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  • 20-05-2012 11:09pm
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    martin6651
    Registered Users Posts: 990 ✭✭✭


    As said in previous posts I intent to attempt to swim across Galway Bay this year as part of the Francis Thornton Memorial Swim. I checked on registering and one of the requirements is to have a Swim Ireland Number. As I'm not a member of any swimming club so how do I get this number.


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    Kevski
    Registered Users Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Kevski


    You have to be a member of a swimming club in order to become a member of Swim Ireland and hence get a membership number.


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    martin6651
    Registered Users Posts: 990 ✭✭✭martin6651


    That's a pain in the whatsit. I'm mainly a solo open water swimmer and have no need for a club.


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    mad m
    Registered Users Posts: 9,002 ✭✭✭mad m


    martin6651 wrote: »
    That's a pain in the whatsit. I'm mainly a solo open water swimmer and have no need for a club.

    I know its a pain, but its for insurance purposes, Why not give Carraig Masters club a ring....Ill pm you the number....


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    martin6651
    Registered Users Posts: 990 ✭✭✭martin6651


    Thanks mad there is a local masters here in Galway I'll contact them, only need the number for 1 event.


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    mad m
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    martin6651 wrote: »
    Thanks mad there is a local masters here in Galway I'll contact them, only need the number for 1 event.

    Well when you register, why not do the Galway prom swim anyway....Get your moneys worth...Plus Im sure there is a few up that way....


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    promethius
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    this annoys me too and have seen it put people off doing events.
    insurance fair enough but organisers should get it sorted such that it's insured as a stand alone and reflect that in the price rather than lazily going down the swim ireland route and putting the onus on competitors to join an association they may have no wish to join.

    costs approx €250 to insure a swim regardless of distance or entries, get 50 entries and that's a fiver a head which is easily absorbed into an entry fee.


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    Kevski
    Registered Users Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Kevski


    promethius wrote: »
    this annoys me too and have seen it put people off doing events.
    insurance fair enough but organisers should get it sorted such that it's insured as a stand alone and reflect that in the price rather than lazily going down the swim ireland route and putting the onus on competitors to join an association they may have no wish to join.

    costs approx €250 to insure a swim regardless of distance or entries, get 50 entries and that's a fiver a head which is easily absorbed into an entry fee.

    How are the organisers lazily going down the Swim Ireland route? If anythying, they're adding credibility to their events by affiliating with the sport's governing body.


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