The Fremantle Ports Swim Thru is presented by the Fremantle Fins Masters Swimming Club and Masters Swimming WA in support of Street Doctor Mobile Health Clinic and St Patrick’s Community Support Centre.

• You can donate online at the time of registration
• Your old towels will be gratefully accepted so bring them along on the day
• We will also be making a donation out of the overall proceeds
• Thanks to your generosity we raised $2500 for each of these worthwhile causes last year.

For more information contact our Swim Thru coordinator Louise Ainsworth

E: freoportsswimthru@gmail.com

M: 0417 917 438

The Fremantle Ports Swim Thru is a community swim like no other. First held in 1922, it was the first ocean-water swimming race in Western Australia. It is believed to have been the longest ocean swimming race in Australia at the time, hence the nickname “The Big Swim”.

The original swim started at the Fish Market Jetty and finished at South Beach Jetty (now demolished), a distance of one and a half miles.

The first race was won by 14-year-old Maisie Boyle who, to this day, is the only female winner of the race. For her efforts, Maisie won a teapot, a replica of which sits atop the current trophy, known as the Maisie Boyle trophy.

After a break, the event was reborn in 2003 and has been run by the Fremantle Fins Masters Swimming Club at South Beach in December each year. Fremantle Ports have been proud naming rights sponsor since 2006.

The Fremantle Ports Swim Thru is part of WOW swims, the community swim series for all. WOW swims are designed for swimmers of all ages and abilities to experience all the fun of open water swimming in a range of settings and over a variety of distances. WOW swims are designed to encourage participation in community events as part of a healthy lifestyle.