Swimmers from Castlebar Swimming Club excelled at a very competitive and well attended Connacht Minor Schools Championships, which was held at Claremorris pool on Sunday 19th October.

The club took a total of five gold medals, three silver and three bronze in individual events. Two team relay bronze medals were also secured. Many swam personal best times for their events and ten swimmers qualified to represent their schools in the Trinity Pool Donaghmede on November 14/15th.

Gold Medal winners:
Killian Dervan — U 9 Br/st Breaffy N.S.
Sally Cunniffe — U 10 Br/st St Angela’s
Annie McCormack — U 12 F/s St. Paul’s
James Sweeney U 12 Br/st — Scoil Raifteiri
Nicholas Quinn U 11 Fly — Scoil Raifteiri

Silver Medal winners:
Patrick Sweeney — U 9 Br/st — Scoil Raifteiri
Sally Cunniffe — U 10 B/s — St Angelas
Rory Tuohy — U 12 B/s St. Peters

Bronze Medal winners:
Annie McCormack — U 12 B/s St Pauls
James Sweeney — U 12 F/s Scoil Raifteiri
Nicholas Quinn — U 11 B/s Scoil Raifteiri

The Girls U10 medley team relay of Sally Cunniffe, Deirdre McGauran, Sarah Granahan and Katie McManamon took bronze and went on to take a second bronze in the Freestyle relay.

The Boys U 12 Medley relay team of Patrick Sweeney, Tony Sweeney, James Sweeney and Nicholas Quinn had a great race just narrowly missing a medal but with a good enough time to make the National Final in Donaghmede.

Other swimmers to represent their respective schools in Claremorris were
Sarah Granahan Aoife Gavin, Vicki Staunton, Shona Moran — St
Angela’s, Siun Ni Dhomhnaill, Triona Ni Dhomlnaill — Scoil Raifteiri,,
Conor Tuohy, Owen Thornton - Snugboro, Francis Walsh, Errew,
Cathal Lavelle — Breaffy, Conor O’Malley — Carrowkennedy, Eric Gavin
— St Patricks, Diarmuid Joyce — CBS Westport.

It is very encouraging for their coaches to see such good early season performances and this augurs well for the rest of the season.

Congratulations and well done to all the swimmers and the best of luck in the National Finals at Donaghmede on Nov 14/15th.