Portadown edged out by Ballymena

Portadown lost out to Ballymena in the final PTL gala of the season in a closely fought gala that went down to the final 'Freestyle' relays. At times only 3 points separated the two teams as both squads gave 100% leading to several fingertip finishes. As always is is difficult to single out individual swimmers but the 'D' Boys and Girls certainly gave their rivals quite a run for their money. This was another good team performance, the PTL squad continues to improve and we can be optimistic about next season

Personal Swim Log now available!

Members of the club can now download a simple 'Swimming Log' on which to record their competitive times. To access the log you can click on 'Log' from the main menu and then follow the instructions. Club members can fill in their own details and note their progress as 'Personal Bests' are gained. Hopefully, such information will provide swimmers with individual targets and provide the incentive for them to do their best and lower individual stroke times. Why not take a few minutes to transfer your times to this sheet and see how much you have improved or spot where you could do better?

PTL Gala Portadown V Ballymena

The last PTL gala of the season takes place at Cascades on Saturday 24th March against Ballymena. Hopefully, we can show the same determination and effort that was present in our last gala against Mid-Ulster. Squad members are asked to meet at 4.50pm with 'warm-up' commencing at 5 o'clock. Official club swimwear including t-shirts, polo shirts and tracksuits should be worn if possible.

Age Group Superstars Meet 4

The final meet of this year's Age Group Superstars galas takes place in the Grove pool in Belfast on Sunday 1st April with the finals taking place mid May. Next year we hope to have more club members competing in these galas as there is no doubt that we have swimmers capable of making their mark at this level.

Medal Success at Stroke Development Meet 4

The final Stroke Development meeting of the season which took place in Dungannon last Sunday was one of our best to date with several medal winners. Pride of place must go to Mary McCann who came home with a Gold medal in the 400m Freestyle and Silver in the 200m Butterfly (Open) events. Susannah McQuade also struck Gold in the 400m Freestyle for 10year old girls while Patrick McCann took the Bronze medal in the 400m Freestyle for 11 year old boys. Overall, this has been our most successful season at the Stroke Development meets, well done to all who have taken part.

Portadown Times photograph

The weeks edition (3rd March 2007) of the 'Portadown Times' carries a copy of the photograph taken at 'Cascades' a couple of weeks ago. Swimmers are reminded that copies of the photo may be ordered from the newspaper offices in Church Street close to the local library.