Great performances by young guns Zoe and Hayden last weekend
There were some great performances to highlight from last weekend:
Zoe Romaniuk (competing in the U14s) taking out the 50m breaststroke Championship race (in the main image Zoe is finishing strongly to hold off Kristy Lewis),
Hayden Howard making the final and racing against the big boys.
Well done to both Zoe and Hayden!
Hayden Howard psyching himself up for the 50m Breaststroke Championship final
We’re approaching the end of the calendar year fast and if you still need to register your squids using their 2021 Active Kids Voucher you’ll need to get in quick…
See below for information from the NSW Government about eligibility and how to redeem your voucher
The NSW Government is helping kids get active with the Active Kids program.
The Active Kids program provides two $100 vouchers for parents, guardians and carers of school-enrolled children to use towards sport and active recreation costs each year.
Voucher 1 is valid January to December 2021 and Voucher 2 is valid July to December 2021.
To use the voucher, find a registered activity provider and present your voucher when you sign up.
Eligibility
If you’re a parent, carer or guardian, the student will be eligible if they are:
a NSW resident
aged between 4.5 and 18 years
enrolled in school (from Kindergarten to Year 12, including those who are home-schooled or enrolled in secondary school education at TAFE NSW)
a current Medicare card holder.
You can apply for a voucher for each eligible student.
You can use the voucher for registration, participation or membership costs with an approved Active Kids provider.
What you need
a MyServiceNSW Account
one proof of identity document for the parent, carer or guardian
Follow the prompts to apply for the voucher. Note: If you’re applying for a child’s second voucher, select ‘Apply for Active Kids Voucher 2’ on the Services tab.
To use the voucher:
Choose the eligible provider where you’ll use the voucher (Swimmng Australia’s Swim Central Portal).
At registration or payment time, provide the following information through the provider’s preferred process:
child’s full name
child’s date of birth
Active Kids voucher number.
More information
A voucher can only be used:
once (if the fees for your chosen activity are less than $100, the remaining balance is forfeited and can’t be used)
during the calendar year it’s issued
for the person named on the voucher
for registration or membership fees with an approved Active Kids provider.
A voucher cannot be:
split between more than one provider or registration (which means if you do not use the full $100 any remaining amount will not be used)
used for individual items (like jerseys, socks or boots)
used for the same activity within the same term as another Active Kids voucher
redeemed for cash.
To use the voucher, give the details to your registered activity provider.
This Saturday is our last Swim Club meet before we take a short break for Christmas and the New Year celebrations. If we’re lucky Santa will pay us a visit and dish out some Christmas Cheer! We’re also planning a bacon and egg BBQ breakfast. It promises to be a great morning.
It would be great to see as many swimmers as possible. Please encourage those swimmers who have been staying at home to keep warm and dry to come along – after a very wet season so far the BOM is predicting a lovely day with a top of 29.
BOM forecast – likely to be the best Saturday morning of the season so far…
Hopefully Santa doesn’t get too hot in his red suit.
Monster Raffle
This week’s raffle we have extra prizes to help get everyone into the christmas spirit:
You may recall a post from earlier in the season about the club being contacted recently by Don Erickson who won the George Wheaton BBB trophy in 1944/45. Don’s family were amongst the very early Drummoyne Amateur Swimming Club members and keen swimmers and water polo players.
Don, who is now 91 years young, lives in Canberra and doesn’t get up to Sydney often. But, as chance would have it, the U14 Drummoyne Devils team played a tournament in Canberra last weekend. Jessica Bell, club swimmer and Devil in disguise took the opportunity to reunite the trophy with one of its very early winners.
Don was excited to to see the trophy and Don and his wife Margaret hosted Jessica and Debbie for afternoon tea. Turns out Don and Margaret both went to Russell Lea Infants School.
Jessica and Don with the George Wheaton BBB Trophy
Thanks to this season’s winner, Felix Sharp, for kindly giving up the Trophy for a week and allowing it to travel to Canberra.
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