Schools Competitions

2025 Connacht Minor Schools Championships

The 2025 Connacht Minor Schools Championships take place at the
Leisure Complex at Lough Lannagh, Castlebar on Saturday 1 February 2025 and is open to all National Schools in the Connacht region.

DOWNLOAD FULL MEET INFORMATION HERE
DOWNLOAD HY-TEK FILES HERE

Entries

Swim Ireland club members enter via their Club’s Gala Secretary to Patricia at connachtgalasecretary@swimireland.ie 

Swimmers who are not Swim Ireland Club members, click here: 
CONNACHT MINOR SCHOOLS 2025 ENTRY FORM 

Entries close Friday 17 January 2025

2025 Irish Minor School Championships

The 2025 Connacht Minor School Championships is a qualifying meet for the 2025 Irish Minor Schools Championships, which takes place at the NAC on Sunday 30 March 2025.

Schools Competitions

2025 Connacht Senior Schools Championships

The 2025 Connacht Senior Schools Championships take place at Leisure Complex at Lough Lannagh, Castlebar on Sunday 2 February 2025.

DOWNLOAD FULL MEET INFORMATION HERE
DOWNLOAD HY-TEK FILE HERE

Entries

Swim Ireland club members enter via their Club’s Gala Secretary to Patricia at connachtgalasecretary@swimireland.ie 

Swimmers who are not Swim Ireland Club members, click here: 
CONNACHT SENIOR SCHOOLS 2025 ENTRY FORM 

Entries close Friday 17 January 2025


Coach Education, Event, News, Swim Ireland

Shane Ryan: Workshops for Athletes and Coaches

Olympian, Shane Ryan, comes to Galway on Saturday 30 November 2024, for a series of workshops for athletes and coaches.

Athlete Workshops

Registration opens 0900 on Saturday 23 November 2024 and closes 1700 on Friday 29 November 2024

Backstroke and Butterfly with Olympian, Shane Ryan
0700-0900, Saturday 30 November at Kingfisher Club NUIG 

REGISTER HERE
Techniques and drills for performance backstroke and butterfly
Cost €20, includes a Meet and Greet with Shane Ryan from 1000-1100 at Kingfisher Club NUIG

Effective Starts and Underwaters with Olympian, Shane Ryan
1800-2000, Saturday 30 November at Leisureland Galway

REGISTER HERE
Techniques and drills for performance starts and breakouts
Cost €20, includes a Meet and Greet with Shane Ryan on Saturday 30 November, 1000 to 1100, at Kingfisher Club NUIG


Coach Workshops

Registration opens 0900 on Friday 22 November 2024

Video Analysis with Andrew Sheaff
1930-2030, Friday 29 November, online

REGISTER HERE
Coaches will be introduced to simple video recording which provides objective immediate feedback to athletes, helping improve individual performances and team development.

  • The value of video for coaches (how it can help us get better)
  • The value of video for swimmers (how it can help them get better)
  • Underwater versus overwater filming
  • Camera angles
  • The value of real-time feedback
  • How to make it EASY

Cost €25 (1CPD, includes €10 Swim Ireland administration fee)

Backstroke and Butterfly with Olympian, Shane Ryan
0700-1100, Saturday 30 November at Kingfisher Club NUIG 

REGISTER HERE
At the end of this CPD, coaches will be introduced to techniques and drills for performance backstroke and butterfly, followed by Athlete Journey. Shane shares his perspectives, faults and fixes through video.
Cost €25 (1CPD, includes €10 Swim Ireland administration fee)
Sponsored by Galway Swimming Club

Effective Starts and Underwaters with Olympian, Shane Ryan
1800-2000, Saturday 30 November at Leisureland Galway

REGISTER HERE
At the end of this CPD, coaches will be introduced to techniques and drills to help athletes perform better starts and breakouts.
Cost €25 (1CPD, includes €10 Swim Ireland administration fee)
Sponsored by Shark Swimming Club

Register for all three CPDS for €50

REGISTER HERE
(3CPDs, includes €10 Swim Ireland administration fee)

Meet Invitations

Meet Update: Connacht Regional Short Course Championships 2024

The Connacht Regional Short Course Championships 2024 takes place at Leisure Complex at Lough Lannagh, Castlebar on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 November 2024.

**Due to red weather warning, Saturday’s warm-up will now begin at 10:30, competition starts at 11:45.

Clubs are advised to take a moment to review their team’s entries. PSYCH SHEET (V2): DOWNLOAD HERE

All scratches by 5pm on Friday 22nd November 2024
to connachtentries@swimireland.ie

FULL MEET INFORMATION: DOWNLOAD HERE

Join the Championship Group Chat here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KFFRReAO9zX82owQBd1fNm

Regional Programme, Squad Training

Regional Programme Halloween Training Camp 2024

The three-day Halloween training camp for Regional Development Programme Stage 2 and Regional Pathway Programme took place over the October Bank Holiday weekend in Limerick.

Joined by Munster athletes, we enjoyed a full weekend with four pool sessions of technical work and video analysis, swim-specific strength and conditioning, and two workshops on sports psychology and sports nutrition.

Working with the team were S&C Coach, Ronan Costelloe; Sports Psychologist, Kate O’Farrell and Sports Nutritionist, Joanne Shaughnessy.

Huge thanks to all the home programme coaches and team managers involved.