This year’s trophy presentation night will be at Drummoyne Sailing Club on Sunday the 19th of June. Arrive 15:30 to grab a lemonade for a 16:00 start. All members, parents and juniors are invited.
The evening is a great opportunity to catch up with fellow swimmers and it promises to be a lot of fun. We’ll have:
When: Saturday 19 June 2022 What time: 15:30 to 19:30 Where: Drummoyne Sailing Club, 2 St Georges Cres, Drummoyne Cost: Adults – $20, Children – $10 Drinks are available to purchase at the bar.
Numbers are limited so please get in early and book your tickets using Trybooking so we can confirm catering details:
Thanks very much to our wonderful sponsor Veeva Property Group who fund the trophies and are our major supporter for the awards night. https://www.facebook.com/veevaproperty/
We’ve been a bit slack in providing final details on our fundraising efforts for Laps for Life. And there is certainly no reason to be shy about our achievements this time around.
Drummoyne Swimming Club was at the pointy end of the team fundraising table again this year. As a club we raised $15,562. We were the 8th highest fundraising team in the country.
Individually this year Duncan Lyon was the third highest fundraiser in the country raising $10,386. Thank you to Duncan and thank you to our other magnificent fundraisers:
Sue-Ellen Foster,
Alex Sellars,
Luke Sellars,
Georgina Manicsalco,
Jessica Bell
In 2022 Laps for Life involved over 6000 individuals and almost 1000 teams. Collectively everyone involved swum over 60000 kms (that 1.5 times around the world) and raised $1,947,370.
Funds raised will provide critical support and resources for over 400,000 young people.
If you want to learn more check out this Youtube clip:
Drummoyne Swim Club raised $15,562
Duncan Lyon was the third highest fundraiser in the country and raised $10,386.
Sue-Ellen Foster, Alex Sellars, Luke Sellars, Georgina Manicsalco, Jessica Bell
Why do we support Laps for Life and ReachOut?
1 in 4 young people in Australia are currently experiencing a mental health difficulty? But there’s an even bigger problem: 70% of those who need help don’t get it. And, suicide remains the leading cause of death of young people in Australia. That means more young people take their own lives each year than die in car accidents.
After friends and family, the internet is the first place young people turn to for information and support. That’s where ReachOut comes in.
ReachOut is there – 24/7 – for whatever life throws at them. With tools, tips, advice for everything from dealing with exam stress to understanding how to get help for an issue that’s worrying them, ReachOut provides practical tools designed just for their needs, even when they don’t know what they’re looking for. Last year alone, ReachOut was there for more than 3.6 million people, and it’s estimated that ReachOut prevented more than 300 fatal suicides.
Every dollar raised through Laps for Life will enable ReachOut to continue providing this vital service so that young people get the support they need to be happy and well.
Sadly, we’ve come to the end of another summer of swim club – Drummoyne Swimming Club’s 118th!
The season was as wet out of the pool as it was in the pool. We barely had a dry sunny day. Nevertheless, it was a lot of fun and there were plenty of highlights in and out of the water.
Season highlights
Some of the highlights included:
Fantastic performances in the pool
It is hard and a little unfair to single out individuals and individual performances. So apologies to everyone else… but some performances stuck in the mind were:
Erica Bhatti taking home multiple trophies
Matt Svoboda dominating the open men’s competition
Yunos Yacub taking out the Fred Congdon 50m Butterfly Handicap Final
All the junior swimmers improving out of sight
A Bhatti PartyYunos with the Fred Congdon Trophy
Reuniting the BBB trophy with Don Erickson winner from 1944/45
This season a long lost swimmer got back in touch with the club… Mr Don Erickson won the BBB in 1944/45. Don reached out to the club to pass on some great history. The BBB trophy took a trip to Canberra to visit Don and his lovely wife Margaret.
Don Erickson with the George Wheaton BBB trophy which eh won in 1944/45
Battle on the Bay
The afternoon of the Battle on the Bay was, thank all the god’s, a bright and sunny afternoon. The day went off without a hitch and our swimmers did themselves and our club proud. As always the relays were a highlight and our mixed 10 x 50 relay team were did an awesome job to bring home the chocolate trophy!
L-R – David Bolton, Adam Lewis, Will and Lukas Taylor, Lily Borozan, David Smith, Matthew Svoboda, Ziani and Club Captain Tadhg Donnellan. (Dough McFarlane missing from the photo – off eating a Mars Bar apparently)
Ian Thorpe’s visit
What a legend…
Raising more money for Reachout.com
After last year’s efforts to raise funds for Reachout.com with the Laps for Life Challenge, it was difficult to see that our swimmers and benefactors would dig as deep as last year. But, out community of swimmers and their supporters have done it again. We’ve raised over $13k and sit in 6th place in the Team’s Leaderboard. Duncan Lyon has almost $9k and sits proudly in the Individual fundraising stakes. Duncan has also swum 50km (well he is almost there at time writing) over the month.
Thank you
There are too many people to mention by name here but… Thank You to everyone that helped make swim club enjoyable and successful again this season by volunteering their time. From those that helped with timing, to the race officials, to the squad coaches to the committee members and everyone in between, your efforts are very much appreciated.
Upcoming Swim Club Activities
Keep an eye out for…
Date
Activity
2 April 2022
End of season cruise – contact Shellee Ossen if you want to come along.
We’ve come to the end of another summer swimming season and it’s time for the annual family fin day races and the 800M Freestyle Championships.
800M Freestyle Championship
First up we have the serious side of things. The 800M Freestyle Championship race is open to everyone. Racing starts at 7:00 sharp.
Family Fun Events
The 800M will be closely followed by our favourite races of the year, including:
The thong race – BYO flip flops or grab a pair from the lost property box in the swim club control room before they are donated to charity [there are a few there :-)], and
The inflatables race – BYO inflatable Unicorn or other animal or boogie board.
The Geribo Cup (Chocolate Trophy) Relay – get your teams together and be ready to nominate your team members first thing on Saturday morning, and
The Family Relay – who can know off the Svoboda family this year? Blended families required and welcome…
Breakfast
If you are not lucky enough to be part of the Geribo Cup winning team or you want more for breakfast than chocolate… come along to the Watershed Kitchen after the day’s festivities for a final post swimming breakfast.
There is still time to support our swimmers raising funds for Reachout.com. So if you have a little spare cash head to our team page and make a donation.
Duncan Lyon and Sueellen Forster got off to a flying start in the fundraising stakes and Georgina Maniscalo and the Sellars boys are coming home strongly as the month progresses! Well done to you all.
Jessica Bell – you really should ask your parents to support you!
Duncan Lyon has set himself a goal of 50km for the month and has already hit 42.2km. Well done Duncan! Will you wear that Ian Thorpe signed Laps for Life cap when you hit the 50km mark?
Thanks very much to Australian swimming legend Ian Thorpe for visiting us at Drummoyne Swimming Club last Saturday.
Ian’s visit was as Patron of REACHOUT.COM as a result of our fundraising efforts in the Laps for Life Challenge.
ReachOut is the most accessed online mental health service for young people and their parents in Australia.
https://about.au.reachout.com/home
Noah Hale, pictured above with Ian was the club’s and Swimming NSW’s largest affiliated fundraiser.
Ian spoke brilliantly about REACHOUT.COM, his experiences and challenges as a swimmer and life in general. He offered some wonderful tips on both swimming and getting the most out of life.
The Mayor’s Canada Bay Cup was swum and won last Saturday and this year’s champion team were from Drummoyne. Mayor Angelo was happy to hand the trophy over to some locals this summer.
Thanks to Mayor Angelo for presenting the trophy with Ian Thorpe.
The winning Drummoyne team: David Parker, Georgia Romaniuk, Jaxon Lewis, Isabelle Kerr, Azariah Spiteri, Tony Van Scheik, Abigail Kerr and Gavin Tanner
Congratulations to all participants for a well swum race, including to our visitors from the Boolaroo Speers Point Swimming Club on Lake Macquarie.
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