On September the 19th 2016 Chris Shapland became the second oldest Australian and the fifth oldest all time to swim across the English Channel. Whilst doing the swim has been a life long dream Chris really did the swim to show that if you have a sound swimming technique swimming is something you can do all your life. Swimming is a very technical sport which is why Shapland Swim Schools try to ensure all children who have completed our certificate program, sixteen certificates in all, have a sound technique in all four strokes.

The swim took 16hours and 28 minutes to complete. You can watch this amazing effort by clicking on the link below.