Camlough Lake Water Festival
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The Camlough Lake Water Festival is a weekend-long watersports festival near Newry, Northern Ireland which includes the Lord & Lady of the Lake. In 2013, the festival included the Irish 10 km Open Water Championships. It also includes water polo, triathlon, and water skiing events.
It is organized by Pádraig Mallon and Aoiffe Lynch and served as the inspiration for the Step Out Of The Ordinary Blue Letter Campaign that was voted as the 2014 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year.
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2015 Events at the Camlough Lake Water Festival
- Ireland Ice Swimming Championships, 7 February 2015 at Camlough Lake
- Bumble Bee Dip, Warrenpoint, March 2015
- The Golden Ticket TRY-A-TRI, 24 May 2015 Triathlon at Camlough Lake
- Glow Night Swim, 29 May 2015 at Camlough Lake
- Around the rock 1.5k swim, 28 June 2015 at Warrenpoint
- Rostrevor to Warrenpoint swim 4800m, 12 July 2015 at Rostrevor
- A GIANT of a Swim, 25 July 2015 at Camlough Lake
- The Battle of Carlingford Lough swim, 2 August 2015 at Carlingford
- Junior Aquathlon, 28 August 2015 at Camlough Lake
- Night Swim, 28 August 2015 at Camlough Lake
- Grounded Coffee Dock Morning, 29 August 2015 at Camlough Lake
- Junior TRY-A-TRI, 29 August 2015 Triathlon at Camlough Lake
- CLWF TRY-A-TRI, 29 August 2015 Triathlon at Camlough Lake
- The Lord and Lady of Camlough Lake, 29 August 2015 at Camlough Lake
- Junior Swims, 30 August 2015 at Camlough Lake
- Grounded Coffee Dock Morning, 30 August 2015 at Camlough Lake
- 1k Swim, 30 August 2015 at Camlough Lake
- Ulster 10k Championships, 30 August 2015 at Camlough Lake
- Ulster 5km Championship, 30 August 2015 at Camlough Lake
- South Armagh Warrior Triathlon, 13 September 2015 Triathlon at Camlough Lake
- The Smile Mile, 27 September 2015 at Carlingford
- Carlingford winter swim Pier to Pier, 24 December 2015 at Carlingford
Video
Irish Long Distance Swimming Association 2014 Events Calendar
- 21 May - Bray Seafront - 1.5 km - gerkennedy15@gmail.com - neoprene & bioprene
- 24 or 25 May - West Bay Swim 1 Way - 1 km - Richardtimms01@gmail.com - bioprene
- 15 June - Ironman Swim Series Kiliney Beah - 2/4 km - gerkennedy15@gmail.com - neoprene & bioprene
- 29 June - Around The Rock Swim Warrenpoint, Co. Down - 1.5 km - mournedave@gmail.com - neoprene & bioprene
- 30 June - Carrickfergus Swim - 1 km - william.wallace73@ntlworld.com - bioprene
- 13 July - Rostrevor To Warrenpoint Warrenpoint, Co. Down - 4.8 km - conorfabb@hotmail.co.uk - neoprene & bioprene
- 19 July - Moville Lighthouse - 1.2 km - peadarZIPswim@gmail.com - neoprene & bioprene
- 26 July - The Great Ulster Swim, Night Swim Camlough Lake, Co. Armagh - 1.5/0.75 km - aoiffemcc@hotmail.com and padraigmallon@yahoo.co.uk - neoprene & bioprene
- 2 August - Lough Erne National Championship, Enniskillen Co Fermanagh - 17/25 km - jeff.ildsa@yahoo.com - bioprene
- 3 August - The Battle of Carlinford Lough Swim Warrenpoint, Co. Down - 8.5 km - aoiffemcc@hotmail.com and padraigmallon@yahoo.co.uk - neoprene & bioprene
- 8 August - Dublin Night Swim Venue Seapoint - 0.5/1/1.5 km - gerkennedy15@gmail.com - neoprene & bioprene
- 22 August - Camlough Lake Water Festival, The Lord and Lady of Camlough Lake Swim - 2.7 km - aoiffemcc@hotmail.com and padraigmallon@yahoo.co.uk - neoprene & bioprene
- 24 August - Ulster and National Championship, Ulster 5km Championship - 10/5 km - aoiffemcc@hotmail.com and padraigmallon@yahoo.co.uk - bioprene
- 30 August - The Lough Gill, Sligo - 10 km - Lyndsey.Dunne@abbott.com and Lyndsey.dunne2@mail.dcu.ie - neoprene & bioprene
- 30 August - Great Dublin Swim, National Championship, Grand Canal Basin - 0.75/1.5 km - advertise@dorgans.com - neoprene & bioprene
- 14 October - Great Wicklow Swim - 10 km - gerkennedy15@gmail.com - neoprene & bioprene
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.
External links
- WOWSA Awards – World Open Water Swimming Performance Of The Year
- 2020 WOWSA Awards – World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year
- Conroy Pond, Fast Winter Water
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Events Calendar
- Camlough Lake Water Festival Facebook group
- Camlough Lake Water Festival In Ireland
- Non-stop Action At Camlough Lake Water Festival
- It's Marathon Swim In Ireland
- Pádraig Mallon, Man In The Middle Of Much
- 2013 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees
- Irish Open Water Insider Nominated By The Outsider
- Open Water Trio Up For Outsider Of The Year
- Pádraig Mallon Is 2013 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
- Pádraig Mallon To Be Honored In Mount Stuart Castle
- Stepping Out Of The Ordinary With The Port Oriel Swim
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Events Calendar
- H20PLAY Swim series Facebook page
- Keith Garry, Aoife Lynch Win Round The Rock
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Hands Up To Round The Rock
- Camlough Lake Starts Its Ice Swimming Preparations
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Award Winners
- Swim To The End Of The Rainbow
- 2015 Camlough Lake Water Festival Round-up
- The Future Is Bright With Jack Bingham
- Chilling In The Cold
- Pádraig Mallon Delivers A Message Out Of The Ordinary
