Swimming Club Bath Cup & Ulster Championships Report 2017
Coleraine Grammar School swimmers rounded off a very successful season during the annual swimming tour to London and at the recent Ulster Schools Championships.CGS
is one of three schools from Northern Ireland that is invited to take part in the Bath Cup, a relay competition featuring many of the top swimming
schools in the UK, which takes place at the London Aquatics Centre in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on an annual basis. During this tour, there
are also competitions for the girls at Whitgift School, East Croydon and for the boys at St Pauls, Hammersmith.This year saw the girls’ team lift
the trophy for best overall school at Whitgift for the first time.The boys’ team swam very well against strong opposition at St Pauls School to
finish in 9th place overall.
The following morning, CGS competed against over seventy schools in the Bath Cup event at the Olympic pool in Stratford.The girls put in an excellent
performance to finish in 12th place overall with the boys finishing in a creditable 35th place overall.With all swimmers
except the boys’ team captain returning to school next year, both teams are hopeful of reaching the finals of this prestigious and highly competitive
event in 2018.
At the Ulster Schools Swimming Championships which took place at Ballymena on Saturday 18th March, the intermediate girls’ relay team continued
their winning streak by taking gold medals in both the 200m medley and freestyle relay events.The senior boys’ team also put in a very strong performance
and were unlucky to finish just outside the medals in fourth place in hotly contested finals.
Well done to all the pupils who took part and we look forward to next year’s competition.
