Who is the best club in Northern Ireland or even Ireland?

[biggav90]

Who are the best team?

Trojan, Templelogue, Bangor, Ards, Larne are the best I can think of (not in that order of course lol).

[Top10ranking]

when i went to the nationals ards and trojan were big

[swimmer_hoop]

Who are the best team?



Well if we're looking @ having people on TEAM 2012 then it's Limerick (3)
Coolmine(2)

The rest of the team is made up of 8 people and 8 different clubs........

[Dunc]

If it's Dublin, then Glenalbyn.

Would you be making bad jam on me?

[waterbucket]

When I lived in NI it was Ards ASC, don't know about now?
That was a long time ago.

[Limerick]

for Masters swim clubs? - certainly Limerick Masters would be up there (my club). Other good masters clubs in the Republic - Cork Masters, Aer Lingus SC, Nac Masters, Dublin SC, Dolphin Masters, Phoenix SC, Kingdom Masters, Eastern Bay SC and Half Moon. Are smaller ones like Thurles, Ennis etc. Cant speak about non masters clubs tho.

[2.tso]

if your looking at representative on teams like n.ireland ulster and ireland compaired to the number of swimmers in the club that would be LEADNER

[Dunc]

if your looking at representative on teams like n.ireland ulster and ireland compaired to the number of swimmers in the club that would be LEADNER

Didn't Leadner sink without a trace?

[2.tso]

no

[swimmer_hoop]

ok so Leander may have 1 quality swimmer on the Irish team from a very average club. I'm sorry if this a little harsh but I'll say it about my own club aswell. 2 swimmers on Team 2012 out of a club who has about 6 swimmers at nationals standard of which 3 would be strong competers. Otherwise Coolmine & Leander are very ordinary clubs.

As far as a club with good strenght @ senior level goes Trojan SC.............Men stand out
Cormorant SC........Women
Larne SC..............Junior Boys
Limerick SC...........Junior Girls

New Ross also have some very good young swimmers

Watch out for NUI Maynooth(NUIM Devils)this season aswell.
1st Irish University Swimming Programme, should be contenders for Men & Women titles come Nationals in May.

[2.tso]

which quality swimmer would that be?

yes leander small club but look back in history see its never been huge always been highly represented!
new ross were always good i agree larne have some good kids are we talking about club grown talent tho or just on teams???

[2.tso]

Watch out for NUI Maynooth(NUIM Devils)this season aswell.
1st Irish University Swimming Programme, should be contenders for Men & Women titles come Nationals in May.

not exactly hard as everyone who isnt there has gone abroad to train!

[swimmer_hoop]

which quality swimmer would that be?

are we talking about club grown talent tho or just on teams???

Sycerika McMahon is who I'm talking about. She's one for the future.

We can talk about both club grown & people on teams.


not exactly hard as everyone who isnt there has gone abroad to train!

This is the first step to stopping people having to go abroad to reach the next level. Hopefully more Universities will join in & then Irish Swimming can really move forward.

[2.tso]

shes a good kid! i know her well.

yes i hope that ireland might just get the coaches in the right places and move forward and leave all the crap of the past behind but while it still hangs overhead it inhibits the ability of the country to move forward as a force

[swimmer_hoop]

Well there's 2 new coaches starting in the new year.

1 in the existing High Performance Centre(HPC) Limerick, replacing Steve Price

&

1 in the soon to be opened HPC in the NAC Dublin

Keith Bewley will probably be in Dublin to help with the beginning of the NAC HPC also.

Things are on the up.

With regards the Larne boys....By far the best Junior Club Relay Team the island has ever seen!!Nobody will go near those records!!

[2.tso]

Well there's 2 new coaches starting in the new year.

1 in the existing High Performance Centre(HPC) Limerick, replacing Steve Price

&

1 in the soon to be opened HPC in the NAC Dublin

Keith Bewley will probably be in Dublin to help with the beginning of the NAC HPC also.

Things are on the up.

With regards the Larne boys....By far the best Junior Club Relay Team the island has ever seen!!Nobody will go near those records!!


yes the boys are swimming well!

re the irish performance ctrs i hope they got the right guy this time no point in getting another guy that leaves after 6 months!

i know for a fact it aint running smoothly!

[swimmer_hoop]

i know for a fact it aint running smoothly!

You & us all!!

It's no secret that things aren't easy but when we look at where Irish Swimming was 10 years ago things are improving.

yes things aren't going smoothly but at least they're moving.

we're after bringing this thread slightly off topic now though, the topic of SI admin is a whole new endless topic altogether!!

[2.tso]

iwill leave your thread alone now sorry

[Dunc]

Whoiy leave ouse now?