I am so proud of our team of 42 swimmers not only their performance in the pool but also their display of camaraderie and teamwork. While we weren't able to win back the cup this year against a team of 81, there were amazing results across all age groups.
We had several new families compete for the first time and it was pleasing to see the support from our more experienced swimmers.
Thank you to our new Club Captains for 2025/26, Lisa and Matthew, with support from Niushka for assisting with the event numbering which is always an exciting way to start the meet.
Our activation went well with all our younger squad swimmers knowing their routine and it was great to see our Adult team joining in too! With a pep talk and promise of ice cream (regardless of the result!) our swimmers were ready for their pool warm up.
Majority of our squad swimmers had been practising the pre-race warm up throughout the week so went through their paces and our mini swimmers swam a shortened version. Then it was time for the meet to begin!
Freestyle was the first stroke to be swum and the clouds were getting darker. Our swimmers achieved 14 new personal best times and a new State Qualifying time by Event 5 and then the storm hit!
The swimmers handled themselves very well with the delay and I am very pleased how well they reset to continue racing. We finished with 20 new Freestyle personal bests.
During the Backstroke events it was great to see some beautiful starts being executed after our swimmers had been working on them for the last few weeks. There were 13 new personal bests in Backstroke.
Breaststroke was next and our swimmers continued to demonstrate great skills, particularly in the pull-outs. 15 new bests were achieved.
At this point some of our littlest swimmers had completed their campaign and were enjoying their well-deserved ice-cream. I would like to thank all the swimmers for listening and waiting to enjoy the ice-cream truck until after their events were completed.
With the cancellation of the relays due to the storm, Butterfly was now the last event to be swum. Our swimmers successfully achieved 9 new personal bests. 3 of those swimmers had already achieved a personal best at club races in the morning!
Throughout the meet, our swimmers cheered and supported each other. There was a good display of friendly rivalry and our swimmers celebrated each other's success regardless of their own results. Our swimmers also had some good silly fun with their inspirational tattoos and storm related frivolity!
Congratulations to all!