Swimmers win 29 medals

Seven Peninsula Leisure Centre swimmers won a total of 29 medals, including 12 gold, at the NSW Winter Country Short Course Championships at the Sydney Aquatic Centre on July 7 and 8.

Standout performers at the championships, which are a warm-up for the forthcoming State titles, were 15-year-old Ryan Kenny and 13-year-old Thomas McParlane.

The pair collected a total of seven medals, including four golds.

Kenny took gold in the Open 200m Freestyle and 15 years Butterfly, with McParlane winning the final of the 13 years 200m Individual Medley and the 50m Freestyle.

Other gold medal winners included 13-year-olds Keelan Bridge and Matthew Johnston, 15-year-old Emma Louise Tonnet and 17-year-old Nathan Broadbent.

Press release, 10 Jul 2007 Marion Newall, Gosford Council