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Big celebration post filled with club records, podium placings, pb’s, qualifying times and starring our #SwimColeraine rockstars! First up PTL finals & a chance for some of our swimmers to get their first competitive outing in a 50m pool. It was a great end to the PTL season - fab to see it back this season! Congratulations to Isabella, Olivia & Erin I who had qualified for the North team. Isabella was joined on finals night by Alice, Emily, Erin C, Daniel, Zara, Eva M, Alfie, Benny, Olivia J, Isla...
Coleraine swimmers have been busy in the pool recently and we have three new club record holders First up is Campbell; who was on fire, breaking two records in one night in our Aquasprint gala v Ballymena 12&U 25m backstroke in a new time of 16.35 12&U 25m frontcrawl in a new time of 13.95 Then over to the girls at the Swim Ulster Open for two more records: Clara 16&U SC 200m backstroke in a new time of 2.42.27 Isla 16&U 100m frontcrawl in a new time of 1.05.82...

Recently 7 of our Level 2 coaches had a session in the pool themselves with Swim Ulster Development Officer, Steven, as part of the Coach Development Program!! Lots to carry into our session plans and help our swimmers progress! Thanks to Steven and Swim Ulster for their continued support!
Another chance to celebrate the successes of our club members! The O’Hara Club Gala saw all our club members racing each other over 25 or 50m. It’s always an exciting and competitive event; with lots of close races; fingertip wins, upsets, a massive 206 new personal bests; and a record or two. As always lots of support, cheering, and so much fun. For some it was their first ever time racing; for others their last O’Hara gala after many years in the club. From our youngest swimmer to our oldest...

Lots to celebrate with #SwimColeraine over the last few weeks! We had 8 of our Senior squad swimmers qualify for the Swim Ulster #shortcoursechampionships - a fantastic number with limited pool time. All had multiple swims over three days, lots of pb’s and good technical swims - showing the hard work an technical development they are doing, in and out of the pool is paying off. Swim of the event goes to Isla who broke the club 16u 100m freestyle short course record in a time of 1:03:99 - and...

Wishing good luck and fast swims to our Swim Coleraine crew as they head to the Swim Ulster Short Course Championships this weekend. Trust the process and the hard work you have all done in the pool, most importantly enjoy!

Another fantastic day’s swimming last Saturday at the Larne Sprint Gala for some of our youngest Swim Coleraine rockstars. For a lot their first open gala and was great to see alll their hard work paying off in the pool. Lots of pb’s, improvements in swim skills and bling back to the North Coast!

Last Saturday night (22nd October) we hosted Banbridge for our first PTL gala of the season. So great to get back swimming these galas again, lots of fast swims, close finishes and exciting races! From the oldest to the youngest they gave it their all. Special mention to our ‘A’ group who in their first PTL gala, took last minute changes, racing 50’s, and the organised mayhem in their stride. Was lovely too to see our Senior swimmers keeping them right and cheering them on! We couldn’t have these galas...

Swim Coleraine off to a good start to the gala season. First up 12 of our Inter, Junior & Skills squads headed to Craigavon for the first Swim Ulster Future Challengers gala. Some fantastic swims, big improvements in race & stroke technique shown. Lots of PB’s and points won. Special mention to our medley & freestyle relay teams who had some of the fastest times of the day. The following weekend our younger swimmers swapped their club hats for school ones at the Primary Schools Cup and again rocked the...