Yesterday's post was before the afternoon session, which saw Conor Ferguson win silver in the 50m Backstroke and the Irish mixed medley team narrowly miss out on a medal. Today, the final day of the meet, Robert Powell was in action in the 50m freestyle and Ellen Walshe in the 50m Fly. Mona McSharry closed... Continue Reading →

Conor Ferguson was the first Irish swimmer in action this morning in the 50m Backstroke, and what a start. Not only did Conor make the semi-final, he is also the second fastest qualifier going into it. Despite spirited swims in the 200m Freestlye by Jack McMillan and Robert Powell, neither progressed to the semi's. Rebecca... Continue Reading →

Day 3 was another successfull day for Ireland, in the morning. Rebecca Reid won her heat in the 50m Backstroke, however she did not make the semi-final. There were good swims by Rachel Bethel in the 200m Freestyle and Ellen Walshe in the 100m Butterfly. Mona Mcsharry continued to put her mark on the world... Continue Reading →

Second day of the European Juniors and a number of Irish swimmers have been competing. The 100m Free saw Robert Powell and Jack McMillan both make PB's, unfortunately neither progressed to the semi-final stage. Within a short amount of time (the next men's event), Robert Powell was in the water again for the 200m Fly.... Continue Reading →

It's great to see the next generation of Irish swimmers in action at the European Junior Swimming Championship in Israel. The squad is doing well on it's first day with Mona McSharry going into the 50m Breastroke final as the fastest qualifier. She also broke her own Irish Junior record with a time of 30:91.... Continue Reading →