Swimmers aiming for spots in Oceania squad – The National

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A TOTAL of 65 swimmers from Boroko Amateur Swimming Club and Lae Amateur Swimming Club competed at the TNT National Open and Age Long-Course Championships in Lae, Morobe, over the weekend.President Elizabeth Wells said Papua New Guinea Swimming Incorporated was privileged to have TNT sponsor the event. TNT has been sponsoring the event for the past 15 years.She thanked TNT general manager Troy Park for the companys support to swimming in PNG.Wells said the championships were important for athletes to swim qualifying times to gain a place in the Bank South Pacific National Aquatic Excellent squads junior/intermediate silver and gold, Kundu target squads of bronze, silver, gold, platinum or diamond.Gaining a place on a target squad will provide an opportunity for our athletes to be named in the Oceania train-on squad with the final travelling team being named at the close of April 2020, she told the swimmers.For some of you, this will be your first occasion to take part in the national championships and I am sure the experience of competing will be a motivation to continue to strive for greater challenges as you move onward in your sporting career.PNGSI wishes you all the best. Your dreams are now waiting to be realised and unfold before you.Enjoy the spirit of competing in your individual races and against your teammates.The running of the championships in a proficient way is made possible by the cooperation of our many volunteers from our club coaches, technical officials, club administrators, PNGSI executive, our member families and friends.I thank you all for making sure that the championships are run under the Fina competition rules.

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Swimmers aiming for spots in Oceania squad - The National

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