July 14 is T Day

Posted on July 13, 2016 by myrtlevilleswimmers

Looks like it has finally arrived – T Day (when the Myrtle Turtles swim to France) is scheduled to begin at 5.30 am tomorrow, Thursday, July 14. Bastille Day.

They are on Gallivant with pilot, Mike Oram and the tracker will be live from the start time tomorrow morning. Click on the tracker link here.

Unfortunately, during the waiting around there have been some disturbances – with a man sighted loitering in the bushes near the caravan. Vaguely familiar look to him, I thought.

Anyone know this man – the Dover Loiterer?

The ladies have now deployed divine assistance, with the Child of Prague warding off bad weather and unwanted bushmen.

Child of Prague in the Varne Ridge bushes.

Vive les Turtles! Can’t wait for tomorrow.

Myrtle Turtles English Channel Relay team

Turtles in waiting – manager overboard.

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Resting is training too

Posted on July 9, 2016 by myrtlevilleswimmers

Yes, no less an expert than Roy Keane himself said that recently. Resting is training too. Delighted to see the Myrtle Turtles have this core skill down pat and are, indeed, quite expert at it themselves.

Here’s Caitriona, Anne and Eoin from the Turtles training hard while bound for Dover 🙂

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Myrtle Turtles Training video

Posted on July 4, 2016 by myrtlevilleswimmers

Nice work by Anne Sheehy on some of the images from the Myrtle Turtles Channel Relay team training so far. Only a few days to go now 🙂

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Courtmacsherry Lifeboat Swim: August 13, 2016

Posted on July 2, 2016 by myrtlevilleswimmers

From Ray McArdle:

The 6th Annual Courtmacsherry Lifeboat Swim takes place at Blind Strand, near the picturesque fishing village of Courtmacsherry at 1.00 pm on Saturday, August 13th. 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 (by 12.15 at the latest). The safety briefing will take place at 12.45pm.

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. Courtmac swim

The Courtmacsherry volunteers will provide soup and sandwiches for all participants and volunteers. This year I am delighted to announce that we have new sponsors for the event. IT@Cork Skillnet will be providing the first 100 swimmers registered with a generous goody bag. Really nice gift inside each one.

All proceeds from the swim go to the Courtmacsherry Lifeboat and Swim Ireland membership is not required.

Registration this year is again via Active. http://www.active.com/courtmacsherry-cork/water-sports/swimming/courtmacsherry-lifeboat-swim-2016

Registration closes on Thursday, August 11^th. Online registration costs €15, or you can register on the day for €20, until the maximum number is reached.

If you know of anyone who would like to volunteer to kayak, please have them contact me directly. (Ray McArdle -087-754-6953).

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 August 13th.

Ray McArdle

Polling suspended as hackers hijack towel vote

Posted on July 1, 2016 by myrtlevilleswimmers

Voting in the most fiercely contested poll of the year (Brex who?) has had to be suspended, when the poll was hacked. IP address searches by our experts tracking the hackers indicate Kinsaleish area involvement. Known skilled IT types with anti-Myrtlevillian grudges are suspected – primarily Eoin “Flash Trader” O’Riordan.

Right up there on the list of good advice with “never get into a land war in South East Asia” is now “never run an online poll”. Having possibly encouraged multiple voting in a few polls in the past (thanks for that ILDSA award, by the way), we had expected some attempts at same on this poll and had guarded against it.

The shock came when the poll was hacked and a spurious “third candidate” inserted as an option – Towelly McTowelface. Here’s the poll online before our crack team of anti-hackers sprang into action and asked someone who knew what they were doing to fix it.

Hacked poll with spurious third candidate.

Seriously, though – it’s not even original. Must try harder, ~~Eoin~~ unidentified hackers. Here’s a close-up of the “candidate”.

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We are now recounting the thousands of votes cast in the poll, to clarify the voting position prior to the hacking. Tallymen indicate a blue win, but final results are not yet to hand.

We will be in a position to report on the result we want – as opposed to the actual result, if necessary – after multiple recounts, analysis of hanging chads and querying of the accuracy of the e-Voting machines. Sometime in 2017, I’d say. Maybe.

Vote on the new towel colours!

Posted on June 29, 2016 by myrtlevilleswimmers

Already acknowledged – by loads of people around Myrtleville – as the best in the world, Myrtleville Swimmers are branching out into our own towel production! Yes, that is correct and not just another thing I made up

Soon to be donned and displayed on beaches across the world is the brand spanking new and latest must-have beach fashion item – the Myrtleville Swimmers towel! However, members of TCFTSOTC (The Committee For The Selection Of Towel Colours) are divided as to what colour towel we should create. Which would you prefer?

Planned towel size is big – 100cm x 180cm if possible – and we expect pricing around €20 each.

Please note that if we don’t like the result we’ll just ignore it, or run the poll again until we get the right one. The fact that we don’t know what is the right decision in no way invalidates this statement – but may invalidate the poll. There’s democracy for you 🙂

Mark your diary – Saturday, June 10th, 2017

Posted on June 28, 2016 by myrtlevilleswimmers

The RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay swim for 2017 will be on Saturday, June 10th at 5 pm. High tide that day will be at 7pm. Fantastic conditions are expected 🙂

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Don’t say you didn’t get enough notice 🙂

Turtle training going well

Posted on June 27, 2016 by myrtlevilleswimmers

The Myrtle Turtles English Channel relay team are moving closer to their July date with destiny. Training is going well and more changeover practice was done on Saturday. First they practiced hoisting the flag in France – important positive visualisation work.

Open water, sea swimming in Cork, Ireland.

When we get to France – do this, but in togs…

Changeovers got done, mileage is being clocked up – all good stuff: until the boatman decided to have a meltdown and began pondering the meaning of life, growing a beard etc.

You just can’t get the help – Anne and Eoin try to convince the deep thinker to get the boat moving again.

Go Turtles! It’s going to be a great day out. Proper updates being done on the Myrtle Turtles Facebook page. Also, follow @myrtleturtles on Twitter.

Brexit refugees arriving at Myrtleville

Posted on June 24, 2016 by myrtlevilleswimmers

Shocking scenes at Myrtleville beach today as word spread of refugees coming ashore from a boat, carrying their meager possessions in Centra bags. It is thought they were seeking sanctuary from the fallout of the Brexit vote.

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Their leader – identified only as Lynchie – was unable to enlighten onlookers as to their plight merely stating he was glad to be back on land and the sea was “feckin freezin”.

The group were helped on arrival by Barbara Anne Richardson, who supported them with coffee and kind words after their harrowing trip.

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It is not known why Myrtleville was chosen as their landing point but members of the Cregan-Condon crime family were sighted on the beach. It is feared trafficking may be the latest in their nefarious endeavours.

Three swim dates

Posted on June 22, 2016 by myrtlevilleswimmers

Three swims we’ve been asked to mention are:

Loch Alleu on July 9th,

Inchydoney on August 7th

East Ferry on August 13th (Update: This date is incorrect and is being moved. Will post details when we have them).

Details for each are below.

Entry details for the Loch Alleu Swim on Saturday, July 9th:

https://register.primoevents.com/ps/event/LochAlleuSwim#

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