Thanks to the RNLI, Coast Guard, Kate in Centra, timekeepers, Funkytown and all the other volunteers who assisted today. Well done to everyone who took part. 101 swimmers and everyone completed in a great time.
RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay Swim 2015 – Results – August 15 2015
All entrants to date will receive an email today, Monday, to confirm they are entered. We would ask anyone who has entered but can’t make it, to let us know.
If you haven’t entered and want to do so, do it here: RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay Swim 2015.
August 1st, 2015. Two Myrtleville regulars produced performances of the highest standards in Norway and England/France.
First James Slowey made his incredible training workload pay and finished the toughest triathlon in the world, the Norseman Xtreme, well inside the top 100 and gaining the coveted black t-shirt.
Not to be outdone, Trevor Malone answered the question “Who’s taking The Hat to France?” and shrugged off massive Spring tides to cross the English Channel in 13 hrs and 13 mins.
Well done to both men. A truly great day.
From Ray McArdle:
Just five days to go until the 2015 Courtmacsherry Lifeboat swim on July 25th at 12 noon.
The final details are coming along nicely and we can now only hope for some good weather on the day.
Registration is available at the following web site until midnight on Wednesday, July 22nd. We will allow some registrations on the day for €20 with all proceeds going to the RNLI charity.
More details about the event can be found at the Facebook page for Courtmacsherry Lifeboat Swim.
Andrea Newport was in touch to say they’d love to see any Myrtlevillians in Limerick for the Thomond Swim on Saturday, July 25 this year. It’s unfortunately clashing with the Courtmacsherry Lifeboat swim, but if Limerick suits your plans, it’s a great event.
If you’d like information or to book just click here. The route details are here.
The Thomond Swim covers a distance of 1800m and is a qualifier for the Liffey and Harbour Swims in Dublin. It is a handicapped start and is open to wetsuit and non wetsuit competitors. Swim Ireland membership is required.
At an existential level, that’s not an easy question to answer. Fortunately, we don’t bother with any of that deep stuff on this site, so the answer is easy – it’s about the RNLI.
RNLI – as posed by Gary, Eleanor, Carol, Anthony, Brian and Orla – for Siobhan Russell 🙂
Next Saturday is about raising money for the RNLI, while enjoying our fantastic home swim around the mouth of Cork Harbour to Church Bay. If you’re not entered: do it now – RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay 2015 Swim Entry Form.
If you are entered, participant information will be emailed on Friday, July 3. In summary:
Registration: 15.45 – 17.15
Safety Briefing: 17.30
Swim start: 18.00
See you on Saturday!
Several people have mentioned the “must get around to putting in their entry”: Get it done here: RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay Swim 2015
A few more nice pictures from Howard Crowdy from the 2010 event.
Lizzie Lee from Bishopstown and Ivan Kelleher from Friars Walk pictured at the start of the Myrtleville to Church Bay RNLI Sea Swim.
(pic Howard Crowdy)
Dipping their feet into the ocean at the start of the Myrtleville to Church Bay RNLI Sea Swim were Chris Mintern, Fermoy with Trevor Woods, Ballincollig and Padraig Maguire from Douglas
(pic Howard Crowdy)
Carol Cashell adjusts Sean O’Farrell’s swimming cap at the start of the Myrtleville to Church Bay RNLI Sea Swim.
(pic Howard Crowdy)
Get your entries in for the sixth annual RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay swim on July 4, 2015.
You never know, you might get your picture taken – but perhaps not the right name in the Echo. You can’t always rely on d’Echo to recognise even famous mariners like Cpt. Tom McCarthy!
ECHO SPORT – Mick Harris arrives on shore after his 2k Open Water Swin from Fort Camden to the RNLI station in Crosshaven (pic Howard Crowdy)
It’s easy to get confused, though. Here’s one of Mr. Harris – or another famous bearded man – with the winners in 2011. The girl in the wetsuit looks familiar and who did that young guy grow up to be?
Get your entry for July 4, 2015 in here.
As the entries come in for the RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay swim on July 4, 2015, it’s noticeable that some swimmers either don’t understand the seriousness of the qualifying swim requirements or are simply trying to trade on past glories. A sample of the – failed – submissions under qualifying swims are as follows:
Qualifying Swims:
Of course, none of these attempted entries passed scrutiny. Lads (and Lassies – ye’re no better) – there’ll be no living in the past now. The Myrtleville Is Not A Club Annual Best Swim In The World Entry Validation Sub-Committee (or MINACABSITWEVSC for short) won’t stand for this kind of flippancy and blatant flouting of the rules.
Either do the required qualifying swims – in 2015, mind – or entries just won’t be accepted. ‘Tis a disappointment, really. I’d expect it from the fella below, but the rest of ye? Sure, you can’t be doin’ that lads.
Proper entries to be submitted here!
As we tick down to just five weeks to go to the RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay swim on July 4, 2015, we’re going back to 2011 for the always popular OWS GTA (Guess The Ass) competition! Go on, guess, who could it be?
Competition entries on an e-postcard or interweb wire-telefax thing to thebigman@skulltogsrule.com.
Actual entries – i.e. to get your ass entered for 2015 – can be submitted here.
Mystery man makes a splash as he enters the water at the start of the RNLI 2k Open Water Swim in Crosshaven in 2011 (pic Howard Crowdy)
Myrtleville Swimmers 