Two teenage cousins were part of a team of swimmers who successfully swam the difficult stretch of water from the Mayor's Slip in Tenby Harbour to Caldey Island over the August Bank Holiday weekend - and in doing so are now amongst the youngest to have ever swum the crossing.

Georgina Davis, aged 15, from Bristol and Megan Armson, aged just 14, from London, landed on the beach on Caldey in a very respectable one hour and 44 minutes, a minute ahead of Georgina's father and Megan's uncle William Davis and two minutes ahead of Megan's mother Veronica Armson, who is also William's sister and Georgina's aunt!

The intrepid swimmers, who are very fond of Tenby and its surrounds having spent many happy holidays in the resort over the years, were accompanied in kayaks by Megan's father and her brother, Mick and Joseph Armson, to complete the family outing!

Experts were on hand with advice and support to help the family, however, with the RNLI's Ben James and Phil John providing advice on the tide, John Whild skippering the Patriot as a support vessel and John Berry expertly darting a rib between the swimmers and oncoming craft.

William Davis, who organised the swim, has long held an ambition to swim from Tenby to Caldey and had organised an event in 2010, which saw 28 swimmers gather in the harbour. Unfortunately on that occasion, he was thwarted by the weather and the group had to make do with swimming the equivalent distance across the North Beach. Thankfully, Sunday's weather finally saw the sun shine and the seas calm.

"I was so relieved to wake up on Sunday morning this year to a clear blue sky, a light breeze and a calm sea," William said.

"We had to wait for the right tide, so set off at 12.45 and things had started to get a little choppy out in the bay, so I am delighted we managed it, especially as the weather has been so dreadful this year."

The swim was organised to raise money for a charity Georgina is working with at her school in Bristol, which will be building a school in rural Nepal.

"It's a very good cause," she explained, "so I was absolutely determined to swim across to Caldey. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be, but the last half a mile was very difficult so I am looking forward to adding about £600 to the fund to make all the hard work very worthwhile. A big thank you to everyone who donated."

Both Megan and Georgina were rightly proud of their time, having expected to struggle to get over the three-mile stretch of water in under two hours, a time considered good by many experts.

All four swimmers are now looking forward to next year and taking part in a mass swim to Caldey, with 25 people taking part.

If you would like to put your name forward, please contact William at [email protected]">[email protected] or call 07875 138 147.

FOOTNOTE: Journalist William Davis is compiling material for a possible book about the Caldey swim and is looking for tales of bravery, excitement, skill and courage on the open water from those in Tenby who have either done the swim themselves or know stories about it from the past. If you would like to take part or have any pictures, cuttings or any good stories at all, please contact William at [email protected]">[email protected] or call 07875138147.