Welcome everyone to a new season of swimming. I hope you all had a good holiday. Hope  to see you all back on Tuesday 7th September 2010.

Team swimmers

See main pool tab for session and lanes for team swimmers. Swimmers born 1999 and before will swim in the 8.30 session. Swimmers born 2000 and earlier will swim in he 7.40 session.

The lanes are based on the IM times at the end of last season. Any swimmers without times will be timed as soon as possible. All swimmers are encouraged to challenge their time and we will try to rearrange lanes accordingly on the first tuesday of each month.

PTL dates

See PTL tab for dates of galas and PB list from end of last season

EXTRA TRAINING FOR OPEN GALA and PTL SWIMMERS.

2010 - 2011 SEASON.

Tuesday 3rd August 2010:-              7.00pm - 8.30pm.

Thursday 5th August 2010:-             5.00pm - 6.30pm.

These days and times will be the same for the Month of August only.

BALLYMENA SWIMMING CLUB SUCCESS AT ULSTER YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS

The Ulster Youth Championships took place at the Grove Leisure Centre on Friday, Saturday and Sunday of 14th, 15th, and 16th of March. Several Ballymena Swimmers took part competing against Northern Ireland and Border County swimmers. They all acquitted themselves well against tough opposition. On Friday Matthew McDonnell, Ross Little and Chris Best all achieved Personal Best Times in the 200 I.M. events. Matthew finished in the top 10 in his age group, in a time of 2.45.67, Ross finished in a time of 2.50.35 and Chris’s time of 2.32.99 gave him a very commendable third place. Saturday saw Katrina Carson and Chris Best competing, both swimming p.b’s in the 100 freestyle events, Katrina’s time 1.15.71 and Chris finishing with another personal best of 1.00.24. Katrina had an excellent swim of 1.28.43 in the heats, and beat a Bangor swimmer in a swim off to reach the final. She swam another p.b.[1.28.34] in the final to finish 5th –another very pleasing performance. Sunday saw Claire O’Neill, Clare McCarry and Deirdre O’Kane all competing in the 100 freestyle event. Claire O’Neill finished in a time of 1.16.34, Clare Mc Carry 1.17.71 and Deirdre 1.18.07. Ross Little and Chris Best were back in the pool on Sunday also, Ross achieving a p.b. in the 100 fly [1.11.58], and Chris another p.b. in the 200 freestyle[2.13.68.] -Chris, who has been swimming tremendously well all season, reached the final of the 100 backstroke. His time of 1.08.23 [a new Ballymena Club record] won him a well earned bronze medal in the final. He can be rightly proud of his performances over the weekend. The local club’s swimmers and coaches can only be pleased with these performances. All the hard work in weekly training is paying dividends for all concerned.

 Event

Group

1st

 2nd

 3rd

 Backstroke A Megan Boyle Chloe Kernohan Chloe Higgins
  A Peter Meehan

 Roshan O'Donnell

Ganeesha O'Donnell

 Josh King
  B Heather Carson Claire O'Neill Deidre King
  B Calvin Kernohan John Carson  Michael Purdy
  C Katrina Carson Claire McCarry Kellyn Bowler
  C Ross Little David Wilson Tony Ferris

D

Kathryn CostelloVictoria ShawAshleigh Best
  D Chris Best Connor Purdy Matthew McDonnell

 Breast Stroke

 A

 Chloe Kernohan

 Megan Boyle

 Una O'Neill

  A Roshan O'Donnell Peter Meehan Ganeesha O'Donnell
  B Heather Carson Claire O'Neill Deidre O'Kane
 B Calvin Kernohan Michael Purdy Matthew King
  C Katrina Carson Kellyn Bowler Claire McCarry
  C Ross Little Tony Ferris David Wilson
  D Kathryn Costello Megan O'Kane Victoria Shaw
  D Connor Purdy Patrick Black Matthew McDonnell

 Butterfly

 A Megan Boyle Chloe Kernohan Una O'Neill
  A Peter Meehan Roshan O'DonnellEthan Jones 
  B Heather Carson Deidre O'Kane Claire O'Neill
  B Michael Purdy Calvin Kernohan John Carson
  C Katrina Carson Kellyn Bowler Claire McCarry
  C Ross Little David Wilson Tony Ferris
  D Kathryn Costello Victoria Shaw Ashleigh Best
  D Connor Purdy Patrick Black Chris Best

 Front Crawl

 Megan Boyle Una O'Neill Chloe Kernohan
  A Peter Meehan Roshan O'Donnell Josh King
  B Heather Carson Deidre O'Kane Claire O'Neill
  B Calvin Kernohan Michael Purdy John Carson
  C Katrina Carson Claire McCarry Kellyn Bowler
  C Ross Little David Wilson Tony Ferris
  D Kathryn Costello Ashleigh Best Megan O'Kane
  D Connor Purdy Chris Best Matthew McDonnell

 Individual Medley

 A Megan Boyle Chloe Kernohan Claudia McKernan
  A Peter Meehan Roshan O'Donnell Ethan Jones
  B Heather Carson Deidre O'Kane Claire O'Neill
  B Calvin Kernohan Michael Purdy John Carson
  C Katrina Carson Kellyn Bowler Claire McCarry
  C Ross Little  Tony Ferris David Wilson
  D Kathryn Costello Victoria Shaw Megan O'Kane
  D Connor Purdy Chris Best Patrick Black


Special trophies were presented: for the most effort-Deirdre O’Kane and Tony Ferris
For swimmers who swam consistently but did not win a major trophy: joint between Deirdre O’Kane / Kellyn Bowler and David Wilson.Trophy for the youngest PTL swimmer-Peter Meehan. Swimmer of the Year Cup to Connor Purdy for his achievements in Open Galas.
The Club wishes to extend thanks to all who helped at the Gala to allow it to run smoothly and make it such a special event for the swimmers. However none of these achievements would be possible without the dedication of the coaches, who tirelessly inspire the swimmers to try their best. As the season draws to a close, the Club looks forward to the swimmers enthusiasm and commitment in the new season commencing on September 4th.