Gala Reports

Results! Irish Summer Nationals 2018

Day 1
Robin came 6th in #400IM with a 4 second PB, qualifying him for the final… where he improved his time by further 10 seconds!

Robin went on to come 12th in #200FS

#SuperSwims #FearTheFin

Day 2
Luke joined Robin for #50FS and both made great PB’s. Robin achieved another PB, dropping 2 seconds in the #100BF. Keep it up boys!
#SuperSwims #PBs

Day 3
On Luke’s second day, he finished his #100FS in a fast 1.03.06. Robin made the final, and PB’d coming 8th.

#Finalist Robin came 12th and first reserve for the final in #200IM in 2:26.75

Day 4
Caoilin joined Robin in today’s competition… supported by Sorcha, Rian, Sarah and Lucy in their #100Back. Caoilin came 16th and Robin came 21st.

Coming 6th place in #400Free, Robin reached the final, where this evening he finished in a respectable 4th place. #GoBluefin

Thanks to Tom O’Dea for serving as time keeper during the finals.

Day 5
The last day of the competition saw another two impressive performances by our swimmers. Both Caoilin and Robin had their year’s best performances in #200Back, with Caoilin finishing 24th and Robin finishing 10th. Well done swimmers!

Well done to Sarah, who, despite the tough opposition, won the Swim Ireland colouring competition and a purple hooded towel

Thank you Robin, Luke and Caoilin for a week full of excitement and a BIG THANK YOU to team manager Götz and coach Helen!

#GoBluefin #SuperSwims #PBs #PurpleTowels

Galas and Meets

2018 Irish Summer Nationals

Robin, Luke and Coailin head to the Irish Summer Nationals (Division 1’s) at the National Aquatic Centre, Dublin from Wednesday 25th to Sunday 29th July 2018.

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Wednesday 25th July
Warm Up 7:30am; Start 8:45am

# 103A Male 200 Free
Robin Pfeiffer

# 105A Male 400 IM
Robin Pfeiffer

Finals: Warm Up 4pm; Start 5pm

 

Thursday 26th July
Warm Up 7:30am; Start 8:45am

# 201A Male 50 Free
Robin Pfeiffer
Luke Burke

# 203A Male 100 Fly
Robin Pfeiffer

Finals: Warm Up 4pm; Start 5pm

 

Friday 27th July
Warm Up 7:30am; Start 8:45am

# 301A Male 100 Free
Robin Pfeiffer
Luke Burke

# 305A Male 200 IM
Robin Pfeiffer

Finals: Warm Up 4pm; Start 5pm

 

Saturday 28th July
Warm Up 7:30am; Start 8:45am

# 402A Male 400 Free
Robin Pfeiffer

# 407A Female 100 Back
Caoilin Kearney

# 408A Male 100 Back
Robin Pfeiffer

Finals: Warm Up 4pm; Start 5pm

 

Sunday 29th July
Warm Up 7:30am; Start 8:45am

# 501A Female 200 Back
Caoilin Kearney

# 502A Male 200 Back
Robin Pfeiffer

Finals: Warm Up 4pm; Start 5pm

 

Gala Reports

RESULTS! Irish National Division 2 Competition 2018

The Irish National Division 2 Competition 2018 draws to a close in Limerick, with  mighty seven Bluefin swimmers producing fantastic performances!

Day 1: #100Back #Finalists Sorcha (15+) and #Gold for Kristina (13yrs)

Day 2: #100Free… #Finalists Sorcha (15+) 🤩 and #Gold for Kristina (13yrs) 🥇
#100Breast sees Jake (15+), Sorcha (15+), Rian (13) and Isolde (11+12) #PBs #SuperSwims ⏱

Day 3: #50Free FAST & FURIOUS for Sarah (11+12), Kristina (13yrs), Hannah (15+), Sorcha (15+), Jake (15+) and Rory (15+)! #Finalists Sorcha and Kristina! #Gold for Kristina (13yrs)
#200Back Rory (15+) and #Finalist Kristina (13yrs)
Sorcha belts #400Free and goes #Sub-5

Day 4: Isolde (11-12), Sorcha (15+), Jake (15+) and Rian (13) rock #200Breast, and #Finalist Birthday Boy, Rian, PBs again!! #SuperSwims #PBs 
#200IM time drop for Sorcha and Kristina

Big thank you to coach Darragh, our fabulous team managers and to all the exceptional officials on deck!!!💥

#SwamLikeSharkBait  #SuperProud  #BSC #ItsAllOver

Galas and Meets

2018 Irish National Division 2 Competition

Well done to our seven swimmers taking part in this year’s Division Two’s!

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Thursday 5th July

Session Two
Warm-up Girls 1:30 to 2:10, Boys 2:10 to 2:50; Competition 15:00
with coach Helen and team manager Jean Kearney

# 6 Female 200 Free
Kristina Mc Donagh (13) 2:35.86S
Sorcha Kearney (16) 2:21.47S

# 8 Female 100 Back
Kristina Mc Donagh (13) 1:23.82L
Sorcha Kearney (16) 1:15.42L

 

Friday 6th July

Session One
Warm-up Girls 7:30 to 8:10, Boys 8:10 to 8:50; Competition 09:00
with coach Helen and team manager Helen Van de Beek

# 11 Female 100 Free
Kristina Mc Donagh (13) 1:13.21L
Sorcha Kearney (16) 1:05.50L

# 12 Male 100 Breast
Rian Kearney (13) 1:32.12S
Jake Van De Beek (15) 1:24.99L

Session Two
Warm-up Boys 1:30 to 2:10, Girls 2:10 to 2:50; Competition 1500
with coach Helen and team manager Ger Hannon

# 16 Female 100 Breast
Isolde Hannon (11) 1:43.87L
Sorcha Kearney (16) 1:29.25L

 

Saturday 7th July

Session One
Warm-up Girls 7:30 to 8:10, Boys 8:10 to 8:50; Competition 09:00
with coach Darragh and team manager Madeline Larkin

# 21 Female 200 Back
Kristina Mc Donagh (13) 2:56.67S

# 23 Female 50 Free
Sarah Gunning (11) 36.07S
Kristina Mc Donagh (13) 32.75L
Hannah Durkan (14) 31.77S
Sorcha Kearney (16) 29.96L

Session Two
Warm-up Boys 1:30 to 2:10, Girls 2:10 to 2:50; Competition 15:00
with coach Darragh and team manager Helen Van de Beek

# 27 Male 200 Back
Rory Collins (15) 2:42.63L

# 29 Male 50 Free
Rory Collins (15) 29.63L
Jake Van De Beek (15) 30.43L

# 30 Female 400 Free
Sorcha Kearney (16) 5:14.71L

 

Sunday 8th July

Session One
Warm-up Boys 7:30 to 8:10, Girls 8:10 to 8:50; Competition 9:00
with coach Darragh and team manager Jean Kearney

# 34 Female 200 Breast
Isolde Hannon (11) 3:46.60L
Sorcha Kearney (16) 3:11.23S

Session Two
Warm-up Girls 1:30 to 2:10, Boys 2:10 to 2:50; Competition 1500
with coach Darragh and team manager Jean Kearney

# 38 Female 200 IM
Kristina Mc Donagh (13) 2:57.21S
Sorcha Kearney (16) 2:44.67L

# 39 Male 200 Breast
Rian Kearney (13) 3:14.84S
Jake Van De Beek (15) 3:07.43L

 

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