Our “end of year” outing is on this Saturday, the 7th of June.   Details have already been sent by text and the weather forecast is looking good! 

Best of luck to our swimmers taking part in the divisional galas in Dublin.

Best wishes also to any of our swimmers doing exams.  Just remember – if you can do 100M Butterfly, you can do anything!

Well done to all our swimmers and coaches this year.  Thanks to you, Killarney Swimming Club has had great success in galas since last Autumn.  

Swimming training starts again on the first week in September and, in the meantime, enjoy the Summer!

Congratulations to all our swimmers who took part in the recent “B” gala in Tralee and improved on their own “personal best” times for events.  Club swimmers won 16 medals on the day.

AGE 11 AND UNDER:

200m Freestyle

2^nd – Treasa o Sullivan 

3^rd – Wiki Niewiadomska

200m IM

3^rd – Leanne Kerins

100m Breaststroke

3^rd – Treasa o Sullivan

100m Freestyle

1^st – Treasa o Sullivan

2^nd – Wiktoria Niewiadomska

100 m Backstroke

3^rd – Treasa o Sullivan

100m Butterfly

1^st – Leanne Kerins

AGE 13 AND UNDER:

200m Freestyle

3^rd – Niamh Coffey 

100m Freestyle

2^nd – Niamh Coffey

Girls Relay Team

2^nd place

AGE 15 AND UNDER

100m Freestyle

2^nd – Shane Courtney

100m Butterfly

3^rd – Shane Courtney

Thanks to our coach, Kristian, who gave huge support and encouragement to all swimmers on the day.  Thanks also to all parents for travelling.

Also, the most recent Swim Ireland Newsletter is now available for download in our “Downloads” section.

Congratulations to all our swimmers who took part in the recent “C” gala in Askeaton.  Results were very encouraging with most swimmers improving on their “personal best” times and a great haul of twelve medals:

100m Individual Medley –

Girls 12-13 Andrea Houlihan – silver

Girls under 11 Julie Rose Bowell – gold

50m breaststroke –

Boys under 11 Charles O’Brien – silver

Girls under 11 Orlaith O’Sullivan – bronze

50m freestyle –

Boys 14-15 Thomas Fleming – silver

Boys 12-13 John Daly – bronze

Boys under 11 Ross O’Leary – gold, and Michael Sweeney – bronze

Girls 12-13 Rebecca Twomey – gold, Aisling Reidy – silver and Antoinette O’Leary – bronze

Girls under 11 Pia Hickey – gold

Thanks to all those parents who travelled to encourage and support. Thanks also to those who volunteered for timekeeping duties and to our coaches who mentored all day.

Killarney Swimming Club is seeking to appoint a Head Coach to oversee its swim programme and development.

We have developed rapidly in the last two years and the next stage is the appointment of a Head Coach.  If you are interested, or if you know someone who could be interested, full details can be found on our “Coaching Vacancy” page or through the menu above.

“The Club’s “End of Year” outing for all squads has been scheduled for Saturday the 7th of June.  This year we are going to Star Outdoor Adventure Centre, Kenmare.  There will be water involved, folks!  All those interested in going, please let Samantha, Geraldine or Denise know as soon as possible.  No cost has been finalised yet but the outing will be subsidised by the Club.

We have started putting up the Entry Reports for upcoming Galas on our website.  Competitors can now see, in advance of the Gala, the events in which they are swimming and their official Swim Ireland times in that event.  Just go to the “Galas” section and follow the links for more details.  Our next Gala is the “C” Gala in Askeaton on the 11th of May.

The report from the recent Swim Ireland AGM in Limerick is posted under the “Downloads” section.

Congratulations to our 13 swimmers who took part in the recent “B” gala in the University of Limerick long-course pool. Results were very encouraging with many swimmers improving on their “personal best” times and plenty of medals in the bag: 

200m freestyle –

Male U13 -Alan O Shea – gold

Female – U11 – Treasa O Sullivan – Silver

               16 and over – Sinead Lucey – Silver

100m backstroke –

Male U13 – Alan O Shea -silver

Female – U11 – Treasa O Sullivan – Silver

               16 and over – Sinead Lucey – Silver

200m Individual Medley –

Male U13 – Alan O Shea -silver

Female – U11 – Wiktoria Niewiadomska – silver

                         Treasa O Sullivan – bronze

               16 and over – Sinead Lucey – gold

100m Freestyle –

Male U13 – Alan O Shea -gold

Female – U11 – Treasa O Sullivan – bronze 

Several parents travelled on the bus and by car to encourage and support. Thanks to those who volunteered for timekeeping duties on the day and to Oran Kane who coached and mentored all day. 

Well done also to Emer O Dowd on winning our recent website competition with six fully correct answers! The prize will be presented shortly. 

Finally, Deck Duty rosters for all three squads are now up on the website.

We’ve just set up a new sub-section to the “Parents” section of the website.  This is called “Coaches Corner” and will include links to articles of interest to both parents and swimmers.  We will be adding to this substantially over the coming months.  All comments and suggestions are welcome.

With one day to go in our website competition we have one entry in the lead with four correct answers.

Our new website and Facebook page were launched with much fanfare at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre last Tuesday night.  Thanks to everyone for turning up.  Now that the website is in place, we will be updating and extending it on a regular basis, so please keep checking in.  Don’t forget to “Like” us on Facebook.

The competition on the website is hotting up nicely.  There are nine questions to be answered and the closing date is the 8th of April.  The member with the most correct answers wins the prize.  At the moment the lead is held by someone with one correct answer.  One!!

Clonakilty Leisure Centre in conjunction with Clonakilty Penguins SC is running a Level One Teacher course from the 14^th of April until the 18^th of April.  This will be of interest to anyone who wishes to get involved in the training side of the club.  More information can be had from Denise Casey or by emailing us through the website.

The official launch of the club’s website ( www.killarneyswimmingclub.com ) and Facebook page will take place Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre at 7pm on Tuesday the 25th of March.  All are invited and welcome.

To celebrate the launch, the club is offering a prize to the member who emails us with the most correct answers to the questions below.  Closing date is the 8th of April and you can enter as many times as you like.  If there is more than one person with the highest number of correct answers, we will draw the winner from a hat.  There are no other rules.  None.

The question?  There are 60 wonderful photos, from the club’s Christmas gala, posted in the “Gallery” section of the site, all taken by the club’s official photographer,  Terry MacSweeney. Counting from left to right, can you name the swimmers in photos 4, 5, 9, 12, 19, 23, 33, 45, and 58?

Well done to five of our swimmers who recently took part in “A” galas in UL and Douglas.  All swimmers achieved personal best times with Lennart Sievier winning a gold medal in the 200 metres freestyle and Robert O’Brien winning bronze in the 200 metres breast stroke.