Waterborn’s Australian swimming win
RANDBURG - The Waterborn Swimming Club did extremely well at the 2014 Georgina Hope Swimmers Foundation Australian Age Championships, making Peter Williams a proud coach.
SWIMMERS of Randburg-based Waterborn Swimming Club took part in the 2014 Georgina Hope Swimmers Foundation Australian Age Championships in Sydney and brought home excellent results home.
The team did exceptionally well at the championships, with 15-year-old Jarryd Dexter winning top of the team.
“Dexter broke the South African record in his age group’s 400m individual medley, 400m freestyle, and 200m individual medley,” Waterborn Swimming Club secretary Julie Langley said.
Coach Peter Williams expressed his elation at the good results.
“Most of the swimmers who went to Australia also took part in the South African championships [last month] and swam even faster in Australia than they did at the national championships,” he said proudly.
Parent Braam van Niekerk admitted to having instigated the idea of taking part in the championships.
“My son Kyle and I attended the event last year. But he wanted to do it again, this time with a team. This took months of preparation, especially financially, and we needed to make sure had a great team going to the championships.”
