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    There are two organisations that look after Channel Swimmers - the Channel Swimming Association (the CSA) and the Channel Swimming and Pilots Federation (CSPF).
    They both have websites and both record the successful swims.
    In Novemer the CSA have a celebratory dinner and prize-giving (usually) at the Town Hall for those swimmers who have excelled and the CSFP have their dinner and prize-giving (also at the Town Hall) the following March.

    I won't go into the politics of why there are now two organisations, but they both do their best to advise and help the swimmers have a successful crossing.

    I do agree that there should be more publicity for them. I wrote an article on one of the swimmers who first swam the Channel in 1958; Montserat Treserras Dou - she was the first Spanish person to swim the Channel and the article was celebrating her 40th. Aniversary and then, ten years later, I did another one for her 50th.

    She has been coming to Dover for many years (she used to stay with us when we had our guest house) and stays here for a few weeks helping and advising the swimmers.

    A great Lady, who is over 80 now, but stills travels from Madrid to Dover. She's going back to Madrid on Tuesday.





    Roger

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