Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club

Inductee of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame

A typical swim around Jersey

Sally Minty-Gravett, M.B.E., and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Honour Swimmer who was president of the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club for 27 years. Photo courtesy of Peter Mourant/Jersey Evening Post

noun - The Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club (JLDSC or the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Association) is located on the isle of Jersey and is affiliated to the Amateur Swimming Association SER, British Long Distance Swimming Association and the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation. It is touted as "Possibly; the best little swimming club in the world". It is managed by Sally Anne Minty-Gravett as its President and Charlie Gravett as its Vice President and was voted into the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2014 as an Honour Organisation.

Club swims

The Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club meets every Tuesday during the summer months on the Slip at St Catherine’s Breakwater.

Notable Swims

• English Channel by Wendy Trehiou in 15 hours 0 minutes in 2012
• Round Jersey by Goerwaat Oplinis (Belgium) in 10 hours 11 minutes (wetsuit), Lisa Biddlecombe (Jersey) in 12 hours 33 minutes, Katherine Lowe (Jersey) in 9 hours 58 minutes, Alexia O’Mara (UK) in 10 hours 24 minutes, Mike James (Royal Air Force) in 11 hours 9 minutes, and Rob Healey (British Army) in 11 hours 10 minutes.
• Nautilus Treat - Holidays for Heroes Jersey, charity swim around Jersey
• Jersey to France by Chantelle Rose (Jersey) in 10 hours 17 minutes, Jenny Fitzgerald (Jersey) 9 hours 45 minutes.
• Round Jersey Relays is a charity swim on behalf of Holidays for Heroes Jersey, a charity that brings wounded servicemen and their families to the Channel Island of Jersey. The 2012 Round Jersey Relays were completed by
• Better Late than Never (Jersey) in 11 hours 19 minutes, Royal Air Force Swimming Association in 9 hours 26 minutes 32 seconds (record time with Mothership: ‘Treize’ Captain Peter Mourant, Pilot: ‘Emmatty II’ Captain James Crill with Kayaker Darren Fryer)
  
• British Army Swimming Union in 9 hours 30 minutes (Mothership: ‘Kingfisher’ Nigel Le Gresley and Vanda. Pilots: ‘Thule’ Captain James Buckley and Mick Le Guilcher) with Kayaker Miss Angell)
  
• Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club in 10 hours 1 minutes (Mothership: ‘Alize’ Captain Mark Peters, Pilot: ‘Tonnine’ Captain Tony Beddoe & Son with Kayaker Miss Angell)
  
• United States Air Force in 10 hours 31 minutes (Mothership: ‘Freebird’ Captain Bob de la Haye, Pilot: ‘RIB’ Captain John Pinnel with Kayaker Kim)
• Team Battle Back (UK Combined Services) in 10 hours 35 minutes (Mothership: ‘Spirit of Variety’, Captain Steve Manning, Pilots of 'Sea Swimmer 2': Captain Charlie Gravett and Cliff Golding with Kayaker Ross Angell)
  

The Medivac Rib was captained by Nick Spratley and Captain Steve Luce shuttled the press and supporters on ‘Le Duchesse du Normandie’.

World's Best Open Water Swimming Towns

Jersey was selected as one of the World's Best Open Water Swimming Towns by the World Open Water Swimming Association in 2014, 2015, and 2016.

Single Circumnavigation Swimmers

1. 23/09/1969 Denize le Pennec (JSY) 13 hours 55 minutes
2. 05/08/1976 Jane Luscombe (JSY) 13 hours 05 minutes
3. 17/08/1977 David Minty (JSY) 10 hours 54.30 minutes
4. 1979 Deborah Banks (JSY) 10 hours 57 minutes
5. 1989 Alison Streeter (UK) 9 hours 53 minutes
6. 1989 Richard Flambard (JSY) 10 hours 7 minutes
7. 15/08/1992 Sally Minty-Gravett (JSY) 10 hours 47 minutes
8. 02/09/1993 David Cometson (UK) 10 hours 48 minutes
9. 12/08/1994 Lee Williams (UK) 11 hours 16 minutes
10. 12/08/1995 Alison Horsfall (JSY) 10 hours 20 minutes
11. 12/08/1995 Jenny Fitzgerald (JSY) 10 hours 20 minutes
12. 08/08/1998 Cliff Golding (UK) 10 hours 43 minutes
13. 31/07/1999 Dario Parmesan (JSY/ITA) 11 hours 51 minutes
14. 30/08/1999 Jane Solomon (UK) 10 hours 38 minutes
15. 30/08/1999 Richard Flambard (JSY) 10 hours 42 minutes (rirst person to complete two successful Round Jersey swims)
16. 2000 Lisa Howley (IRL) 11 hours 10 minutes 26 seconds
17. 30/07/2000 Helen Barker (JSY) 12 hours 0 minutes 34 seconds
18. 03/09/2000 Cliff Golding (UK) 11 hours 43 minutes 10 seconds (second successful Round Jersey swim)
19. 03/09/2000 Eric Blakeley (JSY) 12 hours 51 minutes 13 seconds
20. 21/08/2001 Richard Flambard 10 hours 40 minutes (a hat-trick of round island swims)
21. 21/08/2001 Pippa Harrold (UK) 11 hours 16 minutes
22. 22/08/2001 Andy Truscott (JSY) 10 hours 39 minutes 48 seconds
23. 05/09/2001 Hannah Maletroit (JSY) 10 hours 50 minutes 35 seconds
24. 05/09/2001 Sammy Maletroit (JSY) 12 hours 35 minutes 30 seconds
25. 26/07/2002 Tim Lawrence (USA) 10 hours 45 minutes 23 seconds (first American)
26. 27/07/2002 Jean-Paul Madelenat (FRA) 11 hours 46 minutes 46 seconds (first Frenchman and oldest person, age 60)
27. 13/08/2002 Richard Flambard (JSY) 9 hours 56 minutes (fourth successful Round Jersey swim)
28. 13/08/2002 Dennis Dressel (USA) 10 hours 34 minutes
29. 14/08/2002 Katharine Clark (JSY) 11 hours 25 minutes 23 seconds
30. 14/08/2002 Dilys Maletroit (JSY) 12 hours 30 minutes 53 seconds
31. 23/08/2002 Cliff Golding (UK) 10 hours 43 minutes 1 second (third successful Round Jersey swim)
32. 25/08/2002 Jonathan Vibert (JSY) 10 hours 32 minutes
33. 12/08/2003 Judith Flambard (JSY) 11 hours 41 minutes
34. 27/08/2003 Andy Jordi (JSY/USA/Swiss) 10 hours 54 minutes 28 seconds
35. 28/08/2003 Lucy Biard (JSY) 10 hours 23 minutes 45 seconds
36. 31/08/2003 Lee Sowter nee Williams (UK) 10 hours 16 minutes 39 seconds (second successful Round Jersey swim)
37. 31/08/2003 John Farina (JSY/ITA) 10 hours 49 minutes 11 seconds
38. 31/08/2003 Dee Richards (JSY) 11 hours 31 minutes 45 seconds
39. 19/07/2004 Eoin Gaffney (IRL) 11 hours 06 minutes 50 seconds
40. 22/07/2004 Mandy Du Feu (JSY) 11 hours 43 minutes 34 seconds
41. 2004 Lee Wakeham (UK) 10 hours 47 minutes 23 seconds
42. 2004 Lucy Pittuck (UK) 11 hours 1 minute 42 seconds
43. 2004 Ian Byrne (AUS) 10 hours 37 minutes 58 seconds
44. 2004 Ian Jones (JSY) 9 hours 59 minutes 45 seconds
45. 01/09/2004 Martine Le Guilcher (JSY) 10 hours 23 minutes 31 seconds
46. 02/09/2004 Kate Mason (UK) 10 hours 31 minutes
47. 02/09/2004 Laura Lopez-Bonilla (SPA) 10 hours 37 minutes
48. 25/06/2005 Ilse Eiselen (SA) 11 hours 7 minutes
49. 18/09/2005 Sarah-Jane Stirling (JSY) 9 hours 57 minutes
50. 15/08/2006 Kelly Le Bailly (JSY) 13 hours 1 minute
51. 25/08/2006 Don Walsh (USA) 11 hours 3 minutes (first resident of “New Jersey” to swim “Old Jersey”)
52. 25/08/2006 Alice Harvey (JSY) 11 hours 41 minutes
53. 10/09/2006 Colleen Blair (SCO) 10 hours 10 minutes
54. 31/08/2007 Anthony Smith (JSY) 10 hours 53 minutes
55. 2007 Mike Cross (UK) 11 hours 26 minutes
56. 18/08/2007 Wendy Trehiou (JSY) 10 hours 51 minutes
57. 17/08/2007 Nicola Millichip (UK) 12 hours 0 minutes
58. 06/08/2008 Andrea Gellan (SCO) 11 hours 7 minutes
59. 26/06/2009 Lisa Freeman (CAN) 11 hours 9 minutes
60. 19/08/2009 Tasmin Powell (JSY) 11 hours 34 minutes
61. 22/08/2009 Karen Throsby (UK) 10 hours 37 minutes
62. 22/08/2009 Bianca Kempster (JSY) 11 hours 4 minutes
63. 22/08/2009 Neil Faudemer (JSY) 11 hours 51 minutes
64. 23/08/2009 Chantelle Le Guilcher (JSY) 10 hours 37 minutes
65. 08/09/2009 Tim Lawrence (USA) 10 hours 39 minutes
66. 26/06/2010 Marcella MacDonald (USA) 9 hours 59 minutes
67. 12/07/2010 Graeme Lowe (JSY) 10 hours 17 minutes
68. 30/07/2010 Nick Adams (UK) 9 hours 51 minutes
69. 09/08/2010 Ned Denison (IRE) 10 hours 15 minutes
70. 03/07/2011 Tracey Huish (JSY) 10 hours 32 minutes
71. 04/07/2011 Nathaniel Snook (ZIM) 11 hours 6 minutes
72. 31/07/2011 Sakura Hingley (UK) 10 hours 19 minutes
73. 31/07/2011 Chantelle Rose (JSY) 12 hours 59 minutes
74. 01/08/2011 Julieann Galloway (USA) 9 hours 32 minutes
75. 16/08/2011 Thomas W Kofler (ITA) 11 hours 18 minutes
76. 17/08/2011 Christine Addison (UK) 12 hours 16 minutes
77. 24/07/2012 Goerwaat Oplinis (BEL) 10 hours 11 minutes (wetsuit)
78. 20/08/2012 Lisa Biddlecombe (JSY) 12 hours 33 minutes
79. 21/08/2012 Katherine Lowe (JSY) 9 hours 58 minutes
80. 23/08/2012 Alexia O’Mara (UK) 10 hours 24 minutes
81. 03/09/2012 Mike James (WLS) 11 hours 9 minutes
82. 03/09/2012 Rob Healey (UK) 11 hours 10 minutes
83. 23/06/2013 Anna Wardley (UK) 11 hours 53 minutes
84. 24/07/2013 Owen O’Keefe (IRL) 9 hours 35 minutes
85. 07/08/2013 Andrew Flanagan (IRL) 10 hours 20 minutes
86. 12/08/2013 Mickey Helps (UK) 11 hours 20 minutes
87. 21/08/2013 Michaela Richard (UK) 9 hours 41 minutes
88. 22/09/2013 Elizabeth Fry (USA) 9 hours 33 minutes
89. 17/05/2014 Wendy Trehiou (JSY) 11 hours 25 minutes (earliest swim of the season and second successful Round Jersey swim)
90. 28/06/2014 Adrian Sarchet (GSY) 11 hours 29 minutes
91. 15/07/2014 Emma France (UK) 11 hours 46 minutes
92. 16/07/2014 Michelle Macy (USA) 9 hours 29 minutes (female record holder)
93. 30/07/2014 Liz Rycroft (UK) 11 hours 12 minutes
94. 31/07/2014 Alice Harvey (JSY) 10 hours 33 minutes (second successful Round Jersey swim)
95. 28/09/2014 Charlotte Vernon (JSY) 12 hours 20 minutes
96. 16/07/2015 Sara Marley (UK) 12 hours 20 minutes
97. 18/07/2015 Lucy Roper (UK) 10 hours 37 minutes
98. 18/07/2015 Zoe Sadler (UK) 11 hours 55 minutes
99. 01/08/2015 Simon O'Donoghue (JSY) 10 hours 41 minutes
100. 01/08/2015 Toni Buchholz (JSY) 10 hours 43 minutes
101. 01/08/2015 Craig Swart (RSA) 10 hours 44 minutes
102. 01/08/2015 David Coleman (NZ) 10 hours 56 minutes
103. 01/08/2015 Steve Pallett (JSY) 11 hours 8 minutes
104. 17/08/2015 Sale Savel (AUT) 10 hours 48 minutes
105. 19/08/2015 Ross Wisby (UK) - 9 hours 26 minutes (new record holder)
106. 19/08/2015 Prabhat Koli (IND) 10 hours 11 minutes
107. 22/07/2016 Sally Minty-Gravett (JSY) 10 hours 36 minutes (second successful Round Jersey swim)
108. 24/07/2016 Sally Minty-Gravett (JSY) 11 hours 10 minutes (third successful Round Jersey swim)
109. 06/08/2016 David Barra (USA) 10 hours 37 minutes
110. 06/08/2016 Adrian Follain (JSY) 12 hours 5 minutes
111. 02/09/2016 Aly Phippen (UK) 10 hours 2 minutes
​112. 02/09/2016 Amanda Bell (UK) 11 hours 49 minutes
​113. 08/07/2017 Anke Tinnefeld (GER) 12 hours 0 minutes
114. 25/07/2017 Kate Robarts (UK) 10 hours 56 minutes
115. 07/08/2017 Ian Holt (UK) 13 hours 47 minutes
116. 11/08/2017 Max Beer (AUT) 10 hours 1 minute
117. 13/08/2017 James Salkeld (JSY) 10 hours 36 minutes, part of the Jersey Round Island Challenge in support of the Grace Crocker Foundation
118. 13/08/2017 Hayley Butlin (JSY) 11 hours 11 minutes
119. 13/08/2017 Luke Edmonds (UK) 10 hours 59 minutes, part of the Jersey Round Island Challenge in support of the Grace Crocker Foundation
120. 23/08/2017 Karen Gallichan (JSY) 11 hours 5 minutes
121. 22/09/2017 Sophie Kelk (UK) 11 hours 19 minutes
​122. 08/10/2017 Anna Strachan (AUS) 9 hours 52 minutes
123. 13/07/2018 Catherine Stefanutti (UK) 10 hours 56 minutes
124. 14/07/2018 Jon More O'Ferrall (UK) 11 hours 8 minutes
​125. 16/07/2018 Catharine Colwill (UK) 10 hours 52 minutes
126. 09/09/2018 Bianca Kempster (JSY) 11 hours 29 minutes
127. 27/09/2018 Kathleen Long (UK) 12 hours 43 minutes
128. 18/05/2019 Lynton Mortensen (AUS) 11 hours 28 minutes
129. 05/07/2019 Nicola Naunton (UK) 12 hours 36 minutes
130. 06/07/2019 Nathan Payas (GIB) 9 hours 27 minutes
131. 06/07/2019 Jason Betley (UK) 12 hours 0 minutes 35 seconds (first swimmer to complete Round Jersey doing backstroke)
132. 07/07/2019 Andy Truscott (JSY) 10 hours 54 minutes (fourth successful Round Jersey swim)
​133. 07/07/2019 Mark Chegwin (JSY) 11 hours 53 minutes
134. 17/07/2019 Lisa North (UK) 11 hours 57 minutes
​135. 01/08/2019 Dean Anderson (JSY) 11 hours 43 minutes
​136. 06/08/2019 Matt Elcock (JSY) 11 hours 51 minutes
137. 30/08/2019 Sale Savel (AUT) 10 hours 29 minutes (second successful Round Jersey swim)
138. 16/09/2019 Sue Haines (UK) 9 hours 57 minutes
139. 16/09/2019 Steve Stievenart (FRA) 11 hours 11 minutes
140. 22/07/2020 Justine Riley (GSY) 11 hours 13 minutes
141. 23/07/2020 Jo Pullman (JSY/ESSEX) 10 hours 40 minutes
142. 06/08/2020 Dave Chisholm (UK) 11 hours 22 minutes
143. 04/09/2020 Claire Russell (UK) 11 hours 27 minutes
144. 21/09/2020 Andrew Wells (UK) 11 hours 6 minutes
​145. 21/09/2020 Steve Pallett (JSY) 11 hours 26 minutes (second successful Round Jersey swim)

Double Circumnavigation Swimmers

1. 15/07/2018 Andy Truscott (JSY) 22 hours 7 minutes
​2. 01/08/2019 Andy Truscott (JSY) 22 hours 32 minutes

External links

• Sally Minty-Gravett, MBE of Jersey Receives The Irving Davids/Captain Roger W. Wheeler Memorial Award
• Matthew Clarke, Busy in the Channel Islands
• Denize le Pennec Kicked Off Something Special Around Jersey
• Acronyms In The Open Water Swimming World
• Remembering Charlie Gravett, International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer
• A Life Well Lived By International Marathon Swimming Hall of Famer Charlie Gravett
• World's Best Beach & Open Water Swimming Towns
• Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club website
• International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
• Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club Was Tickled Pink
• Royal Time During Round Jersey Relay
• Round Jersey Military Relay Race
• Battle Round Jersey For Holidays For Heroes
• 31160 Reasons To Round Jersey
• Parenting In The Open Water - Part 1
• Sally Minty-Gravett Goes 5 For 5
• Sally Minty-Gravett Presents Sink Or Swim In Cork
• How To Build A Great Open Water Swimming Club
• Sally Minty-Gravett, 5 Decades In The Making
• How Great And Influential Was Commander Forsberg
• France Rounds Jersey
• Oregonian Sets New In Jersey
• Triathlons Harder Than Channel Swimming or Just Different?
• Forrest Nelson Voted Into Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
• The Remarkable Life Of Antonio Argüelles Díaz-González
• Dennis Miller Receives Davids-Wheeler Memorial Award
• IMSHOF Honours Best Little Swimming Club In The World
• Military Execution In The Holidays For Hero's Swim
• International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame Induction
• Greta Andersen To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
• On Behalf Of The Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club
• True Heroes Serve To Uplift, Support, Inspire Others
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Marathon Swimming
• Sally Anne Minty-Gravett, Member of the British Empire
• British Army Defends Title In Holidays For Heroes
• Round And Round He Goes, Andy Truscott Around Jersey
• Prabhat Koli: 5 Down, 2 To Go For The Oceans Seven