SELWYN SWIM CLUB AWARDS

On June 25th, Selwyn Swim Club held their prizegiving at the Selwyn Sports Centre. Below is a list of award recipients.

Female Age Group Trophy winners:

• Prusas Cup for 16 & over

Top FINA points:

Chloe Newbigging

• Craythorne Cup for 13-15yrs

Top XLR8 points:

Laura Menzies

• Bennett Cup for 12 & under

Top XLR8 points:

Kelicia Purcell

Male Age Group Trophy winners:

• Sutherland Cup for 16 & over

Top FINA points:

Dylan Booysens

• Overend Cup for 13-15yrs Top XLR8 points: Joshua Read

• Peters Family Cup for 12 & under Top XLR8 points:

Josh Peters

Trophy Winners:

• Sinclair Trophy for biggest improvement in 100m

Freestyle: Lexie Bankier (who took a whopping 19.86sec off her PB this season!)

• Pryde-Wall Trophy for highest combined FINA Points for 200 Fly+400 IM+Distance Free: Flynn Grace.

Flynn has excelled in the Fly and IM events this season pushing his total score 21 FINA points ahead of the next highest scorer in what was an incredibly close battle for this trophy between five different swimmers.

• Selwyn Open Water Trophy is awarded to the swimmer with the highest placing in an open water event: Holly Smith. Holly placed third in the 7.5km event at this year’s NZ Open Water Champs.

• Edward Trophy for excellence in para swimming: Millie Long . Millie has had some fantastic breakout performances at both a zonal and national level.

• Russell Trophy for Volunteer of the Year: Ang Cochrane. Ang devotes countless hours to help the Club, particularly in seeking funding opportunities, and a lot of ongoing administrative and database duties to keep the Club operating smoothly. She has also been actively involved in meet recording and IOT training at local meets this year.

• The Taylor-Hayhurst Cup for Selwyn Spirit is awarded to a swimmer who lives by Selwyn values - dedicated, a consistent hard worker, listen well and are a leader in team support: Katia Renata Katia is a leader among her peers, always cheering for her team-mates, both in competition and training and whose smile can make anyone feel good about themselves. She has also seen significant progress in the water, resulting in multiple podium performances at the recent New Zealand Division II Championships.

• The Selwyn Sports Person of the Year is awarded to the highest achieving swimmer in the Club: Holly Smith. Holly gained a lot of valuable experience in her discipline of sport and showed consistent progression ultimately resulting in a national podium placing and subsequent qualification to represent New Zealand later this year in the Open Water 7.5km race in Australia.

National and International team representatives:

• 2022 NZ Short Course

Championships: Ella Benn, Georgina Christie, Celyn Edwards, Ieuan Edwards, Chloe Newbigging

• 2023 NZ Open Water Championships: Ben Smith, Holly Smith, Jessie Smith, Sam Smith.

• 2023 World Para SeriesMelbourne: Ella Benn, Ieuan Edwards

• 2023 NZ Championships: Ella Benn, Dylan Booysens

• 2023 NZ Age Group Championships: Harrison Doak, Flynn Grace, Millie Long, Chloe Newbigging, Ben Smith, Holly Smith

• 2023 NZ Division II: Lukas Anson, Toby Benison, Harrison Bentley, Charlotte Doak, Jade Henshaw, Layla MacDowall, Laura Menzies, Charlie Overend, Joshua Read, Katia Renata, Flynn Titter, Keira van der Heijden, Ella Wilson. An incredible 103 Club records were broken this year across all ages, strokes and distances!

Ava Te Karu, Ben Smith, Charlie Overend, Chase Edwards-Tucker, Chloe Newbigging, Clark Emanuel, Dylan Booysens, Ella Wilson, Evie Spencer Smith, Flynn Grace, Harrison Doak, Holly Smith, Jade Henshaw, Josh Peters, Joshua Read, Katia Renata, Kelicia Purcell, Khloe Spooner, Laura Menzies, Layla MacDowall, Phenyx WalcotWood, Sunny Schuurmans.

Ross Shield Match

The July 2nd shoot at Darfield Gun Club meant it was the time of year again to contest the Ross Shield Handicap match. A good crowd of thirty one shooters turned out this month despite the less than ideal weather conditions.

The eye-opener was a 20 target Single Barrell match, and despite the strong southwest wind, two possibles (20/20) were scored, one in B Grade and one in AA. Round 1 of the Ross Shield was a bit disappointing, with no possibles scored. This was to be expected as the wind and murk made their presence felt. AJ Seymour top scored with a score of 24/25 to lead the pack from the C Grade, with several shooters just a target back on 23. Round 2 and AJ crashed down the rankings, there were two possibles, but with a score of 24/25 to follow on from a 23 in Round 1 Ron Greatorex surpassed all others to take out the Ross Shield for 2023. Four shoot-offs were required to sort out the minor placings of second to eighth, and some excellent shooting was on display in the fading light.

Thanks to everyone who helped and also supplied afternoon tea on the day.

Results:

The Ross Shield Handicap by Distance:

Winner: R Greatorex 47

2nd: D Williams 46

3rd: B Mangels 46

4th: AJ Seymour 45

5th: M Sime 45

6th: P Wright 44

7th: M Elliott 44

8th: R Wright 44

9th: D Armitage 43.

The next shoot will be held on Sunday, August 6th, with a 12:30pm start. All welcome.