Scott, Miss Phyllis

Miss Phyllis Scott, Roath Park Swimming Club, Cardiff, of Penylan Road, Roath, Cardiff

First announced she was to make an attempt on the Channel in the 1922 season but there is no evidence she came to Dover. She is listed amongst the large number of aspirants at Dover/Cap Gris Nez in 1927, most of whom would be frustrated by constant poor conditions. There is no record of her starting an attempt

Phyllis Scott, a nurse who won the Taff Swim in 1921 and also triumphed in the five-and-a-half mile long Kew to Putney Long Distance Swimming Championship at age 18.

Channel Swim. Another girl aspirant. Miss Phyllis Scott, a nineteen-year-old Cardiff girl, will attempt to swim the English Channel this summer. Miss Scott commenced her swimming career when only twelve years of age. In Septemeber 1920, when seventeen years of age, she astonished the Welsh swimming world by wresting the Welsh ladies 100yds championship rom Miss Enid Fennell…
Dover Express 05 May 1922