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).
Entries are now open for the rescheduled RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay Swim on Thursday, July 13th at 7.00 PM.
All entries for June 10th have been carried over. No need to enter again. If you can’t take part on the rescheduled date, it would be great if you could let us know – just for organisational purposes. The RNLI thanks you for your donation, which will be used to save lives at sea 🙂
New entrants, please go to Active and enter here.
Unfortunately we have to cancel tomorrow’s planned RNLI Myrtleville to Church Bay Swim, due to the bad wind forecast. The revised date is THURSDAY, JULY 13TH AT 7.00 PM.
More details next week on the revised swim.
A final decision on whether we can proceed on Saturday will be made at 9.00 on Friday morning. We will post that decision here, on Twitter, Facebook and via email to all entrants. Fingers crossed!
Great photo from Siobhan Russell and models reminding us what the swim on June 10th is all about.
Hopefully the weather will be kind. Get entered.
A bit of a problem here. I’m seeking input from the educated masses who populate the beach. I can’t seem to find the correct collective noun for Selkies – and their channel relay team of the same name.
Since there will be a lot of talk about this gang/posse/swarm/tiding/totter/ubiquity/quiver over the next few weeks, I need to get it right.
Diligent research has unearthed gems such as “a party of jays”, “a smack (or smuth) of jellyfish”, “an obstinacy of buffalo”, ” a gam of whales” etc.etc. No Selkies.
I even found the correct collective noun for Sandycovers – “a trip of goats” (no, I didn’t make that up). Still, no Selkies.
Any suggestions, please? In the official team picture below, might they be “a rockful of Selkies”? Or would they be categorised by colour – “a Navy of Selkies”?
Myrtleville Selkies English Channel Relay Team
An early suggestion from Denis Condon that it would be “a langerload of Selkies” was discarded. Valid suggestions only to whatsheonaboutnow@myrtlevilleswimmers.com.
The winning entry gets Selkie autographs at the RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay swim on June 10. Better enter, or you might miss out.
Only ten days to go. Get entered now on Active.
With a lifetime’s thanks to the other Damian O’Neill – http://www.theundertones.com.
If anyone is available to provide RIB or Kayak support on June 10th for the RNLI Swim, please contact Bernard – lynchcrosshaven@centra.ie.
The sea temp is at 14c+ so even committed poolites should be back in the sea and getting prepared for the RNLI Myrtleville to Church Bay swim on June 10th 😁
Get in and get entered on Active.
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