Swimming’s super Sunday

SUNDAY proved to be a huge day on the swimming calendar as teams from throughout the region converged on SG Splash in Leongatha for Champion’s Day.
This day pits the best of the best swimmers from the six clubs involved in the South Gippsland Swimming Association; from Leongatha, Korumburra, Phillip Island, Wonthaggi, Corner Inlet and Mirboo North.
There were some wonderful individual and team performances with most swimmers coming home with at least one medal for their troubles.
In some cases, like Mia Deenen of Leongatha for example, swimmers came home weighed down with multiple first, second and third placed medals.
A highlight of the day was the awarding of a life membership to one of the Association’s stalwarts Frances Toohey of the Corner Inlet club.
She was presented her life membership by Peter Bellingham, the Association president.
As expected Leongatha Sharks Swimming Club won the aggregate shield for the most points scored throughout the carnivals this season. Wonthaggi collected the handicap shield.
The Leongatha Sharks later gathered at the PAC Centre at the Leongatha Primary School for its presentation afternoon where all the age champions and other presentations were made. Results and photos in next week’s Star.

Freestyle relay: coming in first in the Under 14 freestyle relay was the Leongatha team of, from left, Heide Tieman, Merrin Giles, Jess Fowkes and Mia Deenen.

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Posted by Sarah Vella on Mar 23 2016. Filed under Sport. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry