This year we have decided to attempt a new Channel Swim Relay challenge with a team of swimmers from the Tynemouth Outdoor Swimmers (ToSers).

After the experience of swimming the English Channel together a couple of years ago we decided we needed a new challenge, and the team will carry out this swim to also raise awareness and funds for the great work the IFS Foundation is doing in Sri-Lanka – please follow this link to understand more about what the IFS Foundation do:

https://www.ifsfoundation.org/

The North Channel is considered by most, the toughest of the Ocean Seven swims in that it is very cold, is plagued by the notorious lions’ main jellyfish and involves many competing tides and currents all the way across right up until the final few metres. Swimmers can also be lucky enough to be accompanied by other wildlife like Orca Whales, Minke Whales, Dolphins and Seals across the route.

The North Channel is the body of water bounded by Northern Ireland (to the west), Scotland (to the east), Isle of Man (to the south), and the Atlantic Ocean (to the north). The swim across the middle part of the channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland is among the world's most iconic and challenging marathon swims.

North Channel swims typically start near Donaghadee (on Northern Ireland's Ards Peninsula) and finish on Scotland's Rhins of Galloway - a minimum distance of 34.5 km (21.4 miles).

We will be training hard for this swim for the coming months and would greatly appreciate any support you could offer in the way of a donation to the IFS foundation for their continued work in Sri-Lanka.

Many thanks!

James, Mark, Danny, Jim, Paul and Matt.

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