Race At Your Pace!
The results of the finals for the Mens’ and Womens’ Tom Williams 50m Freestyle Handicap held on 24 February 2018 were as follows:
Boys’ Final:
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1252 | Luke JAMIESON | 1 |
| 619 | Duncan LYON | 2 |
| 646 | Jack CORBETT | 3 |
| 279 | Adam LEWIS | 4 |
| 1395 | Michael KERR | 5 |
| 112 | Joshua HAYWARD | 6 |
| 1336 | Patrick CAVELL | 7 |
Winner: Luke JAMIESON
Girls’ Final:
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1134 | Taylor WATSON | 1 |
| 1306 | Lucy SUMMERFIELD | 2 |
| 1346 | Kara DAVOREN | 3 |
| 1112 | Hannah SVOBODA | 4 |
| 1372 | Melissa KERR | 5 |
Winner: Taylor WATSON
The results of the final for the Tom Brown 50m Backstroke Handicap held on 17 February 2018 were as follows:
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1252 | Luke JAMIESON | 1 |
| 1242 | Lily BOROZAN | 2 |
| 91 | Adam CHRISTODOULOU | 3 |
| 1345 | Adrian BELL | 4 |
| 1203 | Gemma LOCKHART | 5 |
Winner: Luke JAMIESON
The City of Canada Bay is investing a total of $350,000 during 2017/18 at the Drummoyne Swimming Centre to ensure the facility continues to meet the needs of all of our customers.
A number of upgrades are already complete, including:
In addition, new lockers and an accessible pool hoist will be installed in the coming weeks.
At the completion of the current season (1 May 2018), $250,000 will be spent on refurbishing the male, female, accessible and family changing rooms on level one.
To ensure the new changing rooms meet the needs of all of our users, I invite you to have your say by completing this survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Drummoynepoolchangingrooms
Thank you for your support in assisting us to improve this important community facility.
Mayor Angelo Tsirekas
We are delighted to announce that Veeva Property Group has become Principal Sponsor of Drummoyne Swimming Club for the 2017-18 Season.
Veeva will be funding the cost of supplying and engraving our trophies and medals awarded at the end of season Presentation Day, which will provide a substantial financial benefit to the Club.
Veeva’s Director, Gladys Mallqui, has been active in our Club for many years and her daughter Xiomara is a regular swimmer.
We thank Gladys for her generous support of the Club.
Drummoyne Swimming Club has moved to the Swimming Metro North West Area (SMNW) region of Swimming New South Wales.
Prior to the move, the Club was in the Swimming Metro South East Area (MetSEA) region. The change in areas was made in order to distribute swimming clubs more evenly across Sydney,
FREE Club membership for children aged 7 and Under with the Swimming Australia Optus Junior Dolphins Program!
Our Annual General Meeting took place last Monday night. The committee for the Drummoyne Swimming Club 2017/18 season is as follows:
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| President | Tim Doolan |
| Hon Secretary | Sia Christodoulou |
| Hon Treasurer | Phil Hayward |
| Race Secretary/Handicapper | Duncan Lyon |
| Publicity Officer | John Taylor |
| Social Secretary | Kate Svoboda |
| Race Referee | Phil Hayward |
| Chief Learn to Swim Instructor | Phil Hayward |
| General Committee Members | David Parker |
| George Mandarakas | |
| Michael Donnellan | |
| Annette Jamieson |
We welcome new members Michael Donnellan and Annette Jamieson to the Committee. It is great to have some new faces!
The members voted to make long time members Duncan Lyon and Lynette Brown Life Members of the Club.
Duncan Lyon has been associated with club for over 10 years. He was Club President for 7 years and personally built the club’s unique handicap & timing system. Duncan established the Battle on the Bay Swimming Carnival and spent countless hours working behind the scenes to ensure the club meets ran smoothly.
Lynette Brown has been associated with club since 1964 (over 50 years!) and has been an active volunteer for most of that time. She was auditor of club accounts for 25 years and provided numerous personal donations. Lynette is also a strong supporter of our young swimmers and their swimming development.
The Committee report for the 2016/17 season was tabled, listing the many achievements during the year and once again thanking the the wonderful volunteers and supporters of the Club.
The new season swim meet calendar of events has been confirmed and can be seen here.
Although Swimming NSW’s has increased its association fees again this year, the members voted to leave our membership fees as the same as last year.
The attendees also discussed the importance of building membership and decided this will be a focus in the coming season.
Drummoyne Swimming Club now has its own Smartphone App. It will keep you up-to-date with the Club’s news, events, schedules and much more.
To get the full features you need to download and install Team App onto your smartphone.
Download Team App here: http://teamapp.com/app. It’s 100% FREE.
Launch Team App, then:
If you don’t have a smartphone, contact Tim Doolan to add your email address manually, so that you’ll receive email notifications.
Microsoft’s new marketing campaign showcases the advanced technology used by Drummoyne Swimming Club to manage its swim meets.
On Tuesday, 15 November 2016, Five Dock Library will be hosting an evening for past and present members of Drummoyne Swimming Club to share their memories and stories of the club.
The stories will be recorded and added to the library’s oral history collection.
All past and present members and friends of the Club are welcome to join us at Five Dock Library from 6pm to 8pm.
The photograph above shows coach Forbes Carlile (wearing a white t-shirt) in the early 1950s coaching young swimmers at Drummoyne Swimming Pool.
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