G-Swim
Get wet this week - with G-Swim - Dublin's gay swimming group!
The advert says it's the kind of water sport you can tell your mother about. Well...I suppose it is then. But that quip does not nearly adequately describe what it is like to be a member of the gay swim group in Dublin.
Our wee group (affectionately called the G-Swim group) provides a comfort zone for me in Dublin not paralleled in my long swimming experience. It's a group of guys presented in all shapes and sizes, heights and weights, ages and nationalities and dreams and aspirations.
Sometimes we swim like champions. Sometimes we wade. Sometimes we chat and sometimes we want to be alone in the water. A lot of times we laugh right out loud and other times we don't.
We never have a really proper, organised workout for the whole group, but we are pretty organised when it come right down to it. We all understand the shyness about grouping together nearly naked with guys you mightn't know too well at first blush. But we would like you all to forget all about that and grab your swim suit and come join us. Because, in reality, we are JUST like you. We all have our own problems and our own worries. We all have our own questions and concerns. We all have our own body type.
We understand that in the real world, it's not possible to like everyone equally. But, we know that it is possible to TREAT everyone equally. And that's the real beauty of the gswim group. That sense of being treated equally makes you feel like you belong...with anyone and everyone...at anytime and everywhere. And once a week, we try to make that happen for us. We'd be chuffed to make it happen for you.
It's Wednesday evening at 8:45 pm beside the statue outside the Markievicz Pool on Townsend Street. Oh...and if you're mad for a laugh, we are even funnier with our clothes ON....in The Front Lounge after the Wednesday swim. Now....ya gotta love a group like that!!!
There are no membership fees for G-Swim - anyone can come along. We go to the 9pm swim in the Markievicz Pool, which is a public swimming hour, so togs and a swimming cap are required. The entrance fee to the pool is 6 euro.
If you need any more details, please send an e-mail to:Hopefully see you at the next swim!
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