We had a lovely morning last Saturday with warm weather and sunny skies. Swimmers had fun with butterfly and the medley! This week the action keeps coming with breaststroke and a 200M freestyle. Excitingly, we have the heats for our first trophy race – the Geoff Roper 200M Freestyle handicap race. Last year’s winner was Hayden Howard. Hayden has already posted some great times this summer. Will someone be able to knock him off this time?
Our program is as follows:
| Event | Detail |
| Sprint | 100M Freestyle 50M, 30M or 20M Freestyle |
| Form Stroke | 100M Breaststroke 50M, 30M or 20M Butterfly |
| Distance Event | 4 x 50M Freestyle* 4 x 30M Freestyle 4 x 20M Freestyle *incl the Geoff Roper handicap trophy heats |
A young(er) Will Taylor and Sarah Lyon presenting the Geoff Roper trophy a few years back.
Club Captains
We’ve got one nomination each for the male and female Club Captain positions. If you think this is the job for you please drop Adrian a message. We’ll hold elections, if required, on Saturday to fill the roles.
World Famous BBB
On Saturday the 4th of November we will hold the heats for the George Wheaton BBB handicap race. BBB is short for Breaststroke, Backstroke and Butterfly. It’s a unique event in which competitors race each other with different “B” strokes in the same race on handicap. So a swimmer in one lane may swim Butterfly, another Breaststroke and a third Backstroke!
This year there is no separate entry form. You just need to nominate your stroke using TeamApp.
All going well we hope to have members of the Wheaton family join us on pool deck again to present the winner with the trophy.
Check out the George Wheaton BBB page on our website to learn about the story behind this race.
Hail Rex!
Last weekend, after smashing out some wonderful swims at Drummoyne Pool, Rex Wilson headed up river to Homebush to compete in the Metro South West Championships (as part of the MLC Burwood team).
Rex swam superbly again and came home with two gold medals and a bronze.
Upcoming events
Our first social events for the season are coming up in November. Please pencil these dates in to your diary:
- 9 November | Ladies night out
- 23 November | Men’s night out
The events will start at 7pm and be held at the R&B Grillhouse on Victoria Road Drummoyne. The R&B Grillhouse is a major sponsor and these events are a great way to show our support and gratitude.
Thanks Noah and Cohen (and Oscar)
Thanks to Noah and Cohen for making tea and coffee for the timekeepers and race officials on Saturday. And thanks to Oscar who graciously helped to wash up the mess.
Week 3 results
In case you missed them, times and points from last week can be found on the results page results page.
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