South32 Rottnest Channel Swim

Congrats to our four new Rotto soloists, and the eight repeat swimmers who all completed their crossing today!

🏆 Congratulations to our 12 swimmers who have all completed their solo crossing to Rottnest Island/Wadjemup today!

💪🏽 Peter Leckie (1st solo crossing), Matthew Evans (1st), Owen Evans (1st), Colleen Wray (1st), Rob Herkes (23rd), Fletcher Barr (25th), Dean Kerns (34th), Ceinwen Roberts (34th), Marvin Jones (3rd), Greg Johnson (7th), Matt Mackenzie (3rd) and Karen Sims (2nd) all successfully swam from Freo to Rotto today in great conditions.

🏊🏽 Today was the final Out of Event Crossing for the 2025/26 season - we'll be back in Spring and can't wait for another successful season of Rottnest Channel crossings.

🫶🏽 Big thanks to all of our fantastic open water swimming community for your continued support of the Out of Event Crossing calendar.

🏆 There are four new Rotto soloists after today's Out of Event Crossing from Freo to Wadjemup! Congrats to all 12 swimmers who completed their crossing, and we hope to see Cathy back out for another shot soon.

✨ Congratulations to the 12 solo swimmers who successfully crossed the Rottnest Channel in today's Out of Event Crossing - Deane Barker (20th crossing), Patrick Verryn (7th), Tim Scott (10th), Dean Kerns (32nd), Ceinwen Roberts (33rd), Fletcher Barr (24th), Renee Nener (10th), Patrick Knight (1st), Adam Knight (1st), Dakota Sime (1st), Lotti Fox (1st) and Simone Bl**er (6th).
🏊🏽 A special mention also to first-time soloist Cathy Carmichael, who withdrew from her crossing after about 3-hours with mild hypothermia. We wish Cathy all the best as she rests and recovers.
🚤 Today's Out of Event Crossing was led by Crossing Director and 11-time soloist Dave Brackstone, with support from skippers Susan Barker, Luke Colston, Richard Williams, Brett Costain, Craig Sanford and Chad Edwards-Smith.
🗓️ The next Out of Event Crossing will be held on Saturday 28 March.