CMK Stratford Flyers swimmers travelled to Rotorua over Labour Weekend to compete in the Central North Island Championship.
This was an all-ages meet where the squad managed to take out top points over all 30 squads competing and bring the trophy home. Congratulations Flyers! A great meet where the culture of the squad was evident with a lot of support for each other within the squad (great team work) and awesome results due to all the effort from training paying off.
Claudia Taylor and Josh Gilbert were awarded CNI Scholarships based on their results at National Age Groups in April 2016.
Josh broke a Taranaki Record in the 14/15 yrs short course 50m butterfly, (Benjamin Smith's 27.18 now 26.68). Ilana Kerr qualified to join the National Age Group team next year in March. Welcome to the Flyers Travelling team - Jorja Agent, Samara Agent, Masyn Austin, Macy and Ruby Edwards, Jayda and Kyan Hancock, Jack Keller, Dylan Kowalewski, Sienna Stosic, Oliver Tippett, Arnika Watson and Pascoe Wells. They swam exceptional well for their first meet with many getting 100 per cent personal best times.
Two relay teams came away with new towels for taking out the 13 and 14 x 50 freestyle relays. In the males, Luca Zabel, Braiden Higgison, Morgan Mills and Pawhare Packer, and females Eleanor Gilbert, Payton Agent, Nina Goble, and Ilana Kerr.
