Saturday 5 December 2009

IRISH Minor Schools Success for TEAM TSC athletes.

Big well done to the Girls from the club who raced so well today at the Irish Minor Schools Gala in the NAC.

In the Girls 10Yrs Backcrawl, Caoilfhinn Tan (St Colmcilles) 42.34 finished in 4th narrowly missing out on a medal but delivering a big PB for herself.

Next up was the Girls 10Yrs Butterfly, and Jessica Burke (Mt Anville) delivered a super swim of 40.62 to finish in 2nd place. Aisling Field (Sc Naoimh Padraig) swam a great new PB of 37.57 and Caoilfhinn Tan a good swim of 39.34 in the Girls 10Yrs 50FC.

In the final event of Day 1 for the girls Jessica Burke in the Girls 10Yrs 50BS delivered a gold medal and PB performance with a 46.42 whilst Aisling Field swam 51.22 and delivered another strong swim for her.

Well done to all the girls who raced the event.









Brian Sweeney
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Friday 4 December 2009

Sunday 15 November 2009

Leinster Minor Schools - Coach Cosgrove reckons he could teach Trappatoni a thing or two!!

Today at the ALSAA (Aer Lingus Sports & Athletics Association) in the Airport saw the younger athletes in the TEAM compete for their schools at the Leinster Minor Schools Championships.


First up for the day were our 10Yr old girls Lucy Stapleton (Scoil Naomh Padraig) and Caoilfhinn Tan (St Colmcille's) in the 50BC with both girls delivering some new PB's, Lucy with a 53.43 and Caoilfhinn taking the bronze medal with a superb 43.64 seconds.  In the boys 10yr event David Martinez-Dunn (St Mary's Rathmines) delivered a massive PB to finish in 47.84 seconds.  Later in the session Jessica Burke (Mount Anville) swam to a superb Gold Medal swim with a huge PB in the Girls 10Yrs 50BF and a new time of 40.58.  The next swim for the troops was the 10Yr FC event with Lucy Stapleton, Caoilfhinn Tan and Aisling Field swimming strongly again to new PBs with Lucy in 48.4, Caolifhinn in 40.22 and Aisling delivering a super silver medal winning swim in 38.2.  To finish the morning David Martinez-Dunn returned for his second PB swim with a 44.4 second swim in the boys 10Yr FC, while the morning finished on a high with Jessica Burke and Aisling Field delivering some excellent swims in the Girls 10Yrs 50BS with two PB's, Aisling in bronze medal position with 52.57 and Jessica with her second gold of the morning in a 46.24 second PB swim.


After a light lunch break, the older age groups attended in the afternoon.  After the Irish team’s performance last night, the athletes from St Mary’s BNS Rathfarnham were led in to the event by Jason Cosgrove, or Coach Cosgrove, who armed with a written warmup plan for each athlete, did a superb job of helping his school and team mates to delivering some fantastic swims in the afternoon.  With Jason organising his team, the event took off with Rebecca Burke (Mount Anville) delivering a strong start to the afternoon with a 100IM swim.  Following up were Luke O’Donoghue (St Mary’s BNS) and Cathal Tan (St Colmcille’s) who also swim the 12yrs 100IM in two strong PB’s.  Luke’s 1:36.4 was a great PB for him with Tan’s 1:30.9 swim earning him a bronze medal.  Next up was Anna Stapleton (Scoil Naomh Padraig)who raced to a big PB or 37.87 in the 11Yrs 50FC.  The 11Yr old boys were represented by Jonathan O’Donoghue, Adam O’Neill and Sam Cosgrove all from St Mary’s BNS and Adam Flanagan (Ballyroan BNS) and Eoin Feighan (GS Cnoc Liamha).  Big PB’s were the order of the day with O’Donoghue (42.6), O’Neill (47.5), Cosgrove (41.6), Feighan (38.35) and Flanagan (37.6) showing solid new PB’s for all the boys.


The next event for the team was the 12yr old girls 50BC with Deirbhile & Sorcha Gannon (Scoil Naomh Padraig) representing the school with two good PB’s in 48.3 and 49.27 and Rebecca Burke (Mount Anville) also delivering a new PB with 40.9.  The 11Yr Old 50BS saw Johnathan O’Donoghue (1:02.0), Adam O’Neill (1:01.9) both from St Mary’s BNS continue the days efforts whilst Eoin Feighan (GS Chnoc Liamha)swim to a super PB of 51.0 and a silver medal result. Coach Cosgrove was proud of his team as the 12 yr old BF for boys saw Cathal Tan swim 42.57 and Luke O’Donoghue swim to a blistering PB and a bronze medal in a excellent 40.5. 


The girls of Scoil Naomh Padraig combined the services of Sorcha Gannon (BC), Aisling Field (BS), Anna Stapleton (BF) and Lucy Stapleton (FC) swim to a great result of 2nd place for the school.  Having the girls set the standard, Coach Cosgrove’s finely tuned athletic machine of Adam O’Neill (BC), Patrick Murphy (BS), Luke O’Donoghue (BF) and Sam Cosgrove (FC) delivered another silver medal performance in the boys 11-12yrs Medley Relay.


Anastacia Kychygina (St Maelruains) led off the afternoon with a gold medal performance in the 11 Yr old girls 100IM and new PB, whilst the 11yr old boys of Stephen Herlihy (St Joseph’s) and Adam Flanagan (Ballyroan BNS) delivered a silver and bronze medal result and two further PB’s for themselves.   Deirbhile Gannon was pleased with her effort in the 12yrs 50FC with a strong swim of 41.7, whilst in the 12yr old boys age group David Rigg (Stratford NS) and Patrick Murphy (St Mary’s BNS) saw two further PB’s for the boys in 40.4 and 36.6 respectively.  Anna Stapleton continued her good day’s results with another PB in the 11yr old 50BC and a new PB of 48.61, while Anastacia Kychygina swam to her 2nd gold medal of the day in a 38.64 for the same 50BC event.


Stephen Herlihy (St Joseph’s) also finished his day with style in a 46.4 swim in the 11yr old boys 50BC and his second silver medal of the day.  David Rigg (Stratford NS) and Patrick Murphy (St Mary’s BNS) returned to the pool with strong Breastroke swims of 55.3 and 50.4 respectively.  The last individual swim of the day was Sam Cosgrove delivering a great effort in the 50BF and a super 57.0 in the 11yr old boys section. 


The girls of Scoil Naomh Padraig (Aisling Field, Sorcha Gannon, Deirbhile Gannon and Anna Stapleton) and the boys of St Mary’s BNS (Patrick Murphy, Jonathan O’Donoghue, Luke O’Donoghue and Sam Cosgrove) did their schools proud again with 4th place finished in the 11-12 yrs freestyle relays.


All in all, it was a fantastic day for the junior athletes, their schools and their parents for all the support.  Watch out Trapp and all the other coaches out there as Jason Cosgrove, did a superb job, organising his team mates, motivating them all and encouraging and supporting them all the way.  Well done Coach Cosgrove !!


Good job to you ALL !!




Brian Sweeney
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Tuesday 10 November 2009

Triathlon Ireland - Talent ID day

At the recent Triathlon Ireland Talent Identification Day, TEAM TSC was represented by four of our male athletes who performed very well.

The event consisted of a swim and a run with the Junior boys of Conor O'Keeffe, Tiarnan Murphy and Eoin Mongey having to swim a 200FC and run 1500m, whilst in the older age group, James Davenport had to swim 400FC and run 3000m.

All boys delivered strong results, finishing at the upper end of the field in each discipline.

A BIG congrats to Conor O'Keeffe who having achieved the relevant standards in the combined events, has been selected on the National Triathlon Ireland Talent Squad.

Congrats too to James, Eoin and Tiarnan who performed well but will continue their training with more focus and direction to enhance their chances for future efforts.

Well done to all!!


Brian Sweeney
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Saturday 7 November 2009

Triathlon IRELAND - Talent ID day - Oct 31st

At the recent Triathlon Ireland Talent Identification Day, TEAM TSC was represented by four of our male athletes who performed very well.

The event consisted of a swim and a run with the Junior boys of Conor O'Keeffe, Tiarnan Murphy and Eoin Mongey having to swim a 200FC and run 1500m, whilst in the older age group, James Davenport had to swim 400FC and run 3000m.

All boys delivered strong results, finishing at the upper end of the field in each discipline.

A BIG congrats to Conor O'Keeffe who having achieved the relevant standards in the combined events, has been selected on the National Triathlon Ireland Talent Squad.

Congrats too to James, Eoin and Tiarnan who performed well but will continue their training with more focus and direction to enhance their chances for future efforts.

Well done to all!!


Brian Sweeney
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Friday 6 November 2009

WOW 56 Facebook friends in only 3days

Here's how important TEAM TSC has been to a lot of people. Having launched our facebook page three days ago, old members and new members have been very good at getting us to 56 friends in only 3 days.

Keep it going as we have a target of over 100 members by Christmas 2009.

Please pass the message to EVERY former club member you are in contact with.

Regards,
Brian Sweeney

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And He's off !! - Farrell Ploughs on !!

Andrew Farrell, our international flag flying member of the TEAM continued his assault on Masters swimming with his recent results at the british Master Championships. Because of the limitations of the entry system in the UK - Andrew is registered with Brighton Dolphins in order to swim the event. He still represents TEAM TSC and Ireland for ALL his international events. The full results for the Masters are available here:
http://www.swimmingresults.org/archives/masters/results/2009/asama09/index.htm

Results for Andy (30 - 34yrs) were:
2nd Mens 200FC 1:59.25
4th Mens 50FC 24.61
4th Mens 100FC 52.94
10th Mens 50BF 27.47

Andrew is Officially the FASTEST Member of our Current Squad !!

Next up for Andrew is an attack on the Irish Masters 1500M Record just after Christmas!

Keep it real Andy!!

Monday 14 September 2009

Father & Son, the works never done!!

Pat O'Driscoll WINS the Liffey Swim 2009
Daire O'Driscoll Swims FASTEST time in the Liffey Swim 2009
TEAM TSC MEN finish 2nd in LIFFEY Swim 2009

Some great pictures are available on the link below http://www.irishtimes.com/indepth/slideshows/liffeyswim/

WELL done and a massive congrats to Pat & Daire O'Driscoll and the entire team who swam so well in the 2009 Liffey Swim.

This event is the highlight of the Open Sea Calendar and a big well done to all of the athletes from the club who have helped represent the club with pride this summer.

Men: Gabriel Byrne, Padraic Gray, Pat O'Driscoll, Daire O'Driscoll, Keith Fay, Tommy Dempsey, David Hobson, Tom Matthews, Dave Gargan, John Martin, Eoin Mongey, Tiernan Murphy, Women: Nicole Prendeville.

Sunday 26 July 2009


TEMPLEOGUE Athletes deliver TOP class results at IRISH Championships

Last weekend in the National Aquatic Centre, the podium was dominated by some excellent results by the local Templeogue Swimming Club (TEAM TSC). Athletes from the TEAM delivered 200 swims in total but most impressively delivered 89 Top 10 Finishes, 47 Top 3 Finishes and a massive 24 Irish Titles across the TEAM.
In the Under 12’s event Jonah Clegg produced some excellent personal best times to deliver his strongest performances at a National event. Jonah made 8 finals in total and delivered top 5 positions in 7 events crowning his weekend winning gold in the 200 Breastroke and 3 silver medal results in the 100 and 200m Backcrawl and 100M Breastroke event. Jonah also picked up a strong bronze medal finish in the 200M Individual medley event. A superb weekend for Jonah was crowned by him being awarded 2nd place overall in the U12 age group. Also in the U12 girls events Katelyn Field and Saoirse Bryson, the latter having only recently qualified for the event at the Irish Division 2 championships, represented the club with distinction at this very tough event. Tackling some tough events, both girls finished in 4th and 5th place respectively in the 200Butterfly on day 1, whilst Katelyn also delivered a strong swim in the 200IM on the first day of competition. On day two Field returned again to place 8th in the 400M Frontcrawl event and both girls later teamed up again in the shorter 100m Butterfly event to deliver two excellent Personal best times. Katelyn’s strongest event was a 4th place finish in the 200 Breastroke, but also delivered a 5th place finish in the shorter 100m event and an excellent PB swim to finish in 5th place also in the 400m IM event. Saoirse continued her impressive improvements over the year with another fine personal best swim in the 100Freestyle.
As the team were represented in the U13 year age group the depth in the squad was demonstrated with both Alison O’Driscoll and Niamh Bryson being awarded first and silver positions in the overall age group event on the day. O’Driscoll had a superb weekend winning gold in the 800FC and 200IM on day one, and helping her team mates under 14 to win gold in the Freestyle relay on the first day also. On day 2 of the meet Alison continued her medal winnign performances with a further gold in the 100FC and silver medals in the 200 Breastroke and 400m Frontcrawl. A further gold medal was delivered on the U14 Medley Relay also. On the final day of competition Alison also notched up gold in the 400IM and 100FC and a silver in the 100Breastroke. Niamh Bryson also delivered a strong set of results, finishing with gold medals in the Breastroke events in both the 100M and 200M distances and with runner up results in the 800FC, 400IM and bronze medal results in the 400FC and 200IM also. Another medallist in this age group was Katrin Kychygina who won silver in both the 100M and 200M Backcrawl events and delivered excellent PB swims to place 4th in the 200IM and making finals in the 200FC and 100FC. Across the events in this age group, the Templeogue TEAM delivered strong performances with Eva Martin, Eva Barrett, Ciara Feighan, Naoise O’Driscoll and Martha O’Donoghue also delivering personal best swims. Feighan finished in 8th in the 800FC with O’Donoghue and O’Driscoll delivering substantial PB’s in their swims in that event. Naoise O’Driscoll having taken a big step this season delivered 100% PB swims in all of her frontcrawl events, whilst O’Donoghue posted strong results across her events. Eva Barrett delivered her best result for the weekend with a huge PB in the 200M Backcrawl to finish in 4th place, whilst Eva Martin made finals in the 200FC and just missed out on a further final in the 100M event having posted a new personal Best time. The TEAM showed it’s strength as the relays under 14 saw all of these girls deliver final placings on the clubs three teams who made the final of this event.
Having delivered a strong set of results in the younger age groups, the team continued it’s performance in the Older ages with Dayna Clegg and Grace Branagan leading the way in the Girls under 14 age group. On day one of the competition Branagan posted a super gold medal performance in the 100Backcrawl with Clegg in the silver medal spot, only to have the result reversed in the 200IM event with Clegg taking gold and Branagan picking up the silver medal. Their team-mate Anne-Marie Finn who had a superb weekend finishing day one with a silver medal in the 800FC event and then then picked up a 4th place in the 200IM event. The final result for the team on day 1 saw Ciara Robinson finish 6th in the tough 200Butterfly event and then all girls combined to see TEAM TSC finish in gold and Silver medal positions on the 4 x 50 Medley Relays. The Gold medal Team of Branagan, O’Driscoll, Clegg and Finn narrowly beat the silver medal team of Kychygina, Bryson, Robinson and Barrett in a nailbiting finish to see these girls go 1-2 at the top of the national podium.

On Day 2 the results kept on coming with Clegg delivering another National title in the 400FC, Branagan was 3rd and Finn 4th in the same event. Clegg continued with a 5th place in the 100Butterfly event, whilst Finn posted a final placing and 7th place finish in the 200M Breastroke. The Teams teamed up again with another Gold medal for Clegg, Branagan, O’Driscoll and Finn in the Freestyle relay, with 4th place (Kychygina, Robinson, Bryson, Barrett) and 8th place (Martin, Larkin, O’Donoghue - final, O’Driscoll & O’Keeffe - heat)finishes to the two other teams in the club. As the evening progressed Branagan posted another National Title in the 100FC, with Clegg in Silver and Finn in 4th place. Ciara Robinson, Michelle Larkin and Niam O’Keeffe All delivered strong swims in that event.
As the meet progressed to Day 3, Finn picked up another bronze medal in the 400IM with Robinson finishing in 8th place in the same event. The results continued to come as Branagan won the 200BC with Clegg in 2nd place and Robinson and O’Keeffe finishing with PB swims. Finn made the final of the 100BS and Larkin, like O’Keeffe in her first Division 1 outing delivered strong PB’s in the event also. The final event on day three saw Clegg finish her weekend with another National Title in the 200FC, Branagan with a superb PB for the silver and Finn in 5th place. Again Larkin and Robinson finished the weekend with strong results and PB swims.

In the boys events Graham Field and John Martin followed the lead in their U15 age group with Field finishing in 6th in the 200BF on day one and both he and Martin posting PB swims in the 200IM. Field continued in to Day 2 with a strong PB and another 6th place result in the 400IM before teaming up with Martin and both boys making the final in the 100BF. Later in the afternoon Martin, having seen both he and Field post PB’s in the morning heats of the FC, stood on the block to deliver a superb silver medal performance in the mens 100FC with a fantastic new PB. On the final day of competition Field, in an unusual event for him, showed his versatility with a 6th place finish in the 200BC, while Martin delivered another PB to qualify for the final of the 200FC, finishing in 8th place.

After a strong and tough year for the team, 14 of them now progress to the Irish Youth & Senior National Championships to compete in the older age groups. Dayna Clegg and Katrin Kychygina head to compete in the UK at the British Age-Group Championships, whilst Branagan heads to the British Youth and Senior Championships following the Irish Champs to compete against the best in the UK.
Well done to the TEAM, Great results, a tremendous year so far and we wish you well for the remainder of the season.

Wednesday 1 July 2009

DAVENPORT finishes 2nd in "HELL of the WEST"

JAMES DAVENPORT finished in 2ndplace overall in the "Hell of the West Triathlon" in Kilkee last weekend. This is a fantastic result for James, as he continues to impress in his recent results on the Irish Triathlon scene.

He had finished 1st and 2nd in two races the weekend before last and has given the Irish selectors something to consider with his recent result in Kilkee.

Well done to Jame on his continued training effort and his ongoing improvement.

Those ofyou who know him know his dedication to his chosen sport of Triathlon and those who train with him know just how much effort he puts in to the pool when he's here training with us.

Well done James and keep up the good work.

We're watching this space to see how many more excellent results that we have this year.

Monday 16 February 2009

SHANE FAUL FINALS @ British University Championships


This past weekend in Pond's Forge in Sheffield was the British Universities & Colleges Sports Long Course Championships. While the rest of the TEAM TSC members were organising to be fantastic at the Leinster OPEN Championships, Shane FAUL, who has been studying in Coventry University whilst swimming full time, did himself proud at this year's championships.
On Day 1 Shane swam a LC 1500FC for the very first time to test how his intensive training was going for him. He was delighted with the result of 16:43.27, demolishing any target he had set for himself and to finish 7th overall in an event that was led in the results by David Davies, who won and Olympic silver medal in Beijing in the Open Water event. Shane Splits are below for the 1500

7. Shane Faul COVENTRY 16:43.27
28.99/ 32.19/ 32.55/ 33.35/ 32.69/ 32.97/ 33.42/ 33.94/ 33.96/ 33.74/ 34.39/ 34.05/ 34.08/ 34.04/ 34.27/ 34.24/ 33.49/ 33.99/ 33.65/ 33.97/ 33.70/34.08/ 33.84/ 33.96/ 34.02/ 33.80/ 33.42/ 33.81/ 33.04/ 31.63
After a TEAM Relay and a strong 100FC (54.8) for Shane it was home to bed.
On Day 2 Shane warmed up long and got ready to race the most anticipated race of the weekend. Shane's 200FC has been a strong and ever improving event for him in recent years. In the Heats he swam 1:59.92 to qualify for the finals and then having put on his racing suit he swam to a NEW BEST time of 1:56.87 and another 7th place finish at this championships
Shane's Splits for this event were
7. Shane Faul COVENTRY 1:56.87
27.24/ 56.94/ 1:27.10/ 1:56.87 or by 50 - 27.24/ 29.70/ 30.16/ 29.77
Again a TEAM Relay and another sub 55second 100FC and it was home to bed again
On Day 3 Shane followed his routine and got himself ready to race that session. He completed a long warm up and then wasn't racing till later in the day (Hint Hint TEAM TSC Members !!! - Shane wasn't swimming till later in the session but he still completed a LARGE long volume piece of swimming for a warm-up and recovery from th ep previous day). After two lifetime best swims in the previous two days his hopes for an equally good result were rewarded with the second fastest swim he has done, an 11th place finish and the fastest time of the year to date.
Shane's splits are attached.
11. Shane Faul COVENTRY 4:10.10 - 27.63/ 30.76/ 32.16/ 32.69/ 31.94/ 32.65/ 32.07/ 30.20
Well done SHANE on a great set of swims. We all ackowledge your commitment and dedication to training, studying and living in the UK. Keep it up and we'll see you swimming faster than ever at Dave McCullagh meet in Limerick in March.
Best wishes from ALL @ TEAM TSC.

Thursday 12 February 2009

Brano!, Beaufort & De 'Nure Brilliant @ Irish Schools

Last weekend saw the Irish Senior Schools Championships in the NAC and TEAM TSC had some excellent results across the team in PB swims and some excellent racing.

Top Marks last weekend went to Grace Branagan who, having won the 100Freestyle (1:01.28) in a PB time was selected for the W.I.S.E International Schools team to travel to Wales in March to represent her country for the first time on a representative team. Well done Grace on a great result and the Irish Senior Schools - Junior 100FC Champion 2009!!

A big congrats too to the Relay's from Loreto Beaufort, Rathfarnham who won a double Gold performance in the Junior Girls Relays. Congrats to Grace Branagan, Emma Crossan, Martha O'Donoghue, Alison O'Driscoll & Ciara Feighan who combined over the two relays to deliver such good results for their School. Well done to Irish Senior Schools Girls Junior Freestyle & Medley Relay Champions 2009 - Double Gold Medallists - Loreto Beaufort, Rathfarnham.

Not to be outdone the Senior Boys relays saw Terenure College deliver a Gold medal and Bronze medal performance in their events. A massive result for the school saw Salim Sebaoui partner with the 3 Leaving Cert athletes, Cian Murphy, Finbarr McTeirnan & Ciaran Rogers, who can now move on post LC and be happy that the sporting legacy they have left in the School lives on in earnest. Well done to the Irish Senior Schools Mens Medley Relay Champions 2009 - Terenure College

Across the TEAM TSC Team we saw excellent swims from other competitors. The High School in Rathgar were well represented with Niamh Murphy picking up a bronze medal in the Inter Girls 100BS and Dayna Clegg picked up 3 2nd place finishes in the 200BC, 400FC & 200Fc and a 4th in the 100BC and a 5th in the 100FC. Beaufort girls Emma Crossan, Alison O'Driscoll & Martha O'Donoghue also delivered solid swims in the individual events with Alison finishing 6th in the individual 100BS Emma finishing twice in the top 10 in her individual events and Martha posting a new PB in the 200IM. Our Lady's Girls were well represented by Ciara Robinson in the 100BF who swam to a PB to make the final and finished in a further PB in the final to clock in an 8th place result.

The Boys from TEAM TSC also represented their schools well with Conor O'Keeffe and Brian Feighan flying the flag for Templeogue College and posting solid individual times and Terenure Colleges' Salim Sebaoui, Cian Murphy and Finbar McTeirnan also posing strong results. McTeirnan and Sebaoui finishing in 5th place and 4th place respectively in the 100BC and 200IM. St MAry's in Rathmines were also represented by Daire O'Driscoll in the mens 200BF, 100BF and 100FC and Dair's posted some strong PB or Seasons best times in the 4th place, and 2 6th place finishes in his events.

The final session of the day also saw the Templeogue College Relays battle out for national honours but alas, their enthusiastic efforts fell just outside the grade for podium finishes in 2009. Well done to Brendan Hyland, Cade Ryan, Msteslav Couslokov, Michael Devitt and Jack Higgins in the Junior Boys Teams and also to Brian Feighan, Robin Pollard, Eoin Mongey and Conor O'Keeffe who did their school proud in the relay events.

Next up for the TEAM is the Leinster Open LC Championships this weekend in NAC and a large team of 29 athletes are entered from the Team TSC ranks. We wish them well !!!