Lakelanders Swimmers Shine for their schools at Ulster Schools Championships
30 Nov 2025
Lakelanders Swimmers Shine for their schools at Ulster Schools Championships
Swim Ulster Primary Schools Cup and Championship was held at the Aurora Aquatic & Leisure Complex, Bangor on Saturday 29th November 2025. Excited for this opportunity to represent their schools, 22 swimmers across 10 local schools headed to Bangor determined to do the South-West proud and qualify for the All-Ireland Championships held in Dublin in March. Although a school competition, all the students attending are committed members of the Enniskillen Lakelanders swimming club and mustered all their skills and training in competing against the best swimmers from schools across Ulster. A successful day saw 4 podium finishes and an amazing number of swimmers qualify for the All-Ireland primary school championship to be held at the National Aquatic Centre Dublin next year.
Enniskillen Integrated PS
Imogen Neal (10) placed 8th in the 50m Breaststroke taking 2.56 seconds off her PB and finished in the top 20 for the 50m Freestyle, with 1.55 seconds off her PB. Imogen is delighted to have qualified from both races to represent her school at the Irish Minor Schools Championships in Dublin March 2026.
Enniskillen Royal Grammar School
April Huang (12) secured new PBs in both 50m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle.
Jakub Mikiewicz Lumayad (12) clocked a 3 second PB in his 50m Backstroke event, claiming a silver medal, followed by a 4 second PB in 50m Freestyle, securing a bronze medal in his age group. Jakub also qualified for the Irish minor school championship in Dublin for both events.
Florencecourt PS
Zena Elliott (10) claimed new PBs in both 50m Backstroke and Freestyle.
Holy Trinity PS Enniskillen
Charlie Brewster (9) was crowned Ulster Champion as he hit the wall in first place to claim a gold medal in the 50m Breaststroke with a new PB. He clocked another PB in the 50m Backstroke placing 5th, qualifying for the National championships in both races.
Older sister Mollie Kate Brewster (11) secured a bronze medal in the 100m Individual Medley with a new PB. She also clocked another new PB in the 50m Backstroke, placing 5thoverall. She has qualified to compete at the National Championships in Dublin in both events.
Ella Rose Carron (11) collected a new PB in the 100m Individual Medley and maintained her time in the 50m Backstroke.
Emily Irvine (10) was delighted with her performance in the age 10 category, as she secured a 5th place finish in the 50m freestyle in a field of 95 swimmers. She also claimed a 5th place finish in the 50m Backstroke in a field of 67 swimmers. She smashed her individual PBs in both events, qualifying for the National Championships.
Elin O Donohue (11) recorded new personal bests in the 50m Butterfly and 100m Individual Medley. Her standout achievement was qualifying for the Irish Minor Championships in both events.
Isabella Rasdale (11) enjoyed her 2nd Ulster Schools gala, she swam well and enjoyed her first freestyle relay with her school friends.
Amy Swidani (10) secured new PBs in both the 50m Breaststroke and 50m Freestyle races.
The Female 9-12 200m Medley and Freestyle Relays were the last events of the session, and they were certainly worth the wait. The Holy Trinity Medley relay team, consisting of Emily Irvine, Ella-Rose Carron, Mollie Kate Brewster, and Elin O’Donohue hit the wall 9thoverall in the older age group. The Freestyle team of Mollie Kate Brewster, Isabella Rasdale, Emily Irvine and Elin O’Donohue claimed 13th out of the 24 teams aged 12 and under.
Model PS
Patrick Dineen (10) was thrilled to gain new PBs in both the 50m Backstroke and 50m Breaststroke, shaving almost 10 seconds off his entry time in the latter event.
Harriett Cadden (10) gained new PBs in the 50m Freestyle and 50m Breaststroke, qualifying for the IMS Champs in the latter.
Ollie Elliott (11) enjoyed swimming for his school at the event and maintained his entry times in both the Freestyle and Breaststroke.
Poppy Brownlee (11) also had two strong swims in the 50m Breaststroke and 100m Individual Medley events; and Maia Rolston-McAuliffe (11) took almost 10 seconds off her entry time in the 100m Individual Medley to comfortably qualify for the IMS Champs.
Mount Lourdes Grammar School
Tiana Mbeulani (12) had two great swims coming 32nd over all in 50m Breaststroke and 51st over all in 50m Freestyle.
St Joseph’s College
Kealan Rice (12) had two great swims, coming 13th over all in the 50m Breaststroke and 34th over all in the 50m Freestyle event.
St Michael’s College
Conor Collins (12) achieved two new PBs in the 50m Freestyle and 100m Individual Medley, successfully qualifying for the Irish Minor Schools Championship in the 100m IM.
Eoghan Donnelly (12) clocked new PBs in both 50m Butterfly and 50m Backstroke.
St Naille’s PS Kinawley
Erin Mc Grath (10) achieved PBs in both 50m Breaststroke and 100m IM.
St Patrick’s PS Mullnaskea
Tara Collins (10) was delighted to secure two strong PBs, earning her place in the Irish Minor Schools Championship in both the 50m Butterfly and 50m Freestyle events.
Orlaith Howell (10) came away with 2 new PBs in the age 10 girls 50m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly and was delighted to qualify for the Irish schools in her Backstroke.
These young swimmers have done their schools and Enniskillen Lakelanders Swimming Club very proud in their performances.
A record number of swimmers have qualified to represent Fermanagh schools at the Irish Minor Schools Championships at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin in March, all now making huge efforts to access training in Omagh Leisure Centre several days per week.
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