Enniskillen Lakelanders are holding their annual gala on Sunday 13 November 2016 at the Lakeland Forum in Enniskillen.
This is an invitational gala with around six clubs competing. Breifne Swim Club has always strongly supported this local gala and our Head Coach Ann would hope that Breifne swimmers will continue to support it this year.
The Breifne closing date for this gala is Tuesday 1 November at 10.00 am. Meet information can be found here.
NAC Swim Club held their annual Minnows Gala at the National Aquatic Centre, Blanchardstown in Dublin. There were 18 swimmers across 3 squads from Breifne Swim Club who attended this gala.
These swimmers swam in 25 different events gaining a total of 45 Personal Best times out of a possible 55.
Medal Winners were as follows;
Gold
Alegra Aylward – 50M Butterfly
Louis Maguire – 50M Backstroke
Silver
Louis Maguire – 50M Butterfly, 50M Breaststroke, 50M Freestyle
Ciara McGill – 50M Butterfly
Abby McDowell – 50M Breaststroke
Caoimhe Brady – 50M Freestyle, 50M Backstroke
Bronze
Dara Ronan – 50M Butterfly
Breifne Swim Club also entered 2 Relay teams, both swimming 200M Freestyle in the age group of 11 – 12. First up to swim the relays were the boys, Louis Maguire, Maksimas Aylward, Dara Ronan and Hamish Vickerman were they did themselves proud coming in second place and securing a Silver Medal.
Not to be out done, the girls were up next and the team consisting of Ciara McGill, Beth Grant, Alegra Aylward and Caoimhe Brady swam a fantastic relay coming first, securing gold medals and clearing 4 seconds to the second place team.
A full list of results can be found here.
Swim Ulster held their first Development Gala of the season on Sunday 2 October 2016 in the Orchard Leisure Centre in Armagh. This year Swim Ulster split the Development Galas into regions, north and south and assigned a region to each swim club. This was to reduce the length of the gala and also to reduce travel time to and from galas. Breifne Swim Club was assigned to the south region.
One of the most notable changes that Swim Ulster implemented for the 2016-2017 season was the technical assessment on the Individual Medley. This was to ensure that all swimmers progressing to the Qualifying Meets have four legal strokes and can execute good streamlining on turns (hips past the flags). Swimmers under 11 years old had to be assessed on 100M Individual Medley while swimmers over 11 years old had to be assessed on 200M Individual Medley. There were 6 swimmers from Breifne Swim Club who passed their technical assessment. They were Louis Maguire, Conor Hourihane, Clodagh Clarke, Abby McDowell and Dara Ronan.
There were 17 swimmers across all squads from Breifne Swim Club competing on the day. On the day there were 14 different events which the Breifne swimmers took part in. There were 17 Personal Best times achieved at this gala.
Three gold medals were won on the day by Louis Maguire for 100M IM, 50M Breaststroke and 50M Backstroke. Four silver medals were won by Dara Ronan for 200M IM. 100M Back, 100M Free Kick and 100M Freestyle. Dara also gained 3 Swim Ulster qualifying times in 200M IM, 100M Backstroke and 100M Freestyle. There were two bronze medals won, one by Aoibhean Clarke for 100M IM and Louis Maguire for 50M Breaststroke.
Breifne Swim Club had three relay teams entered in this gala with the first team taking part in the 9-10 Medley Relay. On the team were Charlie Gannon swimming backstroke, Hamish Vickerman swimming breaststroke, Clodagh Clarke swimming butterfly and Ella Maguire swimming Freestyle. This team came in fourth place narrowly missing out on a third place bronze medal.
The second and third relay teams swam in the 11-12 Medley Relay event.
The first team consisting of Aoibhean Clarke swimming backstroke, Maia Smith swimming breaststroke, Dara Ronan swimming butterfly and Louis Maguire swimming freestyle won the relay taking home gold medals.
The second team consisting of Katie Gannon swimming backstroke, Ben Tully swimming breaststroke, Emily Sheridan swimming butterfly and Sean Og Hourihane swimming freestyle. This relay team came second taking home silver medals.
For a full list of results, please click here.