Place of Birth: Dublin
Current City: Dublin
Swimming Biography
Shay is a member of the Phoenix Swimming Club and competes in Swim Ireland open sea events every year. He has successfully completed the Liffey, Dun Laoghaire Harbour, Tommy Dorgan 5k swims. Shay was a member of the successful relay teams who swam from Holyhead to Dublin in 1995, and the North Channel in 1996. His other swimming achievments include Lough Erne in 1998 and 2000, Clew Bay in 2000, and Cleggan to Inish Boffin in 2001. Shay won the Leinster Open water Overall Men's Veteran Swimmer of the Year in 2002.
Swimmer's Report – English Channel
Direction: England to France
Shay began the swim at 4.25am on 19th July 1999 and finished at 8.20pm that evening. The swim started in perfect conditions, but in the fourth hour, conditions deteriorated and went from wind force 3 to 6. His projected time at three hours was under 11 hours but poor weather conditions slowed his performance. At times he could not get near the boat to feed.
An injury to his left shoulder became more and more aggravated as the swim went on, and the last four hours proved very difficult, but with continuous encouragement from his support crew, he finished on a deserted beach in Calais.
The swim had taken 15 hours and 30 hours.
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