Nov 16, 2020
Fingal Sports Office and the Tyrrelstown/Mulhuddart Community Sports Hub presents the first Live Online Session in Fingal’s Women in Sport Coaching Series Thursday 26th of November at 7 p.m. The first guest coach is Suzanne Maguire, Irish International Basketballer and Coach. Suzanne will be in conversation with Cliona Foley renowned freelance Sportswriter and Presenter of Women’s Sport podcast “Off the Bench”. Suzanne Maguire is a Fordham University Hall of Famer and is currently playing D1 basketball with Liffey Celtics. The Women in Sport Coaching Series aims to encourage women and young girls to get involved in coaching primarily or in Sport in general. This Series is one of Fingal Sports Office initiatives to support Federation of Irish Sport 20X20 campaign.
Please Register here
Nov 3, 2020
Shane Ryan swam a second Irish Senior Record in as many days as he cruised to a new national standard in the 100m Backstroke on the second day of Match 3 at the International Swimming League in Budapest, Hungary.
Ryan, who had broken the 100m Butterfly Irish Record yesterday in 50.53, added the 100m Backstroke today in a time of 50.22, knocking .19 off his own record of 50.41 set at the European Short Course Swimming Championships in Glasgow in 2019.
Tokyo Frog Kings Ryosuke Irie won the event in 49.91, while Ryan Murphy, who tied with Ryan to win the 50m Backstroke yesterday, was third in 50.42.
Soon after, the Rio 2016 Olympian was back in the pool for the 50m Butterfly where he was just one hundredth of a second off his own 50m Butterfly Irish Record of 22.96, touching in 22.97.
Ryan concluded his first Match of the season in the 50m Backstroke Skins* finishing second in the first round in 23.13 and third in round two in 24.15.
Ryan and the Toronto Titans return to action on November 1st and 2nd while Darragh Greene’s London Roar are back in the pool, after a two-week break, on October 30th and 31st.
ISL Match 3 – Final Standings
LA Current 535.5
Tokyo Frog Kings 506.5
Toronto Titans 401
Aqua Centurions 260
About the International Swimming League (ISL)
Now in its second year, the ISL will bring 315 swimmers from 48 countries to Budapest, Hungary for eight weeks in October/November.
Athletes are split across ten teams; Cali Condors (California), Team Iron (Budapest), Tokyo Frog Kings, London Roar, DC Trident (Washington DC), New York Breakers, Toronto Titans, LA Current, Aqua Centurions (Italy) and Energy Standard (Ukraine).
The teams will face off against each other in a series of ten matches from October 16th to November 14th. Semi-Finals will take place for the top eight teams from 19th – 22nd November, while the Final, made up of four teams, will be November 21st and 22nd.
Ireland have two swimmers competing, Darragh Greene for London Roar and Shane Ryan for Toronto Titans.
*Skins Race
A Skins race is an exciting series of back-to-back races which operate on a knockout basis, with the two remaining swimmers racing each other in a head-to-head final race.
Nov 3, 2020
Fingal County Council Sports Office has launched a new online schools initiative called SportsCon 10@10. SportsCon 10@10 is 10 exercises performed for 10 minutes each day. It is designed to keep kids active while staying in their classroom. The programme will also include some interesting physical activity facts as an educational element. Teachers can fit in the 10 minutes of activity at any stage of the day to suit the class schedule.
These activities will complement the strands of the P.E curriculum and are a great idea for Active Flag School Challenges. The exercises are closely aligned with Fingal’s Sports Conditioning programme focusing on balance, strength, mobility and motor skills.
Margaret Geraghty, Director of Service, Fingal County Council, acknowledges that this is a very challenging time for teachers trying to deliver P.E. “Teachers are much more restricted in terms of where and when they can deliver P.E. sessions. 10@10 hopes to alleviate some of these challenges and assist teachers with new ideas to help children stay active in the classroom with fun exercises along with an educational element.”
If schools would like to register for this free online programme visit https://learning.fingal.ie/course/view.php?id=173#section-0
Nov 2, 2020
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