One last turn for Canowindra's swimmers

Canowindra Swimming Club tumbled their last turn of the year as they finalised the 2005/06 season with a Presentation Night at the pool on Friday night.

President Peter Watt thanked a hard-working committee for their help in making the season a successful one, with the Club having 107 members for the season, about 30 of those first time swimmers.

Congratulations go to all those swimmers who bettered their times each week, yet were not fast enough to win a championship, just their participation ensure a great Friday night and their smile on receiving improvers certificates is a reward as great as a championship.

The first prize winners are listed below and your correspondent apologises for not listing second place winners, just know that you have not been forgotten.

Starting with the long distances.

The 400 metres was contested in two age groups. Open and 10 and under. The Open Championship winners were Adam Watt and Nadia Smith while Wallace Stranger and Madison Vitnell won the 10 and under.

Wallace and Madison were again successful in the 200 metres while Haydon Hodge and Nadia Smith were victorious in the Open 200 metres Championship Titles.

Coming down to the 100 metres freestyle saw Laura McLaughlin enter the winner's list in the Open 100 metres with Haydon taking out the Open Men's, while Adam Watt took out the 15/16 boys event.

13/14 years 100 metres freestyle went to Haydon Hodge and Belinda Burn while Angus Clulow and Nadia Smith won the title in the 11/12 age group.

Curtis Hughes and Madison Vitnell won the 9/10 66 metres freestyle while Regan Hughes and Alicia Earsman took out the 8 years and under 33 metres championships.

Breaststroke was the next stroke presented to Haydon and Nadia as they again went the long distance and took out the 100 metre Open titles.

Adam Watt succeeded in the 15/16 100 metres breaststroke while Haydon and Peta Edwards won the 13/14 years 66 metres for the same stroke.

The 11/12 years event saw new records set as Sam Barker completed the distance in 1.02.11 while Erica Johnson set a new mark of 1.06.54 in the girls 66 metre breaststroke.

Hannah Roth and Wallace Stranger took out the 9/10 years 33 metres events while Regan and Alicia were again successful in the 8 years and under category.

Backstroke saw the same two win the Open 100 metres as Haydon and Laura again dominated the longer distance while Adam backstroked to victory in the 15/16 years 100 metres.

Haydon and Peta triumphed in the 13/14 years 66 metres backstroke while Angus Clulow won the 11/12 boys 66 metres event in a new record time of 1.07.47.

Casey Edwards completed the 11/12 years girls event fastest while Isaac Beath and Madison Vitnell took out the 9/10 years 66 metre title.

Regan Hughes and Cassie Naylor won the 8 years and under 33 metre backstroke titles.

Adam Watt started off the butterfly round as he won the 15/16 years butterfly while Brydon Hughes and Alicia Smith won the 13/14 years 66 metre titles.

Elijah Beath completed 11/12 years boys 66 metres in a new record time of 1.06.19 while Ebony Watson took out the girls championship in the same age group.

Wallace Stranger and Madison Vitnell 'butterflied' their way to the 9/10 years titles while Regan Hughes made it a clean sweep of the strokes as he took out the boys 8 years and under 33 metres butterfly event.

Rette Tulikaki won the 8 years and under 33 metres butterfly championship for the girls, a wonderful achievement in her first year of swimming club.

Perhaps the hardest event of all is the medley, which was again contested in two age groups.

Open and 10 years and under, Haydon Hodge and Nadia Smith won the Open section while Wallace Stranger and Madison Vitnell won the Under 10s championship.

Kayla Banks took home the Learn to Swim Cup while Adam Watt's many red bellies were rewarded with the Belly Flop Championship.

Pointscore winners were Michael Wren and Laura McLaughlin in the Open category while Adam Watt and Romany Sanders succeeded in the 15/16 years age group.

13/14 years winners were Haydon Hodge and Peta Edwards while Elijah Beath and Nadia Smith took out the 11/12 years category.

9/10 years winners were Bailey Cain and Beatrice Patterson while Regan Hughes and Erica Blanch rounded out the pointscore trophy winners as they won the 8 years and under category.

Improvers Pointscore winner was Elijah Beath with 29 points with Bailey Cain second on 28 points while the 11 years and Under BBB Improvers pointscore winner was Sara Naylor with 19 points and second was Beatrice Patterson with 16 points.

So that is it for the 2005/06 season and once again the old committee has everyone's thanks for a job well done and we look forward to the 2006/07 season with a few new faces but hopefully a season just as jam packed with good times both in and out of the pool.

See you all back in October.