With Coleambally Swim Club training its first squad in over two decades, star siblings Alana and Xavier Jones have finished their season off with a splash.
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On Sunday Xavier traveled to Canberra to compete in the James Brophy Memorial Inter- District Invitational Sprint Meet.
Xavier was invited to join a four-man relay team to representing the Riverina at the meet.
He won a silver medal with his team while competing in the four times 50 metres medley relay, also coming eighth in the solo 50 metres backstroke competition.
Xavier was invited to join the team representing the Riverina after giving a strong performance at the NSW Speedo State SC Championships earlier this month.
At the Speedo Championships Xavier reached 22nd place in the 50 metre backstroke out of 50 competitors selected from across the state.
This year Xavier also competed with his fellow Coleambally Central School students in the Griffith PSSA interschool swimming carnival.
At the carnival he won the title of runner up Junior Boy.
He then went on to compete in another interschool competition in Albury with school mates Alex Pound, Andrew Fattore and Hayden Payne in Coly Central's junior boy's 50 metres relay team.
While his sister Alana was unable to compete in the state competition this year due to a hand injury she still took out accolades at the Coleambally Swim Club's own swimming squad awards.
At the club Alana won the titles of runner up Club Champion, and Age Champion 11 years girls.
Her mother Naomi Jones, who also coaches the squad said that 2019 was the first time in around 20 years that Coleambally Swim Club has had a swimming squad.
Mrs Jones said she saw many improvements in the children attending the Swim Club this year.
According to Mrs Jones some of the Children attending the club at the beginning of the year were unable to swim 25 metres.
"Well every body has had a great time this year and we have had a lot more of the younger ones coming though," Mrs Jones said.
However, by the end of the year every single child was able to swim confidently for 50 metres at the very least.
Given the large number of irrigation canals in town and with many families enjoying swimming in the Murrumbidgee Mrs Jones said that it is essential that children learn to swim.
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