A team of nine Cobar Yabbies Senior Men’s Swimming Club members competed at the annual Four Ways swimming carnival at Nelson Bay on Sunday.
Stephen Clark collected the Sett’s Shield after he won the 100m freestyle handicap event with a time of 0.47 seconds off his nominated time.
John Carswell finished second with 1.13 seconds off his nominated time.
Scott Toomey placed second in the open Scratch race with a pretty good time of 34.15 seconds.
Cobar won the 10 man relay event with the assistance of Maroubra swimmer, Gary Williamson. The team finished within 1.49 secs of their combined nominated time.
The Jimmy Nixon overall point score trophy was won by Nelson Bay with 12 points with Cobar finishing equal second on 10 points with Forbes.
The Yabbies wrapped up the first month of their six-month 2026/2027 season last Tuesday night at the Cobar Memorial Swimming Pool.
From the field of 15 swimmers, Dave Mexted took line honours in the opening 30 metres handicapped freestyle event, finishing just 0.11 seconds off his nominated time.
Jarrod Marsden wasn’t far behind in second place with 0.14 seconds, while John Carswell claimed third spot with 0.18.
Josh Mainey cleaned up the field in the 50m event, finishing just 0.18 seconds outside his nominated time.
Carswell made his second podium appearance of the night, taking second place with 0.21 seconds, while Tom Jones was third on 0.29.
A fit-looking John Claus showed the rest of the field how it was done in the 100m swim, finishing well out in front with an impressive 0.12 seconds off his nominated time.
Charles Nelson was a distant second on 0.78 seconds, while reigning 2025/2026 Club Champion Murray Harland made his first podium appearance of the new season, finishing third with 0.98 seconds off his time.
Claus continued his good form in the Brace Relay novelty event, teaming up with new member Martin Filar to take the win.
The pair proved to be well matched in the Esther Williams swim, finishing just 0.25 seconds off their combined nominated time.
