What
is Swim Ireland? Swim
Ireland is the governing body of swimming in
Ireland. It has a CEO and is operated by a voluntary board of Directors
who are democratically elected by the club members making
nominations to and voting on the candidates at the Swim Ireland
Annual General Meeting. The Board of Directors comprises the
President, Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, two delegates from
each region, the Chairman of each of the sub-committies, a
representative from the Irish Schools Swimming and a representative
from Water Polo. Each club is entitled to send two delgates
to the AGM.
The CEO of Swim Ireland is Sarah Keane; she can be contacted at Sport HQ.
At present, Swim Ireland has two full time paid employees.
The two people in the office are probably known to most of you:,
Veronica Byrne (Administrator), who has been with Swim Ireland
for many years, and Rose Byrne (Clerical Assistant).
Where is Swim Ireland?(Map of new location)
Swim Ireland comprises all affiliated Irish Swimming Clubs; however
Swim Ireland does have a central office at:
Swim Ireland,
Sport
HQ,
13 Joyce Way,
Park West,
Dublin 12.
When is the AGM?
The AGM is held annually in April in the Region of the current
President. This is the opportunity for Swim Ireland Club members
to become members of the Board of Directors or any of the
sub-committies within the organisation. Being a member gives
you a say in Swim Ireland policy.
If you are interested in going forward for any position,
get your club and one other club to nominate you. Nomination
sheets will be forwarded to each Club Secretary, Enclose a
brief CV (10 lines) and voting will take place at the AGM.
It's that simple.
Child Welfare
Update Swim Ireland have issued an update to the Child
Welfare guidelines and also a Poster
for use by Clubs to promote Child Welfare awareness
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