With a fresh influx of young swimmers recently drafted into Team 2000, it could be said that the IASA will be more confident of good performances at the final Grand Prix meet in Sheffield at the end of the month than in any belief that the funds now available to the association will hold out much longer.
Since the withdrawal of government funding, pending the findings of the Murphy deliberations, the association's overseas programme has come under certain threat.
As workers. Meanwhile, the Team 2000 grows in strength and no fewer than eight newcomers to the squad have claimed places in the 14-strong team entered for Sheffield (May 29th-31st).
With the Commonwealth Games beckoning in September, Emma Robinson of the University of Bath is a competitor who is obviously benefiting from greater commitment to training.
The newcomers, called up on merit after the Leisureland international meet in Salthill last month, are: Andrew Bree, Mark Craig, Karen Marshall, Claire Nixon (all Ards), Nicola Pepper (Cormorants), Caitriona Kelly (Galway), Muris Reidy (Trojan) and Emma Robinson (Bangor).
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