.
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30th Jul 2008 - Successful Channel Relay crossing
Dan Seagrove-Castle, Dominika Szucsova, Sophie Tills, Tessa Dunford, Danni Pryor, Katie Brown, Dawn Bissett (Chaperone), Lee Wakeham (Coach) completed the swin in 10 hours 2 mins
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