Uncle Ricky & Autie Midge Castel
“Well done on your swim supporting a great cause!”
14/09/2026
£50.00
Odyssey Squad 2 Alderney to Swanage
Aug 17, 2026
Fundraising Progress
Raised
£3,520.25
Goal
£3,500
100% of goal reached
About this Fundraising Event
Raising Money for Guernsey Disability Swimming. A Guernsey company limited by guarantee set up to provide facilities to enable people with a range of disabilities to swim under a protective, secure environment in which coaching and close supervision is offered.
Weekly hire of Beau Sejour swimming pool for exclusive use by GDS for one hour commencing at 6.00pm. Volunteers are also on hand to take disabled swimmers from changing room to poolside where help is needed and to offer coaching when swimming.
We are a team of open water swimmers who are taking on a swim that many swimmers and boat pilots describe as an "impossible swim". We aim to swim from Alderney in the Channel Islands back to England. The tides around Alderney known as the 'Race' are what makes this swim so difficult. Last year Odyssey Squad almost completed this 63 mile crossing, but after almost 36 hours of swimming and just 7 miles from our finish point, we were forced to stop for safety reasons due to worsening sea conditions.
This August, a re-vamped team are going to attempt this 'impossible' feat again! We are 'Odyssey Squad 2'.
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Alderney to Swanage
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Recent Donations
Tim Lowe
07/09/2026
£20.00
Jonathan leM
31/08/2026
£100.00
Pat Weller
24/08/2026
£20.00
Harvey
24/08/2026
Not shared
Guernsey Swim Adventures Limited
“Well Done Terry & Justin…swimming strong and raising funds and awareness for a great local charity. Jac & Jen ‘safe passage over water’”
24/08/2026
£200.00
Aggie Ferenc
24/08/2026
£25.00
Cash from amazing friends
24/08/2026
£120.00
Hayley Tanguy
“Well done guys and thank you so much for supporting such wonderful charities”
24/08/2026
£25.00
David Thomas Adderson
“Impressive stuff!! Well done”
23/08/2026
£50.00
Susie C
“Awesome effort well done”
23/08/2026
£50.00
Ira Scanlan
“Massive well done, team! Great cause and great job done! 👏👏”
23/08/2026
£30.00
Marcel
“Well done all!”
22/08/2026
£10.00
Pierre & Denise Quevatre
“To Justin and the whole Odyssey Squad, Well done in your endeavours, fantastic cause and proud of what you are doing.”
22/08/2026
£50.00
Kingi
22/08/2026
Not shared
People of Guernsey Bathing Pools
“Great effort Team Odyssey 2”
22/08/2026
£105.25
Doug Wilson
“Amazing effort everyone.”
22/08/2026
£50.00
Shirley Marsh
22/08/2026
£50.00
Jan & Jon
“Tremendous effort guys, you’re amazing”
22/08/2026
£50.00
Odyssey Squad 2 Swimmers !
“From all the swimmers 💕”
22/08/2026
£200.00
Sarah Ozanne
“Go, go, go you amazing team of hardcore swimmers!”
21/08/2026
£10.00
Cathy Lewis
“Good luck, Odyssey Squad 2!”
21/08/2026
£20.00
Magda
21/08/2026
£5.00
Anna
21/08/2026
£10.00
Mark
21/08/2026
£10.00
Rachel Norman
21/08/2026
£25.00
Yasmin Lihou
“Love you all have fun with the lessons!”
21/08/2026
£10.00
Eleisha
“Good luck!”
21/08/2026
£5.00
Juliet Little
“Good luck Emma! OS2”
21/08/2026
£10.00
Momma Meades
“So proud of my son ,Justin and applaud the resilience of all the participant's of Odyssey Squad . 2.”
21/08/2026
£50.00
Helen Beck
21/08/2026
£10.00
Anonymous
“Good luck to Mark and the team”
20/08/2026
Not shared
Martin Belsham
“Fabulous challenge, best of luck.”
20/08/2026
£25.00
Anonymous
19/08/2026
Not shared
Carolyn Zierer
19/08/2026
£10.00
Quantum Cabling Installations Limited
“Good luck to all the team, a great effort for a very worth while charity.”
19/08/2026
£200.00
Nigel and Jocelyn
“Good luck to all the team”
19/08/2026
£50.00
Bob and Christine
“Good luck Terry and team!”
18/08/2026
£20.00
Heidi Lawlor
“Great to meet you all today at the pools. Best of luck and thank you for helping Guernsey Disability Swimming. It means a lot.”
18/08/2026
£50.00
Nick Wild
“Justin very best of luck to you and all the team.”
18/08/2026
£50.00
sian
18/08/2026
£10.00
Le Loher Guillaume
18/08/2026
£10.00
Tim S
18/08/2026
£10.00
Stu, Ali, George and Molly
“Good luck, great cause and amazing challenge! Hope weather is good to you”
17/08/2026
Not shared
Richard Bickerstaff
“Go team Mark.”
17/08/2026
£25.00
Rhys
“Best of Luck to the Odyssey Squad 2, you’ve got this🏊♂️🏊♂️🏊♂️🏊♂️”
17/08/2026
£100.00
Abbie
“Good Luck Terry and Team! Enjoy!”
17/08/2026
£10.00
Em Lancaster
“Good luck guys - hoping for calm seas and sunny weather for you all 🩵”
16/08/2026
Not shared
Steve
“Good luck everyone”
16/08/2026
£100.00
Sharon Finn-davey
“Good luck”
16/08/2026
£10.00
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