Swim Ireland

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Swim Ireland is the national governing body of swimming in Ireland. It is affiliated with both LEN and FINA.

1 History
2 Competitions
3 Irish swimmers
4 Team 2012
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] History

Swim Ireland was founded in 1998 to replace the Irish Amateur Swimming Association (IASA). IASA was dissolved following revelations that a number of its senior members had sexually abused a number of swimmers.

[edit] Competitions

Swim Ireland runs national meets which include:

Dave McCullagh Memorial (March/April)

Irish LC Championships (April/May)

Irish Age Groups Division 2 (June)

Irish Age Group/Youth Championships (July)

Irish Open SC Championships (July/August)

Swim Ireland works with the different regions in organising competitons such as provincial Age Group Championships as well as other graded, distance and inter-club meets. They also work with the Irish Schools Swimming Association who run the Irish Minor and Secondary Schools Championships.

The Age Group InterProvincial takes place every year at the beginning of the summer months for swimmers up to the age of 16 years. This is where teams from the 4 provinces of Ireland (Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connacht) compete against each other.

These competitions take place in either the National Aquatic Centre, Dublin or at University Arena, Limerick. Both pools have the compatibility to be changed into 50m and 25m.

In 2003, Swim Ireland hosted the European Short Course Championships at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. The event was a resounding success with a world record being broken by the Dutch in the final race, the mens 4x50m Freestyle relay.

[edit] Irish swimmers

Swim Ireland recently introduced a new squad structure. This begins with Club Level, then Regional Level, National Level, Team 2012 and finally the Elite Squad.

[edit] Team 2012

Team 2012 contains swimmers who have the most potential of making the 2012 Olympics in London. On selected occasions throughout the swimming season the squad meet together to train in the pool, on land and also attend lectures regarding nutrition etc.