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Report on Irish SC Nationals

The Echo Report on Irish SC Nationals -

Report from Brisith Age Group Championships - Day 4

British AGE Group Championships Results 2010 Day 4 -

Report from British Age Group Championships - Day 3

British AGE Group Championships Results 2010 Day 3 -

Report From British Age Groups - Day 2

British AGE Group Championships Results 2010 Day 2 -

RESULTS from Day 2 of Finals at British Age Group Championships.

Day 2 - Finals
4FC Clodagh Flood 2:24.2 / 4:53.7 10th.
2BF David O'Sullivan 1:04.3 / 2:12.22 (PB & 5th), Kyle Stolk 1:04.1 / 2:12.56 (PB & 6th),
1FC Kyle Stolk 25.65 / 53.66 (1st - GOLD),
1BF Clodagh Flood 31.0 / 1:06.42 (3rd PB & BRONZE),
2IM Ronan Anderson 2:27.62 (3rd - PB & BRONZE)

What a night!! Great swims from ALL the crew.


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Day 1 Heats and Finals & Day 2 Heat results for British Age Group TEAM

Day 1 Heats -
1BC Luke Fitzgibbon 30.17/1:01.53 (PB & 4th Qual),
1FC Clodagh Flood 29.91/1:02.06 (PB & 6th Qual),
2BS Ronan Anderson 38.33/1:21.3/2:51.7 (1st Res),
2BC Anastasia Kychygina 1:18.7/2:43.37 (PB & 19th),
2BC Katrin Kychygina 1:09.8/2:26.29 (PB & 14th),
15FC Sarah Kelly 18:19.57 (PB & DQ'd).

Finals Results
Luke Fitzgibbon 14Yrs 100BC 30.07/1:01.83 - 7th
Clodagh Flood 12Yrs 100FC 30.07/1:02.05 - 7th

All done for Day 1

Day 2 Heats -
4FC Clodagh Flood 2:20.3/4:44.49 (PB & 10th Qual).
2BF Kyle Stolk 1:02.3/2:13.27 (PB & 6th Qual).
2BF David O'Sullivan 1:03.7/2:15.4 (9th Qual).
2BS Lydia Kehoe 1:28.3/3:04.32 (1st Res).
1FC Kyle Stolk 25.87/53.78 (1st Qual).
1BF Sarah Kelly 1:07.14 (8th Qual).
1BF Clodagh Flood 1:07.15 (PB & 2nd Qual).
2IM Ronan 2:30.03 (PB & 4th Qual)
2IM Luke Fitzgibbon 2:20.8 (PB & 1st Res)
2IM David O'Sullivan 2:23.7.

Great Mornings work

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REPORT from IRISH Youth & OPEN Senior Nationals

TEMPLEOGUE Swimmers continue to break Records - Nationals Report -

Report in Tallaght Echo on Irish AGE GROUP Team performance

Echo Report July 15th 2010

JULY NEWSLETTER

TSC Newsletter

The importance of KICK

06/23/10
There is a truism in all sports that bears repeating on every pool deck.
That is: It all starts with the legs. Sounds ridiculously simple, of course.
There is no baseball or golf swing, no basketball or hockey shot, that
doesn't start with the lower body. And no need to mention the staggering
obviousness of that statement when it comes to football and soccer... In the
water, it's no different. Your legs are your engines; when they're out of
gas you sputter to a stop.

The fact is, there are no world-class athletes out there without powerful,
coordinated lower body strength. Translation for young swimmers out there:
You cannot be a great swimmer until you are a great kicker. So, why is it
that on countless teams, kick sets are relegated to a post-warm-up,
pre-main-set limbo? A nice respite of garbage yards, as swimmers relax on
their boards, splash through a thousand or so half-heartedly, yank on the
lane ropes, and chat happily with their lane neighbours. This is not
kicking. This is called wasting your and your coach's time. A true kick set
should leave you panting, red-faced, unable to speak - and it should have
the importance of a killer main set.

In recent years, the paramount power of the kick set has gained new
traction. I understand that in spots like Tucson and Ann Arbor, kicking has
been known to take up over 30% of every workout. How has that worked out for
them? Maybe take a look at the 200 freestylers who've come out of the
Universities of Arizona and Michigan the last few years... Think those legs
might come in handy when they flip for home?

Recently, one such kicking savant from Michigan suggested I write about
these kick sets. Former All-American and National Teamer, Chris DeJong,
relished these sets and he spoke about the kickboard battles waged among his
Wolverine teammates.

"It got intense," he remembers. "Me, Vanderkaay, Vendt when he was with us
in '08, we really got into it. The standard was breaking five minutes in a
400 kick - long course. We could do it, and we heard Ian Thorpe was one of
the only other guys ever to break that barrier."

I asked about what happened at the walls - any lane rope yanking in and out?
"We allowed ourselves one pull, no rope, then a flip turn, that kept it
fair," he recalls. Well, maybe not always. Coach Bob Bowman would become
famously infuriated as he watched the greatest of them all, Mr. Phelps,
consistently "exert his independence" by pulling on that rope at every wall.
But if you don't think he took these kick sets seriously too, maybe you
haven't watched his devastating last wall of his 400 IM... That doesn't come
from pure discipline alone.
It's interesting, when we learn to swim, we learn to kick first. At three or
four years old, young arms are often too weak to clear the surface with a
proper pull. Yet those legs are already driving kids up and down the pool.
Draped over a barbell or grasping their first kickboard, that's where they
first learn mobility. The first lesson is clear - learning to swim is
learning to kick.

Then they'll grow a bit, their arms will get strong enough to pull, they'll
learn the strokes. If those strokes come together and the competitive
instinct kicks in, maybe they'll join the team. Then, the hours will
increase, the yardage going way up, and suddenly it's all about the arms.
You figure out how to lazily two-beat your way through another 3000 yard
main set, figure out that the easiest way to crank out the yards is with a
pull-buoy and paddles.

And you ignore the legs at your own peril. Because when you turn for home,
in a close one, a big one, with making a cut or a team on the line, don't
ask your arms for help. They're cooked. It's time to go to the legs.

Brian Sweeney
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86% PB's from Interclub meet.

Well done to the 44 athletes from the Club who delivered A1performances tonight with 174 PB's in total at the Shark Interclub meet.

Brilliant TEAM performance. Many thanks to all Parents who helped on the day.


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Hello TEAM TSC
We've talked about this before.
Somebody somewhere is doing it!!!
' Made it through 15 days, 35 practices, 11 weights/Lori so far. 8 days left; 14 practices and 5 weights/Lori!'




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Leinster D2's 80% PB's for the TEAM

Well done to our TEAM Members who delivered an 80% PB success rate at the last weekend Leinster Division 2 Age Group Championships.

In particular a big congrats to some of the TEAM who delivered both PB's, Leinster D1 qualifying times and medal winning results in multiple events. 

A Big well done to the U12 boys Callum Ramkaun, David Martinez-Dunn, Davd Rigg, Eoin Feighan, Traolach McKnight & Cathal Larkin who also touched in 2nd and 3rd in their respective relays.
Well done too to Deirbhile &  Sorcha Gannon who delivered MASSIVE PB's in each of their events in the 100BC, 100FC and 100BS.  Deirbhile took a total of 50 seconds off her PB's and Sorcha

 a total of 33 seconds off her times.

Not to be outdone Josh Ramkaun took a HUGE total of 66 seconds off his 3 swims and Callum over 28 seconds.  Traolach McKnight and David Martinez-Dunn also deliverd really strong PB's with Cathal Larkin also delivering a solid swim in the 100FC.

David Rigg delivered a silver medal winning performance in the U12 100BF, Eoin Feighan delivered double gold in the U12 100FC and 200FC and Robert Sheridan also collected two gold medals in the 100FC and 100BC U13.

All in all we had a small TEAM do a really good job.  Well done to Eoin Feighan and Robert Sheridan who managed to both qualify for the Leinster Division 1's with their swims from the weekend.

Swimming like a professional !!

TEMPLEOGUE Tattoos help to BRAND the AMERICAN TEAM @ IRISH LC Nationals

Well done to the TEAM members who helped promote our TEAM to the NCSA All-star team with our Tattoos. 

First Class - Getting changed on the poolside - Mr Bean 2 !!!

Final Day of LC Open National Championships

Day 4 of the Irish LC National Championships saw our athletes perform well in the heats, albeit needed to be reminded that we all need to do a better job in morning heats versus our international competitors.

It also saw our Team Tattoos get adopted by the American TEAM as body art for them also.

Back for Finals this evening are Niamh Bryson (200BS), Arun Ramkaun (200BS), Niamh Murphy (50FC), Dayna Clegg (200IM) so best of luck to them ALL.

Well done to the rest of the TEAM on a good Meet.

Knew the Strategy she needed and executed to Perfection !!!!

Half-way stage at Irish National Championships

After Day 1 and Day 2 of the Irish National Championships, TEAM TSC athletes continued to deliver some strong performances.

Well done team - check out www.swimmingworldmagazine.com


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Swimming WORLD TV - TEAM TSC Dayna, Grace & Katrin Mentioned on the TV

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SWIMMING WORLD TV in IRELAND

Irish Long Course Championships

Hello to ALL TEAM TSC Members,

Wow! What a weekend of swimming we have in store.
This weekend sees the Irish Long Course National Championships in the
National Aquatic Centre.
In previous years, many of our younger athletes have travelled to the NAC to
support their older or more experienced TEAM mates, and that has always been
welcomed.
This year we have 22 athletes from the Club competing so best of luck to ALL
of them. Special welcome home to Shane Faul, who returns home from College
in Coventry, where he is studying and training Full-time.

This year is a first for IRISH Swimming.
There is a large TEAM of 54 American Athletes under the banner of the NCSA
(National Swim Club Association) http://ncsassociation.homestead.com/ who
will be racing this meet this year.
The Meet is also attracting athletes from UK, Scotland and Slovenia, with
athletes like Hannah Miley (European Record Holder 200IM & 400IM) and a host
of other top class athletes.
Many of our Irish World Championship Team are also racing with Barry Murphy,
home from the US to try to qualify for the European Championships.

The Meet will be covered by Garret McCaffrey from Swimming World TV - Click
the link below to see how they are getting on !!
http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/24066.asp?q=SwimmingWorld.TV
%20in%20Ireland,%20Day%20One:%20Lots%20of%20Travel

Ideally, it would be fantastic if the Club Athletes, who were interested to
see some of the fastest swimming in Ireland this year right on their own
doorstep, should try and drop in to see what's going on.
Heats on Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday @ 9:00am (finishing c.12pm)
Finals on EACH Day start at 5:00pm (finishing c.7pm)

Enjoy !!!

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URGENT MESSAGE - PM Training 26th April - CANCELLED

Hello to ALL members,

Due to some ESB upgrade works in Wainsfort Road on Monday 26th April, the pool will be closed during the day. As a result, 3rd Squad (4PM), 2nd Squad (5PM) and 1B Squad (6PM) will be CANCELLED for the Monday afternoon.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

Regards,
BS

Brian Sweeney
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TEAM TSC Record Breakers in the PAPER !!!

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IRISH JUNIOR RECORD by Templeogue Girls at Dave McCullagh

It's official, Brian Sweeney is losing his edge. Our Ladies Captain, Dayna Clegg, pointed out to me this evening that the Templeogue Ladies Freestyle TEAM delivered a new IRISH JUNIOR RECORD at the Dave McCullagh Meet last weekend.

The Team above

1. Katrin Kychygina

2. Ann Marie Finn

3. Eva Barrett

4. Niamh Murphy

swam 1:55.98 for the 4 x 50M FTR which beats the 1:56.17 from Glenalbyn's girls in 2003.

Well done ladies, apologies for not recognising this before and thanks to Dayna for pointing it out.

Dave McCullagh would be very proud.

How to Build Confidence - Worth a listen TEAM !!!

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The Importance of Enjoying the Journey - Hannah Miley talks about the road to 2012

Dave McCullagh Results

Dave McCullagh Memorial Gala 2010
Congratulation to the TEAM of 13 athletes who travelled to the Dave McCullagh Memorial Gala in Limerick last weekend. Our Young team performed well at this OPEN competition delivering a total of 50 PB’s from 86 swims (inclusive of all heats and finals) 58%. Special congratulations to those below

Tiarnan Murphy 5 PB’s from 5 swims, Katrin Kychygina 13 PB’s from 14 swims, John Martin 9 PB’s from 11 swims, Niamh Bryson 8 PB’s from 12 swims, Eva Barrett 6 PB’s from 7 Swims and Graham Field 3 PB’s from 6 swims.

Additional results from the weekend were
3rd Place
Womens 4 x 50 FTR
1. Katrin Kychygina 2. AnnMarie Finn
3. Eva Barrett 4. Niamh Murphy

4th Place
Womens 4 x 50 MTR
BC Katrin Kychygina BS Niamh Bryson
BF Niamh Murphy FC Eva Barrett

5th Place
Womens 200BS Niamh Bryson
Womens 50BS Niamh Murphy

7th Place
Mens 4 x 50 FTR
1. John Martin 2. Tiarnan Murphy
3. Daire O’Driscoll 4. Brian Feighan
Womens 100BS Niamh Bryson
Mens 1500FC Tiarnan Murphy
Womens 50FC Niamh Murphy

8th Place
Womens 200BC Katrin Kychygina
Womens 100BS Niamh Bryson

9th Place
Womens 800FC Katrin Kychygina
Mens 100FC John Martin
Mens 50FC John Martin
Mens 400FC Daire O’Driscoll
Mens 100BF Daire O’Driscoll

10th Place
Mens 100BF John Martin
Mens 100FC Daire O’Driscoll
Mens 4 x 50MTR
BC Tiarnan Murphy BS Graham Field
BF Daire O’Driscoll FC John Martin

Well done to one and all on a strong weekend performance. Back to work for the next 12 weeks until Irish Long Course Nationals now to improve on these Long Course times. Well done ALL !!!

RUDOLPH'S REVENGE 2009 & 2010 - Another Great Success!!

Well done to ALL athletes who were involved in this year's Christmas Camp - Our Annual RUDOLPH's REVENGE camps which took place between the NAC (with Leinster Squad) and in TSP also over the Christmas and New Year.

Big Well done to Niamh Bryson, Katrin Kychygina & Eoin Mongey who had a 100% attendence at the Leinster Squad Camp - agreat Commitment shown to getting the full volume of work completed in that period.

Entries for Dave McCullagh and Leinster Distance & Graded meet close in the coming days so please look and review same and send on to me on email teamtsccoach@eircom.net