Myrtleville regular, Carol Cashell, showed how it’s done with a fantastic third place overall finish in the 25th International Tran Self-Transcendence Marathon Swim in Lake Zurich 2012.
She was 2nd lady home in a time of 7 hrs 39 for the 26km swim. A truly amazing performance. She might even be signing autographs at her Ballycotton Island swim on August 31, so get your entries in! See the link for the swim above.
Well done Carol, inspirational!
CROSSHAVEN TRIATHLON 2012
Saturday September 01st sees the 10th annual Crosshaven Triathlon take place and by all accounts this year is expected to be the biggest and best yet with a large number of entries received by the organisers.
‘There’s going to be a real carnival atmosphere in Crosshaven during the triathlon’, remarked event chairman Bernard Lynch.
The event covers a 500 metre swim from Currabinny Pier to Hugh Coveney Pier in Crosshaven, a 10 kilometre cycle to Leary’s Cross and back and finally a 5 kilometre run around the centre of the village with the finish line situated at the Centra Supermarket along Strand Road.
Teams of three – one for each discipline – along with over 80 individual competitors will take part this year in what has become the largest sporting event in Crosshaven in recent years. Hundreds of spectators are expected to line the route cheering on the swimmers, cyclists and runners as they take part in each event, with a huge number expected in the centre of Crosshaven and towards the finish line.
Amongst those competing this year will be a number of Irish International swimmers, English Channel swimmers and local politicians with Minister Simon Coveney, a regular participant and supporter, scheduled to take part. Members of clubs, schools, groups and local organisations are also taking part, adding to the local aspect on the day – many hoping to improve on last years times and fulfilling a personal accomplishment in just taking part. Funds generated from the event will go towards the Crosshaven Tidy Towns Committee, Crosshaven Development Committee, Crosshaven St Vincent de Paul and the Crosshaven Camogie club. This will bring the amount raised since its inception to well over €120,000.
Members of the Crosshaven Vintage Cycle and Classic Car Club will have a number of their vintage vehicles on show in the main car park in the centre of the village.
The 10th annual Crosshaven triathlon commences at 5pm sharp on Saturday 1st September. Traffic restrictions apply for the event duration.
For further information contact and entry on www.crosshavenchallenge.com or Bernard Lynch – 0862257058.
6am in Myrtleville. Carmel Collins – with seven weeks to her Channel swim – takes a break after the ship got tired and stopped.
Ballycotton 4km Island Swim – Friday 31st Aug at 6.30pm.
* €25 entry Fee – online entries on Active:
http://www.activeglobal.com/swimming/ballycotton-ireland/ballycotton-4km-island-swim-2012
* Finger Food afterwards with proceeds to Ballycotton RNLI.
* Must be a member of a Swim Irl club.
* Must have done a 3km swim this year.
* Must be able to complete 4km in under 1hr/30.
See link at the top of this page for more details or contact Carol Cashell: carolcashell@hotmail.com, Swim Organiser.
Thanks to Carol Cashell for bringing her camera on Monday night and taking great shots of a lovely evening swim. Click here for the pictures.
Leaving no stone unturned in his preparations for his Channel Relay next week, Tom McCarthy was swimming at night with Bernard Lynch. Some poor unsuspecting young couple on the beach had their plans interrupted when Tom materialised from the dark and insisted they take this picture for posterity. I hope the two young ones are still together and the trauma didn’t break them up…
Night swimming on Myrtleville Beach
This may not be the same advice all coaches would give on rough water swimming but it’s topical in this Irish Summer so we’ll reproduce it here from an Article courtesy of Swim Smooth – Feel for the Water:
Something we often hear on internet forums is that swimming in open water is just like swimming in the pool. Unfortunately it isn’t!
What do you do when you turn up at a race and are faced with conditions like these:
Our tips:
– Stay calm before the start and back yourself to cope.
– As soon as you’re swimming, make sure you exhale smoothly into the water, this will help you relax and stay aerobic.
– Use a slightly straighter arm recovery to give you a greater arm clearance over the surface of the water.
– Focus on momentum in your stroke: shorten things a touch and keep a strong rhythm to help punch through waves and chop. It’s a little like using a smaller gear on the bike, you turn over quicker but each stroke is easier, keeping the effort level the same.
– Avoid over-gliding in your stroke at all costs or you will be swamped by waves and chop, and could end up being swept backwards!
– Enjoy the challenge and repeat to yourself a positive mantra that works for you, e.g. when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Cheesy but effective!
Remember that everyone finds swimming in rough conditions hard and swims slower than in flat conditions, even professional athletes. But cope well using the tips above and you will doing better than 90% of the field and will put a lot of time and distance into your competitors.
Whilst you may not be planning to be swimming in rough open water conditions, even a mirror flat lake will be churned into a lumpy, choppy mess by other swimmers in your race. For that reason a super-long pool stroke is rarely effective in open water.
Planned swim times for Myrtleville Beach. NOTE: IF THE FORECAST IS BAD, WE MAY SWIM CROSSHAVEN-CAMDEN AND NOT AT MYRTLEVILLE (OTHER THAN MONDAY) SO PLEASE CHECK IN ADVANCE THROUGH THE GOOGLE GROUP. Although a group usually assembles at the listed times, this is not guaranteed. Swim at your own risk. Don’t swim alone. Always swim in groups.
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July:
Chris Mintern and Carol Cashell made it three wins in three years at the third annual Myrtleville to Church Bay Swim, held last weekend in glorious Summer sunshine.
76 swimmers took part this year with various levels of open sea swimming, ranging from seasoned English Channel swimmers to relative novices. The winner crossed the finish line in 28.20, over two minutes ahead of Ned Denison and Owen O’Keeffe in third with Carol Cashell the first lady home and fourth place overall on 32.25.
Conditions were described as ‘challenging’ as a North West blew into the faces of the swimmers as they turned the headland. This became even more difficult for the slower swimmers who had to contend with the tide turning against them after an hour – so much so that only 50 completed the 2 kilometre course with 26 retiring, finding the swim a little too demanding this year.
Speaking at the prize giving ceremony which was held in the Crosshaven RNLI station afterwards, event organiser Bernard Lynch went on to congratulate all of the swimmers in taking part in the event, raising funds for the local RNLI. He thanked the co-operation and assistance from members of the RNLI, Coast Guard, committee members, supporters and members of Funkytown Kayaks at Myrtleville who followed the competitors along the course. Seventeen year old Chris Mintern , an experienced swimmer and triathlon competitor, who won the Monkstown triathlon only last week, claimed his third title in a row, as did seasoned competitor Carol Cashell.
Click here for pictures, courtesy of Howard Crowdy:
Results
No. Name Time
58 Chris Mintern 28.20
6 Ned Denison 30.30
8 Owen O’Keeffe 32.05
60 Carol Cashell 32.25
62 Jen Schumacher 34.00
43 Ray McCardle 34.30
47 Padraic Casey 41.30
29 Lizzie Lee 42.30
63 Jonathan O’Reagan 42.52
51 James Cleary 45.05
32 Brian O’Shea 47.00
31 Paul Kelleher 48.40
68 Liam Maher 52.30
24 Alan McGuinness 54.00
9 Declan O’Keeffe 55.05
45 Tim Smith 55.08
61 Eleanor Courtney 55.40
17 Damian O’Neill 56.00
40 Fergus Galvin 56.10
67 John F. Walsh 56.25
30 Liadh Hourihane 56.55
76 Conor McCarthy 59.00
36 Niall Vaughan 1h 01.30
64 Orla 1h 02.15
66 Niamh OConnor 1h 02.15
53 Tom McCarthy 1h 02.40
41 David Merriman 1h 04.00
21 Martin Bohane 1h 04.45
16 Noel Finegan 1h 04.50
28 Kevin Power 1h 05.25
13 Joanne Conroy 1h 06.30
23 Sally Kelly 1h 06.35
56 Frank Kelleher 1h 08.00
44 Rory Galvin 1h 08.00
37 James Collins 1h 08.20
5 Finbar Hedderman 1h 14.30
59 Pat O Reagan 1h 19.40
1 Imelda Lynch 1h 21.05
2 Oswald Schmidt 1h 21.10
15 Shane Finegan 1h 22.20
4 Tadhg Harrington 1h 23.19
27 Maeve Mulcahy 1h 24.25
57 Peter OMahony 1h 25.00
54 Ray Huxley 1h 25.40
74 James Brenan 1h 28.00
26 Robbie Rickson 1h 28.20
50 George Fuller 1h 31.00
20 Mairead O’Reilly 1h 34.00
35 Maire Marshall 1h 34.00
19 Aideann O’Leary 1h 34.10
Did not finish:
75 James McCullagh
71 Brian Murphy
22 Stephanie Mendell
65 Sara O’Riordan
42 Conor Coughlan
39 Brian Lenihan
49 Riana Parcells
72 Fiona Foley
34 Cornelius Marshell
33 Ita Kirwan
11 Kevin Lynch
12 Jane Kirrane
25 Eleanor Moore
52 David Keating
48 Conor Power
3 Declan O’Hanlon
46 Sam Russell
7 Colm O’Leary
18 Daithi O’Reilly
10 Dave Mulcahy
38 Andrea Newport
55 Paul Towhig
69 Rob Holland
70 Sean Foley
73 Nigel Carole
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One week on from the last pic and kids are playing in the sea……hopefully it stays like this for the RNLI swim on Sunday June 24…..
Myrtleville Beach 21 June – The Longest Day
Myrtleville Swimmers 