The Cannonvale Cannons Swimming Club congratulated Jy Parkinson, Jacob Bell, Holly Perrin, Remy Hedges, Austin Edwards-Bland, Ehsan Helou, and Anisa Helou for being selected for the SNQ State and National Development squad.
The youngsters were invited to participate in a special swim clinic on Sunday led by Queensland Coach Barry Prime.
Cannons’ Coach, Mark Erickson was also involved with coaching on the day and said that it was great to see all the top swimmers in NQ having an opportunity to meet up and to fine tune their skills.
Swimmers participated an athletic development session, kick and pull test sets, race specific training and recovery practice.
Also this week, the Cannons hosted another successful Club Night.
Congratulations to Don Algie for setting a new 25-metre Butterfly record. Congratulations to Addie Sanders and Celeste Orenshaw on their Upgrades.
The club also presented Levi Smith with the Swim Star Award for swimming extremely well at last Club Night. The Chocolate Awards went to Jack Ganter and Matilda Nicholes for the best personal bests.
The Cannons also presented JX Caps and awards to: Anisa Helou (Gold), Ehsan Helou (Bronze), Isabella Pisaniello (Blue), Nathan Saunders (Blue), Daniel Saunders (Blue), Lukas Trevaskis (Bronze), Don Algie (Bronze), Tora Delac (Silver), and Jai Dennison (Blue).
As well, Austin Edwards-Bland (Gold), Rohan Gascoyne (Blue), Rory Gascoyne (Blue), Scarlett Gascoyne (Blue), Thomas Ganter (Blue), Matilda Nicholes (Blue), and Isaac Pisaniello (Blue), received their JX Caps.
Alongside them were Oliver Bond (Silver), Charlie Doherty (Blue), Nelson Malady (Silver), Remy Hedges (Silver), Lochlan Jamieson (Bronze), Taj Murray (Blue), Blake Hanks (Silver), Abi Maher (Blue), Tiana Bell (Blue), and Ruby Harland (Blue).
The Cannons are kickstarting the new season and would like to invite new swimmers and their families to “Come and Try” Club Night and to learn more about club swimming. Club Nights are on every Wednesday from 5pm.
Contributed with thanks to Raylene Rasmussen
Addie S and Celeste O with Upgrades
Don Algie with record certificate Sept 2022