Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Four youngsters swam from Inches, Ardrossan, to Saltcoats Bathing Pool

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 21st August 1964

IN THE BIG SWIM

Four members of Saltcoats Amateur Swimming Club swam from the Inches, Ardrossan, to Saltcoats Bathing Pool last Saturday afternoon.

"It was not a race, but I was very pleased with their time of 37 minutes," said Mr. R. Hamilton, the club's coach.

"In past years swimming from the Inches was an annual event, but recently it has been in abeyance and this was the first occasion for five years on which it has been accomplished.
"The distance from the Inches to the bathing pool is just over a mile, so it's quite an achievement for anyone to have completed the swim."

The four youngsters who did so are (left to right),
Beth Fullarton, Beverley Bruce, Alastair Dowding and Marion Bain.