Blackrock College Swim Team
BLACKROCK COLLEGE SWIM TEAM
The College Swim Teams’ first Competition of the year was the inaugural Inter College Competition between Gonzaga, Harrow and Blackrock held in the College Pool last Sunday morning, 18th October 2015.
Harrow won an excellent competition with 205 points, Blackrock came 2nd with a very credible 181 points and Gonzaga were 3rd with 83 points. We had a total of 14 1st Places, 28 2nd Places and 7 3rd Places.
We thank:
- Harrow for travelling to Dublin and congratulate them on winning the competition
- Gonzaga for joining us
- Captain David Hardiman (6th Year) and our Swimmers who represented the College so well.
- Paul O’Dea (Class of 2014) for his support as Assistant Coach during the match
- The Parents who attended the competition and provided us with refreshments and snacks to sustain the swimmers during the morning
- Clodagh O’Connor, mother of Mark, who was our Gala Referee and kept everything running smoothly
- Cristina Mei, mother of Davide, for the IT support with results for everybody and the programme to run the competition & the marquee
- Mr Evan O’Brien and Ms Wildes for the wonderful organisation of the event
- The Maintenance Staff for setting up the event and the Catering Staff for the lovely lunch
Finally, I thank our Swim Coach, Mr Carole Walsh, for her organisation of swimming at Blackrock.
| Junior | Intermediate | Senior |
| Ballard Ethan – 2YR | Rowlands Rhys – 3YR | Condon Robbie – 5YR |
| Cautley Naoise – 1YR | Sharpe Harry – 3YR | de Búrca Cian – 5YR |
| Galera Hugo – 3YR | Stephens-Kehoe Theo – 3YR | Desmond Sean – 5YR |
| Mei Davide – 3YR | Walsh Peter – 4YR | Hardiman David – 6YR |
| Murtagh Ethan – 1YR | Warren Josh – 4YR | Hassett Sean – 6YR |
| O’Sullivan Eoin – 1YR | Jager Rolf – 5YR | |
| Philip Towns – 2YR | Leavy Ian – 5YR | |
| Long Matthew – 6YR | ||
| Mullen Rónán – 5YR | ||
| O’Connor Mark – 5YR | ||
| O’Sullivan Declan – 6YR |
