SWIMMING North Coast members have achieved top results at the recent NSW Youth State Age Short Course Championships in Sydney.
Seven of the club’s swimmers competed at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre and had top meets against the state’s best juniors.
Macksville’s Matilda Buchholz had a fantastic meet, winning ten gold medals and one silver.
The ten-year-old won gold medals in the 200m medley, 100m freestyle, 100m medley, 200m freestyle, 100m butterfly, 50m breaststroke, 100m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, 50m butterfly, and 50m backstroke.
She won her silver medal in the 50m freestyle.
Ted Petherbridge (12 Years), a multi-class swimmer from Kingscliff, won four bronze medals in the 200m medley, 50m butterfly, 100m butterfly, and 100m breaststroke.
He also had four top ten placings, finishing 6th in the 100m freestyle, 4th in the 100m backstroke, 6th in the 50m backstroke, and 6th in the 50m freestyle.
Also to swim their way into top ten placings were Coffs Harbour’s Harrison May (10), who finished 4th in the 50m backstroke and 8th in the 100m backstroke.
Chloe Higgins (13) from Port Macquarie placed 7th in the 100m medley, and 8th in the 100m backstroke.
By Aiden BURGESS
You can help your local paper.
Make a small once-off, or (if you can) a regular donation.
We are an independent family owned business and our newspapers are free to collect and our news stories are free online.
Help support us into the future.
