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Sale swimmers proved this weekend that hard work in training equals success in competition. All 18 swimmers who competed at Warragul on Sunday have been attending regular sessions and training hard, and they came home with no less than

41 personal bests, 12 gold, 15 silver and 15 bronze medals

Our youngest club members showed that age is no boundary with Hayley Castle(7) winning Bronze in her 8&Under 50m Free. Sarah Morrison(7) and Hollie Rowand(6) also showed great determination. Sarah achieving a great time in her first 50m Fr and Hollie with improved times in all of her 25m events.

Megan Keil(8) dominated in the 8&Unders adding to her ever increasing medal tally with 3golds, 3silvers and a bronze.

Shaylee Wedlock(10) started the meet well winning gold in 9/10 girls 100m Fr in a personal best time, she then went on to win a further 3golds and 1silver. Also doing well in this age group were Stephanie Poland(10) who won bronze in her 50m Bk and maintained her good form of recent meets. Hannah Goodison(10) won bronze in the 50m Fr with a PB time, a silver in 100m BK and after a great effort in the 100m Fly showed that 50m Fly was no problem taking 2secs of her previous time. Julia Lee(10) won bronze in her first 200m IM and praise should also be given to her 7.73sec PB in her 100m Free.

Our 9year olds also showed great promise, with Emily Morrison showing good improvement in her Bk and Br, and Jordan Rowand attaining great PBs in her 50m Fr, Bk and Br.

 The boys shouldn’t go unnoticed either. Aaron Castle (9) improved his 50m Br and John Lee (9) also showed good improvement in his 50m Fr with a 3.46sec PB and great effort in his first 50m Br.

In the 11/12 years age group Sophie Fox (11) made a great comeback after injury, winning 3 silver and 2 bronze medals. Melanie Smethurst (11) continues to see the results of her hard work, with PBs in 3 out of her 6 events.

Ian Melrose (11) increased his medal count, winning 1 silver and 6 bronze medals. Daniel Lee (12) also deserves congratulations, after smashing his 100m Fr PB by 8.19secs, his 50m Br by 5.39secs and also improving his times in the 100Bk and Br.

Completing the Lee Family successes, was Caroline (13), who continued in her winning form placing in 8 of her 10 events with 1 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze in the 13/14 age group. Cameron Goodison (14) also returned, to competition, on great form winning 4 gold and 2 silver medals all in personal best times.

Well done everyone! Keep up the hard work at training so we can continue with these achievments and further improve! 

Donna Rowan

Sale’s own Olympic hero, Ashley Delaney, returned to where it all began, Sale Swimming Club, on Tuesday evening, September 2nd.

Delaney won a silver medal in the medley relay at the Beijing Olympics.

He returned to Sale to take young swimmers through his journey, starting from when he was eight years old up until the time he swum at Beijing in his first Olympic final.

Delaney shared his elation and excitement of making the Australian team, mixing with the elite of Australian swimming, the journey to Beijing and the experiences he had when he arrived.

He reminisced about his start with Sale swimming Club. It was at the annual school Friday night swimming carnival, and he swum in board shorts but won easily by about five metres. Afterwards, a swimming club member, Marg Dent, invited him to join the club, but he wasn’t sure at first, as he also wanted to play Rugby League.

He still holds the Sale long course records for 16 boys  100m freestyle and backstroke, and 50m butterfly.

At about 17, Delaney spent a brief time at Traralgon, before moving on to Nunawading Swimming Club after winning a scholarship. From there he won another scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sport, where he still trains with Coach Vince Raleigh.

Delaney encouraged the swimmers, telling of other Australian team members who originally came from country areas. He stressed it takes a lot of hard work and dedication to make it to the top, but it was all worth it.

Delaney also took the Sale Swimming Club target squads through a series of backstroke and freestyle drills he used himself at training.

Afterwards, Delaney was presented with a life membership from Sale Swimming Club and then was crowded by swimmers, past and present, waiting to congratulate him, get an autograph, and a chance to touch THE MEDAL.

Sale Swimming Club results, Oil City August 3, 2008

L-R Back: Brad Leggett, Megan DeWys, Megan Raine
Front: Zoe Henderson, Ian Melrose, Hannah Goodison, Shaylee Wedlock

Sale Swimming Club hosted the annual Oil City Christopher Hirth Memorial Meet recently, with swimmers competing from Sale, Bairnsdale, Morwell, Warragul and Traralgon. Most swimmers are now back in training and eager to test their racing skills and gain better times.

Sale won an outstanding 30 gold, 26 silver and 24 bronze, and Sale coaches were pleased with the team’s 84 personal best total.
The senior swimmers led the way in gold with Brad Leggett, 18, who won an outstanding total of seven gold and two silver.

Kim Ventrella, 16, dominated with seven gold and Megan Raine, 15, returning to form won four gold and two bronze medals.

Ben Langshaw, 22, and Caroline Lee, 13, both collected two gold while 10 year old Shaylee Wedlock started the season well with 3 gold.
Ian Melrose claimed the honors for Sale in the 11-12 boys, swimming in ten events and finishing with nine silver and one bronze medal. Daniel Golcic, 12, from Traralgon won all ten 11-12 boys events and was awarded the trophy for the most outstanding swimmer of the day.
Eight year old Megan Keil won gold in two events and four silver. Unfortunately, Megan’s dad, David Keil missed her winning the 100m freestyle, as he spent the morning trying to round up escaped cows. He arrived at the pool during the lunchtime break, just in time to find out he had won the raffle for a weekend at Metung!

Results:
Brad Leggett, 18, 1st 100m individual medley, freestyle, backstroke, butterfly, breastroke; 1st 50m backstroke, butterfly; 2nd 50m breastroke, freestyle.
Kim Ventrella, 17, 1st 100 individual medley, freestyle, backstroke, 1st 50m breastroke, butterfly, freestyle, backstroke.
Megan Raine, 15, 1st 100m breastroke, backstroke; 1st 50m breastroke, backstroke; 3rd 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle.
Megan Keil, 8, 1st 8 and under girls 100m individual medley, 100m freestyle; 2nd 25m breastroke, 25m butterfly, 25m backstroke, freestyle.
Caroline Lee, 13, 1st 13-14 girls 100m butterfly, 50m butterfly; 2nd 200m individual medley, 3rd 100m breastroke.
Shaylee Wedlock, 10, 1st 9-10 girls 50m breastroke, 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke.
Ben Langshaw, 22, 1st 17 and over boys 50m breastroke, 50m freestyle.
Alessia Colombo, 9, 1st 9-10 girls 50m butterfly; 2nd 100m individual medley, 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke; 3rd 50m backstroke.
Stephanie Poland, 10, 1st 9-10 girls 100m breastroke; 3rd 9-10 girls 50m freestyle.
Nick Bennett, 15, 1st 15-16 boys 50m backstroke; 3rd 50m butterfly.
Ian Melrose, 11, 2nd 11-12 boys 200m individual medley, 100m individual medley, 100m backstroke, 100m butterfly, 100m breastroke, 50m freestyle,50m breastroke, 50m butterfly,  50m backstroke; 3rd 100m freestyle.
Trudie Henderson, 2nd 17 and over girls 50m freestyle, 50m breastroke.
Megan DeWys, 14, 2nd 13-14 girls 50m breastroke, 100m breastroke.
Sophie Fox, 11, 2nd 11-12 girls 50m backstroke; 3rd 100m breastroke, 50m butterfly.
Hannah Goodison, 10, 2nd 9-10 girls 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke.
William Lee, 12, 3rd 11-12 boys 200m individual medley, 100m individual medley, 100m backstroke, 100m breastroke
Alexandra Tonkin, 14, 3rd 13-14 girls 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 50m backstroke.
Davide Colombo, 12, 3rd 11-12 boys 100m butterfly, 50m backstroke.
Hayley Castle, 6, 3rd 8 and under 25m breastroke.
Joshua Tatterson, 10, 3rd 9-10 boys 100m freestyle.
Zoe Henderson, 9, 3rd 9-10 girls 100m breastroke.

Delaney's Olympic silver

A SWIM in the heats has given Sale swimmer Ashley Delaney a silver medal at the Beijing Olympics.

Delaney swam the backstroke leg in Australia's winning effort in the heats of the 4x100 metre medley relay on Saturday. Australia completely changed its line-up for Sunday's final with 100m breaststroke bronze medallist Hayden Stoeckel replacing Delaney. Australia finished second behind the United States, giving Michael Phelps a record eighth gold medal in the one Olympics. Both teams were inside the old world record set at the Athens Olympics. Delaney had missed a place in the final of the 200m backstroke after coming sixth in his semi-final in 1:57.73 minutes last Thurday. He recorded the 10th fastest time, less than a second from making the final. Earlier last week Delaney came fifth in the final of the 100m back.

An outstanding effort for a local swimmer who is only starting on his National Campaign. 

Medal shows that Delaney is world class, 18 August 2008

Ashley Delaney's Olympic campaign has come to end. Although he returns home without an individual medal, Delaney ranks as one of the world's best backstroke swimmers.

He finishes his Olympic debut with a finals 5th place and a personal best time. He also swam in the 4 x 100 medley relay qualifying event which secured Australia a place in the final. The Australian team won a silver medal and, along with the finalists, members of the qualifying team also won a silver medal.

The 22-year old former Academy member, who now swims with the AIS in Canberra, struck form at the Australian Championships in March. He won the 100 metres backstroke in Australian record time and defeated former Olympic medallist, Matt Welsh. In the 200 metres event Delaney finished second to his rival Hayden Stoeckel.

Both swimmers were nominated for Beijing, with Delaney also selected for the FINA World Short Course Championships in April. The Championships were an important milestone for Delaney, and he won third place in the 50 metres backstroke as well as taking Australian short course records.

At Beijing however Delaney has been eclipsed by Stoeckel. Both swimmers made the 100 metres backstroke final with Stoeckel finishing in a dead-heated 3rd place. He had beaten Delaney, who was awarded 5th place, by just a touch.

In the 200 metres backstroke Delaney was eliminated in the semifinals while Stoeckel finished 6th in the final. Stoeckel also achieved Australian records in both backstroke events. In consequence, Stoeckel was selected into the 4 x 100 medley relay final in which Australia finished second. Delaney, less gloriously, swam only the qualifying round, but has also been awarded a silver medal.

In an interview during the Games Delaney generously praised Stoeckel's 100 metre performance, saying it had been inspirational to him.

With both Delaney and Stoeckel now firmly established at world level, who knows how much they will press each other to even greater results? May the inspiration continue!

FLAG CEREMONY RAISES SWIM EMOTIONS

KUALA LUMPUR, August 2: The Telstra Dolphins Australian Swim Team has wound up preparations for Beijing with an emotional flag presentation ceremony in Kuala Lumpur.

The team flies into Beijing on Sunday after an eight day training camp in the Malaysian capital buoyed by the ceremony that witnessed all 43 swimmers presented with an Australian flag.

It was the first time the entire team has participated in such a flag presentation and National Head Coach Alan Thompson, who worked with Senator Bill Heffernan to organise the flags as gifts from the Commonwealth, hopes to make the flag presentation a tradition on senior National swim teams.

The team will now focus on the move from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing and onto the uniform distribution and arrival at the Athletes Village.

Backstroker Ashley Delaney, who will swim both the 100 and 200 metres in his first Games, said

“It is a great tradition to start and most of us don’t have an Australian flag in our homes so to have one now and to have received it because we are going to the Olympics is pretty special,” Delaney said.

“It means so much more to have an Australian flag presented to us before the Olympics than just about anything someone could give us because it symbolises so much.”

Delaney also said the flag would have varying meanings throughout the team and the entire country.

“The flag means different things to different people but to me it means my family, my home and everything I’ve ever learnt,” Delaney said.

“It’s what we represent when we go away and something I’m very proud of.

“It’s the history of the country and everything good about Australia rolled up into one thing.”

Thompson said whilst the flag ceremony was both a proud and exciting moment for the team, it was important to now keep emotions balanced.

“As we wind things up here in Kuala Lumpur things are going well and every day gets you a little closer to where you want to be,” Thompson said.

“Whilst it’s probably an unusual feeling, because people at home would be over excited at this stage, I think these guys are able to take it in their stride.

“They have to plan for each day until the start of competition and I am sure there’ll be the normal nerves they have before a competition, but it is important to keep the excitement levels and the emotion on a fairly even keel.

“We’ve had a couple of little outings here in Kuala Lumpur that the kids have done and we have shown movies and the Spirit of Australian Sport – Swimming documentary that was on the History Channel back home this week.

“All of those sorts of things help to take your mind off things for a while and help the swimmers to relax between training sessions.”

Four years ago in Athens several swimmers were overwhelmed by the occasion when they first walked into the competition pool but Thompson believes the group will be able to keep their emotions in check when they get their first look at the futuristic Water Cube pool on Monday.

“They have seen photos and footage of the pool and the first day will be more about having a look around and an exploration for them,” Thompson said.

“One thing I said when I was over their in February when I first saw the pool is that it should be a great comfort level for our swimmers because it is pretty much the same interior design as the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre and therefore it’s going to seem very familiar.”

The team, which reports all members fit and healthy, will arrive in Beijing just after 3pm local time on Sunday

Pictured are ex Sale swimmers Natalie Moore, Ashley Delaney & Brett Hallem, at the Telstra Grand Prix series July 4th to 6th, where Ashley was competing with the Australian team. Brett is still swimming at the Maroubra club in Sydney. Natalie is a coach in Brisbane, both swimmers are still at university and keep in touch with each other. All three swimmers have achievements in ( Gippsland, Country, State and Ashley as we know at the national swimming level.) Natalie went on to compete in state and national life saving carnivals in the iron women
and team events. Thanks to Rob Moore for this contribution.

Ashley Delaney at Open Nationals

Ash Delaney - former Sale Club Captain has become the first Sale swimmer to be selected for an Olympic team.  Ashley broke Matt Welsh's Australian Record in winning the 100m Backstroke (53.68)  at the Australian Championships and followed that with a 2nd in the 200m and another win (and Australian record) in the 50m event.  Ash, who now trains at the AIS, will swim in the 100m, 200m and the 4 x 100m relay in Beijing. 
Well done Ash; you ARE a legend!  

Watch this site to keep posted on his progress.

Dads in the Bairnsdale Pool

Five Sale Swimming Club dads took to the pool at the Bairnsdale Open Interclub Swim Meet, January 12th, cheered on by enthusiastic spectators.

They all hope to swim in the 35 & Over races at the Gippsland Championships to be held at Sale from the 8-10 March.

To qualify for the Championships, entrants must take part in a minimum of three qualifying swim meets.

They all managed to complete the 100m freestyle race. David Keil, Peter Lee and Gavin Ballinger put in outstanding performances except for the bellywackers at the start. However, Damien Hogan and Simon Colombo were seen wading the last 15 metres, to the delight of their children, watching from the side.

Sale Swimming Club also have five mums competing- Cathy Lee, Trudi Henderson, Joan Keil, Donna Rowand and Carol Barker

Swimmers Go Sunsmart At The Tom Osborne Meet, December 2nd

Sale Swimming Club members were given protective sun hats at the Tom Osborne Swim meet last weekend, just in time for the hot summmer season..

The hats were purchased at the request of Andy Barnes, who has been with the club for over 30 years and has had personal experience with skin cancer. At the meet, he handed out the hats to swimmers and gave a talk about the importance of developing sun smart habits.

The swimmers were thrilled with their new look and paraded in their new hats for the remainder of the day. The hats were supplied by Noddy’s Menswear who embroidered the club logo and generously added extra caps to the total.

The purchase of the hats was made possible by a Sunsmart sporting uniform grant from the Department of Victorian Communities.

This meet  included the last Camp 21 session. Swimmers who took part were given a certificate of participation. We are sure to see more of these talented and dedicated young swimmers, who worked very hard with early morning starts and long days attending the following swim meets at the three sessions. .

The interruptions to training due to ongoing pool renovations did have an impact on the performance of swimmers but there were some good results overall, including some very good PB's from some of the younger swimmers. 8 yr old Aaron Castle, who is the grandson of  Tom Osborne, was thrilled to win the breastroke for his grandad.

One of the day's highlights for the swimmers was being able to play in the outside pools during breaks. This was especially appreciated as the day was quite hot and humid.

Swim Meet Results

Girls:

Megan Raine: 1st 15-16yrs 100m backstroke; 1st 15-16yrs 100m breastroke; 1st 15-16yrs freestyle; 3rd 15-16yrs 100m butterfly; 3rd Open 100m freestyle.

Sophie Fox: 1st 9-10 yrs 50m butterfly; 1st 9-10 yrs 50m breastroke; 1st 9-10 yrs 50m backstroke; 2nd 9-10 yrs 50m freestyle.

Caroline Lee: 1st 11-12 yrs 100m butterfly; 2nd Open 200 butterfly; 4th 11-12 yrs 100m backstroke.

Carissa Marshall: 2nd 15-16yrs 100m butterfly; 15-16yrs 100m breastroke; 15-16yrs 100m freestyle.

Trudi Henderson: 2nd 17 & 0ver 50m freestyle; 3rd 17 & over 50m freestyle.

Jordan Rowand: 3rd 8 & under 50m breastroke; 3rd 8 & under 50m freestyle.

Rhiannon Marshall: 3rd 15-16yrs 100m freestyle; 4th 15-16yrs 100m breastroke.

Megan Keil: 3rd 8 & under 50m backstroke.

Cathy Lee: 3rd 17 & over 50m breastroke.

Kelly Robinson: 3rd 9-10 50m butterfly.

Alexandra Tonkin: 3rd 13-14yrs 50m backstroke.

Megan DeWys: 4th 13-14yrs 50m butterfly; 4th 13-14yrs 50m freestyle.

Linley Bertacchini: 4th 15-16yrs 100m freestyle.

Boys:

Ian Melrose: 1st 9-10yrs 50m breastroke; 9-10yrs 50m backstroke; 2nd 9-10yrs 50m freestyle; 3rd 9-10yrs 50m butterfly.

Nick Bennett: 1st 15-16yrs 100m backstroke; 2nd 15-16yrs 100m breastroke.

Aaron Castle: 1st 8 & under 50m breastroke.

James Vandersteen: 2nd 11-12yrs 100m breastroke; 2nd 11-12yrs 100m butterfly; 3rd 11-12yrs 100m  freestyle; 3rd 11-12yrs 100m backstroke.

Ben Dessent: 2nd 9-10 years 50m breastroke; 3rd 9-10yrs 50m backstoke.

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Camp 21

 Sale Swimmers Bring Home the Medals

A magnificent final winter swim meet at Warragul, October 7th saw Sale Swimming Club bring home 39 medals, including 19 gold, 13 silver and 7 bronze.
This was the fifth and final winter swimming meet in preparation for the Gippsland Swimming Inc summer season, beginning with Meet 1 at Morwell on the 21st October
Coach Des Phillips was thrilled with the results and praised the commitment and team spirit of the swimmers, who have trained well all winter and are now reaping the rewards.

Ian Melrose (10) was victorious in all six events, picking up gold in the 100m freestyle, 100m Individual Medley, 50m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 50m breastroke and 50m butterfly.
Sophie Fox (10) was outstanding with gold in the 100m breastroke, 100m Individual Medley, 50m backstroke, 50m breastroke, 50m freestyle and silver in the 50m butterfly.
Caroline Lee (12) was impressive, competing in ten events and finished with three gold, four silver, two bronze and four personal bests.
Carissa Marshall (16) picked up 3 gold, a bronze and three personal bests.
Megan Raine (14), despite battling a virus scored one gold, three silver and a bronze.
Rhiannon Marshall (16) put in a solid performance with two silver, a bronze and two personal bests.
Zoe Henderson (8), showed the results of all her hard training with two gold, two silver and six personal best times.
Cameron Goodison (13) scored personal best times in all his events and finished with three silver.
Jessica Fox (14), and Teigan Brown (12), both picked up a bronze.
Daniel Lee (11), Aaron Castle (8), John Lee (8) and Julia Lee (9), all recorded personal best times

Champion Juniors at Morwell 13 & Under Short Course Sprints, August 25

¶¶ 30 PB’s ¶¶

Back: James Raine; James Vandersteen; William Lee; Davide Colombo; Daniel Lee. Front: Caroline Lee; John Lee; Sophie Fox; Alessia Colombo; Julia Lee; Ian Melrose. Absent: Tianna Hogan; Sam Hogan; Taylah Ballinger; Maddie Ballinger; Shaylee Wedlock.

16 Sale junior swimmers competed at the annual Morwell 13 & Under SC Sprints August 25 and collected an outstanding 4 Age Champion medals – Ian Melrose, 10yr boys: 1st,  Sophie Fox, 10yr girls:1st;  Alessia Colombo, 8yr girls: 1st and Caroline Lee with a very credible 3rd in 12yr girl’s age champion. Sale also finished with an amazing 30 PB’s. Ribbons were awarded to 8th place in each age group.

Results

Boys: Ian Melrose, 10yrs 100m individual medley: 1st; 50m breastroke: 1st; 50m freestyle: 1st; 50m butterfly: 2nd; 50m breastroke: 3rd.
William Lee, 11yrs- 50m breastroke: 1st; 100m individual medley: 3rd; 50m backstroke: 5th; 50m butterfly: 5th; 50m freestyle: 8th.
Davide Colombo, 11yrs 50m butterfly: 2nd; 50m backstroke: 6th; 50m freestyle: 6th; 50m breastroke: 8th.
James Vandersteen, 12 yrs 50m butterfly: 3rd; 50m breastroke: 6th; 50m backstroke: 7th; 100m individual medley: 8th; 50m freestyle: 8th.
Sam Hogan, 11yrs 50m backstroke: 8th.
John Lee, 8yrs 50m backstroke: 5th; 50m freestyle: 7th.

Girls: Sophie Fox, 10 yrs 50m backstroke: 1st; 100m individual medley: 1st; 50m butterfly: 2nd; 50m breastroke: 2nd; 50m freestyle: 2nd.
Alessia Colombo, 8yrs 50m butterfly: 1st; 50m freestyle: 1st 50m backstroke: 2nd; 50m breastroke: 2nd; 100m individual medley: 3rd.
Caroline Lee, 12 yrs 50m butterfly: 1st; 100m individual medley: 1st; 50m breastroke: 4th; 50m freestyle: 5th; 50m backstroke: 6th.
Tianna Hogan, 11yrs 50m Fly: 3rd; 100m individual medley: 4th; 50m backstroke: 5th.
Shaylee Wedlock, 9 yrs 50m freestyle: 3rd; 50m backstroke: 4th.
Maddie Ballinger, 8 yrs 50m butterfly: 4th; 50m backstroke: 5th.
Taylah Ballinger, 11yrs 50m butterfly: 6th.

Sale Swimming Club hosted the Oil City Christopher Hirth Memorial Meet on August 12th.

The meet was renamed in honour of Christopher Hirth, club captain 2006/2007 who passed away earlier this year. The team did him proud, collecting a total of 77 medals, including 28 gold; 20 silver and 29 bronze. Teams competed from Sale, Traralgon, Morwell, Warragul, Bairnsdale and Moe. Maffra’s Andrew Cameron, who swims for Traralgon Swimming Club, was presented with the trophy for the outstanding swimmer of the day. Sale Swimming Club’s new pocket rocket, 8-yr-old Alessia Colombo won gold in all six events she competed. Alessia is emerging as a real talent in junior swimming having already won medals at Churchill and Warragul this season.
New club captain, Nicholas Bennett, 14, showed the way with 5 gold, 1 siver and 1 bronze. Ian Melrose, 10, dominated in the 9-10 year olds with 5 gold and 2 silver. Caroline Lee, 12, with another outstanding effort won 4 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze. Megan Raine, 14, continued to excel in the girls 13-14 yrs backstroke, winning gold in both the 50m and 100m events. Adrian Hector, 16, back in the pool after a year away, produced a gutsy effort, finishing with 2 gold and 3 bronze.
Prue May, 18, also back after a long break, collected 4 bronze. As well as competing, Prue also coaches the juniors.

Overall results:
Girls:
Alessia Colombo, 8 & under: 1st 25m butterfly, 1st 25m breastroke, 1st 25m backstroke, 1st 25m freestyle, 1st 50m freestyle and 1st 100m freestyle.
Caroline Lee, 11-12 yrs: 1st 50m butterfly, 1st 100m butterfly, 1st 100m breastroke, 1st 100m Individual Medley; 2nd 100m backstroke, 3rd 50m breastroke, 3rd 50m freestyle, 3rd 100m freestyle, 3rd open 400m freestyle.
Megan Raine, 13-14 yrs; 1st 50m backstroke, 1st 100m backstroke, 2nd 50m freestyle, 2nd 100m freestyle, 2nd 100m breastroke.
Kim Ventrella, 15-16 yrs: 1st 50m freestyle, 2nd 50m butterfly, 2nd 100m freestyle, 3rd 50m backstroke.
Zoe Henderson, 8 & under:  1st 50m breastroke, 2nd 25m backstroke, 3rd 50m freestyle, 3rd 100m Individual Medley.
Maddie Ballinger, 8 & under: 1st 10m Individual Medley, 3rd 25m butterfly.
Kelly Robinson, 9-10 yrs: 2nd 50m backstroke, 2nd 100m freestyle, 2nd 100m breastroke, 2nd 100m Individual Medley.
Emma Flint, 15-16 yrs: 2nd 50m breastroke, 2nd 100m breastroke, 3rd 100m freestyle.
Prue May, 17 & over, 3rd 50m butterfly, 3rd 50m freestyle, 3rd 50m backstroke, 3rd 100m breastroke.
Megan DeWys, 13-14yrs: 3rd 50m butterfly, 3rd 50m breastroke, 3rd 100m breastroke.
Teigan Brown, 11-12 yrs: 3rd 100m butterfly, 3rd 100m backstroke.
Tianna Hogan, 11-12 yrs: 3rd 50m butterfly.
Shaylee Wedlock, 9-10 yrs: 3rd 50m freestyle.

Boys:
Ian Melrose, 9-10 yrs: 1st 50m butterfly, 1st 50m freestyle, 1st 100m backstroke, 1st 100m freestyle, 1st 100m Individual Medley, 2nd 50m breastroke, 2nd 50m backstroke.
Nicholas Bennett, 13-14 yrs: 1st 50m breastroke, 1st 50m butterfly, 1st 50m backstroke, 1st 100m backstroke, 1st 100m Individual Medley, 2nd 100m breastroke, 3rd 50m freestyle.
Adrian Hector, 15-16 yrs: 1st 50m breastroke, 1st 50m backstroke, 3rd 50m freestyle, 3rd 100m freestyle, 3rd 100m breastroke.
Nathan Turner, 9-10 yrs: 1st 100m breastroke, 3rd 50m breastroke.
Aaron Castle, 8 & under: 2nd 25m breastroke, 2nd 25m backstroke, 3rd
John Lee, 8 & under: 2nd 25m freestyle, 3rd 25m backstroke.
Thomas Weston-Arnold, 9-10 yrs: 2nd 100m breastroke.
Brad Leggett, 17 & over: 3rd 100m backstroke.
James Vandersteen, 11-12 yrs: 3rd 100m butterfly.

Huge PB Tally
Sale Swimming Club took a team of 16 swimmers to the Latrobe City Cup at Churchill on July 22nd. Despite some strong competition they returned home with 3 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze. Ian Melrose also claimed the medal for10 years boys champion. Over all the team achieved an outstanding 27 personal best tally. Courageous 12-year-old Caroline Lee competed in 9 events, including 4 Open, and made 4 personal bests. Tianna Hogan made personal best in all four strokes.
But the days highlight would have to be 8-year-old John Lee who decided it was quicker to jump than dive in the boys relay. This was the first competition meet for some of the juniors and they showed good results for their efforts at pre-season training.

Results:
Ian Melrose: 1st 10 years boys 50m backstroke; 1st boys 50m breastroke
Caroline Lee: 1st 12-13 girls 50m butterfly; 2nd Open 200m Individual Medley
Alessia Colombo: 2nd 8 & under girls 25m freestyle; 2nd 8 & under girls 25m backstroke; 2nd 8 & under girls 25m breastroke; 2nd 8 & under girls 25m butterfly.
Kim Ventrella: 2nd 16 & over girls 50m butterfly; 3rd 16 & over girls 50m freestyle.
Megan Raine: 3rd 13-14 girls 50m backstroke.
Tianna Hogan: 3rd 10-11 50m girls butterfly