Jersey to France swims
Jersey to France is a 22.5km swim between the island of Jersey and France, in the western part of the English Channel. It was first swum solo by Denize Le Pennec in 1966, and first swum as a two-way crossing by Andy Truscott in 2017.
The swim is organized and sanctioned by the Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club.
| Route | Swims | First | Fastest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey to France | 113 | Denize Le Pennec - 1966 | Nathalie Pohl - 05:29:00 (2020) |
| Jersey - France - Jersey | 2 | Andy Truscott - 2017 | Jason Betley - 15:51:00 (2021) |
| Date | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Route | Km | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 NA NA | Denize Le Pennec |  |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:25:00 | ||
| 1978 Aug 28 | Sal Minty-Gravett | |
21 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:31:00 | |
| 1978 Aug 28 | David Minty |  |
15 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:45:00 | |
| 1979 NA NA | Deborah Banks | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 10:42:00 | ||
| 2005 Aug 29 | Chris Baglin | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:26:00 | |||
| 2006 Jul 22 | Tim Lawrence | |
40-41 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:21:00 | |
| 2006 Sep 4 | Ian Jones | |
33-34 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:47:00 | |
| 2006 Sep 5 | Sarah Jane Stirling | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:10:00 | ||
| 2007 Jul 31 | Anthony Smith | |
37-38 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:53:00 | |
| 2007 Aug 9 | Dee Richards | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 12:55:00 | ||
| 2008 Jul 27 | Nick Adams | |
31 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:03:00 | |
| 2008 Jul 27 | Wendy Trehiou | |
38-39 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:09:00 | |
| 2009 Jul 1 | Colleen Blair | |
31 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 12:27:00 | |
| 2009 Aug 15 | Alice Harvey | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:55:00 | ||
| 2010 Jul 6 | Karen Throsby | |
42 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:04:00 | |
| 2010 Jul 20 | Alison Wood (Horsfall) | |
36-37 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:07:00 | |
| 2011 Jun 26 | Graeme Lowe | |
46 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:43:00 | |
| 2011 Jul 26 | Chantelle Le Guilcher | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:12:00 | ||
| 2012 Aug 12 | Chantelle Rose | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 10:17:00 | ||
| 2012 Sep 9 | Jenny Fitzgerald | |
45 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:45:00 | |
| 2013 Jul 17 | David Coleman | |
56 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:18:00 | |
| 2013 Aug 29 | Mark Faure Walker | |
37-38 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:38:00 | |
| 2013 Aug 30 | Ned Denison | |
55 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:13:00 | |
| 2013 Aug 30 | Nick Dotter | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:15:00 | ||
| 2014 Jul 8 | Michelle Macy | |
37 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:42:00 | |
| 2014 Jul 23 | Christine Addison | |
52 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 14:24:00 | |
| 2014 Aug 1 | Wendy Trehiou | |
44-45 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:52:00 | |
| 2014 Aug 20 | Lucinda Bayliss | |
27-28 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:50:00 | |
| 2014 Aug 20 | Chantelle Le Guilcher | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:07:00 | ||
| 2014 Aug 20 | Cliff Golding | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:40:00 | ||
| 2014 Sep 2 | Sarah Pierce | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:23:00 | ||
| 2014 Sep 2 | Thomas W. Kofler | |
47 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 11:09:00 | |
| 2014 Sep 5 | Adrian Follain | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:46:00 | ||
| 2015 Jul 5 | Andy Truscott | |
34 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:07:00 | |
| 2015 Jul 23 | Jacques Tuset | |
51 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:39:00 | |
| 2015 Aug 9 | Lisa Biddlecombe | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 12:56:00 | ||
| 2015 Aug 16 | Tasmin Powell | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:48:00 | |||
| 2015 Aug 28 | Emma France | |
47-48 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:18:00 | |
| 2016 Jul 8 | Ian Rivers | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:05:00 | ||
| 2016 Jul 16 | Kevin Welsh | |
52-53 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:44:00 | |
| 2016 Jul 17 | Juliette Bigley | |
38 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:16:00 | |
| 2016 Jul 17 | Steve Pallett | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:37:00 | ||
| 2016 Jul 30 | Andy Truscott | |
35 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:37:00 | |
| 2016 Jul 30 | Sale Savel | |
35-36 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:25:00 | |
| 2016 Aug 13 | Laura Lopez-Bonilla | |
48 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 10:51:00 | |
| 2016 Sep 6 | Mäx Beer | |
43-44 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:32:00 | |
| 2016 Sep 13 | Fay de Gruchy | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:35:00 | ||
| 2017 Aug 1 | Simon O'Donoghue | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:08:00 | ||
| 2017 Aug 1 | Craig Swart | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:11:00 | ||
| 2017 Aug 1 | Toni Buchholz | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:42:00 | |||
| 2017 Aug 7 | Alice Harvey | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:43:00 | ||
| 2017 Aug 7 | Sze-Ming Cheung | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 10:33:00 | |||
| 2017 Aug 13 | Catherine Stefanutti | |
50 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:18:00 | |
| 2017 Aug 14 | Catharine Colwill | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:42:00 | ||
| 2017 Aug 20 | Mike Humphreys | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:36:00 | ||
| 2017 Aug 21 | Mark Chegwin | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:47:00 | ||
| 2017 Aug 24 | Robin Johnson | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 05:46:00 | ||
| 2017 Aug 26 | Charlotte Vernon | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:37:00 | ||
| 2017 Aug 28 | Nik Barnes | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:52:00 | ||
| 2017 Sep 2 | Nichola Murch | |
38-39 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:23:00 | |
| 2017 NA NA | Katherine Lowe | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:42:00 | ||
| 2017 NA NA | Andy Truscott | |
Jersey - France - Jersey | 45 | 16:39:00 | ||
| 2018 Jun 20 | Cliff Golding | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:27:00 | ||
| 2018 Jun 23 | Yaron Davidi | |
57 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:19:00 | |
| 2018 Jul 5 | Prabhat Koli | |
18 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:54:00 | |
| 2018 Jul 9 | Hayley Butlin | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:03:00 | ||
| 2018 Jul 22 | Karen Gallichan | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 10:35:00 | ||
| 2018 Sep 8 | Nicola Naunton | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:31:00 | ||
| 2019 Jun 25 | Ash Van Wensveen | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 10:38:00 | ||
| 2019 Jul 10 | Bekki Kingshot | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:43:00 | ||
| 2019 Jul 11 | Chris Pitman | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:46:00 | |||
| 2019 Jul 25 | Karen Smith | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:31:00 | ||
| 2019 Jul 26 | Kenneth Morrison | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:54:00 | ||
| 2019 Jul 27 | Ben Jimmieson | |
21-22 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:01:00 | |
| 2019 Aug 6 | Jacqueline Kempfer | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:10:00 | ||
| 2019 Aug 21 | Justine Riley | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:34:00 | ||
| 2019 Aug 22 | Kevin Mullarkey | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 10:38:00 | ||
| 2019 Aug 24 | Tim Pond | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 11:06:00 | ||
| 2019 Aug 25 | Paul James | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 11:07:00 | ||
| 2019 Sep 8 | Kate Robarts | |
58 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:42:00 | |
| 2019 Sep 8 | Amanda Sharples | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 10:12:00 | ||
| 2020 Jul 30 | Steve Henigan | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:01:00 | ||
| 2020 Aug 31 | Amy Ennion | |
26-27 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:29:00 | |
| 2020 Sep 7 | Nathalie Pohl | |
25 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 05:29:00 | |
| 2020 Sep 11 | Lawrence Naested | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:07:00 | ||
| 2020 Sep 11 | Jorge Cabrejas | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:15:00 | ||
| 2021 Aug 3 | Kate Robarts | |
59 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:34:00 | |
| 2021 Aug 14 | Jason Betley | |
51 | Jersey - France - Jersey | 45 | 15:51:00 | |
| 2021 Aug 27 | Laura Sharpe | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 11:04:00 | ||
| 2021 Sep 6 | Chris Zachwieja | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:04:00 | |||
| 2021 Sep 13 | Liz Pudney | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:47:00 | ||
| 2022 Jul 2 | Claire Poole | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:53:00 | ||
| 2022 Jul 6 | James Rondel | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:54:00 | |||
| 2022 Jul 18 | Brianna Thompson | |
20 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 05:55:00 | |
| 2022 Aug 2 | Nicolie Chaffe | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:01:00 | ||
| 2022 Aug 17 | Connie Simons | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:15:00 | |||
| 2022 Aug 20 | Andrew Flanagan | |
50 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:26:00 | |
| 2022 Aug 23 | Amanda Bowden | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 10:59:00 | ||
| 2022 Sep 2 | Lindi Mitchell | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:46:00 | ||
| 2022 Sep 2 | Dani Cameron | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:48:00 | ||
| 2022 Sep 13 | Ross Wisby | |
35-36 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 05:34:00 | |
| 2022 Sep 19 | Fernando Espina Velaz | |
50-51 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:10:00 | |
| 2022 Sep 22 | Helen Betley | |
43 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 08:55:00 | |
| 2023 Jun 22 | Phil Gaudin | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:18:00 | ||
| 2023 Jun 28 | Kathy Stevenson | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 10:07:00 | ||
| 2023 Jul 9 | William Hodgess | |
39-40 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:07:00 | |
| 2023 Aug 7 | Neil Brinkworth | |
51 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:32:00 | |
| 2023 Aug 9 | Jo Slota-Newson | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:30:00 | ||
| 2023 Aug 16 | Alex Crawford | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:32:00 | ||
| 2023 Aug 22 | Lucy Bessant | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 06:12:00 | ||
| 2023 Aug 23 | Kevin McCalden | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 09:18:00 | ||
| 2023 Aug 29 | Julia Maguire | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:05:00 | ||
| 2023 Aug 30 | Sharon Finn-Davey | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:49:00 | ||
| 2023 Sep 9 | Laura Lopez-Bonilla | |
55 | Jersey to France | 22.5 | 10:51:00 | |
| 2023 Sep 11 | Millie Bell | |
Jersey to France | 22.5 | 07:22:00 |
Reviews
Reviewer: Jo Slota-Newson (August 2023)
Swam in 2023 (Finished)
Overall Experience: ★️★️★️★️★️
Pilot: Matthew Clarke
Fees: GBP 1200
Communication ★️★️★️★️★️
Piloting Skill: ★️★️★️★️★️
Cost/Value: ★️★️★️★️★️
Comments: "Matthew is a highly skilled and experienced pilot and as an RNLI Coxswain is very safety conscious"
Association: Jersey Long Distance Swimming Association
Fees: GBP 125
Communication ★️★️★️★️★️
Advice & Support: ★️★️★️★️★️
Value: ★️★️★️★️★️
Comments: "An extremely welcoming, helpful and supportive group"