Swim Ireland athletes Clare Cryan
(diving), Ellen Keane (para swimming) and Ellen Walshe (swimming) have been
named as Athletes of the Year at the 2022 Swim Ireland Awards which took place
earlier today (Saturday) at the Crowne Plaza, Blanchardstown.
Ellen Walshe won the Swimmer of the
Year Award, for her history making silver medal at the 2021 World Short Course
Championships, where she claimed silver in the 400m Individual Medley; a first
ever silver for Ireland and Ireland’s first female to win a world medal.
World Para Swimming Championship
silver medallist Ellen Keane won the Para Swimmer of the Year Award. Keane’s
coach Dave Malone collected the Performance Coach of the Year accolade, world
bronze medallist Nicole Turner and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Barry
McClements are also in his coaching group.
Cryan won the Diver of the Year Award
for her performances at the European Championships in Rome in July, where she
placed fifth in the 3M Springboard Final.
World Para Swimming Championships
double bronze medallist Róisín NíRíain was honoured with the Performance
Pathway Para Swimmer of the Year. European Juniors semi-finalist Grace Hodgins
won Performance Pathway Swimmer of the Year, and after an incredible
breakthrough year, where he won 1M Springboard Bronze at the European Junior
Championships, Jake Passmore took home the Performance Pathway Diver of the
Year Award. Hodgins’ Trojan SC Coach Jonathan Preston was named Performance
Pathway Coach of the Year.
Cork club Dolphin SC received the
Club of the Year Award after being selected from a shortlist of four which
included Claremorris SC, Kingdom SC, and Cathal Brugha WPC.
Discipline awards were made to Ian
Hanrahan (Water Polo), Aidan Brennan (Masters), Jessika Robson (Open Water) and
Síomha NicBrádaigh (Disability), while Bangor’s Antonia Hoskins was awarded
Official of the Year.
Four volunteers were honoured for
their work within their clubs and regions, Julie Morgan from Leinster, Kevin
Wilmott (Munster), Yvonne Morris (Connacht) and Helen Lunny and Paula Boersma
(Ulster).
There were two inductees into the
Swim Ireland Hall of Fame, with over twenty years of tutoring experience,
Martin Kavanagh and Mary Garvey have supporting hundreds of swimming teachers
and coaches gain their qualifications, trained over 100 Swim Ireland tutors and
taught thousands of children to swim. Few people have had such a positive
influence on teaching and coaching of aquatics within Ireland and we are
delighted to recognise them.
Swim Ireland President Mary Haughney
dedicated her President’s award to coaches Martin McGann and Grace Meade for
their contributions to the early careers of international medallists Daniel
Wiffen and Mona McSharry. And, having missed out due to Covid, past President
Kevin Dowling presented his award to lifelong volunteer Patricia Cleary.
Speaking at the event Swim Ireland
CEO Sarah Keane said ‘We are delighted to come together, after a three- year
hiatus due to covid, to celebrate the success of our athletes, our volunteers,
our coaches, our educators and to
recognise and honour the significant contribution they make day in day out. It
was fantastic to see so many of our community present to celebrate an
outstanding year for Irish Aquatics.’
2022 Swim Ireland Award Winners
Club of the Year Dolphin Swimming SC
Performance Athlete of the Year
(Swimming) Ellen Walshe (Templeogue)
Performance Athlete of the Year
(Diving) Clare Cryan (Sheffield DC)
Performance Athlete of the Year (Para
Swimming) Ellen Keane (NAC SC)
Performance Coach of the Year Dave
Malone (NAC SC)
Performance Pathway Athlete of the
Year (Diving) Jake Passmore (City of Leeds DC)
Performance Pathway Athlete of the
Year (Swimming) Grace Hodgins (Trojan SC)
Performance Pathway Athlete of the
Year (Para Swimming) Róisín NíRíain (Limerick SC)
Performance Pathway Coach of the Year
Jonathan Preston (Trojan SC)
Volunteer of the Year (Connacht)
Yvonne Morris (Claremorris SC)
Volunteer of the Year (Leinster)
Julie Morgan (Coolmine SC)
Volunteer of the Year (Munster) Kevin
Wilmott (Splashworld Sharks SC)
Volunteer of the Year (Ulster) Helen
Lunny & Paula Boersma (Leander ASC)
Open Water Swimmer of the Year
Jessika Robson (Lisburn City SC)
Masters Outstanding Achievement Award
Aidan Brennan (Kilkenny Masters)
Outstanding Contribution to Water
Polo Ian Hanrahan (St. Vincents WPC)
Disability Swimmer of the Year Síomha
NicBrádaigh (Lisburn City SC)
Official of the Year Antonia Hoskins
(Bangor SC)
President’s Award
Grace Meade (Marlins SC)
Martin McGann (Sligo SC)
Patricia Cleary (Athlone SC)
Hall of Fame
Martin Kavanagh
Mary Garvey
Trish Mayon
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