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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Munster Open Water Swims 2016
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Entries Open for RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay 2016
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.Â
Participants must have submitted their entry online. We can’t accept entries on the day.
Entries this year are online with Active.   Take note of the No Refunds policy – we’re donating entries to the RNLI.
Enter here:Â RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay 2016 Entries on Active
RNLI – as posed by Gary, Carol, Eleanor, Andrew, Brian and Orla – for Siobhan Russell
RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay Swim 2015 – Report & Photos
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, GardaĂ, 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. Â Fantastic swimming. Â 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. Â With wind and waves to deal with, it wasn’t an easy swim. Â 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. Â 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!
RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay Swim 2015 – Results
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
RNLI Myrtleville-Church Bay Swim 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.
RNLI Courtmacsherry Swim
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.
Thomond 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.
What’s it all about….?
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!
RNLI swim on July 4 – keep those entries coming!
Several people have mentioned the “must get around to putting in their entry”: Get it done here: Â 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)
Mistaken Identity at the 2011 swim.
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. Â 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. Â 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.
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