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
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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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 Beach June 14 2012
Looks more like mid-Winter than the middle of June. Swimming cancelled today but anyone with a surfboard should get down there!
Swimming at 7am this morning with Bernard and doing laps to the Dutchman Rock in roughish water and low tide. I was busy practicing my drafting! I noticed a definite shadow under me, followed by another three. After another few strokes I was delighted to see the dolphins reported by Carmel in May had reappeared, right in close to Myrtleville. Amazing to see how moving through the water is supposed to be done. They did a couple of laps around and under us, then decided to demonstrate how drafting really works. The three smaller ones zoomed under us in a close formation and did a sharp turn, without breaking ranks. They then circled about two metres below and put on a bubble show. Just beautiful. They stayed around us for about ten minutes until we had headed back in towards the beach. Bernard reckons the bigger one is Carmel’s friend Myrte who has been hanging around a bit for the last few weeks so the other three must be Bunny, Conn and Ellen…..See you all at Myrtleville . Damian O’Neill.
Picture taken by Eoin Barry a few hours later on Saturday:
Dolphins at Myrtleville
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.
Myrtleville Swimmers 