Oswald Schmidt, Co-Chairman of the 2013 Global Open Water Swimming Conference and International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremonies scheduled for October 11th – 13th in Cork, Ireland, reminds us of the special rate available to all conference participants at the Rochestown Park Hotel.
For more information on the Global Open Water Swimming Conference, visit here. Reservations can be made here with regular updates on Facebook and on Gathering Ireland.
The Rochestown Park Hotel is a luxurious manor-style hotel with mature gardens and offers 163 guestrooms, an award-winning health and leisure centre and Ireland’s first Thalasso Therapy Clinic. All bedrooms have a private bath, shower, direct-dial telephone, hairdryer, multi-channel TV, trouser press and Tea/Coffee making facilities, and wireless Internet access.
Super convenient to the Global Open Water Swimming Conference, the Rochestown Park Hotel is situated only five minutes from Cork Airport.
Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.