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Townsville’s Northern Beaches Leisure Centre (NBLC) hosted more than 200 swimmers taking part in the inaugural Lightning Swim Club open swim meet held last Saturday.

Swimmers aged from five to 46 years competed for qualification into state and national events. 

Townsville City Council was one of the sponsors of the event and committed to providing $7,296 over three years to help support the swim meet through the Community Organisation Partnership Program to help grow the opportunities to participate in sport and support sporting excellence.

Lightning Swim Club President Deb Smith thanked Council for the support and said it would go a long way to ensuring the event became an established fixture on the North Queensland swimming calendar.

Smith shared “our club was only formed in September 2022 and the commitment from Council for funding over the next three years really helps us to organise events like this.

“The meet has 227 competitors signed up, with participants travelling from across regional Queensland including Ayr, Charters Towers, Ingham, Mackay and Collinsville.”

“Events like this are important for putting swimmers in a competitive environment as well as giving them an opportunity to get qualifying times for state and national swim meets.

“Receiving the support and being able to host events like this help to enhance the liveability of Townsville and attract more people to the region.”

Lightning Swim Club members thanked many of the businesses for their support to make the event happen with a special thanks going to the Northern Beaches Leisure Centre’s staff and coaches for their behind the scenes assistance of the club’s swimmers and parents.

Northern Beaches Leisure Centre (NBLC) is Townsvilles largest Aquatic Complex with four Swimming Pools, Water Slides, BBQ’s, grass areas to play, Aqua Aerobics, Learn to Swim & Swimming, Water Polo & Triathlon Clubs.

Visit Townsville Council’s Grants & Partnerships pages for more information. 

Image top. Oskar Bourne, Tatum King, Savanah King, Lachlan Frame and Cooper Schmidt from Lightning Swim Club. Image above: Northern Beaches Leisure Centre. Credit: Townsville City Council

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