NOTICE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS AND VOLUNTEERS:

Good afternoon all,

For safety reasons and in line with Marine weather warnings from Met Eireann, the Myrtleville to Church Bay swim scheduled for Friday the 27th June – with a back up on Saturday the 28th June – has been postponed to 26th August at 7.00pm. This is unfortunate, but the appropriate decision taking into account all forecasts and residual conditions.

I hope you can all make the swim in August and appreciate your understanding.

Thank you.

Bernard Lynch 

Damian O’ Neill 

Ian Venner 

A light Westerly wind is the forecast for Friday 27th at the moment. If you’re going to swim, get entered here:

Enter here for the Myrtleville to Church Bay Swim on June 27th.

One month to go and we have 210 entries in with 140 remaining. Get entered, if you plan to swim on the night.

Enter here for the Myrtleville to Church Bay Swim on June 27th.

Just over a month to go and preparations are well progressed.

With 350 swimmers expected on the night, we need as much help as we can get on the water and on land.

Anyone available to provide support in a kayak or RIB or perhaps to help out on land, we would love to hear from you.

Please contact Bernard Lynch on 086-2257058 if you are available on the evening – Friday, June 27.

Thanks to the 100 people who have entered already for the Church Bay Swim on June 27. We are raising funds for the Buoys and the RNLI, so keep those entries coming! We’ll need to get more people to fill the steps like last year 🙂

Enter here: Enter the Myrtleville to Church Bay Swim 2025

The 2025 Myrtleville Swimmers’ Myrtleville to Church Bay 2km open water sea swim will take place on Friday, June 27 at 7.00 pm. 

Entries are now open here Myrtleville to Church Bay Swim 2025 Entries

This will be good crack. By way of reassurance, I will NOT be one of the speakers and I have it in writing that Bernard won’t be either. So, all safe there – book away.

FROM NED –

The first 28 have registered:  a few solos and other “pods of swimmers” did a collection and bought tables.

The dinner cost is 50 euro.  It is a small gesture – but anyone who put in more than 16 hours of volunteer time in 2024 (organizing, crewing, timekeeping, etc.) can register for 40 Euro.  A table of 8 is 350 Euro.

Ideally pay by Revolut (ned.denison@corkopenwater.com 087 987 1573).  PLEASE add your email address to the note – and contact me if you don’t get email confirmation within a week.  Email me if you want a bank IBAN number.  We can open a credit card booking facility – but there will be a booking fee.