
Information & details about forthcoming Local, Regional and National events:
Please click here to view the Swim Ulster 2025-2026 Competition Calendar.
Please click here to view the Swim Ulster 2025-2026 Competition Handbook.
Future Challengers Meet 1
Swim Ulster will host Future Challengers Meet 1 at South Lake Leisure Centre, Craigavon on Sunday 12th October 2025.
The Warm Up times will be as follows:
AM Session
Warm Up – Male 8.30am-8.50am – Female 8.50am-9.10am – Start 9.15am
The following Clubs are entered for the AM session – Alliance, Ards, Armagh, Ballymena, Ballymoney, Bangor, Coleraine, Larne, Leander, Limavady, Olympia, Portadown, Swim Belfast.
PM Session
Warm Up – Male 1.30pm-1.50pm – Female 1.50pm-2.10pm – Start 2.15pm
The following Clubs are entered for the PM Session – Banbridge, Breifne, City of Derry, Cookstown, Dungannon, East Cavan, Enniskillen, Lecale, Lurgan, Marlins, , Riversdale Otters Sliabh Beagh, Swilly Seals.
The Session Report, Psych Sheet & Volunteer Rota can be found below. Please note that any club assigned the role of Gala Secretary / Programmes this role begins at the beginning of warm up.
Aspiring Champions Meet 1
Swim Ulster will host Aspiring Champions Meet 1 at Lisnasharragh Leisure Centre, Belfast on Saturday 18.10.25 and Sunday 19.10.25.
Ulster Masters SC Meet
Swim Ulster will host the Swim Ulster Masters SC Gala on Saturday 25th October 2025 at Newry Leisure Centre.
Individual Events 203 & 210 – Mixed 400m IM will be limited to 1 heat & 800m Freestyle will be limited to 4 heats – entries will be accepted on a First Come First Served basis – we cannot accept NTs for these events.
A squad of 10 Enniskillen Lakelanders’ swimmers attended Dungannon Swimming Club’s 40th Anniversary Gala on Sunday the 9th November at Dungannon Leisure Centre. The gala was a great success for the young swimmers who returned home with numerous personal bests.
Enniskillen Lakelanders Swimming Club held their Autumn Junior Gala on Sunday 26th October, an event aimed at younger swimmers. This was the club’s first Gala in their new temporary base at Omagh Leisure Centre and there was much excitement among the swimmers from the outset with 37 swimmers from Enniskillen Lakelanders taking part. They were joined by competitors from nine other Ulster swimming clubs. For many of the 8-14 year-old competitors, this would be one their first experiences of individual competition, that all important first step for every sportsperson.
11 swimmers from Enniskillen Lakelanders swimming club made their way to the Lisnasharragh Leisure Centre in Belfast to compete at Swim Ulster's Aspiring Champions Meet; the first Gala of the season for swimmers aged 13 and over. The event was held over two days, 18th & 19th October. Coaches across Ulster use this gala to assess and monitor swimmers' skills, providing the scaffolding for the building blocks for success in the coming season.
All the work so far on skills and technique resulted in a slew of Swim Ulster Awards, personal bests and many top ten finishes for the Enniskillen Lakelanders.
Enniskillen Lakelanders kicked off the 2025/26 Swim Ulster competition season on Sunday when 17 junior members took part in the Future Challengers Meet 1 at the South Lakes Leisure Centre in Craigavon.
Enniskillen Lakelanders Swimming Club were well represented on the National stage at the 2025 Irish Age Group National Championships at the University of Limerick Sports Arena last week. Six young Lakelanders’ swimmers joined almost 700 swimmers from over 100 clubs competing over four days of exciting competition.
With the 2024/2025 swimming season coming to an end, the finale for the competitive swimmers from Enniskillen Lakelanders is the Irish Summer National competitions. There is great excitement among the 6 Lakelanders swimmers who have qualified to compete at the Age Group Championships in Limerick.
Thursday 10th July sees the start of the 4 day Irish National Age Group Championships for swimmers aged 14 and under in the UL Sport Complex at the University of Limerick. Six Lakelanders have qualified to attend, two of whom are competing at this level for the first time.
Enniskillen Lakelanders Swimming Club held their annual End of Season Gala last Saturday 28th June. This marks the end of the club's a very different 10 month season swimming in two counties across the FODC council. The gala is an opportunity for swimmers across all groups to compete side by side and a fun relay to round of the event.
Swim Ulster’s Swim Festival 2025 took place in Lisburn's Lagan Valley Leisureplex on Sunday the 22nd of June.
A squad of 18 Enniskillen Lakelanders’ swimmers, along with Head Coach Fionna Orr, made their way to Lisburn for the event.
Banbridge Open Long Course Meet took place in Craigavon’s South Lakes Leisure Centre on Saturday the 7th of June.
A squad of 13 Enniskillen Lakelanders’ swimmers, along with Head Coach Fionna Orr, made their way to the fabulous South Lakes Leisure Centre long course (50m) swimming pool for the final club meet of the season for the older swimmers. This meet provided the final opportunity for competitive swimmers to qualify for Swim Ireland's Irish Summer National competitions. As a bonus Banbridge swimming club had extended their invitation to clubs from all over Ireland. The chance to achieve qualifying times and compete against the best in Ireland was too good to miss.
A team of 39 young swimmers from Enniskillen Lakelanders ASC travelled to the Lagan Valley LeisurePlex in Lisburn last Friday to compete in the A final of this year’s Forest Feast AquaSprints League.
The event saw the young Lakelanders compete in a head to head battle against a strong squad from Lecale Swimming Club, while Swim Belfast and Olympia battled it out in the Division 4 B final, making the night a double event.