Tag: Martin Cullen
Martin Cullen, Helping Others, Growing The Sport In Ireland0 (0)
Photo courtesy of Ned Denison with Martin Cullen on November 18th 2006. My friend and mentor Martin Cullen passed away this week. What a terrible loss. I placed one phone call in 2004 looking to book a place on Martin's 8-mile sea swim...and it led to twelve great years of marathon swimming and contributing to the sport. Ireland had a successful and proud
ILDSA To Be Honoured On The Queen Mary In Long Beach0 (0)
The Irish Long Distance Swimming Association (ILSDA) will be honored by the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame at the 2012 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Long Beach, California on September 22nd. The ILDSA will join a select number of other world-renowned organizations in the Hall of Fame: Traversée Internationale du lac St.-Jean,
The Engines Behind The Irish Sea Swim0 (0)
The Engines Behind The Irish Sea Swim Courtesy of Martin Cullen, Irish Sea. While the celebrities grabbed the headlines and generated a lot of media interest in the 56-mile relay crossing of the Irish Sea, it was the little-known swimmers in The Swim who provided the engine to successfully make the crossing. Liane Llewellyn, Olly White, Nikki Fraser,
Tough, Always Risky Outings On The High Seas0 (0)
Two veteran, highly trained marathon swimmers proved why completing a channel swim is always a tough, risk-taking adventure where nothing is a given despite the best well-laid plans and years of focused training.Anne Cleveland started off confidently and calming stroking along before sunset last night in the Catalina Channel in 16°C (61-62°F) waters and
Lough Sheelin On A Beautiful Irish Day0 (0)
Stalwart open water swimming organizer and promoter Martin Cullen reported on the Lough Sheelin Swim Championships in Ireland."What an incredible day. The sun shone with the water temperature at 16°C, a very pleasant surprise to many, including the 16 swimmers in the 15K and the 14 swimmers in the Irish National 10K swim.""Chris Bryan from Limerick set a
Swim Ireland’s Successes of 20090 (0)
Swim Ireland had more open water races and more swimmers in 2009 involved than ever before. Additionally, there are many local 'pods' growing towards club status and Irish swimmers participated FINA open water international events with the ultimate goal of participating in the 2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim. Irish swimmers also set a Guinness Book of World
