Author: Adrian Bell

Can you believe it? Swimming season is just over a month away, and we are thrilled to announce that the Drummoyne Swimming Club squads will be back in action starting at the beginning of September! 🌟

Our club offers an amazing opportunity for swimmers of all ages and skill levels to improve their technique, stay fit, and have loads of fun. Whether you’re a seasoned swimmer or just starting out, our experienced coaches and supportive community are here to help you achieve your goals.

We’d love for you to spread the word! If you know friends or family members who might be interested in joining our swim club, please tell them about us. To make it even better, we’re offering a free trial for newcomers! This is the perfect chance for anyone curious about swimming to give it a try and see what we’re all about.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need more information. Looking forward to seeing everyone at the pool soon!

Our Annual Awards Presentation and Dinner will be held on Saturday the 25th of May at the water polo club room at Drummoyne Pool.

A big thank you in advance to our major sponsor Veeva Property Group who make this event possible with their support for trophies and engraving.

Event Details

What	Annual Awards Presentation and BBQ dinner
Where	Drummoyne Waterpolo club room Top level Drummoyne Swimming Pool
When	25 May 2024
What time	5pm to 9pm
Why	To present trophies and awards to our swimmers after another excellent season – Perpetual trophies – Points and Championship trophies – Keepsake trophies – New club records – Most Valuable Swimmer Awards
Dinner	BBQ burgers and salad At this venue we can also have our Dessert competition. There will be a prize for the best adult and kids dessert (adjudicated by a panel of esteemed sweet tooth club members)
RSVP	To confirm attendance please: 1) RSVP here on TeamApp, and 2) buy a ticket (to cover the cost of food) on the club’s Square weblink Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children under 16. Ribs & Burgers will cater for the event and the ticket cost basically covers the cost of the food.
Lucky Door Prizes	Prizes will include: – An Effortless Swimming faster freestyle session – Sportslab 60 min massage – And more…

For any newer swimming families… wherever the presentation night venue allows, we have a tradition of a dessert competition. With the presentation at the water polo club room this year the competition is back on.

Adults and younger swimmers are encouraged to bring along a dessert to share with club members.

As esteemed group of sweet tooth swimmers will sample and declare the ‘best’ adult and junior desserts.

In the past the competition has been fierce. So… start working on your baking, tempering and flembeing and dream up a delight that will take home the prize.

Our Annual Awards Presentation and BBQ Dinner will be held on Saturday the 25th of May at the waterpolo club room at Drummoyne Pool.

A big thank you in advance to our major sponsor Veeva Property Group who make this event possible with their support for trophies and engraving.

Event Details

What	Annual Awards Presentation and BBQ dinner
Where	Drummoyne Waterpolo club room Top level Drummoyne Swimming Pool
When	25 May 2024
What time	5pm to 9pm
Why	To present trophies and awards to our swimmers after another excellent season – Perpetual trophies – Points and Championship trophies – Keepsake trophies – New club records – Most Valuable Swimmer Awards
Dinner	Ribs & Burgers will cook up a storm of BBQ burgers and salad At this venue we can also have our Dessert competition. There will be a prize for the best adult and kids dessert (adjudicated by a panel of esteemed sweet tooth club members)
RSVP	To confirm attendance please: 1) RSVP here on TeamApp, and 2) buy a ticket (to cover the cost of food) on the club’s Square weblink Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children under 16. Ribs & Burgers will cater for the event and the ticket cost basically covers the cost of the food.
Lucky Door Prizes	Prizes will include: – An Effortless Swimming faster freestyle session – Sportslab 60 min massage – And more…

Don’t forget that this Saturday is our last Saturday morning meet and that means it’s the family fun day!

We’ll have the following events in addition to the 800M Championship race:

• The boogie board and floaty race
• The thong / croc / slide race
• The Family Relay, and
• The GERIBO CUP!!!

The Geribo Cup is a relay for the Chocolate Trophy. Check out the other comms this week to make sure you are in a team!

RSVP on TeamApp asap

DSC is 120 years in 2024. To celebrate we’re having a birthday party straight after our final swim meet on Saturday the 23rd of March.

We’re having the party with our generous sponsors restaurant at Ribs & Burgers – 77-105 Victoria Road, Drummoyne.

Kids meals are free*. Adults to buy their own lunch and drinks.

We’ll have lucky door prizes and give aways on the day including a faster freestyle clinic from Effortless Swimming and a massage voucher from Sports Lab Drummoyne.

Please confirm your attendance using the Event on TeamApp. Please select your child’s meal preference there too.

If you have any queries about this please feel free to contact Adrian.

*_Free for paid up members.

We’re at the back end of the season and this week we’ve got backstroke – in the form of the 100M Backstroke championship race. This is your second last chance to get Championship points to add some backstroke to your week’s training plan.

Our events this week are:

Event	Detail
Championship	CHAMPIONSHIP – 100m Backstroke Plus shorter events if there are any takers
Sprint	100M Freestyle, including: Plus 50M, 30M and 20M Freestyle races
Distance Event	200 Freestyle 4 x 30M and 4 x 20M Freestyle

Family Fun Day next week

Don’t forget that next week is our last Saturday morning swim meet and that means it’s the family fun day!

We’ll have the following events in addition to the 800M Championship race:

• The boogie board and floaty race
• The thong / croc / slide race
• The over under race across the pool
• The Family Relay, and
• The GERIBO CUP!!!

The Geribo Cup is a relay for the Chocolate Trophy. Get your teams together!

Birthday Bash

Don’t forget our 120th anniversary birthday bash on the 23rd after swim club. RSVP via TeamApp.

Laps for Life

We are participating in the Laps for Life Challenge again this season.

For those that are new to the club, Drummoyne Swimming Club has been one of the top fundraising teams over the last few years. Some of our swimmers have also been right at the top of the fundraising ladders.

Last season the Smith boys swum their hearts out and raised an extraordinary amount.

Who is up for the challenge this time?

Join the Drummoyne Swimming Club team in the Laps for Life Challenge to raise money for Reachout.com.

Join Team DSC Now!

Reminder: RSVP on TeamApp asap

DSC is 120 years in 2024. To celebrate we’re having a birthday party straights after our final swim meet on Saturday the 23rd of March.

We’re having the party with our generous sponsors restaurant at Ribs & Burgers – 77-105 Victoria Road, Drummoyne.

Kids meals are free*. Adults to buy their own lunch and drinks.

We’ll have lucky door prizes and give aways on the day including a faster freestyle clinic from Effortless Swimming and a massage voucher from Sports Lab Drummoyne.

Please confirm your attendance using the Event on TeamApp. Please select your child’s meal preference there too.

If you have any queries about this please feel free to contact Adrian.

*_Free for paid up members.

Well, we’ve now got just 3 weeks until the end of racing season! Don’t miss a chance to get more points this weekend and get yourself one step closer to an end of season trophy. Make sure you come along to cheer those racing for our last perpetual trophy of the season – the Fred Congdon Butterfly trophy.

Our events this week are:

Event	Detail
Distance Event	CHAMPIONSHIP – 200m Medley 4 x 30M and 4 x 20M Medley events if there are any takers
Sprint	50M Freestyle, including: Molly Wark & Les Henry U/10 100m Freestyle – Week 6 35 and Over 100m Freestyle – Week 6 Plus 30M and 20M Freestyle races
Form Stroke	50M Butterfly including the Finals of the Fred Congdon 50m Butterfly (H’cap) 30M Butterfly and 20M Butterfly

The finalists for the Fred Congdon 50m Butterfly Handicap to be held on 9 March 2024 are as follows:

ID	Name
1609	Hugo SMITH
1695	Alena FINN
1113	Jaxon LEWIS
1584	Sally KUDRNA
1431	Thomas PEARSON
1379	Xavier FOSTER

Laps for Life

We are participating in the Laps for Life Challenge again this season.

For those that are new to the club, Drummoyne Swimming Club has been one of the top fundraising teams over the last few years. Some of our swimmers have also been right at the top of the fundraising ladders.

Last season the Smith boys swum their hearts out and raised an extraordinary amount.

Who is up for the challenge this time?

Join the Drummoyne Swimming Club team in the Laps for Life Challenge to raise money for Reachout.com.

Join Team DSC Now!

Birthday Bash

Don’t forget our 120th anniversary birthday bash on the 23rd after swim club. RSVP via TeamApp.

DSC is 120 years in 2024. To celebrate we’re having a birthday party straights after our final swim meet on Saturday the 23rd of March.

We’re having the party with our generous sponsors restaurant at Ribs & Burgers – 77-105 Victoria Road, Drummoyne.

Kids meals are free*. Adults to buy their own lunch and drinks.

We’ll have lucky door prizes and give aways on the day including a faster freestyle clinic from Effortless Swimming and a massage voucher from Sports Lab Drummoyne.

Please confirm your attendance using the Event on TeamApp. Please select your child’s meal preference there too.

If you have any queries about this please feel free to contact Adrian.

*_Free for paid up members.