The results for Saturday 16 December 2023, including the 50m Breaststroke Championships, have been published here.
Week 11 – Santa Claus is coming to the pool!
This Saturday is our last meet before we break for the festive season. Happily the invitation we sent to PO Box No 1 NORTH POLE was received and Santa Claus has confirmed he will be attending swim club this week. Santa says he knows which kids have been naughty and which kids have been nice and that he’ll have a bag of goodies to share with all his friends at Drummoyne.
On the swimming front, this week we have:
Event | Detail |
Form Stroke | 50m Breaststroke Championship race 30M or 20M Breaststroke |
Sprint | 50M Freestyle 30M or 20M Freestyle |
Distance Event | 200M Freestyle 4 x 30M Freestyle 4 x 20M Freestyle |
In the new year
Swim club will start back up again on Saturday the 20th of January.
Battle on the BAY 2024
Drummoyne Swimming Club will be hosting Battle on the Bay in 2024. The date is being confirmed but as usual we will be battling it out with swimmers from Leichhardt, Ashfield and Enfield. We will need lots of helpers on the day and we’ll also need additional prizes to raffle off.
120th Birthday
2024 marks Drummoyne Swimming Club’s 120th birthday. To celebrate we are planning a couple of events including a huge birthday party at the end of the season. Keep an eye out for more details.
Laps for Life
We’ll be participating in the Laps for Life Challenge again in 2024 to raise funds for Reachout.com.
Girls looking for a holiday activity in January?
The Canada Bay Cannons AFL club would like to pass on an invitation to join them at their Free Youth Girls (5 to 15) AFL Development Clinic in January. The clinic is an opportunity to build on your current skills, and learn new skills in a fun welcoming environment over the school holidays. More details in the flyer attached or sign up through the link below.
Live Race Results !
You may have seen the news post on TeamApp but if not, we have a new feature available that allows you to see your race start information and results live as they are updated during Saturday morning race meets.
Simply open the Live Results page from the Team App menu or the Results menu on our website to view race details as they are updated live.
Optionally enter one or more names and choose races that are about to start or have already finished to see the results for your family, friends or fiercest competitors!
Results Week 10
The results for Saturday 9 December 2023, including the 50m Butterfly Championships and Week 2 of the 100m Freestyle Special Events, have been published here.
George Russell 400m Freestyle (Handicap) – Qualifiers
The finalists for the George Russell 400m Freestyle (Handicap) to be held on 20 January 2024 are as follows:
ID | Name |
---|---|
1376 | Isabelle KERR |
619 | Duncan LYON |
1375 | Abigail KERR |
1755 | Lyndal RAPISARDA |
1113 | Jaxon LEWIS |
1762 | Alberto RAPISARDA |
Week 10 Butterfly Championship and George Russell 400M FS heats
Well the season is hurtling along and we’ve reached week 10 already! This week we have a break from trophy finals but continue on with trophy heats and with our second championship race.
The trophy heat this week is the for the George Russell 400m Freestyle (H’cap) event. Usually 400M races are reserved for those who have qualified but the George Russell handicap event is open to all comers.
Our championship race this week is the 50m butterfly event.
The schedule for this Saturday is as follows:
Event | Detail |
Sprint | 100M Freestyle ~ 35 and Over 100m Freestyle – Week 2 ~ Molly Wark & Les Henry U/10 100m Freestyle – Week 2 50M Freestyle 30M or 20M Freestyle |
Form Stroke | 50m Butterfly Championship race 30M or 20M Butterfly |
Distance Event | Heats for the George Russell 400m Freestyle (H’cap) Trophy 200M Freestyle 4 x 30M Freestyle 4 x 20M Freestyle |
Battle on the Bay
Drummoyne will likely be hosting the Battle on the Bay this summer. We’re working to identify a date that fits with the summer racing carnival and fits in and around waterpolo’s home games.
Keep an eye out for more information as details are settled.
The Watershed Kitchen serves up vouchers for our raffles
Thanks very much to Gary and the team at the Watershed Kitchen who have kindly donated vouchers for our weekly club raffles.
The Watershed Cafe offers spectacular views of Iron Cove Bay with alfresco seating serving Australian made cuisine with only the freshest locally sourced produce.
If you’re looking for a coffee, breakfast, lunch of dinner head to the Watershet Cafe and show your support for their generosity.
Viva Veeva Property Group!
Spotlight on Veeva Property Group
Veeva Property Group has been a very generous sponsor of the Club for many seasons and they’ve graciously agreed to support the Club again this summer as a Gold Sponsor. The store front is under renovation but it’s business as usual in every other way.
Veeva Property Group is unlike any other Drummoyne and Canada Bay real estate agency that has come before. Merging experienced and honed negotiation skills, marketing acumen, in-depth local market knowledge and value-added project management, Veeva Property Group will help you achieve the very best result possible when selling or buying your home or investment property.
Veeva Property Group offers a full suite of real estate services including:
- Sales and Marketing
- Property Management
- Executive Rentals
- Styling and Design
- Buyers Advocacy
- Commercial Leasing
Veeva’s Director, Gladys Mallqui represents her client’s with complete transparency, matching educated and engaged buyers and renters with properties aligned to their exact needs and requirements.
“We listen, offer genuine help and professional advice to maximise your return. We are more than your local realtor!”Gladys Mallqui
If you are thinking of selling, buying, renting or leasing a property contact Gladys on 0488 883 382 or via gladys@veevaproperty.com.au.
Veeva Property Group are our trophy sponsor and their contribution makes it possibly for us to engrave possibly the largest collection of historic trophies in the known universe!
And Gladys makes a mean chocolate birthday cake!
Results Week 9
The results for Saturday 2 December 2023, including the 50m Freestyle Championships, have been published here.
Five Dock Rotary 200m Individual Medley Handicap Final
The results of the final for the Five Dock Rotary 200m Individual Medley Handicap held on 2 December 2023 were as follows:
ID | Name | Position |
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1078 | Michael PLAYFORD | 1 |
1609 | Hugo SMITH | 2 |
1587 | Jude WILSON | 3 |
1379 | Xavier FOSTER | 4 |
1491 | Daire HENDERSON | 5 |
Winner: Michael PLAYFORD
Week 9: 50M Championship Race & 200M Medley Handicap Final
It was great to have members of the Wheaton family with us last Saturday to present the George Wheaton Trophy to Ben Playford following his victory, doing breaststroke, in the final of the BBB. Young George, great great grandson of the trophy’s namesake mused about how great it would be to have a crack at getting his name on the trophy next season… If George can post a few times at a local race in his home area near Wollongong we’ll see what we can do…
We’ve got more serious racing again this week with the final of the Five Dock Rotary 200M Individual Medley Handicap race as well as our first championship race of the season.
The schedule for this Saturday is as follows:
Event | Detail |
Sprint | 50M Freestyle Championship race 30M or 20M Freestyle |
Form Stroke | 100M Backstroke 50M Backstroke, 30M or 20M Backstroke |
Distance Event | 200M Individual Medley The first medley race will be the final of the Five Dock Rotary Trophy 4 x 30M Individual Medley 4 x 20M Individual Medley |
The finalists who will duke it out in the Five Dock Rotary Individual Medley Trophy race are shown below:
1609 | Hugo SMITH |
1033 | Georgia KIRKPATRICK-JONES |
1078 | Michael PLAYFORD |
1587 | Jude WILSON |
1379 | Xavier FOSTER |
1491 | Daire HENDERSON |
Will Michael Playford make it two Playford trophy winners in a row?
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