RNLI Helvick Head lifeboat station is making final preparations for the 28th Annual RNLI Helvick Swim & BBQ on Sunday, July 30th. The event will feature a variety of family-friendly activities, such as a dog show, live music, the “King & Queen of Helvick” contest, a raffle, refreshments, and a burger cookout. From 2 pm onwards, the lifeboat station at Helvick will be bustling with families and onlookers.
“With the spectacle of open water swimmers crossing Dungarvan Bay, finishing on the slipway at the lifeboat station to the cheers of their friends and family, and cookout atmosphere – the excitement of the day is very unique,” said Kevin O’Morchoe, Honorary Chairman of the RNLI Helvick Head Fundraising Committee. “To be so well supported by the local community after all these years, while raising vital funds for the lifeboats, is something that everyone can be enormously proud of.”
The RNLI Helvick Swim is a family-friendly, community fundraiser event. Swimmers can choose to swim 4km or 2km along a marked course in Dungarvan Bay, finishing at Helvick Pier to a cheering crowd. Instead of a signup fee, participants are requested to fundraise for the event by accepting sponsorship from within their own network of contacts.
The event has grown enormously in popularity over the years and has become a huge community event, attracting swimmers and visitors to Helvick in the Waterford Gaeltacht on the mouth of Dungarvan Bay from all over Ireland and beyond.
More information about the event can be found on rnlihelvickswim.ie
