Race At Your Pace!
There were some great performances to highlight from last weekend:
Well done to both Zoe and Hayden!
We’re approaching the end of the calendar year fast and if you still need to register your squids using their 2021 Active Kids Voucher you’ll need to get in quick…
The NSW Government is helping kids get active with the Active Kids program.
The Active Kids program provides two $100 vouchers for parents, guardians and carers of school-enrolled children to use towards sport and active recreation costs each year.
Voucher 1 is valid January to December 2021 and Voucher 2 is valid July to December 2021.
To use the voucher, find a registered activity provider and present your voucher when you sign up.
If you’re a parent, carer or guardian, the student will be eligible if they are:
You can apply for a voucher for each eligible student.
You can use the voucher for registration, participation or membership costs with an approved Active Kids provider.
To use the voucher:
A voucher can only be used:
A voucher cannot be:
To use the voucher, give the details to your registered activity provider.
Drummoyne Swimming Centre is holding its annual community open day on Monday 20th December 2021 between 10am–2pm.
Join us for a fun-filled day by the bay with fun activities for the whole family.
Bring your family and friends and spend the day at the Swimming Centre with one of the best views in Sydney!
See you there!
This Saturday is our last Swim Club meet before we take a short break for Christmas and the New Year celebrations. If we’re lucky Santa will pay us a visit and dish out some Christmas Cheer! We’re also planning a bacon and egg BBQ breakfast. It promises to be a great morning.
It would be great to see as many swimmers as possible. Please encourage those swimmers who have been staying at home to keep warm and dry to come along – after a very wet season so far the BOM is predicting a lovely day with a top of 29.
Hopefully Santa doesn’t get too hot in his red suit.
This week’s raffle we have extra prizes to help get everyone into the christmas spirit:
As a very special first prize this week we have a wonderful kids Learn to Sail Holiday Camp donated by our good friends at the Drummoyne Sailing Club.
Second prize will be a $60 Ribs & Burgers voucher.
Third prize will be a Speedo kickboard and pull buoy combo.
Fourth prize will be a Chup Chupa bouquet.
Fifth prize will be a couple of Mayor Angelo’s towels.
Sixth prize will be a pair of Speedo goggles.
Our swimming program this Saturday is as follows:
Don’t miss Swim Club this week. If you do… yule be sorry!
You may recall a post from earlier in the season about the club being contacted recently by Don Erickson who won the George Wheaton BBB trophy in 1944/45. Don’s family were amongst the very early Drummoyne Amateur Swimming Club members and keen swimmers and water polo players.
Don, who is now 91 years young, lives in Canberra and doesn’t get up to Sydney often. But, as chance would have it, the U14 Drummoyne Devils team played a tournament in Canberra last weekend. Jessica Bell, club swimmer and Devil in disguise took the opportunity to reunite the trophy with one of its very early winners.
Don was excited to to see the trophy and Don and his wife Margaret hosted Jessica and Debbie for afternoon tea. Turns out Don and Margaret both went to Russell Lea Infants School.
Thanks to this season’s winner, Felix Sharp, for kindly giving up the Trophy for a week and allowing it to travel to Canberra.
Happy Birthday to Club Captain and legend Rosie Tunstall, for Wednesday 15 December!
All of your friends at Swim Club hope you have a wonderful day!
After a delayed start, the first half of the season has flown by and there are just two weeks to go before we break for Christmas and new year. If we’ve all been good Santa Claus might come and visit us next week. But first…
We start with the 50m Butterfly Championship event. For Championship races there are no handicap starts – everyone starts off “Go”. The fastest person in each age group wins.
To read more about the Championship events and racing format, click here.
Following the Butterfly Championship races we’ll get back to the handicap racing. This week the youngsters (under 10s) will be competing in the Molly Wark & Les Henry U/10 100m Freestyle handicap races (Week 2) and the not so young will be competing for the Over 35 Handicap points and bragging rights.
Following the 100m Freestyle races we’ll have the heats for the George Russell 400m Freestyle (Handicap). Note that everyone who currently has a 200m freestyle time is eligible to compete in the George Russell heats – no need for your 200m time to be less than 200 seconds, which is the normal entry criteria. If you haven’t swum a 400m race before, we will calculate your handicap time for the 400m heats based on your current 200m time. The final for this trophy event is the 23rd January 2022 leaving plenty of time to improve and give yourself a chance at the trophy.
A big shout out to Erica Bhatti who won the Five Dock Rotary 200m Individual Medley Handicap trophy. Erica held off a fast finishing Matthew Svoboda and Ian Allen. Erica’s time was a 20 second personal best. Well done Erica!
If so, remember that the club runs Adult Squads on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays.
Squads start at 6:00 am on Monday and Wednesday and 5:30 am on Fridays for those early birds who want to get in some extra training before racing on Saturday.
Squads are in Lane 1 and 2.
It would be good to see a few more swimmers on Mondays and Wednesdays in particular.
Junior squads are Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6:00 am.
As noted previously, registrations are now open for season 2021/2022. Please get in early. Remember any swimmers who don’t register will have their points towards trophies removed!
Active Kids Vouchers can be redeemed at checkout. See below for more information about how to register.
The five membership options are:
| Membership category | Description | Fee* |
| Club swimmer (2021-2022) | For all DSC swimmers regardless of age. Note: the NSW Active kids voucher can be redeemed for juniors (4.5 – 18 years) | $100.00 |
| Non-swimmer – Spectator / Supporter (2021-2022) | For parents or others who wish to become financial members of DSC – but who don’t want to swim in squads or at races. | $30.00 |
| Second claim member (2021-2022) | For any swimmers that have a ‘first claim’ membership at another club but who also swim at DSC. | $60.00 |
| Squad member (2021-2022) | For those swimmers who only want to participate in club training squads. | $60.00 |
| State Competition Swimmer (2021-2022) | For DSC swimmers who also wish to compete in Swimming NSW and Swimming Australia events. | $120.00 |
* Fees include GST and credit card charges.
Members can join the Club or renew their membership at the Swimming NSW Swim Central portal.
NSW Active Kids vouchers can now be redeemed online in the registration process.
More information and instructions can be found on the Club’s Fees and Registration page.
If you have any issues or questions, please contact our Club Registrar, Michael Donnellan on registrar@drummoyneswimclub.com.au or mobile 0422 453 322.
This week we have a big program of events to get through, with two trophies on offer – the prestigious George Wheaton BBB Trophy and the Mayor’s Canada Bay Cup. As well as these two trophy races, we have the 100m Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke and the 400m Freestyle events.
The BBB is a unique race in which the competitors race against each other swimming their favourite “B” stroke – Breaststroke, Backstroke or Butterfly!
The race is named in honour of George Wheaton – a former secretary of Drummoyne Swimming Club who tragically died after racing his four sons in a “Father and Son” race at the Club in 1937. The trophy was inaugurated in the 1939-40 season and is one of the Clubs most sought after prizes. Wheaton family members will join us pool side for the final.
The finalists for the George Wheaton 50m BBB Handicap and their nominated strokes are as follows:
| ID | Name | Stroke |
|---|---|---|
| 1510 | Camille BOROZAN | Breaststroke |
| 1603 | Felix SHARP | Breaststroke |
| 1113 | Jaxon LEWIS | Butterfly |
| 1590 | Sienna JOSHI-KRAUS | Backstroke |
| 1512 | Casey VAN LOO | Butterfly |
| 1604 | Maya OSTAPENKO | Breaststroke |
| 1495 | Elizabeth ALLAN | Butterfly |
| 1191 | Matthew SVOBODA | Breaststroke |
| 375 | Matthew ELLIS | Breaststroke |
| 770 | Lukas TAYLOR | Butterfly |
Good luck to all !
Election campaigning schedule permitting, our Club Patron Mayor Angelo Tsirekas will join us for the Canada Bay Cup this coming Saturday. This will be the second time we’ve run this relay and we’re hoping a team from within the LGA will take out the trophy this season.
The “Canada Bay Cup” is a race in which residents of the various suburbs in the Canada Bay LGA will square off against each other to see which is the fastest suburb. This relay race will be held on Saturday the 27th of November 2021 at Swim Club. The format is a mixed handicap relay. The number of participants will be determined from the entries received. We’ll also field a relay team of swimmers from outside of the LGA.
To enter the Canada Bay Cup please enter your name and suburb using this link.
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