Noel Grimes
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Noel Grimes is an Irish cold water swimmer, a long-distance runner, a triathlete, an Ice Ironman, and International Ice Swimming Association official from Dundalk.
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Open Water Swimming Career
- On 28 May 2022, he finished 100th overall in the 7.5 km Battle of Carlingford Lough Swim in Ireland in 2:13:35.
- On 21 February 2016, he completed an Ice Mile at Conroy Pond, Wild Water Armagh in Northern Ireland in 4.63°C water in 37 minutes 42.09 seconds.
- On 3 December 2016, he completed an Ice Mile in Conroy Pond, Wild Water Armagh in Northern Ireland in 4.07°C water in 35 minutes 35 seconds.
- On 7 February 2015, he completed an Ice Kilometer at the Ireland Ice Swimming Championships in Camlough Lake at Wild Water Armagh, Conroy Pond in Northern Ireland in 26 minutes 6 seconds in 3.1°C.
- On 30 January 2016, he competed in the Ice Kilometer at the International Ice Swimming Association championships at Wild Water Armagh, Conroy Pond in Northern Ireland in 21 minutes 17 seconds in 4.5°C water.
- On 6 January 2017, he competed in the Ice Kilometer at the 2nd International Ice Swimming Association championships in Burghausen, Germany in 22 hours 25.91 seconds in 3.4°C water, finishing 55th.
- On 28 January 2017, he competed in the Ice Kilometer in the World Cup Ireland at Conroy Pond, Wild Water Armagh in Northern Ireland in 21 minutes 25.56 seconds in 0.0°C water.
- he was nominated for the 2016 Leinster Open Water Swimmer of the Year Award and Best Newcomer by the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association.
- He was a member of the Infinity 5 North Channel Relay Team was a 5-person relay that crossed the North Channel and consisted of Joe Belton, David Burke, Gillian McShane, Noel Grimes, and Thomas O'Hagan with Ian Conroy and Patricia McParland as crew and Pádraig Mallon as escort pilot in 13 hours 15 minutes on 7 August 2015.
- He was a member of the 3-person relay team called teamRIPTIDE together with Michelle Brooker and Jack Boyle that became the first TRiO team to make the Dál Riata Channel Swim crossing. In June 2016, teamRIPTIDE started at the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland and made landfall south of Cushendun, Northern Ireland in 7 hours 44 minutes 21 seconds with support crew Milo McCourt and Afreen Ahmed and navigators Charles Stewart and Pádraig Mallon.
- He was a member of a relay called Carlingford Waves together with Donagh MacDonagh, David Burke, Rose Long, Caroline McFarland, and David Rodgers that crossed the English Channel in 13 hours 22 minutes in September 2016.
- He completed running marathons including Dublin 2016, Limerick 2016, Monaghan 2016, Dundalk 2016, and Dublin 2017.
- He completed the Ironman Copenhagen on 19 August 2018 in 12 hours 17 minutes 1 second (1 hour 8 minute swim + 5 hour 56 minute bike + 4 hour 59 minute run) to become an Ice Ironman.
- He served as the IISA official at the 2019 IISA Ireland 1k National Championships, a sanctioned International Ice Swimming Association event with 6 races held in Wild Water Armagh, Ireland.
- He finished 11th in the IISA Ireland 1k National Championships Ice Kilometer on 26 January 2019 in 21:32:45.
Ireland Ice Swimming Championships
Video by Pádraig Mallon at the 2015 Ireland Ice Swimming Championships, hosted by the Camlough Lake Water Festival at Wild Water Armagh (Conroy Pond) in Northern Ireland.
North Channel Relay Crossing
The Celtic Kippers relay team completed a crossing of the North Channel with Michelle Booker, Donagha McDonagh, Rose Long, Barry O'Connor, Michelle White and Noel Grimes in 13 hours 36 minutes 34 seconds.
Oa Channel Crossing
Pádraig Mallon of Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services escorted Olive Conroy, John McElroy, Ruth McGuigan, Patrick Corcoran, Noel Grimes and Fergil Hesterman on the 45 km Celtic Quadrant swim across the Oa Channel from the Isle of Islay in Scotland to Ireland in 2017.
External links
- Paul Georgescu, Jessika Robson Have Skin In The Game: Win The Battle of Carlingford Lough Swim
- David Burke Swims Across Lough Neagh
- Getting Ready For The 2020-2021 International Ice Swimming Association Season
- IISA Ireland 1k National Championships
- IISA Ireland
- Trio Triumphs Across Dál Riata Channel
- Ordinarily Extraordinary At Wild Water Armagh
- Stamping Their Passport To Adventure In The North Channel
- Conroy Pond, Fast Winter Water
- To Infinity And Beyond To Scotland To Infinity And Beyond To Scotland
- International Ice Swimming Association Ireland
- 4th Eastern Bay Invitational International Ice Mile Swim
- International Ice Swimming Association
- 2016 Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Awards
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Official Website
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Facebook Page
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Ice Milers Show Warmth
- International Ice Swimming Association
- Top (Ice) Milers In History
- Rostislav Vitek Breaks Ice Mile Record
- John Ryan Out-miles Fergal Somerville, Carole Laporte
- Celtic Kippers Cross The North Channel
- 2016 Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Awards
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Official Website
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Facebook Page
- Oa Is A Difficult Challenge Of The Celtric Quadrant
- International Ice Swimming Association bio
- Wild, Absolutely Wild In Conroy Pond
