Author: Adrian Bell

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
Distance Event	Heats for the George Russell 400m Freestyle (H’cap) Trophy 200M Freestyle 4 x 30M Freestyle 4 x 20M Freestyle

Battle on the Bay

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.

Spotlight on Veeva Property Group

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 Property Group offers a full suite of real estate services including:

• Sales and Marketing
• Property Management
• Executive Rentals
• Styling and Design
• Buyers Advocacy
• Commercial Leasing

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!

And Gladys makes a mean chocolate birthday cake!

Drummoyne Swimming Club warmly welcomes Kadmus as a club sponsor and supporter.

Ya Hala

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,

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:

How To Register With Swim Central – Swimming Australia Online Support Portal

ACTIVE KIDS vouchers can be redeemed when registering your child.  

More information is available on the club’s Fees and Registration page.

Got questions or need help?

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.

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.

Try before you buy

Want to try swimming this summer? But not sure if you’ll you like it?

Drummoyne Swimming Club offers new swimmers a free 4 week trial as a taster before you need to officially join up with the club.

Drummoyne Swimming Club offers an excellent whole of family summer sporting experience with:

• Swimmers of all ages from 3 to 70+
• Junior and Adult squads – free for members. All levels welcome
• Handicap racing that gives everyone a chance to win a race
• Championship races
• Sprints and long distance events across all strokes
• Special event trophies
• Season best trophies
• Come when you can – unlike team sports there is no need to turn up every week
• Choose your events – can’t do butterfly, don’t like backstroke? No problem. You can opt out of any events you don’t want to swim
• A relaxed and social Saturday morning
• Social nights with club members and friends
• Annual Carnival against other local swimming clubs

See below for more details about our regular program.

Check out our website for more information about the club including the calendar, how to join and to learn about the club’s history. Also feel free to contact one of our office bearers to have a chat or sign up to the club’s mailing list to receive our weekly newsletter.

Regular program

Our regular program is:

• Junior Squads Tuesdays and Thursdays in Lanes 1 and 2 at Drummoyne Swimming Centre, 6:00 to 7:00 with experienced coaches (parents are welcome to swim too).
• Adult Squads Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in Lanes 1 and 2 at Drummoyne Swimming Centre, 6:00 to 7:00. Club legend Arthur defines a set for the day.
• Saturday morning racing starting at 7:30. We start with a freestyle sprint and then a form stroke event (breaststroke, backstroke or butterfly). The final race of the morning is a distance event, alternating between freestyle and medley. Racing starts 7 October and continues through to the end of March 2024 with a break for the Christmas / New year period.

Kids who join up before the end of October get a club free tee shirt

Kids 14 and under who are registered before the end of October will receive a free club tee shirt. So if you do come along to try swim club out join up and your kids will get a tee shirt to feel part of the team!