Sunday 4 June saw 47 swimmers from the three ACT clubs along with visitors from Penrith and Newcastle entering the three hour swim meet. Held at the Lakeside Leisure Centre the meet was hosted by Tuggeranong Vikings. Due no doubt to the cold weather and winter ills only 38 of the 47 competed.
Vikings had the biggest team with 19 (12 women and 7 men), Ginninderra who swim at CISAC had 5 (2 women, 2 men and a non-member woman) while the Molonglo Water Dragons fielded the second biggest team with 12 (9 men and 3 women). The visitors were Lesley Doran of Novocastrian Club (Newcastle) aand Stephen De Lorenzo of Penrith. Stephen is the coach at the Thredbo Leisure Centre.
Numbers won the day with Tuggeranong winning the overall and Women’s point scores, while Molonglo won the Men’s point score and came second overall.
Women’s Team Scores
- Tuggeranong Vikings 444 pts
- Molonglo Water Dragons 112
- Ginninderra Masters 60
- Novocastrian 29
Men’s Team Scores
- Molonglo Water Dragons 311 pts
- Tuggeranong Vikings 236
- Ginninderra Masters 50
- Penrith Masters 40
Combined Team Scores
- Tuggeranong Vikings 700
- Molonglo Water Dragons 443
- Ginninderra Masters 130
- Penrith Masters 40
- Novocastrian 29
The odd numbers came from the Mixed Relays comprising two women and two men.
Due to our odd numbers Molonglo were only able to field a Mixed Team and a Men’s Team. Both of these teams won their age groups unopposed.
240 to 279 Mixed 4 x 50m Freestyle
Geoff Llewellyn 84, David Dedenczuk 53, Mary Liz Partridge 52 and Margaret Hadfield 61 swam 10th fastest time in NSW in 3mins:11.25 seconds
280 to 319 Men’s 4 X 50M Freestyle
Paul Maggs 75, Donald McMiken 75, John Collis 65 and Tim Booth 66 swam 6th fastest time in NSW in 2mins:44.46 seconds
Full results can be see here.