List explanation
The list is alphabetical by first name and includes a unique “Ripper Number” for each swimmer that has crossed with us.
We have escorted 963 swimmers across since 2014. This is the total number of honour board listings (summer, winter, double).
This list also includes some swimmers who crossed without our guidance. These swimmers are listed but do not have numbers. You will see them listed in brackets in this list.
The first man to ever swim “The Rip” was Douglas Mew. He swam in the winter of 1971.
A
715 Abby Bolwell (Race 2023) 683 Abby Farmer * 740 Adam Fratantaro * 522 Adam Holland 257 Adam Mackenzie 691 Adam Matruglio * 583 Adam Murray * 591 Adam Saunders * 510 Adrienne Currie 699 Aida Tuciute 643 Alex Humphrys * Alex Afshar (Winter swimmer#43) 82 Alex Screen 287 Alex Thompson 485 Alexandra Cateriano * 524 Alexandra Cheatley 337 Alexandra Darling 523 Alexandra Debeljakovic 773 Ali Crichton * 729 Alison Sanders * 611 Alison Verghese * 279 Alistair Mccooke 343 Ally Styger 186 Amanda Haycox 410 Amanda Lenehan 72 Amander Flaherty-Spark 489 Amelia Blake * 726 Amy Paterson * 52 Amy Vorrath 384 Andrew Barber* 168 Andrew Chirnside 63 Andrew Crawshaw 130 Andrew Fraatz* 563 Andrew Gurry 607 Andrew Horwood 255 Andrew Killer 570 Andrew Liddell * 555 Andrew MacLeod * 697 Andrew MacMillan * 428 Andrew May * 349 Andrew McCarthy 545 Andrew Mellett 139 Andrew Moffat* 559 Andrew Mulholland 696 Andrew Myer * 402 Andrew Nissen* 219 Andrew Pannifex 263 Andrew Phelan 288 Andrew Steer 152 Andrew Stephens* 306 Andrew Tulloh 311 Andy Calder 586 Andy Collins * 300 Anee Makowski 700 Angela Bliss * 637 Angus Campbell (2 summer crossings) 454 Angus Hyne 680 Anna Brown * 319 Anne Bryant 237 Annette Baker 189 Anthony Beaumont 359 Anthony Deague 169 Anthony Hill* 146 Anthony Hore* 59 Anthony McDonald 386 Anton Cozjinsen* 269 Anton Stanizki - (2 summer, 1 double) 80 Antony Lynch 628 Aoife Hurley * 540 Ashley Williams 129 Austin Whiting*
B
684 Barbara Hannon * 245 Barry Eastoe 127 Ben Bromell* 429 Ben Doherty * 721 Ben Dubberley (Race 2023) 277 Ben Fisk 638 Ben Hamer * 615 Ben Holland 756 Ben Jones - 512 Ben Kallergis (2 summer, 1 double) 722 Ben Morrison (Race 2023) 83 Ben Rees 515 Ben Syme Ross * 84 Benjamin Yeo 668 Bernie Mcdowell * 742 Bevan Cox * 457 Bill Linehan 85 Bizzy Butterworth
34 Blair Ross * 436 Bob McEwan (5 summer crossings! Oldest summer swimmer so far) 577 Bob Willis 739 Brad Manczak * 472 Bree Hollingsworth 406 Brenda Norman* 431 Brendan Cairns 156 Brendan Cutts 289 Brendan Manzie 298 Brendan Mutimer 40 Brendan Ryan 248 Brenton Ford (Race winner 2018, 2nd in 2023)
434 Brenton Schwarze 41 Brett Davis 32 Brian Cook 339 Brian Freeman 308 Brian Roberts 717 Brianna Bond (Race 2023, 3rd place) 720 Bronte Campbell (Race 2023, 2nd place)34 Bruce Anderson 340 Bruce Collins 265 Bruce Rogers 491 Byron Ward *
C
490 Cam Tregaskis (Race 2023, 1 x group summer and the Double Rip) 552 Cameron Leech 468 Cameron Mcdonald 639 Cameron Owens 86 Cameron Purnell 701 Candida Cochrane * 558 Carly Crawford 242 Caroline Cotton 120 Caroline Hunt-Smith* 405 Carolyn O’sullivan 612 Cath Black * 681 Catherine Mcelhone * 481 Catie Ragg * 703 Celia Armstrong * 325 Celia Burrell 387 Charles Day* 221 Charlie Evans (2 summers and 1 winter) 121 Charlie Read 588 Charlotte Byrnes * 776 Cherry De Crespigny * 424 Cheryl Saffron * 487 Chloe Phelan * 767 Chris Auditore 357 Chris Blane 240 Chris Clapp 27 Chris Harper 315 Chris Jones* 338 Chris Manning 119 Chris Tass-Parker 218 Chris Tucker 33 Chris Yencken 184 Christina Wilhelm 46 Christine Rawson 236 Christopher Clarke 498 Cici Marto 180 Clare Brophy 366 Clive Aaron 30 Clive Fraser 293 Clive Parsons 234 Clive Williams 31 Colin Brodie 77 Con Duyvestyn 651 Conor Brennan * 629 Cooper O'malley 731 Corey Small * 707 Craig Buckingham * 239 Craig Childs (summer group, double and race!). 360 Craig McDonald 267 Craig Young 181 Curtis Chun 238 Cyril Baldock
D
87 Damien Honan (2 races) 544 Damien Magree 744 Damien Magree * 71 Dan Bailey 118 Dan Canta 361 Dan Harvey 471 Daniel Tait * 158 Danny Wade 652 Dara Blake * 283 Darren O'Brien 609 Darren Trew * 301 Daryl Fairweather 375 Dave Adams 415 David Briggs 209 David Cannington 447 David Collinson 501 David Cook (2 summer groups, 1 double) 711 David Harris * 753 David Jones * 616 David Kaylor * 22 David Lane 514 David Mateer * 334 David Moffatt 554 David Morarty 640 David Seal * 603 David Solly * 161 David Stevens 331 David Swann 371 David Whelan * 270 David White 550 David Wilson 754 Dean Oakley * 163 Dee Greenwood (2 summer) * 662 Denise Elder 517 Derek Bulstrode 546 Derek Smith 630 Dexter Prime 492 Dibdin Fitzgerald * 233 Dick Williams (3 summer crossings) 148 Dim Sakkas* 260 Dom Mccoll 166 Don Riddington (3 summer crossings) 88 Don Taylor 89 Donna Gadsby 414 Donna Sullivan 674 Douglas Hacking * 547 Dugald McWilliams 745 Duncan Ireland *
E
90 Ebony Ebenwaldner 763 Ed Krushka 351 Edward Polk 759 Edward Roche 369 Elizabeth De Bono * 91 Ellen Gandy 687 Eloise Hay * 453 Eloise Wallace 51 Els Davis 631 Emer Hurley * 294 Emma Mickle 486 Emma Ragg * 256 Enrique Klix 571 Eric Cirulis * 653 Erin Heapes * 455 Esther Gilmore * 231 Eugene Docherty 225 Eugene Tan 445 Evan Roberts
F
211 Felicia Bell 92 Finn Proepper (2 races) 730 Fiona Dickson * 167 Frank Jenkins 223 Freya Townsend 18 Friedo Ligthart
G
493 Gabriel Cornwell * 645 Gabrielle Schammer * 749 Gareth Corbett * 135 Garry Smith* 732 Garth England * 16 Gary Finnis 669 Gary Johnstone * 164 Gary March 342 Gary Rowley 593 Gary Ullmann (winter) 227 Gary Wall (Gary Whitten) 297 Geoff Gwillim 314 Geoff Ridgeway* 659 Geoffrey Brace 437 Geoffrey Brace * 354 George Nedovic 604 George Wintle (1 summer & 1 winter) 782 Georgia Sanders * 116 Georgia Stott 708 Georgina Harrison * 170 Gerard Bagnara* 93 Gerard Robb 692 Glen Buchanan 345 Glen Johnson 271 Glen Walton 220 Glenn Guest 258 Glenn Maginness 548 Gordon Baulch 519 Grace Pike * 578 Graeme Cole 151 Graeme Kernich* 765 Grant Henry * 780 Grant Seater * 8 Greg Costa 230 Greg Crowter 572 Greg Hill * 427 Greg Jamieson 54 Greg Lecrevisse 192 Greg Reeves 94 Gus Davidson 370 Guy Evans *
H
496 Hanna Wilkinson * 379 Harry Leather 466 Heather Frost * 582 Heather Pitt * 473 Heather Ramp * 675 Heather Urie * 212 Heidi Tucker (1 summer, 1 winter and 1 double). 560 Henry Mulholland 268 Hilda Hallinan 373 Hillary Geers 155 Hugh Mckenzie
I
712 Ian Chan * 723 Ian Douglas (Race 2023) 327 Ian Griffiths 305 Ian Harley 378 Ian Shrives 284 Ian Turrill 210 Imogen O'meara 579 Ingrid Freeman 482 Ivor Morgan *
J
760 Jack Hoffmann (2 summer crossings) 390 Jack Jenkins 670 Jack Ray * 594 Jack Stewart (winter) 479 Jacob Wilkinson * 409 Jacqueline Ellul* 78 Jacqueline Ross 702 Jacqui Garnsworthy * 622 James Black * 201 James Geer (1 summer, 1 winter) 273 James Golds 719 James Hicks (Race 2023) 69 James Howden 671 James Keskinen * 124 James Kiely 587 James Lewis * 262 James Mclean 617 James Noonan 281 James O'connor 153 James Tetlow 290 James Thomas 761 James Westh (2 summer crossings) 446 Jamie Lingham 672 Jamie O'regan * 663 Jan Davies * 45 Jane Conley 244 Jane Duck 746 Jane Ireland * 332 Janie Perrott 733 Jarrod Condon * 353 Jarrod Mitchell 10 Jayson Lamb Jed Davis 623 Jeff Challis * (summer and winter) 488 Jemima Fitzgerald * 768 Jen Andersen * 516 Jen Dodd * 664 Jennifer Hole 171 Jennifer Hortin* 318 Jenny Bigelow 465 Jenny Bryant * 213 Jenny O'loghlen 187 Jenny Vran 417 Jeremy Hunt 137 Jess Evans* 79 Jessica Fletcher 665 Jim Arnold 304 Jim Milne 688 Jodi Helliwell * 320 Jodie Quinn 649 Joe Barker * (2 summer crossings) 403 Joe Butler* 367 Joe Moore 12 Joe Ragg 562 Joe Tsalanidis 605 Johan De Bree * 207 John Allen 397 John Axsentieff 608 John Bownas 531 John Chisholm * 228 John Evans 128 John Fergusson* 235 John Langmead 393 John Massie * (John Olsen) 165 John Philpot - (4 summers, 1 winter ) 3 John Tregaskis (inaugural project crossing) 11 Jon Watson 618 Jonathan Hassett 556 Jordan Berry (2 races, 1 double, 1 winter) * 650 Jordan Dearsley * 399 Jordan Murray 673 Josh Griffiths * 408 Josh Perizollo* 58 Jude Allan 95 Jude Allan 751 Julia Karvelis 576 Julie Freeman * 646 Julie Robilliard *+ 39 Julieanne Goode 291 Justin Gately 352 Justin Mitchell 575 Justin Phillips * 557 Justin Rodda (1 summer, double and race) 25 Justin Wheelahan 125 Justine Kiely-Scott
K
709 Kainen Schrape 285 Kane Horwill 214 Kate Burke 633 Kate Dluzniak * 391 Kate Milner 480 Kate Owen * 704 Katherine Gobby * 47 Katrina Bromell 96 Ken Broadhurst (Race 2015) 518 Ken Lowe 503 Kendra Wright (1 summer and 1 winter) 394 Kent Alexander * 37 Keogh Peter 533 Kerry Barrett * 38 Kerry White 1 Kevin Cassidy (inaugural project crossing) 74 & 312 Kevin Moran (3 summer) 395 Kiernan Mcgill * 97 Kip Homewood 134 Kirsten MacLeod* 685 Kirsten Yates * 725 Kirsty Allen * 508 Kirsty Tweddle (summer and winter) 333 Kirsty Webb 226 Kristian Bail
L
757 Lach Armstrong (2 summer crossings)98 Lachie Wilson 99 Lance Coughlin 584 Lara Cann * 66 Lara Davenport 654 Laura O'driscoll * 15 Laurie Laurenson 13 Leigh McCarthy 432 Leigh Treeby 172 Leila Lee* 433 Lenny Watterson 19 Les Finnis 188 Liam McDonnell 206 Libby Jaeger 76 Libby O'Farrell 2 Lindsay Crouch (inaugural crossing, 2014) 770 Lindy Cook * 335 Lindy Shelmerdine 772 Lisa Coulthard * 222 Lisa Francis 520 Lisa Gazzola 17 Lisa Gulikers 215 Lisa Jackson 100 Lisandra de Carvalho - (3 races, winner of 2018 race) 596 Lloyd Gwilym (winter) 864 Louise Day (1 summer *, 2 winter) 36 Lou Lockwood 525 Louise Jettner * 126 Louise McInerney* 647 Louise O'neill * 122 Luke Barton 421 Luke Rattigan 229 Luke Richards 73 Luke Stephens 272 Luke Stevens
M
173 Mack Kennedy 714 Mackenzie Hunter (Race 2023) 610 Madeleine Wood 634 Malcolm Bell * 748 Malcolm McNab * 425 Marco De Gregorio * 624 Marco Giudici 660 Maree Paris 75 Maree Tuff 553 Margaret Hall 205 Margery Smith 537 Maria Edmonds * 450 Maria Mccarthy 769 Marie Werrett * 758 Mark Avery 400 Mark Beaconsfield * 735 Mark Dalton * 530 Mark Driver * 7 Mark Griffiths 197 Mark McClelland 506 Mark Reardon * (2 summer, 1 double) 62 Mark Scolyer 372 Mark Siedle 5 Mark Slykhuis (inaugural project crossing) 101 Mark Stone 470 Mark Walker 131 Mark Whiting* 478 Marli Wilkinson * 464 Mary Eckhardt * 655 Mary Grehan* 777 Mary Stewart * 738 Mathew Broad * 412 Matt Crook 20 Matt Finnis 102 Matt Gilling 597 Matt Healy (winter) 566 Matthew Annells (summer and winter) 264 Matthew Pond 573 Matthew Rushworth * 50 Megan Edwards 182 Megan Heathershaw 452 Melanie Combescure 564 Melissa Urie * 625 Merrin Mctaggart 216 Mia Cooke 42 Michael Bruce 174 Michael Cheesman 388 Michael Clark* 160 Michael Harwood (Michael Heath) 451 Michael James 666 Michael Kirkman 132 Michael Logan* 81 Michael Newton 693 Michael O'connor * 145 Michael O'connor* 28 Michael Potter 381 Michael Rochford 275 Michael Schenberg 307 Michael Somerville 635 Michael Urban (2 summer) 456 Michael Urban (summer and winter) 65 Michael Weiner 439 Michel Ambrus (4 crossings) 462 Michelle Filmore * 778 Michelle Martin * 252 Mick Jaensch 398 Mike Hegarty 620 Mike O'brien 497 Miranda Cooney Hunt * 613 Miranda Toohey * 606 Mitchell Hall 614 Monica Nguyen 521 Monica tonner * 500 Monique Andjelic (4 summer) 416 Monique Ryan* 752 Morgan Evans 541 Morgan Lacey 44 Morgan-Booker 507 Murray Joseph 103 Naantali Marshall
N
191 Nadine Royle 569 Ned Whitehouse 641 Neil De La Coeur * 136 Neil Isles* 195 Neil McFee 49 Nell Myer 64 Neroli Nixon 355 Nicholas Costello 336 Nicholas Moffatt 747 Nicholas Seymour * 154 Nicholas Simpson* 104 Nick Hinsley 261 Nick Mccormack 420 Nick Rhoden* 422 Nick Schofield 779 Nick Wilson * 750 Nicole Dean (1 summer, 1 winter) 441 Nigel Williams * (2 summers, 1 winter, 1 double) 368 Nikki Burger 509 Nikole Ramsay (summer and winter) 143 Nina Ananidis*
O
162 Olivia McLean* 762 Oscar Stanley
P
592 Padraic Murphy (summer and winter) 175 Patrick Stock* 243 Paul Curtain 246 Paul Fahey 538 Paul Fleiszig 198 Paul Fyfield 774 Paul Gildea * 309 Paul Marr 194 Paul Miller 292 Paul Osborne 656 Paul Stock * 626 Paul Turner 322 Paul Woolfson* 380 Paula Giles 105 Peta Harvey 678 Peter Anderson * 585 Peter Bennetts * 178 Peter Everingham* (2 summer crossings) 358 Peter Gaunt 26 Peter Gleeson 6 Peter Grose (inaugural project crossing and a winter swim 4 Peter Hendriks (inaugural project crossing) 574 Peter Hinrichsen * 274 Peter Houwen 280 Peter Jenkins 475 Peter Keogh * 326 Peter Koren 483 Peter Phelan * 350 Peter Robson 505 Peter Ryan * (3 summer crossings) 61 Peter Saw 736 Peter Schmidtke * 389 Peter Vernon 141 Phillip Britz* 401 Phillip Rose* 321 Phillipa Williams 728 Phoebe Mock * 330 Phonse Gangitano 302 Pip Grummet 542 Poppy Griffiths 713 Priscilla Chow
R
344 Rachel Gross 183 Ragnhild Viken 474 Raoul Mulder * 589 Rebecca O’Loughlin * 632 Renee Kieseker 323 Rex Death* 411 Ria Bleathman* 532 Richard Ian Bull * 407 Richard Jones* 190 Richard McDonnell 276 Richard Poulter 536 Richard Ralphsmith 356 Richard Turner 286 Richard Watson 176 Rick Cotgreave* 694 Rick O’Brien 24 Rick Seirer 149 Rion Van Zyl Smit* (Rob Besford) 661 Rob Bruce 9 Rob Coulson 296 Rob Davis 667 Rob Fitzpatrick (Rob Griffiths) 144 Rob Wilton* 716 Robbe Dilissen (Race 2023) 539 Robert Friedman 755 Robert Gropel 254 Robert Kennedy 362 Robert Rowe * 549 Robert Woodhouse 142 Rod Seeber* 724 Rod Watkins (Race 2023) 404 Roelof Vogel 68 Romney Jones 317 Ronald Gook 644 Roslyn Mcintyre * 824 Ross Bresnahan 138 Ross Hardie* 448 Ross Headifen 157 Ross McGarvie 444 Ross Pollard (2 summers and 1 winter) 502 Ross Quail (summer and winter) 686 Roxanne Higgins * 159 Roy Norris 224 Ruth Patterson 347 Ruth Sloley 781 Ryan Ganz * 529 Ryan Hocking * 718 Ryan Leet (Race 2023) 106 Ryan Nolan 449 Ryan Osborne 1
S
33 Sally Capp* 565 Sally Catt 528 Sally de Guingand 199 Sally Fyfield 689 Sally Gallagher * 341 Sally Robertson 601 Sam Goodwin-Dorning (winter) 543 Sam Graham 107 Sam Hume (1 race, 1 summer) 602 Sam Lane (winter) 108 Sam Sheppard 567 Sam Whitehouse 109 Samantha Bennett 14 Sandra Skilbeck 648 Sarah Fenton 363 Sarah Perry 442 Sarah Thorburn (double crossing) 526 Sarah Treloar 580 Sarah Willis * 250 Scott Hobart 55 Scott Miller 513 Scott Royston * 477 Sean Cooney * 495 Sebastian Crozier * 48 Serena Gleeson 217 Shana Besanko 741 Shane Martin * 430 Shane Mcgurk 278 Shane Timms 435 Shaun Gionis 328 Shaun Latham 150 Shaun McKay* 676 Sheeana DHANJI * 727 Shelley Turner * 705 Sherryn Leonard * 595 Shien Lo (winter) 695 Simon Ashford 123 Simon Bromell 53 Simon Howden 253 Simon Jemmett 600 Simon Jones (winter) 202 Simon Mulvany 499 Simon Myers (2 summers, 1 double, and 1 winter) 743 Simon Pollard * 423 Simon Walker * 299 Simon Weatherill 461 Simone Martonhelyi 657 Sinead Fitzpatrick * 329 Siobhan Latham 766 Sonia Throssell * 467 Sonja Ballinger * 67 Sophie Edington 682 Sophie Gemmell * 324 Sophie Patten 627 Staeven Vallak (summer & winter) 636 Stef Louey * 310 Stefan Gulizia 426 Steph Demesticas * 364 Stephen Attwood 658 Stephen Burns 147 Stephen Forsyth* 259 Stephen Mamouney 619 Stephen Powell 60 Stephen Roffey 365 Steve Byrne 110 Steve Cadden - (2 races) 706 Steve O’Connor * 551 Steven Morarty 621 Steven Robinson 413 Steven Weller* 303 Stuart Baker 383 Stuart Barber * 247 Stuart Fitch 469 Stuart Jones * 775 Sue Durham * 316 Sue Gook 382 Sue Rosenhain 35 Sue Semmens 232 Susan Berg 679 Susan Sheldrick * 771 Susan Short * 43 Susan Stamp 463 Susie Smith * 484 Suzie Bratuskins * 23 Suzie Calley 266 Sven Ross
T
111 Tahlia Maree 112 Talbot Henry 196 Tali Bernard 21 Terence Davis 177 Thinus Keeve* 535 Thom Mackey 459 Thomas Blackwell 642 Tim Candler * 140 Tim Dowling* 458 Tim Hille 418 Tim Hunt 534 Tim Koopmans (1 summer and 2 winter) 376 Tim Quantrell * 396 Tim Woods 476 Timothy Walker * 590 Toby Hemming * 392 Tom Beadle 249 Tom Gibson 677 Tom Manolitsas * 561 Tom Mulholland 377 Tom Wenzel 295 Tony Brook 56 Tony Jennett 113 Tony Jennett 57 Tony Page 443 Torben Vedelsby (1 summer, 1 winter) 282 Tracey Mccooke 764 Tracy Weimar * 737 Travis McIntosh * 346 Travis Sullivan 385 Travis Sullivan* 29 Trevor Armstrong 200 Troy Bullock 598 Tyson Hofstee (winter)
V
511 Vanessa palmer * (1 race, 2 summer crossings and the double) 70 Vaughan Mcdonald 438 Veronica Van Wyk (5 summer crossings, 2 winter crossings) 690 Victoria O'shea *
W
419 Warren Cochrane 581 Warren May 599 Warrick Steabben (winter) 698 Warwick Bray * 179 Wayne Dyson 440 Wayne Helwig (3 summer crossings, 1 winter crossing) 374 Wendel Peters * 504 Will Hillis * 251 Will Honan 348 William Bell 527 William Brack * 241 William Cleland 313 William Ness 494 William Ruddock * 568 Wolfgang Frantz * 7
Z
10 Zac Gilmour 114 Zahara Cox 460 Zoe Hille 115 Zoe Whitfield