Dumfries Dip n Dash Sunday 17th September 2023 On Sunday we had a team of 15 swimmers from our SwimSTARS and Potential squads head down to Dumfries for their Dip n Dash meet. In what was a very fast paced meet with very little rest in between each event the swimmers didn’t only race incredibly well but also recovered well, looking forward to their next race or were at the bottom of the pool cheering on their team mates. Our younger swimmers have had a very busy start to their...

West District Age Group and Relay Champs 9th/10th September 2023 Last weekend we were racing at Tollcross International Swimming Centre, Glasgow for the first West District’s round of the season. This was the first time for many of our younger swimmers to experience the next level of racing and they stepped up to the occasion superbly. All of the swimmers continued their strong start to the season with even more personal bests broken and executed their race plans brilliantly. Each of the sessions were brought to an exciting end with...

North Ayrshire Age Group Development Meet – Saturday 2nd September North Ayrshire Children’s Graded Meet – Sunday 3rd September Competitive racing returned for our swimmers on the weekend of 2/3 September with our very own North Ayrshire Age Group Development Meet on Saturday and North Ayrshire Children’s Graded Meet on Sunday. For the majority of our swimmers, this was their first racing since June and they did not disappoint. The event on Saturday was for swimmers aged 12 years & over. Considering our swimmers have been back in the water...

Bellshill Summer Meet Saturday 17th June On Saturday we had a group of swimmers across potential, age group and junior performance squads attend the Bellshill Summer Meet at the Sir Matt Busby Sports Complex. The meet provided the swimmers to swim 200m events across all 4 strokes and as well as 800m/1500m freestyle and 200m/400m IM. The swimmers took advantage of this racing in events they have not swam in either a very long time or for some their very first time. All the swimmers executed their race planes expertly...

Stirling Summer Meet Sunday 11th June 2023 On Sunday we had 22 of our junior swimmers racing in Grangemouth for the Stirling Summer Meet. This was a great opportunity for our swimmers to race against different clubs and swimmers they wouldn’t usually have the chance too, as well as gain more experience racing away from home and in events they haven’t raced in some time. Our younger swimmers executed their race plans perfectly brining home a total of 55 new personal bests out of a total of 84 races. As...

What a fantastic weekend it was at the Portal across the weekend of 20-21 May for our very own Junior Meet. There were 41 swimmers racing representing North Ayrshire across 214 races. Of these races, 78% were new personal bests which is a fantastic return across a full weekend. The atmosphere was electric with the fantastic support that the swimmers had for one another. The racing was superb but one of the main highlights had to be the dance off between the swimmers and the officials before the start of...

It was another fantastic weekend of racing at the West District May Age Group Meet at Tollcross. It was also another opportunity for long course racing for 14 of our swimmers. 70% of our races this weekend were personal best times which is a great return, particularly when some of the races were the same races our swimmers had raced last month at SNAGS. The 14 swimmers who were representing North Ayrshire were Dean Binnie, Emma Binnie, Archie Cameron, Rachel Cameron, Madison Gourlay, Cameron Hamill, Rhys Hanlonbole, Fraser Mathie, Emily...

Fantastic swimming from our band of eight swimmers who made the journey down to Dumfries on the weekend of 29-30 April to race at the Dumfries Spring Splash Meet. Thank you to coaches Catriona and Pamela who coached over the weekend. Archie Cameron, Kimberley Cameron, Zoe Cornfield, Madison Gourlay, Carly Porteous, Rose Smith, Benjamin Young and Samuel Young were our eight representatives in Dumfries. Team spirit was high amongst the swimmers with lots of support and cheering for one another. Every swimmer who raced set at least 2 new personal...

MEET REPORT EAST KILBRIDE LONG COURSE AGEGROUP MEET 22-23 APRIL 2023 Following SNAGS in Aberdeen, we were back racing long course with sixteen swimmers representing North Ayrshire at the Dollan Aqua Centre, East Kilbride. This meet was an opportunity for swimmers to qualify for the summer meets within the British Swimming window, race on different events from the previous weekend or use this opportunity to race long course for the one of the first times. Archie Cameron, Rachel Cameron, Madison Gourlay, Fraser Mathie and Mirren Stewart were all racing at...

Meet Report Scottish National Age Group Championships 12-16 April 2023 Congratulations to all of our swimmers who raced at SNAGS 2023 in Aberdeen. It was a fantastic week for North Ayrshire and we are all very proud of not only your achievements as swimmers but also your support for one another over the course of the week. We had 12 swimmers competing this week against swimmers from across Scotland and beyond. They were Dean Binnie, Emma Binnie, Kimberley Cameron, Caelin Chan, Evie Chan, Daniel Convery, Zoe Matchett, Emily McGuire, Ruby...