Ashleigh Pettigrew and Caitlyn Mackay will represent Australia at the 2015 Global Games – a multi-sport event for athletes with an intellectual disability – in Ecuador in September.

Warrnambool Swimming Club coach Jayson Lamb said Pettigrew and Mackay deserved the chance to don the green and gold.

“They are very excited, and so they should be,” he said.

“It is certainly a big thing and I am really happy for them.

“This is the first time they have been in it so I don’t know the level of competition internationally.

“They will be going there and approaching it like a normal national meet, preparing to swim PBs.”