A team of 17 performed consistently with the majority achieving personal best times while competing against top swimmers from 30 Area clubs spanning from Forster in the south to Twin Towns in the north.

For Marlin members Lily Galvin, Jade Summerville, Grace Webb and Matthia Rudder this was their first time competing at a meet of this calibre, having to first achieve qualifying times to gain entry.

Nominations were up on last year with swimmers eager to compete and qualify for selection in the Swimming North Coast (SNC) Development Squads for 2015. The overall club point score this year had Port Macquarie as the clear winners in front of Sawtell and Trinity Lismore a close third. Macksville Marlins achieved a respectable seventh place which was an outstanding result considering the smaller team size in comparison to other clubs.

Marlins swimmers were a regular fixture on the dais with an astonishing 27 medals won.

Records tumbled over the weekend with Declan Sutton breaking a total of five (three SNC Long Course Championship and two long course overall records). His efforts in the pool also earned him the 12 years Age Champion and the 13 years & Under Distance Champion trophies.

Macksville Marlins medal performers:

Kyran Tsujimoto 13 years boy

Silver 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 100m back, bronze 200m breast, 200m free, 100m free, 50m breast, 50m back.

Declan Sutton - 12 years boy

Gold 400 individual medley (championship record), 200m IM,  200m free, 200m back, 200m breast, 200m fly, 100m free, 100m back, 100m breast, 100m fly (championship and overall record),  50m free, 50m back, 50m breast,  50m fly (championship and overall record).

Cara Rudder - 12 years girl

Silver 50m breast, 200m breast, 100m breast.

Darcy Welsh - 11 years boy

Silver 50m breast.

Kate Payne- 11 years girl

Silver 100m fly.