Prof. Tom Doyle

Research Fellow, Coastal & Marine Research Centre, University College Cork

'The Myths & Truths About Jellyfish'

 

 

Dr. Angel A. Yanagihara

Director Pacific Cnidaria Research Laboratory, PBRC and

Asia Pacific Inst. of Tropical Medicine, JABSOM,

University of Hawaii at Manoa.

‘The Science of the Sting’

 

 

Niek Kloots

Webmaster at www.openwaterswimming.eu – Heiloo, Netherlands

‘www.openwaterswimming.eu - From its Beginnings to Today’

 

 

 

Wayne Soutter

North Channel Pioneer

'Behind the Scenes View on Planning a new Swim -

Mull of Kintyre, Scotland to Ballycastle, Northern Ireland’

 

 

Trevor Woods

Exercise Physiologist, University College Cork & competitive Triathlete

’Optimising Recovery’

 

 

Sal Minty-Gravett

President Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club

'Sink or Swim'

 

 

Nick Adams

President CS&PF & Committee Member Serpentine SC.

Youngest person to swim EC over & back as an 18-year-old

To be inducted into the IMSHOF as an Honour Swimmer

'The Young Marathoners'

 

 

Mike Oram

Chairman CS&PF, Channel Pilot since 1982,

Inductee as an Honour Pilot into IMSHOF Hall of Fame.

‘Swimmers Live on Adrenaline & Dreams -

Pilots Work on Reality & Safety’

 

 

Kevin Murphy

President IMSHOF & Hon. Secretary CS&PF,

Inductee IMSHOF & ISHOF Hall of Fame

'The Great Duel - Murphy vs. Renford - Best of Three’

 

 

Ram Barkai

Ice Swimmer & Founder of the International Ice Swimming Association.

Member of the Bering Strait 5-Man South African Team

‘Ice Swimming’

 

 

Jackie Cobell, Nuala Moore & Anne Marie Ward

They were all members of the successful, unprecedented, 5-day Swim Relay across the Bering Strait, (53 miles/86 km) from Cape Dezhnev, Russia to Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, USA.

‘The Bering Strait Relay of August 2013’

 

 

Dr. Heather Lunt

Research Associate, Extreme Environments Laboratory,

University of Portsmouth.

Dr. Sakura Adams

Paediatric Registrar, Ealing Hospital, London

MSc Sports Medicine.

'Just Add Water'

 

 

Anna-Carin Nordin & Stephen Redmond

Anna-Carin Nordin is a 41-year-old marathon and channel swimmer from Sweden. She became the first woman the Ocean’s 7 in July 2013, while Stephen Redmond hails from Ballydehob in West Cork and was the first person ever to complete the Ocean’s 7 last year.

‘Celebrating the Ocean’s 7’

 

 

Fergal Somerville

Irish Marathon Swimmer and another swim pioneer especially

around the Arran Islands, Co. Galway.

‘Dublin Bay 2-Way'

 

Thomas W. Kofler - to be confirmed

 

Anna Wardley – to be confirmed

Marathon Swimmer from Gosport, Hampshire, England.

‘The 5-Island-Challenge’