Author name: MarkSwimUlster

  Over 700 swimmers from 100 clubs gathered at the University of Limerick Sport Arena for the 2025 Irish Summer National Age Group Championships, running from Thursday to Sunday. The competition hosts Ireland’s best 12–14-year-old swimmers, all competing for national championship medals. The first national medals were up for grabs on the opening morning of […]

  Grace Davison & John Shortt brought the curtain down on the 2025 European Aquatics Championships in spectacular fashion with gold and bronze medal wins on the final night of racing in Samorin, Slovakia.   It took less than ten minutes for Ireland to claim two medals as the final night of the Championships got underway,

After five days of exciting racing, Irish swimmers headed to the blocks for the final day of the 2025 European Aquatics Championships in Samorin, Slovakia, showing no signs of slowing down. Following on from the Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay, it was quickly over to the men’s 4x100m Medley team, a quartet of Phelim Hanley, Adam

  Grace Davison struck bronze in the 100m Freestyle in a new Irish Record and advanced to the 200m Individual Medley Final on the penultimate night of racing at the 2025 European Aquatics Junior Championships.   The Irish crowd did not have long to wait to make some noise as Grace Davison headed to the blocks

  The penultimate morning of racing was action-packed for Ireland’s swimmers at the 2025 European Aquatics Junior Championships in Samorin, Slovakia. The morning included a return to racing for newly minted bronze medalist John Shortt and tonight’s 100m Freestyle Finalist Grace Davison, who both advanced through the rounds in the 100m Backstroke and 200m Individual

  On day Four our racing in Samorin, Slovakia, Grace Davison secured her second European final this week, this time in the 100m Freestyle, going sub-55 seconds for the first time in 54.95, a new lifetime best for the Ards swimmer.   The Paris Olympian heads into tomorrow night’s final as second fastest qualifier.   Following

  Day four of the 2025 European Aquatics Championships continued with another busy morning for Irish swimmers including a standout swim from Grace Davison in the 100m Freestyle, ensuring she will join John Shortt (200m Backstroke Final) in action this evening.  Davison was the first Irish swimmer to race on Friday morning in Samorin, competing

  Ulster & Irish swimmers continued to impress on another exciting night of racing in Slovakia at the 2025 European Aquatics Championships, with Hamilton coming away from Day 3 Finals with two top sixteen finishes. Hamilton rounded off an impressive day in the water appearing on the blocks on two occasions this evening to secure

  There was a bumper schedule for Team Ireland on day three of the 2025 European Aquatics Junior Championships with ten swimmers in the water. Matthew Hamilton impressed, advancing through the both rounds of heats in his respective events. The Men’s 100m Butterfly was busy one for Ireland with four swimmers in action. Matthew Hamilton

  After last night’s semi-final swim in the 200m Freestyle, where she placed 9th, just outside of a finals spot, she returned to the pool for Day 2 heats. Ulster’s Paris Olympian achieved the consideration time for the World Junior Championships in August. Today, the Ards swimmer competed in the 50m Freestyle heats, clocking a