57th International Children’s Games, Tallinn, Estonia, 3rd to 8th August 2025 Cork City Council would like to select four swimmers (2 female, 2 male) living or going to school in Cork City born 2010/2011 to represent Cork at the 57th International Children’s Games in Estonia, 3rd to 8th August 2025. Cork will be sending a team of 18 athletes representing basketball, swimming, and athletics. Flights, accommodation, subsistence, and kit will be fully funded. More information can be found icgames.org/ The four swimmers (2 female, 2 male) meeting the criteria outlined...

Erin McNulty has been recruited as the new Munster Regional Pathway Development Coach. Erin will formally take over the role in September. We caught up with Erin this week to learn a bit more about her impressive swimming background. Erin swam for Humboldt Swimming Club (HSC) from 10-18 years old, a small, rural club in Northern California, where she eventually returned as a coach intermittently between 2012-2018. She got very lucky with a talented coach, Cameron Mull, a US Olympic Trials semi finalist and former Ohio State swimmer who encouraged...

Our Munster Summer Camps are ready for a new season! We plan this summer activity to give our young swimmers an opportunity to meet new friends and Coaches, experience new teaching styles, work on some basic but fundamental skills during the long summer break. These short "Camps" are open to all competitive swimmers, born 2014-2011 (Junior Camp) and 2011-2008 (Senior Camp). Cost for each camp is 50 euros. Please use your swimmer's Swim Ireland profile when registering. Tralee Junior Camp - 07-09/08/2024 (0930 to 1100): https://swimireland.justgo.com/workbench/public/events?ref=6BBDC3CE805806BE8A17E5E36394C69D752E2DCD Tralee Senior Camp -...

We want to wish the best of luck to all the athletes who will represent Munster over the weekend in Swansea and Sheffield. A group of 25 athletes from the Munster Regional Development Programme will fly to Wales today to take part in the Swansea Aquatic Spring Meet. One athlete, Ella Carroll, a member of the Regional Pathway Programme, will also wear the red hat for Munster at the Premier Open Meet, where she will participate alongside another group of nationally selected athletes. The next weekend will be busy for...

The Swim Ireland Munster Annual Regional Conference (ARC) will take place on Friday 16th February 2024 at 7.30pm at Mallow GAA, Mallow, Co. Cork. Clubs have been emailed the following information. All club members are welcome to attend but only two delegates per club are permitted to vote. The Agenda and other relevant information for the Conference will be issued to Club Secretaries 7 days in advance of the ARC, but in the interim clubs are invited to: 1. Submit nominations for vacant regional and national positions 2. Submit any...

There will be two clinics for coaches in December. Hosted by two knowledgeable Coaches: one in Cork–Mayfield, hosted by Dolphin SC and delivered by Head Coach Mick McCormack, and one in Clonmel hosted by Clonmel SC, and delivered by Head Coach Niamh Whelan. You can register from these links: Cork – Mayfield (09/12/2023 starting at 1630) https://swimireland.justgo.com/workbench/public/events?ref=A4E3652C3B86EEC6401C1FD8C6267B982369C17D Clonmel (09/12/2023 starting at 0945) https://swimireland.justgo.com/workbench/public/events?ref=4620790FFAF4ED1AFBEE738C79D7AAC6D1DAC3EE Coaching staff can register for €5 and each participant will be awarded 1 CPD point. Coaches of the hosting Club (respectively, Dolphin and Clonmel) can register for...

The next Munster Skill Clinic for Coaches will focus on the back-to-breast transition, and more specifically on analysis and drills that can be used to teach the crossover turn with age group swimmers. The Clinic is aimed at Coaches working with young athletes, but the content of this Clinic will be extremely relevant to Coaches working with a wide range of swimmers (how many of our athletes perform a fast and effective back to breast transition, and how many of them know how to perform a good crossover turn?). These...

The Munster Senior Schools Swimming Championship is to be held at UL Arena in Limerick on Sunday 12 th November. The Senior age groups (based on the swimmers age as of 31.08.2024) are: Junior (born between 1.9.2009 and 31.8.2011) Inter (born between 1.9.2007 and 31.8.2009) Senior (born between 1.9.2004and 31.8.2007) The Meet Information sheet is on our website at https://www.swimmunster.ie/team/munsterswimming/page/competitions#/team-events/upcoming/8993 We have requested all clubs to process the entries of their swimmers. If a pupil in your school wishes to enter and the pupil is a member of a Munster...

The Munster Minor Swimming Championships will be held at UL Arena in Limerick on Sunday 15th October. We are departing from the postal entry system that was used previously and will be using an online form that can be used on behalf of each individual swimmer to select events; enter personal details; and make payment. We are hoping that this will streamline the entry process. Our tentative timeline is: week ending 15 Sept - Issue email to all schools with link to allow entry to the Schools Championships 29 th...

As we are about to enter a new season, the Swim Ireland Clubs and Community team want to take this opportunity to reflect and show appreciation to club members for another jam-packed season in the water. Thank you to the club coaches, teachers, committees, and volunteers who have worked more diligently than ever as we continue to re-build, engage with club members, negotiate plans with facilities and initiate new initiatives to keep members active and returning to the water year on year. The 2023/2024 season promises to bring new challenges...