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Yach with the white towel around his shoulders, and his fellow swimmers. Source: Theodore Yach Facebook page.

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Cape Town Dad Does 100th Robben Island Swim

One swim to Robben Island is a feat, but Capetonian Theodore Yach, who did his first Robben Island swim 35 years ago, has completed the famed 10-kilometre crossing for the 100th time. Yach, who is 58 and was met at the finish by his wife and two sons, used the swim to gather funds for six charities and causes, all […]

By SAPeople Staff Writer
24-03-16 11:54
in Fab South African Stuff
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Yach with the white towel around his shoulders, and his fellow swimmers. Source: Theodore Yach Facebook page.

One swim to Robben Island is a feat, but Capetonian Theodore Yach, who did his first Robben Island swim 35 years ago, has completed the famed 10-kilometre crossing for the 100th time.

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Yach with the white towel around his shoulders, and his fellow swimmers.

Yach, who is 58 and was met at the finish by his wife and two sons, used the swim to gather funds for six charities and causes, all under the banner Century Crossing. Entering the 13-degree water on Tuesday morning at Three Anchor Bay, he was joined by six other swimmers and completed the 10.4 kilometres in three hours and 10 minutes.

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Yach with members of the NSRI.

Yach will reportedly get a spot in the International Open Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, as a result of the century, “the first time in the history of the sport that anyone has completed 100 open water swims from point A to point B in the world”.

Yach was raising money for the Childrens Hospital Trust, Highlands House, the National Sea Rescue Institute Waterwise Academy, Herzlia Foundation Trust, Wynberg Boys’ Schools Aquatic Centre and Paper House.