Swimming club recognises winners
This club has a long history and we all should be proud of having a swimming club in our little town. The opportunity for local swimmers being able to train and get to their best form for school swimming sports should always be available.
This year we had 22 children enrolled with Learn to Swim, down on previous years, and about 55 through swimming club. We had a senior squad with 16 swimmers.
Cooler weather meant we had only the most dedicated swimmers. Another positive difference from last year was having four pool-side coaches, meaning we could focus on individual swimmers to improve, streamlining, turns, starts and strokes through all buckets and the senior squad. We ran only one senior squad this year and this worked well, challenging the younger swimmers in the squad and pushing the older swimmers with healthy competition. We changed the buckets back into normal time of 5pm for Bucket 1 and 2 and 5.30pm for Bucket 3 and 4. By having a lane available in squads for Bucket 4, swimmers who wished to do more training could stay on.
This is my fifth year as president and head coach. I have a passion for swimming and love seeing young people enjoying the water, learning to swim and getting fit all at once. It’s great to have some other adult coaches with the same passion thoroughly enjoying coaching. Prizegiving winners: Under 16 Girls, Cornelius Cup — Sophie Oswald. Under 14 Girls, Hewald Cup — Rachel Bradbury. Under 12 Girls, Parker Cup — Cadie Broughton. Under 12 Boys, Winnard Cup — Liam Allen. Under 10 girls, Tua Cup — Anna Oswald. Under 10 boys, Beales Cup — Jacob Allen. Margaret Mabey Memorial Cup — Width Cup Learner Girls — Claudia Sigvertsen. Murphy Cup — Width Cup Learner Boys — Lachie Treder. Cosford Cup — Girls Learner Length — Claudia Sigvertsen. Nation Family Cup — Boys Learner Length — George Anderson. Farmer Cup — Girls 50M Freestyle — Sophie Oswald. Farmer Cup — Boys 50M Freestyle — Max Lett. Manawatu Centre Cup — 100M Individual Medley — Boys & Girls Open — Sophie Oswald. Robin Mackenzie Memorial Cup — 100M Freestyle — 11 yrs & under — Boys & Girls — Katie Oswald. Scarborough Cup — 100M Freestyle Girls — 12yrs & over — Sophie Oswald. Carrington Cup — 200M Freestyle Boys — Open, Liam Allen. The Impett Challenge Cup — 200M Freestyle Girls — Open — Rachel Bradbury. Bob Hewald Memorial Trophy — Most Improved Backstroke — Anna Marie Archer. Hannifen Cup — Most Improved Freestyle — Lachlan Flitten. Henry Gerritsen Cup — Most Improved Breaststroke — Addison Treder. Wills Cup — Most Improved Butterfly — Max Lett. Hemopo Cup — Learner Best Trier — Amber Mabey. Trevor & Carol Rankin Cup — Junior Best Trier — Michelle Bradbury. Winnard Wilson Cup — Senior Best Trier — Maddie Rankin. Pahiatua Swimming Club Cup — Most Improved Junior — Harry Wolland. Hewald Cup — Most Improved Junior Squad — Cadie Broughton. The Barry Devenport Cup — Points awarded for attendance, attitude, manners, etc — Kaleb Brunton.