Golden end to challenging year for Tauranga Synchro artistic swimmers
20 Dec, 2020 09:08 PM
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Bay of Plenty Times
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Tauranga Synchro s team of 35 athletes shined at the 2020 NZ Artistic Swimming Championships held in Hamilton.
Over 170 athletes from around the country competed in the event, in a variety of solo, duet and team performances.
Artistic swimming, formerly known as synchronised swimming, is a mixture of swimming, gymnastics and dance performed in the water.
On the podium there were plenty of smiles for the Baywave-based club.
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The biggest upset came from their Hector s Dolphins team, comprising Grace Fish, Grace Reid, Estella Sylvester, Jasmine Riley, Sophie Winters and Greta Nemedi, who won gold in the hard-fought beginner Dolphin category.