Monthly Archives: November 2013

Myrtleville-Church Bay Swim & Crosshaven Triathlon: presentation of funds raised

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Great to see the fantastic results of the Myrtleville to Church Bay swim, which raised €1,197 for the RNLI and the Crosshaven Triathlon, which raised €10,000 for local causes.

Open water, sea swimming in Cork, Ireland.

Bernard Lynch, Kate Heslin and Conor Middleton of Lynchs Centra Crosshaven seen presenting a cheque for 1197 euro to Alan Barton and Barry Woods of the Crosshaven RNLI following the recent RNLI Open Water 2k swim in Myrtleville. Picture: Howard Crowdy.

Open water, sea swimming in Cork, Ireland. Triathlon, Crosshaven.

Cheques presented to representatives from the Crosshaven Rugby Club, Development Association, Boys School, First Response and Walkway Lighting project following the recent Centra Crosshaven triathlon challenge. Picture: Howard Crowdy.

Well done to everyone who participated in and supported both events.

The best swimming spot – whatever the weather

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Great to see that RTE have awarded the prize of Ireland’s best swimming spot in any weather (and tides, Rob) to Myrtleville.  We know that because if you watch the forecast carefully, you’ll see our home ground proudly on display……..

Open water, sea swimming in Cork, Ireland

Evelyn Cusack and Ireland’s number 1 swimming spot, as voted by the viewers of RTE Weather.

Myrtleville’s fame just keeps on growing.

Saturday is the new Monday

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With Monday nights finished, Saturday at 8.15am is the only set time for the week during the Winter.  Despite the worst possible forecast, we had a great turn-out on this weekend, with seventeen swimmers venturing in.

Maeve Mulcahy took this picture, showing that swimming to the Dutchman wasn’t advisable, but we had a “calm bit” of 300 metres that was enjoyable.

Open water, sea swimming in Cork, Ireland

Myrtleville – Saturday, November 2, 2013: a bit of texture on the water….

We checked afterwards and were sure everyone had got out safely, so it was a bit of a shock to see a few extras were washed up and displayed on the wall of Jimmy Long’s:

Open water, sea swimming in Cork, Ireland

Myrtleville Slimmers – 12.2C in the water, but this crowd felt the cold…..

There’s a night out open to all swimmers on Saturday next at 8pm in Bunny’s and Turkey Swims on Saturday and Sunday in Sandycove.  Sea swimming is a year-round sport!