It’s been a busy few weeks for the club with galas every weekend at the moment. We have had a good spread of swimmers qualifying for some of the bigger meets in the Munster Region recently and we also had the opportunity to get our very youngest swimmers into their first competition at a novice gala in Portlaoise – thanks Laoise Marlins. Many thanks also to Swim Ireland, the national governing body for aquatics, who do some fantastic organisational work getting the Muster graded galas together. Nenagh Neptune attended 3 galas between 21st March and 12th April.
Muster Long Course Championships – UL 21st and 22nd March
Even with the undeniably tuff qualifying times, Nenagh Neptune were represented at this gala by five of our swimmers. Competition was fierce with all of our swimmers finding the long course (50m pool) swims tiring. Congratulations goes out to Sinead and Emily who claimed personal bests on the day and particularly to Emily who knocked nearly 10 seconds off her time in the 400m freestyle – well done.
Results from the day:
50m Freestyle: Thomas Adams 27.80 sec, Isabelle Dunne 30.16, Sinead Dwyer 31.88 – 50m Back: Isabelle Dunne 34.93 -- 100m Freestyle: Thomas Adams 1:02.36 –100m Butterfly: Sinead Dwyer 1:19.04 (PB) – 200m Freestyle: Emily Ryan 2:28.60 (PB) – 200m IM: Olwyn Dunne 3.00.45, Emily Ryan 2:59.89 (PB) – 400m Freestyle: Emily Ryan 5.21.36 (PB), Olwyn Dunne 5.21.68
Novice Gala –Portlaoise 28th March
A good day was had by all our novice swimmers in the Laois Marlins Gala which took place on March 28th. This would have been the first competitive gala for most of our novice swimmers but they certainly rose to the task. There were some notable PBson the day andwell done to Cillian Smith who was rewarded with a 3rd place in the 50m butterfly for his efforts.
The results are as follows:
25m Freestyle: Enda Wickham 37.00sec -- 50m Freestyle: NikoletteHeveli 48.84, Ciara O'Brien 51.32, Laura Quinn 53.71, Kate Ryan 55.06, Ella Rose Craven 1:01.68, Andrea Brennan 46.31 (PB), Eoghan Wickham 56.34, Seamus McKenzie Cleary 1:06.19, Cathal O'Brien 46.75 – 100m Freestyle: Conor Kirby 1:41.56,Cillian Smith 1:37.06 -- 50m Butterfly: Andrea Brennan 1:19.06, Ellarose Craven 1:22.21, Cillian Smith 1:06.81 (3rd Place) -- 50m Backstroke: NikoletteHeveli 55.82, Laura Quinn 1:11.37 (PB), Ciara O'Brien 1:05.53 (PB), Kate Ryan 1:07.68 (PB), EoghanWickham 1:08.79, Seamus Mckenzie Cleary 1:08.34, Conor Kirby 1:04.12 -- 25m Breaststroke: Enda Wickham 41.40 -- 50m Breaststroke: NikoletteHeveli 1:07.71, Ellarose Craven 1:12.84, Ciara O'Brien 1:09.88, Laura Quinn 1:14.20, Andrea Brennan 1:03.65 (PB), Kate Ryan 1:05.79, Cathal O'Brien 1:06.53, Seamus Mc Kenzie Cleary 1:27.88 -- 100IM: NikoletteHeveli 2:24.47, Ciara O'Brien 2:17.16, Ellarose Craven 2:27.46, Laura Quinn 2:30.72, Andrea Brennan 2:13.14, Kate Ryan 2:20.12, Seamus Mckenzie Cleary 2:47.31, Conor Kirby 1:59.40, Cillian smith 2:26.30, Eoghan Wickham 2:39.96
Well done to all swimmers who took part and thanks Cathy for all the help. Many thanks to Coach Fiona Corbett for her guidance, advice and support to all the swimmers on the day.
Munster Age Groups Division 2 – UL Arena 10thto 12th April
This gala never fails to produce some great competition every year, both between the many Munster clubs represented at the event and also between our own swimmers. This year was no exception. The rivalry definitively drove the competitive streak for the 16 Nenagh Neptune swimmers in attendance and we saw some great PBs from our swimmers who were supported on the day by coach Chris Harris. Congratulations to Sarah Seymour and Lily O’Brien who knocked over 18 seconds each off their times in the 200 freestyle and 100 breaststroke respectively.
Results on the day:
100m Freestyle: Ethan Geoghegan 1:04.21 (PB), Ian Knight 1:06.51 (PB), Dermot Kinnane 1:08.87, Tadgh Kelly 1:10.09, Dean Craven 1:13.01 -- 100m Backstroke: Dermot Kinnane 1:22.04 (PB) -- 100m Breaststroke:Sarah Seymour 1:43.67 (PB), Sarah O’Brien 1:42.82, Lily O’Brien 1:44.24 (PB), Ellen Frahill 1:48.68, Ellen Lane 1:42.77, Patrick Finn 1:43.76; Dermot Kinnane 1:35.16 (PB), Dean Craven 1:38.83 -- 100m Butterfly: Brendan Quinn 1:32.55, Ethan Geoghegan 1:16.29 (PB) -- 200m Freestyle: Sarah Seymour 2:53.15 (PB), Sarah O’Brien 2:53.19, Lily O’Brien 2:56.28 (PB), Sorcha Nagle 2:51.57 (PB), Ellen Lane 2:56.75, Caomihe Moloney 3:00.58, Olivia Callery 3:01:88, Brendan Quinn 2:50.11, Ethan Geoghegan 2:26.70 (PB), Ian Knight 2:32.94 (PB) -- 200m Breaststroke: Patrick Finn 3:44.94, Dean Craven 3:37.96 -- 200m IM: Lily O’Brien 3:22.68, Sarah O’Brien 3:29.16, Phoebe Cooney 3:28.74; Ethan Geoghegan 2:49.85 (PB), Ian Knight 2:52.38 (PB)
Thanks to all our coaching staff for their dedication and to all parents who turn up to support our swimmers and volunteer for official duties for the required sessions.
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