4 Bridges to Lighthouse

01/10/2023

Brenda Norman who is the only swimmer who has completed the 60km - 4 Bridges to Lighthouse Swim has now been inducted into the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame as well as 3 other great Australian legendary swimmers. Congratulations Brenda well deserved more sparkling on the way .

We are pleased to announce the next 4 Inductees to the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.

Brenda Norman - Honour Swimmer
Richard Jones - Honour Swimmer
Rod Watkins - Honour Swimmer
Ross Youngman - Honour Swimmer

We will profile the achievements of these 4 honourees over the coming weeks.

More information on all AMSHOF honourees can be found on published information readily viewed on the Marathon Swimmers Federation LongSwims Database and Openwaterpedia.

28/01/2023

Congratulation to our very own Queen of the marathon 34km Derwent River Big Swim Brenda Norman who again has smashed some DRBS records. Brenda Swam from New Norfolk Bridge to the Iron Pot Lighthouse at the entrance to the Derwent River 60km in an very very slick time of 15hrs 19min 00sec, what a huge effort definitely a record. And they keep coming, another record for Brenda swimming a total of 6 times on the Derwent River clocking up some 204kms over almost exactly 2years to date, what a huge achievement in itself.

Brenda Norman is no stranger to long distance swimming with some big marathon swims to her name , English Channel, Catalina Channel, Australian Triple Crown recipient just to name a few.

As I am trying to keep this post short, I will try to be a brief as I can. Brenda’s aim on the 26th was going to be the first swimmer to complete the 4bridgetoironpot swim – 60km from New Norfolk Bridge south of Hobart to the Iron pot Lighthouse at the mouth of the Derwent River.
Brenda on the 26th of January started her swim at the New Norfolk Bridge at 10:20pm with some lovely 20c water and ambient air temperature 14c with a slight NE wind and darkness . Brenda Passed under the Tasman Bridge on the 27th January at 0700am in a great time of 8hrs 40min. Brenda swam fown the Derwent making her way to South Arm up the coast towards Opossum Bay and then onto the end at the Iron Pot Light House .

Brenda was Piloted by Cameron Stewart from Sea Rescue Tasmania and Clinton for his support of Brenda on his Jet ski and observing Brenda all the way . Brenda’s team Richard and Sue Jones and Brenda’s parents Ray and Beverly all assisted with the on-boat activities and feeding. By the look of the posts Brenda packed meals for everyone, very generous. Now I can’t forget to mention Brenda’s dog Pippa cheering Brenda all the way.

Brenda is raising money for her charity Channel 4 Change which seeking to raise awareness of the importance of mental health and establish initiatives for individuals who may be suffering.

For all images and videos and Sue’s amazing commentary go to: Channel 4 Change

www.denimentalhealth.org.au/channel4change
www.4bridgestoironpot.com
www.derwentriverbigswim.com
www.iswimhappy.com
www.openwaterpedia.com
Australian Triple Crown of Marathon Swimming | Facebook

27/01/2023

Congratulations Brenda Norman legendary swim world class.

: In a world first, a teacher has just swum more than 60km all the way from New Norfolk to the Iron Pot near South Arm in Hobart.

42-year-old Brenda Norman from NSW has previously completed open water swims overseas, and swam from New Norfolk to Hobart’s Tasman Bridge in 2021.

Brenda’s swim has already raised over $41,000 to support children struggling with mental health.

26/01/2023

Tonight, Brenda Norman is attempting to complete the marathon 60km New Norfolk Bridge to Iron Pot light house swim starting at 10pm tonight.

www.4bridgestolighthouse.com

Channel 4 Change was established to raise funds to develop and implement youth mental health initiatives in Deniliquin.

All funds raised have supported the work of the Deniliquin Mental Health Awareness Group (MHAG) through initiatives and campaigns, such as:
- Delivery of Youth Mental Health First Aid courses
- School Youth Mental Health Forum
- Updating Deniliquin MHAG website
- Tuesday Chats
- Mental Health Month initiatives
- community wellbeing campaign
- Resources to promote mental health helplines.

To find out more about these initiatives, or to donate, please visit the website https://www.denimentalhealth.org.au/channel4change

Tonight, I will be attempting another marathon swim; New Norfolk to Iron Pot. It is a 60km swim starting in the Derwent River and finishing in the ocean. The swim has been attempted but no one has been successful. The challenges are the changing tides, winds and temperatures.

My swim will start today (26 January) at 10pm. If you wish to follow my progress updates will be provided on this page. Below is a link to my tracker
https://track.rs/5/