Country Swimming Championships to be held at Parap Swimming Pool in Darwin
Darwin will host 430 Aussie swimmers at the country championships. Find out if your local club is taking part in this inaugural event.
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More than 400 young Australian swimmers will descend from across Australia - including children from our region - are heading to Darwin for the four-day Country Swimming Championships.
The Northern Territory, Queensland, ACT, NSW, SA, WA and Victoria will be well represented when the competition kicks off at at Parap Swimming Pool from Saturday, October 1 to Tuesday, October 2.
The swimmers are 12 to 18 years old and include competitors from Katherine, Nightcliff, Darwin, Casuarina, Alice Springs, Bathurst, Sydney, Hunter Valley, Barossa, Adelaide, Mount Gambier, Sydney, Newcastle, Gunnedah, Canberra, Wagga Wagga, Grafton, Wollongong, Griffith, NSW Central Coast, Northern Rivers, NSW mid-north coast, Gippsland, Warrnambool, Mildura, Moe, Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Wangaratta, Toowoomba, Gold Coast, Dalby, Fraser Coast, Rockhampton and Cairns.
SEE BELOW FOR A FULL LIST OF AUSTRALIAN CLUBS TAKING PART
“It’s a great opportunity for regional swimmers, not just in the Territory, but across Australia, to have the opportunity to compete at a higher level than they may have before,” Katherine Turtles head coach Pru Ducey said.
Swimming Northern Territory chief executive officer Rob West said the plan was for the Swimming Australia-backed titles to be hosted in Darwin every two or three years.
“The fact is, the swimmers that we’re targeting are all regional, and country swimmers from all over Australia and they are the swimmers that are hopefully going to develop into the national swimmers of the future,” West said.
Country Swimming Championships clubs taking part
Allora Asc Inc
Ballarat Gco Swimming Club Inc
Ballarat Gold Swimming Club In
Ballarat Swimming Club Inc
Barossa
Bathurst City Asc
Branxton Greta Asc
Cairns Stingrays SC Inc
Canberra Asc
Caribeae Asc Inc
Central Cairns Swimming Inc
Charlestown Swimming Club Inc
Concordia Turbo Jets SC Inc
Cooktown Asc Inc
Dalby & District SC Inc
Dapto SC
East Gippsland Water Dragons I
Emu Park SC Inc
Fairholme Asc
Forster Aquatic SC
Fraser Coast SC Inc
Gardens SC Inc
Geelong Sharks Swimming Club
Ginninderra SC
Gosford Stingrays SC
Grafton Asc
Griffith Swimming Club
Hervey Bay SC Inc
Horsham Swimming Club Inc
Hunter Valley AllStars Swim Cl
Katherine Swimming Club
Kincumber Pacific Dolphins SC
Kootingal Moonbi SC
Lightning Swim Club Inc.
Marlin Coast SC Inc
Masters Swimming SA
Mildura Swimming Club Inc.
Mingara Aquatic SC
Moe Amateur Swimming Club Inc
Moora Swimming Club
Mount Gambier
Mountain Pool
Muswellbrook Amateur Rsl Youth
Nowra Swimming Club Inc
Nuswim Inc.
Onkaparinga
Southport Olympic SC Inc
Titans SC Inc
Toowoomba Grammar SC
Toukley SC Inc
Valley Aquatic Club
Wagga Wagga Swimming Club
Wangaratta Amateur Swimming Cl
Warragul Swimming Club
Warrnambool Swimming Club
West Coast (Sa)
Western Australia
Wests Illawarra Aquatic SC
Wollongong Swim Club Inc
Woy Woy Swim Club Inc
Yamba Orcas Swim Club Inc
Yass Swimming Club Incorporate-ub
Country Swimming Championships NT competitors
Alice Springs Swimming Club
Hannah Markham, 15, Ind/Rel: 3/4
Thomas Markham, 12, Ind/Rel: 9 / 0
Daniel Rando, 15, Ind/Rel: 7 / 4
Casuarina Swimming Club
Sean Deutsch, 15, Ind/Rel: 3 / 1
Nicholas Gunther Oliver, 18, Ind/Rel: 7 / 4
Brodie Highland, 14, Ind/Rel: 9 / 1
Andrew Materazzo, 16, Ind/Rel: 7 / 4
Samantha Mercader, 12, Ind/Rel: 4 / 1
Ashley Parsons, 16, Ind/Rel: 2 / 1
Eric Parsons, 14, Ind/Rel: 4 / 0
Qitai Shi, 16, Ind/Rel: 5 / 3
Felix White, 13, Ind/Rel: 5 / 1
Darwin Swimming Club
Harrison Baker Brown, 12, Ind/Rel: 7 / 3
Liam Brown, 13, Ind/Rel: 8 / 4
Patrick Brown, 14, Ind/Rel: 6 / 4
Oscar Callander, 19, Ind/Rel: 2 / 3
Ryan Carroll, 12, Ind/Rel: 8 / 3
Aidan Chilcott, 15, Ind/Rel: 4 / 3
Ella Cox, 12, Ind/Rel: 8 / 4
Jacqui Culgan, 22, Ind/Rel: 7 / 4
Jackson Dalzell, 14, Ind/Rel: 9 / 3
Izabella Demasi-Chapman, 14, Ind/Rel: 10 / 4
Isabelle Edwards, 14, Ind/Rel: 1 / 4
Megan Gallagher, 30, Ind/Rel: 3 / 0
Sampson Gee, 14, Ind/Rel: 4 / 4
Steven Griffiths, 12, Ind/Rel: 6 / 3
Bridget Jackson, 17, Ind/Rel: 3 / 3
Oscar Lane, 12, Ind/Rel: 4 / 0
Khaden Mallett, 17, Ind/Rel: 7 / 4
Zayne Mallett, 15, Ind/Rel: 8 / 4
Dylan Mende, 17, Ind/Rel: 10 / 4
Chloe Reader, 14,Ind/Rel: 7 / 4
Samuel Reader, 13,Ind/Rel: 8 / 4
Melissa Roberts, 14, Ind/Rel: 9 / 4
Macey Sheridan, 12- Ind/Rel: 11 / 4
Taylia Sheridan, 15, Ind/Rel: 6 / 4
Singh Shira Harshdeep, 12, Ind/Rel: 8 / 3
James Smith,16, Ind/Rel: 7 / 4
Luca Toonson, 15, Ind/Rel: 3 / 3
Magnus Turner, 14, Ind/Rel: 6 / 3
Maximus Turner, 17, Ind/Rel: 1 / 3
Sienna Walo, 18, Ind/Rel: 6 / 4
Skyler Walo, 14, Ind/Rel: 8 / 4
Tamsyn Walo, 18, Ind/Rel: 6 / 4
Shalika Wanigasekara, 16, Ind/Rel: 5 / 4
Bayleigh Young, 15, Ind/Rel: 7 / 4
Katherine Swimming Club
Mia Harris, 14, Ind/Rel: 6/0
Ellamae Tisbe, 15, Ind/Rel: 6/0
Nightcliff Swimming Club
Joseph Bonson, 14, Ind/Rel: 4/0
Andrei Dans, 14, Ind/Rel: 7/0
Zack Ellis, 14, Ind/Rel: 3/0
Sahrah Hancock, 12, Ind/Rel: 4/0
Christina Kiranou, 12, Ind/Rel: 1/0
Stella Kiranou, 14, Ind/Rel: 6/0
Nicholas Koulakis, 15, Ind/Rel: 7/0
Sasini Perera, 19, Ind/Rel: 1/0
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