Author: Adrian Bell

This week we begin our championship races with the 50M Freestyle race. Championship races are off scratch – so no handicaps.

We have age group races and then an open final for the fastest qualifiers – young and old – to see who is the fastest in the club.

This year Denver Pelly and Will Taylor will have a bit more competition in the mens and open events. We’ll see if Ned Robinson or Peter Johnston can match it with them or if any of the younger fellas are getting close.

The ladies field looks pretty open this year. We could see some new ladies on the podium.

The 50M freestyle will be followed by our form stroke – 100m Backstroke and then a Medley which includes the Five Dock Rotary 200m Medley (H’cap) trophy race.

This year’s 200M Medley finalists are:

ID	Name
1696	Harry FINN
1492	Ian ALLAN
12	Thomas PACEY
1871	Ned ROBINSON

Monday and Wednesday Squads – older kids welcome

In order to cater better for our youth swimmers, we’re opening up our Monday and Wednesday squads to club swimmers aged 12 and above.

So, if you’re older kids are looking to improve for competitions or get in some extra fitness while having fun, we’d encourage you to bring them along on a Monday and/or Wednesday.

We have dedicated coaching on deck, to provide guidance, motivation, and a friendly push to help swimmers achieve their goals. Our adults squad members will also provide support and motivation.

We’ll see how this goes up to the Christmas break and evaluate the program from there.

Season calendar

As noted above, the season calendar has been published so you can now check out the racing schedule. But here are some key dates to keep an eye on:

Date	Activity
Now running…	Adult Squads have commenced – Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 6:00 to 7:00 Lanes 1 and 2 Now open for older kids (12 +)
Now running…	Junior Squads commenced – Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00 to 7:00 Lanes 1 and 2
7 December2024	Saturday Racing 7:30 start, arrive by 7:15 – 50M Freestyle (plus 30M and 20M events) – 100M Backstroke plus 50M, 30M and 20M Backstroke events) – 200M Medley, 4x30M and 4x20M Medley events – Time trials for new and upgraded swimmers
21 December 2024	Last Saturday before the holiday break
18 January 2024	First Saturday after the holiday break
22 March 2024	Last Saturday morning races of the season. End of Season lunch at Grill’d!

Pool entry fees

A reminder to all swimmers and spectators that pool entry fees must be paid on entry to the pool. The club’s agreement with Belgravia Leisure requires all swimmers and spectators to pay entry each time they attend a squad or Saturday morning race meet.

We appreciate that the pool receptionists have not always been consistent in being present or collecting payment.

Belgravia Leisure offer a range of multi-visit passes that reduce the cost of entry per visit. Check them out on the Drummoyne Swimming Centre website.

A special thanks to Justin and the team at Grill’d for hosting our men’s social night last week. We had a very solid turn out filling the top section of the restaurant and keeping the kitchen staff busy pumping out the burgers. The fridges have never worked so hard cooling enough beverages to keep everyone cool on a balmy evening…

Healthy Burgers with Benefits…

Grill’d’s Drummoyne store is located at 207/211 Lyons Rd, Drummoyne (opposite Hampden Road) and they’re making a mark in the community by supporting a number of local organisations.

Happily, Drummoyne Swimming Club is one of the organisations that Grill’d is supporting and we are very excited to have Grill’d as a Gold Sponsor this summer.

Grill’d are providing a variety of sponsorship benefits including weekly prizes, vouchers and more.

We’ll have our end of season lunch at Grill’d on the last day of the season.

Show your thanks

Next time you are thinking about a night out, picking up some take away or ordering in via Uber Eats or the like, make sure you think of Grill’d.

When you drop in to the store make sure you say thanks to Justin and the team for their commitment to the club and local community!

Healthy food that’s healthy for the planet, and tastes as good as it feels.

You can check out all their deals and offers on the web and on the Grill’d social pages:

Grill’d on the web

Grill’d on Instagram

Grill’d on Facebook

Make sure you join up to the Grill’d rewards program RELISH.

And sign up to the Grill’d app via the Apple App Store or via Google Play.

Congratulations to Alena Finn, one of our fine young swimmers and junior squad members who this week confidently rose in Parliament to speak about our lovely community and swimming club.

Thanks Alena for representing your school and our swimming community and providing the people of NSW with information about how great our pool and environment are!

Alena Finn with our local State member and temporary house speaker Stephanie Di Pasqua.

This week we continue our trophy races with the unique George Wheaton BBB 50M trophy final. in keeping with tradition members of the Wheaton family will be joining us to present the trophy

The finalists and the strokes they’ll be swimming for the George Wheaton 50m BBB Handicap trophy race are:

ID	Name	Stroke
111	Phil HAYWARD	Backstroke
1741	Archie MURROW	Breaststroke
128	Gerry TIBBERTSMA	Backstroke
1492	Ian ALLAN	Breaststroke
1389	Hayden HOWARD	Breaststroke
1871	Ned ROBINSON	Backstroke

Good luck to all our finalists!

This week’s races are:

• 100M Freestyle (including Molly Wark & Les Henry U/10 100m Freestyle – Week 1 and 35 and Over 100m Freestyle – Week 1)
• Finals for George Wheaton 50m BBB (H’cap) and 50M Breaststroke for everyone else
• 400m Freestyle

For anyone who wants to look ahead, the weekly racing calendar is available here.

Monday and Wednesday Squads – older kids welcome

In order to cater better for our youth swimmers, we’re opening up our Monday and Wednesday squads to club swimmers aged 12 and above.

So, if you’re older kids are looking to improve for competitions or get in some extra fitness while having fun, we’d encourage you to bring them along on a Monday and/or Wednesday.

We have dedicated coaching on deck, to provide guidance, motivation, and a friendly push to help swimmers achieve their goals. Our adults squad members will also provide support and motivation.

We’ll see how this goes up to the Christmas break and evaluate the program from there.

Pool entry fees

A reminder to all swimmers and spectators that pool entry fees must be paid on entry to the pool. The club’s agreement with Belgravia Leisure requires all swimmers and spectators to pay entry each time they attend a squad or Saturday morning race meet.

We appreciate that the pool receptionists have not always been consistent in being present or collecting payment.

Belgravia Leisure offer a range of multi-visit passes that reduce the cost of entry per visit. Check them out on the Drummoyne Swimming Centre website.

Season calendar

As noted above, the season calendar has been published so you can now check out the racing schedule. But here are some key dates to keep an eye on:

Date	Activity
Now running…	Adult Squads have commenced – Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 6:00 to 7:00 Lanes 1 and 2 Now open for older kids (12 +)
Now running…	Junior Squads commenced – Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00 to 7:00 Lanes 1 and 2
30 November 2024	Saturday Racing 7:30 start, arrive by 7:15 – 10M Freestyle (plus 50M, 30M and 20M events) – 50M Breaststroke (plus 30M and 20M Backstroke events) – 400M Freestyle plus 200M, 4x30M and 4x20M Freestyle – Time trials for new and upgraded swimmers
28 November 2024	Men’s Social Night @ Grill’d
21 December 2024	Last Saturday before the holiday break
18 January 2024	First Saturday after the holiday break
22 March 2024	Last Saturday morning races of the season

Hello swimmers, mark it in your diaries… this season the Battle on the Bay will be hosted by Ashfield Swimming Club and will be held on Sunday the 9th of March at Ashfield Pool. Keep an eye out for more comms in the near future.

A reminder that trophy season has begun… so we need all the club’s trophies back.

If you have trophies at home, could you please bring them back to the club room next Saturday 30 Nov.

It would be appreciated if you could please also give your trophies a policy before bringing them back.

Please leave the trophies on the desk in the club room so they can be checked off before they are put away.

A call out to all the DSC blokes (swimmers [boys and men], parents and carers, grand parents etc) to come along to our annual men’s night out on Thursday the 28th of November at Grill’d Drummoyne.

Grill’d are our new major sponsor and it would be awesome to show our appreciation for their support by rocking up with a big crew of DSC blokes.

Please RSVP via the event on TeamApp so we can book a table for the right number of people.

The evening starts at 7:00.

Check out all the deals that Grill has on offer on the web and on the Grill’d social pages:

Grill’d on the web

Grill’d on Instagram

Grill’d on Facebook

Make sure you join up to the Grill’d rewards program RELISH.

And sign up to the Grill’d app via the Apple App Store or via Google Play.

This week we have the first trophy of the season up for grabs with the final of the Geoff Roper 200M Freestyle race. Our finalists are:

ID	Name
1696	Harry FINN
1870	Laura GODDEN
12	Thomas PACEY
689	Joseph COLLEY
1113	Jaxon LEWIS
1871	Ned ROBINSON

Laura Godden is holding the flame for the women. Go Laura!

This week’s races are:

• 50M Freestyle
• 100M Butterfly
• 200m Freestyle (with the final of the  Geoff Roper 200m Freestyle (H’cap) first up)

For anyone who wants to look ahead, the weekly racing calendar is available here.

Monday and Wednesday Squads – older kids welcome

Lynette has been doing a great job with the younger kids on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Now, in order to cater better for our youth swimmers, we’re opening up our Monday and Wednesday squads to club swimmers aged 12 and above.

So, if you’re older kids are looking to improve for competitions or get in some extra fitness while having fun, we’d encourage you to bring them along on a Monday and/or Wednesday.

We’ll have dedicated coaching on deck, to provide guidance, motivation, and a friendly push to help swimmers achieve their goals. Our adults squad members will also provide support and motivation.

We’ll see how this goes up to the Christmas break and evaluate the program from there.

Ladies social night out a raging success

The Ladies Social night out was geld at Kadmus last Thursday with 20 attendees. Thanks very much to Ossama and Hanady for hosting our lovely DSC ladies and girls! And a big thanks to Lynette for organising the night!

A reminder to the DSC blokes that we have the men’s night our on Thursday the 28th of November. Please RSVP asap so we can advise the restaurant how many starters we’ll have on the night.

RSVP via Team App to confirm your attendance.

Pool entry fees

A reminder to all swimmers and spectators that pool entry fees must be paid on entry to the pool. The club’s agreement with Belgravia Leisure requires all swimmers and spectators to pay entry each time they attend a squad or Saturday morning race meet.

We appreciate that the pool receptionists have not always been consistent in being present or collecting payment.

Belgravia Leisure offer a range of multi-visit passes that reduce the cost of entry per visit. Check them out on the Drummoyne Swimming Centre website.

All swimmers and TeamApp

Just a reminder that all swimmers need to sign-up to our Team App portal and nominate their races to participate in Saturday racing. Please nominate your preferred races by COB on Fridays and remember to select Yes if any of the races you are doing are time trials (i.e the first time you’ve done a particular race).

Registering by COB Friday helps our esteemed Race Secretary and his team of technicians, the amazing Elizabeth and Charlotte Allan seed the races and minimizes delays to the day’s activities.

Instructions on how to do this are available on our website. If you have any queries about this process please reach out to Adrian on 0424 561 831.

Swim Central Registration

Formal swim club registrations are open. You can formally register by heading to Swim Central. Formal registration is required after you’ve completed a 4 week trial to ensure you’re covered by the club’s insurance policy.

Refer to our Registration page if you need more information.

New Swimmers

Don’t forget to tell your friends about our 4 week try before you buy free trial. If you know anyone that is interested in swimming but not sure if they want to commit without trying it out let them know they can come along to 4 weeks of swim club before they have to sign up.

New swimmers will just need to sign up to our TeamApp portal so we have enough details to enter them into races…

Season calendar

As noted above, the season calendar has been published so you can now check out the racing schedule. But here are some key dates to keep an eye on:

Date	Activity
Now running…	Adult Squads have commenced – Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 6:00 to 7:00 Lanes 1 and 2
Now running…	Junior Squads commenced – Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00 to 7:00 Lanes 1 and 2
23 November 2024	Saturday Racing 7:30 start, arrive by 7:15 – 50M Freestyle (plus 50M, 30M and 20M events) – 100M Butterfly (plus 30M and 20M Backstroke events) – 200M Freestyle, 4x30M and 4x20M Medley – Time trials for new and upgraded swimmers
28 November 2024	Men’s Social Night
21 December 2024	Last Saturday before the holiday break
18 January 2024	First Saturday after the holiday break
22 March 2024	Last Saturday morning races of the season

Come join the fun – all swimmers are welcome!

This week we have our first trophy race… so we need all the club’s trophies back.

If you have trophies at home, could you please bring them back to the club room next Saturday the 23 Nov.

It would be appreciated if you could please also give your trophies a policy before bringing them back.

Please leave the trophies on the desk in the club room so they can be checked off before they are put away.

This week we continue with our perpetual trophy race heats with one of the great family trophies in the club – the Tom Brown Trophy, named for Lynette Brown’s grandfather! A contingent of Lynette’s family will likely be on hand in a few weeks to hand out the trophy.

This week’s races are:

• 100M Freestyle
• 50M Backstroke (incl the Heats Tom Brown 50m Backstroke (H’cap))
• 200m Medley (incl heats for the Five Dock Rotary 200m Medley (H’cap))

For anyone who wants to look ahead, the weekly racing calendar is available here.

Club Captains

Congratulations to our new Club Captains Elizabeth Allan and Lukas Taylor.

Elizabeth already contributes heavily to the club as a Junior Technician working to ensure our races are set up correctly and that results are recorded properly.

Lukas, the last in the line of Taylor boys, has been swimming with the club since he was a tadpole. Happily for him, Lukas has just finished his HSC exams.

Ladies social night out

The Ladies Social night out is this Thrusday at Kadmus on Lyons Road, Drummoyne. Kadmus has been a keen supporter of the club for a number of years supplying vouchers as raffle prizes for both regular Saturday morning race meets and for the Battle on the Bay. All ladies, swim mum’s, squad swimmers and friends and family are encouraged to come along and celebrate swim club at Kadmus. Kadmus are putting on a feast for $30 per person.

RSVP via Team App to confirm your attendance.

Pool entry fees

A reminder to all swimmers and spectators that pool entry fees must be paid on entry to the pool. The club’s agreement with Belgravia Leisure requires all swimmers and spectators to pay entry each time they attend a squad or Saturday morning race meet.

We appreciate that the pool receptionists have not always been consistent in being present or collecting payment.

Belgravia Leisure offer a range of multi-visit passes that reduce the cost of entry per visit. Check them out on the Drummoyne Swimming Centre website.

All swimmers and TeamApp

Just a reminder that all swimmers need to sign-up to our Team App portal and nominate their races to participate in Saturday racing. Please nominate your preferred races by COB on Fridays and remember to select Yes if any of the races you are doing are time trials (i.e the first time you’ve done a particular race).

Registering by COB Friday helps our esteemed Race Secretary and his team of technicians, the amazing Elizabeth and Charlotte Allan seed the races and minimizes delays to the day’s activities.

Instructions on how to do this are available on our website. If you have any queries about this process please reach out to Adrian on 0424 561 831.

Swim Central Registration

Formal swim club registrations are open. You can formally register by heading to Swim Central. Formal registration is required after you’ve completed a 4 week trial to ensure you’re covered by the club’s insurance policy.

Refer to our Registration page if you need more information.

New Swimmers

Don’t forget to tell your friends about our 4 week try before you buy free trial. If you know anyone that is interested in swimming but not sure if they want to commit without trying it out let them know they can come along to 4 weeks of swim club before they have to sign up.

New swimmers will just need to sign up to our TeamApp portal so we have enough details to enter them into races…

Season calendar

As noted above, the season calendar has been published so you can now check out the racing schedule. But here are some key dates to keep an eye on:

Date	Activity
Now running…	Adult Squads have commenced – Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 6:00 to 7:00 Lanes 1 and 2
Now running…	Junior Squads commenced – Tuesdays and Thursdays 6:00 to 7:00 Lanes 1 and 2
16 November 2024	Saturday Racing 7:30 start, arrive by 7:15 – 100M Freestyle (plus 50M, 30M and 20M events) – 50M Backstroke (plus 30M and 20M Backstroke events) – 200M Medley, 4x30M and 4x20M Medley – Time trials for new and upgraded swimmers
14 November 2024	Ladies Social Night
28 November 2024	Mens Social Night
21 December 2024	Last Saturday before the holiday break
18 January 2024	First Saturday after the holiday break
22 March 2024	Last Saturday morning races of the season

Come join the fun – all swimmers are welcome!