NEW England and North West swimmers will have their final chance to register qualifying times for the year at Narrabri this weekend.
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Sunday’s carnival is the final one for the year.
It follows last weekend’s Gunnedah carnival where Tamworth City’s Jayden Gimbergh made a splash in the boys’ dash for cash events.
Rather than just freestyle, the club – as a new initiative – ran 50m dash for cashes for all four strokes.
“We’re the first to try that in this area,” Gunnedah president Jenny Meyers said.
She said the idea came after they had a coach come down from the Gold Coast to do some coaching with the kids.
Apparently a lot of Queensland carnivals do it.
It was open to all ages but only the fastest six from all the 100m heats for each stroke raced for the cash.
Gimbergh won three of the four boys’ events and was second in the other.
That was the freestyle, with Gimbergh touching the wall behind Moree’s Joshua Walker.
Armidale Alligators’ Mitch Hayden was third.
In the breaststroke, it was Gimbergh from clubmate Alexander Farrer and 360 Scully’s Nathan Watts.
Watts was second to Gimbergh in the backstroke with Hayden picking up third.
Watts also placed in the butterfly. He was third, with Gimbergh first and Walker second.
The girls’ honours were split up a bit more.
Tamworth City’s Kate Bolte was the best performer. She won the butterfly, from Tamworth City’s Mikaela Short and Gunnedah’s Zoe Palmer, and the freestyle.
Gunnedah’s Mikaela Meyers was second to her in the freestyle ahead of Molly Johns (Tamworth City).
Meyers went one better in the backstroke, beating 360 Scully’s Georgie Orman and Johns to the wall.
The breaststroke cash was shared between 360 Scully’s Tarryn Rizzi, Tamworth City’s Eloise Turner and Gunnedah’s Anaya Boal.