Thursday, August 24, 2023

Issue:

Mackay and Whitsunday Life

Cannons’ Club Champs

Despite the stormy start to the Cannons’ 2022 Club Championships, the event was completed on Wednesday with some awesome racing.  

The championships started last Saturday, but the wet and stormy weather made it difficult for swimming to continue.

Congratulations to Jax Clayworth for setting a record for 25m Butterfly and to Jy Parkinson for setting another record for 100m Backstroke.  

The coaches, Ken Crittenden and Mark Erickson would like to commend all the swimmers who participated in the championships.  

The coaches would also like to thank the Management Committee for organising a very successful Club Championships.

Championship highlights included Ruby Harland, Anisa Helou, Lochlan Jamieson, Lilli Bond, Jax Clayworth, Taj Murray, Holly Perrin, Remy Hedges and Daniel Saunders in fine form, swimming personal bests in just about all their events.  

Koa Harland swam a 100m IM in 2.38.68 taking a whooping 62.70sec off her previous best time, and Indi and Levi Smith both swam excellent times in their 100m IM.  

The youngest swimmer, Harry Chegwidden, aged four, swam a 25m Freestyle in 51.36sec, and Lochlan Jamieson who rarely swims backstroke, swam 100m Backstroke in 1.28.86 taking 7.29sec off his previous best time.  

Liam Filewood and Alannah Ogilvie swam super times in their 25m Breaststroke, whike Tiana Bell swam excellent times in her 100m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke each big personal bests.  

Congratulations to Jasper Korosec, Lilla Mewha, Millie Groom, James Davies and  Shailee Mewha for swimming well in longer events than they are use to.  

Congratulations to all the other swimmers who swam personal bests:  Jasper Korosec, Abi Maher, Lily Maher, Owen Maher, Scarlett Gascoyne, Zane Clayworth, James Davies, Harris Delac, Charlie Doherty, Evie Doherty, Jack Ganter, Thomas Ganter, Jacob Bell, Oli Bond, Nelson Malady, Matilda Nicholes, Celeste Orenshaw, Jy Parkinson, Addie Sanders, Nathan Saunders and Lukas Trevaskis.  

A big thank you to all the wonderful parents, coaches and volunteers for making the Club Championships a huge success.  

Contributed with thanks to Raylene Rasmussen

Jacob Bell and Ella Harland at Club Champs

Shailee J, Ruby and Matilda at Club Champs

In other news