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This week, after the 100m freestyle, we continue our handicap trophy heats with backstroke and the medley.

• 100m Freestyle
• 50 Backstroke (Heats for the Tom Brown 50m Backstroke Handicap Trophy)
• 200m Medley (Heats for the Five Dock Rotary 200m Medley Handicap Trophy)

The Tom Brown trophy was named for Lynette’s grandfather Tom by her father who was the club handicapper in the 1970s. What an amazing connection the Brown family has had with the club and pool! It must be time for a Lynette Brown trophy…

Last year the Tom Brown handicap trophy was taken out by Jude Wilson, one of the many trophies Jude took home last season. Rumour has it that an engineer had to check the structural integrity of the second floor of the Wilson home because of the weight of all the trophies that the Wilson family took home last season…

Jude continues to improve and must be a good shot at back to back trophies. Can anyone beat him to this trophy this summer?

Ladies Social Night

Don’t forget the Ladies Social night is on tomorrow (Thursday). Register via TeamApp to indicate if you are going.

Got to love sunny Saturdays!

Our stretch of sunny Saturdays looks set to continue… Tell your friends how lovely it is as the pool on Saturday mornings and drag them along to join us for a free trial…

See you on Saturday!

The results for Saturday 5th November 2022 have been published here.

The results for Saturday 29th October 2022 have been published here.

The men’s and ladies social nights are coming up in November so keep the following dates free:

Ladies Social Night Out – Thu 10 November, 7pm at the R&B Grillhouse

Men’s Social Night Out – Thu 17 November, 7pm at the R&B Grillhouse

Please go to the Drummoyne Swimming Club TeamApp site/app to RSVP so can get a handle on numbers and reserve a table.

Season 2022/23 memberships are now available to purchase on the Swimming NSW web site.

Members can join the Club or renew their membership at the Swimming NSW Swim Central portal here:

For instructions on using the Swim Central portal, read here:

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

Existing members can log in using their username and password. If you have forgotten your password you can reset it using your registered email address.

Note that over 18’s must have individual email accounts and may be requested to ‘graduate to a full account via the Edit Family page’. This will require a unique email address to be entered for all members over the age of 18. Each adult member will have to sign in to accept the terms and conditions.

New users will need to register and request a new password to be emailed to their valid email address. Follow these instructions to register with Swim Central and create a Family Group.

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

ACTIVE KIDS vouchers can be redeemed when registering your child.  

Membership Categories and Fees

Member Category	Standard Fee	Family Concession Fee
Club Swimmers*	$100	15% discount
Second Claim Members	$60	15% discount
Squad Members	$60	15% discount
State Competition Swimmers *	$120	15% discount
Non-swimmers (Spectator/Supporter)	$30	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.

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

This week swim club starts to get a little bit more serious. We have the heats for the first trophy of the season – the Geoff Roper 200m Freestyle Handicap trophy.

As with any handicap race, the winner could be anyone. Junior swimmers who are improving quickly have an especially good shot at taking home this silverware. So don’t miss the heats this weekend or you’ll be no chance to pick up the trophy!

Our races this week are:

• 100m Freestyle
• 100m Breaststroke
• 200m Freestyle (the Geoff Roper Handicap Trophy heats)

George Wheaton BBB entries

Next week we will be holding heats for our 2nd trophy race of the season – the wonderful 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!

To seed the event, we need to know which “B” stroke you will swim.  You must have already completed a 50m Time Trial for your chosen stroke, so if you’re new to the club this season, choose a stroke for which you’ve already set a time.

To nominate your B-stroke please complete this form at the end of this link.  

A reminder that Drummoyne Swimming Club hosts free squads for members.

New swimmers are always welcome. We’re particularly seeking to boost our numbers of young adults. So, if this is you feel free to pop down to an adult squad and jump in to lane 1 or 2.

Day	Start time	Squad
Monday	6:00	Adult Squad
Tuesday	6:00	Junior Squad Parents are welcome to join in
Wednesday	6:00	Adult Squad
Thursday	6:00	Junior Squad Parents are welcome to join in
Friday	5:30	Adult Squad Followed by breakfast