Counties SC Champs
Well done to everyone this weekend. Firstly, many thanks to our wonderful coaches,Ria and Niki. As usual, they were amazing. Always positive and motivating regardless of the race. Secondly, thank you all for helping with the Club duty day yesterday and for all the officiating over the two days. Everyone pitched in and helped which is a reflection of the club we are. We had many positive comments on the quality of the food.
Many congratulations to Debra Hawley who qualified as a Timekeeper this weekend. Katrini Parini also took her practical test today and will have her theory test shortly, I'm sure she'll pass.
On to the swimmers. We had a fantastic 62% pb rate over the weekend.
Outstanding performances in particular by the following swimmers:
100% pb club - Mikaela 6/6, Maddie 6/6, Emma 6/6, Sofia 8/8
Other notable pb'ers - Nathan 5/7, Erin 5/7, Alexander 10/11, Alissa 6/7, Katie-Lee 6/7
Medal winners and Counties overall placings:
Leon - Silver 50 Back. 8th overall Counties 9 year old boy.
Libby - Bronze 100 Fly, Silver 100 Back & 200 IM. 1st overall Counties 10 year old girl.
Matthew - Gold 100 Back, Silver 50 Fly, 50 Back and 200 Back, Bronze 100 Free, 100 Fly and 200 Free. 4th Overall Counties 10 year old boy.
Ethan - Bronze 200 Back. 6th Counties 10 year old boy.
Blake - Silver 200 Back, Bronze 100 Fly and 50 Back. 6th Overall Counties 11 year old boy.
Alexander - Bronze 200 Back, 200 Free, 200 Breast. 7th equal Overall Counties 11 year old boy.
Nathan - Silver 100 Fly, Bronze 50 Free and 200IM. 7th equal Overall Counties 11 year old boy.
Erin - Gold 100 Breast, Silver 50 Breast. 4th Overall Counties 12 year old girl.
The following swimmers achieved Auckland Junior Times:
Mikaela - 50 Fly
Maddie - 100 Back
Katie-Lee - 100 Back - Special Congratulations for her first Auckland time
Erin - 100 Back
Ethan - 200 Back
Blake - 100 Breast
Alexander - 200 IM, 50 Breast, 100 Back, 200 Back, 50 Fly
Matthew - 200 Back
We now have 14 swimmers qualified for Auckland Juniors.
For NZ Juniors, many congratulations to Ethan who is newly qualified with the 50 back. The following swimmers qualified for new events:
Libby - 100 Fly, 100 Back
Nathan - 50 Free, 100 Back, 200 IM
Matthew - 200 Back, 50 Fly
We now have 4 swimmers going to Wellington.
Counties Anniversary Meet December 3rd 2019
Well done to everyone who attended the two meets at the weekend. An endurance for all of us. Firstly, thank you to LC for coaching the swimmers on Saturday and Sunday. Always smiling, always encouraging. Thank you also to our IOTs and timekeepers, the days were long and hot.......
Manurewa Meet July 21st 2019
Well done everyone for enduring a very, very long meet. Many thanks to LC for coaching the team and all our parents for officiating. The team did exceptionally well. Overall we had 66% pbs and only one DQ. The holiday training has certainly paid off. Our 100% pb’ers are Charlotte,......
Counties Age Group Champs January 28th 2019
Well done to everyone, Coaches, Parents and Swimmers, who endured a very long weekend at Papatoetoe. A marathon weekend, but a very successful one for the Club. . Thank you Ria and Chris for coaching so wonderfully yet again, and to all our parents who officiated and helped with club......
Welcome to the 2018/19 Swim Season!!! August 5th 2018
Welcome to the 2018/19 swim season everybody! The 2018/19 season is underway with a hiss and a roar with 2 rounds of the Counties Winter and Dolphin League's having been completed, with......
2018 Swimming Counties Manukau Prize Giving - FAST cleans up! June 20th 2018
FAST cleans up at the 2018 Swimming Counties Manukau Prize Giving!...
New Zealand 2018 National Round-up (February to April) May 29th 2018
FAST have had the best year yet at the National Meets....
2018 Counties Age Group Champs January 30th 2018
Well done to all our swimmers, you did yourselves and the club proud....
Counties Junior SC Winter Meet October 25th 2017
A fantastic weekend of swimming for our junior swimmers. There were multiple pbs for all with Remy, Svetlana and Briar getting 100%. Congratulations to our medal winners: Calee – Gold 50 and 100 back Leon – Silver 50 free and 100 free, bronze 50 fly and 100 breast Olivia –......
Counties and Dolphin League August 18th 2017
Well done to all our teams who swam last Saturday. It was a tough session for Team Loader and Team Moss who had the bare minimum number of swimmers but they did themselves proud and produced some great times. The results are out and posted......