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The Scottish National Age Group Swimming Championships (or ‘SNAGS’) is always an exciting experience for everyone involved as it is the first national championship of the year and it is the premier age group meet of the season. To qualify for this meet is a huge achievement and REN96 - Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire’s largest swimming club - had an amazing 36 swimmers competing, ranging from 11 to 18 year olds, from the club’s Senior Performance, Age Group and Development squads. This was double the number of REN96 swimmers who...
Everybody at REN96 is very pleased and proud to congratulate club coach Victoria Torrance on being awarded her Gold Award in the Duke of Edinburgh (DoE) award scheme. She was presented with her award recently by Renfrewshire Council’s Provost Cameron. Victoria said “DofE has been a huge part of my life for a few years now, through it I have met some of my closest friends and I've learned so many new skills. It's not all about the expeditions, you've got skills, physical and volunteering sections to complete, which allow...
Ears will still be ringing in Greenock and Glasgow from the cheers and team shouts when REN96 swimmers competed in rounds 1 & 2 of swimming’s annual Clydecoast Mini-League. In the very exciting - and loud - first round, REN96 - who finished joint 2nd in last year’s competition - fought off tough competition from Inverclyde Amateur Swimming Club - last year’s Mini-League winners - and North Ayrshire Amateur Swimming Club, to come from behind at the half-way point and win by 4 points! The three teams were very closely...
Ears will still be ringing in Greenock from the cheering and team shouts when swimming’s annual Clydecoast Mini-League kicked off recently at Greenock’s Waterfront Leisure Complex. In this exciting first round, REN96 - who finished joint 2nd in last year’s competition - fought off tough competition from Inverclyde Amateur Swimming Club - last year’s Mini-League winners - and North Ayrshire Amateur Swimming Club, to come from behind at the half-way point and win by 4 points! The three teams were very closely matched, but REN96’s strength in the very closely...
REN96 is Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire’s largest swimming club and club swimmers were in action again over one of the busiest weekends of the Scottish long course season - and what a weekend it turned out to be! On Friday, REN96 swimmers were competing at the Scottish Schools Finals in East Kilbride. It was a long day for some of the swimmers with heats in the morning and finals in the afternoon and evening. It was worth it though as REN96’s swimmers produced some fantastic performances while representing both REN96...
It was another busy, great weekend of racing for squads from REN96 - Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire’s largest swimming club - starting at the ‘FIRST’ Open Age Group Meet in Grangemouth. After a slower start, the whole team of over 40 swimmers stepped up to end the meet as 3rd top club behind Glasgow and Stirling swimming clubs - a hard won and well deserved outcome for REN96. REN96’s young squad picked up 18 gold medals, 14 silver medals and 11 bronze medals as well as finishing in the top...
2024 has started with a splash for REN96 - Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire’s largest swimming club - with their first weekend of competitions resulting in 45 gold medals, 41 silver medals, 34 bronze medals, 29 top 6 places, 2 top of age group finishes and a Top Club award! First to dive in were REN96’s Masters squad who travelled all the way to compete in Aberdeen on Saturday, with Lynn and Doug finishing top of their age groups and REN96 finishing a fantastic 9th out of 54 clubs. On Saturday...
REN96’s 2023 year ended with a splash, with success in the National League final in Glenrothes and at the ‘Festive Fifties’ in Ayr. Glenrothes is a new venue for the National League final, which is a fantastic team event to end the year. Every REN96 swimmer from previous National League rounds this year was at the final, with everybody keen and excited to race - properly warmed up, face paints on and inspired by fantastic speeches from new Club Captains Adam & Rebecca. Scottish Swimming adopted a new approach to...
Following REN96 swimmers’ fantastic performances at the first weekend of the West District championship in October, there were big expectations of them for the second weekend of the championship on 11 & 12 November at Tollcross in Glasgow - they didn’t disappoint! On Saturday, 17 REN96 senior age group (14 years and above) swimmers had a fantastic day in some seriously tough racing, setting plenty of personal best times and coming home with 3 gold, 2 silver and 8 bronze medals, along with 20 top ten finishes. A number of...
