On Saturday 8th August, 3 swimmers left the Royal West beach at 3:15 PM to begin a 3 km swim to Fox Street and back along the Esplanade. The first swimmer to arrive back at the Boat Club was Gerard Malone with a time of 0:49:33. Ally Robb was second with a time of 0:57:40 and Colin Campbell was third with a time of 0:59:40 Congratulations to all swimmers for participating and successfully completing the swim!
Conditions at the time of the swim were excellent with calm conditions. The water temperature in the Clyde was 16 degC.
The event was limited to members of the Royal West of Scotland Amateur Boat Club due to COVID restrictions.
Pictured below from left to right are Colin, Gerry and Ally.
For Colin Campbell this was the 7th time he participated in the RWSABC Clyde Swims to date. He is the only person who has taken part in every RWSABC Clyde Swim. These swims took place in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
Gerard Malone is a 4-time champion of the RWSABC Clyde Swim. In 2015 and 2019 he was the fastest swimmer in the event. In the 2018 event he swam in the event without a wetsuit and won the male non wetsuit class.
Ally Robb has participated in 5 RWSABC Clyde Swims in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
This was the third time that the Event was an Esplanade Swim. In 2014 and 2015 the event was also run along the Esplanade due to weather conditions making a Clyde crossing unsafe.
