Congratulations to Ross Emery and Stuart Fuller who both completed the Jubilee River Swim yesterday. They finished 14th (2 hours 45 minutes 22.1 seconds) and 13th (2 hours 45 minutes 21.5 seconds) respectively in the ‘Skins’ category.

The swim:

The Jubilee River is man-made flood relief channel opened in 2002, and as well as diverting water from the Thames at times of high water levels, it has long since blossomed into a wonderful habitat for wildlife and has become incredibly popular for recreational use with it’s adjacent footpaths and cycle track.

In 2012 we received permission from the Environment Agency to become the very first recreational users of it’s water, and the Jubilee River Swim has gone from strength to strength ever since. We swim 10km starting from the footbridge near Mill Lane in Taplow at its western end, to the Pococks Lane road bridge a few hundred metres short of the river re-joining the Thames near Eton.

The three weirs along the rivers length mark hand over points for the relay swimmers, also the location for the feed stations. There’ll be a feed station at the finish too.

For relay teams the swim legs are as follows:-

Leg One – Start to Marsh Lane Weir – 1.9km

Leg Two – Marsh Lane Weir to Manor Farm Weir 3.5km

Leg Three – Manor Farm Weir to Slough Weir – 2.6km

Leg Four – Slough Weir to Finish – 1.5km