Castlebar Swimming Club
Castlebar Swimming Club - January Update
By Linda McCaffrey
16, Feb 2002 - 14:09

CASTLEBAR SWIMMING CLUB
GOLD FOR LAURA, CIAN AND DARA AT THE CONNACHT SENIOR SCHOOLS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Swimmers from Castlebar Swimming Club were in action at the Connacht Senior Schools Championships which were held in Tuam on Sunday 13th January last.
The Castlebar swimmers represented their respective schools in style and came away with 3 Gold, 5 Silver and 5 Bronze medals in Individual events, 3 relay teams in silver medal position and many swimmers achieving the necessary qualifying times for the Irish Senior Schools Championships to be held in Cork on 8th and 9th February.

As so often in the past, the star of the show was Cian Holland, who took Gold in the Senior 100m Butterfly event and followed this with a silver in the Individual Medley.

Laura Keaveney was very impressive in the Junior 100m Butterfly as she took Gold in a “Nationals” qualifying time.
Dara Dever, just returned from injury, showed that he is right back in top form as he took Gold in the Senior 100m Breaststroke.
Joseph Moran was consistent as ever, taking Silver in the Senior 100m Backstroke, Silver in the 100m Butterfly and Silver in the 400m Freestyle event.

Laura English was in top form in the Intermediate section, as she took silver in the 100m Breaststroke, Bronze in the Individual Medley and Bronze in the 400m Freestyle event.

Other Bronze Medallists were:
Colm Garrick, in the Intermediate 100m Breaststroke, Colm was also a finalist in the 100m Backstroke.
Ciaran Garrick, in the 400m Freestyle, Ciaran was also 4th in the Senior 100m Breaststroke.
Michael Walls in the Intermediate Individual Medley, Michael was also a finalist in the Butterfly event and 5th in the 400m Freestyle.

Other finalists were:
Sarah Wiseman, who came 4th in the Junior 100m Butterfly and 5th in the 400m Freestyle.
Jimmy Wiseman, 4th in the Senior 100m Butterfly, 5th in the 100m Breaststroke and 4th in the 400m Freestyle.
Jill Magee, 4th in the Intermediate 100m Backstroke.
Niamh O’Malley, 5th in the Intermediate 100m Backstroke.
In the Relay events:
St. Gerald’s team of:
Cian Holland, Jimmy Wiseman, Ciaran and Colm Garrick were in sparkling form as they took silver in both Freestyle and Medley Team events.
The Girls team from St. Joseph’s including:
Laura English, Jill Magee, Avril Egan and Sarah Wiseman were equally impressive as they took Silver in the Freestyle and came 4th in the Medley Team event.
These swimmers now go forward to represent their respective schools in the Irish Schools Championships in Cork and no doubt they will do so in style.

THREE SWIMMERS TRAVELLED TO THE GROVE POOL, BELFAST TO TAKE PART IN THE IRISH AGE-GROUPS DISTANCE MEET ON JAN 19th AND 20th,

Joseph Moran took the Bronze in the Senior 1,500m Freestyle and came 5th in the 400m Freestyle.
Shenagh O’Byrne came 4th in the Junior 800m Freestyle in a personal best time.
Laura English produced personal best times in the 400m Individual Medley and 800m Freestyle events.

FLAG DAY AND CHURCH GATE COLLECTION.

Many thanks to all who helped with the Flag Day on Saturday 26th January and Church Gate Collection on Sunday 27th January, to Mary Caulfield and her Parents Committee for organising 2 very successful days and particularly to all who contributed so generously.

CASTLEBAR SWIMMERS OUT IN FORCE IN CLAREMORRIS

The first Graded Gala (Northern Connacht Region) for 2002 was held at Claremorris Pool on Sunday 27th January. The Castlebar Swimmers were out in force and certainly made their presence felt, scooping 9 Gold, 12 Silver and 9 Bronze medals in individual events. In the relay events, 3 teams finished in Gold, 3 in Silver and 1 in Bronze position and to complete a fantastic performance all round, 3 swimmers were awardwd “A” certs as they achieved the necessary qualifying times in the following strokes:
James Sweeney – U.11 50m Butterfly
Aisling Bourke - U.13 100m Butterfly and
Eoin Kelly - U.15 100m Freestyle.

CLAREMORRIS RESULTS
“B” Category:
GOLD: James Sweeney – U.11 100m Freestyle,
Mark Keaveney – Sen. 100m Freestyle and
Aisling Walls - U.15 100m Freestyle.

SILVER: Emma Hynes - U.11 100m Freestyle,
Conal Joyce - U.13 100m Freestyle,
Meabh Garrick - U.13 100m Freeatyle,
Eva Walls - Sen. 100m Freestyle,
Liam McLoughlin –U.15 100m Freestyle,
Nicholas Quinn - U.11 50m Butterfly and
Sarah Caulfield - U.13 100m Butterfly.

BRONZE: Patrick Wiseman - U.13 100m Freestyle,
Leagh O’Byrne - U.11 50m Butterfly,
Elaine Joyce - U.13 100m Butterfly and
Mark Keaveney - Sen. 100m Butterfly.

“C” Category:

GOLD: Edward O’Byrne - U.11 100m Freestyle,
Stephanie Ford - U.11 100m Freestyle,
Juliet Connaughton - U.13 100m Freestyle,
Brian Walls - U.15 100m freestyle,
Eva Walls - Sen. 100m Butterfly and
Katie Tuohy - U.13 100m Butterfly.

SILVER: Michael Lundy - Sen. 100m Freestyle,
Charles O’Malley - U.13 100m Butterfly,
Fionnuala Quinn - U.13 100m Butterfly and
Aisling Walls - U.15 100m Butterfly.

BRONZE: Ellen Cahill - U.11 100m Freestyle,
Edward O’Byrne - U.11 50m Butterfly,
Liam McLoughlin - U.15 100m Butterfly and
Doireann Dever - U.15 100m Butterfly.

In the Relay events the following teams won:
GOLD:
U.11 Girls “A” - Emma Hynes, Aisling Granahan, Leagh O’Byrne and Liane Smyth.
U.15+Boys - Mark Keaveney, Eoin Kelly, Liam McLoughlin and Brian Walls. And
U.15+Girls - Eva Walls, Laura Sweeney, Doireann Dever and Aisling Walls.
SILVER:
U.11 Boys - James Sweeney, Padraic Rocliffe, Edward O’Byrne and Diarmaid Joyce.
U.13 Boys - Patrick Wiseman, Conal Joyce, Charles O’Malley and Fergus Sweeney.
U.13 Girls“A”- Elaine Joyce, Sarah Caulfield, Eleanor Grier-Gavin and Meabh Garrick.
BRONZE:
U.11 Girls “B”- Sally Cunniffe, Annie McCormack, Stephanie Ford and Ellen Cahill.

These excellent results are due in no small way to the hard work of Jackie Hynes and Anne Wiseman who work with the U.11, U.13 and U.15 swimmers respectively. With so many promising young swimmers coming through, the future looks very bright indeed for the Castlebar Club.

Swimming News 2nd January 2002


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