The Cobar Yabbies hit the water on Tuesday night for the first time this season and were met with a pleasant 22 degrees Celsius water temperature.
There was a field of 11 for the first night of the 2024/2025 competition, including a new member, Tim Cooke, to contest 30m, 50m and 100m handicapped events along with a Brace Relay novelty event.
Scott Toomey and Murray Harland claimed the first win of the season when they both swam within 0.03 seconds of their nominated times in the 30 metres handicapped freestyle event.
Stephen Clark finished third with 0.12 seconds off his nominated time.
In the 50 metres swim, John Claus finished out well in front with a time of 0.06 seconds off his nominated time.
Matt Harland was well behind in second place with 0.44 and Murray Harland claimed third place with 0.47 seconds off his nominated time.
Jason Toomey won the 100 metres event with a time of 0.59 seconds off his nominated time with Clark finishing second on 0.72 and Paul Swainston was just off the pace with 0.78 seconds off his nominated time for third place.
Claus got some extra exercise for the night when he was teamed up twice in the Brace Relay event with two different partners (as there was an odd number of swimmers).
Claus finished first with team mate Scott Toomey with the pair completing the butterfly/side stroke swim across the pool and back within 0.88 seconds of their nominated time.
Claus also finished second with his other team mate, Matt Harland.
They finished within 2.84 seconds of their nominated time.
Back in third place were Clark and Shane Josephson on 3.54.
