Coach Paolo reflects on another successful swim meet for the club. Once again, we’d like to thank the 23 visiting clubs for their tremendous support. We hope to see you all again next year̷...
Words: Barry Hanley Photos: Brian M. Whelan The day got off to not the best of starts……..the cars were queued to the entrance of ALSAA but the gates were closed and we’d nowhere to go. It was decided...
It was a fantastic night for the club at the recent Swim Ireland Awards 2012 in Belfast. Firstly we’re delighted to announce that Head Coach Alan Turner has once again won Club Coach of the Yea...
Friday’s highlights included some of our youngest senior squad members clinching podium positions. Catriona Finley claimed bronze in the 200m IM. Faye Harling was squeezed into 2nd place by an ...
Many thanks to Brian Whelan and John Finlay for providing these wonderful images which capture the action on Friday and Saturday. We’ll have a full report on the meet soon…
Sometimes chance discoveries are the best. A few weeks ago a blog called flylikeagirl started following the club on twitter. Curious I decided to check it out and guess what? I’m glad I did, it...
Words: Maurice Mc Crohan. Well we survived the winter then, it was a mild one! The snow shoe and tyre makers are sunning themselves in the Bahamas on their pre Christmas sales profits!.The local auth...
The club recently got together to honour the club’s top swimmers in 2011. Coaches Jon Lambert and Paolo Di Paola made it clear that a combination of factors combined to make these swimmers stan...
Words: Head Coach Alan Turner Images: Brian Whelan. “…Well done to Andy on this brilliant achievement. It’s even more remarkable when you consider the previous record stood for 23 ...
Merry Christmas to all our swimmers, coaches and guardians! A seasonal story by Maurice McCrohan. It was Christmas week and I was feeling ratty.The shopping centres were packed. There was stress and ...
Barry Murphy with our B Group Squad The club was delighted to welcome a special guest to the annual B Group gala. Aer Lingus swimmer, Olympian and multiple national record holder Barry Murphy was gue...
Barry Murphy, Sycerika Mc Mahon & Andy Meegan with some of the Aer Lingus squad Words: Coach Alan Turner The Irish Short Course Nationals turned out to be a fantastic meet for the club. An added ...
It was smiles all round for Aer Lingus Swim Club at the Leinster Winter Championships last weekend. The team captured best overall team award with a staggering 1,671.50 points. That was nearly 1,000 ...
We’re delighted to reprint a letter from Coach Paolo Di Paola published in the December issue of Swimming Times, the official magazine of British Swimming. I have read with interest the article...
Click here for more photos of the team in action at the ALSAA Bowl!
Words: Coach Alan Turner. Well done to everybody who took part in their first swim meet of the year. It was a very positive weekend with so many swimmers recording massive PBs. As a club we are used ...
Our Favourite Number Words: Maurice McCrohan It doesn’t seem like there has been much of a break since the July National and International Galas! I was going to say we are back with our swimmers now...
Our trip to Calella this year was a great success. We departed from Dublin on Friday 24th June, Barcelona bound with 22 swimmers on board. It was an intensive week of swimming, with training pencill...
Photos : courtesy of Shivaun Bonner. Some photos our team in action at the Irish Age Group Division 2. The event took place from 24 June – 26 June at the beautiful campus in the University of...
With barely time to catch his breath after attending the team’s training camp in Barcelona, Aer Lingus swimmer Conor Turner is Belgrade bound. Conor will be competing in the European Junior Champions...
The IPC Swimming European Championships Opening Ceremony takes place this Saturday (2 July) in the German capital Berlin with races starting the following day. Around 440 swimmers from 36 countries a...
The Focus Ireland Fundraising Triathlon is taking place on Sunday, 31st July 2011 at Dún Laoghaire Harbour and 120 volunteers are needed to make the race happen. Volunteers don’t need to have any tri...
Aer Lingus Masters and NAC Masters are joining forces to hold the 1st Celtic Open Masters Short Course Meet in the National Aquatic Centre (NAC), Dublin on Saturday 22nd October 2011. Events include ...
From the fairy godmothers Union and all your troubles can soon be gone! Of course, in the real world, there is no magic wand to turn our ALSAA Pool into full Gala mode on May 22nd! (by Maurice McCroh...
Photos: courtesy of Brian M. Whelan. Some more images of our swimmers in action at last weekends event… Related articles Photos from Leinster Age Group Division 1 – Saturday (alswimclub.c...
Thanks to Kieran Berry for providing the images. Despite missing some proven performers, a squad peppered with rookies produced an adrenaline fuelled performance at the Leinster Div 1 Championships...
Pristine images captured by Brian Whelan during Saturdays session at the NAC. Stellar performances from Aer Lingus Swim Club who stole the show with 66+ gold medals over the 3 day event. Highlight of...
The Calm Before the Storm We’re delighted to announce that Aer Lingus swimmer Catrina English is part of the Irish team competing in the 2011 Celtic Tri-Nations Championship. This year, Wales will ho...
Images courtesy of Brian M. Whelan.
Just a short note to say thank you to everybody who attended today’s gala. We’ll have a full report and photographs from the event over the next couple of days, so stayed tuned. We enjoy...
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