Irish Masters Swimming

Irish Masters swimmers continued their good form in Kranj, Slovenia today.  Featured events on day 3 included 200m breaststroke, 50m freestyle, 100m backstroke and 4x50m mixed medley relay.

Marie Keane (50-64) of Comans SC and Aer Lingus Masters swimmer Charlotte Reid (35-39) were the only Irish representatives in the 200m breaststroke.  Keane was placed 4^th in a competitive heat in 3:35.06, while Reid went one better to make it on to the podium in 3^rdplace in 3:01.01.

The 50m freestyle saw seven swimmers fight it out in the splash and dash event.  Best of the Irish was John Cunningham (Limerick Masters) who picked up a bronze medal in the 45-49 age group, clocking a time of 25.71.  Peter Conway (Aer Lingus Masters) was 11^th in the 55-59 age group, Csaba Egly (Glenalbyn Masters) 27^th in the 35-39 age group and Gerry Flynn 28^th in the 70-74 age group.  Best of the women was Agnieszka Wysocka (Aer Lingus Masters) who was 7^th in the 35-39 age group, Tina Reynolds (Sandycove Island) 9^th in the 55-59 age group and Roisin O’Brien of Kilkenny SC was 32^nd in the 35-39 age group.

The final individual event of the day saw Liz Cosgrave (Trojan SC) continue her domination in the 100m backstroke to claim gold in the 60-64 age group, breaking the Irish record by over 20 seconds.  Roisin O’Brien (Kilkenny SC) was 10^th in the 35-39 age group and Arlene McGuinness was 16^th in the 40-44 age group.  Vivian Mongey (Aer Lingus Masters) and Duncan Russell (Kilkenny SC) took to the pool in the men’s 55-59 age group, with Mongey finishing 5^th and Russell 20^th.

The Aer Lingus Masters team of Vivian Mongey, Charlotte Reid, Agnieszcka Wysocka and Peter Conway finished 4^th place in a time of 2:07.37 in the mixed medley 160+ age group.

Today’s 3 medals brings the current Irish tally to 5, 3 gold and 2 bronze.  Day four events include the 200m individual medley, 400m freestyle and 4x50m freestyle relays.

Day 2 of the European Masters Championships saw 15 Irish swimmers take to the water for 200m freestyle, 50m breaststroke and 100m butterfly.

Dorothy Ledwith of Ennis Masters was the first swimmer in action in the women’s 200m freestyle, swimming a new Irish record time in in 60-64 age group of 2.52.48 to finish in 5^th place.  Following swiftly on Dymphna Morris (Aer Lingus Masters) had her eyes on another medal and claimed her second gold of the meet in the 55-59 age group in a time of 2.32.08.  Jasenka Solaja (Trojan SC) finished 14^th in the 40-44 age group while Charlotte Reid (Aer Lingus Masters) claimed 9^th place in the 35-39 age group.

In the men’s 200m freestyle Aer Lingus Masters team mates Boyd Freeman and Vivian Mongey raced in the same heat with Freeman finishing 7^th overall and Mongey a close 8^th, with just .05 seconds between the swimmers in the 55-59 age group.  John Cunningham (Limerick Masters) opened his campaign with a strong 7^th place finish in the 45-49 age group.

Four swimmers competed in the 50m breaststroke.  Marie Keane, Comans finished 6^th in her age group (60-64) in 45.25 while Charlotte Reid was 4^th in the 35-39 age group in a time of 36.10. Gerry Flynn of Cathal Brugha placed 15^th in the 70-74 age group in 47.86 with Glenalbyn Masters swimmer Csaba Egly finishing 29^thin 36.32.

The women’s 100m butterfly saw Agnieszka Wysocka (30-34), Aer Lingus Masters and Helena Mc Grath (45-49), Trojan SC finish 4^th and 5^th place respectively, getting their competition off to a good start.  Best of the men in the 100m butterfly was Peter Conway (Aer Lingus Masters) finishing 9^th in the 55-59 age group in a time of 1.14.46.  Csaba Egly (35-39) placed 15^th, while Declan O’Sullivan (55-59) and Mike O’Connell (35-29) both finished 17^th in their age groups.

Tuesday 4^th September includes the 200m breaststroke, 50m freestyle, 100m backstroke and 4x50m mixed medley relay.  There will be plenty of Irish swimmers returning to the pool, keep up to date with live results on http://emc2018.microplustiming.com

The European Masters Championships got underway on Sunday 2^nd September in Kranj, Slovenia.  First event of the week was the men’s and women’s 800m freestyle with three Irish swimmers in action.

Boyd Freeman of Aer Lingus Masters was the sole representative in men’s event, finishing 6^th in the 55-59 age group in 10.27.24, good preparation for his 200m freestyle on Monday morning.

Ennis Masters swimmer Dorothy Ledwith placed 7^th in the women’s 60-64 age group in 23 minutes 34 seconds.

Best of the Irish on day one was Dymphna Morris from Aer Lingus Masters who has had a long road to recovery from a persistent shoulder injury.  Getting her week-long campaign off to a great start Morris won gold in the women’s 55-59 age group in a time of 10.58.40.  Dymphna has a busy schedule this week with 5 events in the pool and the 3km and 5km open water events next weekend.

The Aer Lingus Masters men’s team of Boyd Freeman, Vivian Mongey, Declan O’Sullivan and Peter Conway competed in the 4×50 medley relay placing 6^th in the 200+ age group in a time of 2.11.90.

Monday’s session gets underway at 8am Irish time with the 200m freestyle, 50m breaststroke and 100m butterfly.  Live results are available on http://emc2018.microplustiming.com/swimming/index_web.php

Beginning in September (22nd) the winter pool season starts in Kilkenny with a gala / open water double header: more details are expected soon.

The annual Dublin masters gala returns for its 5th instalment on October 14th, the programme can be downloaded [ here ]

The Celtics short course Irish open is also set to return on November 10th / 11th with an extended programme. details to follow but the schedule can be viewed [ here ]

We expect Mallow to take us into Christmas but for now we can look forward to the rest of the open water swimming that remains around the country.

Entries are still open for the European Masters in Slovenia in September.

Please visit emc2018.com for further details

If you are going – please email Jeff ( irishmastersnews@gmail.com ) so you can get your hat and T. Also don’t forget to notify Swim Ireland of your entry into the competition so that you are covered by FINA related insurance.

Hi Folks,

Here is the documentation for this Sunday’s swimming at the NAC

psych sheet

session report

session times

 

The Ulster Masters is in Newry again this year at the end of May.

You can download the programme, entry form and Hytek files from their respective links.

If you are going to the Europeans in September, please email Jeff at irishmastersnews@gmail.com so you can get the tshirt and hat.

The points calculator which is used for decathlons and qualification for the masters development squad has been updated in line with the new FINA annual results. ie the inflation rate has been applied.

 

As Jeff mentioned this week by email, you wait ages for a bus and then they all come together.

Coming up, within a 6 week period there are 4 galas and an Easter weekend thrown in for good measure.

At the end of April is the inaugural Leinster Masters Long Course, [ details here ].

At the end of this month is the Kingdom Masters, [ details here and here ].

Limerick Long Course Irish Masters Open has been rescheduled to the weekend of Friday 13th / Saturday 14th April, and they need you to get in touch if you wish to retain your original entry or cancel. Full details can be gotten at http://limerickmasters.com

Scheduled also to take place is the Long Course Relay Gala, on April 7th at the NAC during an interval on the Nationals programme.

Friday 2nd March 2018

 

Hi All,
Following a review of the weather situation this morning and communications from many swimmers who are unable to travel to Limerick, regretably we have to cancel this event tomorrow Saturday.

We will reschedule the event at a later date – more to come next week!

Best Regards – Stay safe.
LMSC Gala Committee

Congratulations to the following swimmers who completed the Decathlon 2017 challenge:

Female

1. Charlotte Reid 9087 points

2. Helena McGrath 8922 points

3. Nell McCarthy 7774 points

4. Anne Morrissey 7735 points

5. Marie Keane 7614 points

Male

1. Kieran Kelleher 8713 points

2. Patrick Corkery 6902 points

All participants will receive a commemorative t-shirt.

The top female and male swimmers will receive an award which will be presented at the Limerick Masters LC gala on Saturday 3rd March.