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LES PREMIERES IMPRESSIONS

RONAN a vaincu ses peurs
il est entrain de réussi son challenge

V I D E O :
"Ronan launches Irish Sea swim"



Ronan Keating said: "It's a massive challenge, daunting and scary.
If we succeed it will be monumental."

“The swimming has been incredibly tough,
but the whole team are pushing through & are determined
to make it to Dublin.”

"I'm not one of the advanced swimmers so
I'm concentrating on my swimming, my breathing
and keeping my body moving,"

"We were warned about the Lion's Mane
jellyfish but there are hundreds and it's frightening
when they are right there sitting in front of you.

"You gasp and lose your breath but
you've just got to keep moving.

"Thank God, we haven't seen any sharks,
I'm very happy about that."

We're pretty much half way across the Irish Sea now.

"It's an amazing feeling to think that at
nine o'clock last night we were in Holyhead, it was so daunting.

I was a little panicky, but kind of emotional, too.

"I just had to dive in and it was incredible.

"We've talked about it for 12 months
but it was finally happening, it was an incredible moment."

'It was daunting, it was frightening. As we went along we all found our rhythm and pace - the deep ocean swim was tough, your imagination was running away with you. But it's a euphoric feeling.'
'It's the toughest challenge I've ever come up against.'


Some of the team were stung on the face and on the arms.
I didn’t get stung thank God but I saw a lot of them.
‘I swam into them and came back out of it.’


The idea of the charity swim was a result of a chat Ronan had with Sir Richard Branson, who had intended to take part but had to pull out after his Caribbean home burnt down last month. 'Richard and I first talked about doing something last year' Says Ronan 'I liased with Cancer Research uk and they came up with this idea. It's the biggest challenge i've ever been up against. I've climbed Kilimanjaro, walked the Arctic Circle and done marathons but swimming the Irish Sea was 400 times scarier. I'm totally out of my comfort zone...i'm freezing cold, deep, murky water and with no sight of a coastline - I was pretty scared. The only comfort I had was that at least I was swimming home to Dublin'

The team completed the task in 35 hours and Ronan has no doubt what kept him going 'thinking about my mam' he says 'I miss her terribly and cry when I talk about her. I did it for her and so that others wont have to suffer like she did'




The singer admitted that he "must have been drunk" when he agreed to take part in the swim, but added that the loss of his mother to breast cancer 13 years ago inspired him to say yes





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C' EST PARTI !

GOOD LUCK RONAN X
with you.




RONAN est à bord du "VIRGIN TRAIN"
avec l'équipe de "JOIN THE SWIM"
en direction de HOLLYHEAD

Source TWITTER


















Messages de RONAN :

Perfect conditions. Here we Go @JoinTheSwim


We are starting at 9pm tonight.
If your near holyhead come see us off.






Just finished my first leg for @JoinTheSwim.
Wow incredible turn out for us all in Holyhead
quite overwhelming.
But glad I'm out of water


Its all really happening now @JoinTheSwim
starting to lose sight of Holyhead lights


Time for a quick snooze
before I'm back in the sea again
for @JoinTheSwim.



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the star


Félicitations à lui pour ce courageux challenge!
il l'a fait!

MARIE KEATING FOUNDATION CHARITY GOLF DAY

Ronan était aujourdhui au KILDARE HOTEL en Irlande
pour le "Marie Keating Foundation charity golf day"







PHOTOS

X FACTOR AUSTRALIE LE RETOUR .....

Nous ne pouvons apprécier actuellement le show X FACTOR AUSTRALIE sur le
SITE OFFICIEL
puisque les vidéos fournies par ce site ne sont pas visibles en FRANCE .....

Nous espérons simplement que quelques âmes compatissantes
publieront ces vidéos sur YOUTUBE d'ici peu .....










BOYZROFANSITE

'I'll SWIM THE IRISH SEA...NO MATTER WHAT"!

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Avec un problème à la jambe pour RONAN
et RICHARD BRANSON qui annule sa participation suite au récent incendie de sa maison dans les caraïbes, le démarrage de ce challenge semble un peu difficile...

RONAN A BESOIN DE VOUS POUR "JOIN THE SWIM"

Si vous voulez participer
en faisant une petite donation
c'est ici : DONATION

MESSAGE DE RONAN SUR TWITTER :
Our final week of training till @JoinTheSwim happens.
Feeling nervous but excited.
Please donate generously if you can.
Need your help. X.

RONAN SE JETTE A L'EAU...

RONAN continue son entraînement Source TWITTER

RONAN DE RETOUR SUR X FACTOR AUSTRALIE

X Factor - AUSTRALIE 2011 reprendra Lundi 29 AOUT 2011
Le premier show LIVE sur CHANNEL 7
avec tous les juges :
RONAN KEATING,
MELANIE BROWN,
NATHALIE BASSINGTHWAIGHTE, GUY SEBASTIAN
aura lieu le 18 SEPTEMBRE 2011

DAYBREAK : ITV CHARITY SWIM

Ronan était ce matin sur ITV
pour faire la promotion
de la" CHARITY SWIM."
du 1er Septembre 2011
qui sera filmée par CHANNEL 5



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BOYZROFANSITE :

PLUS SERIEUSEMENT IL S ENTRAINE DANS LA "SERPENTINE " AVEC STEVE PARRY

Source Twitter :
Just finished swimming in the Serpantine with the legend that is @steparry2. Thanx for your help mate. Not long till @JoinTheSwim.

RONAN S'ENTRAINE CHEZ LUI POUR SA TRAVERSEE DE L'IRISH SEA...

source TWITTER

RONAN KEATING à BERLIN ALLEMAGNE

RONAN KEATING termine son week end en Allemagne
avec un concert à BERLIN au Festival Rs2 Summer le Samedi 13 Août 2011
GETTY IMAGES

RONAN KEATING AU FESTIVAL JAZZ & JOY à WORMS ALLEMAGNE

RONAN était chez nos voisins Allemands vendredi 12 AOUT 2011
au festival Jazz And Joy à Worms une belle soirée d'été pour ce festival où RONAN termine ses quelques concerts d'été en solo.

Set list classique comme ses précédents concerts
Friends in Time
One More Song et In This Live (chansons dédiées au regretté STEPHEN GATELY)
I Love It When We Do
If Tomorrow Never Comes
This is your song
Time After Time
Homeward Bound
Last thing on my mind
When you say nothing at all
Turn it on
if you love me
The way you make me feel
The long goodbye
Pas de reprise des chansons de son dernier album WHEN RONAN MET BURT

VIDEO

RONAN KEATING ET RICHARD BRANDSON: CHALLENGE POUR LA CHARITE

Richard BRANDSON et Ronan KEATING capitaines d'une équipe de nageurs ayant pour challenge la traversée de "L'IRISH SEA" pour réunir 1 million de £ au bénéfice de "CANCER RESEARCH UK"



The Swim is a celebrity-led challenge to cross the Irish Sea from Holyhead to Dublin in a 10-person relay. Almost three times the length of the English Channel, this 56-mile swim hopes to raise £1 million for Cancer Research UK's lifesaving work.

Will this team of celebrity adventurers beat the odds to swim the most treacherous waters off the British coast? Richard and Ronan are to be joined by Gadget Show host Jason Bradbury, Snog, Marry, Avoid presenter and pop star Jenny Frost and have most recently been joined by Strictly Come Dancing star Pamela Stephenson.

“I’m proud to be part of The Swim team, and take part in this unique challenge for Cancer Research UK,” says Richard Branson. "I’ve undertaken many challenging events over the past 25 years, including running the London marathon and setting world records. But swimming the Irish Sea, a distance of 56 miles, with a team of amateur swimmers … this really is going to be a challenge and we’re going to need all the help we can get!

“I’m lucky enough to be able to swim regularly, but this won’t prepare me for many of the hazards I’ll face during the challenge; the Irish Sea is going to be cold, dark, with ferocious waves. There’s no doubt it will be an incredibly tough swim, and we’ll have to work together as a team to see it through to the finish.

“I hope that you’ll help me and my teammates in supporting Cancer Research UK. We want to raise £1m for this fantastic charity, and every penny you donate will bring us closer to this total. We’re all training hard, and your support and sponsorship will help make every stroke worth it!”

In the time that it is likely to take The Swim team to cross the Irish Sea (40 hours), around 1,400 people will have been diagnosed with cancer in the UK. So Cancer Research UK is calling on everyone to get involved in The Swim and help raise £1million for the charity’s lifesaving work.

“I’ve supported Cancer Research UK for years, and when I heard about The Swim challenge, I felt it was the right time for me to dip my toes in the water,” says Ronan Keating. "Sadly, I lost my own mother to breast cancer in 1998, which is why I want to raise as much money as I can to support Cancer Research UK’s life-saving work.

“This is going to be a really tough personal challenge; I’m not a strong swimmer, in fact I’ve only just started learning! The Irish Sea is going to be cold, rough and we’ll have to swim throughout the night when it’s pitch black. You never know what’s lurking beneath…did you know that the Irish Sea has venomous jellyfish and over 30 species of shark?! They didn’t tell me that when I signed up!”

There are two ways to help: people can sponsor the team at here or sign up to their own swimming challenge and ask family and friends to sponsor them at www.the-swim.co.uk.

To help people with their own swimming challenge, increase their fitness levels and raise as much as they can for Cancer Research UK’s work into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, each swimmer will be given an exclusive personal swim page. Through this they will be able to log their swims and share progress with family and friends to encourage sponsorship. There is also an iPhone app to help you track your swims when you are out and about.

The Swim will take place between 30th August and 6th September 2011, dependent on weather conditions and could start any time of the day or night.

To sponsor The Swim team and find out more about how you can help them raise £1 million please visit www.the-swim.co.uk

SOURCE: Look The Stars

LIEN UTILE: The Swim