Race At Your Pace!
Well the Battle on the Bay carnival was a wonderful afternoon. Great weather, great racing, great BBQ and great company. Thanks to all our competitors who swam wonderfully and especially to all the volunteers who helped the carnival run as smoothly as ever.
Check out the results page to read up on all our swimmers performances.
A big thank you to everyone who participated in the 2024 Battle on the Bay on Saturday 17th February 2024, included the many volunteers who helped to run the carnival like clockwork. We have received very positive feedback from other Clubs who expressed envy at the many Drummoyne family and friends who willingly help us in running such a successful carnival.
The full results of the carnival have been published here, including the many medal winners from Drummoyne. Congratalations to everyone who won an award and swam PB’s in our annual battle against the other Clubs!
The results for Saturday 17 February 2024, including the 100m Freestyle Championships, have been published here.
The results of the final for the Tom Brown 50m Backstroke Handicap held on 17 February 2024 were as follows:
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1324 | Yunos YAQUB | 1 |
| 1469 | Tony VAN SCHAIK | 2 |
| 1622 | Casper CROTHERS | 3 |
| 1609 | Hugo SMITH | 4 |
| 1693 | Jacqueline PIDD | 5 |
| 1505 | Oscar HALE | 6 |
| 1494 | Charlotte ALLAN | 7 |
| 1624 | Claresta HARTLEY | 8 |
Winner: Yunos YAQUB
This week we have an enormous all day schedule.
Firstly we have normal Saturday morning racing with both a championship event and a trophy race.
The trophy race is the Tom Brown 50M backstroke handicap final. The race is named in honour of Lynette Brown’s Grandfather. What an amazing connection the Brown family have with the club.
Then, after just a couple of hours rest we have the 15th installment of the Battle on the Bay. Will this year be our year?
The race order this Saturday morning is:
| Event | Detail |
| Sprint | 100M Freestyle Championship races Plus shorter non-competitive races if there are takers for them |
| Form Stroke | 50M Backstroke handicap races including the final of the Tom Brown 50M backstroke handicap trophy race. 30M and 20M Breaststroke |
| Disatnce Event | 200M Medley 4 x 30M and 4 x 20M Medley races |
Battle on the Bay starts at 14:00. Please be early to get a warm up in and to help set up.
The order of events is:
We will have a BBQ and a monster raffle with over $1,500 worth of prizes.
A friendly reminder for swimmers and spectators that the club’s user agreement with Belgravia Leisure – who manage the pool – does not cover pool entry fees. All swimmers and spectators attending our swim club meets and squads must pay pool entry fees with each visit (via casual entry fees or by scanning multi visit passes).
Payment of entry fees allows Belgravia Leisure to maintain the quality of the facilities and services.
If a pool attendant is not at the entrance when you arrive please make sure that you pay entry fees on the way out.
Note that Belgravia Leisure offer a range of casual visit and multi visit pass options. Detailed about these options are shown below and are available on the Drummoyne Swimming Centre website.
If any members, parents or carers have any questions about this please feel free to contact Club President Adrian Bell on 0424 561 831.
Here is a look ahead at our upcoming events and activities.
| Date | Activity |
| Ongoing | Adult squads are on as usual; Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 6 am in Lanes 1 and 2. All swimmers are welcome. |
| Ongoing | Junior squads recommence 9 January: Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 6 am in Lanes 1 and 2. All junior swimmers and parents / carers are welcome. |
| 17 February 2024 | Battle on the Bay @ Drummoyne Swimming Centre. |
| March 2024 | Laps for Life raising $$$ for Reachout.com |
| 3 March 2024 | Clean Up Australia Day around Drummoyne Pool |
| Late March 2024 | Drummoyne Swimming Centre 120 year Birthday celebration! |
The finalists for the Tom Williams 50m Freestyle Handicap – Mens to be held on 24th February 2024 are as follows:
| ID | Name |
|---|---|
| 1653 | Brody MANNERS |
| 1766 | George EDWARDS |
| 1505 | Oscar HALE |
| 1492 | Ian ALLAN |
| 850 | Andrew SHARPE |
The finalists for the Tom Williams 50m Freestyle Handicap – Womens to be held on 24 February 2024 are as follows:
| ID | Name |
|---|---|
| 1734 | Ella PEAKE |
| 1624 | Claresta HARTLEY |
| 1584 | Sally KUDRNA |
The results of the final for the Bill Gallie 50m Breaststroke Handicap held on 10 February 2024 were as follows:
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1696 | Harry FINN | 1 |
| 1469 | Tony VAN SCHAIK | 2 |
| 1695 | Alena FINN | 3 |
| 1492 | Ian ALLAN | 4 |
| 1584 | Sally KUDRNA | 5 |
Winner: Harry FINN
The results for Saturday 10 February 2024, including the 400m Freestyle Championships, have been published here.
This week we have another big meet with the 400M Freestyle and the final of the Bill Gallie 50M Breaststroke handicap trophy race being the highlights.
The race order this week:
| Event | Detail |
| Distance Event | 400M Freestyle Championship races Plus shorter non-competitive races if there are takers for them |
| Sprint | 50M Freestyle handicap races 30M and 20M Freestyle handicap races. |
| Form Stroke | 50M Breaststroke handicap races including the final of the Bill Gallie 50M handicap trophy race 30M and 20M Breaststroke |
A big congratulations to the Drummoyne swimmers who braved the swell at Manly last weekend to compete in the Cole Classic Ocean Swim.
Pictured below are Jaxon Lewis, Noah Hale, Oscar Hale, Will Bolton, Skye Lewis and Dave Bolton (as well as Adam Lewis’ hand – Adam clearly has a future as a hand model!) This crew were joined by Adrian Bell, Phil Hayward, Michael Hayward, Hannah Hurst, Rosie Tunstall and the Cordaro clan plus Craig Corcoran who swam the 2km event – great work Craig.
A special mention to our two intrepid swimmers Melissa Kerr and Kristy Lewis who dug deep to compete in the 5km swim. The 5km swim goes from Shelley Beach up to Freshwater Beach and the back to South Steyne Beach. Well done Mel and Kristy!
A friendly reminder for swimmers and spectators that the club’s user agreement with Belgravia Leisure – who manage the pool – does not cover pool entry fees. All swimmers and spectators attending our swim club meets and squads must pay pool entry fees with each visit (via casual entry fees or by scanning multi visit passes).
Payment of entry fees allows Belgravia Leisure to maintain the quality of the facilities and services.
If a pool attendant is not at the entrance when you arrive please make sure that you pay entry fees on the way out.
Note that Belgravia Leisure offer a range of casual visit and multi visit pass options. Detailed about these options are shown below and are available on the Drummoyne Swimming Centre website.
If any members, parents or carers have any questions about this please feel free to contact Club President Adrian Bell on 0424 561 831.
Here is a look ahead at our upcoming events and activities.
| Date | Activity |
| Ongoing | Adult squads are on as usual; Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 6 am in Lanes 1 and 2. All swimmers are welcome. |
| Ongoing | Junior squads recommence 9 January: Tuesday and Thursday mornings at 6 am in Lanes 1 and 2. All junior swimmers and parents / carers are welcome. |
| 17 February 2024 | There re now just 2 weeks until the Battle on the Bay @ Drummoyne Swimming Centre. We ask that swimmes please register their attendance and strokes asap using the TeamApp Event. |
| March 2024 | Laps for Life raising $$$ for Reachout.com |
| 3 March 2024 | Clean Up Australia Day around Drummoyne Pool |
| Late March 2024 | Drummoyne Swimming Centre 120 year Birthday celebration! |
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