On the weekend, nine Cannonvale Cannons participated in the SNQ Relay Supremacy event held in Townsville.
SNQ Captains Jy Parkinson and Hayley Andrejic guided their teams through various relay challenges.
Jy’s team, Jy’s Jets was comprised of Jacob Bell, Lochlan Jamieson, Ehsan Helou, and Anisa Helou. Hayley’s team, Hayley’s Comets, were Tiana Bell, Remy Hedges, Shantelle Short, and Holly Perrin.
The scores were very close - 101 to 103 - with Hayley’s Comets pipping it by two points in the end.
The Cannons hosted another fun Club Night on Wednesday where Club Secretary, Giselle Burton presented Jasmine Gerlofsma with the Swim Star Award based on her “cracking 50m Freestyle swim”.
Giselle also presented Upgrade Certificates to Levi Smith, Jasmine Gerlofsma, Lily Maher, Celeste Orenshaw, Isaac Pisaniello, Lilah Mewha, Piper Walker, and Indi Smith. Ehsan Helou and Levi Smith were presented with the Chocolate Awards for best personal bests.
The coaches, Mark Erickson and Ken Crittenden were very excited by standard of swimming at Club Night.
Isabella Pisaniello had a very successful night swimming four personal best swims, and an awesome 100-metre IM in 1.39.53 which was a 22.75 second personal best.
Isabella’s brother, Isaac also swam extremely well, swimming three personal bests. His 50-metre Butterfly saw him improve on his previous best the most, swimming a 52.98 second 50-metre.
Shailee Mewha and Jack Ganter had a cracking Club Night, achieving three personal bests.
Shailee swam a super 50-metre Breaststroke in 58.74 seconds, and one of Jack’s best swims was his 200-metre IM, which he swam in 3.06.29.
Jack’s brother, Thomas swam an excellent 200-metre Freestyle in 2.55.78 – an 8.52 second personal nest. Lily Maher swam a super 100-metre IM in a time of 1.49.83 - a 9.88 second personal best.
The club extends its thanks to all the volunteers and parents for their support. Club Nights will continue over the school holidays.
Contributed with thanks to Raylene Rasmussen