2018 SWIM RESULTS
  • 2018 SWIM RESULTS

2018 Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim Results

The morning was partly cloudy with near calm conditions and a light NW breeze at the swim start.  Visibility was excellent and the outline of the hotels in Salthill could be seen across the bay. The main concern was some sightings of Lions Mane jellyfish but fortunately, there were no major incidents reported.

Low tide in Aughinish at 6.41am meant that the tide had turned and was filling by the time the first wave of swimmers entered the water at 8.30am.  The tide was coming in for the duration of the swim but as these were neap tides, the current flow was not significant. High tide in Salthill was at 1.12pm which allowed the swimmers to swim right into the steps for the finish and a great reception from the large crowd gathered at Blackrock.

The wind dropped in the middle section of the bay with near calm conditions which were as good as have been experienced in recent years.  In the afternoon, due to the sunny weather, a strong sea breeze kicked in.  This meant that swimmers that were in the water from 1.00pm onwards saw a big increase in wind speed (12 Knots) and wave height.

141 swimmers crossed Galway Bay – (55 solo swimmers, 29 relay teams (86 relay team swimmers).

  • Date: July 21st, 2018
  • Swim Start Time: 8.30am (Wave 1), 9.15am (Wave 2), 10.00am (Wave 3)
  • Wind Direction: NW then backed to WNW in the afternoon
  • Wind Speed: A light breeze of Force 2 (5 Knots)  in the morning and then increased from 1.00pm onwards to a moderate breeze of Force 4 (12 Knots) by 3.00pm
  • Wave Height: 0.1m to 0.5m
  • Air Temperature: 17°C – 21°C
  • Sea Temperature: 16.7°C
  • Low Tide:  06:41am (1.6m)
  • High Tide: 01.12pm (4.0m)
  • Tidal Range: 2.4m (Note tidal range in 2017 was 4.4m)
  • Wind and Wave Height, Air and Sea Water Temperature from Irish Lights Spiddal wave buoy (https://www.digitalocean.ie/Dashboard/Galway)

2018 Results - Table 1 is for Solo swimmers and scroll down to Table 2 for Relay swimmers.

NUMBER NAME SURNAME SOLO CATEGORY TOGS / WETSUIT TIME COMMENT RESIDENCE
1 Stewart Moore Male Wetsuit 2.27 1st Male Wetsuit UK
2 Therese Corry Female Wetsuit 2.32 1st Female Wetsuit IRL
3 Tiernan Burke Male Wetsuit 2.35 2nd Male Wetsuit IRL
4 David Dowling Male Wetsuit 2.53 3rd Male Wetsuit IRL
5 Brian Desmond Male Wetsuit 2.54 IRL
6 Aaron Mc Gettigan Male Wetsuit 2.55 IRL
7 Alec Frazer Male Wetsuit 3.00 IRL
8 Clodagh Murray Female Togs 3.02 1st Female Togs IRL
9 Emily Gallagher Female Wetsuit 3.05 2nd Female Wetsuit IRL
10 Dan Nolan Male Wetsuit 3.11 IRL
10 Simon Walsh Male Wetsuit 3.11 IRL
12 Dave O’Loughlin Male Wetsuit 3.17 IRL
13 Gerard Lennon Male Wetsuit 3.19 IRL
14 Fiona Shorten Female Wetsuit 3.21 IRL
14 John Cloonan Male Wetsuit 3.21 IRL
14 Stephen Kelleher Male Wetsuit 3.21 IRL
17 Matthew McGarrigle Male Togs 3.22 1st Male Togs IRL
18 Kenneth Molloy Male Togs 3.24 2nd Male Togs IRL
19 Kate Varley Female Wetsuit 3.30 3rd Female Wetsuit IRL
20 Sarah McNamara Female Wetsuit 3.34 IRL
21 Brian Keville Male Togs 3.36 3rd Male Togs IRL
22 Mark Dwyer Male Wetsuit 3.37 IRL
23 Adrian Clarke Male Wetsuit 3.45 IRL
23 Niall Kavanagh Male Wetsuit 3.45 IRL
25 Jackie Lillis Female Wetsuit 3.46 IRL
26 Sinead Conneely Female Wetsuit 3.47 IRL
27 Aidan Currie Male Wetsuit 3.48 IRL
28 William Johnstone Male Wetsuit 3.52 IRL
29 Shane Devoy Male Wetsuit 3.53 IRL
30 Seamus O’Heocha Male Wetsuit 3.54 IRL
31 Orla Carey Female Wetsuit 3.55 IRL
31 Kenneth O’Dea Male Togs 3.55 IRL
33 Grainne O’Connor Female Wetsuit 3.56 IRL
34 Alan Wilke Male Togs 3.57 CORK
35 Roisin Kelly Female Togs 3.58 2nd Female Togs IRL
35 John O’Sullivan Male Togs 3.58 IRL
37 Corra Coppinger Female Wetsuit 4.05 IRL
38 Fiona Lyons Female Wetsuit 4.06 IRL
39 Edward Davis Male Wetsuit 4.08 USA
40 Mike Flannelly Male Togs 4.09 IRL
40 Joe Kennelly Male Togs 4.09 IRL
42 Steve Cleary Male Wetsuit 4.10 CORK
42 Tony Rafferty Male Wetsuit 4.10 CORK
44 Gillian Gannon Female Wetsuit 4.12 IRL
44 Mark Dunleavy Male Togs 4.12 IRL
46 Deborah Coffey Female Wetsuit 4.15 IRL
47 Darragh Foley Male Togs 4.16 IRL
48 Ann Heskin Female Wetsuit 4.21 IRL
49 Ruth Molloy Female Wetsuit 4.24 IRL
50 Suzie McWalter Female Wetsuit 4.26 IRL
51 Siobhain Ryan Female Wetsuit 4.29 IRL
52 Patrick Kennedy Male Wetsuit 4.32 IRL
53 Des Broaders Male Wetsuit 4.35 IRL
54 Barry O’Connor Male Togs 4.57 IRL
55 Ann Marie Leonard Female Wetsuit 5.13 IRL
Other Fergal Madden Male Togs 3.25 Swam on 14th July, 2018 IRL
Other Pat Mulcahy Male Wetsuit 5.45 Swam on 20th July, 2018 CORK
NUMBER NAME SURNAME RELAY TEAM NUMBER TOGS / WETSUIT TIME COMMENT RESIDENCE
1 John Burgess Relay 39 Wetsuit 3.01 1st Relay Wetsuit UK
1 Jeff McGinty Relay 39 Wetsuit 3.01 1st Relay Wetsuit IRL
2 John Bates Relay 72 Wetsuit 3.09 2nd Relay Wetsuit IRL
2 Michael O’Sullivan Relay 72 Wetsuit 3.09 2nd Relay Wetsuit IRL
2 Michael O’Sullivan (Jnr) Relay 72 Wetsuit 3.09 2nd Relay Wetsuit IRL
2 Tim O’Sullivan Relay 72 Wetsuit 3.09 2nd Relay Wetsuit IRL
3 Brian Coll Relay 70 Wetsuit 3.15 3rd Relay Wetsuit IRL
3 Deirdre Coll Relay70 Wetsuit 3.15 3rd Relay Wetsuit USA
3 Riana Parsons Relay70 Wetsuit 3.15 3rd Relay Wetsuit IRL
4 Sinead Cawley Relay 78 Wetsuit 3.34 IRL
4 Ashleen Cawley Relay 78 Wetsuit 3.34 IRL
4 Michael McLoughlin Relay 78 Wetsuit 3.34 IRL
4 Micheal Walsh Relay 78 Wetsuit 3.34 IRL
5 Dominic Burke Relay 80 Togs 3.41 1st Relay Togs IRL
5 Con Collins Relay 80 Togs 3.41 1st Relay Togs IRL
5 Evin Donnelly Relay 80 Togs 3.41 1st Relay Togs IRL
5 Cormac Folan Relay 80 Togs 3.41 1st Relay Togs IRL
6 Hilary Jennings Relay 79 Wetsuit 3.45 IRL
6 Linda Nally Relay 79 Wetsuit 3.45 IRL
7 Senan Garry Relay 81 Wetsuit 3.47 IRL
7 Conor Heery Relay 81 Wetsuit 3.47 IRL
7 Robert Shaw Relay 81 Wetsuit 3.47 IRL
8 Thierry Mulliez Relay 68 Wetsuit 3.48 FRANCE
8 Hugh O’Donnellan Relay 68 Wetsuit 3.48 IRL
8 Paddy Quinlan Relay 68 Wetsuit 3.48 IRL
8 Pat Quinlan Relay 68 Wetsuit 3.48 IRL
8 Orla McCallion Relay 71A Wetsuit 3.48 IRL
8 Mike O’Connor Relay 71A Wetsuit 3.48 IRL
10 Orla Curran Relay 69 Wetsuit 3.51 IRL
10 Orla Murray Relay 69 Wetsuit 3.51 IRL
10 Marka O’Flaherty Relay 69 Wetsuit 3.51 IRL
11 Valerie O’Gorman Relay 62 Wetsuit 3.54 IRL
11 Rachel Scott Relay 62 Wetsuit 3.54 IRL
12 Sinead Cooney Relay 74 Wetsuit 3.55 IRL
12 Fiona Cooney Relay 74 Wetsuit 3.55 IRL
12 Anne Cooney Relay 74 Wetsuit 3.55 IRL
12 Martin McCarthy Relay 74 Wetsuit 3.55 IRL
12 Jackie McCarthy Relay 74 Wetsuit 3.55 IRL
12 Niamh Cooney Relay74 Wetsuit 3.55 IRL
14 Elaine Byrne Relay 64 Wetsuit 3.58 IRL
14 Nora Carty Relay 64 Wetsuit 3.58 IRL
14 Bill Doyle Relay 64 Wetsuit 3.58 IRL
14 Joe Smyth Relay 64 Wetsuit 3.58 IRL
15 Caroline Doorly Relay 71 Wetsuit 3.59 IRL
15 Fiona Monaghan Relay 71 Wetsuit 3.59 IRL
15 David Shiel Relay 71 Wetsuit 3.59 IRL
16 Gerard Daly Relay 77 Wetsuit 4.03 IRL
16 Anite Murphy Relay 77 Wetsuit 4.03 IRL
16 Gerry Purcell Relay 77 Wetsuit 4.03 IRL
17 Des Kelly Relay 67 Wetsuit 4.04 IRL
17 Mark Long Relay 67 Wetsuit 4.04 IRL
17 Kevin McGinley Relay 67 Wetsuit 4.04 IRL
17 Barry Reddan Relay 67 Wetsuit 4.04 IRL
18 Rick Geraghty Relay 76 Wetsuit 4.05 IRL
18 Nicola McNicholas Relay 76 Wetsuit 4.05 IRL
18 Ciara Smyth Relay 76 Wetsuit 4.05 IRL
19 Richard O’Connell Relay 75 Wetsuit 4.06 IRL
19 Rita O’Donoghue Relay 75 Wetsuit 4.06 IRL
19 Kevin Thornton Relay 75 Wetsuit 4.06 IRL
19 Claire Thornton Relay 75 Togs 4.06 IRL
19 Stephen Thornton Relay 75 Wetsuit 4.06 IRL
19 Ciaran Walsh Relay 75 Wetsuit 4.06 IRL
20 Diarmuid McMahon Relay 65 Wetsuit 4.11 IRL
20 Ruairc O’Tuairisg Relay 65 Wetsuit 4.11 IRL
21 Anna Leask Relay 73 Wetsuit 4.16 UK
21 Malissa Looney Relay 73 Wetsuit 4.16 USA
21 Aisling Lynch Relay 73 Wetsuit 4.16 IRL
22 Fiona Fitzgerald Relay 59 Togs 4.24 2nd Relay Togs IRL
22 Gemma Garvey Relay 59 Togs 4.24 2nd Relay Togs IRL
22 Anne Kennedy Relay 59 Togs 4.24 2nd Relay Togs IRL
23 Kathy Concannon Relay 66 Wetsuit 4.30 IRL
23 Deirdre Conneely Relay 66 Wetsuit 4.30 IRL
23 Olivia McSharry Relay 66 Wetsuit 4.30 IRL
23 Claire Murphy Relay 66 Wetsuit 4.30 IRL
24 Cate Crowe Relay 60 Wetsuit 4.32 IRL
24 Lynn O’Loughlin Relay 60 Wetsuit 4.32 IRL
25 Kim Burke Relay 63 Wetsuit 4.38 IRL
25 Rebecca O’Reilly Relay 63 Wetsuit 4.38 IRL
26 Tony Canavan Relay 58 Wetsuit 4.39 IRL
26 Michael Canavan Relay 58 Wetsuit 4.39 IRL
26 Ger Cullen Relay 58 Wetsuit 4.39 IRL
26 Ben Kinsella Relay 58 Wetsuit 4.39 IRL
27 James Collins Relay 61 Wetsuit 5.02 IRL
27 Jerry Collins Relay 61 Wetsuit 5.02 IRL
28 Lorna Farren Relay 57 Togs 5.09 3rd Relay Togs IRL
28 Sorcha Rabbitte Relay 57 Togs 5.09 3rd Relay Togs IRL