MT BEAUTY ambulance community officer, Tania Northey, recently returned from Hobart after achieving outstanding success representing Ambulance Victoria in swimming at the Australasian Police & Emergency Services Games.

Tania, a dedicated swimmer who regularly trains at the Mt Beauty Swimming Pool, brought home an impressive 10 individual gold medals and two relay bronze medals where she teamed with other Victorian emergency service workers from Water Police, Border Force, SES and CFA.

Her most rewarding result was winning gold in her first-ever open water competition, a 1500 metre swim in Tiger Head Bay.

“I’m a pool swimmer, used to following a black line and happiest when I have a lane to myself, so I was a little nervous about swimming in the ocean amongst a crowd, but I loved it,” Tania said.

The Australasian Police & Emergency Services Games is a 10-day competition which includes representatives from all Australian states and territories, as well as competitors from New Zealand and the Cook Islands.

This year, 2200 competitors contested 60 sports.

The games promote health and wellbeing amongst emergency services workers, in the spirit of friendly competition.

Supporting charity partners are RUOK and Speak Up! Stay ChatTY.

Tania’s next major swimming goal is to represent Australia at the World Police & Fire Games which will be held in Perth in March 2027.

She would like to thank her Mt Beauty morning lap swimming buddies for their friendship and encouragement and express her gratitude for the fantastic facility and the dedicated staff at the Mt Beauty Swimming Pool, for without them, she says, her achievements would not have been possible.