Swift Aquatics happy to be back at Benoni Northerns Swimming Pool
The water babies of Swift Aquatics Club are delighted to be back in the drink at Benoni Northerns Swimming Pool after the facility was closed for treatment on February 8.
The pool reopened for the summer season on October 1.
Swift Aquatics held their first club night of the swimming season at the pool on Wednesday, October 18 which saw chairperson and coach, Glenn Keevy excited to be back in familiar waters.
“It is exciting to be back at the pool, although the water is a bit cold,” said Keevy.
“This is our first club night of the season and we are looking forward to a good season as far as club nights go.”
He said any club night is a fun event at which the club’s swimmers compete against each other in their respective age groups in a friendly atmosphere.
“It is a time when they learn to swim better, to make mistakes and to correct those mistakes before they go and compete at provincial galas.
“It is a learning environment which nurtures swimmers.”
Keevy, who coached Olympic swimmer Douglas Erasmus in the past, added there are some good swimmers coming through the club’s ranks with a few members achieving Level Three times while there are many juniors at the start of their careers who have made Level One times.
“At last count we had about 65 members at Swift and I see we have a few new faces here tonight.”
He added that the club also holds ‘time trial’ swims which means interested swimmers pay a small fee to swim a race to determine whether they like the sport or not.
From there they aim to bring interested swimmers into the club.
The club trains on Mondays to Thursdays at Benoni Northerns Swimming Pool.
For more information about the club, contact Keevy on 083 212 6795.
Results from Swift Aquatic Club’s club night on October 18 are:
Freestyle:
• Boys seven and under 33m: 1 Trevor Botha 31.36, 2 Tristan Linder 36.09.
• Girls eight to nine 33m: 1 Emily Burdett 24.59, 2 Chloe Linder 25.62, 3 Nayara Pereira 26.81.
• Boys eight to nine 33m: 1 Buddy Zackey 24.96, 2 Anthony van der Linden 25.30, 3 Marc Barnard 25.49, 4 Majaha Zwane 28.94, 5 Damon Krauss 32.26.
• Girls 10 to 11 100m: 1 Emma Banda 1:30.25, 2 Abigail Hains 1:41.00, 3 Izel Adlam 1:50.46, 4 Khaba Mkhize 2:00.33, 5 Leah Knudsen 2:17.63.
• Boys 10 to 11 100m: 1 Stephan Jansen 1:18.05, 2 Jonathan van der Slik 1:18.77, 3 Calder Millington 1:31.13, 4 Quan van der Merwe 1:31.78, 5 Christopher Gillespie 1:36.57, 6 Shane Ramsay 1:40.80, 7 Nicholas Collins 1:53.29.
• Girls 12 to 13 100m: 1 Morgan Vermeulen 1:18.24, 2 Cara van der Merwe 1:20.57, 3 Talisa Rademeyer 1:25.40, 4 Kirsty Coghill 1:29.49, 5 Oamo Moticoe 1:40.62.
• Boys 12-13 100m: 1 Callum Millington 1:04.16R, 2 Joshua Gillespie 1:12.42, 3 James Ashcroft 1:22.56, 4 Ben Roach 1:23.28, 5 Dylan Roach 1:27.24.
• Girls 14 to 16 100m: 1 Adri Oppermani 1:08.04R, 2 Tayla Parker 1:08.40.
• Boys 14 to 16 100m: 1 Cole O’Callaghan 1:07.33, 2 Mario Pereira 1:08.74, 3 Jonathan Kabalu 1:09.53, 4 Ethan Burdett 1:10.90, 5 Brent Shrive 1:13.13, 6 Daniel McQueen 1:16.71, 7 Wian Jansen 1:19.96, 8 Liam Share 1:25.92.
• Girls open 100m: 1 Brigitte Thysse 1:23.43.
Breaststroke:
• Boys seven and under 33m: 1 Trevor Botha 42.24, 2 Tristan Linder 51.49.
• Girls eight to nine 33m: 1 Nayara Pereira 32.06, 2 Emily Burdett 34.47, 3 Chloe Linder 38.96.
• Boys eight to nine 33m: 1 Buddy Zackey 35.30, 2 Anthony van der Linden 36.29, 3 Marc Barnard 38.55, 4 Damon Krauss 39.78, 5 Majaha Zwane 44.19.
• Girls 10 to 11 66m: 1 Emma Banda 1:08.02, 2 Abigail Hains 1:16.38, 3 Izel Adlam 1:21.63, 4 Khaba Mkhize 1:41.74.
• Boys 10 to 11 66m: 1 Stephan Jansen 1:07.12, 2 Jonathan van der Slik 1:08.79, 3 Quan van der Merwe 1:12.47, 4 Christopher Gillespie 1:15.43, 5 Calder Millington 1:19.27, 6 Shane Ramsay 1:19.70, 7 Nicholas Collins 1:38.70.
• Girls 12 to 13 66m: 1 Cara van der Merwe 1:10.20, 2 Talisa Rademeyer 1:11.65, 3 Morgan Vermeulen 1:16.58, 4 Oamo Moticoe 1:20.51, 5 Kirsty Coghill 1:22.13.
• Boys 12 to 13 66m: 1 Callum Millington 58.67, 2 Joshua Gillespie 1:01.23, 3 Ben Roach 1:03.13, 4 James Ashcroft 1:03.33, 5 Dylan Roach 1:07.80.
• Girls 14 to 16 66m: 1 Tayla Parker 56.84, 2 Adri Opperman 1:03.16.
• Boys 14 to 16 66m: 1 Cole O’Callaghan 58.46, 2 Mario Pereira 59.02, 3 Jonathan Kabalu 59.56.
• Girls open 66m: 1 Brigitte Thysse 1:03.74.
• Girls 10 to 11 33m: 1 Erin van der Bank 27.70.
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