The organizers of the Fulton Cup have realized that they have a clash with the North Island Short Course Champs and have changed the date of the Fulton Cup to Sunday 28th August. If you were planning to go to the Fulton Cup you need to get your calendar out and twink out what you already had and then put a circle around the 28th instead. The good news is that now you can go to both the Fulton Cup and NISC.
Hamilton Mid-Winter Long Course Meet
Wow, what a turnout. South City had 8 swimmers there which is the most I can remember at a non-Auckland meet for a long time. I don't have all the results as none have been posted on the NZ Masters Swimming web site and with the meet being fairly small we were all in and out of the pool in quick-fire fashion (a bit too quick for some eh Dave) so needless to say it was hard to keep up with.
What I do know is that Deryn and Mark both were overall winners of their age groups, for which the spoils were golf umbrellas decked out in Waikato colours. Now, I can't speak for Mark but I can say that I'm hoping for some torrential downpours so I can show my umbrella off. Everyone reporting in their results has said they did some great times; even the times that weren't PB's were close to them. There wasn't any time for relays and this was a bit of a pity because I feel sure that South City would have totally cleaned up.
Hamilton always put on a fun meet and know how to make everyone feel welcome. As they often do, they started with a synchronized swimming display, this year joined by the lovely Alfredo Adler from Masterton. They did a dazzling display to Lady Gaga's 'Edge of Glory'. If you are considering getting involved in a few meets this is one I can wholeheartedly recommend. Mark it already on next year's calendar.
I didn't get very many photo's as we were busy, busy, busy but there are a few more on the photo gallery page for you to look at.
