As the 2013 Winners of the Club Title we are looking for a stong participation for the trip to Mallow on Saturday December 6th. Entries are being collected by Diarmuid – see more details here Mallow Entry Form. Some swims have limited heats so get your name in FAST! We will be organising a bus to Mallow and plan to stay for the “Apres-Swim”…rumour has it there’s a big Munster game on so hopefully we will all be celebrating!!

A team of thirteen swimmers left Limerick by coach at 6.45 on Sunday morning to travel to the Celtic Masters Gala at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. The gala is run by the combined NAC Masters and Aer Lingus Masters Swimming Clubs on a short course within the 50m pool complex. All were in high spirits and fighting form and under the inspiration of coach John Dempsey we collected 36 individual medals and four relay event medals during the course of the day. John Dempsey was awarded swimmer of the gala as he won a total of six medals [&hellip

Please see the following link for latest edition of the Irish Masters Gala Calendar

SMRC Urban Run 2014 SMRC is proud to host it’s 2nd annual AAI permitted Urban Run on Sun October 5th, 2014. They are organising the run in partnership with Limerick Country Club Athletics Club and with the backing of great Sponsors: Redfaire Ireland, Elivar, BDO Limerick and Shannon Foynes Port Company. As voluntary bodies, both SMRC and there Charity partner, CSPP (Corbett Suicide Prevention Patrol) Limerick, depend on funds raised by this event to carry on work for people within the community. Show your support today! Share out our SMRC Urban Run Facebook page amongst your friends to help raise [&hellip

Please see links below for latest news from Swim Ireland. Points of Note Swim Ireland Board Meeting 26th August 2014 Childrens Conference

The 85th Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race takes place on Sunday August 10th 2014. The men’s race is at 11am and the ladies’ race at 12pm. Last year, over 250 men and women qualified to enter the Dun Laoghaire Harbour Race and it is anticipated that there will be 300 swimmers this year. Each weekend from June to September the swimming club of Leinster run open sea swimming races along the coast of Leinster. Theses are held at well known swimming locations such as Malahide, Portmarnock, Howth, Clontarf, South Wall, Seapoint, Dun Laoghaire, Sandycove, Killiney and Bray. These form the Leinster [&hellip

Veni, vidi, vici. On a beautiful day in the centre of Limerick City the Thomond Swim took place. The annual swim is attracting an increasing number of participants and this year, even with other open water events in Cork, Fermoy and Galway over 80 swimmers took to the water. As with recent Thomond swims the main prizes went to clubs from outside the city with Dublin clubs taking the laurels this year. The boardwalk along the full extent of the 1800m course afforded the spectators an excellent viewing platform. Growing local interest in the event was reflected in the largest [&hellip

Some very positive news overnight. We have now gotten the green light for Special Membership with Swim Ireland. If you wish to participate in the Thomond Swim you can now become an associate member of Limerick Masters for €15. Please send your completed form back by Thursday to Andrea at andrea_newport@hotmail.com. Form can be found here. You can enter the swim online here and indicate the SI membership is pending. More details can be found on the Thomond Swim here. Looking forward to seeing you Saturday for a great swim, Andrea

For those of you interested it’s still not too late to try and get those open water dips in to qualify for the Harbour & Liffey swims in Dublin. Already a number of the group from the weekly Castleconnell dip are participating and planning on making it an overnight affair for the Liffey in Dublin. A handy qualifier is the Thomond Swim on Saturday 26th July. Information and online entry details can be found on : Thomond Swim 2014 Another swim that might interest others is a longer swim in Lough Dan with a choice of 5km & 10km. This swim takes [&hellip

Limerick Masters Swimming Club host the annual Thomond Swim for 2014 on Saturday 26th July. The start time will be 6.30 which should make for a spectacular event in the early evening on a summer weekend. The course will remain the same as previous years starting at the slipway at St Michaels Rowing Club travelling upriver under Sarsfield Bridge to a turning buoy above the Curragower, under King John’s Castle, the courthouse, Arthur’s Quay, Shannon Rowing Club and back down to finish at St Michael’s The overall distance is 1800m. The best viewing points for the event will be along [&hellip