City of Belfast Swimming Club

City of Belfast Swimming Club

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Sept. 6th - 17th 2008	August 8th - 24th 2008	July 8th - 13th 2008
Beijing Paralympic Site	Beijing Olympic Site	World Youth Games Site

Best wishes to Hannah and Mel (and to all our athletes at the Games!) in Beijing and also to Conor in Mexico from everybody at the City of Belfast Swimming Club!

Olympic Council of Ireland Site Paralympic Council of Ireland Site

Summer News

News from Irish Youth/LC Championships (NAC, 24th - 27th July 2008) - 16 new Ulster & Irish records and Donna-Marie O'Prey achieves her Ulster Squad QT - scroll down for record tally.

News from Mexico (11th July) - Conor made Semi-Final in 50m Free -
finishing 16th (23.90) - overall out of a field of 70 world-class athletes.

News from British Swimming Champtionships (12th July) - Mel sets new Irish Senior Record (200 bck) - 2:12.71 and achieves Olympic 'A' qualifying standard

Click here for FINA results service.

With a massive list of Ulster and Irish Junior and Senior Records and an impressive list of International meets under her belt, COB's Mel Nocher is off to Beijing this summer as a member of the Irish Olympic swimming team.

One of the strongest swimmers to emerge from Irish swimming in recent times, Mel, a natural backstroker, is sure to shine in Beijing.

Congratulations Mel!

COB's Hannah Clarke is a member of the 6 person strong Irish Paralympic swimming team and will be swimming 100m brs in Beijing.

Hannah, a popular member of the Club (judging by the volume of cheering when she won "Swimmer of the Year" at our recent prizegiving evening!) has worked incredibly hard to achieve her ambition.

Fantastic news Hannah!

COB's Senior Coach Liz Reid is the Irish paralympic Swimming Coach and will be accompanying Hannah and the rest of the team to the event.

COB Rising Star Conor Leaney is taking part in the World Youth Championships (July 8th - 13th) in Monterrey, Mexico.

Conor already holds many Ulster and Irish Junior records (and some senior ones!) and is Captain of the 2012 team.

This season he was awarded Junior Sportsperson of the Year at the Belfast Telegraph Awards.

Congratulations Conor!

Irish Youth Open Championships

50m fly - Ulster Junior Record, Irish Junior Record - Conor Leaney (25.23)

4*100m FTR - Ulster Senior Record, Irish Junior Record, Irish Senior Record - Conor Leaney, Gavin Williamson, James Gilmer, Iain Chisholm (3:33.77)

100m fly - Ulster Junior Record, Ulster Senior Record, Irish Junior Record, Irish Senior Record - Conor Leaney (55.66)

100m bck - Ulster Junior Record - Conor Shevlin (1.01.34)

50m f/s - Ulster Junior Record, Ullster Senior Record, Irish Junior Record - Conor Leaney (23.58)

4*200m FTR - Ulster Senior Record, Irish Junior Record, Irish Senior Record - Iain Chisholm, Conor Shevlin, Gavin Williamson, Conor Leaney (7:54.84)

Pictured Left - coaches Liz, David & swimmer Hannah Clarke receiving Awards to mark outstanding (Olympic!) achievements this season - congratulations team!

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