PRESS RELEASE

 

TORNADOES SWIM CLUB

 

A delegation of 26 team members of the Tornadoes Swim Club will participate in the Marlins Fall Swim Meet to be held in Ocala, Florida from October 18th – 20th, 2002.  Approximately 350 competitors from the Central Florida Region will participate in the Meet.

 

The team will be led by National Team members and gold medallists from the 2002 Carifta and Caribbean Islands Swimming Championships Brad Hamilton and Rene Wright.  Other National Team members representing the Club are Robert Chen, Travis Forte, Audette Lawrence, Gillian Stewart, and John-Claude Wright.

 

 Making their debut at the International Level will be Stefan Brown in the 9-10 Boys, Travis Salmon in the 11-12 Boys and Justine Griffith in the 9-10 Girls.

 

National Senior Team and Tornadoes Swim Club member Angela Chuck who recently represented Jamaica at the Commonwealth Games will be representing her USA Club, the Gators, in the Meet. 

 

The team will depart on Thursday 17th October and return on Monday 21st October 2002.  Tornadoes Coaches Jacky Walter and Georgina Boland will accompany the team.

 

 

 

For further information please contact:

Jacky Walter – 855-9020 (in Florida, 305-301-7032)

 

October 14, 2002