News

The results for Saturday 20th March 2021, including the 100m Backstroke Championships, and Week 6 of the 100m Freestyle Special Events have been published here.

The bad news is that this Saturday is our last week of standard racing… but the good news is that we have one further week with the 800m and the Geribo Cup (the Chocolate trophy relay).

This week’s racing consists of:

• 100m Backstroke Championship
• 100m Freestyle, inclusive of week 6 of the Molly Wark & Les Henry U/10 trophies and the Over 35 plate trophies.
• 200m Freestyle

Weather this weekend… It’s raining Chupa Chups

The weather forecast for Saturday is perfect for swimming so don’t miss out. Kids, don’t let your parents talk you into having a sleep in because you will miss the chance to win another Chupa Chup extravaganza.

Open invitation to all past members of Drummoyne Swimming Club…

Reminder that we’re having a morning tea for past members at our final swim meet of the year.

All past swimmers are invited to please join us for a morning tea on Saturday the 27th of March 2021.

We would be especially pleased to welcome any Life Members who can make it along for the event.

We’ll supply the tea, coffee and croissants and you supply the stories of past glories!

Don’t forget to bring your togs and have a swim if you wish!

As the season draws to a close we are turning our attention to the Presentation Night. Barring a major COVID-19 outbreak we are planning to have the Presentation Night on Saturday the 29th of May at the Concord Bowling Club.

More details about the event will follow in coming weeks.

One of the first things we need to do in preparation for the Presentation Night is to get all the trophies off to be engraved, courtesy of our Gold Sponsor Veeva Property Group.

So, if you have a trophy at home please bring it back to the club room this weekend.

Thanks a million!

The results for Saturday 13th March 2021, including the 4x50m Medley Championships, have been published here.

One of the great joys of swim club is watching your kids do really well. It seems that joy never leaves you… after a COVID enforced delay Jenny and Kelvin Hale made the trip down from Queensland to visit Nathan, Dannii and the boys. Nathan dug deep to show off for his folks and won his freestyle race in style. Jenny was proud as punch running along the side of the pool and shouting encouragement.

This week…

This week we have:

• Championship 4x50m Medley with 4x30m Medleys for the Under 9’s and 8’s
• 50m Freestyle
• 50m Butterfly including the finals of the Fred Congdon 50m Butterfly Handicap race

Fred Congdon 50m Butterfly Handicap Final

The finalists for this week’s Fred Congdon 50m Butterfly Handicap as shown below. Duncan Lyon’s consistent efforts at Monday, Wednesday and Friday squads have paid off. Well done Duncan. The Svoboda family is well represented and is having a very prominent season. Leni Wilson is fighting for the young kids. Good luck to you all!

ID	Name
1585	Leni WILSON
619	Duncan LYON
1114	Kate SVOBODA
1402	Cooper HANSEN
91	Adam CHRISTODOULOU
1191	Matthew SVOBODA

Warwick Waller having a good time at swim club!

Don’t forget the past members morning tea…

Calling all past swimmers to please join us for a morning tea at our final meet of the season on Saturday the 27th of March 2021.

One third of the way through the month, Drummoyne Swimming Club is the top fundraising swimming club in NSW!

The good news is we’ve still got two thirds of the month to go. So, if you haven’t already done so, get on board and donate to one of the swimmers who is already participating or jump in yourself, join the DSC team and raise some funds for a great cause.

Prizes will be on offer to the Swimming NSW club that fundraises the most money overall and to the club that fundraises the most money on a per participant average during this challenge. 

Up for grabs are:

• a visit* from the legendary Olympian Ian Thorpe AM
• and a chance to work with our preferred videographers Fish Out Of Water Media to create a professional quality club video (valued at $2000).

The individual swimmer who fundraises the most money will have the opportunity to train at our Olympic Park Performance Hub! This priceless experience includes learning from Head Coach Adam Kable, access to first class facilities and experts, and training alongside Olympian Wes Roberts and Australian Dolphins Matt Wilson, Brad Woodward and Meg Bailey!

At the moment, Noah Hale is sitting in 2nd spot on the SNSW club swimmer leader board. So, if you are thinking about donating to someone you might want to donate to Noah and give him a shot at training with Olympians!

Our top fund raisers so far are:

All monies raised in the Laps for Life Swimathon are being donated to ReachOut Australia.

Drummoyne Swimming Club members past and present were on hand last Sunday to pick up trash around the pool and in Sisters Bay.

The local group was organised by John Towns, long time club swimmer, committee member and club historian. John is pictured above with Club Captain Rose Tunstall, Duncan Lyon our indefatigable Race Secretary and Life Member James Simmons. James Simmons ably recruited current swimmers and led the charge on the day.

Thanks to John and James for organising the activities and to everyone else who came along.

The results for Saturday 6th March 2021, including the 100m Breaststroke Championships and Week 5 of the 100m Freestyle Special Events, have been published here.