Swim meet a success

THE Lae Amateur Swimming Club was commended for hosting last weekend’s National Short Course Swimming Championships in Lae for the first time in six years.
“The event brought together our talented swimmers and volunteers from around the country,” Papua New Guinea Swimming Incorporated president Elizabeth Wells said.
“During the championships, the 60-plus athletes challenged themselves in their individual races knowing at the completion that they had done their best.”
The championships was an important occasion for the athletes to earn a spot in the Bank South Pacific aquatic excellence squads (junior, intermediate silver and gold) and kundu target squads (bronze, silver, gold, platinum and diamond).
“It also provided an opportunity for our swimmers to be named in the team to compete at the 2018 Fina World SC Championships to be held in Hangzhou, China, from Dec 11-16,” Wells said.
“They were two males, Leonard Kalate and Josh Tarere, and female athletes Georgia-Leigh Vele and Rehema Kalate.
“The running of the championships in an efficient was made possible by the co-operation of the 36 technical officials under the direction of Fina referee Sue Babao.
“Medals at the completion of each session were presented by PNGSI patron Bart Philemon and TNT Lae branch manager Valmay Barry.
“No competition can take place without a major sponsor in place, TNT once again provided the needed funding and support in kind to the officials and athletes to enable the competition to be a success.
“We are very proud and privileged to have them on board again in 2018 and I express our sincere appreciation and thanks for their continued support.”
Selection: Silver Junior – Gertrude Waifaf; Gold Junior – Abigail Ai Tom; Silver Intermediate – Renaud Langelet, Agnes Leana, Nigel Ousi, Jade-Faith Paul, Georgina Rauka, Darius Tarere, Nicholas Vava, Mary Anna Waifaf; Gold Intermediate – Norman Akunaii, Carlos Lung, Mark Thomas Jr, Nolan Vava, MacCohhen Waifaf; Bronze Target – Collin Akara, Elijah Akunaii, Felix Devlin, Holly John, Rehema Kalate, Stanford Kawale, Tanguy Langelet, Lorani Moses, Judith Meauri, Derek Oates, Luke Vava, Georgia-Leigh Vele; Silver Target – Josh Tarere; Gold Target – Leonard Kalate.