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

Limerick Masters has an exciting new logo which we on the committee hope you like. The vision of the logo was to create something contemporary and energetic which represents our club today. The logo is an energetic swimmer amidst a wave, with Limericks Treaty stone in the background. It was developed keeping in mind the history of our original logo designed by LSC coach, Gerry Ryan. The colours were picked to give a fresh feel but have colours which will be flexible to gear. The new logo was designed by Ciara Murphy (Nee Griffin). Keep an eye- you will see [&hellip

Following our first article on training systems we are now moving on to Endurance 2. Over 70% of training for all swimmers is done in this system. Again depending on the time you can swim any distance from 1000 to 3000 meters sets of 100/200/400/800 may be used plus other combinations. Intensity is around 75% to 80 % of max effort, rest should be short but no shorter than 8 seconds and no longer than 30 seconds, on your 100s and 200s and adjust accordingly on the longer distances. Swims should be hard but bearable. Sets should last at least [&hellip