Club AGM

The notice of meeting for the club's AGM will be sent out shortly. For the last two years the club has been run by the hard work of 3 people and as one of them will be retiring at the AGM, and another will be scaling back on his involvement, it is time for other parents to step up to help. Helping on club race nights (doing timekeeping etc) is really appreciated, but we now need at least 3 people to offer to actually help run the club. It is not a lot of work, but it does require a level of commitment over the next twelve months.

The club is a fantastic way for kids to get fit and get used to racing in a friendly and supportive environment. Club race nights are also a lot of fun for both parents and the swimmers. The club is a crucial pathway for kids to move from nervous and unskilled swimmers to confident and successful racers. The club has already seen one of its members, over a two year period, develop from a highly nervous and very unfit swimmer to a finalist at the National Age Championships. This club is really important from the kids perspective.

However, it cannot function without parental support and that support is needed now. If it is not going to be there, then the Friday night race meets just cannot happen, and the club will exist only as a group of (generally older) swimmers who will attend external race meets under the guidance of our head coach, Steve Garner.

Please seriously consider putting your hand up - it involves one meeting a month, a few hours additional work a month, and taking a leading role in running the Friday night club meets. It is not that hard, particularly when it involves such good things for your child !

The club needs parental support both financially and in running its operation - without that support we will lose the club as we now know it.

OVER TO YOU !

Computerised results

We have a computerised race system which gives us all of the results straight after the meet concludes. These and other results are published on our website and can be viewed at Results.

Club BBQ

The barbeque will again be operating on Friday nights from 6.45pm, with the complimentary champagne, beer and wine again available to all parents and support crew. Remember that brothers and sisters of the swimmers have free entry so they can enjoy all the facilities of the centre, and have a delicious dinner, while the Race Squad battle out the point score placings!

ESSA Carnival Results

Earlier this year a squad of 7 swimmers represented the club at the Eastern Suburbs Swimming Association winter carnivals. From our club swam Sammy Annear, Daniel Leech, Tom Mahony, Samantha Marshall, Anneliese McGee-Collett, James Medway and Emma Radford.

They did the club proud, with some spectacular PB's and 1 new ESSA record. Sammy Annear did a 2.2 second PB in the 100m breastroke, Tom Mahony did a 2.4 second PB in the same race, and James Medway won his 100m backstroke by 11 seconds. In addition Samantha Marshall broke the district record in the 50m breastroke.

However the standout performance was by 10 year old Daniel Leech who did a 6 second PB in the 100m backstroke, a 9 second PB in the 50m fly and a staggering 23 second PB in the 100m freestyle. All that squad work is obviously paying off !

Congratulations to all of the swimmers !

ESSA Summer Carnivals

Our head coach has selected a squad of 14 swimmers to represent the club at the forthcoming Summer ESSA carnivals. Each of Luke, Popi, Doris, Daniel, Cameron, Will, Tom, Sam, Lilly, Josie, James, Samantha, Nicole and Emma have been contacted by Steve to determine which races they are swimming in.

If you have not yet been contacted, and would like to join your fellow club racers in what is a great series of carnivals, please reply to this email or speak to Steve ASAP - entries close tomorrow, October 12.

The meets all start at 2pm on Saturday October 21, October 28 and November 11 at UNSW pool. They only take a few hours, and are a fantastic way to get racing experience and confidence in a really fun and supportive team environment. Give it a go !

Cool Camps for Kids fitness training

Please support our friends at Cool Camps for Kids. They are now conducting health and fitness sessions Mon, Wed, and Fri at 4pm during the school term and more details can be found at www.coolcamps.com.au

Gym Membership

A reminder that the centre has a very modern, fully equipped gym, and they have agreed that exclusively for our club there is now a 25% discount on ANY gym membership for Swim Club members' immediate family.