Tag: swimming
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Personal best times broken at Taree’s qualifying swim meet
It was all about setting personal best times at Taree’s Lower North Coast swimming qualifying meet. Some of the State’s young guns battled hard to earn their spot in major championships this summer.
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SWIMMING NORTH COAST TITLES UNDERWAY IN FORSTER
Competitors have posted some fast times on the opening day of the Swimming North Coast championships. But they’ll have to wait a little longer for medals to be awarded, with results still to come in from Evans Head.
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ELITE SWIMMERS RETURN TO TAREE POOL FOR QUALIFYING MEET
The next generation of elite swimmers are in Taree this weekend for the local club’s annual qualifying meet. It’s the first chance competitors have had post lockdown to race their peers and take their talent to the next level.
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SWIMMING IS BACK ON THE FAR NORTH COAST
Swimmers in the Northern Rivers have jumped straight back into the pool with the region now out of lockdown. Head Coach, Simon Watkins says it’s been vital with summer competitions fast approaching.
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CENTRAL COAST SWIMMER MAKES FINALS OF AUSSIE TITLES
Mingara’s Brad Woodward has qualified for 5th position in the finals of the Australian Swimming Titles’ 200 metre backstroke event. The 22-year-old is hopeful of making Australia’s Olympic Team. The final begins at 7 o’clock tonight. (VISION ONLY)
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NASH WILKES ON TOP FORM SECURING TWO GOLDS AND A SILVER
Olympic-hopeful and breaststroke-specialist Nash Wilkes won two gold medals and a silver at the National Championships on the Gold Coast. The nineteen year-old is hoping to build on his success with Olympic trials just a few months away.
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NASH WILKES SECURES SILVER IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Forster swimmer Nash Wilkes has secured a silver medal, in the 50-metre breast-stroke at the National Championships. The 19 year-old won his second medal in his age group at the competition by one hundredths of a second. The personal best performance on the Gold Coast follows his gold-medal winning swim in the 100-metre earlier in…
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GOLD FOR FORSTER’S NASH WILKES AT AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPS
Forster swimmer Nash Wilkes picked up his first gold medal at the Australian National Championships on the Gold Coast this morning. The 19-year-old swam a personal best in the 100-metres breaststroke for his age group, hitting the wall in just under one minute and three seconds. Perhaps even more impressively, he finished 10th overall –…
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TAREE TO HOST ITS LARGEST SWIM EVENT TO DATE
The Taree Torpedoes Swimming Club is gearing up to host its largest event yet for this year’s state Country Regional Championships. Among the 510 competitors is a local athlete who is looking to continue his winning streak.
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FORSTER SWIMMER RANKING IN AUSTRALIA’S TOP TEN AT MAJOR MEET
A Forster swimmer has raced his way to victory in his first competition meet since the start of the year. Nash Wilkes placing in the top ten in Australia at the National Opens.