National Swimming - November 2021
The Community Games National Swimming finals took place in the University of Limerick on Saturday 27th November. Clare were well represented by a fine team of swimmers from across the county. Many of the Clare team were delighted to meet Irish Olympian, Brendan Hyland. Huge thanks is due to Niamh O'Connor from Doora / Barefield who coordinated everything for County Clare on the day and who assisted all Clare swimmers and their families to ensure everything went smoothly - no easy feat in the current Covid environment. Thanks also to the other volunteers who helped out: Leanna Conway (Youth Officer, Ballynacally/Lissycasey), Christina Liddane (Carrigaholt/Cross) and Sarah Quinlavin (Area Secretary Newmarket on Fergus).
National Swimming Medal Winners
- Silver - Girls U12 freestyle - Leah O'Connor.
- Silver - Girls U16 butterfly - Leanna Liddane.
- Silver - Boys U16 butterfly - Oisin O'Grady 2nd (with amazing fast time of 28s).
- Bronze - Boys U16 freestyle - Sean O'Connor (awesome time of 26s).
- 4th - Girls U14 freestyle - Ingrid Murphy.
- 4th - Girls U14 backstroke - Sarah Cosgrove.
- 4th - Girls U16 freestyle - Ella Holly.
- 6th - Boys U10 backstroke - Conor Keogh (quickest in his heat with 22.64s and 24.10 in final).
Pictured Olympian Brendan Hyland with Leah O'Connor (U12 Freesyle, silver). See more photos on Facebook. Check out national Community Games swimming album also.
Swimmers Representing County Clare
- Lillan O'Reilly (Girls u10 25m Freestyle)
- Filipe Wodjak (Boys u10 25m Freestyle)
- Sadhbh McGeehan (Girls u10 25m Backstroke)
- Conor Keogh (Boys u10 25m Backstroke)
- Leah O’Connor (Girls u12 50m Freestyle)
- Odhran Donnellan (Boys u12 50m Freestyle)
- Sally Fennell (Girls u12 50m Backstroke)
- James Laverick (Boys u12 50m Backstroke)
- Courtney Flynn (Girls u12 50m Breaststroke)
- Dan Holly (Boys u12 50m Breaststroke)
- Ingrid Murphy (Girls u14 50m Freestyle)
- Sarah Cosgrove (Girls u14 50m Backstroke)
- Tadgh Hassett (Boys u14 50m Backstroke)
- Mia Holly (Girls u14 50m Breaststroke)
- Roisin Hogan (Girls u14 50m Butterfly)
- Eric Cronin (Boys u14 50m Butterfly)
- Ella Holly (Girls u16 50m Freestyle)
- Sean O’Connor (Boys u16 50m Freestyle)
- Jodie Perkins (Girls u16 50m Backstroke)
- Leanna Liddane (Girls u16 50m Butterfly)
- Oisin O’Grady (Boys u16 50m Butterfly)
