Ferry Dodgers - Charity Channel Swim 2010
Welcome to the website of the Ferry Dodgers. We are a group of lifeguard veterans who trained to swim the English Channel in September 2010 for three charities. Please feel free to look around the site and take time to view the photographs and videos of our endeavour!
Raising money for:
Registered Charity
No: 1112708
Registered Charity
No: 1090790
Registered Charity
No: 1061359
Registered CharityNo: 1112708
Registered CharityNo: 1090790
Registered CharityNo: 1061359
Meet The Team
Here's the team training to swim across the channel.
- Rich Sanders
- Position: Team Captain
- Age: 40
- Occupation: Leisure Manager
- Weight before Training: 112kg
Main Training Venue: - Info:
- Rich has some open water experience some 20 years ago and has organised this event for the team
- Rich Birks
- Position: Team Member
- Age: 35
- Occupation: Swim Teacher / Sports Coach
- Weight before Training: 96kg
- Main Training Venue: Reset Gym / Sandford Parks Lido
- Info:
- Rich took part in the Derwent Water 5.25 mile lake swim in 2008 completing it in 3 hours 28 minutes
- Matt Fletcher
- Position: Team Member
- Age: 39
- Occupation: Transport Manager
- Weight before Training: 109kg
- Main Training Venue: Dean Close School
- Info:
- Matt was the Cheltenham Swimming Club captain in his early swimming career
- Stu Haile
- Position: Team Member
- Age: 30
- Occupation: Paramedic
- Weight before Training: 96.5kg
- Main Training Venue: Cheltenham Recreation Centre
- Info:
- Although swimming at club level until 17, Stu isn't experienced in long distance outdoor swimming. A good one to start with!
- Matt Houghton
- Position: Team Member
- Age: 28
- Weight before Training: 82kg
- Main Training Venue: Cardiff International Pool
- Info:
- Matt took part in the Derwent Water 5.25 mile lake swim in 2008 completing it in 3 hours 5 minutes
- Keith Norris
- Position: Team Member
- Age:42
- Occupation: Company Secretary
- Weight before Training: 103kg
- Main Training Venue: Dean Close School / Sandford Parks Lido
- Info:
- Keith has been surfing around the English coastlines for over 20 years and although loves the ocean, he has no experience of open water swimming.
- Eley Haile
- Position: Team Member (1st Reserve)
- Age: 30
- Occupation: Business Process Officer
- Weight before Training: 67kg
- Main Training Venue: Cheltenham Recreation Centre
- Info:
- Eley swam at club level until she was 17. She also has no open water experience but will be joining in with all team training.
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