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Castlebar Swimming Club
Annual Club Lengths and Lessons Gala.
By Linda McCaffrey
Dec 10, 2004, 00:17

On 28th November the members of Castlebar Swimming Clubs Lengths and Lessons groups gathered for the Annual Club Lengths and Lessons Gala. It was a busy and sometimes frantic event but all very enjoyable as the swimmers put what they have learned all year to use in the highlight event. The swimmers were divided into age category and all swam 25m for each race.

The following were the medal winners in the lengths events:
Boys:
Under 8 – David Conlon Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st and Breaststroke 1st.
Under 10 – Diarmaid Gibbons Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 3rd and Breaststroke 2nd.
Shane Kiernan Freestyle 2nd and Backstroke 1st.
Oisin Ralph Freestyle 3rd, Backstroke 2nd and Breaststroke 1st.
Under 11 - Craig Sheridan Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st, Breaststroke 2nd and Butterfly 2nd.
Cathal Walsh Freestyle 2nd and Breaststroke 1st.
Eric Gavin Freestyle 3rd and Backstroke 3rd.
Diarmaid Finnan Backstroke 2nd and Butterfly 3rd.
Eamon Regan Breaststroke 3rd.
Under 12 - Josh Gannon Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st, Breaststroke 1st and Butterfly 1st.
Bernard Kennedy Freestyle 2nd, Backstroke 2nd and Breaststroke 2nd.
Jonathan McNicholas Freestyle 3rd and Breaststroke 3rd.
Sean King Backstroke 3rd and Butterfly 2nd.
Under 13 – Eoin Cawley Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st and Breaststroke 3rd.
Nathan Mullarkey Freestyle 2nd, Breaststroke 1st and Butterfly 2nd.
Patrick Vaughan Freestyle 3rd, Backstroke 2nd and Butterfly 1st.
Pierce Fox Backstroke 3rd and Breaststroke 2nd.
Under 14 – Padraig Mylett Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st, Breaststroke 1st and Butterfly 1st.
Under 15 – Shane Judge Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st and Butterfly 1st.

Girls:
Under 8 - Chloe Sheridan Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st, Breaststroke 1st and Butterfly 1st.
Under 9 – Carla Padden Freestyle 1st and Breaststroke 1st.
Under 10 – Eva Mullarkey Freestyle 1st and Breaststroke 1st.
Aoife Hennighan Freestyle 2nd, Backstroke 1st and Breaststroke 2nd.
Under 11 – Maria Walsh Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st, Breaststroke 1st and Butterfly 1st.
Sarah Prendergast Freestyle 2nd, Backstroke 2nd and Breaststroke 2nd.
Nicolina Mylett Freestyle 3rd and Breaststroke 3rd.
Amy Staunton Backstroke 3rd.
Under 12 - Dearbhala Gibbons Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 3rd, Breaststroke 2nd and Butterfly 1st.
Emma Gaughan Freestyle 2nd, Backstroke 2nd and Breaststroke 3rd.
Laura Walsh Freestyle 3rd, Backstroke 1st, Breaststroke 1st and Butterfly 2nd.
Under 13 – Aoibhinn Kenny Freestyle 1st.
Tracey Hall Freestyle 2nd, Backstroke 2nd and Breaststroke 2nd.
Maeve Lavelle Freestyle 3rd, Breaststroke 1st and Butterfly 1st.
Nikitha Higgins Backstroke 1st.
Katherine Hall Backstroke 3rd.
Ruth McNicholas Breaststroke 3rd.
Under 14 – Aoife Healy Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st,Breaststroke 3rd and Butterfly 2nd.
Emer McHugh Freestyle 2nd and Breaststroke 2nd.
Amy Robinson Freestyle 3rd, Backstroke 2nd and Breaststroke 1st.
Sarah O’Shea Backstroke 3rd and Butterfly 1st.

Under 15+ Ann Marie Fox Freestyle 1st.
Jade Gannon Freestyle 2nd, Backstroke 1st, Breaststroke 2nd and Butterfly 2nd.
Tracy McLoughlin Freestyle 3rd, Backstroke 2nd, Breaststroke 1st and Butterfly 1st.
Claire Walsh Backstroke 3rd.
Kiara Irwin Breaststroke 3rd.
Cliona McDonald 3rd.
Certificates were issued to the above and also to Eamon Regan, Feidhlim Ralph, Lisa King, Shona Tuohy, Chloe Helbert, Helen Gallagher, Caoimhe Dempsey andYvonne Lenighan.


The following are the medal winners in the lessons events:

Boys:
Under 6 Mark Dervan Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st and Breaststroke 1st.
Under 7 Mark Benson Freestyle 1st and Breaststroke 1st.
Brian O’Malley Freestyle 2nd, Backstroke 1st, Breaststroke 2nd and Butterfly 1st.
Ryan Padden Freestyle 3rd and Breaststroke 3rd.
Under 8 Cal McCormack Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st, Breaststroke 1st and Butterfly 1st. Karl Benson Freestyle 2nd, Backstroke 2nd and Breaststroke 2nd.
Eimhin Morrin Freestyle 3rd and Breaststroke 3rd.
Paul Walsh Backstroke 3rd.
Cathal Walsh Butterfly 2nd.
Under 9 Sean Morrisey Freestyle 1st and Backstroke 3rd.
James Gallagher Freestyle 2nd and Breaststroke 1st.
Conor Ludden Freestyle 3rd, Backstroke 1st and Breaststroke 2nd.
Gary Walsh Backstroke 2nd, Breaststroke 3rd and Butterfly 1st.
Under 10 Edward Gannon Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 2nd, Breaststroke 2nd and Butterfly 1st.
Eamon Kennedy Freestyle 2nd, Backstroke 1st and Breaststroke 1st.
Finnian McHale Freestyle 3rd and Backstroke 3rd.
Ronan Byrne Breaststroke 3rd and Butterfly 2nd.
Under 11 Cormac Reilly Freestyle 1st, Breaststroke 1st and Butterfly 1st.
Jack Boyle Freestyle 2nd and Butterfly 3rd.
Eoin Condon Freestyle 3rd, Backstroke 2nd and Butterfly 2nd.
Conor Mylett Backstroke 1st and Breaststroke 2nd.
Steven McDonnell Backstroke 3rd and Breaststroke 3rd.
Under 12 Ronan Ludden Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st, Breaststroke 2nd and Butterfly 1st.
Harry Canning Freestyle 2nd and Breaststroke 1st.
Daniel Byrne Freestyle 3rd, Backstroke 2nd, Breaststroke 3rd and Butterfly 2nd. Under 14 James Lowe Freestyle 1st and Backstroke 1st.

Girls:
Under 7 Louise Gavin Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st and Breaststroke 1st.
Sinead Mylett Freestyle 2nd.
Under 8 Carla Padden Freestyle 1st.
Katie Walsh Freestyle 2nd, Backstroke 1st, Breaststroke 3rd and Butterfly 1st. Amy Burke Freestyle 3rd, Backstroke 2nd and Breaststroke 1st.
Under 9 Sinead Moran Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 3rd, Breaststroke 3rd and Butterfly 2nd.
Aisling McEvoy Freestyle 2nd, Backstroke 2nd and Breaststroke 2nd.
Yvonne McNicholas Freestyle 3rd and Backstroke 1st.
Aoife Rowland Breaststroke 1st and Butterfly 3rd.
Carla Padden Butterfly 1st.
Under 10 Katie Heneghan Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 2nd and Breaststroke 1st.
Fionnuala Cahill Freestyle 2nd, Backstroke 1st, Breaststroke 2nd and Butterfly 1st.
Aodamar Dunleavy Freestyle 3rd, Backstroke 3rd, Breaststroke 3rd and Butterfly 2nd.
Under 11 Aoife Hastings Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st and Breaststroke 1st.
Aisling Cronin Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 2nd and Breaststroke 2nd.
Sinead Cawley Freestyle 2nd and Breaststroke 3rd.
Aisling Cawley Freestyle 3rd.
Laura Fahy Backstroke 3rd and Butterfly 2nd.
Amy Staunton Butterfly 1st.
Under 12 Ciara Browne Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st and Breaststroke 1st.
Carmel Mulhern Freestyle 2nd, Backstroke 2nd and Breaststroke 2nd.
Lyndsey O’Malley Freestyle 3rd, Backstroke 3rd, Breaststroke 3rd and Butterfly 1st. Under 13 Niamh McDonnell Freestyle 1st, Backstroke 1st, Breaststroke 1st and Butterfly 1st.



The swimmers were as ever the stars of the show and it is a delight for all involved from office help to teachers and coaches to see the swimmers use their talents so well. The club is a voluntary organisation and could always use a few more hands to help out. So whether you would like to get into teaching, helping in the office or want to make sandwiches, buns and cakes for our next event just contact a club member at the pool any weekday evening from 5-6.

We would like to wish all our members a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

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