Ryde Challenge Cup

Congratulation to all the swimmers that competed. This was the club’s first long course hit out for the season. The goal of the meet was for the coaching staff to be able to assess the swimmers and note areas that will require work through the long course season.

The club finished second behind Ryde and won the prize money as the host club was excluded.

There were 28 club records broken. Moe Thu Aung our visitor from The Union of Myanmar also swam her first competition from the MLC Marlins, winning 3 events and coming second in one.

The team atmosphere was pleasing. The conduct of the swimmers in such areas as arriving on time, warm up discipline and general behavior was very good.

It was a little disappointing for the coaching staff that some swimmers left the meet early while some others did not discuss post-race performances with their coaches. Those that swum all their events and reported back to the coaches afterwards should be complimented as well as the swimmers that showed up for training the next day as instructed.

Swimming long meets and backing up afterwards is an important factor in successfully swimming long events such as Summer State, National Age and National Open.

Overall the meet was successful, the coaches gain useful information on a number of swimmers' performances. The number of personal best swims and club records was pleasing considering the work the Senior squad swimmers had done prior to the competition.

Well done to the Swimmers of the Month:

Kailah Elliott: Club records at Ryde: 50m & 100m Free, 100m back, 100m & 50m Breast,

Kenneth To: Club records at Ryde: 50m & 100m Free,100m Back, 110m & 50m Breast, 100m & 50m Fly, 200m IM.