Narrabri Stingrays Swimming Club hosted its annual awards presentation event at Narrabri Aquatic Centre’s conference room on Monday night.
The 2022/23 season’s Joanne Barnes swimmer of the year is Daniel Smith.
The club’s most prestigious award remembers Joanne Barnes, who was a committee member of the Narrabri Stingrays Swimming Club for more than 10 years before losing her battle with cancer in 2014. Jo was awarded life membership of the Stingrays that year.
She was passionate about both swimming and the Stingrays and she worked tirelessly in every aspect of the running of the club.
Supporting the club through all activities was extremely important to Jo and she led by example.
The winner of the swimmer of the year award is determined by a points system. When a swimmer reaches a qualifying time for a representative carnival – points are awarded. The higher the level and number of swims they qualify for, the more points they receive. Swimmers must have also qualified for Country Championships to be eligible for the award, and the awardee must have worn their Stingrays uniform proudly at all representative events.
A full list of Stingrays award winners for the 2022/23 swimming season is as follows:
Major awards:
Joanne Barnes swimmer of the year – Daniel Smith.
Therese Nairn most improved – Angus Booby.
Beryl Paull citizenship – Jackson Hayne and Ruby Greentree.
Encouragement award – Jedd Stanford.
Coach’s awards: Summer training gold award – Ava Smith, summer training blue award – Bridie Seymour, summer training development award – Angus Booby, summer training mini rays award – Rosemary Davies.
Pointscore champions:
Senior girls’ pointscore champion – Ava Smith, senior girls’ pointscore runner-up – Pip Collins, senior boys’ pointscore champions – Ethan Foster and Daniel Smith, senior boys’ pointscore runner-up – Hunter Smith, junior girls’ pointscore champion – Ruby Greentree, junior girls’ pointscore runner-up – Bridie Seymour, junior boys’ pointscore champion – Jackson Hayne, junior boys’ pointscore runner-up – Max Booby, subjunior girls’ pointscore champion – Harper Greentree, subjunior girls’ pointscore runner-up – Rosemary Davies, subjunior boys’ pointscore champion – Angus Booby and William Hayne, subjunior boys’ pointscore runner-up – Nayte Thompson.
Club championship awards:
Girls’ 7-years champion – Harper Greentree, runner-up – Rosemary Davies.
Boys’ 7-years champion – Angus Booby, runner-up – Boston Hughes.
Boys’ 8-years champion – William Hayne.
Girls’ 9-years champion – Lucy Booby, runner-up – Maggie Lawty.
Boys’ 9-years champion – Jedd Stanford, runner-up – Daniel Bennett.
Girls’ 10-years champion – Ruby Greentree.
Girls’ 11-years champion – Bridie Seymour, runner-up – Gracie Lawty.
Boys’ 11-years champion – Max Booby, runner-up – Jackson Hayne.
Girls’ 14-years champion – Ava Smith.
Boys’ 14-years champion – Hunter Smith.
Boys’ 15-years-and-over champion – Daniel Smith.
Female distance champion – Ava Smith, runner-up – Bridie Seymour.
Male distance champion – Daniel Smith, runner-up – Hunter Smith.
Club records:
Hunter Smith – Men 13-years 400-metre freestyle (short course).
Daniel Smith – Men 14-years 200-metre freestyle, Men 14-years 200-metre breaststroke and Men 15-years 400-metre freestyle (short course).
Swimmers who achieved a 10-second personal best time in any event during the season:
Angus, Lucy and Max Booby, Elke Collins, Rosemary Davies, Ethan Foster, Harper and Ruby Greentree, Jackson and William Hayne, Boston Hughes, Maggie Lawty, Bridie Seymour, Ava, Daniel and Hunter Smith, Jedd Stanford, Nayte and Taylor Thompson and Mac Winston-Smith.
