Building upon last years successful Guinness World Record, the Camlough Lake Festival  committee have planned a fantastic festival for the weekend of 17-19th September.

The main events are the Irish Long Distance Junior 5km Championship and the Camlough Open 10km Swim, with  £1,000 prize money for the winners.

Frank Stevens, the President of Swim Ulster was present when the first sod was cut at the Bangor 50 metre  Olympic pool site by DCAL Minister to the Northern Ireland Assembly, Nelson McCausland.

L-R:
Back row: Mary Kate, Michael, Jordan from Bangor Swimming Club
Front row: Dominic Walsh, Sport NI; Nelson McCausland, DCAL Minister; John Montgomery, Mayor of North Down and Robert McAlister, Farrans Construction.  

The new Swim season is nearly upon us and Swim Ulster are holding another Hy-Tek training evening on Monday 13th September 2010. Following the success of the last information evening there has been requests from clubs to do another one.

Start time:7pm

Queens PEC, Botanic Park, Belfast, BT9 5EX

 Meeting Room 5

Please bring a laptop with Team Manager on it if you can. If you are coming in groups from a club one laptop between 2/3 should suffice.

Even if you dont attend the information evening please supply us with the name and email address of one person (the gala secretary) who will be responsible for doing entries during the 2010/2011 swim season.

Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to register for the course

Swim Ulster are hosting a Fundraising seminar on Saturday, 4th September at Queen's PEC, Room 5, 10 am - 12 noon.
The seminar will be delivered by Neil Irwin, Fundraising Advice Manager for NI Council for Voluntary Action.
Neil will discuss fundraising opportunities for our clubs, with particular reference to the Gift Aid scheme, whereby Charities can reclaim 28p from the Revenue for every £ received as a donation.

With fundraising becoming ever more difficult, many of our clubs could benefit from Neil's expertise.

There are a few places left on the course, so contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by Monday 31st August if you are interested.

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