CHANNEL SWIM.
MISS COPPLESTONE’S PLANS.
Received July -22, 10.0 a.m. LONDON, July 21
T. W. Burgess, who was the second man to swim the Channel, has taken charge of Miss Lily Copplestone’s arrangements. Her headquarters are now at Gris-nez, in the French Department of Pas-de-Calai?, opposite Dover.
The complete list of those who have swum the Channel, together with the time taken by.each swimmer, is as follows: h. m. G. Michel (September 10, 1926) ... 11 6 H. "Vierkotter (August 30,. 1926) ... 12 30 \ L Derham (September 17, 1926) 13 57 E! H. Temme (August 5, 1927) ... 14 29 Miss G. Ederle (Aug. 6, 1926) ... 14 39 Miss Hilda Sharp (Aug. 24, 1928, 14 58 Mrs Ivy Gill (October 13, 1927) .. 15 9 Miss M. Gleitze (October 7, 1927) 15 15 Mrs Corson (August 28, 1926) ...... 15 28 Miss .Peggy Duncan (Sept. 10, 1930) 16 _1 E. Tiraboschi (August 12, 1923) ... 16 33 C. Toth (September 9, 1923) ...... 16 54 Miss Ivy Hawke ‘(August 19, 1928) 19 16 Captain W. Webb (August 25, 1875) 21 45 T. W. Burgess (September 6, 1911) 22 35 Helmy (September 1, 1928) ...... 23 40 H. Sullivan (August 6, 1923) ...... 27 23
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 197, 22 July 1931, Page 7
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196CHANNEL SWIM. Manawatu Standard, Volume LI, Issue 197, 22 July 1931, Page 7
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