Taking the New Year plunge in Carnlough
Among the swimmers were Geoff Bell, in his 38th swim, Geoff and Ryan Marshall on holiday from Washington DC and Ricky Boss from Florida.
As ever, the family tradition was well represented with parents and sons and daughters jumping into the cold waters.
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Hide AdDoing the swim for the first time were Chris and Ricky Faloon, Robert and Matthew Bowman, Mark Lester. Mark McGeachey, Dessie Henry, Andy Strain and Peter Parkhill who was standing in for John Smith
Association chairman Billy McIlroy gave a warm welcome to everyone and wished them all a very happy and prosperous New Year.
Billy went on to say it was very pleasing to see so many swimmers when taking into consideration the wintry conditions that we were experiencing at present. He said it was also nice to see so many visitors among the spectators and swimmers and he hoped they would all enjoy themselves and return another time.
After the presentations, the chairman again paid tribute to everyone who sponsored the swimmers this year as they have done for many years in the past. Last year the swim raised a magnificent sum and this year again has got off to a brilliant start with generous sponsorship from the public.