By TONY FROST
FOURTEEN Noosa Masters swimmers made the trek north for the Hervey Bay Humpbacks annual swim meet, held on Saturday 28 February.
The Noosa swimmers and entourage (timekeepers) arrived on Friday to indulge in the traditional carbohydrate intake at the local Italian restaurant that evening.
Early Saturday morning, the one-kilometre open water swim in the ocean took place, where Jan Croft and Bardie Gruber were successful in their age divisions.
They then joined the other team members at the 50-metre olympic pool, namely Linda Hogg, Tricia Hughes, Wendy Ivanusec, Michelle Kerr, Mary Lester, Helen Malar, Jacky Sheilds, Rod Alfredson, Ian Mitchell, Bob Morse, Clinton Stanley and Adrian Wilson.
Age group placegetters: Gold to Clinton Stanley, Helen Malar, Bardie Gruber, Bob Morse and Jan Croft; silver to Ian Mitchell; and bronze to Linda Hogg and Rod Alfredson.
A feature event was the 50-metre ‘Dash for Cash’, where swimmers nominated a time that they then had to break. The winner of this was Helen Malar, who, swimming breast stroke nominated 48.5 and swam 48.68. Special mention to the efforts of Michelle Kerr, who hasn’t lost her “feel for the water”, having spent the last four years sailing, visiting most ports of call between Lady Elliott Island and Thursday Island.
Several Noosa Masters swimmers are now looking forward to the Queensland Championships in Townsville later this month.
