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Free club tee shirt for all juniors who register before 31 October

Season 2023/24 memberships are now available to purchase via the Swim Central portal.

Since last summer there have been changes to the ACTIVE KIDS voucher (dropping from $100 to $50) and increases to Swimming Australia / Swimming NSW fees. So in response we’ve made a few tweaks to our membership structure and fees, namely:

• We’ve added a junior club swimmer category with a reduced fee to offset the impact of the reduction in the ACTIVE KIDS voucher, and
• Increased fees on a couple of fee categories to help cover the club’s costs.

Our new Membership Categories and Fees are as follows:

Member Category	Standard Fee	Family Concession Fee
Club Swimmers*	$110	15% discount
Club Swimmers 10 years and under at 31/10/2023*	$85	15% discount
Second Claim Members	$80	15% discount
Squad Members	$80	15% discount
State Competition Swimmers	$130	15% discount
Non-swimmers (Spectator/Supporter)	$35	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.

Instructions on using the Swim Central portal, read here:

How To Register With Swim Central – Swimming Australia Online Support Portal

ACTIVE KIDS vouchers can be redeemed when registering your child.  

More information is available on the club’s Fees and Registration page.

Free Tee Shirt

The club is offering a free tee shirt – thanks to sponsorship monies provided by Inspirations Paint on Lyons Road – for the first 50 juniors who register by 31 October 2023. So, register now to make sure your kids don’t miss out.

Got questions or need help?

If you have any questions about membership categories or how to use Swim Central please reach out to our Registrar Dave Smith via registrar@drummoyneswimclub.com.au.

Our Club operates with the valuable help of its volunteers, such as timekeepers, marshals and referees. One role that’s essential to the smooth running of the Club is that of the computer operators in our Club room, who sign-in members, schedule race starts and process the results that are published on our web site every week.

We are looking for additional junior swimmers (Year 6 and above) to join the Technical Officials team and help run Saturday morning race meets. Successful candidates are paid for their time on Saturday mornings and can still participate in races, between computer duties.

Key skills and competencies for the Junior Technician role are:

• Proficient with computers and technology, particularly
  Microsoft Windows and Office applications
• Attention to detail (we need our results to be accurate!)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills (things will go wrong and you need to piece together different pieces of information to resolve them)
• Ability to work calmly, independently and effectively under pressure
• Excellent customer service approach and strong communication skills

You will be working under supervision from Duncan, Cara and Matt.

If any juniors (Year 6 and above) would like to learn more about, and train up for, the Junior Technician role, please contact our Race Secretary Duncan via email racesecretary@drummoyneswimclub.com.au or phone on 0414 566 154.

Try before you buy

Want to try swimming this summer? But not sure if you’ll you like it?

Drummoyne Swimming Club offers new swimmers a free 4 week trial as a taster before you need to officially join up with the club.

Drummoyne Swimming Club offers an excellent whole of family summer sporting experience with:

• Swimmers of all ages from 3 to 70+
• Junior and Adult squads – free for members. All levels welcome
• Handicap racing that gives everyone a chance to win a race
• Championship races
• Sprints and long distance events across all strokes
• Special event trophies
• Season best trophies
• Come when you can – unlike team sports there is no need to turn up every week
• Choose your events – can’t do butterfly, don’t like backstroke? No problem. You can opt out of any events you don’t want to swim
• A relaxed and social Saturday morning
• Social nights with club members and friends
• Annual Carnival against other local swimming clubs

See below for more details about our regular program.

Check out our website for more information about the club including the calendar, how to join and to learn about the club’s history. Also feel free to contact one of our office bearers to have a chat or sign up to the club’s mailing list to receive our weekly newsletter.

Regular program

Our regular program is:

• Junior Squads Tuesdays and Thursdays in Lanes 1 and 2 at Drummoyne Swimming Centre, 6:00 to 7:00 with experienced coaches (parents are welcome to swim too).
• Adult Squads Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in Lanes 1 and 2 at Drummoyne Swimming Centre, 6:00 to 7:00. Club legend Arthur defines a set for the day.
• Saturday morning racing starting at 7:30. We start with a freestyle sprint and then a form stroke event (breaststroke, backstroke or butterfly). The final race of the morning is a distance event, alternating between freestyle and medley. Racing starts 7 October and continues through to the end of March 2024 with a break for the Christmas / New year period.

Kids who join up before the end of October get a club free tee shirt

The first 50 kids 14 and under who are registered before the end of October will receive a free club tee shirt. So if you do come along to try swim club out join up and your kids will get a tee shirt to feel part of the team!

There are now just 4 weeks until swim club starts back up.

The first Saturday morning race meet is Saturday the 7th of October!

Squads have already started to head down to the pool and get training!

The season calendar has now been published. The season in a nutshell:

Date	Activity
1 September 2023	Pool Opens
1 September 2023	Adult Squads commenced – now running Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
5 September 2023	Junior Squads commenced – now running Tuesdays and Thursdays
16 September 2023	Club room working bee for anyone who wants to drop by and help tidy up the club room and test the equipment
7 October 2023	Saturday Racing Season starts 7:30 start
7 – 21 October 2023	Club Captain nominations and voting
11 November 2023	Ladies Social Night
18 November 2023	Mens Social Night
16 December 2023	Last Saturday before the holiday break
20 January 2024	First Saturday after the holiday break
25 March 2024	Last Saturday morning races of the season

Registrations are now open

The Swimming NSW membership portal on Swim Central is open, our club membership options have been set up an we are now taking registrations.

Active Kids Vouchers can be used again this summer – to the value of $50. Refer to previous posts for more information or check out the club’s website.

Try before you buy

Want to try swimming this summer? But not sure if you’ll you like it?

Drummoyne Swimming Club offers new swimmers a free 4 week trial as a taster before you need to officially join up with the club.

Drummoyne Swimming Club offers an excellent whole of family summer sporting experience with:

• Swimmers of all ages from 3 to 70+
• Junior and Adult squads – free for members. All levels welcome
• Handicap racing that gives everyone a chance to win a race
• Championship races
• Sprints and long distance events across all strokes
• Special event trophies
• Season best trophies
• Come when you can – unlike team sports there is no need to turn up every week
• Choose your events – can’t do butterfly, don’t like backstroke? No problem. You can opt out of any events you don’t want to swim
• A relaxed and social Saturday morning
• Social nights with club members and friends
• Annual Carnival against other local swimming clubs

See below for more details about our regular program.

Check out our website for more information about the club including the calendar, how to join and to learn about the club’s history. Also feel free to contact one of our office bearers to have a chat or sign up to the club’s mailing list to receive our weekly newsletter.

Regular program

Our regular program is:

• Junior Squads Tuesdays and Thursdays in Lanes 1 and 2 at Drummoyne Swimming Centre, 6:00 to 7:00 with experienced coaches (parents are welcome to swim too).
• Adult Squads Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in Lanes 1 and 2 at Drummoyne Swimming Centre, 6:00 to 7:00. Club legend Arthur defines a set for the day.
• Saturday morning racing starting at 7:30. We start with a freestyle sprint and then a form stroke event (breaststroke, backstroke or butterfly). The final race of the morning is a distance event, alternating between freestyle and medley. Racing starts 7 October and continues through to the end of March 2024 with a break for the Christmas / New year period.

Kids who join up before the end of October get a club free tee shirt

Kids 14 and under who are registered before the end of October will receive a free club tee shirt. So if you do come along to try swim club out join up and your kids will get a tee shirt to feel part of the team!

Free club tee shirt for all juniors who register before 31 October

Season 2023/24 memberships are now available to purchase via the Swim Central portal.

Since last summer there have been changes to the ACTIVE KIDS voucher (dropping from $100 to $50) and increases to Swimming Australia / Swimming NSW fees. So in response we’ve made a few tweaks to our membership structure and fees, namely:

• We’ve added a junior club swimmer category with a reduced fee to offset the impact of the reduction in the ACTIVE KIDS voucher, and
• Increased fees on a couple of fee categories to help cover the club’s costs.

Our new Membership Categories and Fees are as follows:

Member Category	Standard Fee	Family Concession Fee
Club Swimmers*	$110	15% discount
Club Swimmers 10 years and under at 31/10/2023*	$85	15% discount
Second Claim Members	$80	15% discount
Squad Members	$80	15% discount
State Competition Swimmers	$130	15% discount
Non-swimmers (Spectator/Supporter)	$35	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.

Instructions on using the Swim Central portal, read here:

How To Register With Swim Central – Swimming Australia Online Support Portal

ACTIVE KIDS vouchers can be redeemed when registering your child.  

More information is available on the club’s Fees and Registration page.

Free Tee Shirt

The club is offering a free tee shirt – thanks to sponsorship monies provided by Inspirations Paint on Lyons Road – for the first 50 juniors who register by 31 October 2023. So, register now to make sure your kids don’t miss out.

Got questions or need help?

If you have any questions about membership categories or how to use Swim Central please reach out to our Registrar Dave Smith via registrar@drummoyneswimclub.com.au.

Racing season starts on 7 October

Drummoyne Swimming Centre is now open and even though it’s still a little chillythe water is a lovely temperature. So head down to the and get in some training before we start Saturday morning racing.

Key Dates and format

Saturday morning racing commences on the 7th of October. The long range forecast looks good so tell your friends about how much fun racing is at Drummoyne and drag them along.

As usual we’ll follow our traditional weekly racing format:

• Freestyle sprint (50m or 100m plus 30m and 20m events for the young ones)
• Form Stroke (Breaststroke, Backstroke or Butterfly)
• Long distance event (alternating between 200m and 400m Freestyle and a Medley)

All racing in the early part of the season is based on our unique handicap system. Everyone has a chance to win.

Later in the season we will thrown in Championship racing – off scratch to see who the fastest swimmers in the club really are.

Squads

Junior Squads kicked off in style on Tuesday. Lynette and Cara had a big crew of kids and parents to start the season.

Junior Squads run Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 6 am to 7 am in Lanes 1 and 2.

Adult Squads are running as usual with Arthur setting the program and Doug setting the pace. Adult squads are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 6 am to 7 am in Lanes 1 and 2.

All levels of squad swimmers are welcome and squads are free for swim club members.

Registration

Swim Club registrations are now open on Swimming NSW’s Swim Central website.

The club is offering a free tee shirt for all junior swimmers (14 years and below) who are registered before 31 October this year so head over to Swim Central and register so you don’t miss out.

Swimming season starts this Friday with the reopening of the Drummoyne Swimming Centre. The long range forecast suggests we’re in for another nice summer. So dust off your goggles and head down to the pool to get some laps in before racing starts.

Key dates for the coming season:

Date	Activity
1 September 2023	Drummoyne Swimmig Centre Opens! Discounted pool passes are usually offered on the first day of the season so check the Drummoyne Swimming Centre website to see if similar savings are on offer this summer.
1 September 2023	DSC Adult squads start Friday 1 September (6:00)
5 September 2023	DSC Junior Squads start Tuesday 5 September (6:00)
~ Mid September	Registrations via Swim Central open.
7 October 2023	Our first Saturday morning race meet is Saturday 7 October 2023 at 7:30.

Encourage friends and family to swim with us – free trial for new swimmers.

Remember to tell your friends and family about how much fun swim club is, and encourage them to come along for a free trial.

It’s starting to warm up and swimming season is not far away.

Key dates for the coming season:

Date	Activity
1 September 2023	Drummoyne Swimmig Centre Opens! Discounted pool passes are usually offered on the first day of the season so check the Drummoyne Swimming Centre website to see if similar savings are on offer this summer.
1 September 2023	DSC Adult squads start Friday 1 September (6:00)
5 September 2023	DSC Junior Squads start Tuesday 5 September (6:00)
~ Mid September	Registrations via Swim Central open.
7 October 2023	Our first Saturday morning race meet is Saturday 7 October 2023 at 7:30.

Encourage friends and family to swim with us – free trial for new swimmers.

Remember to tell your friends and family about how much fun swim club is, and encourage them to come along for a free trial.

A reminder that the Annual General Meeting of the Drummoyne Amateur Swimming Club Incorporated is scheduled for Tuesday 22 August 2023.

This year we’ll be having the AGM at the pool, well at the Waterpolo club room. We’ll put on some drinks (beer, wine and soft drinks) and nibbles for those that come along.

Meeting Details:

Date: Tuesday 22 August 2023
Time: 7.30pm
Location: Waterpolo Club Room, Drummoyne Swimming Centre

Please RSVP using TeamApp or via email to president@drummoyneswimclub.com.au

Nominations for Committee Members:

The Club benefits from amazing contributions from a wide range of members – from pool deck to administration. These contributions are all very much welcomed. If you think you can also contribute by helping with the management of the club we would welcome additional members who wish to join the club committee.

Any members that wish to nominate to be a member of the swim club committee must do so in writing not less than 7 days before the 22nd of August 2023.

Nominations must be via text message or email via 0424 561 831 or president@drummoyneswimclub.com.au or by responding via the RSVP function in TeamApp.

Committee portfolios will be determined at the first committee meeting after the AGM but members are requested to specify any preferred role when nominating to stand for the committee.

Click here for the agenda and minutes of last year’s AGM:

• Agenda 2023 AGM
• Minutes of 2022 AGM

The quorum for the AGM shall be not less than 7 members.

If you have any questions about the AGM please contact Adrian Bell on 0424 561 831.