Entry Status: January 25th Event %Full 1. Mixed 1500m Freestyle 100% 2. Mixed 400m Freestyle 100% 3. Mixed 50m Breaststroke 78% 4. Mixed 200m Individual Medley 100% 5. Mixed 100m Backstroke 68% 6. Mixed 200m Freestyle 81% 7. Mixed 100m Butterfly 85% 8. Mixed 50m Backstroke 71% 12. Mixed 800m Freestyle 100% 13. Mixed 100m Freestyle 74% 14. Mixed 200m Breaststroke 76% 15. Mixed 50m Butterfly 78% 16. Mixed 200m Backstroke 100% 17. Mixed 100m Breaststroke 100% 18. Mixed 200m Butterfly 100% 19. Mixed 50m Freestyle 77%   Events for the Limerick Masters Long Course Gala are filling up fast, [&hellip

LIMERICK MASTERS SC IRISH OPEN LONG COURSE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2nd & 3rd March 2018 The University Arena University of Limerick Dear Masters Swimmers, Limerick Masters SC are proud to announce that the Irish Open Long Course Masters Championships 2018 will be held at the University Arena 50m Swimming Pool, on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd March 2018. Again this year we are offering a full programme of events, with the 1,500M event taking place on Friday evening, followed by a full day of swimming on Saturday.  However, due to the time it takes to run the programme of events, this [&hellip

The 13th Limerick Masters gala took place on the 1st and 2nd of March and was again a huge success. Almost 340 competitors took part in the gala and came from all parts of the Ireland, the UK  with one competitor from Switzerland and one from Russia. In all there were 50 clubs represented and in excess of 1200 dips. The oldest swimmer to participate was the veteran Vincent Cassidy from Cork Masters at only 80 years of age! Limerick Masters collected a fine tally of medals & records! The after gala dinner and prize giving was also an  enjoyable night in the [&hellip

The first entrant for the 2014 gala was our competitor from Russia Roman Tolstik. Roman explained to us that he comes from the Novosibirsk region of Siberia. To get to Limerick Roman took a four hour flight to Moscow followed by a four hour flight to London and then a modest hop to Shannon. Last year he participated in the British Masters and this year decided to go one step further. Roman specialises in backstroke and planned to have a go at the world record for the 50m backstroke in his age group but is was not to be on [&hellip

Well done to all those competitors and clubs who received awards at the weekend. Limerick Masters Irish Open Long Course Championships – Prize winners Best Irish Swimmer (Male): Donncha O’Siadhall, Swim4Life Best Irish Swimmer (Female): Dymphna Morris, Swim4Life Best Overseas Swimmer (Male): Jonathan Refson, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England Best Overseas Swimmer (Female): April Richards, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England Best Club of the Gala: Aer Lingus Best Overseas Club: Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England 50m Freestyle Perpetual Trophy: John Cunningham, Potters Bar/Limerick Masters 1500m Freestyle Kearney Trophy: Anne Bourne, Camp Hill Edwardians, Birmingham. Best Limerick Swimmer (Male): Gerry Corry, Limerick Masters Best [&hellip

Hi all, Subject to ratification the following records were set by our club members in the gala over the weekend. A big thank you to Paddy Healy for compiling this list. Well done everyone. Click here to see a breakdown of Limerick Masters team results and splits from the weekend. Current records can be checked here on www.irishmastersswimming.ie To claim records Carol Cashell, the Munster recorder will happily accept email applications on carolcashell@yahoo.com and National claims can be sent by email to Jeff Philips at irishmastersnews@gmail.com. Application forms can be downloaded from here. 2014.03.01 (Irish): 40-44f:100FLY:LC, Kearney, Deirdre: 72.39 vs [&hellip

Check out the amazing photos from yesterdays gala by photographer Gordon Thomson here. Thanks Gordon. Don’t miss John Garretts shots here from yesterdays gala. Superb photography. &nbsp

Well done and thanks to all those who participated in the Irish Open LC Masters gala. Looking forward to seeing everyone next year for another great event. Click below for results. Irish Open LC Masters Championships Results – Day 1 Irish Open LC Masters Championships Results – Day

Hi Masters Swimmer, Thank you for entering this year’s gala. A draft gala program is available here. The timing schedule for the gala is approximate and is for reference only and should not be relied upon to schedule your individual swims. If you have any queries with regard to your entry, please reply to galaorganiser2014@gmail.com and we will update in advance of the meet. The relay events will be deck seeded on the day. The arrangements are now complete for the post gala dinner and prize giving. This year the format has been changed to make it more attractive for [&hellip