First draft of the calendar from Carol Cashell is here. Will be updated monthly. Thanks, Carol.
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RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay swim, 2016.
Munster OWS Calendar 2017
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22 Saturdays from tomorrow and it’s June 10th!
A mere five months and it’ll be time for the RNLI Myrtleville to Church Bay Swim, 2017 – at 5pm on Saturday, June 10th.
Here’s a lovely bit of work by Denis Condon and Anne Sheehy, to remind you why it’s worth training for this highlight of the swimming calendar.
Lots of info and reporting of previous events here:
https://myrtlevilleswimmers.com/rnli-swim/
Entries will open in late March. Keep training – it’s worth it.
Merry Myrtleville Christmas!
Christmas Party – this Saturday the 10th at 8.00pm
Big crowd going on Saturday night to the Oar in Crosshaven. 8.00 start and excellent tunes promised from Brendan O’Brien. €10 on the night for anyone who hasn’t paid already – to Breda Maguire.
Of course, a night out is nothing without lots of planning ahead for what to wear. Frank Hallissey is ahead of the posse on this one and has clearly identified a slinky Ralph Lauren number for himself, which he inadvertently shared online. Lots of leg waxing needed for that one, Frank.
In fairness to Frank, he’s never shy about showing he’s in touch with his feminine side. He refuses to give up his lovely pink, fluffy towel to that other softie, K. Murphy.
Going to be a great night and be sure to dress up well – Frank has set that bar high 🙂
Turkey Swims 2016 – starting tomorrow.
Mariah Carey and Band Aid are on the radio so it must be time for Turkey Swims.
Remember this is open to everyone who swims regularly in the Sea, no matter where they normally swim! This is not exclusive to any club or group of swimmers, If you want to swim on a date, come along and join in, no matter where the swim is on! At Myrtleville we can swim on any tide so there is a mix of Morning/afternoon times to try and suit all people days. The Sandycove times are based on tides and are the same as the Sandycove swim calendar. There is a swim on every weekend to give people options. There is nothing too early, swimming after a party night out is not pleasant!.
How the ‘Turkey Swims’ work:
** Swimmers Sign In and pay €2 on the day of Swim. (someone will have a money box and sign-in sheet – probably Carol, Angela or Eoin).
** Money Collected goes towards Prizes drawn on 17th/18th Dec at both locations, These include Butcher Vouchers (instead of an actual Turkey) and many other spot prizes (The Edge Vouchers / wine / chocolates / selection boxes etc!). We had over 30 prizes last year.
** Don’t Forget to Pay and Sign In, if you don’t you are not in the draw!
** Make however many swims you can.
** The more you swim, the more times you are entered for the ‘draw’.
** A Swim has no min/max time or distance. Turn up and do what you feel comfortable with on the day. Togs or Wetsuit, up to you, swim safe, stay warm, swim with similar speed buddies. Turning Up for Fresh Air and a chat also counts, sometimes that’s what we need.
** The Swimmers Turkey Series is a Social Event for Cork OW swimming in the Winter. Remember to bring your Flasks for after the swims, Nibbles are always welcome too!, there is talk of some people bringing cake! Have Fun and Enjoy 🙂
Meet a Channel Pilot – Fri 11th
All Swimmers – from Rob Bohane, Bernard Lynch & Carol Cashell:
Friday night 11th November Andy King, CSA English Channel Pilot, will be stopping by in Cork to meet with a few of us for a few drinks. We will be meeting him at the Sin é Pub on Coburg Street at about 8:30 pm. (If you’re arriving late we may also go to the Shelbourne Bar later).
Andy has successfully piloted 3 swimmers from Cork across the English Channel with the most recent being Bernard Lynch. Having found out that he regularly holidays in Ireland but has never stopped in Cork Bernard and his boat crew wanted to put that to rights.
The invitation is open to all swimmers who just want to go for a drink and don’t mind being bombarded with Channel talk, those who are entertaining notions of future long distance swims and of course obsessive Channel nuts!
Don’t worry it’s not a recruitment drive – no commitments on a first date!!
Hopefully we’ll see you there,
Rob, Carol, Bernard
Christmas Party – December 10, 2016
For those not on Facebook – from Breda Maguire:
VENUE: THE OAR BAR CROSSHAVEN (upstairs)
DATE: SATURDAY 10TH DECEMBER
TIME: 8.00pm
FULL BAR
FINGER FOOD
DJ : THE FAB BRENDAN O’BRIEN (one of our own Myrtleville swimmers)
Who is invited? EVERYONE WHO SWIMS IN MYRTLEVILLE – SPREAD THE NEWS ITS GONNA BE A GREAT NIGHT…
€10 A HEAD (to Breda Maguire beforehand or on the night)
HOPE YOU ALL CAN COME.
Suave sophistication will no doubt be the order of the evening. Here’s a couple of shots from previous a Christmas-themed event that some of our lot were left out for.
See you all there 🙂
A bit of a do – in pictures
A great crowd and a great time in Bunnyconnellan on Friday night. The speeches were brutal, but all the rest of the evening was really enjoyable. As ever, Siobhan Russell got some lovely pictures and they’re on Facebook.
Siobhan also captured some of the background colour to the event, which can be so easily missed – if you don’t know what you’re looking for.
First of all you had to get past the bouncers to get in the door. “Sorry, friend – regulars only…” You know the kind of thing.
Smiling bouncers – you don’t get that everywhere.
Once inside, there was the girls freezing out poor Cait from the glamour shots. Jealousy, Cait – terrible thing to see.
For some, the finger food was a bit late coming out and they were ready to eat anything.
Conor Fenlon – Those army fellas are trained to eat whatever’s available. Ramen or Ramsell, it’s all the same to Conor.
Finally, there was the guy whose wife told him he was paying for the finger food…
Great crack all round and a fitting marker for all of the swim achievements by so many Myrtlevillians this year.
Autumn equinox dawn swim
Whether it’s the Autumn equinox or the Mabon or whatever it’s called, we should definitely make this an annual event. Fantastic dawn swim. Only 3c on land but 15c in the water, which felt really toasty.
Going in at 06.30 – Donna Galvin in the middle wrapping her arms around herself – not knowing how warm the water would be!
A lovely 45 mins later, back to the beach for the sunrise.
Autumn Equinox sunrise, September 22nd, 2016
Post-swim, Donna wasn’t cold any more – sea endorphins at work!
Siobhan Russell, Donna Galvin and Alan Wilkie buzzing after the swim.
See you all tomorrow night for a bit of a do.
Alcatraz Swim
Best of luck to John Kiely, swimming in the iconic Alcatraz swim in San Francisco tomorrow afternoon about 4pm.
Got The Hat and T-Shirt – all set.
John won’t be doing this alone of course. He has the complete support of Martina. I spoke to her one morning on the beach in Lanzarote and she was very clear that John should swim in as many events as possible – as long as they were places she wanted to go. She was 100% encouraging him to consider swims in locations like Barbados, Miami, the Maldives….She’ll be right behind him, on the sun lounger, on any of those swims 🙂
John and Martina – Alcatraz here he comes. Next destination?
Good luck to the Kielys! Enjoy the trip.
Myrtleville Swimmers 