Red Top Swim

Jamie Mackay, Paul Leonard, Red Top Swimming Club coach Tim Denyer, Red Top Swimming Club coach Matt Duggan, Rob Woodhouse, Zeina Alsharkas, Jo Norman, and Miles Worling at Waikiki Beach near the Strait of Gibraltar in Spain

Amber Keegan swimming across the English Channel coached by Red Top Swimming founder Tim Denyer

Red Top Performance coach Tim Denyer with William Smith (UK), Dr. Tessa Garside, and Chris Cook after their individual Catalina Channel swims in late September - early October 2024 32.3 km crossings

Red Top Swim or the Red Top Swimming Club is a swimming educational, instructional and motivational team led by Tim Denyer and Peter Prijdekker.

English Channel World Record Relay Attempt

Tom Dean, Josh Gammon, George Taplin, Dan Jervis, Toby Robinson, and Hector Pardoe will attempt to make a 33.5 km English Channel crossing on 22 September 2026 under the auspices of the Channel Swimming Association coached by Tim Denyer and escorted by Reg Brickell and Ray Brickell with Kevin Peters onboard Viking Princess II.

Oceans Seven Swimmers

Coach Tim Denyer first coached the following swimmers across the Oceans Seven channels:

• English Channel with David Orders in 11 hours 0 minutes on 9 July 2010 with escort pilot Reg Brickell on Viking Princess
• Molokai Channel with Mark Sowerby in 14 hours 23 minutes on 22 June 2022 with escort pilot Mike Twigg-Smith on Stellina Mare
• Catalina Channel with Mark Sowerby in 10 hours 43 minutes on 4 October 2022 with escort pilot Derek Erickson on Magician
• Strait of Gibraltar with Bengisu Avci, Mark Sowerby, Paul Leonard, and Jamie Mackay in 3 hours 24 minutes on 24 April 2023 with Cristina Montiel on Guzman Columba
• North Channel with Mark Sowerby in 12 hours 12 minutes on 7 September 2023 with escort pilot Barry Duffy on Aareton
• Cook Strait with Rob Woodhouse in 7 hours 0 minutes on 25 January 2024 with escort pilot Grant Orchard on Katabatic
• Tsugaru Strait with Mark Sowerby in 10 hours 6 minutes on 29 June 2024 with Yoshimi Kawayama on Kairyo-maru No,38

Coach Matt Duggan first coached the following swimmers across the Oceans Seven channels:

• English Channel with James Penrose in 13 hours 32 minutes 12 July 2012 with escort pilot Reg Brickell on Viking Princess
• Catalina Channel with James Penrose in 13 hours 44 minutes on 30 July 2013 with escort pilot Greg Elliot on Bottom Scratcher
• Strait of Gibraltar with James Penrose, David Cook, and John DaPrato in 5 hours 4 minutes on 16 October 2013 with escort pilot Antonio Montiel on Columba
• North Channel with Guy Moar in 11 hours 9 minutes on 22 July 2014 with escort pilot Brian Meharg on Ocean Crest
• Tsugaru Strait with Guy Moar in 11 hours 32 minutes on 21 August 2015 with Captain Mizushima
• Cook Strait with Jamie Mackay in 7 hours 0 minutes on 25 April 2024 with escort pilot Grant Orchard on Katabatic
• Molokai Channel with Joanne Norman in 14 hours 15 minutes on 1 March 2026 with escort pilot Mike Twigg-Smith with Stellina Mare

External links

• Underwater Unknowns Across The Tsugaru Channel
• Jeff Orenstein Was Profoundly Disappointed, But Greatly Honored
• Enjoy the BlueTits Summer Dipathon
• Joanne Norman On Her Last Leg of the Oceans Seven
• Paul Leonard’s First Reactions and Actions in a Shark Attack
• Paul Leonard Swims Around The World With Sharks and Siblings
• Paul Leonard’s Molokai Channel Redux Is A Success
• Red Top Performance
• Bengisu Avci Goes Seven To Complete The Oceans Seven
• Harrison Haines Sets A Record Going Back
• Taking Aussie Tough to a Whole 'nother Level: Joanne Norman Is Back, Tackles Tough Tsugaru
• Rob Woodhouse versus Andy Donaldson, Coming Down To the End In The Oceans Seven
• So Much More To Swimming Beyond The Black Line With Rob Woodhouse
• This Is So Long and So Slow
• Aussie Tough: Joanne Norman Will Be Back
• Paul Leonard Is Hit By Cookiecutter Shark In The Molokai Channel
• Egor Tropeano Returns to Molveno After 20 Years to Win IISA World Championship
• Chris Cook Crosses Catalina - All For One, One For All
• Will Smith Goes Searching for the California Coast – and Finally Finds It on a Dark, Foggy, Cold Crossing of Catalina
• Dr Tessa Garside Goes On An Adventure: Dark, Foggy, Cold Across Catalina
• Red Top Cruises Along The California Shore This Week
• Mark Sowerby Crosses Catalina…With A Bump In The Night
• Tough, Turbulent, Tempestuous, but Moar Makes Molokai
• Seeing Red Across The Strait Of Gibraltar
• Red Top Swim
• Tim Denyer Twitter feed
• Two Swimmers, a movie
• Swimming Under The Red Top
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame
• Open Water Swimming
• Marathon Swimming