Here is a link to the new Munster swimming website. It is work in progress and will have additional content added over the coming days and weeks. Have a look around. www.swimmunster.com

Hi all, As we are now approaching those long balmy summer days we are starting the open water swimming season. Reports from the early starters tell us that conditions in the river Shannon are very comfortable!  – whatever that means. For the next number of weeks we will be swimming in Castleconnell at Worlds End on Tuesday evenings at 6.30pm. All are welcome including those who would like to try out open water. For any information on the location and time or you want to come along and give it a try contact Harry Harbison (087 8396828) or Diarmuid O’Hanrahan [&hellip

Some members of the Limerick Masters Committee & Club attended the Swim Ireland AGM which were held on Saturday last 12th April in Limerick. There was a very big turnout from other Swim Ireland members from various Clubs representing not just Masters but other aquatic disciplines such as Children’s swimming, WaterPolo, Diving & Open Water. The event was well attended with interesting presentations covering the annual accounts, a detailed report on achievements & goals on the year gone by and also a view to the future. Mary Phelan (Seal SC) handed over her chain of office to Anne McAdam. Mary [&hellip

A great day’s swimming was had by the two dedicated swimmers who traveled to Tralee for the Kingdom Masters gala on April 5th. In her three races Maria Ryan set three PBs. Paddy Healy was delighted to report that his big achievement was not getting disqualified in any event by the notorious (nuttorious?) white-suited twins. Maria’s big complaint was the poor mileage she got on the way home from the added weight of free lunch and medals. The results can be found here Well done Maria and Paddy

Ok ok, we are not tempting you out to open water just yet, but the clocks are leaping forward soon, so how about you pencil this date into your diary. Club members, if you are not an open water dipper you know we can always use your hands on the deck. Worth noting the past 2 years the Perpetual trophy has left Limerick – is 2014 the year to welcome it home

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 annual Swim Ireland AGM will take place in the Strand Hotel, Limerick on Saturday April 12th. As the event takes place in Limerick this year it is an ideal opportunity to participate in & make a meaningful contribution to the decision-making process, to be heard, learn more about the organisation and to meet fellow members. AGM: 09:45 Registration 10:00 start Congress: 13:50 Registration 14:00 start This year the Congress will take on a “debate workshop” format and it is intended that the topics selected will allow for lively discussion. Awards Night: 19:30 Reception 20:00 Dinner, Awards Ceremony and Entertainment [&hellip

For those of you who attended the Club gala you will have received the new Club hat brandishing our new Club logo. Thanks to John Reilly for organising the hats for everyone. If you haven’t yet received your hat you can contact John on jreilly66@hotmail.com. The cost of the hats is €5 and this will be added to your 2014/2015 subscription

In early February Swim Ireland ran a Munster Masters Freestyle Clinic. Breda Mcnamara, Mairead Coughlan & Andrea Newport attended the clinic which took place in UL. The clinic comprised of a morning of classroom sessions with the afternoon focus on the pool. The clinic looked at Core & Posture for Masters Swimmers. The quality of the 2 presenters was excellent, Catherine Hanratty from Lurgan & Jesus Perez NAC.   Catherine’s focus was mainly on posture in everyday life at home at work etc.. We had a great presentation of everyday bad habits and then did a practical session on some [&hellip

So you will have had plenty of time to let the body rejuvenate after the “exertion” in Limerick. The Tralee event is always a great day out. Sometimes the day runs into a very late night but don’t let that put you off – you can always sleep on the bus home! The gala offers a great range of Short Course events and with a 10 a.m. start you can still get a bit of a snooze. See http://www.kingdomswimmingclub.ie/MastersInformation.html for more information. Please send your entries to Paddy on  healy.ptk@gmail.com