Katie Strikes Gold at Irish Youth/Senior Championships

With an impressive individual medal haul of three gold, two silver and a bronze, Katie Reid led the way as a seven strong team of Lisburn City swimmers competed at the recent Irish Youth/Senior National Swimming Championships held at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin.  The final domestic competition of the season saw over three … Read more

Irish Age Group Championships 10-12 July 2009

A team of 18 swimmers returned from the Irish Age Group Championships with 3 Gold, 4 Silver, and 5 Bronze medals.  Jemma Bingham (200BF), Peter Sands (1500FC) and the Girls 11-12 4 x 50 MTR were crowned Irish Age Group Champions in their respective events and Peter Sands was awarded top 13yr old boy for … Read more

Channel Swim for Maureen McCoy

Congatulations to Maureen McCoy who recently completed the English Channel swim in 14hrs 15mins.  This is an amazing accomplishment and shows what can be achieved with dedication and hard work. 12 swimmers started the challenge, 3 completed it and Mo finished 1st!!  More details will follow when Mo returns to Lisburn and recovers from this … Read more

Swim Ireland Publish High Performance Structure

The National Governing Body of swimming, Swim Ireland have published the High Performance Structure and Plan 2009-2012. Full details can be found on the Swim Ireland website www.swimireland.ie.  Qualifying standards for the SI squads, European SC Championships and 2010 Youth Olympics can be downloaded from our Resources Page. Without goals, we are on a journey … Read more

Club Structure 2009-2010

The Club Structure for next season has been finalised and can be viewed it by clicking on the The Club …. tab at the top of this page.  Club training will resume on Monday 17 August 09, please check the timetable in The Club …. page for more details.  There will be a parents evening … Read more

VOLUNTEERS – 2012 OLYMPICS

See details below for an event being held for potential volunteers aiming towards the 2012 Olympics. Thanks for expressing your interest in being kept up to date on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in terms of volunteering, young people and Northern Ireland. I am pleased to say that we are hosting an event … Read more

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  • Coach Andy’s Tip of the Month

    Habit is a intersection of knowledge, skill and desire. Knowledge of what to do and why, skill is the how to do it, and the desire or motivation to want to do it. Excellence is therefore a habit.