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Wellington Winter Champs Report

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Over the weekends of 30/31 August and 6/7 September 2008 the Wellington Winter Championships were held at the Aquatic Centre in Kilbirnie.  Mana Swimco proudly had a wonderful group of swimmers attending this meet.  The team consisted of: -Mark Anderson, Katie Churchill, Sophie Eason, Dannielle & Reegan Gaualofa, Jordan Harris, Grace & Jonathan Hunter, Holly & Kate Jenkins, Clare Lechner, Aaron, Deborah & Susannah Lynch, Brooke Marsters, Jordan Mellars, Lucy Newton-Smith, Bronagh Ryan, Letitia Saunders, Trent Shields, Natasha Smith, Craig Stapleton, Kahu & Matariki Styles, Bridget & Nicole Tait, Hamish & Josh Trlin, Katie & Nicola Trott, Ben Turner, Callum & Stephanie Watts-Pointer and Sebastian Young.

There were some outstanding swims by this group, heaps of personal bests including 148 top ten places and a total of 18 Gold, 7 Silver and 16 Bronze medals (see table below).

Well done to all swimmers for participating, cheering and supporting each other. You were all fantastic!!!

A huge thank you to Neville and Dennis for coaching and encouraging our swimmers to do their best!

Thanks also to the following parents for stepping forward to be team managers and helping with our club’s official duties (IOTs, Time-keeping, duty Top Ten Three

requirements): - Matt Trlin, Ingrid Kristament, Jackie Watts-Pointer, Jo Hunter, Tania Donaldson, Margriet Lynch, Sandra Bednarek, Sarah Tait, Pauline Ryan and Robyn Smith, Steve Shields, Murray Trott, Julie Stapleton, Heather Turner, Brittany Turner, Onolata Little, Carolyn Shields, Glenn Saunders, Mike Lynch, Craig Marsters and Graeme Eason.

At the completion of the Champs the scores (points are allocated to the top ten from each event) are collated with the following results for Mana: -

12 & Under: 1^st Capital, 2^nd Swimzone, 3^rd Karori, 4^th Porirua, 5^th Mana……

Full age group: 1^st Capital, 2^nd Swimzone, 3^rd Karori, 4^th Raumati, 5^th Mana……

Based on points per number of swimmers from each club:

1^st Capital, 2nd Porirua, 3^rd Levin, 4^th Carterton, 5^th Mana……

Also there is a further competition for Individual Age Group Champs and Mana is very proud to announce that we had TWO winners: -

9yr and under girls overall winner - Katie Trott

15yr girls overall winner - Bronagh Ryan

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Results

Jonathan Hunter	12-yr	Gold 200 back	Gold 100 back	Bronze 50 free
Clare Lechner	13-yr	Gold 50 fly Bronze 100 IM	Gold 100 fly Silver 200 breast	Gold 50 free
Susannah Lynch	12-yr	Bronze 200 breast	Bronze 100 breast	Bronze 50 breast
Bronagh Ryan	15-yr	Gold 200 breast Gold 100 free Bronze 200 free	Gold 100 breast Gold 50 free Bronze 100 back	Gold 50 breast Silver 50 back Bronze 200 IM
Trent Shields	13-yr	Gold 100 free Bronze 400 IM	Gold 50 free Bronze 200 back	Silver 200 free
Kahu Styles	17-yr	Bronze 50 breast
Hamish Trlin	11-yr	Gold 200 breast Bronze 100 IM Bronze 100 back	Gold 100 breast Bronze 50 back	Silver 50 breast Bronze 200 IM
Katie Trott	9-yr	Gold 100 breast Gold 100 free Silver 100 IM	Gold 50 breast Silver 50 fly Silver 100 back	Gold 50 back Silver 100 fly
Nicola Trott	12-yr	Silver 100 fly	Bronze 200 fly

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