European Youth Olympic Festival
Julia Jets off to EYOF. Best of luck to Julia and her Ireland teammates as they fly out to Hungary this morning to compete in the European Youth Olympic Festival.
IAGSO Division 1 Championships Update
For latest pictures and information from IAGSO Division 1 Championships please see here.
IAGSO Division 1 Championships
All our swimmers after final training session before they make the journey to National Aquatic Centre Dublin to complete in the IAGSO2017. Good luck to all the team, swim hard – swim fast & have a blast!!
For guide time for sessions, including warm ups see here – note all times are approximate.
Also for official Swim Ireland information click.
IAG Division 2 Championships
After the 2nd day if the IAG Division 2 gala we have had lots of PB’s, 2 Bronze (Rachel & Lawson), 1 Silver (Jack) and 1 Gold (Bailey) all in 400IM. The finals in Session 3 had Jessica, Bailey and Matthew competing all with great swimming. Day 3 seen more PB’s and medals with Bronze (Jessica) 100 Butterfly & Bronze (Rachel) 200 Backstroke. Final day in the UL Sports Centre Limerick seen even more PB’s and Silver (Rachel) 200 Butterfly. In total Banbridge swimmers had numerous PB’s and took home 1 Gold, 2 Silver & 4 Bronze medals. To see the report click & to see a selection of pictures please click.
Also for Official Swim Ireland updates click.
IAG Division 2 Championships
BASC Swimmers who are making the trip to Limerick to compete in the IAG Division 2 Championships on 29/30 June & 1/2 July. Good luck to all swimmers, swim hard, swim fast and most of all enjoy the experience – lets go Banbridge!
BASC Club Awards Night
After another very successful season we had our annual club awards night. Our special guest this years was Eugene Magee Ulster & Irish International hockey player who attended the Olympics in Rio 2016.
We also had Joanne from the Boom Foundation along with Gary, Roisin and James Neill which our club raised £1,926.30 by completing a sponsored swim during the year and thanks to HSBC and Gerry for adding further funds to the total amount.
To see photos from the night please click.
Aquasprint 2016/17 Final Night
After another successful Aquasprint season we came third in the Group A final, scores as follows:
| Ards | 326 |
| Bangor | 296 |
| Banbridge | 217 |
Congratulations to Ards on winning the Aquasprint title. Please click for full list of results.
Congratulations Julia!!!
Our own Julia has been nominated for the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival this summer.
Please see Swim Irelands website for the press release.
Swimmers Maeve & Julia with Coaches Davy & Graham at the Irish Open Swimming Championships 2017
Fantastic swimming at the annual Irish Open National Championship. For full report please click here.
PTL Finals Night
After a very successful gala for our swimmers medals & PB’s in abundance a massive congratulations to all our swimmers and coaches as our club has been confirmed as PTL Division 1 Champions topping all for age categories – Go Banbridge Go!!
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