Gala Report Renfrew Baths Mini Meet Saturday 28th January 2023 On Saturday we had a strong squad of our 11 and under swimmers head up to the ON-X at Linwood for the Renfrew Baths Mini Meet. For many of the swimmers they have been focusing on competition warm ups and the importance of having their own. This meet was the first time they went in and carried out their own individual warm up and it was very impressive to watch. Its always great to see the swimmers take away PB’s...

Gala Report SAST "Murdoch's" Mini Meet Sunday 22nd January 2023 We had 20 of our younger swimmers ranging from SwimSTARS, Potential, Age Group and Junior Performance squads all attend the meet at the Citadel in Ayr. For many of them this was their first time back racing since before the festive break and it was a great meet to start off 2023. The swimmers engaged very well with their process goal setting, with all the swimmers having goals in place before attending the meet. This was useful as it allowed...

Gala Report West District Pentaqua Meet 14-15 January 2023 This was our first weekend racing of 2023 and the 19 swimmers who took who were racing had a great start to their year. We have decided to put a big emphasis on process goals this year asking the athletes to set their goals prior to the meet as well as having their warm up and swim down plan in place. The athletes did very well at focusing on the aspects of their race that they wanted to do very well...

14 year old Fraser Cowie was our sole representative at this meet, choosing 4 races on the Sunday of the meet. This was the first time Fraser had stayed away from home before a meet so was great experience for him. His first race was the 200m IM where his goal was to swim his breaststroke split faster than he did at SNAGS and in managing this, he also qualified for the 14/15 years final. Fraser then managed personal bests in his next 2 races, 100m freestyle and 200m backstroke....

The first Scottish National Age Group Championships in 3 years were held at Tollcross between 13-17 April with North Ayrshire Swimming having 9 individual representatives and a further 9 swimmers attending for relays. 3 years is a long time in a swimmers career so our swimmers were super excited to be back racing at the national level. For many of our swimmers, this was their first opportunity racing at this level and their swims did not disappoint. After the 5 days of racing, North Ayrshire swimmers came home with 5...

North Ayrshire Synchro had 6 girls competing in the Figure competition @ Edinburgh Commonwealth pool at the weekend. This was the first competition since lockdown. All the Girls were fantastic, we managed to come away with 2 medals. Hannah McMillan won gold in the 12 and under figure and Ailidh Brobyn won silver in the junior element 13/14/15 figures. All the girls deserve so much credit and a big thank you to the volunteers, coaches and to top it all off none other then swimming superstar Hannah Milley was there...

North Ayrshire swimmers had another excellent weekend at the second round of the West District Short Course Championships at Tollcross. This time we had 33 swimmers racing over the weekend with 14 years & over on the Saturday and 13 years & under on the Sunday. As was the case in round 1, some swimmers were racing at their first West Districts and their first time at Tollcross. It was again great to see swimmers choosing to race in some the middle-distance and long-distance races such as the 1500 free,...

A huge well done to all our North Ayrshire swimmers who were competing at the first round of the West District Short Course Championships at Tollcross on 5/6 February. Over the course of the full weekend our swimmers brought home 8 golds, 5 silvers and 7 bronze medals. We also had an incredible 47 top 10 finishes. At West District Championship events they have team points and if swimmers finish in the top 6 in their event, they contribute towards these. At the end of the Sunday afternoon session, we...

It was a fantastic start to 2022 for the North Ayrshire swimmers competing at the West District Pentaqua Meet at Tollcross on 15/16 January. The 14 years & over were competing on the Saturday with the 5 events being 100m of each stroke and 200m IM. Adam Currie, Heather Stuart and Isla Waller were our three competitors on the first day and made the most of the opportunity to race. Of the 13 races between them, they had 10 best times which bodes well for the rest of the season....