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Perks, Frank - 19/08/1927
Swimmer(s)
Perks, Frank
Date
19/08/1927
Duration of swim
10:05
Notes
Is this error - swim of 1928??
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Perks, Frank - 19/08/1928
Swimmer(s)
Perks, Frank
Date
19/08/1928
Duration of swim
10:05
Pilot
Captain Pearson from Walmer
Pilot boat
Ocean Queen
Trainer
Billy Kellingley
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Perks, Frank - 27/08/1926
Description
Staggered start with Corson at Cap Gris Nez, 10 mins befiore Corson, at 11.22pm; gave up exhausted 1pm a mile west of Admiralty Pier
Swimmer(s)
Perks, Frank
Date
27/08/1926
Duration of swim
14:28
Pilot boat
Brockman & Sons motor boat
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Perreault, Omer - 02/09/1923
Description
Started 1.10 pm Cap Gris Nez. Pilot boat had a jazz band on board. Got to within 5Km of coast. Suffered from cold and tides turned
Swimmer(s)
Perreault, Omer
Date
02/09/1923
Duration of swim
10:00
Trainer
Armand Vincent
Notes
Minor burns after being washed down with petrol which caught alight
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Perreault, Omer - 05/08/1923
Description
Got to within 8Km of English coast
Swimmer(s)
Perreault, Omer
Date
05/08/1923
Duration of swim
12:00
Trainer
Armand Vincent
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Perreault, Omer - 08/08/1926
Description
Cap Gris Nez
Swimmer(s)
Perreault, Omer
Date
08/08/1926
Duration of swim
02:00
Trainer
Armand Vincent
Notes
Sets up training camp for summer at Dunkirk with Jeanne Sion
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Perreault, Omer - 10/08/1926
Description
Starts Cap Gris Nez 11pm with Jeanne Sion. Bad weather forces stop - Sion carried on for 6 hours
Swimmer(s)
Perreault, Omer
Date
10/08/1926
Duration of swim
02:00
Trainer
Armand Vincent
Notes
Sets up training camp for summer at Dunkirk with Jeanne Sion
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Perreault, Omer - 10/10/1926
Swimmer(s)
Perreault, Omer
Date
10/10/1926
Duration of swim
04:00
Trainer
Armand Vincent
Notes
Sets up training camp for summer at Dunkirk with Jeanne Sion
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Perreault, Omer - 16/08/1922
Description
Abandoned due to seasickness
Swimmer(s)
Perreault, Omer
Date
16/08/1922
Duration of swim
02:58
Trainer
Armand Vincent
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Pickering, William - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)
Pickering, William
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
12:22
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Pickering, William - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Pickering, William
Date
27/08/1959
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
Did Not Start
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Pickering, William - 31/08/1964
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez, abandoned 10 miles of France due to bad weather
Swimmer(s)
Pickering, William
Date
31/08/1964
Duration of swim
9:03
Notes
Wife Clarice Pickering and father Robert Pickering, 70, were in escort boat
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Pique, Germaine - 22/08/1950
Swimmer(s)
Pique, Germaine
Date
22/08/1950
Duration of swim
05:15
Notes
First Daily Mail Race
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Daily Mail
(47)
Plarre, Bruna Wendel - 25/08/1937
Description
Started Cap Gris Nez 5.50pm, gave up 9.30 am 5 miles off dover
Swimmer(s)
Plarre, Frau Bruna Wendel
Date
25/08/1937
Duration of swim
16:25
Trainer
T.W. Burgess
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Plarre, Bruna Wendel - 25/08/1938
Description
Covered 70 kilometers in 14 degrees of cold water. The reason for this was the current and the two changes of ebb and flow.
Swimmer(s)
Plarre, Frau Bruna Wendel
Date
25/08/1938
Successful swim number
23
Successful swimmer number
22
Successful swim number France - England
19
Duration of swim
15:33
Pilot boat
“Notre Dame de Lourdes,’ of Calais
Notes
Ratified and Observed by F.F.N.S. (Federation Francaise de Natation et de Sauvetage, i.e. French Swimming and Life-saving Federation)
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
Independent
(34)
Pouilley, Georges - 04/08/1922
Description
Began 5 a.m. Cap Gris Nez, swam for 4 hours
Swimmer(s)
Pouilley, Georges
Date
04/08/1922
Duration of swim
04:00
Notes
Cap Gris Nez
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Poulsen, Gunnar - 24/08/1958
Swimmer(s)
Poulsen, Gunnar
Date
24/08/1958
Duration of swim
15:01
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Poulsen, Gunnar - 27/08/1959
Swimmer(s)
Poulsen, Gunnar
Date
27/08/1959
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
Did Not Start
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Pourcelle, Georges - 06/09/1958
Swimmer(s)
Pourcelle, Georges
Date
06/09/1958
Successful swim number
109
Successful swimmer number
77
Successful swim number France - England
91
Duration of swim
13:01
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Pourcelle, Georges - 08/09/1958
Swimmer(s)
Pourcelle, Georges
Date
08/09/1958
Duration of swim
Unknown
Notes
Cap Gris Nez. Claimed a successful swim but no details ever provided
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Pourcelle, Georges - 10/08/1958
Swimmer(s)
Pourcelle, Georges
Date
10/08/1958
Duration of swim
02:00
Notes
Cap Gris Nez. Seasick
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Quevado, Antonio Ochoa de - 04/08/1975
Swimmer(s)
Quevado, Antonio Ochoa de
Date
04/08/1975
Successful swim number
273
Successful swimmer number
181
Successful swim number France - England
182
Duration of swim
12:20
Success/failure
Successful
(681)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Number of crossings
One Way Swim
(644)
Ratified
CSA
(473)
Quiroz, Nestor - 21/08/1957
Swimmer(s)
Quiroz, Nestor
Date
21/08/1957
Duration of swim
00:00
Notes
5th Butlins Race.
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
Ratified
Butlins
(192)
Radii, Hassan - 15/08/1952
Swimmer(s)
Radii, Hassan
Date
15/08/1952
Duration of swim
04:30
Notes
One of a large Egypt team that trained for the 1952 Race which never happened
Success/failure
Failed
(725)
Direction(s)
France-England
(736)
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