Race At Your Pace!
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:
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.
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.
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:
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:
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.
This week we have our first Championship Race and it’s the splash for cash – Freestyle over 50M.
A quick recap on the arrangements for Championship races:
The order of races will be (male then female):
Competitors in the open events will be the eight fastest swimmers on the day, irrespective of age for the particular event.
When one or more of the eight qualifying swimmers does not swim (i.e too tired to swim or saving themselves for a later event), then the allocation of other swimmers to that event will be based on swim times starting from the next fastest swimmer.
Lanes in championship races are allocated on the basis of Club times with the fastest swimmer in lane 4, second fastest in lane 5, third fastest in lane 3 and so forth. When there are more than eight swimmers, the swimmers will be divided into heats according to their times with the fastest heat having the maximum number of swimmers, provided there is a minimum of three swimmers in any other heat.
Age groupings for Championships are determined by the member’s age at the 1st October 2020.
For more information about Championship races in general click here.
The second event of the day will be the 100M Backstroke handicap race.
As usual there will be 50M and 30M and 20M races for those not wishing to do the full 100M.
The final event for the day will be the 200M Individual Medley inclusive of the Five Dock Rotary 200m Individual Medley Handicap final. The finalists for this event are:
| ID | Name |
|---|---|
| 1401 | Georgia ROMANIUK |
| 1502 | Lincoln VAN LOO |
| 1564 | Emily HORTON |
| 1501 | Cohen VAN LOO |
| 1389 | Hayden HOWARD |
| 1640 | David SMITH |
The final will be followed by the regular 200M IM and 4 x 30M and 4 x 20M IM events.
This week we continue the trophy races with the world famous George Wheaton BBB 50m handicap final. We’ve got a very strong and diverse field this year. The finalists are:
| ID | Name | Stroke |
|---|---|---|
| 1450 | Isabelle ARMISTEAD | Breaststroke |
| 128 | Gerry TIBBERTSMA | Breaststroke |
| 1377 | Gavin TANNER | Breaststroke |
| 1470 | Will BOLTON | Breaststroke |
| 1501 | Cohen VAN LOO | Butterfly |
| 1078 | Michael PLAYFORD | Backstroke |
| 1312 | Christian LAURENS | Butterfly |
| 91 | Adam CHRISTODOULOU | Butterfly |
| 279 | Adam LEWIS | Breaststroke |
We’re expecting Wheaton family members again this season to come along and present the trophy.
Besides the BBB we have a jam packed calendar comprising:
30m and 20m races will be held, as usual, for younger swimmers and those who don’t want to compete in the 100m and 50m races as will the 4 x 30m and 4 x 20m distance events. The 200m freestyle will also be held for those who haven’t yet qualified for the 400m event.
Congratulations to Hayden Howard for taking out the first trophy of the season last week by winning the Geoff Roper 200M Freestyle handicap race.
Season 2022/23 memberships are now available to purchase on the Swimming NSW web site. Register now or risk losing your points and chance at end of season trophies as only registered and paid up members are eligible.
Members can join the Club or renew their membership at the Swimming NSW Swim Central portal here:
For instructions on using the Swim Central portal, read here:
How To Register With Swim Central – Swimming Australia Online Support Portal
Existing members can log in using their username and password. If you have forgotten your password you can reset it using your registered email address.
Note that over 18’s must have individual email accounts and may be requested to ‘graduate to a full account via the Edit Family page’. This will require a unique email address to be entered for all members over the age of 18. Each adult member will have to sign in to accept the terms and conditions.
New users will need to register and request a new password to be emailed to their valid email address. Follow these instructions to register with Swim Central and create a Family Group.
More information is available on the club’s Fees and Registration page.
ACTIVE KIDS vouchers can be redeemed when registering your child.
| Member Category | Standard Fee | Family Concession Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Club Swimmers* | $100 | 15% discount |
| Second Claim Members | $60 | 15% discount |
| Squad Members | $60 | 15% discount |
| State Competition Swimmers * | $120 | 15% discount |
| Non-swimmers (Spectator/Supporter) | $30 | 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.
If you have any questions about membership categories or how to use Swim Central please reach out to our new club Registrar Dave Smith via registrar@drummoyneswimclub.com.au.
Agon Swimming Australia have designed a new costume for us and we’re now seeking interest so that we can place a bulk order.
The options are:
We need to order a minimum of 12 x pieces per costume. If we don’t make the minimum quota for any particular style we’ll be in touch to discuss an alternative.
If you are interested please complete the form at the end of this link.
We have samples for checking sizes. They will be available on Saturday’s for the next two weeks.
Size Guide: https://agonswimaustralia.com.au/agonswimaustralia.com.au
Payments must be made via EFT or by Credit Card or cash at Swimming Club.
EFT details are:
Account Name: Drummoyne Amateur Swimming Club
BSB: 732-182
Acc No: 070 045
Please add a reference: “Surname Costume Order”.
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