Swim Ireland are holding their annual Christmas Cracker gala in the National Aquatic Centre in Blanchardstown on Sunday 11 December 2016.

This gala is open to all novice swimmers aged between 7 and 12 years old and each swimmer is restricted to enter four events only.  Any swimmer who is faster that the “cut of time” in the Meet conditions will not be eligible to swim that event.

All meet information can be found here and Breifne closing date for this gala is Tuesday 22 November 2016.

Bangor Swim Club held a Swim Meet in the Aurora Aquatic and Leisure Complex in Bangor on Sunday 6 November 2016.  This was a minor meet for swimmers under the age of 12 and contained all 25M events.

Two swimmers from the Novice group of Breifne Swim Club, Autumn and Hamish Vickerman took part in this gala.  Autumn obtained three personal best times out of a possible four, while Hamish obtained two personal best times out of four.  Hamish also managed to finish in the top ten in two events, 25M Backstroke and 25M Breaststroke enabling him to take part in the finals of both events.

A full list of results can be found here.

Leinster Swimming held their first graded gala of the season in the National Aquatic Centre, Blanchardstown in Dublin on Sunday 6 November 2016.

For this season, Leinster Swimming introduced a new awards scheme for graded galas.  Swimmers were awarded coloured wristbands following receipt of their official time for each event.  The colour of the wristband reflects the grade the swimmer has achieved.  This now replaces the medals which Leinster Swimming gave to the top three swimmers in each grade.

At this gala, Breifne Swim Club had seven swimmers take part over Development and Competition Squads.  They were Caoimhe Brady, Lucy Hogan, Aoibhean Clarke, Abby McDowell, Clodagh Clarke, Ella Maguire and Milly Owen.

These seven swimmers gained a total of 15 Personal Best times out of a possible 24.

For a full list of results, please click here.