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Well it was a lovely start to the 2023 calendar year last Saturday. Congratulations to Phil Hayward for fending off the kids to take out the George Russell 400M Handicap final. It’s good to see an adult keeping up on the handicap times, especially when the kids improve so rapidly from week to week.

This week things start to get a little bit tougher:

Our first race is the 50M Backstroke Championship. The fastest back strokers across all ages will go into the Open final and battle it out for the Championship title.

This will be followed by the 50M Freestyle handicap events.

As usual there will be 30M and 20M versions of both events for the young ones that prefer a shorted distance.

These shorter events will be followed by one of the great races the 400M Individual Medley. Good luck to all the swimmers who take this on!

There will also be shorted medley events.

We trust that you are all having a great summer break!

If you’ve had a little rest it’s time to get back in the water… adult squads are running as usual and junior squads are starting again. See below key dates for the new year:

10 Jan 2022	First Junior Squad for 2023
21 Jan 2023	First Saturday race meet after the holiday break
11 Feb 2023	Battle on the Bay at Leichhardt Park Aquatic Centre

A number of swim club members are off in Perth representing the Devils and other clubs at the Australian Youth Waterpolo Championships.

The Battle on the Bay is confirmed for the Saturday afternoon of 11 February at Leichhardt Park Aquatic Centre. The event commences at 15:00. Warm-up from 14:30.

Please confirm your attendance and strokes here: https://forms.gle/eRYbR6FbGZaqrp1m9
If your name is not on the list please text Adrian on 0424 561 831 asap.

Entries close Sunday 29 January.

Events will include: 50m freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly, 30m form stroke races for youngsters (7 – 8 years), 20m form stroke races for 6 and under plus 4 × 50m relays and the mega 10 × 50 mega relays.

Why participate: So Drummoyne Swimming Club can be crowned the greatest swimming club in the universe, ever.

Fees: $7.00* plus pool entry (pool entry to be paid on the day in the usual fashion).

Payments can be made by:
1) following this payment link (preference) https://square.link/u/7YWtXzTQ, or
2) by EFT ($7 per swimmer only) (refer to Google form link for details)
3) by Square Tab at Swim Club

* plus transaction fee

If your New Year’s Resolution was to get fit and have fun in the pool, come and join Drummoyne Swimming Club.

We offer:

• Racing every Saturday morning in summer for all ages and abilities
• Adult squads (Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays – 6 am)
• Junior squads (Tuesdays and Thursdays – 6 am)
• No pressure to perform at levels beyond you commitment level
• A fun social environment!

Our motto is Race At Your Pace” and we cater for everyone with unique handicap and championship races.

So, if you want to get back in the pool to get fit and have fun, but don’t necessarily need the pressure to train 6 times a week… then we are for you.

If you want more information about Drummoyne Swimming Club please contact us via: enquiries@drummoyneswimclub.com.au.

Wishing all our swimmers and their families and friends a Merry Christmas and fast times in the new year!

Keep the following key dates in mind over the festive season…

24 Dec 2022 – 6 Jan 2023	Reduced pool opening hours (8 am to 5 pm)
10 Jan 2022	First Junior Squad for 2023
21 Jan 2023	First Saturday race meet after the holiday break

This week is the last swim club meet before the holidays and to celebrate the end of another strange year we are having a Christmas BBQ breakfast and, if we’re lucky, hosting Santa Claus.

But before all that we have some swimming to do. This week’s races are:

• The 50M Breastroke Championship
• 50M Freestyle (plus 30M and 20M races)
• 200M Frestyle (plus the 4 x 30M and 4 x 20M races)

Christmas BBQ breakfast

While the races are progressing our resident Master Chef Dads and Mums will crank up the BBQ and cook up a feast of Christmas sausages (not reindeer sausages of course) plus vegetarian options.

The BBQ breakfast is free but we’ll be accepting gold coin donations or CC donations via the square tab with donations going to this season’s Laps 4 Life fund raising efforts in aid of REACHOUT.COM.

Season 22/23 Laps for Life Fund Raiser

Laps for Life will officially run in March but in case anyone wants to get ahead of the curve and start raising funds now our DSC team is now up and running and you can link up to it.

Next meet…

Our first swim club meet of 2023 will be 21 January 2023.

Check out the separate post for other key dates.

For reasons unknown the original Ladies Honour Board was not re-installed after the last paint job on the wall next to the club room.

Dave Smith and James Simmons have now corrected this wrong and put the Ladies Honour Board back where it belongs along side the Men’s Honour Board so all passers by can see the list of past club champions and captains.

Here are some key dates to keep in mind as we head into the holiday break:

17 Dec 2022	Final Saturday race meet before the holiday break XMAS BBQ Breakfast Santa Visit Give-aways Monster raffle
20 Dec 2022	Final Junior Squad for 2022
24 Dec 2022 – 6 Jan 2023	Reduced pool opening hours (8 am to 5 pm)
10 Jan 2022	First Junior Squad for 2023
21 Jan 2023	First Saturday race meet after the holiday break

Don’t forget our Christmas BBQ breakfast this coming Saturday.

Breakfast is free but we’ll be collecting gold coin donations (or CC donations via the Square tab) in aid of REACHOUT.COM. Donations will kickstart our Laps for LIfe fundraising efforts for this season!

There are just 2 weeks of swimming before the holiday break and this week we have another action packed program:

First up we have the 50M Championship Butterfly races.

Following the Championship races we will have the 100M Freestyle events. These include the:

• Molly Wark & Les Henry U/10 100m Freestyle – Week 2, and
• 35 and Over 100m Freestyle – Week 2

The final event for this Saturday is heats for George Russell 400m Freestyle (H’cap) trophy.

As usual there will be the full suite of shorter races in each event:

• 30M and 20M Butterfly races
• 50M, 30M and 20M Freestyle races
• 200M and 4 x 30M and 4 x 20M Freestyle races

Saturday 17 December is our last meet of the year. To get into the holiday season please join us for a free BBQ breakfast.

Santa will be coming along with treats for the kids.

We’ll have a monster raffle with some great prizes and a few give-aways too.

We’d love to see all our DSC families come along including those that haven’t been able to make it down to the pool yet this season due to school sport or other commitments.

The BBQ breakfast will be free… but we’ll be collecting gold coin donations (or taps on the square tab) to get a start on our Laps for Life fund raising activities in support of Reachout.com.