The competition has just gotten serious

The weekly competition at the Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club events has gotten very serious and to win, members need to swim a very good time.

In last Tuesday’s 50 metres handicapped freestyle swim all of the 13 competitors finished within one and a half seconds of their nominated times.

Murray Harland was the best of the bunch winning the event with a time of 0.12 seconds outside his nominated time.

Shane Josephson finished second (0.16 seconds) and Dave Mexted was narrowly behind in third place on 0.19.

Paul Swainston claimed line honours in the 30m swim when he finished within 0.03 seconds of his nominated time.

Kyle Roberts was a touch behind on 0.06 with Bill Fugar, breathing down his neck, finishing within 0.07 seconds of his time for third place.

Jason Toomey was out in front in the 100m swim, but only narrowly. He won with a time of 0.22 seconds off his nominated time with Matt Harland second on 0.25.

Swainston collected third place with 0.34.

Toomey teamed up with Greg Dimond to win the Brace Relay novelty event.

The pair swam to within 0.09 seconds of their combined nominated time to win over Matt Harland and Bob Clark, who grabbed second spot with 0.13.

Mexted and Swainston finished third with 0.68.

The Cobar Yabbies will be packing their bags this week in readiness for the Western Districts Swimming Carnival to be contested at Wellington on the weekend.

Cobar swimmers will compete against other swimmers from around the region in handicapped and sprint races along with relay events.