This year’s Galway Bay Swim took on a different format than usual, as participants were encouraged to ‘swim the bay their way’.
As Galway Daily reports, social distancing issues prevented the annual gathering of open sea swimmers to cross Galway Bay from Aughnish in Co Clare to the Blackpool Diving Tower in Salthill.
Instead, swimmers were asked to cover the 13km distance of their own accord in any location where they could do so within the coronavirus health guidelines.
And many did just that — in fact, more than 500 swimmers, far more than the typical 150 participants — making the 15th annual Frances Thornton Memorial Galway Bay Swim effectively one of the biggest yet.
Last year’s swim raised over €100,000 for Cancer Care West and its hoped this year’s event, despite the changes, will raise even more vital funds for services cancer patients and their families.
Galway Daily has more on the story HERE.