THE final two pennants of the Ovens and Murray Swim District – Southern Division season were held over the last two weekends, on Sunday, February 19 in Myrtleford and Saturday, February 25 in Tallangatta.

The Myrtleford Swim Club won the Tallangatta pennant, ahead of Mount Beauty, Beechworth, Tallangatta, and Rutherglen, and while confirmation of the points tally from the Myrtleford pennant has not yet been lodged, the club is confident of another victory.

The club had five swimmers make their competitive debuts for the club at the Myrtleford pennant: Finn Devereux, Sam Devereux, Tilly Dudley, Oscar Godenski, and Max Povolo.

At the Myrtleford pennant Alexis McGuffie set a new Southern Division O&M record in the 10 and under 50m breaststroke, recording a time of 48.88 seconds, beating the previous record by 0.4 seconds.

At the Tallangatta pennant, two Myrtleford relay teams set new Southern Division O&M records.

The eight and under girls' freestyle relay team, consisting of Mia McGuffie, Mackenzy Reynolds, Lila Murray and Aviva Lovelle smashed a 24–year–old record by nearly 14 seconds, swimming a 1:22.57.

The 12 and under girls 100m freestyle relay team of Milla Corcoran, Ella McMasters, Daisy Howell and Gemma Corcoran also set a new record of 1:04.79, beating the previous record from 2019 of 1:05.26.

The Myrtleford Swim Club will hold their Club Championships on Friday, March 3 at the Myrtleford pool and their final night of training for the season will be Friday, March 24, which will be followed by the club's presentation evening at the Myrtleford Tennis Club.