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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