Championship Series – Week 2 Butterfly
This week we continue the Championship season, with the 50m Butterfly event. As with Freestyle last week for Championship races there are no handicap starts – everyone starts off “Go”. The fastest person in each age group will win the event.
To read more about the Championship events and racing format, click here.
Following the Butterfly Championship races we’ll get back to the handicap racing. This week the youngsters (under 10s) will be competing in the Molly Wark & Les Henry U/10 100m Freestyle handicap races (Week 2) and the not so young will be competing for the Over 35 Handicap points and bragging rights.
Following the 100m Freestyle races we’ll have the heats for the George Russell 400m Freestyle (Handicap). Note that everyone who currently has a 200m freestyle time is eligible to compete in the George Russell heats – no need for your 200m time to be less than 200 seconds, which is the normal entry criteria. If you haven’t swum a 400m race before, we will calculate your handicap time for the 400m heats based on your current 200m time. The final for this trophy event is the 23rd January 2021 leaving plenty of time to improve and give yourself a chance at the trophy.
Final 2019-20 Trophy and Medal Presentations
In between races we’ll continue our trophy and medal presentations to recognise the achievements of our swimmers in the 2019-20 season. This week we’ll be presenting to our older swimmers – U14 to Opens. We’ll also hand out trophies and medals to those younger swimmers that weren’t around last Saturday. Please refer to the post about trophies and medals for more information and note that we’ll be joined by a VIP presenter Mr John Coates AC President of the Australian Olympic Committee and Vice President of the International Olympic Committee.
Pool safety – kids pool is closed during swim club presently
Please note that the small children’s pool is closed off on Saturday mornings. Please ask your kids not to use the pool. The life guards have been asked by pool management to enforce this rule so please keep an eye on it.
On another note, the centre has been experiencing a large number of lane rope breakages this season. This is not due to anything we’ve done but in the interests of minimising damage to the facilities can you please encourage your kids not to play on the lane ropes when they have some free time between and after events.