Congratulations to Audrey on her success with the LastMinute.com channel relay team in a time of 14 hours 51 minutes for the five swimmers. Well done, Audrey!
Next up is Distance Camp, followed by joining a 38 mile round-Jersey relay team and then solo for the London Docklands 10km. No stopping the lady this Summer 🙂
Lastminute.com team.
Audrey on board and ready to go. Always a smile!
Beautiful scene from the Channel.
Record of Achievement – well done all, but especially Audrey!
33 hours 35 minutes. Not easy 😊
Myrtleville Selkies English Channel Relay Team
This is just going to look great when it’s finished 🙂
Only a few KM left now. Dover well in sight.
24 hours done and headed for the separation zone on the way back to Dover. Coffee time for Marie.
The following picture was received from Mr. Denison at the weekend. Clearly under the misapprehension that all sartorial elegance had deserted us in Myrtleville, he proudly shared his pic of the Mr. LL Bean pants he’s ordering for all Sandycovers and suggested we could get an order in next time. You’re grand, Ned. Thanks. Grand.
Ned and Hendrick in their Mr LL Bean plaid-lined pants.
At least we can be thankful that they kept the pants on and didn’t share with us the joy of the matching plaid boxers they might have. No, I’m not making this up. It’s from the Mr. Bean (LL Bean) website.
Plaid for Ned. De Berries, boy, De Berries.
Seven (7), yes SEVEN (one more than six (6), that’s SEVEN) Myrtleville Swimmers are going across the English Channel (and back) today. I don’t think there’s a more important event to be commemorated on July 4 – and I checked with Mr. Bean Pants, Ned Denison – so henceforth, it shall be Myrtleville Day.
Go Selkies & Audrey. It’s YOUR day.
Myrtleville Selkies English Channel Relay Team
Audrey Burkley
From Ray “The Lovely” McArdle (don’t ask – he insists 🙂 )
The 7th Annual Courtmacsherry Lifeboat Swim takes place at Blind Strand, near the picturesque fishing village of Courtmacsherry at noon on Saturday, July 29th. Courtmacsherry is a 45 minute drive from the Bandon Road roundabout. The swim will be well sign posted from the village. Please leave plenty of time for parking and registration. The safety briefing will take place at 11.15am.
The swim course starts on the beach at Blind Strand and proceeds anti-clockwise around 2 markers.
Participants can choose between 1 lap (1.5K) or 2 laps(3K). Swimmers who elect to do 2 laps will run/walk a short distance on the beach prior to starting lap 2.
The Courtmacsherry volunteers will provide soup and sandwiches for all participants and volunteers. This year I’m delighted that IT@Cork Skillnet will once again be our main sponsor, providing the first 150 swimmers registered with a generous goody bag. Really nice gifts inside each one.
Registration this year is again via Active. Click here to enter.
Registration closes on Thursday, July 27th. Entry fee is €15 online. If the event maximum of 150 swimmers is not met, I will accept some entries on the day. On the day fee will be €25 and all proceeds go to the Courtmacsherry Lifeboat. Swim Ireland membership is not mandatory for this swim.
If you know of anyone who would like to volunteer to kayak, please have them contact me directly.
Any further updates will be posted on the event web page and emailed to those registered.
I look forward to seeing you for a fun swim on July 29th.
Ray “The Lovely” McArdle (I’m telling ya – he insists).
Many are the lives which have been immeasurably gladdened by the Hat and, of course, the Towel. The latest two lucky beneficiaries were Rob Bohane and Ned Denison. Tired of their grey, goat-ridden existences they strove manfully to break free and join the happy world of the Myrtlevillians. At first, they were fist-pumpingly delighted with just white. Anything but grey, like their drab T-shirts.
And then one simple reverse and…..joy! Delight unconfined! Colour!!
Myrtleville Swimmers. Spreading happiness and light wherever we go 🙂
Welcome to the bright side, Rob & Ned.
Libor Janek, from whom many of us have bought our Safer Swimmer floats, has another website, Born to Swim, with various branded swim gear.
He’s offering the same 15% discount on that site, if you use the promo code MYRTLEVILLE, as with the Safer Swimmer site.
Thanks to Glen Barton for getting the AED reinstated in a temporary cabinet and looking into the purchase of a new heated cabinet – subject to being able to connect to a power supply. In the current cabinet, there is no key or code required. Once opened, an audible alarm will sound to act as a deterrent to undesirables.
Myrtleville Swimmers 