We are closing entries at 3pm tomorrow, Friday. The forecast looks good, safety cover is in place and it’s going to be a great day.
If you want to get involved, enter on Active.
Usual rush to be first in the water in 2014.
103 entries in for next Saturday, so far, and the five-day weather forecasts are all looking favourable today. Thanks to the volunteers who contacted us yesterday.
The new orange hats have arrived and they’ll be available for €8 at registration on Saturday or in Centra, Crosshaven any day. 30 of them flew out the door almost as soon as they arrived yesterday, so hopefully there’ll be some left by the weekend! They’re already appearing at the beach…
….and in CUH…
Keep the entries coming – there’s plenty of room out there in the sea and lots of safety cover in place.
Click here to enter on Active.
See you on Saturday 🙂
Entries are coming in steadily for next Saturday and the forecast looks favourable. If you’re not in and you’re going to enter, please do so today or early in the week.
Click here to enter on Active.
For those not competing, volunteers are always welcome. We’d like plenty of cover for timekeepers, bag drops etc. All help is welcome. If you can spare some time, please email myrtlevilleswimmers@gmail.com or tweet @MyrtlevilleS and we’ll put you on the list of vital helpers 🙂
Timekeeping team 2015 – Yvette McKeown, Claire Canning, Aisling Barry, Gary Frost & Peter Frost.
With boiling sea temperatures, there’s really no excuse not to get 1,500m or more done in the sea and get entered for the RNLI Myrtleville – Church Bay Swim on June 18.
TV3 visited the beach yesterday and carried a nice piece on water safety and training for the RNLI swim, as well as an interview with our new pin-up mnás, Ann Lynch & Fiona Foley and lingering shots of Anne Sheehy preparing to take off.
Paul Byrne from TV3 gets the lowdown on safe open water swimming from Ms. Lynch & Ms. Foley.
I just love the look of awestruck respect from Fiona as Ann waxes lyrical on her chosen specialised subject of sea swimming. No wonder Bernard is so knowledgeable with Ann to guide him. Fiona never knew that Ann was a font of knowledge on tides, weather etc. We’ll have a night down in the Coast Guard Station with her soon. “An evening with Ann”.
And as for Ms. Sheehy….
The camera loves her – lingering shots of the Myrtle Turtle preparing to swim.
So come on everyone – be inspired and get entered.
Click here and get entered on Active for the RNLI Myrtleville – Church Bay swim on June 18. There’s free hugs for all finishers – and a right talking to from Mr. Lynch if you’re not listening at the safety briefing (Mr. Maher….)
Enter here: RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay 2016 Entries on Active
Entries coming in steadily for the RNLI Myrtleville – Church Bay Swim. If you’re doing it this year, please enter early. Great to see the spread of people already entered – ranging from first-timers aiming to finish under an hour, to others looking to retain their crowns from last year!
Enter here: RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay 2016 Entries on Active
With the Bulman swim on Saturday opening the season, all 67 of the participants can now use that as a qualifier for the RNLI swim on June 18 🙂
The 2016 RNLI Myrtleville to Church Bay (entrance to Cork Harbour) 2km open water sea swim will take place on Saturday, June 18th at 3.00pm.
Participants must have submitted their entry online. We can’t accept entries on the day.
Enter here: RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay 2016 Entries on Active
While June 18 is the only one you really need to know, here is Draft 1 of a few other swims for you to consider over the Summer 🙂
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The event went off very successfully, with 101 swimmers who all completed the course. Our thanks again to all of the volunteers, the RNLI, Coast Guard, Gardaí, Funkytown and many individuals who helped with boats, kayaking, course marking, registration, van loading and – the hard bit – unloading, timekeeping, results preparation etc. It’s easy to run an event when there are so many willing helpers.
Trevor Woods took first place in a new course record of 24:24. Fantastic swimming. He was ahead of Trevor Malone and Ned Denison in second and third places.
Charley Breen produced a great swim to win the ladies race, ahead of Carol Cashell and Orla Houlihan.
As well as these top swims at the head of the field, there were excellent performances right through the 101 swimmers in challenging conditions. With wind and waves to deal with, it wasn’t an easy swim. To see everyone home safely in 53 minutes was fantastic.
Special mention to two performances on the day. Abby and Drew Lynch – daughters of Bernard and Frank – swam together and finished in the top thirty swimmers. It’s a joy to see this kind of courage and ability in two young girls. Very well done to both of them. Lots more to come from them in the future.
The other performance to mention was at the back of the field. Dan Murphy only learned to swim less than a year ago and has been in Myrtleville continuously all Summer. On Saturday – with support all the way from Carlos Amaja – he completed the course in 53 minutes. It’s a fantastic achievement and should be an encouragement to anyone to take up the sport. Very well done, Dan.
Thanks to Siobhan Russell for capturing the day and for all her hard work. All of the photos are online here.
Trevor Malone – 2nd.
Carol Cashell and Orla Houlihan – 2nd & 3rd Ladies – just as they were at the National Championships last weekend!
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
Myrtleville Swimmers 