Badge night recognises swim achievements

BOORT Swimming Club held its annual badge night last week.

The club’s 37 swimmers who braved the cooler weather and jumped in to challenge themselves and see how far they could swim without stopping were presented with their badges.

Some younger swimmers were in their first year of lessons and showed how much they had learnt throughout the season with some fantastic results on the night.

The club’s volunteer swimming instructors were thanked for giving their time at lessons twice a week to teach children vital skills in and around water.

Badge night results - Hunter Nel- son, Sienna Adams, Levi Melville 25 metres; Izzy Melville, Tyler Stringer, Juliette Lanyon, Keira Henderson 50 metres, Whyatt Brooks, Sebastian Hermann, Hayley Meville 100 metres.

Daisy O’Flaherty 200 metres. Luca Lanyon 300 metres, Bella Quinn 400 metres, Millie Pink 500 metres, Hannah Talbot 550 metres, Shelby Henderson 600 metres, Mae McNally

650 metres, Eva Perryman, Pearl Muller 700 metres.

Lucy Lanyon 1km, Scarlett Crilly, Alisha Henderson 1.05km, Hayley Stringer 1.1km. Mareceline Foot, Elke Perryman, ALice Marsh 1.5km. Seth Muller, Connor McNally, Carrie Byrne 2km. Brodie McPherson 2.1km, Owen Byrne 2.4km, Archer Lee 2.5km. Victoria Lanyon, Indi O’Flaherty, Emily Henderson 3km, Finlay Arnold 5km.

“The minki program last year has helped create a new base for hockey in the area.”

Wedderburn has appointed Chelsea Hargreaves as coach of the women’s team.

Hargreaves had been living in Swan Hill and played with Sea Lake Nandaly where she won the best and fairest last season.

She has relocated to Bendigo and would drive rebirth of the club’s top team.

North Central hockey starts on April 15 along with netball and football

Cut-throat semi-finals loom in LV association

LODDON Valley and Boort tennis competitions start their semi-finals this weekend.

After the long weekend bye, top side Calivil North will play Serpentine and Mincha West meets Dingee.

Both finals will be played at Dingee with much interest in the clash between the home side and Mincha West.

Mincha West finished the home and away season in second spot, just a point ahead of Saturday’s opponent but with a slightly inferior percentage.

This should be the pick of the two matches while Calivil North can not expect as easy ride against Serpentine who were challenging for top spot on the ladder until the last month of the season when player availability threatened hopes of even playing finals.

A more settled line-up in the finals could put Serpentine back into contention.

Boort starts its semi finals, again after a long weekend break while it will be grand final day in Marong association on Saturday.

Wilsons Reef is favoured for the flag despite falling over the line by one game in the semi-final against Lockwood.

Its opponent Harcourt is expected to adopt a tenacious game plan.