Nineteenth ‘top team’ award in 30 years

TOP TEAM OVERALL: Enterprise Swim Team won the award for top club overall at the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay winter championships in Hastings. Members who attended were, back (from left): Ava Smith, Olivia Corrin, Jack Keepa, Nathan Proctor, Jonty Evans, Tyron Evans, Tyler Finau, Jaimee Fisher and Josie Baxendale. Second row from back: Sophie Petro, Jacob Douglas, Theo Weatherley, Zephaniah Jackson, Matthew Sung, Bella Fitzharris-Stevens, Ella Arthur and Noah Mason. Second row from front: Cody Anderson, Jackson Horne, Peyton Allen, Charlie Keepa, Lydia Baxendale, Ella Sutton, Emily Petro, Holly MacDonald, Bradley Anderson and Marc Simmons. Front: Lennox Weatherley, Cole Alexander, Jakob Alexander, Kaeto Sasamoto, Gemma MacDonald, Morgan-Marie Tamatea, Rio Sasamoto, Bonnie Mason and Taylor Newman. Picture by Liam Clayton

Enterprise Swim Team won the award for top club overall at the Hawke’s Bay-Poverty Bay winter swimming championships in Hastings.

This was the club’s 19th overall team title in the past 30 years at this meet.

Club member Tyler Finau, 15, swam the only HBPB record set at the meet, in the 100 metres individual medley.

Club coach Matt Martin said this year’s team result was especially pleasing for the coaches as the 36 swimmers they had at this meet were facing clubs with as many as 70 swimmers attending.

“We have worked very hard on team culture over the years and the results are hard evidence of this,” Martin said.

“Some amazing senior swimmers are really helping to nurture our next group of future stars.”

Enterprise swimmers who topped their age group on overall points scored were —

• Morgan-Marie Tamatea (9-and-under girls)

• Cole Alexander (9/under boys)

• Bradley Anderson (12-year boys)

• Tyler Finau (15yr girls)

• Jack Keepa (15yr boys)

• Nathan Proctor (16-and-over boys)

Club teams achieved relay victories in the 15/under girls’ 4 x 50m medley (Tyler Finau, Ava Smith, Ella Arthur and Sophie Petro) and the open male 6 x 50m freestyle (Bradley Anderson, Noah Mason, Jonty Evans, Cody Anderson, Jack Keepa and Nathan Proctor).