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!
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:
Event
Detail
Sprint
100M 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 Stroke
50m Butterfly Championship race 30M or 20M Butterfly
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.
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’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!
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…
Drummoyne Swimming Club warmly welcomes Kadmus as a club sponsor and supporter.
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Kadmus is a local institution. Ossama, Hanaby and family have been serving the local community for well over a decade providing delicious Lebanese food and supporting local events such as school fetes and community events.
Kadmus will be extending their hospitality to the club with vouchers for our weekly raffles.
The support of Kadmus and our other sponsors and supporters is much appreciated. Their help allows us to run a fun community swimming club and keep member costs to a minimum.
So, swimmers, if you are looking for a local night out or a quick and easy take-away, make sure you put Kadmus as the top of your list.
Kadmus are located at 105 Thompson St, Drummoyne NSW 2047 (Cnr of Lyons Road and Thompson St). They are open 7 days a week ’til late.
Kadmus operate dine-in, pick-up and delivery – check the usual apps for available services,
This week we have the second trophy race of the season with the final of our signature race, the George Wheaton BBB 50M Handicap event. As usual we’ll have a few members of the Wheaton clan joining us poolside to present the trophy. The full program for this weekend is as follows:
Event
Detail
Sprint
100M Freestyle 50, 30M or 20M Freestyle
The 100M races are the start of a series for young and old (but not those in the middle…): Molly Wark & Les Henry U/10 100m Freestyle – Week 1 35 and Over 100m Freestyle – Week 1
Form Stroke
George Wheaton BBB Trophy Race
50M Breaststroke 30M or 20M Breaststroke
Distance Event
400M Freestyle 200M Freestyle for those who wish to do it or who haven’t qualified for the 400M race 4 x 30M Freestyle 4 x 20M Freestyle
The finalists who will duke it out in the George Wheaton BBB trophy race are:
ID
Name
Stroke
1626
Arabella DIXON
Breaststroke
1079
Ben PLAYFORD
Breaststroke
1738
Suzie AITKEN
Backstroke
281
James SIMMONS
Breaststroke
1593
Erica BHATTI
Backstroke
1389
Hayden HOWARD
Breaststroke
1689
Paul MARTIN
Backstroke
Good luck to all finalists!
Mens Social Night
The Men’s social night out is this Thursday from 7pm at Ribs & Burgers. All male swimmers, parents, grandparents, and carers are welcome – kids welcome too!
Results from Week 7
Results and points from last week available on the results page.
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 Category
Standard Fee
Family Concession Fee
Club Swimmers*
$110
15% discount
Club Swimmers 10 years and under at 31/10/2023*
$85
15% discount
Second Claim Members
$80
15% discount
Squad Members
$80
15% discount
State Competition Swimmers
$130
15% discount
Non-swimmers (Spectator/Supporter)
$35
15% discount
Life members
nil
nil
* 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:
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.
Last season the amazing Eloise Pidd held off a strong finishing field to claim the Tom Brown trophy. A large contingent of the Brown family were on hand to present it to a beaming Eloise. While the equally amazing Georgia Romaniuk took out the Five Dock Rotary 200M Individual Medley Trophy – a huge effort in a really tough event.
After a cool morning last Saturday this week the forecast is sunny and warm so make sure you set the alarm and come along.
Our program is as follows:
Event
Detail
Sprint
100M Freestyle 50M, 30M or 20M Freestyle
Form Stroke
50M* Backstroke 50M 30M or 20M Backstroke
The 50M Backstroke races will serve as the heats for the Tom Brown Backstroke Handicap Trophy.
Distance Event
200M Medley 4 x 30M Medley 4 x 20M Medley
The 200M Individual Medley races will serve as the heats for the Five Dock Medley Handicap Tropy.
Ladies Social Night
One last reminder that the ladies social night is on this Thursday at Ribs & Burgers starting at 7pm. Please register your attendance using the Event on TeamApp. Mum’s and minders are encouraged to take their girls along.
Results from Week 5
There are a few corrections to results from last week. They have now been updated on the results page.
Just a reminder that we always need parents and swimmers to act as timekeepers! This helps ensure our races run as smoothly as possibly on Saturday mornings.
If you are swimming as well as timing it is a good idea to team up with someone that swims different heats to you.
Timing is very easy to do – just pick a lane and press the buttons on the blue stopwatches when your swimmer touches the wall.
The final step is to write down the times on the stopwatches onto the time sheet, in case we need to refer to them as a backup.
Each week we need someone to act as the chief timekeeper. This role sounds fancy but it’s quite simple too. The chief timekeeper gets to hold the walkie talkie and answer queries from the club room about times in particular races.
You can nominate to act as Chief Timekeeper using the duty roster function in this week’s event on TeamApp.
We welcome any feedback or other suggestions for keeping races moving along.
We had a lovely morning last Saturday with warm weather and sunny skies. Swimmers had fun with butterfly and the medley! This week the action keeps coming with breaststroke and a 200M freestyle. Excitingly, we have the heats for our first trophy race – the Geoff Roper 200M Freestyle handicap race. Last year’s winner was Hayden Howard. Hayden has already posted some great times this summer. Will someone be able to knock him off this time?
Our program is as follows:
Event
Detail
Sprint
100M Freestyle 50M, 30M or 20M Freestyle
Form Stroke
100M Breaststroke 50M, 30M or 20M Butterfly
Distance Event
4 x 50M Freestyle* 4 x 30M Freestyle 4 x 20M Freestyle
*incl the Geoff Roper handicap trophy heats
A young(er) Will Taylor and Sarah Lyon presenting the Geoff Roper trophy a few years back.
Club Captains
We’ve got one nomination each for the male and female Club Captain positions. If you think this is the job for you please drop Adrian a message. We’ll hold elections, if required, on Saturday to fill the roles.
World Famous BBB
On Saturday the 4th of November we will hold the heats for the George Wheaton BBB handicap race. BBB is short for Breaststroke, Backstroke and Butterfly. It’s a unique event in which competitors race each other with different “B” strokes in the same race on handicap. So a swimmer in one lane may swim Butterfly, another Breaststroke and a third Backstroke!
This year there is no separate entry form. You just need to nominate your stroke using TeamApp.
All going well we hope to have members of the Wheaton family join us on pool deck again to present the winner with the trophy.
Check out the George Wheaton BBB page on our website to learn about the story behind this race.
Hail Rex!
Last weekend, after smashing out some wonderful swims at Drummoyne Pool, Rex Wilson headed up river to Homebush to compete in the Metro South West Championships (as part of the MLC Burwood team).
Rex swam superbly again and came home with two gold medals and a bronze.
Upcoming events
Our first social events for the season are coming up in November. Please pencil these dates in to your diary:
9 November | Ladies night out
23 November | Men’s night out
The events will start at 7pm and be held at the R&B Grillhouse on Victoria Road Drummoyne. The R&B Grillhouse is a major sponsor and these events are a great way to show our support and gratitude.
Thanks Noah and Cohen (and Oscar)
Thanks to Noah and Cohen for making tea and coffee for the timekeepers and race officials on Saturday. And thanks to Oscar who graciously helped to wash up the mess.
Week 3 results
In case you missed them, times and points from last week can be found on the results page results page.
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