March is almost upon us, and this year we’re again raising funds to help prevent youth mental suicide.
Join the Drummoyne Swimming Club team in the Laps for Life Challenge to raise money for Reachout.com.
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March is almost upon us, and this year we’re again raising funds to help prevent youth mental suicide.
Join the Drummoyne Swimming Club team in the Laps for Life Challenge to raise money for Reachout.com.
It’s back to normal this week after the excitement of Battle on the Bay, with a Championship race and a trophy race. The race order this Saturday morning is:
Event | Detail |
Distance Event | 200M Freestyle Championship races Plus shorter non-competitive races if there are takers for them |
Sprint | 50M Freestyle including Finals Tom Williams 50m Freestyle (H’cap) – Mens Finals Tom Williams 50m Freestyle (H’cap) – Womens Plus 30M and 20M Freestyle races |
Form Stroke | 50M Butterfly handicap races being heats for the Fred Congdon 50m Butterfly (H’cap) Trophy. 30M and 20M Butterfly |
We raised a tidy sum at Battle on the Bay with our monster raffle. That money will be well spent on new equipment for the timing system. And if anyone needs a lesson about the evils of inflation come and talk about the cost of blue stop watches and the other timing kit.
The raffle was only possible with the generous support of our regular sponsors and supporters and some new contributors.
Our regular supporters who provided raffle items on the day were:
We take this opportunity to shout out the following groups who supported us this carnival. Their support was extremely generous:
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. |
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! |
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.
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! |
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! |
The individual entries for the 2024 Battle On The Bay on Saturday 17th February 2024, including seed times, are available here:
Please review and check the entries as soon as possible so that we can finalise them this week. Also, please double-check the entries for your friends who may not see or read this email.
Where swimmers do not have a current time for one of the events they have entered, a time of 9.59.99 has been entered. If you have an estimated time, please advise.
If you have not yet entered and wish to do so asap – by Saturday the 10th of February at the latest.
Please register you and your family members on Team App under the Battle on the Bay Event on 17th February 2024 (sign in the same way as Saturday morning meets and choose the races you wish to swim in):
The relay team entries will be published once the individual entries have been finalised, based on the fastest swimmers for each age group. We will assume that everyone who has a 50m Freestyle time will be available for selection in the relays, but if you have to leave the Carnival early or do not wish to participate in a relay team, please advise.
The carnival will run from 2pm to 7pm on Saturday 17th February 2024 at Drummoyne Pool. The order of the events is as follows:
Further information on the carnival is available on our web site here:
2024 Battle on the Bay Swimming Carnival
Everyone who swims at the Carnival will win points for our Club. The faster you go, the more points you will win!
However, if you enter a race but do not swim (DNS) on the day, you will LOSE points for the Club!
So, if you have to leave the Carnival early or expect to arrive late, it will be better for our Club result if you don’t enter yourself into any races that you may miss.
The entry fee for the Carnival is $7 per swimmer. You will also need to pay pool entry fees on the day.
If you haven’t yet paid your Carnival fee, please click here to pay:
To run the Carnival efficiently we are seeking volunteers to help out with timekeeping, marshaling and other roles. Please volunteer your services if you are able to assist on the day.
The Battle on the Bay Swimming Carnival was started by Drummoyne Swimming Club in 2010 as a fun way of bringing together local clubs in the bay area. Some history on the Carnival and previous results can be found on our web site here:
https://drummoyneswimclub.com.au/battle-on-the-bay-swimming-carnival/
The carnival is a great social meet for our members to compete against other swimmers in the local area. Wear your Club colours and cheer loudly for our team! The highlight of the Carnival is always the relay events at the end, culminating with the 10x50m relay in which the fastest ten swimmers from each club battle it out for supremacy in the pool!
Awards are given to the fastest male and female swimmers in each age group and the Battle on the Bay Trophy will be presented to the fastest Club on the Bay!
It was magnificent to see a couple of new club records set in the 400 Individual Medley last week. Congratulations to Hayden Howard and Elizabeth Allen for setting new benchmarks in their age groups.
This week we have another challenging meet. The 100M Butterfly Championship races will no doubt be the highlight.
The race order this week:
Event | Detail |
Form Stroke | 100M Butterfly Championship races 50M, 30M and 20M Butterfly races |
Sprint | 100M Freestyle handicap races ~ Molly Wark & Les Henry U/10 100m Freestyle – Week 4 ~ 35 and Over 100m Freestyle – Week 4 50M, 30M and 20M Freestyle handicap races. |
Distance Event | 200M Freestyle handicap races 4 x 30M Freestyle handicap races 4 x 20M Freestyle handicap races |
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. |
4 Febraury 2024 | Cole Classic 2024 Manly Ocean Swim – 1km, 2km and 5km events |
17 February 2024 | There re now just 3 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! |
This year we are hosting the 15th installment of the Battle on the Bay! And it’s coming up soon… We need to start finalising our entries and relay teams. So please register asap.
This year registration is via TeamApp. Please confirm your attendance and the strokes you wish to swim by going to the Team App Events page.
Battle on the Bay is always a great afternoon. It’s a good chance to come together as a Drummoyne team and fight it out against our neighboring clubs from Leichhardt, Ashfield and Enfield.
Even if we can’t knock Leichhardt off as carnival winner, let’s at least make sure we get our hands on Jody van Loo’s massive Chocolate Trophy for the 10 x 50M relay.
Where: Drummoyne Swimming Centre
When: Saturday 17 February 2024
What time: 14:00 – 19:30 (warm-up from 13:30)
Why: So Drummoyne Swimming Club can be crowned the greatest swimming club in the universe, ever.
What races:
Fees: $7.00 plus pool entry (pool entry to be paid on the day in the usual fashion). Event fees can be paid online – Square Online Payment.
We will need plenty of volunteers on the day with timekeeping, selling programs and helping with the BBQ. Please put your hand up to help if you can.
This week we get back in to the swing of championship races with the 50M Backstroke race.
We’ve also got one of the toughest races on the calendar the 400M Individual Medley handicap event.
Some 10+ years ago we used to swim 400M Individual Medley championship races. Unsurprisingly, the number of participants in those races was not huge so the championship event was dropped from the calendar – leaving just the handicap event.
We do however still have club records for the 400M Medley and occasionally a brave soul or two decide they want to have a crack at the record for their age group. If you want to have a go at a 400M Medley record this weekend please contact Duncan ahead of Saturday via racesecretary@drummoyneswimclub.com.au.
The race order this week:
Event | Detail |
Form Stroke | 50M Backstroke Championship races 30M and 20M Backstroke races |
Sprint | 50M Freestyle handicap 30M and 20M Freestyle |
Distance Event | 400M Medley handicap (and record attempts) 200M Medley 4 x 30M Medley 4 x 20M Medley |
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. |
4 Febraury 2024 | Cole Classic 2024 Manly Ocean Swim – 1km, 2km and 5km events |
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! |
For more than four decades, the Cole Classic has been a cornerstone event at the iconic Manly Beach. It’s one of the world’s most celebrated ocean swim events. And every year a number of Drummoyne Swimming Club swimmers make the trek to Manly to participate.
This summer the Cole Classic will be held on Sunday the 4th of February 2024. As usual the options are 1 km, 2 km and 5 km.
If you are thinking about doing an ocean swim this is the event for you.
Here is a link to the registration page.
Select the Drummoyne Swimming Club team when you register.
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