Teletots Promoted to Section 1
Teletots Team Captains Robert Lyttle and Jenny Wilson collected the Belfast Telegraph Charity Shield on behalf of the Banbridge Teletots Squad on Friday 5th June. Banbridge went into the finals as section leaders, a position they maintained throughout the final, to eventually win with 361 points from Lurgan in second place and City of
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Age Group
Congratulations to all swimmers who participated in the 20009 Ulster Age Group Championships in Lisburn. There were many outstanding performances over the three days. Special congratulations to our bronze medal winning girls in 10 years and under 4 x 50M Freestyle Relay Team consisting of Jane Kilpatrick, Elli Robinson, Poppy Robinson and Jodi Doyle.
Fionnuala Loy
Congratulations to Fionnuala Loy for her recent outstanding achievements in Netball at a national level. Fionnuala also finished the PTL season in the Group D section with many of the clubs fastest times over 50M for the year.
Bronze double at Keith Buchannan Memorial Gala
Many thanks and well done to all swimmers who represented the club at the Keith Buchannan Memorial Gala at Lisburn. Special mention to the girls in Group A consisting of Esmée Hall, Poppy Robinson, Jane Kilpatrick and Georgia Davies who won Bronze Medals in the 4 x 50M Medley and Freestyle Relays.
May Swimmers of the Month
Jodi Doyle and Lewis Houston are the May Swimmers of the Month
Age Group Superstars Medal
Banbridge ASC had outstanding success at Swim Ulster's recent Age Group Superstars 3 event held in Bangor Leisure Centre. 11 year old Jenny Wilson won silver in 100M Backstroke and 10 year old Poppy Robinson won bronze in 100M Butterfly while 10 year old Esmée Hall won silver in 100M Butterfly and 200M Breaststroke as well as Bronze in 100M Freestyle. The girls will now look forward to the next big event in the Swim Ulster calendar which is Age Group Ulster Championships 8-10th May 2009.
Teletots looking forward to Final
2009 Teletots squad have had great success to date this season with four wins and just one away defeat . The most exciting date in the Teletots calendar is still to come with the swim off at a neutral venue on the 5th June – keep the date free and keep training as Division 2 is still wide open and Banbridge Teletots have everything to swim for !
PTL End of Season Success
A record number of Banbridge swimmers qualified to represent the Blue team in the PTL End of Season gala which took place in Larne on Saturday evening. Our swimmers brought home a host of individual medals and congratulations to all who qualified and participated on the night. In our first season in Division Three Banbridge finished a very respectable third place overall but special mention to our Group B Swimmers who were runners up in their section and to our Group A swimmers who performed fantastically as a team throughout the season and took first place. Well done to all!
April Swimmers of the Month
Esmée Hall and Cameron McDonald are the April Swimmers of the Month
Teletots win final outing
Saturday 28th March - Teletots win against Portadown
Teletots first defeat of season
Saturday 21st March - Teletots narrowly defeated by City of
PTL swimmers draw against Portadown
Saturday 28th February - Final PTL Gala of season against Portadown
Geraldine is Coach of the Year
Our very own head coach Geraldine Hill has just been awarded Coach of the Year in the Banbridge District Sports Association Awards sponsored by Bank of Ireland. As we all know Geraldine’s dedication to the Swimmers at Banbridge club is outstanding and we believe she is a very worthy winner. This is the first time in the history of the awards that a swimming coach has been the recipient of this prestigious accolade.
Trevor Elected Vice President of Swim
Heidi competes in Triathlon
Former Banbridge Club Member Heidi Grice is settling into life in Australia and has completed her first Triathlon where she had to swim 100M, cycle 3Km and run 500M – pretty good when you’re just 7 years old. Heidi is swimming for the Club at Lauriston Girls School and she attends school at Auburn Primary.The family have settled in well but arrived in soaring temperatures of up 45 degrees – certainly not an issue we have had to deal with in Banbridge over the last few months!
New Swimmers of the Month
Megan McKenna and Patrick Morgan are the new Swimmers of the Month
Teletots Success against Portadown
Saturday 21st February saw first home gala success for Teletots against Portadown
A Feast of Medals
Esmee Hall, Robert Lyttle and Jenny Wilson enjoy success at recent 2008 Irish Minor Schools Championships held in
Teletots make big splash in Lurgan
Friday 6th February saw second Teletots win against Lurgan
Banbridge Swimmers in Action
First Teletots Gala of Season
Friday 21st January started off the Teletots season with success against Larne
Jenny and Robert are Teletots Team Captains
11 year old Jenny Wilson has been chosen as Teletots team captain for the girls squad. Jenny had phenomenal success in Teletots in 2008 winning all but one of the races she competed in. Jenny has been swimming for Banbridge for the last four years and is the perfect team captain as she is the loudest supporter of her teammates. Lets hope Jenny can cheer the girls to success in 2009.
12 year old Robert Lyttle has been chosen as Teletots Team captain for the boys. Robert is a relative newcomer to competitive swimming bus an an all round sportsman is taking his responsibility as Team Captain in his stride. Robert had four individual swims at the last teletots gala. Lets hope Robert can keep the boys on track for further success this season.
New Year Success
Jenny Wilson, Esmee Hall and Poppy Robinson started the New Year with qualification to compete in the Ulster Age Group Distance Championships in Lisburn on Sunday 4th January. Poppy Robinson had an outstanding swim to take the silver medal in the 400M IM – well done Poppy.
Goodbye to Heidi
On a sad note we are to loose Heidi Grice in January when she and her family return to
Irish Rankings
Congratulations to Jodi Doyle and Poppy Robinson who finished 2008 in the Top 20 Rankings at Irish Age Group Level, Jodi in 100M Breaststroke and Poppy in 200M Breaststroke and 200M IM. Lee Gallaway, who started competitive swimming for Banbridge but has since moved on finished the year ranked first and second in Ireland for his age group in 100M Backstroke and 200M Backstroke
Potential Olympian
Jordan Davies recently competed at the Robinson Centre Castlereagh in the Potential Olympians with phenomenal success taking first place in 50m Back, 2nd in the 50m Free and 6th in the 200m free, all in the men’s 15years group. Well done
Last Saturday was the penultimate Provincial Towns League gala this season for Banbridge ASC.
Two Forest Feast-sponsored Banbridge ASC swimmers ended 2008 with top 20 rankings at Irish age group level.
Forest Feast congratulates Banbridge ASC Swimmers of the month - Robert Lyttle & Poppy Robinson
Banbridge ASC competed in the third PTL Gala of the season away to Alliance ASC at Avoniel Leisure Centre in
The first in a series of three age group superstars galas took place at the Robinson Centre, Castlereagh, on Sunday 23 November 2008
Swimmers making a splash at leisure centre. The first PTL Home Gala of the season was held by Banbridge ASC at Banbridge Leisure Centre on Saturday, November 15.
Banbridge ASC swimmers won silver medals in the Ulster Minor Schools Championships in 50m Butterfly and 100M IM and are now looking forward to the Irish Minor Schools Championships in Dublin.
The swimming season is off to a great start with a new commercial sponsorship agreement with Forest Feast, one of
First registration day for Banbridge ASC a great success.
