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The results for Saturday 22 March 2025, including the 800m Freestyle Championships, have been published here.

It was yet another beautiful day at Drummoyne Pool, with the flippers in full force and spirits soaring higher than a kangaroo over a billabong! Today’s weather kept us on our toes, with a partly cloudy sky and a medium chance of showers, but nothing a true Aussie swimmer can’t handle.

Open 800m Freestyle Championships

Men’s Results

Our aquatic superhero, Denver Pelly, blazed through the 800m to bag the top spot with a killer time of 10:57.66! Rex “Pocket Rocket” Wilson wasn’t far behind, missing out on the gold by just a smidge. Lincoln “Loch Ness” van Loo claimed third, while David “I’m-gonna-smash-that-timer” Smith showed remarkable improvement this season. All the blokes gave it their all, and we’ve got our eyes on Harry Thompson, the young gun who keeps pushing his limits! Paul Martin might have slid a bit in the standings, but we know he’s got a comeback brewing.

Women’s Results

Elizabeth Allan is living up to her “Captain Fantastic” title, leading the charge with a triumphant swim and finishing first. Jenny Gaskin made sure Elizabeth felt the heat, snagging second place by a whisker. Lyndal Rapisarda, known as ‘Rocket Rapisarda’, continues her streak with a bronze, showing that family ties give you extra turbo! Frances Christodoulou may have missed out on a podium but, as always, left us smiling brighter than a Sydney sunrise. Sally Kudrna couldn’t outdo her recent best, but watch this space next meet!

Relay Family Fun Day

Things got competitive in our beloved relay events. In the Geribo Cup Relay, “Murrow Mermaids” floated to victory with style, leaving a trail of bubbles. “Better Late Than Never” proved indeed to be better, sprinting past the pack despite a few wrong turns! Team “Chalker” wasn’t chalking it up, battling through for a solid mid-pack finish.

Handicap Point Score Highlights

The juniors and seniors turned on the waterworks in a fierce Handicap Point Score battle. In the Under 6 category, Tony “Tiny Tornado” Thompson maintains his supremacy. While in male seniors, Thomas Pacey, our seasoned spearhead, set a brisk pace winning top points, with Ian Allan and Adam Christodoulou not too far behind—mate, we love a good rivalry! Jenny Gaskin leads the women’s seniors, showing that experience combined with determination is the name of the game!

Shouts and Cheers

Birthday Bashes: Happy belated splashes to the newly nine-year-old Thomas Pearson, asking “what’s my handicap start again?” Legends like Phil Hayward and Duncan Lyon lurked around the poolside, inspiring the young and young-at-heart as only veterans do. We love seeing Mary Hartley, recently back from shoulder surgery, taking the plunge again!

All in all, a cracker of a day at the pool! Keep your goggles fog-free and your resolve sharp ‘cos there’s plenty more swimming to be done and rivals to out-splash. No amount of clouds or sprinkles could dampen this lot’s spirits!

Note: The above meet report was automatically generated using an artificial intelligence tool. While care is taken to ensure that the information in this report appears reasonable, please contact racesecretary@drummoyneswimclub.com.au if you would like to provide any feedback on this content.

It’s time to celebrate an amazing season of racing, fun, and community at Drummoyne Swimming Club! Join us for our final meet of the season this Saturday – a morning of championships, novelty races, relays, and good times with our swim family.

⏰ Early Start – 7:00am Sharp!

We’ll kick off the morning with the 800M Freestyle Championships at an earlier start time of 7:00am. Come cheer on our long-distance champs as they dive into one of the toughest races of the season.

🎉 Let the Fun Begin – Novelty Races Galore!

Once the racing wraps up, it’s all about fun! Bring your gear and get ready for:

• 🩴 Thong Race
• 🏄 Boogie Board Race
• 🦄 Blow-Up Toy Race

BYO thongs, boogie boards, and floaties – extra points for creativity and flair!

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Relay

Jump in with your loved ones for the always entertaining Family Relay – laughs guaranteed!

🍫 Geribo Cup Relay – Who Will Win the Chocolate Trophy?

The moment we’ve all been waiting for… the Geribo Cup Relay!
Our most prestigious trophy race of the season, with eternal glory and a massive chocolate trophy up for grabs!

🍔 Grill’d Lunch – Kids Eat Free!

After the fun, we’re heading to Grill’d Drummoyne for a post-meet lunch. Kids eat free. It’s the perfect way to wrap up the morning together.

🎉 Massive Thanks to Our Sponsors and Supporters! 🎉

We couldn’t do it without our amazing sponsors, whose generous support powers our club and events all season long:

• 🏡 Jonathan Homes – Building excellence in the Canada Bay area
• 🎨 Inspirations Paint Five Dock – Helping us bring colour to every race
• 🍷 Sew & Sew Wines – Fine wines, great times, and raffle prizes
• 🐜 Pest2Kill – Protecting homes and supporting our club
• 💪 M9 Fitness Chiswick – Strength, wellness, and 10-visit passes for raffle winners
• 💻 Kadmus – Tech that supports athletes and performance
• 🍔 Grill’d Drummoyne – Delicious burgers, healthy choices!

👏 We also thank the following supporters who help make our season so special:

• 🇨🇦 City of Canada Bay Council
• 🏊‍♂️ Concord Recreation Centre
• 🧼 Clean Swim – Raffle prize bundles to keep you fresh
• 🍰 Tokyo Lamington – Sweet treats and support for our club

Let’s finish the season with a splash, plenty of smiles, and a celebration to remember.

See you poolside!

Post-Race Celebrations at Grill’d! 🍔

After a morning of swimming, fun, and friendly competition, we’ll head over to Grill’d for our End of Season Club Lunch. The club will be covering lunch for all the kids! A huge thank you to Grill’d for their support this season.

It’s our final get-together before the off-season, so let’s make it a day to remember. See you at Grill’d!

Please RSVP using TeamApp so we have an idea of numbers!

This week our racing season ends with a splash! Join us for Drummoyne Swimming Club’s final race meet of the season and our Annual Family Fun Day – a morning packed with serious racing, hilarious novelty events, and a well-earned club lunch to celebrate a fantastic season.

📅 Date: 22 March 2025
📍 Location: Drummoyne Swimming Pool and GRILL”D
⏰ Time: 7:00 start for those who want to do the 800M – novelty races to follow after the 800M races.

The Morning Line-Up

🏆 800M Freestyle Championship – We kick off with the big one! Come ready to race or cheer on our club’s distance champions as they battle it out for glory.

🎭 Novelty Races Galore! – Once the serious racing is done, it’s time to let loose with some of our most-loved, laugh-out-loud events:
🛟 Inflatables Race – Bring your floatie and paddle for victory!
🩴 Thong Race – The only time losing a thong in the pool is encouraged!
🏄 Boogie Board Race – Choose your chariot wisely and ride the waves to glory!

Finally, we’ll have the most important races of the season, the:

Family relay, and

the Geribo Cup (the great race for the chocolate trophy)

We’ve got your entries and are compiling the teams for review…

The morning will be hosted by DJ Curly Earl just back from his sold out world tour.

Our Laps 4 Life ambassador Craig Corcoran is hitting his goals in the Laps 4 Life Challenge

Craig set a revised target of $2,000 and has reached it with 13 days to spare in the month.

On the swimming front, Craig has also been motoring along. He’s well on track to swim 50km this month.

Keep going Craig! You’re doing a great job to support Reachout.com, Australia’s leading online mental health service for young people.

Why It Matters

Youth suicide is the leading cause of death for young Australians. Every year, more than 1 in 4 young people experience mental health difficulties, yet many don’t seek help. ReachOut.com provides free, 24/7 online support, helping young people navigate life’s challenges with professional resources, peer support, and practical tools to improve mental well-being.

The results for Saturday 15 March 2025, including the 100m Backstroke Championships and Week 6 of the 100m Freestyle Special Events, have been published here.

It was yet another beautiful day at Drummoyne Pool – the sun was mostly out, and if you missed it, well, better luck next Saturday when the breeze blew in the scent of fresh chlorine!

Our Under 10s were off to a flying start in the 100m freestyle handicaps, with Hannah Aitken and Ava Cochrane battling it out in a tight finish. Hannah clinched the win, but Ava was hot on her heels, proving that the youngsters of All Hallows Catholic Primary are a force to reckon with! Meanwhile, over in the Les Henry Cup, Michael Tripolitsiotis smashed his personal best, leaving young Archie Sullivan scratching his head, wondering what just happened! The Drummoyne Public pride is strong with this one!

Jumping up to the over 35s, the cheeky battle between Clare Douglas and Patricia Douglas – old enough to know each other’s tricks – brought a good chuckle among the crowd. The heat went to Mary Hartley with her steely 100m freestyle, narrowly edging out the now-permanent-smile-wearer, Clare. Congratulations to the clan Douglas for keeping family rivalries alive at the pool!

Not to be outdone, the experienced Denver Pelly was back to his winning ways in the 100m Open Men’s backstroke. Having recovered from his shoulder escapade, Duncan Lyon still offered stiff competition, keeping Gerry Tibbertsma on his toes with a finish that almost needed photo evidence!

And we couldn’t miss the chance to cheer on our fearless Frances Christodoulou, former club captain and club champion, strutting her backstroke stuff in the Seniors’ category. With the wind at her back, even Rose Tunstall, 2021 and 2022 club captain, couldn’t wipe the grin from Rose’s face as they shared some friendly banter in the lanes.

In the Club Championship and Handicap Point Score competitions, Thomas Pacey is cruising in the seniors’ male category, but Paul Martin isn’t far behind. Mia Sendelbeck, still high on recent birthday cake, is balancing the scales in the Under 14s with her wits and impressive ledger of lifetime memberships from relatives to guide her!

We also say a big hello to all the newcomers who gallantly saw through their first Saturday club meet. Your fearless strides into uncharted waters are what make DASC the powerhouse of community spirit and competition. A special shoutout goes to Belle Paton for bringing the best cheer squad in the crowd!

So, escape the mundane, grab a pair of goggles, and join us for next week’s splash-fest, promising more glory, giggles, and glory again in our humble patch of Drummoyne waters!
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Note: The above meet report was automatically generated using an artificial intelligence tool. While care is taken to ensure that the information in this report appears reasonable, please contact racesecretary@drummoyneswimclub.com.au if you would like to provide any feedback on this content.

The season is winding down, but the action is still heating up at Drummoyne Swimming Club! Join us this Saturday for the second last race meet of the season – one of your final chances to hit the pool and clock some fast times before we wrap things up.

🏊‍♀️ This Week’s Events

We’ve got an exciting lineup, featuring:
✅ CHAMPIONSHIP – 100m Backstroke
✅ Molly Wark & Les Henry U/10 100m Freestyle – Week 6
✅ 35 & Over 100m Freestyle – Week 6
✅ 200m Freestyle

Plus, as always, shorter events will be available for those looking to build confidence and keep improving!

MOST IMPORTANTLY – we’ll need to collect and lock in teams for the Family and Geribo Cup Relays that we’ll be running at the Family Fun Day next week. So, encourage your family members to come swim the family relay and grab your friends for the Geribo Cup. The Chocolate Trophy will be amazing as usual!

📣 Stay in the Loop!

• Family Fun Day & End of Season Lunch – Have you seen our latest updates? Make sure you’re across all the details for these must-attend events!
• Battle on the Bay Wrap-Up – Check out our recap from last Sunday’s showdown at Ashfield Aquatic Centre. A huge effort from our squad!

Let’s make the most of these final race meets – see you poolside! 🌊💦

The season may be winding down, but we’re going out with a splash! Join us for Drummoyne Swimming Club’s final race meet of the season and our Annual Family Fun Day – a morning packed with serious racing, hilarious novelty events, and a well-earned club lunch to celebrate a fantastic season.

📅 Date: 22 March 2025
📍 Location: Drummoyne Swimming Pool and GRILL”D
⏰ Time: 7:00 start for those who want to do the 800M – novelty races to follow after the 800M races. Lunch will start at GRILL’D from 11:30.

The Morning Line-Up

🏆 800M Freestyle Championship – We kick off with the big one! Come ready to race or cheer on our club’s distance champions as they battle it out for glory.

🎭 Novelty Races Galore! – Once the serious racing is done, it’s time to let loose with some of our most-loved, laugh-out-loud events:
🛟 Inflatables Race – Bring your floatie and paddle for victory!
🩴 Thong Race – The only time losing a thong in the pool is encouraged!
🏄 Boogie Board Race – Choose your chariot wisely and ride the waves to glory!

Finally, we’ll have the most important races of the season, the:

Family relay, and

the Geribo Cup (the great race for the chocolate trophy)

We’ll seek entries over the couple of weeks.

🚨 Don’t forget to bring your inflatables, thongs, and boogie boards!

Post-Race Celebrations at Grill’d! 🍔

After a morning of swimming, fun, and friendly competition, we’ll head over to Grill’d for our End of Season Club Lunch. The club will be covering lunch for all the kids! A huge thank you to Grill’d for their support this season.

It’s our final get-together before the off-season, so let’s make it a day to remember. See you poolside!

Drummoyne Swimming Club Shines at the 2025 Battle on the Bay!

Results and other information from the 2025 Battle on the Bay will soon be available on the club’s website.

The 2025 Battle on the Bay Swimming Carnival, hosted by Ashfield Swimming Club at Ashfield Aquatic Centre on Sunday, March 9th, was a spectacular event filled with fast swims, fierce competition, and outstanding team spirit. Drummoyne Swimming Club put on a fantastic performance, securing third place overall in the team rankings with a total of 3,981 points.

As usual the relays were a real highlight. We didn’t quite get there this year to take home the chocolate trophy in the 10 x 50M relay. But generally speaking our teams did exceptionally well, helped along by the large contingent of supporters cheering them along.

Our swimmers excelled across multiple age groups, achieving impressive individual rankings and showcasing their dedication and talent.

Drummoyne’s Individual Age Score Placegetters

6 & Under

• Girls: 🥇 Anna Rapisarda (1st), 🥈 Heidi Chalker (2nd)
• Boys: 🥇 James Finn (1st), 🥈 Max Thompson (2nd), 🥉 Arthur Pacey (3rd)

7-8 Years

• Girls: 🏅 Bronte Manners (3rd), Christina Tripolitsiotis (11th)
• Boys: 🥇 Harry Finn (1st), Alessandro Rapisarda (4th), Edward Pacey (5th), Oscar Sullivan (8th), Hilton Chalker (10th), Joshua Johnston (11th)

9-10 Years

• Girls: 🥈 Alena Finn (2nd), Georgie Chalker (13th), Olivia Johnston (18th), Jessica Pacey (19th)
• Boys: 🥇 Harry Thompson (1st), Michael Tripolitsiotis (7th), Archie Sullivan (7th), Yunos Yaqub (9th), Brody Manners (10th)

11-12 Years

• Boys: Tony Van Schaik (5th), Alex Sellars (9th)

13-14 Years

• Girls: Audrey Allan (9th)
• Boys: 🥇 Hayden Howard (1st), Luke Sellars (4th)

15-16 Years

• Girls: 🥈 Elizabeth Allan (2nd), Charlotte Allan (7th)

17-49 Years

• Women: Jenny Gaskin (8th), Rose Tunstall (13th), Clare Douglas (17th), Linda Chalker (21st), Belle Paton (24th)
• Men: 🥉 Denver Pelly (3rd), Lukas Taylor (5th), William Taylor (6th), Thomas Pearson (7th), Peter Johnston (7th), Thomas Pacey (14th), Brad Thompson (18th), Michael Chalker (21st), Adrian Bell (23rd)

50-99 Years

• Women: Sally Farrington (4th), Patricia Douglas (6th)

Drummoyne swimmers put in an amazing effort, with standout performances across all age groups. More importantly, the team spirit was electric, with plenty of support, encouragement, and celebration throughout the day. It was fantastic to see our swimmers giving it their all, and we couldn’t be prouder of everyone who competed.

A huge thank you to our coaches, parents, and supporters for making the day such a success. Well done, Team Drummoyne! 💙❤️

Looking for an off season activity during the swimming off-season? Join a bunch of other Drummoyne swimmers and try AFL.

Canada Bay Cannons AFL will be holding a ‘come & try AFL’ Gala day on 16th March for our All Girls teams.

No need for registration just come down and have a go, if your daughter wants to experience a game of AFL in a friendly trial game.

Reach out to Ian Allan 0448 693 000 and you are welcome to bring a friend, no experience necessary.