Windermere International Championships
The Windermere International Championships were a quadrennial series of races held on Lake Windermere, England. Organized by the British Long Distance Swimming Association from 1966-1990, the event attracted elite international fields with many swimmers who also competed on the professional WPMSF circuit.
Route | Swims | Fastest |
---|---|---|
Fellfoot to Waterhead | 15 | Bob Walter - 05:11:09 (1966) |
Bowness-Fellfoot-Waterhead | 90 | Mary Beth Colpo - 06:10:33 (1978) |
See also:
- Lake Windermere
- BLDSA Windermere
- BLDSA 2-Way Windermere
- Windermere One Way
- Chillswim Windermere
- Lake Windermere (Chillswim Guided)
1966 Aug 6
Men
Fellfoot to Waterhead (16.9 km)
Place | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bob Walter | 05:11:09 | |||
2 | Geoffrey Lake | 05:26:21 | |||
3 | Rob Gruppelaar | 05:28:00 | |||
4 | Barry Watson | 27 | 05:28:16 | ||
5 | Kevin Murphy | 17 | 05:38:23 | ||
6 | Norman Trusty | 33 | 06:00:29 | ||
7 | Cornelis Haagendoorn | 06:05:12 | |||
8 | Kendall Mellor | 06:16:08 | |||
9 | Angus Smith | 06:31:27 | |||
10 | Philip Gollop | 06:45:29 | |||
11 | Robert McCaughey | 08:42:50 | |||
12 | John Earls | 24 | 09:06:54 |
Women
Fellfoot to Waterhead (16.9 km)
Place | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Elaine Gray | 20 | 05:18:40 | ||
2 | Christina Genge | 06:59:03 | |||
3 | Mair Leonard | 08:37:26 |
1970 Aug 8
Men
Bowness-Fellfoot-Waterhead (26.5 km)
Place | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Michael Read | 29 | 07:35:00 | ||
2 | Jan Visser | 08:03:08 | |||
3 | Tadeusz Mazur | 08:35:00 | |||
4 | Lawrence Burke | 09:01:42 | |||
5 | Mervyn Sharp | 21 | 10:07:58 | ||
6 | Colin Proctor | 10:12:00 | |||
7 | Francis Allen | 10:29:09 | |||
8 | Chris Carter | 21 | 10:45:10 | ||
9 | Robert McNae | 10:46:35 | |||
10 | Douglas Ivor Sutton | 15:15:00 |
Women
Bowness-Fellfoot-Waterhead (26.5 km)
Place | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A.S. van der Veekin | 07:56:01 | |||
2 | Linda Nightingale | 09:50:00 | |||
3 | Carol Jeffs | 11:50:00 |
1974 Aug 3
Men
Bowness-Fellfoot-Waterhead (26.5 km)
Place | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Piet Stegink | 06:25:00 | |||
2 | I Moustafa | 06:40:30 | |||
3 | M Amin | 06:40:30 | |||
4 | Hans Prins | 06:44:00 | |||
5 | D Khatou | 07:05:00 | |||
6 | J Cabanes | 07:07:00 | |||
7 | Michael Read | 33 | 07:08:00 | ||
8 | Chris Carter | 25 | 07:19:00 | ||
9 | Kevin Murphy | 25 | 07:21:00 | ||
10 | Kenneth Brewer | 07:27:00 | |||
11 | James Hamish Winter | 07:28:00 | |||
12 | Francis Allen | 07:28:00 | |||
13 | Ian Reid | 15-16 | 07:35:00 | ||
14 | Norman Trusty | 41 | 07:41:00 |
Women
Bowness-Fellfoot-Waterhead (26.5 km)
Place | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lottie ten Veen | 06:45:00 | |||
2 | Valerie Taylor Parsons | 24 | 07:03:00 | ||
3 | Gihan Ismail | 07:29:00 | |||
4 | Eira Davies | 07:29:30 | |||
5 | Suzanne Lodge | 08:32:00 |
1978 Aug 5
Women
Bowness-Fellfoot-Waterhead (26.5 km)
Place | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mary Beth Colpo | 06:10:33 | |||
2 | Penny Lee Dean | 23 | 06:21:02 | ||
3 | Irene van der Laan | 17 | 06:59:42 | ||
4 | Alison Roberts | 08:07:56 | |||
5 | Joke van Staveren | 08:15:53 | |||
6 | Sal Minty-Gravett | 21 | 08:16:26 | ||
7 | Linda Devereux | 08:51:47 | |||
8 | Jane Luscombe | 09:05:06 |
Men
Bowness-Fellfoot-Waterhead (26.5 km)
Place | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Rudy Willems | 06:45:31 | |||
2 | Mohamed El Messery | 19-20 | 06:52:17 | ||
3 | Ton Brouwer | 06:55:20 | |||
4 | Al Said Fakhir | 06:56:41 | |||
5 | Alawi Mohammed Makki Al-Ibrahim | 07:06:53 | |||
6 | Mohamed Hassan Khalil | 07:40:30 | |||
7 | Yahia Zakria Al-Sattey | 07:42:44 | |||
8 | Robert Sherburn | 07:46:49 | |||
9 | Peter Stephens | 08:53:04 | |||
10 | Michael Read | 37 | 09:27:18 | ||
11 | Ian Reid | 19-20 | 09:35:59 |
1982 Aug 7
Men
Bowness-Fellfoot-Waterhead (26.5 km)
Place | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Steven Munatones | 20 | 06:11:45 | ||
2 | Ton Brouwer | 06:48:46 | |||
3 | Stephen Dockery | 07:19:06 | |||
4 | Osama El Shazly | 07:19:52 | |||
5 | David Morgan | 18 | 07:20:24 | ||
6 | Martin Richards | 07:48:09 | |||
7 | Saleh Mandour | 28-29 | 07:52:07 | ||
8 | Bruce Beckett | 08:54:12 | |||
9 | James Hamish Winter | 09:00:50 | |||
10 | Michael Read | 41 | 09:19:00 | ||
11 | Kevin McIntosh | 10:00:20 | |||
12 | Cristos Fessas | 10:20:12 |
Women
Bowness-Fellfoot-Waterhead (26.5 km)
Place | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Irene van der Laan | 21 | 06:30:06 | ||
2 | Karen Toole | 06:34:42 | |||
3 | Cindy Pattersen | 06:50:40 | |||
4 | Irena Holeniewska | 06:54:10 | |||
5 | Elizabeth Horner | 16-17 | 06:55:12 | ||
6 | Vera Zeitzen | 07:25:06 | |||
7 | Linda Hargreaves | 24-25 | 07:44:50 | ||
8 | Sara Adual Aziz | 08:16:35 | |||
9 | Julie Bradshaw | 18 | 08:28:34 | ||
10 | Deborah Banks | 08:53:57 |
1986 Aug 9
Men
Bowness-Fellfoot-Waterhead (26.5 km)
Place | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Marc Newman | 17 | 06:22:06 | ||
2 | Mahmoud Nail | 19-20 | 06:47:29 | ||
3 | Ton Brouwer | 06:55:47 | |||
4 | David Morgan | 22 | 08:15:57 | ||
5 | Alman Mohamed El Reedy | 08:32:15 | |||
6 | John York | 25 | 08:51:55 | ||
7 | Phillip Reed | 08:52:54 |
Women
Bowness-Fellfoot-Waterhead (26.5 km)
Place | Name | Gender | Age | Nation | Time |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alexa Reetz | 16-17 | 06:42:00 | ||
2 | Gizella Szlavitsek | 07:07:10 | |||
3 | Bridget Young | 21 | 07:11:46 | ||
4 | Nathalie Patenaude | 18 | 07:16:27 | ||
5 | Alison Streeter | 21 | 07:22:58 | ||
6 | Monique Slinger | 07:29:53 | |||
7 | Helen Perry | 07:56:30 | |||
8 | Alison Roberts | 08:33:13 | |||
9 | Grainne Moss Gunn | 16 | 09:04:02 | ||
10 | Margaret Kidd | 10:04:44 |