Swimming team makes a splash
Local swimmers advanced to the Strategic Development Squad after competing in Eastern Gauteng Aquatic Championships between December 3 and 7.
The championships,which took place at Delville Aquatics Complex, saw more than 450 swimmers from over 30 different swimming clubs competing in the event.
Blackfin Swimming Club had seven swimmers competing in the championships and started preparations for the swimming event in August.
The event required participants to swim in a variety of strokes and distances.
The top eight in each division were then selected to compete again.
All seven swimmers from Blackfin club managed to beat their previous best times.
Club swimmer, Remo Venturi (12), achieved South African Level Three qualifying time, enabling him to compete against South Africa’s top junior swimmers.
Remo also took home four gold medals and two silver medals at the Aquatic Championship.
The 200m individual medley race saw Bjorn Williams (14) achieve a bronze medal.
Byron Smit (10) who was last year’s Junior Victor Ludorum,placed third in the 200m breaststroke championship event.
Remo and Bjorn are training partners and both have been selected to be part of the Strategic Development Squad.
The squad consists of a team of swimmers selected for specialised training and performance monitoring which enables them to compete against the top swimmers in the country.
The two athletes will be spending all their spare time preparing for the upcoming competitive swimming season.
