SWIMMING: Over 30 Cannonvale Cannons competed at the North Queensland Short Course Championships over the weekend at their home pool.

Head coach Mark Erickson was very impressed by all his swimmers and said the weekend was enjoyable and successful due to the great camaraderie amongst parents, officials and swimmers.

HIghlights from the weekend included Zavier Goswell, Blake Hanks, Mae Carter-Attwood, Evie Herlihy, Mikhaila Flint, Emily Carter-Attwood, Cameron Rusk and Jy Parkinson all achieving personal bests in their events. A special mention also goes to Jy Parkinson who broke three NQ Short Course Records over the weekend.

Erickson said Mitchell Milostic (9), Isabelle Kratz (10) and Ava Grove (9) all swam well in their first club carnival. "They all tried really hard and their times were impressive," he said.

The eight-year-old girls and boys were extremely competitive.

A special mention goes to Zoe Herlihy who achieved huge PBs taking over 20 seconds off in her 100m IM and 50m Butterfly. Jacob Bell (9) achieved fantastic times with his 100m Backstroke (11.82 sec PB) and his 100m IM (6.22 sec PB).

Another hotly contested age group was the 10 and 11 year olds. Highlights included Tegan Hanks with a 8.8 sec PB in 100m IM, Paige Giles with a 13.85 sec PB in 100m Breaststroke and Annaleise McIntosh's best swims were her 50m Butterfly and her 100m Breaststroke (10.86 sec PB).

Olivia Romanella, Eden Hedges, Chloe Robertson, Kasey Hogan, Ky Erickson, Hayden Romanella and Oscar Rechtin performed very well and won all their events.

Erickson said it was great to see Hayden Romanella (14) return to racing. Lilly Rechtin, (11) smashed every swim. She swam a 13.85 sec PB in her 100m IM. Lilly and "Gus The Bus" Hedges were in an exciting 400m Freestyle race and were challenging each other the whole way. Both really surprised their coach getting under six minutes. Hannah Crittenden, 14, swam really well in her 100m and 200m Backstroke races earning PBs. Rylee Erickson (13) swam PBs in her 50m Freestyle and Butterfly.

The Cannons are having a great start to the swim season. At the end of this month, Club Nights will resume on Wednesday evenings with new swimmers welcome.