Author name: MarkSwimUlster

As the finals session on Day 4 reached its crescendo, the Team GB relay stood ready to defend their Olympic title in the Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay. Lanes 3 and 5 were occupied by the formidable Team USA and the French Team, with Team GB in the centre Lane 4. However, none of this would

Daniel Wiffen, the man from Magheralin, and hailing from Larne SC, has reached the pinnacle of sport: he has won an Olympic Gold Medal. Wiffen competed in the 800m Freestyle final yesterday evening (30th July) where he took to centre lane.  As the world watched on, we seen Daniel stand the test of time to come

Mona McSharry, hailing from Marlins Swimming Club, has won an Olympic Bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. McSharry, who took to the stage on Monday night raced in the 100m Breaststroke final. Within this heavily stacked final were some of the world’s best breastroke names, such as USA’s Lilly King, South Africa’s Tatjana Smith, and

At the final day of racing at the 2024 Irish Youth & Senior Championships, Ulster swimmers continued to impress: Men 4 x 100m MTR Ards Bronze Women 800m Freestyle 15 years – Hannah Lynch (Enniskillen) Bronze 16 years – Eva Hand (Bangor) Bronze 18+ years – Jessika Robson (Lisburn) Bronze Women 100m Backstroke 16 years

Day 3 at Irish Youth & Senior Championships and Ulster swimmers continue with their medal haul: Men 1500m Freestyle 16 years – Ben Wilson (Ards) Silver & Cody Lau (Ballymena) Bronze 18 years – Gannon Robertson (Leander) Silver 19+ years – Samuel Wright (Bangor) Bronze Men 50m Backstroke Brandon Biss (Swim Belfast) Bronze Men 200m

The Irish Youth & Senior Championships started on Tuesday 23rd July at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. Across the Tuesday (Day 1) and Wednesday (Day 2), we’ve watched our Ulster swimmers perform superbly in the water.  Day 1 Summary Men 800m Free 16 years – Ben Wilson (Ards) – Gold Women 200m Butterfly 15 years

Swim Ulster are delighted to have received funding from Sport NI from their Sports Systems Investment programme. Made possible by the National Lottery players, the programme supports 34 sports governing bodies, from Rugby, Football and GAA to Rambling, Wheelchair Basketball and of course, Swimming. Stephen Cuddy, Chief Executive of Swim Ulster, expressed heartfelt gratitude for the

Day 1 The first day of the 2024 Irish National Age Group Championships got underway today in a packed pool at the University of Limerick Sports Arena. The first medals of the week were up for grabs in the 200 Mixed Medley Relay event with Lisburn taking the Silver medal in a time of 2:25.36, and bronze

A strong Irish team of twelve swimmers and four coaches represented Ireland this year at the European Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships hosted in Vilnius, Lithuania. Across the six-day meet, six Ulster-representing athletes took to the Lazdynai Swimming Pool to compete and race against some of Europe’s fastest Junior swimmers. Our six athletes included Reuben Alty