Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation "Nothing great is easy", Captain Matthew Webb

01 Jan 2026CS&PF Annual Dinner 2026

Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation Annual Dinner 2026

Saturday 14th March 2026

Channel Suite - Leas Cliff Hall - Folkestone

Tickets are now on sale and are £50 per person.

Tickets will be on sale until the 31st of January unless they sell out sooner.

To book your tickets please, for my sanity read the following carefully and only apply for tickets when you have ALL the information.

Information required at the time of booking:

  • The name of everyone in your party. 
  • Make one booking for the whole group.
  • Tables seat 10.
  • If you are booking more than one table, please state who will be sat at which table.
  • Dietary requirements – this cannot be accommodated on the night so must be supplied at the time of booking.
  • Access requirements / special needs.
  • The country you are travelling from if it is outside the UK.
  • Swim stories to a maximum of 150 words for each 2025 season solo swimmer.
  • Photos for each 2025 solo swimmer, and relay team in your party.
  • Please name the file names the solo surname or relay name.

Once I have ALL the information required to make your booking, I will send you the details to make payment by bank transfer.  When making your transfer please:

  • Make one payment for your whole party.
  • Use the name that made the booking as the reference on the bank transfer.

I made it through last year without threatening to murder someone at some point in the process, so let’s go for the double ????.

Thanks

Michelle

Sandettie Lightship Observations

11am, 1st January 2026


Water: 49.8 °F (9.9 °C)

Air: 40.8 °F (4.9 °C)

Wind Speed: 24.1 kn (44.6 km/h)

Wind Direction: W (260°)

Channel Weather 

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