Well done to Rosie Foley who was awarded the Open Water Performance of the Year by ILDSA for her swim down Lough Derg her Solo English Channel crossing last year. The awards ceremony took place in Bray Co. Wicklow recently. Congratulations to the other award winners & nominees who all had amazing swims & experiences throughout the 2014 season

Jim Neylon RIP passed away on the 19th January 2015 (Age 81 years) Jim Neylon made a tremendous contribution to Limerick Swimming.  Famous for his enthusiasm and humour, Jim was a corner stone/patriarch of Limerick Swimming. Jim was active in all areas of Swimming since the 70’s.  He began in Seal Swimming Club as a Teacher and then became Chairperson and PRO, positions he retained for more than 25 years during which time it grew from a small Club into one of the largest in the country with lessons being run in every pool in the city.  In his role [&hellip

Both Fionnuala Walsh & Rosie Foley have been nominated in categories for this years Irish Long Distance Association Awards. As many of you know 2014 saw Fionnuala become the First Irish Female to complete the Triple Crown in open water swimming – (English Channel, Catalina Channel & Manhattan Island) and shortly after Rosie took off down the length of Lough Derg and while we were racing up the Shannon for the Thomond Swim she crossed the English Channel. There are plenty of other worthy categories in the nominations so please click, vote & support Irish Open Water Swimming Achievements. Voting [&hellip

A great crowd turned up to support and swim in the annual Christmas Day swim. As the starting pontoon dipped closer to the “fresh” river water it was too late to turn back….After a large splash, some light elbowing and rebalancing of Santa hats Ger Storan emerged as the victorious winner of the Mens trophy. Ciara Murphy having just completed the annual Christmas Day run took the ladies trophy. While there were many gasps, whoops and red coloured goose bumps most warmed up quickly with some blended Christmas Day tea and coffee! This year the Club were presented with the [&hellip

Next event for the Limerick Masters is the Christmas day swim which takes place at the UL Boat Club at 12.00noon on Christmas day morning. A nice fresh dip followed by hot drinks and mince pies just to whet the appetite for the turkey. All are welcome: swimmers supporters and spectators.        

A hoard of 32 swimmers descended on Mallow early on Saturday morning determined to retain our title as the Club of the Gala at the annual Mallow Masters Swimming Gala. After a gentle warm up it was down to the serious business of racing. It was clear from an early stage that Limerick were in pole position for another win. There was so much enthusiasm that Ger Purcell, Kevin Dennehy and Pearce Ryan invented a new event called the 450m freestyle. Unfortunately for them no medals were awarded but sure they can try again next year! There was loads of [&hellip

As the 2013 Winners of the Club Title we are looking for a stong participation for the trip to Mallow on Saturday December 6th. Entries are being collected by Diarmuid – see more details here Mallow Entry Form. Some swims have limited heats so get your name in FAST! We will be organising a bus to Mallow and plan to stay for the “Apres-Swim”…rumour has it there’s a big Munster game on so hopefully we will all be celebrating!!

A team of thirteen swimmers left Limerick by coach at 6.45 on Sunday morning to travel to the Celtic Masters Gala at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin. The gala is run by the combined NAC Masters and Aer Lingus Masters Swimming Clubs on a short course within the 50m pool complex. All were in high spirits and fighting form and under the inspiration of coach John Dempsey we collected 36 individual medals and four relay event medals during the course of the day. John Dempsey was awarded swimmer of the gala as he won a total of six medals [&hellip

Please see the following link for latest edition of the Irish Masters Gala Calendar

SMRC Urban Run 2014 SMRC is proud to host it’s 2nd annual AAI permitted Urban Run on Sun October 5th, 2014. They are organising the run in partnership with Limerick Country Club Athletics Club and with the backing of great Sponsors: Redfaire Ireland, Elivar, BDO Limerick and Shannon Foynes Port Company. As voluntary bodies, both SMRC and there Charity partner, CSPP (Corbett Suicide Prevention Patrol) Limerick, depend on funds raised by this event to carry on work for people within the community. Show your support today! Share out our SMRC Urban Run Facebook page amongst your friends to help raise [&hellip