Dolphins do well at Disability Sport NI gala

THE Disability Sport NI Swimming Gala 2012 was recently held at the Lisburn Leisureplex and swimmers from Lisburn’s Special Olympics Swimming Team, Lisburn Dolphins, excelled.
By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Nov 2012, 14:42 BST

Ten swimmers from the club took part in event during the day and a total of 16 medals were shared between them – the Club’s most successful medal haul to date.

There were multiple medal winners on the day with Caillin Sturgeon picking up three individual gold medals, and in three different swimming strokes. Oliver Magee and Adam Smyth also picked up three medals each – particular mention most go to Adam Smyth who was taking part in his first competitive swimming competition.

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Speaking on behalf of all volunteers at the Lisburn Dolphins Swimming Club, Fiona Deans was incredibly proud of the athletes and said “ All volunteers, and of course the families of the swimmers, are incredibly proud of the achievements of the athletes today.”

She added, “The athletes have worked incredibly hard during the year and we have built on past success, not only in terms of medals won this year compared to last year’s competition, but also the many successes at the Special Olympics Regional event held earlier in the year.

“The success of the athletes today will serve as great inspiration to others in the Club so that we can be even more successful next year!”