While it's distance swimming season at Serpentine, please have a quiet look at the fantastic swimming achievements of our club member Rose George.
Rosemary George swim career 1955 to date:
1955
First encounter with the English Channel. Went on the boat of Egyptian swimmer Abdel Latif Abu Heif, who swam France to England. I was totally hooked from that experience. Abu Heif was subsequently named marathon swimmer of the century.
1956
Southsea to Ryde (Isle of Wight) - 18 miles 9h15m
1957
Donegal Bay to Tullymore to Bundoran -12 miles 7 hrs?
1959
Firth of Forth 12 miles 8 hrs?
1960
England to France. Failed by 400 yards
1961
England to France 21h35m
1962
Capri to Naples 18 miles 11hrs
Lake Chrid (Yugoslavia) 44 kms
1963
Capri to Naples 11 hrs
Suez Canal Kabreit to Ismailier 44 kms
Lake Chrid 44 kms
1964
Capri to Naples 18 miles (did not finish)
Alexandria Circuit 40 kms
1965
Syria Jeble to Latakia
Egypt Alexandria circuit
1967
France to England 17h50m (trained in the Serpentine)
2004
Inducted into International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in Ft. Lauderdale
2018 2 August:
A dip in the Serpentine.