Swimmers make waves at provincial competition

Local swimmers broke numerous records at the Northern KwaZulu-Natal Short Course Championships recently.

At the beginning of the month, both the senior and junior Newcastle girls teams from Newcastle Swimming and Lifesaving Club competed at the championships.

The senior girls who competed in the under-16 category in the 200-metres Free Relay event, are Sabrina-Lee Filipe, Skye van der Merwe, Vicky van der Merwe and Amy Fraser. They bettered the existing time of 2:01.77 to 1:59.20.

In the under-11 event, Minette Janse van Vuuren, Ingrid Groenewald, Dominique Nortje and Kayla Pretorius shattered the existing record of 2:26.92 with a time of 2:25.56. Well done to these swimmers, and every competitor who held the club’s name high.