Cook + Phillip Swim Club

Swimmer of the Year

The competition for Swimmer of the Year is based on each swimmers performances throughout the year at club race nights, with a PB counting for 4 points, a near PB for 3, being within 1 second is worth 2 points and for each race entered 1 point is earned. Well done to all the swimmers last week - there were some terrific performances and it is getting very crowded at the top of the table !

Following the June 16 meet, the current "Top 10" standings are as follows (noting that the complete list is on our web site) :

BOYS: Tom Mahony 145; Aidan Brown 143; Sammy Annear 136; Jack Gerbec 98; Oliver Schaffer 88; James Ekins 80; Robert Murphy 74; James Vineburg 68. Michael Murphy 63; Luke Aldous 59;

GIRLS: Popy Aldous 110; Beatrice Hosie 109; Samantha Marshall 103 : Kelsey Gerbec 91; Mikayla Gerbec 89; Morena Hosie 61 ;Rosie Carr 54 ; Miriam Carr 51 ; Ali Gazal 49*; Caroline Oayda 42;

Note that the complete list is on our web site.

Congratulations to Samantha Marshall, Gold Medal winner and Metropolitan Champion in the 100m Breastroke !

The Sydney Metropolitan Championships were held in early July at Olympic park, and Cook + Phillip Swim Club were represented by Samantha Marshall. She had been training hard under head coach Steve Garner, and all the hard work paid off with Sam winning the gold medal in the 13 years 100 metre breastroke with a new PB of 1.16.72. She also swam a PB in the Open 50 metre breastroke and came 5th which was a huge effort as she was swimming against girls a lot older than her (including one who was in the Commonwealth Games).

Well done Sam, and also congratulations to head coach Steve Garner who has coordinated her program.

Sam's next big race is the NSW Open Championships in early August where she will swim the 50 and 100 metre breastroke.

NSW Age Development Squad - July 14 - 16

Following her reaching the finals at the National Championships Samantha Marshall and head coach Steve garner were invited by Swimming NSW to participate at the Age development Camp. Steve reports as follows :

" Sam and I (and 66 other National finalists and some coaches) arrived at NSWIS Narrabeen mid arvo on Friday. After some welcoming and orientation procedures we had a most engaging lecture on Sport Psychology focusing on some fundamental principles such as a 1% improvement can make a world of difference. 6pm -7.30pm was our first pool session at Warringah Aquatic. A difficult set geared mostly for free stylers so Sam and the other form strokers were under pressure immediately. Good or bad? Ask Sam. Saturday started with a run and stretching followed by and aerobic set (am) and a lecture on Nutrition and a heart rate set (pm). I was with the female Breastroke who responded superbly to a very taxing set. Sam had some back trouble so she was unable to complete the set. On Sunday we had a mini meet. Samantha showed her determination and talent by recording the fastest 100m b/s time for all the girls with a PB 1.15 low. She also did well in the freestyle skins and the relay events. A great weekend and we both gained heaps out of the experience."

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.