Club swim event begins next week

Club swim event begins next week

JAKARTA: More than 100 swimming clubs will participate in the
27th Club Swimming Championship at the Bung Karno Swimming Pool
in Central Jakarta, between Dec. 27 and Dec. 30.

The event, which will be divided in four age-groups, will
feature about 900 swimmers competing in 172 events -- 146
individual and 26 medley events -- with a total of 750 medals on
offer.

First held in 1977, the annual club meet aims to identify
swimming talent from across the country.

"We want to recruit talented new swimmers at the
championship," said Lukman Niode, who is in charge of development
affairs at the Indonesian Swimming Association. --Antara