SWSC Swimmers Shine at the 2019 Irish Summer Nationals

  • Girls 4x200 Free Relay Bronze

    Laoise, Rachel, Ellen and Lauren with Richard after winning bronze in the 4×200 Free relay

  • Paul Higgins

    Gold 100 Fly

  • Lauren Farr

    Lauren with coaches Tom and Frank after winning gold in the 200 I.M

  • Ellen Lee

    Bronze 50 Free

  • Andrew Feenan

    Silver 17&Over 200 Breaststroke

  • Girls 200 Free

    Lauren and Ellen with head coach Richard after a gold and silver in the 200 Free

  • Girls 4x100 Free Relay Bronze

  • Paul Higgins

    Bronze 50 Free

  • Lauren Farr

    Gold 100 Back

  • Ellen Lee

    Gold 100 Fly & Bronze 50 Free

  • Lauren Farr

    Gold 200 Back

  • Girls 4x200 Free Relay Bronze

    Lauren, Rachel, Ellen & Laoise with coach Tom

  • Paul Higgins

    Gold 100 Fly

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Well done to all our swimmers at the  #ISN19 last week. There was medals and PBs glore for SWSC swimmers showing all the hard work and dedication put in over the past year.

Thank you to all the coaches for a fantastic year of training and for getting the best out of everyone over the 5 days.

Thank you to all parents and volunteers and cheerleaders who supported our swimmers throughout the entire competition.

SWSC won a total of 11 individual medals and 2 relay medals,

  • Lauren Farr: Gold 100 Back, Gold 200 Back, Gold 200 Free, Silver 400 Free and Bronze 200 I.M.
  • Ellen Lee: Gold 100 fly, Silver 200 Free and Bronze 50 Free
  • Paul Higgins: Gold 100 Fly, Bronze 50 Free
  • Andrew Feenan: Silver 200 Breaststroke

The girls relay team of Laoise Deasy, Lauren Farr, Rachel Farr and Ellen Lee won bronze in both the 4×200 Free relay and the 4×100 Free relay.

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7 Club Records Broken at 2019 Irish Summer Nationals

Congratulations to Beth Nolan, Paul Higgins, Peter Higgins, Andrew Feenan, Rory Lee and Luke O’ Sullivan on setting new club records at the Irish Summer Nationals in Dublin last week.

Both Beth and Luke broke their own records, Beth in the 100 & 200 metre Breaststroke and Luke in the 200 & 400 metre Free. Andrew set a new time in the 200 I.M breaking an 11 year old record.

Andrew, Peter, Rory and Luke set a new record in the 4×100 metre Free relay in a time of 03:44.54, while Paul, Andrew, Luke and Rory set a new record in the 4×200 metre Free relay in a time of 08:16.10

Well done from everyone at SWSC!

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Swim Ireland Board Meeting July 2019

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Calella 2019 – Photos

  • SWSC Team Cork Airport

  • Crol Centre Calella

  • SWSC Team

  • SWSC Team Beach

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All photos can be found here

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Scottish Open Championships – Aberdeen 2019

Multiple best times and two club records from our three girls swimming in the Scottish Open Nationals with the Munster Squad!

Despite being in the middle of heavy training for the Irish Summer Nationals, our three elite swimmers Anna Feenan, Ellen Lee and Beth Nolan performed very well at the Scottish Open Nationals last weekend. In this long course meet Anna had two PBs in the 100m F/c and 200 IM, Ellen improved her PBs in four events (100m F/c, 50m & 100m B/c, 100m Fly), while Beth had six PBs (50m F/c, 50m B/c, 50m & 200m Br/s, 50m & 100m Fly). In the Breast stroke events Beth broke two club records-the 50m which had been held for a decade by Lorna Cummins and her own 200m record set in January. In the latter event Beth also qualified for the B final in this highly competitive Open meet. Well done girls!

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Swim Ireland Newsletter – June 2019

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Points of Note: Swim Ireland Board Meeting 28 May 2019

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Great swimming at Michael Bowles Invitational meet!

SWSC ran their Michael Bowles Invitational meet last weekend, a few months later than in recent years so the Level 3 competition could serve as a last chance to qualify for the Swim Ireland Division 2 championships. 

Highlights were:

  • Sunday’s Well, with a team of 74 swimmers of all ages from nine to 49, retained the overall trophy that they have won every year for the last decade!
  • Twenty two swimmers won their events (detailed below) and the club won four of seven relays!
  • In some outstanding swims, Lauren Farr set three Munster records in the 200B/c (2:26.88), 200Fly (2:36.13) and 200IM (2:31.26)!
  • There was a huge number of Personal Bests as is obvious from the detailed results (which can be viewed elsewhere on this website), also very many second and third places and point scoring placings!

Summarising the 22 gold medal winners:

  • Lauran Farr 13-14 200 back & fly;
  • Andrew Feenan 17+ 50, 100 & 200 Br/s, 100 & 200 IM (Five Golds and a great 200 Br/s);
  • Anna Feenan 15-16 100 IM;
  • Michael Feenan 15-16  200 Br/s;
  • Sinead Gallagher 10-12 200 F/c;
  • Marc Galland 13-14 100 F/c & Br/s, 200 B/c & Fly;
  • Paul Higgins 15-16 50 Fly & 100 IM (in the middle of his Junior Cert);
  • Peter Higgins 17+ 50 F/c:
  • Ellen Lee 13-14 100 F/c, B/c & Fly, 400 F/c;
  • Rory Lee 17+ 200 F/c (one of the swims of the meet!);
  • Drew Lynch 15-16 50 F/c, 200 IM;
  • Grace Lynch 15-16 800 & 1500 F/c;
  • Matilda Lyons 10-12 200 B/c;
  • Ross McAuliffe 17+ 50 B/c (also won this event and the 100 B/c at the Celtic Universities International);
  • Shauna Murphy 10-12  400 IM;
  • Beth Nolan 17+ 100 F/c, 50, 100 & 200 B/c, 50 & 10 Br/s, 50 Fly, 100 IM (seven golds-highest in meet!);
  • Lorraine O’Donovan 17+ 200 F/c;
  • Michael O’Driscoll 13-14 800 F/c;
  • Aoife O’Shea 15-16 100 & 200 B/c, 200 Br/s, 400 IM;
  • Luke O’Sullivan 17+ 100 F/c, B/c & Fly (fastest 100 F/c of meet);
  • Antonina Sech 10-12 100 B/c, Fly & IM, 290 Br/s & IM, 400 IM (six golds); Sean Semchiy 10-12 200 B/c.

Overall a great showing by the club thanks to the swimmers, parents and Richard Cassidy and his team of coaches and teachers.

  • Elsewhere our Olympic-possible para athlete Sean O’Riordan set a PB for the 100 F/c at a World Cup para event in Berlin!

Tom Cross, President  for SWSC Committee

Michael Bowles Invitational Gala 2019

Please note that the gala starting time has changed to 10:00.

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Swim Ireland Level 1 Assistant Swimming Teacher

There is a Level 1 Assistant Swimming Teacher course taking place in Mayfield Co. Cork. This will commence on Friday 21st  June 2019.

Level 1 Assistant Swimming Teacher:

This course is designed for anyone who is interested in starting a career as a Swim Ireland Level 1 Assistant Swimming Teacher or wants to assist a Swim Ireland level 2 Swimming Teacher.

Successful completion of the course will qualify you to become a Swim Ireland Level 1 Assistant Swimming Teacher which enables you to actively support a qualified Swimming Teacher in the delivery of a pre-prepared session.

Prerequisites:

You must be at least 15 years of age by the start of the course. Hold a valid Safeguarding certificate and have completed Swim Ireland vetting.

There are no formal entry requirements for this qualification although we strongly recommend that you have current knowledge and some practical experience of assisting with swimming lessons.

*Please read carefully through the other details on the page so you know what this course entails.*

Course Duration: 30 hours

Breakdown of hours: Blended 

20 Hours Theory

10 Hours Practical (6 of which are lessons)

Dates and start times for face to face course days:

  • Friday the 21st of June 2019  –       6.30am – 21.00pm (1 hour practical)
  • Saturday the 22nd of June 2019    9am – 5pm (3 hours practical)
  • Sunday the 23rd of June 2019 –     9am – 5pm (3 hours practical)
  • Saturday the 29th of June 2019 –   9am – 5pm (3 hours practical)
  • Sunday the 30th of June 2019 –      9am – 5pm (2 Hours practical)

Course Tutor: Eileen Hempel

Cost: €450 (exclusive of credit/debit card payment surcharge of 2%)

Click here to book.

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