Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club
Affiliated to Swim England SER, BLDSA and CS & PF
Inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHoF) 2014
“Possibly; the best little swimming club in the world”
Affiliated to Swim England SER, BLDSA and CS & PF
Inducted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (IMSHoF) 2014
“Possibly; the best little swimming club in the world”
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Introduction
The Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club is an ever growing and thriving open water swimming community who promote safe sea swimming.
We welcome anyone, from children to adults, who have a desire to extend their swimming abilities beyond the confines of a swimming pool. Whether you want to swim 500 metres or the English Channel, we cover everything else in between too! With almost 50 years sea swimming experience, we are happy to help you with your goals, whatever they may be!
If you are interested in joining us; we swim at St Catherine's every Tuesday evening at 6pm for a short swim, and move to Aquasplash in the winter months. On Sunday mornings (May-Sept) we travel around the Island to various secure yet idyllic swim locations. All details are published in our summer swim programme displayed here.
The club is run by a dedicated team of volunteers who work tirelessly to ensure weekly swim sessions are organised and safe sea swimming is adhered to. Find out more about our team here.
Not only do we host sea swims we are also renowned for our Round Jersey and Jersey to France swims too! For more information visit our 'Swims to take part in' page.
Don’t delay, send us an email (jerseyldsc@gmail.com) or come along to one of our swims and you could soon join a crazy band of dedicated swimmers in “possibly the best little swimming club in the world”.
We welcome anyone, from children to adults, who have a desire to extend their swimming abilities beyond the confines of a swimming pool. Whether you want to swim 500 metres or the English Channel, we cover everything else in between too! With almost 50 years sea swimming experience, we are happy to help you with your goals, whatever they may be!
If you are interested in joining us; we swim at St Catherine's every Tuesday evening at 6pm for a short swim, and move to Aquasplash in the winter months. On Sunday mornings (May-Sept) we travel around the Island to various secure yet idyllic swim locations. All details are published in our summer swim programme displayed here.
The club is run by a dedicated team of volunteers who work tirelessly to ensure weekly swim sessions are organised and safe sea swimming is adhered to. Find out more about our team here.
Not only do we host sea swims we are also renowned for our Round Jersey and Jersey to France swims too! For more information visit our 'Swims to take part in' page.
Don’t delay, send us an email (jerseyldsc@gmail.com) or come along to one of our swims and you could soon join a crazy band of dedicated swimmers in “possibly the best little swimming club in the world”.
Club History
Denize Le Pennec kick started long distance swimming in the island and is perhaps the reason behind our ever growing and successful club today. September 1966 saw Denize wade ashore at Dymchurch, Kent after a 24 hour 51 minute swim across one of the busiest shipping channels in the world. At the time Denize was 16 years of age and set a number of records. Also in 1966 she went on to become the first Jersey to France swimmer and became the first Round Jersey swimmer in 1969. Thanks to her pioneering spirit our club now boasts an ever increasing tally of successful swims of which the latest figures can be found on the ‘Roll of Honour’ page.
The early 1970s saw the iconic Fort Regent swimming pool open, greatly improving swimming facilities in the island. Fort Regent was home to Jersey Swimming Club (JSC) and the JLDSC originated as a branch of the JSC.
It is almost 50 years since the club was founded and 1974 saw the first committee meeting of the JLDSC with Maurice Lakeman as President and other committee members including Fay Devereux, Leighton De St Paer and Leslie Minty. After the foundation of the club, Jane Luscombe became the second person to swim around the island in 1976.
The foundation of the club was the starting point for what has become possibly the most successful open water swimming club in the world. Jersey hosts two local swims which are now becoming natural precursors for many swimmers contemplating a future Channel swim.
And so our club looks onwards and upwards with a number of local youngsters taking on personal challenges each year and inspiring the next generation.
The early 1970s saw the iconic Fort Regent swimming pool open, greatly improving swimming facilities in the island. Fort Regent was home to Jersey Swimming Club (JSC) and the JLDSC originated as a branch of the JSC.
It is almost 50 years since the club was founded and 1974 saw the first committee meeting of the JLDSC with Maurice Lakeman as President and other committee members including Fay Devereux, Leighton De St Paer and Leslie Minty. After the foundation of the club, Jane Luscombe became the second person to swim around the island in 1976.
The foundation of the club was the starting point for what has become possibly the most successful open water swimming club in the world. Jersey hosts two local swims which are now becoming natural precursors for many swimmers contemplating a future Channel swim.
And so our club looks onwards and upwards with a number of local youngsters taking on personal challenges each year and inspiring the next generation.