Neptunes WPSC won the first COOP ASA Short Course National Championship races that were held at the Cottonera Sports Complex last week.
Ten Maltese teams and three foreign clubs attended the competition. Only the Maltese teams were eligible to win the championship.
Neptunes fielded 93 athletes, covering all age groups, which demonstrates the club’s commitment to the sport’s future.
In the final standings, Neptunes secured 33 gold medals, 41 silver and 38 bronze.
One national record together with 14 age group records were set by Neptunes WPSC swimmers.
Neptunes secured the championship in style, during the penultimate race of the weekend, by also breaking the national record in the 4x50m Medley in a time of 2:01.46.
Madeleine Cassar set the team off giving the team a slight advantage, swimmers Amy Micallef in the breaststroke and Michela Portelli in the butterfly continued to widen the gap whilst Julienne Woods brought home the championships in the final 50m freestyle securing the 33rd medal for the team.
The age group records set by Neptunes WPSC were obtained by Zachary Rizzo Naudi, Luke Zammit, Naiyelli Clarke Spiteri, Emma Muscat, Nicole Zammit and Madeleine Cassar.
Neptunes Head Coach Warren Deyzel was delighted to win the team’s performance in the championships and lauded the clubs coaches’ dedication to winning this event for which preparations started in September with a pre season training camp held at the Cottonera Sports complex.
He said that the championships’ success would have not been possible without the consistent commitment from his coaching staff namely Associate Head Coach Gail Rizzo, Amy Micallef, Emilia Galea Testaferrata and Sean Camilleri.
“The coaches paid particular attention to details to ensure Neptunes continues to produce top level swimmers,” he said.
Deyzel thanked his swimmers who have raced with heart and were hungry to win the first ever National Short Course competitions.
Neptunes WPSC won the first COOP ASA Short Course National Championship races that were held at the Cottonera Sports Complex last week.
Ten Maltese teams and three foreign clubs attended the competition. Only the Maltese teams were eligible to win the championship.
Neptunes fielded 93 athletes, covering all age groups, which demonstrates the club’s commitment to the sport’s future.
In the final standings, Neptunes secured 33 gold medals, 41 silver and 38 bronze.
Neptunes WPSC swimmers set one national record together with 14 age group records.
Neptunes secured the championship in style, during the penultimate race of the weekend, by also breaking the national record in the 4x50m Medley in a time of 2:01.46.
Madeleine Cassar set the team off giving the team a slight advantage, swimmers Amy Micallef in the breaststroke and Michela Portelli in the butterfly continued to widen the gap whilst Julienne Woods brought home the championships in the final 50m freestyle securing the 33rd medal for the team.
The age group records set by Neptunes WPSC were obtained by Zachary Rizzo Naudi, Luke Zammit, Naiyelli Clarke Spiteri, Emma Muscat, Nicole Zammit and Madeleine Cassar.
Neptunes Head Coach Warren Deyzel was delighted to win the team’s performance in the championships and lauded the clubs coaches’ dedication to winning this event for which preparations started in September with a pre-season training camp held at the Cottonera Sports complex.
He said that the championships’ success would have not been possible without the consistent commitment from his coaching staff namely Associate Head Coach Gail Rizzo, Amy Micallef, Emilia Galea Testaferrata and Sean Camilleri.
“The coaches paid particular attention to details to ensure Neptunes continues to produce top level swimmers,” he said.
Deyzel thanked his swimmers who have raced with heart and were hungry to win the first ever National Short Course competitions.
