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Swimmers gearing up for Dolphin
Sprint title
BOROKO Swimming Club will host the
Westpac-sponsored Dolphin Sprint during the long Queen’s
Birthday weekend at Taurama Swimming Pool in Port Moresby.
The Dolphin Sprint is is one of four premier swimming events
held in Papua New Guinea each year and is open to swimmers
affiliated to the Papua New Guinea Swimming Inc.
Boroko Swim Club president Mathew Green said a long held
tradition of the Boroko Swimming Club is the hosting of this
event, and this year Westpac have once again come on board as
the major sponsor.
"This year swimmers will travel from across PNG and some from as
far as Brisbane to take part," Green said.
A change from the long-course format will see the Championships
being held at the Ela Murray International School 25m swimming
pool starting on Friday at 5pm for the first session, the second
session will be on Saturday, June 9, at 8am, with the third
session on the afternoon of June 9 at 3pm. The final session
will be held on Sunday, June 10 at 3pm.
"Already 117 swimmers from four years to 54 years from Boroko
Swim Club and Lae Swim Club have registered to take part, this
being the largest contingent to gather at a Westpac Dolphin
Sprint meet for many years and so the club is very excited about
the event and members are preparing well to host the sprints,"
said Green
The sprints will cover all four strokes (freestyle, backstroke,
breaststroke and butterfly), over distances of 25m, 50m and
100m. In addition to this medley events from 50m, 100m and 200m
will be run (this is a series of events involving all four
strokes).
The competition will see swimmers chasing gold, silver and
bronze Westpac medals as they compete in over 675 events during
the weekend. Spectators are most welcome to come and witness our
swimmers competing for places and improving times.
The highlight of the relay events will be the return of the
popular "Ples of Origin" relays. Swimmers from the various
regions of PNG and overseas will band together to race each
other to claim first place in this event. Last year the winners
of this popular event were Oro and Milne Bay provinces.
Following the championships, PNG Swimming will announce its team
to the Pacific Games in Samoa. Swimmers are hard at training, to
secure their place on the team.
There is also an opportunity for swimmers between the ages of 10
and 16 to swim qualifying times for a place on the PNG
Constantinou development squad and the senior swimmers to make
their way into the Elite Target Squad by swimming the necessary
qualifying time in their preferred events.
Green acknowledges the financial support of Westpac Bank who
will for the second year running, sponsor this event.
There are still vacancies for timekeeping and other technical
support, if you can assist please phone Barbara on 321-7115 or
Liz on 325-8573 or alternatively drop by at the Ela/Murray
School pool any afternoon between 3pm and 5pm and give your name
to any of the coaches/officials at training.
 
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