Welcome to the 2010 Open Sea Programme. The official programme will be available to swimmers at the races but you can also access the calendar via the links on the website. The season is now under way and you'll be able to find all the results shortly after each race in the Results section below.
Notice to Swimmers -
Half Moon SC Tommy Dorgan 5 Kilometres Date: Saturday 14th August Time 1.00pm
From: Windsurfers’ Pier, Salthill, Monkstown, Dun Laoghaire to Half Moon, South Wall
Can swimmers wishing to compete in the Tommy Dorgan please register with Tom Farrelly of Half Moon SC by Wednesday 4th August. Please email tomp.farrelly@gmail.com
Swimmers should try and arrange boat or Kayak cover to accompany them on their Swim across Dublin Bay
Notice to Swimmers - Closing Time for Entries
Can Swimmers please ensure that they arrive at least half an hour before each race. Entries will close 15 minutes before the start of each race. No further entries will be taken.
Thank you for your co operation
Open Sea Committee
Mon 12 Jul 10
Liffey Swim/ Dun Laoghaire Harbour 2010 Entries
Confined Entry Forms are now available for the 2010 Liffey Swim and Dun Laoghaire Harbour races.
Click here for Adobe pdf version; click here for MS Excel version
Liffey Swim/ Dun Laoghaire Harbour 2010 Overseas Entries
Entry is now open to overseas competitors for the 2010 Liffey Swim and Dun Laoghaire Harbour races. The Overseas category is open to people not living in Ireland. See entry forms for more details. Liffey Swim Overseas Entry Form - Click here for Adobe pdf; click here for MS Word Dun Laoghaire Harbour Overseas Entry Form - Click here for Adobe pdf; click here for MS Word
Under 18 Competitor's Parental Consent Form(new for 2010) Click here to download/view the Under 18 Competitor's Parental Consent Form.
Event Safety Plans
The Open Sea Committee would like to thank all clubs which have submitted their event safety plans.
We would like to gently remind those clubs that have not submitted their plans that we would appreciate if they would forward them on as soon as possible. If you have
a problem completing the plan please contact the Open Sea Committee and we
will be more than happy to assist you.
Organising Clubs
At the Open Sea committee's Safety meeting in May 2007 the Safety Guidelines were revised and agreed for the 2007 season with the help of the RNLI. [These notes remain here for 2010 pending any changes].
The RNLI guidelines cover planning and running a race, under what circumstances a race should be cancelled and provide sample forms for, Risk Assessment, Rescue, and an Emergency Action Plan.
The Open Sea Committee requires clubs to provide a designated Safety Officer for each race who will liaise with the Open Sea Safety Officer on the day. Clubs must also provide an Equipment Officer to ensure all equipment, - buoys, anchors, weights, radios are used and returned safely and in good order.
Under sixteen swimmers must have a parental consent form signed and present this to the safety officer on race day. Only one form per season is required.
It is also perhaps worth pointing out that whilst the committee and the race organisers take all possible safety measures into consideration, Open Water swimming is an extreme sport and swimmers compete at their own discretion and within the limits of their own ability. Any swimmer who does not like the conditions on any race day should not swim.
Open Sea Safety Guidelines Click here to download/view a copy of the RNLI-approved Open Sea Safety Guidelines.
Safety Management Plan Click here to download/view a sample Event Safety Management Plan.
Sea Swim Race Day Checklist Click here to download/view the Sea Swim Race Day Checklist.
We wish you all an enjoyable and successful season.
The complete results for 2009
can still be viewed here as an archive
The complete results for 2008
can still be viewed here as an archive
The complete results for 2007
can still be viewed here as an archive
The complete results for 2006
can still be viewed here as an archive
The complete results for 2005
can still be viewed here as an archive
The complete results for 2004
can still be viewed here as an archive
Open Sea Calendar
- 2010 Click here for the final published version of the Open Sea Calendar for 2010 (pdf), or here for a link to an online version of the 2010 Calendar.
40ft Walruses Swim Changes
The 40ft Walruses swim has been rescheduled for Wed 18 Aug 10 at Sandycove Harbour, not the original course. Men's starts at 7pm; Ladies at 7.30pm
'Island Race' Postponed
The “Island Race” scheduled for Sat 24 Jul 10 has been postponed and is rescheduled for Wed 1 Sep 10 along the Bull Wall Clontarf.
Bob Bushell Race Cancelled
The Bob Bushell Race scheduled for Sun, 25 Jul 10 has been cancelled.
Half Moon are looking to re schedule the race for the Week of Monday 16 August
We will post further details here when available.
Great Leinster Swim
The Open Sea Committee is planning to hold 10km and 5km races in Lough Dan, County Wicklow on the weekend of Sat 18 Sep 10. (These races were advertised in the Leinster Open Sea Calendar for the weekend of Sat 25 Sep 10.)
The Races will give swimmers the opportunity to obtain a certified time in Open Water Conditions.
We will post more details here when arrangements are complete. Leinster Open Sea Committee
2009 Season Highlights Click here to see a video of highlights of the 2009 season
