Week 11 – Santa Claus is coming to the pool!

This Saturday is our last meet before we break for the festive season. Happily the invitation we sent to PO Box No 1 NORTH POLE was received and Santa Claus has confirmed he will be attending swim club this week. Santa says he knows which kids have been naughty and which kids have been nice and that he’ll have a bag of goodies to share with all his friends at Drummoyne.

On the swimming front, this week we have:

EventDetail
Form Stroke50m Breaststroke Championship race
30M or 20M Breaststroke
Sprint50M Freestyle
30M or 20M Freestyle
Distance Event200M Freestyle
4 x 30M Freestyle
4 x 20M Freestyle

In the new year

Swim club will start back up again on Saturday the 20th of January.

Battle on the BAY 2024

Drummoyne Swimming Club will be hosting Battle on the Bay in 2024. The date is being confirmed but as usual we will be battling it out with swimmers from Leichhardt, Ashfield and Enfield. We will need lots of helpers on the day and we’ll also need additional prizes to raffle off.

120th Birthday

2024 marks Drummoyne Swimming Club’s 120th birthday. To celebrate we are planning a couple of events including a huge birthday party at the end of the season. Keep an eye out for more details.

Laps for Life

We’ll be participating in the Laps for Life Challenge again in 2024 to raise funds for Reachout.com.

Girls looking for a holiday activity in January?

The Canada Bay Cannons AFL club would like to pass on an invitation to join them at their Free Youth Girls (5 to 15) AFL Development Clinic in January. The clinic is an opportunity to build on your current skills, and learn new skills in a fun welcoming environment over the school holidays. More details in the flyer attached or sign up through the link below.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1czsP0wg20Mt1bpNf0MvyHu6HcgtOKIKf6ZpyHjbe7yU/edit

 

Live Race Results !

You may have seen the news post on TeamApp but if not, we have a new feature available that allows you to see your race start information and results live as they are updated during Saturday morning race meets.

Simply open the Live Results page from the Team App menu or the Results menu on our website to view race details as they are updated live.

Optionally enter one or more names and choose races that are about to start or have already finished to see the results for your family, friends or fiercest competitors!

Week 10 Butterfly Championship and George Russell 400M FS heats

Well the season is hurtling along and we’ve reached week 10 already! This week we have a break from trophy finals but continue on with trophy heats and with our second championship race.

The trophy heat this week is the for the George Russell 400m Freestyle (H’cap) event. Usually 400M races are reserved for those who have qualified but the George Russell handicap event is open to all comers.

Our championship race this week is the 50m butterfly event.

The schedule for this Saturday is as follows:

EventDetail
Sprint100M Freestyle
~ 35 and Over 100m Freestyle – Week 2
~ Molly Wark & Les Henry U/10 100m Freestyle – Week 2
50M Freestyle
30M or 20M Freestyle
Form Stroke50m Butterfly Championship race
30M or 20M Butterfly
Distance EventHeats for the George Russell 400m Freestyle (H’cap) Trophy
200M Freestyle
4 x 30M Freestyle
4 x 20M Freestyle

Battle on the Bay

Drummoyne will likely be hosting the Battle on the Bay this summer. We’re working to identify a date that fits with the summer racing carnival and fits in and around waterpolo’s home games.

Keep an eye out for more information as details are settled.

The Watershed Kitchen serves up vouchers for our raffles

Thanks very much to Gary and the team at the Watershed Kitchen who have kindly donated vouchers for our weekly club raffles.

The Watershed Cafe offers spectacular views of Iron Cove Bay with alfresco seating serving Australian made cuisine with only the freshest locally sourced produce.

If you’re looking for a coffee, breakfast, lunch of dinner head to the Watershet Cafe and show your support for their generosity.

Viva Veeva Property Group!

Spotlight on Veeva Property Group

Veeva Property Group has been a very generous sponsor of the Club for many seasons and they’ve graciously agreed to support the Club again this summer as a Gold Sponsor. The store front is under renovation but it’s business as usual in every other way.

Veeva Property Group is unlike any other Drummoyne and Canada Bay real estate agency that has come before. Merging experienced and honed negotiation skills, marketing acumen, in-depth local market knowledge and value-added project management, Veeva Property Group will help you achieve the very best result possible when selling or buying your home or investment property.

Veeva Property Group offers a full suite of real estate services including:

  • Sales and Marketing
  • Property Management
  • Executive Rentals
  • Styling and Design
  • Buyers Advocacy
  • Commercial Leasing

Veeva’s Director, Gladys Mallqui represents her client’s with complete transparency, matching educated and engaged buyers and renters with properties aligned to their exact needs and requirements.

“We listen, offer genuine help and professional advice to maximise your return. We are more than your local realtor!”Gladys Mallqui

If you are thinking of selling, buying, renting or leasing a property contact Gladys on 0488 883 382 or via gladys@veevaproperty.com.au.

Veeva Property Group are our trophy sponsor and their contribution makes it possibly for us to engrave possibly the largest collection of historic trophies in the known universe!

And Gladys makes a mean chocolate birthday cake!

Five Dock Rotary 200m Individual Medley Handicap

The results of the final for the Five Dock Rotary 200m Individual Medley Handicap held on 2 December 2023 were as follows:

ID Name Position
1078 Michael PLAYFORD 1
1609 Hugo SMITH 2
1587 Jude WILSON 3
1379 Xavier FOSTER 4
1491 Daire HENDERSON 5

Winner: Michael PLAYFORD

 

Week 9: 50M Championship Race & 200M Medley Handicap Final

It was great to have members of the Wheaton family with us last Saturday to present the George Wheaton Trophy to Ben Playford following his victory, doing breaststroke, in the final of the BBB. Young George, great great grandson of the trophy’s namesake mused about how great it would be to have a crack at getting his name on the trophy next season… If George can post a few times at a local race in his home area near Wollongong we’ll see what we can do…

We’ve got more serious racing again this week with the final of the Five Dock Rotary 200M Individual Medley Handicap race as well as our first championship race of the season.

The schedule for this Saturday is as follows:

EventDetail
Sprint50M Freestyle Championship race
30M or 20M Freestyle
Form Stroke100M Backstroke
50M Backstroke, 30M or 20M Backstroke
Distance Event200M Individual Medley
The first medley race will be the final of the Five Dock Rotary Trophy
4 x 30M Individual Medley
4 x 20M Individual Medley

The finalists who will duke it out in the Five Dock Rotary Individual Medley Trophy race are shown below:

1609Hugo SMITH
1033Georgia KIRKPATRICK-JONES
1078Michael PLAYFORD
1587Jude WILSON
1379Xavier FOSTER
1491Daire HENDERSON

Will Michael Playford make it two Playford trophy winners in a row?

Reminder: Please Register Now!

Completed a free trial? Enjoyed Squads or racing? It’s time to register!

The season is now well underway and we would love all swimmers that have been participating in squads and/or Saturday races to join up as Drummoyne Swimming Club members.

It is important that swimmers are registered members as registration fees help us cover the costs of running the club. More members allows us to keep fees as low as possible.

Season 2023/24 memberships are now available to purchase via the Swim Central portal.

Since last summer there have been changes to the ACTIVE KIDS voucher (dropping from $100 to $50) and increases to Swimming Australia / Swimming NSW fees. So in response we’ve made a few tweaks to our membership structure and fees, namely:

  • We’ve added a junior club swimmer category with a reduced fee to offset the impact of the reduction in the ACTIVE KIDS voucher, and
  • Increased fees on a couple of fee categories to help cover the club’s costs.

Our new Membership Categories and Fees are as follows:

Member CategoryStandard FeeFamily Concession Fee
Club Swimmers*$11015% discount
Club Swimmers 10 years and under at 31/10/2023*$8515% discount
Second Claim Members$8015% discount
Squad Members$8015% discount
State Competition Swimmers$13015% discount
Non-swimmers (Spectator/Supporter)$3515% discount
Life membersnilnil

* Unless you are planning to swim competitively for Drummoyne at Swimming NSW sanctioned events the Club Swimmer category is likely to be the one for you.

Instructions on using the Swim Central portal, read here:

How To Register With Swim Central – Swimming Australia Online Support Portal

ACTIVE KIDS vouchers can be redeemed when registering your child.  

More information is available on the club’s Fees and Registration page.

Got questions or need help?

If you have any questions about membership categories or how to use Swim Central please reach out to our Registrar Dave Smith via registrar@drummoyneswimclub.com.au.

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