Write-up by Ray McArdle
Blind Strand
On Saturday, August 23rd at 4.00pm, 93 swimmers took to the water for the 4th annual Courtmacsherry Lifeboat swim. 53 of these completed the longer 3K swim with the other 40 completing 1.5K.
The swim was supported by 9 kayakers, 3 support boats and the Lifeboat. We also had volunteers assist with registration, time keeping, photographs, markers, support boats, liaising with the Lifeboat team and parking. Thanks to everyone who volunteered. The swim could not happen without them.
All 960 photos are available here.
And they’re off!
After the swim the RNLI volunteers had prepared warm welcoming soup and sandwiches for the swimmers (which they devoured). The ‘Great Courtmac Bake Off’ also took place with some delicious treats, which lasted less than 60 seconds.
Yummy!
The 3K swim was dominated, again, by the ladies. Charlotte Reid from Aer Lingus S.C. was first home in togs and Nancy Edmead from Clonakilty Penguins dominating the wetsuit category in a new course record.
Charlotte beating all comers
Finally, big thank you to our sponsors Trend Micro, for the hats, which were appreciated by all.
Category Winners
| Men | Women | Men Suits | Women Suits | |
| 1.5K | Owen O’Keefe | Bronwyn Cummins | Gary Quinn | Beibhinn Crowley |
| 3K | Ned Dennison | Charlotte Reid | Pat Treacy | Nancy Edmead |
1.5K results
| Number | Name | M/F | Togs/Suit | Time | Category position | Overall Position |
| 125 | Owen O’Keefe | M | T | 18.57 | 1 | 1 |
| 115 | Brendan O’Brien | M | T | 21.02 | 2 | 2 |
| 308 | Bebhinn Crowley | F | W | 22.13 | 1 | 3 |
| 120 | Bonwyn Cummins | F | T | 22.35 | 1 | 4 |
| 117 | Gary Quinn | M | W | 22.39 | 1 | 5 |
| 105 | Jane O’Halloran | F | W | 22.49 | 2 | 6 |
| 124 | Fiona Ross | F | W | 23.56 | 3 | 7 |
| 114 | Sean Flood | M | W | 24.07 | 2 | 8 |
| 101 | Mick Harkin | M | W | 24.17 | 3 | 9 |
| 106 | Donal O’Halloran | M | W | 24.29 | 4 | 10 |
| 102 | Eoghan Cudmore | M | W | 24.47 | 5 | 11 |
| 133 | Carl Richards | M | T | 24.54 | 3 | 12 |
| 130 | Aideen O’Riordan | F | W | 25.45 | 4 | 13 |
| 352 | Ruth Deane | F | W | 26.29 | 5 | 14 |
| 135 | James Naughton | M | W | 26.33 | 6 | 15 |
| 136 | Jacek Jabkiewicz | M | W | 27.48 | 7 | 16 |
| 327 | Erik Burhn | M | W | 28.04 | 8 | 17 |
| 119 | Jeanne Dennehy | F | T | 28.47 | 2 | 18 |
| 347 | Peter O’Mahony | M | W | 29.01 | 9 | 19 |
| 134 | Ken Cashman | M | T | 29.49 | 4 | 20 |
| 116 | Frank Buckley | M | W | 29.58 | 10 | 21 |
| 113 | Mary Collins | F | W | 30.08 | 6 | 22 |
| 351 | Rob McFadden | M | T | 30.15 | 5 | 23 |
| 111 | Laurent Dikous | M | W | 31.05 | 11 | 24 |
| 131 | Luis Caceras | M | W | 31.11 | 12 | 25 |
| 128 | John Dunne | M | T | 31.37 | 6 | 26 |
| 107 | Maria Foley | F | W | 31.58 | 7 | 27 |
| 137 | Niall Crowley | M | W | 32.01 | 13 | 28 |
| 109 | Anne Hennessy | F | W | 32.43 | 8 | 29 |
| 121 | Kieran Burns | M | W | 32.51 | 14 | 30 |
| 103 | Mike Harris | M | T | 32.59 | 7 | 31 |
| 127 | Mary Cotter | F | W | 33.05 | 9 | 32 |
| 108 | Tina Hayes | F | W | 33.16 | 10 | 33 |
| 129 | Angela Harris | F | W | 34.14 | 11 | 34 |
| 132 | Brenda Sisk | F | T | 35.17 | 3 | 35 |
| 122 | Catalina Gonzalea | F | W | 37.52 | 12 | 36 |
| 118 | Joe Cashman | M | T | 42.29 | 8 | 37 |
| 110 | Aisling Barry | F | T | 42.52 | 4 | 38 |
| 123 | Catherine Stanton | F | T | DNF | 5 | 39 |
3K Results
| Numer | Name | M/F | Togs/Suit | Time | Cat position | Overall Position |
| 304 | Nancy Edmead | F | W | 36.38 | 1 | 1 |
| 324 | Charlotte Reid | F | T | 38.47 | 1 | 2 |
| 301 | Ned Dennison | M | T | 38.58 | 1 | 3 |
| 126 | Pat Treacy | M | W | 40.33 | 1 | 4 |
| 307 | Eoin Keane | M | T | 41.01 | 2 | 5 |
| 339 | Eddie Irwin | M | T | 41.24 | 3 | 6 |
| 323 | John McCarthy | M | T | 41.35 | 4 | 7 |
| 325 | Sarah Farrelly | F | T | 41.43 | 2 | 8 |
| 314 | David Hodge | M | W | 41.55 | 2 | 9 |
| 311 | Sean Keohane | M | W | 42.18 | 3 | 10 |
| 340 | Neddie Irwin | M | W | 42.24 | 4 | 11 |
| 337 | Eoin O’Riordan | M | T | 42.35 | 5 | 12 |
| 305 | Thomas Kenefick | M | W | 42.37 | 5 | 13 |
| 309 | Caimin Crowley | M | W | 42.39 | 6 | 14 |
| 104 | Gavin O’Halloran | M | W | 44.16 | 7 | 15 |
| 306 | Eleanor Courtney | F | W | 44.33 | 2 | 16 |
| 319 | Adrian Healey | M | T | 45.16 | 6 | 17 |
| 332 | Finbarr Headerman | M | T | 45.17 | 7 | 18 |
| 328 | Rob Bohane | M | T | 45.22 | 8 | 19 |
| 315 | Declan O’Keefe | M | T | 45.29 | 9 | 20 |
| 353 | Eilish Wilcox | F | W | 47.17 | 3 | 21 |
| 333 | Cian Harley | M | T | 47.34 | 10 | 22 |
| 334 | May Harley | F | T | 47.51 | 3 | 23 |
| 326 | Colin Wilson | M | W | 48.24 | 8 | 24 |
| 338 | David Dineen | M | W | 50.08 | 9 | 25 |
| 348 | Conor McCarthy | M | W | 50.56 | 10 | 26 |
| 317 | Geoffroy Renet | M | W | 51.13 | 11 | 27 |
| 349 | Cyril Desmond | M | W | 51.48 | 12 | 28 |
| 312 | Sean O’Neill | M | W | 51.59 | 13 | 29 |
| 318 | Enda Boyle | M | W | 52.54 | 14 | 30 |
| 335 | Sally Cudmore | F | W | 53.15 | 4 | 31 |
| 321 | Sandra Howard | F | T | 53.25 | 4 | 32 |
| 344 | Fergus Galvin | M | T | 53.26 | 11 | 33 |
| 320 | Dave Mulcahy | M | T | 53.52 | 12 | 34 |
| 336 | Wendy Leary | F | W | 53.58 | 5 | 35 |
| 331 | Peter Walsh | M | T | 54.07 | 13 | 36 |
| 350 | Sean Munley | M | W | 54.29 | 15 | 37 |
| 322 | Alex Jeffers | M | W | 55.07 | 16 | 38 |
| 303 | Gordon Adair | M | T | 55.08 | 14 | 39 |
| 346 | Mark McGarry | M | W | 55.18 | 17 | 40 |
| 310 | Kristen Jeffers | F | W | 55.22 | 6 | 41 |
| 352 | Roisin Lewis | F | T | 55.27 | 5 | 42 |
| 355 | Woyciech Lange | M | W | 55.59 | 18 | 43 |
| 330 | Manu Nadal | M | W | 56.07 | 19 | 44 |
| 345 | Karine Regazzoni | F | T | 56.24 | 6 | 45 |
| 316 | Angela Larkin | F | T | 57.31 | 7 | 46 |
| 313 | Audrey Burkley | F | W | 61.26 | 7 | 47 |
| 343 | Simon Moynihan | M | T | 61.51 | 15 | 48 |
| 354 | Frank Kennedy | M | W | 64.27 | 20 | 49 |
| 342 | Karen McEvoy | F | W | 65.38 | 8 | 50 |
| 341 | Nora Irwin | F | T | 65.39 | 8 | 51 |
| 302 | James Mullins | M | W | 68.19 | 21 | 52 |
| 329 | Noel Quinn | M | W | 73.09 | 22 | 53 |
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