Race At Your Pace!
The final result for the Bill Gallie 50m Breaststroke Handicap held on 15 February 14 was as follows:
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1079 | Ben PLAYFORD | 1 |
| 896 | Emily COWLEY | 2 |
| 714 | Kellen PARKER | 3 |
| 1078 | Michael PLAYFORD | 4 |
| 594 | Elena MURPHY | 5 |
| 687 | Jessica COLLEY | 6 |
Winner: Ben PLAYFORD
The result of the final for the Tom Brown 50m Backstroke Handicap held on 22 February 2014 was as follows:
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 750 | Connor EGELTON | 1 |
| 91 | Adam CHRISTODOULOU | 2 |
| 661 | Michael CORBETT | 3 |
| 924 | Max OLLERENSHAW | 4 |
| 527 | Harry GILKES | 5 |
| 743 | Lucy EGELTON | 6 |
Winner: Connor EGELTON
The results of the George Russell 400m Freestyle Handicap final held on 25th January 2014 were as follows:
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 684 | Hugh MATTHEWS | 1 |
| 967 | Laura BRADY | 2 |
| 634 | Hamish MURPHY | 3 |
| 113 | Luke HAYWARD | 4 |
| 743 | Lucy EGELTON | 5 |
| 282 | Georgia MCFARLANE | 6 |
| 632 | Liam MURPHY | 7 |
| 750 | Connor EGELTON | 8 |
Winner: Hugh MATTHEWS
Congratulations to Christian Taylor on an outstanding performance in the NSW State Age Championships on 17-18 January 2014.
Christian achieved a gold medal in the 11 year old Boy’s 100m Backstroke and a bronze medal in the Boy’s 11 years and under 200m Backstroke. He rounded his medals off with these other impressive results:
The result for final of the Five Dock Rotary 200m Individual Medley Handicap held on 7 December 2013 was as follows:
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 750 | Connor EGELTON | 1 |
| 708 | Bronte MARSHALL | 2 |
| 743 | Lucy EGELTON | 3 |
| 527 | Harry GILKES | 4 |
| 976 | David BRADY | 5 |
Winner: Connor EGELTON
Congratulations to 11 year old Christian Taylor on winning the Men’s’ 11 years 100m Backstroke event at the 2013 NSW Metropolitan Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Sunday 7th December 2013.
Christian also came:
The full meet results can be found here.
Following on from our memorable George Wheaton Family Tribute Day on 30th November 2013, our local Federal Member, Craig Laundy, recorded this important piece of our Club’s heritage in a speech to the Federation Chamber of the Australian Parliament on Thursday 5th December 2013.
You can read Craig’s full speech in the Parliamentary Hansard minutes here (PDF version) and watch a video of his speech here.
The Club would like to thank Craig for taking the time to attend our Tribute Day, along with our Club Patron Mayor Angelo Tsirekas and State MP John Sidoti, and for the special effort he made to record this event for posterity.
The final results of the George Wheaton 50m BBB Handicap held on 30 November 2013 were as follows:
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 698 | Adam BROOKS | 1 |
| 474 | Bernadette FLANNERY | 2 |
| 640 | Daniel CORBETT | 3 |
| 91 | Adam CHRISTODOULOU | 4 |
| 1049 | Celeste JACKSON | 5 |
| 1012 | Mikaela DOWNIE | 6 |
| 1071 | Aidan KIRKPATRICK-JONES | 7 |
| 1054 | Damien GARDINER | 8 |
Winner: Adam BROOKS
The results for the final of the Geoff Roper 200m Freestyle Handicap held on 23rd November 2013 were as follows:
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 634 | Hamish MURPHY | 1 |
| 687 | Jessica COLLEY | 2 |
| 47 | Evan CHRISTODOULOU | 3 |
| 621 | Rose TUNSTALL | 4 |
| 1054 | Damien GARDINER | 5 |
Winner: Hamish MURPHY
Congratulations to Bronte Marshall for setting the NSW State Record in the 100m Individual Medley (Short Course) S14 event for 13 years & under.
Bronte won the event at the NSW Multi-Class Swimming Championships on 1 June 2013 and was presented with her record certificate by NSW Swimmers with Disability on 26 October 2013.