CLUB AWARDS NIGHT FOR 2018/19 SEASON

Coleraine Swim Team22nd January 2020Events, News, Parents, Swimmers

On Friday 17th January 2020 Coleraine Swimming Club held our annual Awards Night and for the second year it in a row it was held at the wonderful setting of the Royal Court Hotel in Portrush. Our Club Chairman, David Curry, welcomed everyone and thanked the coaches and parents for their contimued support – without whom the club could not function.

There were over 100 members sitting down to dinner and there was also the majority of coaches and quite a few parents also in attendance to watch the proceedings.

After dinner the cups from the O’Hara Gala on 7th December were handed out by Gary Greene and Joanne Ilsley (retired secretary) to all relevant winners and runner up medals given to 2nd and 3rd places while the three other finalists per race were awarded finalist ribbons.

The following special prizes were also handed out.

Male Club Captain – Andre Krystowski

Female Club Captain – Molly Curry

Teletots/Aquasprint – Boys – Kioni Little

Teletots/Aquasprint Girls – Riona Cassidy

Most points at PTL Boys – Daniel Eakin

Pauline Larsen Trophy most points at PTL Girls – Molly Curry

Most Improved Newcomer – Solomon Patterson

Most Improved Boy -Isaac Duddy

Most Improved Girl – Olivia Higgins

Boy’s Endeavour – Ethan Turbitt

Girl’s Endeavour – Emma Price

Male Swimmer of the Year – Conor McIlroy-Sanchez

Female Swimmer of the Year – Orla Quinn

Trophy for Coach of the Year – Male – Simon Walton

Trophy for Coach of the Year -Female – Aidine McQuillan

Jim Foote Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Club** – Gerry McEwan

** The Jim Foote Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Club is a new club presented to the club by Jim Foote during the 50th Anniversary year of the club in 2019.

LINK TO PHOTOS OF AWARD WINNERS AND ATTENDEES

ERIN BREAKS U10 25M BACKSTROKE CLUB RECORD

Coleraine Swim Team14th January 2020News, Parents, Swimmers

At Saturday night’s Aquasprint at Ards Erin broke the girls U10 25m backstoke record. The record previously was a long standing record by Sharon Carson. Erin shaved 0.27secs off Sharon’s time of 18.52 to make the new record 18.25secs.

Fantastic swimming Erin to break this long standing record!

AQUASPRINT TEAM V ARDS 11/01/20

Coleraine Swim Team13th January 2020News, Parents, Swimmers

Our junior Aquasprint team started off their season last Saturday night with a home gala against Ards.

So soon after the Christmas break to compete against the Aquasprint defending champions was always going to be tough but with the army of supporters and a team of enthauastic swimmers they were all up for the challenge.

The night was a noisy fun gala and everyone gave their best.

The final scaore as 235 Ards and 165 Coleraine.

Well done to everyone especially Erin Ilsley who achieved a new Club Record for the U10 25m backstroke.

PTL TEAM V COOKSTOWN

Coleraine Swim Team31st October 2019Events, News, Parents, PTL, Swimmers

On Saturday 26th October our PTL team travelled to Cookstown for our second PTL of the season.

Missing a few swimmers due to Halloweeen holidays our team as ever gave their best however unfortunately we narrowly lost to a strong Cookstown team 584-557.

You can see all individual results by logging into the Time Trial results.

Congratulations to those who won their races or achieved new PBs.

Congratulaions to Cookstown and good luck for the rest of the season and thanks for your kind hospitality and amazing supper!!

We now look forward to our first home gale of the season on 23rd November v Portadown.

CLUB AGM 2019

Coleraine Swim Team17th October 2019Events, News, Parents

On Tuesday 22nd October 2019 at 8pm Coleraine Swimming Club will have its AGM in the Committeee Room at the Coleraine Leisure Centre.

ALL PARENTS are invited to attend and hear about what club’s activities in 2018/19 and plans for 2019/20.

All parents are able to vote in new committee members and get involved themselves by allowing their name to go forward for inclusion in the committee.

All voluntary clubs are run via committees and this is your chance to help run this club in its 50th anniversary year.

2 NEW RECORDS CLUB AT PTL GALA

Coleraine Swim Team15th October 2019News, Swimmers, Uncategorised

On 28th September 19 at the PTL gala away to Lecale there were 2 club records broken. Both of these records had previously stood since 2014

Connor McIlroy-Sanchez broke the James Richardson time of 31.83 in the 50m breaststroke and lowered the time by 0.3sec to the new club record time of 31.53sec.

 

Orla Quinn broke the Charlotte Anderson time of 33.43 in the 50m backstroke and lowered the time by 0.02sec to the new club record time of 33.41sec.

Congratulations to both swimmers on their new club records!

CLUB CAPTAINS IN YOUTH SPORT

Coleraine Swim Team11th October 2019News, Parents, Swimmers

Swim Ulster are running a Club Captains in Youth Sport Workshop in LaganValley Leisureplex, Lisburn on 19th October. Follow the link by logging into YOUR Swim Ireland profile through our GoMembership system https://swimireland.azolve.com/workbench/public/events?ref=BB606D76CEB97681B9A24F97DBA656144424E3E4

Swim Ulster are restricted to 20 places and booking is strictly first come first served and must be done through the link

SUMMER NATIONALS 2019

Coleraine Swim Team15th August 2019News, Parents

The Irish Summer Nationals 2019 have begun in the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin! These 7 swimmers pictured below have been training hard to be ready for this huge event! We are so proud of them all and wish them every success!!

8 NEW LEVEL 2 COACHES

Coleraine Swim Team15th August 2019News, Parents, Uncategorised

We now have 8 brand new level 2 coaches in Coleraine Swimming Club!  

Our volunteers have been busy over the past 5 days ( 40+ hours!) working hard to expand their coaching knowledge with superb Swim Ireland tutor, Mary Garvey! 

We are looking forward to next season! 

DIV 2 RESULTS

Coleraine Swim Team15th August 2019News, Parents, Swimmers

Congratulations to our swimmers who qualified to swim in Limerick this weekend at the Irish Age Groups Division 2!

Rebecca got a super PB in the 100m Breaststroke

Kyle Qualified for the finals and came 6th in the 50m Freestyle and 7th in the 100m freestyle

Harry Qualified for the finals and came 6th in the 50m freestyle 

Pablo also Qualified for the finals and came 7th in the 200m IM, 9th in the 200m Backstroke and 10th in the 100m Backstroke

Well done everyone!

KIONI BREAKS U10 25M BACKSTROKE CLUB RECORD

Coleraine Swim Team14th June 2019News, Parents, Swimmers

On Friday 7th June Kioni broke the Boys U10 25m Backstroke record currently held by team mate Daniel Eakin. Kioni took a further 0.41sec off Daniel’s current record!

Kioni’s new record now stands at 17.56secs!

Congratulations Kioni – great swimming.

AQUASPRINT TEAM COME 2ND IN “A” DIVISION RELEGATION FINALS

Coleraine Swim Team10th June 2019Events, News, Parents, Swimmers

On Friday 8^th June the extremely noisy and enthusiastic Aquasprint Team travelled to Larne for the A Division  relegation finals where they would compete against Lisburn and Limavady teams (who were equally noisy and enthusiastic!)

Aquasprint finals night is always one of the best galas of the swimming calendar and this one definitely did not disappoint. The Coleraine Swimmers swam many PBs and came first or second in many races and were delighted to come 2^nd overall and therefore securing their position in the A Division for the 2019/20 Season. Congratulations to Lisburn who won the gala and too will remain in A Division.

Well done to everyone involved with these young swimmers – coaches, parents, grandparents and especially the swimmers themselves who have trained so hard all year!

The obligatory celebratory McDonalds stop on the way home was greatly enjoyed by everyone!

ULSTER LC CHAMPIONSHIPS 2019

Coleraine Swim Team6th May 2019News, Parents, Swimmers

Coleraine Swimming Club now has 2 Ulster LC Swimming Champions for 2019.

Molly Curry became Girls 17+ Double Ulster Champion in the both 50m and 100m breaststroke and Conor McIlroy-Sanchez is Boys 17+ Ulster Champion in 200m breaststroke.

In becoming Ulster 50m Champion Molly, on her 17^th birthday, also broke the 17yrs and over Coleraine Club record for 50m breaststroke held by two-time Olympian Emma Robinson, a record which has stood for the last 24years. It was also the 6^th year in a row that Molly has been the Ulster Age Group 100m Champion, she was 11yrs old when she 1^st won this title.

Conor posted a time 1.09secs faster than his previous PB to win the boys event in a new time of 2.34.81. Conor went on to make finals in 200IM (4^th), 100m Breaststroke (4^th), 50m breaststroke (4^th) and 100m butterfly (7^th).

In total Coleraine swimming club had 15 swimmers qualify to attend this event aged from 11 – 17yrs – which is a considerable ask in itself with the standard of swimming in Ulster being extremely high. The club is also proud to announce that out of the 15 swimmers who managed to qualify 12 made finals and a total of 4 swimmers medalled gaining 6medals between them.

Orla Quinn managed to win two silver medals in Girls 15-16yrs 100m and 200m breaststroke. Orla also managed finals in the 50m freestyle (8^th).

Martin Fiala won a bronze in the boys 15-16yrs 50m butterfly and made finals in 50m backstroke (6^th) and 50m freestyle (8^th).

Other finalists were Yna Cisnero Girls 13-14yrs 200m breaststroke (4^th) and 100m breaststroke (7^th),

Charlie Eatwell 13-14yrs 50m freestyle (7^th), 100m backstroke (8^th), 200IM (9^th) and 100m Freestyle (9^th)

Jake Ilsley 15-16yrs 50m butterfly (7th), 50m backstroke (8th), 100m and 200m backstroke (9th & 10th)

Daniel Eakin 11-12yrs 100m backstroke (7th) and 800m freestyle (4th)

Matthew Curry 15-16yrs 50m breaststroke (4^th)

Kioni Little 11-12yrs 100m butterfly (7^th) & 100m backstroke (8^th)

Kyle Cooper 13-14yrs 800m freestyle (8th)

Isla McClelland 11-12yrs 50m freestyle (9^th)

Eva Jones, Pablo McIlroy-Sanchez and Finn Ilsley also qualified in this Ulster Champions and achieved PBs.

Well done to all the Coleraine Swimming Club swimmers who attended, got into finals, medalled and became Ulster Champions at this event. It is a credit to the hard training they put in many hours per week. It is also thanks to the Head Coach and all the volunteer coaches who give up so much of their time to help the swimmers achieve at high standards within Ulster and Irish level.

AQUASPRINT TEAM V LISBURN

Coleraine Swim Team30th April 2019News, Parents, Swimmers

Our little Forest Feast Aquasprinters swam out of their skins on Sat 27th April!! We had one of our tightest galas to date which resulted in a win against Lisburn City Swimming Club!! 198 v 202! Thank you to all the volunteers and officials! And thank you to Lisburn for a super gala, with great sportsmanship – we wish you every success in the reminder of your season and thank you for travelling to Coleraine this evening!

MOLLY BREAKS EMMA’S RECORD

Coleraine Swim Team30th April 2019News, Parents, Swimmers

Congratulations to our Breaststroke Queen , Molly, who became the Ulster 50m Breaststroke Champion yesterday on her 17th Birthday!! While gaining this title she also set a new 17+ Club Record of 33.44! The record was over 20 years old and previously held by Emma Robinson with a time of 33.99. Superb Swimming from our female Club Captain – Congratulations and Happy Birthday!!

KIONI BREAKS LONG-STANDING RECORD

Coleraine Swim Team30th April 2019News, Parents, Swimmers

We have a super star in the making!

Kioni has broken Martin Boddies record (of 30 years) at last Saturday’s Aquasprint gala at home v Lisburn.  With Martin’s record standing at 16.91 Kioni swam 16.31 sec for 25m fly in 10 and under category taking 0.60sec off the record.

Really well done Kioni!

ULSTER TEAM REPRESENTATION AT IRISH INTERPROS

Coleraine Swim Team24th April 2019News, Parents, Swimmers

Congratulations to Molly, our female Club Captain, in representing Ulster Schools last weekend at the Irish Inter-provincials in Dublin. This is the 4th consecutive year that Molly has been part of this Ulster team. After becoming Ulster Schools Senior Breaststroke Champion In October 2018 Molly was picked as part of the Ulster team for this Interpro against Leinster, Connaught and Munster.
At the weekend in Dublin Molly was the first Ulster swimmer to touch and came 2nd in Ireland in the senior section (16-18yrs) with a new Season PB in her 100m breaststroke. Her medley relay team also came 2nd.
Ulster have been the reigning Irish Champions for the past 4 years however this year they were beaten by one point into second place by Leinster (177-178).

LONG STANDING CLUB RECORD BROKEN

Coleraine Swim Team24th April 2019News, Parents, Swimmers

On Saturday 30th March night at our Aquasprint Gala Daniel set a new Club 10 and under 25m Backstroke record of 17.97!!!

This record was one of our longest standing of 30 years, set in 1989 by a then 10 year old Martin Boddie! (18.33)

Great swimming Daniel!

BANGOR OPEN APRIL 19

Coleraine Swim Team10th April 2019News, Parents, Swimmers

Congratulations to our swimmers on the medals they won in the Bangor open at the weekend!

We were also so proud of the improvement in times at the 100m afternoon session – we had a huge amount of PB’s in this session! Some PB’s of over 10 seconds!! This is testament to the current training program and the commitment of the swimmers to it!!

Erin, who has only started the Swim Ulster Development Galas, has gained her times at the weekend to proceed to the next stage of Qualified Galas!! Huge congratulations to her and her amazing achievements 

Medals were as follows:

Kioni 25m Free 
25m Fly 
25m Back 

Eva 100m Breaststroke 

Noah 25m Fly 
25m Free 
25m Back 

Lily 25m Breaststroke 
25m Free 
25m Fly 

Olivia 100m Fly 

Charlie. 100m Free 

Erin 100m Back 

PTL AREA FINALS 2019

Coleraine Swim Team27th March 2019News, Parents, PTL, Uncategorised

Molly, Yna, Jake, Harry, Matthew and Pablo qualified through the PTL North Area Heats in Letterkenny on 2nd March to swim in the PTL Area Finals on Saturday 23rd March. On the day of the competition unfortunately Jake had to withdraw after a rugby injury earlier that afternoon. Now with only 5 swimmers from Coleraine the team still managed to bring home an impressive array of 7 Ulster PTL medals. Molly won a gold (50m breaststroke), silver (50m butterfly) and bronze (100m IM), Yna won a silver (50m breaststroke), Matthew won a silver (50m breaststroke) and Pablo won 2 bronzes (50m free and 50m backstroke). Congratulations to everyone to firstly qualifying for this event (only the top 6 swimmers in Ulster PTL teams per event can qualify) and many congratulations to all the medallists. Coleraine swimmers made up part of the PTL North Team who were competing against the PTL South Team. The North Team won with fellow team members from Limavady, Ballymena, Ballymoney and Letterkenny.

PTL End Of Season Awards for 2018/19

After all Ulster PTL individual medals were awarded to the top swimmers the PTL Team awards from the 2018/19 Season were handed out and Coleraine won a trophy for the being the “Division 2 Group C Winners”. Congratulations to all those Coleraine Group C swimmers (13-14yrs) who had competed so strongly all season against all the other Division 2 clubs of Ulster.

NOTE: Yna and Pablo are misssing from the team photo.

AQUASPRINT TEAM V BANGOR

Coleraine Swim Team21st March 2019Events, News, Parents, Swimmers

On Saturday 16th March our Aquasprint team travelled to Bangor to compete in our 2nd Aquasprint of the season.

The team swam out of their skins however it was not their night against a very strong Bangor Team.

Congratulations to Bangor on their win and good luck with the rest of the season.

All results can be seen by logging into our Time Trial section

DEVELOPMENT GALA 3 SUCCESSES

Coleraine Swim Team12th March 2019Events, News, Parents, Swimmers

Well done to Fionnan, Kayla, Erin, Ola, Kioni, Freya and Kirsten who represented the club at last weekends Swim Ulster Development Gala in Newry.

It was a very early start and a long day, but all their hard work, training and focus is clearly coming to fruition with fantastic swims by everyone. There were numerous exciting moments as coaches, swimmers and parents shouted, screamed and jumped up and down as they cheered our swimmers on! The entire team made our club, themselves and their parents very proud!

Fionnan Duffin gained Gold for his first place in the 12-year-old boys 100m Freestyle and another Gold in the 200m Freestyle; he did so with impressive personal best times in each event and in his 100m Backstroke.

Freya MacFarlane added to the medal haul with a fantastic 2^nd place Silver in the 13-year-old girls 100m Breaststroke and hit her qualifying time for the Swim Ulster Qualifying Galas in the same event. She also gained a PB in her 100m Backstroke race.

Kioni Little had an amazing day gaining two Golds in the 11-year-old boys 100m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke, plus a Silver in the 100m Breaststroke. He also added to his success by gaining two qualifying times and is now eligible to compete in the Swim Ulster Qualifying Galas.

All our swimmers made significant improvements to their Personal Best and Seed times with some huge improvements like Kayla and Kioni dropping over 15 seconds, and Kirsten, Freya, Ola and Fionnan dropping between 6 and 12 seconds!

Finally, our youngest swimmer, Erin swam a fantastic 100m Individual Medley which required perfect turns and her head to pass the flags on each turn for her to pass the Swim Ulster Skills Assessment, which is a prerequisite, alongside qualifying times, to enter the Qualifying Galas and she smashed it!

Thanks also goes to Sharon Tea and Stephanie Hodge who kindly supported the club by timekeeping and turn judging. Without our parents support we can’t enter these galas, greatly appreciated!

IRISH MINOR SCHOOLS 2019

Coleraine Swim Team19th February 2019Uncategorised

Coleraine Swimming club had 9 swimmers representing their respective schools at the Irish Minor Schools Gala on 10/02/19

They all preformed brilliantly with most achived an improved time on their entry times from the Ulster Schools Championships in October 18.

Eva had a fantastic swim in her 50m breaststroke to bring home an Irish Silver medal only missing the top spot by 0.25sec.

Isla also made the finals in the 50m free and came 7th overall in Ireland.

Lily also achieved a 10th place in her 50m breaststroke event.

Really well done to everyone who took part – Eva, Isla, Lily, Daniel, Kioni, Olivia, Lauren, Rachel, Eva M andRachel.

SU SPRING DEVELOPMENT GALA 2019

Coleraine Swim Team8th February 2019News, Parents, Swimmers

Congratulations to our swimmers who had a very successful weekend at the Swim Ulster Spring Qualifying Gala in Bangor!

It’s a huge achievement that we had 14 Qualified Swimmers attending this competition – there were 17 new PB’s set and 16 Medals!

Molly: 1st 50m Breaststroke, 1st 100m Breaststroke & 1st 200m Breaststroke

Orla: 1st 200m IM, 1st 200m Breaststroke, 1st 100m Breaststroke, 3rd 100m Backstroke, 1st 50m freestyle & 1st 50m Breaststroke

Martin: 2nd 100m Butterfly, 2nd 50m Butterfly & 3rd 50m Freestyle

Jake: 3rd 200m Backstroke

Pablo: 2nd 50m Butterfly

Conor: 2nd 100m Backstroke & 2nd 200m Breaststroke

SUCCESS AT THE BANGOR OPEN WINTER CENTENARY GALA

Coleraine Swim Team8th February 2019News, Parents, Swimmers

Congratulations to our swimmers who brought home medals from the Bangor Open Winter Centenary Gala!

Martin: 1st 50m Butterfly, 1st 50m Backstroke, 2nd 100m Freestyle & 3rd 50m Free

Charlie: 3rd 50m Butterfly

Kyle: 3rd 50m Backstroke

Isla: 2nd 50m Butterfly

Jake: 2nd 50m Backstroke

Erin: 1st 200m IM, 2nd 100m Freestyle & 2nd 100m Backstroke

Finn: 3rd 200m IM

Rose: 2nd 200m IM

Yna: 3rd 100m Breaststroke

Daniel: 2nd 200m Backstroke

NEW BUTTERFLY RECORD FOR KIONI

Coleraine Swim Team29th January 2019News, Parents, PTL, Swimmers

At the PTL gala v Swilly Seals on Saturday 26th January Kioni broke the club U10 Butterfly Record which has previously been held by Niall Evans for the last 8 years. The new club record time now stands at 40.43sec.

Congratulations Kioni!

DANIEL BREAKS THE U10 BACKSTROKE RECORD

Coleraine Swim Team29th January 2019News, Parents, PTL, Swimmers

At the PTL gala v Swilly Seals last Saturday night 10yr old Daniel broke the U10 50m backstoke club record – which was set my Martin a few years ago. Martin was at the gala swimming in the U14 category and was among the first to congratulate his team mate on his fantastic time of 40.60sec.

Congratulations Daniel!

SWIM ULSTER DEVELOPMENT GALA 2 JAN 19

Coleraine Swim Team17th January 2019News, Parents, Swimmers

10 swimmers from Coleraine travelled to The Seven Towers Leisure Centre in Ballymena on Saturday 11th January 2019, returning with 20 new Personal Best times and 15 medals!!

Medals were as follows:

Archie – 2nd 50m Fly

Mairi  – 3rd 100m Breaststroke

Daniel – 1st 100m Backstroke & 1st 100m Breaststroke

Erin  – 1st 100m Breaststroke, 2nd 100m Backstroke & 2nd IM

Eva  – 1st 100m Breaststroke, 1st 50m Butterfly, 3rd 100m Backstroke

Kioni  – 1st 50m Butterfly & 3rd 100m Freestyle

Anna  – 1st 50m Fly & 2nd 100 Backstroke

Lauren  – 2nd 100m Backstroke

Special mention also goes to Daniel  who gained 2 Qualifying times and passed his IM skills section of the competition, moving him out of Development Competitions and onto the  Swim Ulster Qualifying level. Congratulations Daniel!

Well done and congratulations to all our swimmers!

MARTIN BREAKS HIS OWN 50M FLY RECORD

Coleraine Swim Team16th January 2019News, Swimmers

At the Irish SC Championships in Lisburn in December 18 Martin broke his own record he had set at the Ulster SC Championships one month earlier by taking off a further 0.08sec.

Congratulations Martin!

O’HARA GALA FINALS 2018

Coleraine Swim Team12th December 2018Events, News, Parents, Swimmers

Please log into the portal to see the swimmers involved in the O’Hara Gala Finals on Saturday 15th Dec 18 starting at 5pm.

Swimmers in Finals

50TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER POSTPONED

Coleraine Swim Team8th November 2018Uncategorised

At Coleraine Swimming Club we are celebrating our 50th Anniversary

THIS DINNER HAS BEEN POSTPONED – A NEW DATE FOR OUR CELEBRATION DINNER WILL ANNOUNCED SHORTLY

Buy a Ticket

SWIM ULSTER AUTUMN QUALIFYING MEET 12TH – 14TH OCTOBER 2018

Coleraine Swim Team25th October 2018News, Swimmers

On the weekend of the 12th October 2018, 7 Coleraine ASC swimmers travelled to Lisburn for the Swim Ulster Autumn Qualifying Meet.
Head Coach, Ben Wiffen, was poolside for our swimmers each day of the meet. He said “It was a proud moment for the club and for me personally, when I was standing poolside at one of the pre-session warm-ups and I had a team of seven swimmers in the water – all of whom I have worked with over the past 2 years and seen graduate from not even entering external competitions to now chasing qualifying times for National Championships!!!”

Ben continued, “It was also great to see the swimmers approach the race with the correct mindset of:
What do I need to do to succeed in this event? Rather than, I am going to succeed in this event – without a clear plan of how, they were all very focused.

It was great to see swimmers grow in confidence by entering new events out of their comfort zone and have confidence in their own ability! Kyle Cooper entered the 50m fly and took over 6 seconds of his BP and Charlie Eatwell took over 5 seconds off his 100 IM time which was a fantastic swim for both boys!”

The club would like to congratulate Jake Ilsley who gained his Ulster Short Course Championships time at the event. Congratulations also to Isla McClelland who broke the clubs 10 and under 50m freestyle record and gained a bronze medal and to Charlie Eatwell also brought home a silver in his IM.

A great start to the qualifying season!

ISLA BREAKS 2 COLERAINE CLUB RECORDS

Coleraine Swim Team19th October 2018News, Parents, PTL, Swimmers

At the home PTL v Cookstown, only 2 weeks after breaking the 50m backstroke record, Isla breaks her own record and takes a further 0.65secs off. This now leaves Isla holding the 10 and Under 50m backstroke record with a time of 40.04 sec

A week later Isla broke another record when she swam in the SU Autumn Qualifying Gala on 13th October. She swam the 50m free in a time exactly 1sec faster than the previous record holder to set the new record at 33.57sec!

Brilliant swimming Isla and congratulations on your new records.

COLERAINE PTL V COOKSTOWN PTL OCT 18

Coleraine Swim Team10th October 2018News, Parents, PTL, Swimmers

On the 6th of October 2018 Coleraine ASC welcomed Cookstown ASC to Coleraine Leisure Centre for the second PTL gala of the season.

Coleraine’s Group C swimmers had an excellent gala with both the Girls team and the Boys team winning all of their relays.  Coleraine Group B Girls and Group A Boys celebrated the same success.  However Cookstown ASC had an extremely strong squad and pipped Coleraine with 546 to 598 points.  Coleraine ASC celebrated 52 PB times so the night was far from a disappointed.

Below are those Swimmers who gained Personal Best times.

A special mention must go to Kitty and Ola who both swam up a group to support the senior team an gained valuable points and PBs in the process.

Coleraine ASC would like to thank those parents and friends who supported the Gala and we look forward to our first away Gala of the season on the 3rd November 2018.

Click here to see all swimmers times from this gala.

1ST DEVELOPMENT GALA OF 2018/19

Coleraine Swim Team4th October 2018News, Parents, Swimmers

Coleraine ASC Swimmers who took part in the Swim Ulster Development Gala in Larne.

On Sunday 30th September 2018 17 swimmers from Coleraine ASC competed in the Swim Ulster Development Gala in Larne Leisure Centre.

Our Head Coach, Ben Wiffen, would like to congratulate Charlie Eatwell and Isla McClelland who both achieved their Qualifying times at the gala. Charlie achieved the Qualifying times in 3 events and Isla passed her IM assessment and achieved the qualifying times in 2 events, which is the required standard for both their individual age groups and will progress them both to the next stage of the Swim Ulster pathway.

Congratulations also to Lauren Murray and Isaac Duddy who have passed their IM Assessment.  And also to Lauren and Kioni Little who were very close to achieving their qualifying gala times.

Ben went on to say “We had 19 new Personal Best records set at the gala. This is even more impressive when you consider that most of their original PBs were set at the end of last season, with 30+ weeks of training under their belts. Today, they smashed these PBs after a long summer break and only 4 weeks of training!!!

This is definately a sign of more exciting times to come!

Well done all involved in CASC!”

Our Medal winners were as follows:

Charlie Eatwell –  Silver 200 Freestyle

Silver 200 IM

Isla McClelland – Silver 100 Backstroke

Lauren Murray –  Silver 100 Breaststroke

Kyle Cooper –      Gold 100m Freestyle

Bronze 200 Freestyle

Kayla Henry –      Silver 50m Butterfly

Archie Block –     Silver 100 Backstroke

Silver 100 Breaststroke

Bronze 100 Freestyle

Kioni Little –        Gold 100 Freestyle

Nathan Eillott –   Bronze 100 Backstroke

ISLA BREAKS BACKSTROKE RECORD

Coleraine Swim Team4th October 2018News, PTL, Swimmers

During our first PTL Gala of the 2018/19 season Isla also broke the Coleraine 10 & Under Backstroke club record, previously held by Hannah Gellatly of 42.35 replacing it with a new Club Record time of 40.69

Congratulations Isla on breaking this record so early in the season is a fantastic result – hopefully many more records to come.

1ST PTL OF 2018/19 V LECALE

Coleraine Swim Team27th September 2018News, PTL

Coleraine ASC kicked off their Provincial Towns League season on the 22nd September 2018 with a home Gala against Lecale ASC from Downpatrick.

The first Gala saw some excellent swims from a strong Coleraine Team with almost every swimmer obtaining a Personal Best at one stage of the competition, which is fantastic at this stage of the season!

Lecale ASC however also had a win in their sights for the first gala of the season and pushed Coleraine to a very tight gala where Coleraine emerged winners with 584 points to Lecale’s 560.

A special mention must go to Kevya Bovaird, Emily Boyle, Mairi Clements and Ruby Cochrane who all swam up an age group to support the senior team and gained PB’s and points for the club in the process.

Jake Ilsley, Eva Jones, Daniel Eakin and Lily Jones won 4 of their event races and contributed strongly to their respective relay teams also.

Coleraine ASC would like to thank all of the Parents and friends who supported this event and Lecale ASC for a super competition.

PARENTS’ POOLSIDE ROTAS BY SQUAD FOR SEPT-DEC 18

Coleraine Swim Team6th September 2018News, Parents

Download and keep a copy of the Parents’ Rota for your child’s squad.
Please ensure that you are available for all the dates you are required to be the parent representative on poolside. This is an important child protection role.
If you are unable to attend your set session it is your duty to swap with another parent who is free. Failure to make these alternative arrangements may jeopardise the entire session for all the swimmers.

PLEASE REFER TO THE PASSWORD PROTECTED TIME TRIALS SECTION TO SEE A COMPLETE LIST BY SQUAD OF PARENT ROTAS