Do you want to make a splash like Ellen Keane and Nicole Turner did at the Paralympics?!
Even medal winners like them had to start somewhere and thanks to our friends at Swim Ireland we are here to point you in the right direction to encourage you to dip your toes into the water.
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Swim Ireland provide training, guidance and support to our clubs as well as running a comprehensive competition programme throughout the year.
But Swim Ireland's remit is wider than competitive sport, being tasked by Sport Ireland with encouraging participation at every level. Put simply, their goal is to Get Ireland Swimming.
Swim Ireland provide education and training to the nations swim teachers; training and development for our coaches and officials; learn to swim programmes for their schools and facilities; improver programmes for casual or lapsed swimmers and a whole range of activity to encourage the nation to enjoy the water.
Me and the Water
We are united in our love of the water. The early mornings. The after-school lessons. The first break of the waves. The tussle for the ball. The little voice that tells us to push on...to get back in the pool, go one more length, get out to the buoy.
From the Olympic or Paralympic swimmer, to the water polo player, to the daring diver, to the casual swimmer, those who take a dip in Dollymount in the summer and to the young children taking their first tentative paddles in the pool. We are working to make the aquatics more accessible, safer and enjoyable for all.
We all have a relationship with the water. Our own perspective, our own ambition, our own goals and sometimes even our own fears.
'Me and the Water' represents Swim Ireland's ambition to 'Get Ireland Swimming’
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Swim Ireland is the National Governing Body of swimming, diving and water-polo. They have a network of clubs in every county across the island with over 20,000 members and their role is to develop excellence and regulate the formal delivery of our sport.
