Congratulations to all club members who took part in the Community Games qualifiers in Tralee on Sunday the 19^th of April. The best young swimmers in the County took part with our Killarney swimmers acquitting themselves with great aplomb.

Under 10 Girls – Well done to one of our youngest swimmers, Faye O’Neill, who won silver in the 1 length freestyle.

Under 12 Girls – Congratulations to Pia Hickey in the 2 length backstroke who beat off all-comers to take the gold medal. Meanwhile, in the 2 length breaststroke, Grace Lynch, Ellen O’Connor and Clodagh Carroll turned on the style, coming in 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th.

Under 12 Boys – In the 2 length freestyle our swimmers tore the field apart with Ross O’Leary, Ethan O’Neill and Darragh Fleming coming 1^st, 2^nd and 4^th while in the 2 length breaststroke, Cian McAuliffe powered to a silver medal. Well done Cian.

Under 14 Girls – Not to be outdone, in the 2 length backstroke, Treasa O’Sullivan, Saibh O’Brien and Mairead Egan also came in 1^st, 2^nd and 4^th with Emer O’Dowd taking bronze in the 2 length butterfly and Aisling Reidy also winning bronze in the 2 length freestyle

Under 14 Boys – In the 2 length breaststroke Donal Daly won a very handy silver with Michael Sweeney taking bronze in the 2 length butterfly and Paudie O’Leary getting a silver in the 2 length freestyle.

Under 16 Girls – Some great displays by our swimmers in this group with Niamh Coffey driving home to take gold in the 2 length butterfly and Emer Dineen holding off the chasing pack to take bronze in the same race and Meabh O’Sullivan winning bronze in the 2 length freestyle.

Under 16 Boys – A wonderful gold medal went to Shane Kerins in the 2 length butterfly with Owen Fitzgerald taking the silver in the in the 2 length backstroke.

Relays – Congratulations to all our swimmers who competed for their local relay teams, winning medals galore – Paudie and Ross O’Leary, Donal and John Daly, Meabh and Orla O’Sullivan, Orlaith Reynolds, Ellen O’Connor, Grace Lynch, Julie-Rose Bowell and Saibh O’Brien to name but a few.

Finally, our ever-vigilant talent scouts on the poolside have reported back on some new names we’ll be watching out for in the future. So, Jocelyn Hickey, Cathal Coffey and Ross Bowell – well done on your medals.

Best of luck to all our swimmers as they represent Kerry at the Community Games in Athlone. Time to buy the green and gold togs!