Siobhan Russell is at the heart of everything happening in Myrtleville. Her pictures give us all great reminders of the fun to be had swimming at the beach and we are so lucky that she is involved.
She’s put together her 2016 pictures into about 38 mins of fantastic memories. Grab a coffee and take the time out to enjoy it.
Thanks again, Siobhan. We really do appreciate you 🙂
It’s always after Christmas that the new toys start appearing at the beach, leaving some of us feeling a bit left behind.
There are, for example, many of us who thought the HarCon 1.75L Manual Shower was as good as it got. It was, therefore, a bit of a shock on Saturday morning when Gary Frost produced his All-New, Just-Delivered-By-Santa, HarCon 2000 5L Pump Primed Shower.
Talk about an “I-Want-One-Of-Those” moment.
Gary with his 5L Pump Primed HarCon model. Certainly left those of us on the old 1.75L Manual feeling a bit underwhelmed.
I did my best to hide the feelings of inadequacy and waffled about wanting to “keep it real” and “going back to vinyl”, “retro” etc. It was all just a front, though.
Fortunately for me, both Messrs. Harris and Condon were at the beach on Saturday. I was able to stop in to the HarCon Mobile Yaris Sales Pod and get advice on how best to respond. Amazingly, it involved me parting with loadsa cash. The end justifies the means, though (as the salesmen kept telling me).
Let’s just say, I’m looking forward to next Saturday morning, post-swim…
Me with my all-new HarCon 2017 Power Shower Deluxe. Bring it on, Gary!!
Anyone have a loan of a generator, by the way?
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.
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.
Fantastic morning at the beach with about forty swimmers in the water. Lots of regulars and visitors from Spain and France – via Dublin and Kinsale – as well. Not forgetting Barnsley, of course. A very happy Christmas to all 😁
Congratulations to Steve Redmond on the news that he’s going to be inducted into the prestigious International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame next April. It’s hard to imagine a more worthy recipient.
Of course, we will now shamelessly claim his success for Myrtleville. We have the pictures to prove it.
Steve with the Hat – to which he attributes all his success.****
Steve with his most devoted fan. Mad about him, she is.
**** Note : Steve didn’t have the Hat until long after his Oceans 7 heroics. A mere detail and timeline blip we’re ignoring here.
Congratulations, Mr. Redmond 🙂
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 🙂
Following on from the very high-profile Myrtle Turtles channel relay this year, another group of Myrtlevillians – known as the Secret Six – are believed to be focused on that bit of dirty stuff between England and France for next Summer.
I say “believed” but “rumoured” might be a better word. Unlike the constant media bombardment undertaken by the Turtles (OK, OK, some pictures and made-up stuff on this site), the Secret Six are so far below the radar, they might be using the Chunnel to get to France, rather than swimming there. Nobody’s even sure who they are. Much searching on d’interweb has thrown up some possible candidates, but all images are hard to make out and clearly being adapted to avoid identification.
Secret Sixer 1.
Secret Sixer 2.
Secret Sixer 3.
Of course what the Six have to understand is that nature (i.e. de meedja, i.e. me) abhors a vacuum – so we’ll just have to make stuff up.
Accordingly, we are delighted to announce that the Secret Six are, in fact, doing a nineteen-way Channel swim, via Myrtleville. This will be a world first, in case you didn’t know.
The team will be piloted by Denis Condon, aboard a boat which he plans to “borrow” from a moorings in Crosshaven – possibly after a feed of drink at the Christmas party night next Saturday. He intends to hide the craft in the “fresh-water” camp in North Cork/Korea – because nobody in their right mind goes there, so the boat will be safe until it’s needed next Summer.
In the meantime, the Secret Six are loitering around the beach and various pools, denying they are doing any training and practicing secret hand-signals known only to the team members.
Secret Sixer Signalling. Is that Denis with the boat outside?
Rumour has it there are female Sixers, but no sightings have been reported as yet and at least one has been heard to have taken up some alternative training. According to sources, she has “gone mad altogether for de dancing – no stopping her”.
We will monitor (or make up, as required) developments with interest. Go Secret Six!
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