Gala News

Irish Open LC Championships - April 2023

The Irish Open LC Championships was held from the 1st April – 4th April. It was designated as a benchmark meet where the highest level of Irish Swimmers competed in the NAC attempting to qualify for National squads and achieve qualification times for National & International Meets.

Portmarnock had 6 swimmers represent the club at the meet those who competed were:

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McCullagh National Meet - Bangor February 2023

The Dave McCullagh meet is the 1st National meet of the long course season. Over 600 athletes competed across the 3 day meet. There was a very high standard of swimming with past Olympians, Irish and British Champions attending this meet. The McCullagh meet was seen as a stepping stone towards the Time Trial / Olympic Qualifying Meet in April 2023.

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Leinster LC Open 2023 & 56ème Challenge International de Genève

A huge well done to all who competed at the Leinster LC Open 2023. It took place on 21st & 22nd January. We had 21 swimmers who represented Portmarnock SC across 122 individual races & 7 Relays.

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Leinster Minor School Championships Jan 2023

Leinster Minor School Championships Jan 2023 - Coaches Report

Well done and congratulations from all the coaches to all 21 Portmarnock swimmers who competed in the above gala representing their individual schools. Categories age. 9-10 / 11-12 yrs. This was the first swim competition for most of these little ones with c2 sq /csq/Bsq / AJr Transition Sq all being represented.

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Irish Short Course Championships

Irish Short Course Championships 

The SC Winter Championships is the National culmination of the short course season. Several clubs based in the UK and Dubai travelled to Ireland to compete at this meet and as to expect the standard of swimming was very high. Portmarnock had 5 swimmers represent the club at the meet.

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Division 1 - Summer National Swimming Championships July 2022

Irish Summer Nationals Div 1 

The Irish Summer National Meet is the National culmination of the long course season in the 2nd training cycle. There was a very high standard of swimming which attracted clubs from 9 different countries. This meet was the designated for qualification for the designated Winter International meets, including FINA World Championships & Toyota US Open and was attended by Regional representatives and the National Performance Director.

This year we had 12 swimmers represent Portmarnock SC and compete across 53 Individual Events. Portmarnock SC were represented by

Finn Clifford

Holly Clifford

Ava Jones

Megan Jones

Ece Karamancil

Sarah Keane

Jack Lyons

Holly McCarthy

Sophie McDonnell

Jamie O’Keeffe

David Pau

Davide Scaringella

 

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Division 2 - Summer National Swimming Championships July 2022

Irish Summer Nationals Div 2 

A huge well done to all who competed at the Irish Age Groups Division 2. It took place from the 6th – 10th July 2022 in Limerick. We had 9 swimmers qualify for the National Meet

  • Lucie O’Keeffe
  • Ciara O’Connor
  • Ellen Morgan
  • Grace Gill
  • Anastasia Nikishkina
  • Tom Brown
  • Julek Lewandowski
  • Ryan McCarthy
  • Finn Casey

Of the 9 who qualified the following 4 swimmers competed across 9 events

  • Tom Brown – 50 Free
  • Ellen Morgan – 50 Free
  • Julek Lewandowski – 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 IM
  • Finn Casey  - 100 BC, 200 BC

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Leinster Long Course Swimming Championships June 2022

Leinster Long Course Championships 2022

A huge well done to all who competed at the Leinster Long Course Championships 2022. It took

place from the 27th – 29th May 2022. We had 20 swimmers who represented Portmarnock SC across
83 races. All swimmers exhibited exemplary behaviour and represented themselves and
Portmarnock positively.

  • From a performance perspective we had
    - 47 Personal Best Times
    - 40 Finalists
    - 12 Gold Medals, 3 Silver and 6 Bronze medals
    - Davide Scaringella, Sarah Keane, Ece Karamancil, Ellen Morgan, Jamie O'Keeffe & Jack Lyons obtained qualification times for Irish Age
    Group Division 1
    - Lucie O’Keeffe & Holly McCarthy obtained qualification times for Irish Age Group Division 2
    - Ava Jones achieved the qualification time for the National Programme in the 800 F/C. Ava
    has now achieved the consideration time for the National Programme in 9 individual events

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View some video footage here https://youtu.be/PJmGriSAHks

Day 3: Davide Scaringella: Bronze 100Fly

Day 3: Sarah Keane: Gold 200M back

Day 3: Ava Jones: Gold 200IM & 200 Breast

Day 3: David Pau: Gold 50M Freestyle

Day 3: Megan Jones: Gold 200IM & 100FC

 

Lucie & Megan Day 2 Leinster Long Course Championships

 

Irish Open Swimming Championships April 2022

The Irish Open is the National culmination of the long course season in the first training cycle. There was a very high standard of swimming and the meet was designated for qualification for International meets, including European Youth Olympic Festival, World & European Juniors as well as Common Wealth Games. This year we had 4 swimmers compete at the Irish Open:

  • David Pau
  • Anna Nikishkina
  • Megan Jones
  • Ava Jones

From a performance perspective the swimmers achieved

  • 21 Personal Best Times
  • 17 Finals

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Leinster Aspiring Gala March 27th 2022

A huge well done to all who attend the Leinster Aspiring Competition 26/27th March 2022. We had 24 swimmers who represented Portmarnock SC. All swimmers exhibited exemplary behaviour and represented themselves and Portmarnock positively. Feedback from the meet organisers was very complimentary towards the team.

From a performance perspective we had:

  • 39 Personal Best Times
  • 19 Top 10 finishes which include 9 top 3 placings
  • Davide Scaringella & Jamie O’Keeffe obtained qualification times for Irish Age Group Div 1
  • Megan Jones & Anna Nikishkina obtained qualification times for Irish Open 2022

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Edinburgh International 2022 (EIS 2022)

Hi all,

As we all know, Ava Jones represented Ireland at the Edinburgh International Meet. She was part of a 45 strong team who attended the 3-day event and Ava competed in 7 events over the 3 days. The feedback from the team manager has been very positive in how the whole team conducted themselves and performed.

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Meets/Galas

We hope that everyone will enjoy learning to swim and improve their technique whilst at our Club. As children progress, some will be entered into Meets / Galas at the discretion of the coaches. Consideration is based on age, attendance and the ability to swim certain events at a particular standard.

The coaching team will initially contact you to confirm your availability for a Meet / Gala & it is essential that you respond promptly & in accordance with the deadline.  Closer to the event, the swimmer will receive their Meet / Gala Envelope which on the outside will outline the fees due & on the inside will contain the "order of events" with the events the swimmer is entered for highlighted.  It is essential that you give this order of events to your swimmer, so they know in advance and on the day of the Meet / Gala what events they are entered for.  The Meet / Gala fee envelope should also be returned to the club promptly.

When the Club enters Swim Ireland/Leinster region Mets / Galas, it is a requirement that each club provides officials i.e. parents of entrants to carry out duties. We have to provide 1 official for every 4 swimmers. The duties are Timekeeping, Turn Judges, Director of Timekeepers and Line Up Officials.

Please be aware that if your child enters a Gala you will be required to ensure that a parent or family member aged over 18 can take their turn on the Gala Roster for that day.