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We were unable to hold our annual awards ceremony earlier this year. However, it is still important that we recognise the achievements and efforts of our swimmers for last season.

Some of you may have noticed a procession of little people carrying big trophies from the car park to the club room last Saturday. This little parade was the club’s newly engraved perpetual trophies, keepsake trophies and medals making their way back home in advance of them being awarded.

Presentations are still discouraged under COVID rules so instead we’ll be handing out trophies and medals on the pool deck over a number of weeks starting from this Saturday the 14th of November.

We’ll start with the presentation of the club’s perpetual trophies.

If you are one of the people listed in the table below make sure you come along this Saturday to be recognised for your wonderful achievement.

The provision of trophies is a great way to recognise the outstanding efforts of our swimmers. The club would not be able to do this without the generous and continuing support of Gladys Mallqui and Veeva Property Group. Gladys will be on deck this Saturday to help present the trophies. Please make sure you say hello and show thanks to Gladys for her support.

Please also keep Veeva Property Group in mind if you need property services – selling property, buying property, wanting to rent your place out or even if you want some property styling advice. Veeva Property Group offer a range of services. Look them up or follow the link from the club’s newsletter or online.

Perpetual Trophy Winners 2019-2020

George Wheaton	50m BBB Handicap	Isaac McManus
Tom Brown	50m Backstroke Handicap	Ruby Nichols
Bill Gallie	50m Breaststroke Handicap	Laura Tambasco
Geoff Roper	200m Freestyle Handicap	Andrew Sharpe
Fred Congdon	50m Butterfly Handicap	Toby Hansen
George Russell	400m Freestyle Handicap	Sienna Howard
Five Dock Rotary	200m Individual Medley Handicap	Cara Parker
Tom Williams	50m Freestyle Handicap – Men	Tony Van Schaik
Tom Williams	50m Freestyle Handicap – Women	Charlotte Allan
Henry Vagner	U/10 BBB Handicap Point Score – Boys	Hayden Howard
Cath Close	U/10 BBB Handicap Point Score – Girls	Elizabeth Allan
Charlie Halliday	4x20m Long Distance Point Score	Skye Lewis
Jack Sanders	U/12 Long Distance Point Score	Kristen Maguire
L.S. Carroll	Girls Long Distance Point Score	Kristen Maguire
George Payne	Boys Long Distance Point Score	Tadhg Donnellan
Michael Corry	Fastest 50m Freestyle (26.21)	Christian Taylor
Molly Wark	Girls U/10 Special 100m Freestyle Handicap	Ruby Nichols
Les Henry	Boys U/10 Special 100m Freestyle Handicap	Noah Hale/Cohen Van Loo
	Women 35 and Over 100m Freestyle	Renee Carroll
	Men 35 and Over 100m Freestyle	Simon Walsh

A big thank you to Shellee Ossen for her efforts to round up all the trophies and work with the trophy shop to get the trophies and medals ready!

Age group trophies and medals will be presented over coming weeks.

The results for Saturday 7th November 2020 have been published here.

Social nights

Each season Drummoyne Swim Club organises a few social events so that swimmers can get to know each other better while wearing more than active wear. These events are always fun and it would be great if you could come along.

Now that venue rules are being relaxed we can plan our initial social events for this season. Subject to ongoing COVID rules we’re proposing:

Ladies

What: Dinner and drinks

Where: Ribs & Burgers, Victoria Road Drummoyne

When: Thursday 19 November starting at @ 19:00

Cost: Each attendee to pay for their own food and drinks

Men

What: Dinner and drinks

Where: Ribs & Burgers, Victoria Road Drummoyne

When: Thursday 26 November starting @ 19:00

Cost: Each attendee to pay for their own food and drinks

Juniors

What: EPIC Pizza in the Park

Where: Taplin Park, Drummoyne

When: Saturday 28 November starting at 18:00

Cost: $15 per head payable in advance

Some parent and/or carer volunteers to help on the evening will be required.

Numbers at each event will be limited to ensure compliance with NSW Government guidelines. The events will be posted in the club’s Team App application soon and you’ll need to RSVP for these events in advance.

Family Picnic and Harbour Cruise

All things going well we’re also planning a family picnic and a harbour cruise for the second half of the season. More details to follow once they’ve been locked down (and assuming we’re not all locked down again!)

Presentations

COVID meant that we couldn’t hold our end of season presentation. Instead we’ll be recognising last season’s achievements by handing out trophies and medals on the pool deck. We’ll do this over the course of a number of weeks starting in mid November.

We’re also looking to lock the 7th of May 2021 as the Presentation Date to celebrate this season (touch wood).

Well Halloween certainly brought out some strange happenings last Saturday. But, heavy rain and the threat of thunderstorms did not diminish from the morning. Despite the frightful weather we had our biggest meet of the season so far with 43 races.

The sight of our new Club Captains Tadhg and Rosie in Halloween costumes was only slightly more unusual than the unique BBB heats and then Christian Taylor reminding everyone that Freestyle really does mean you are free to swim whatever you wish. He proceeded to do backstroke in the 400m – posting the best time of the day to boot!

Congratulations to our BBB finalists. We look forward to seeing you battle it out for the George Wheaton Trophy on Saturday the 21st of November.

This week’s racing is a little more traditional:

• 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)

See you on Saturday!

Relays are always a highlight of school swimming carnivals, the annual Battle on the Bay and those other lesser swim meets like the Olympics. As mentioned earlier in the season this summer we are introducing two new relay races into the swimming calendar. The first is the “Canada Bay Cup”.

The “Canada Bay Cup” – a race in which residents of the various suburbs in the Canada Bay Local Government Area (LGA) will square off against each other to see which is the fastest suburb. This relay race will be held on Saturday the 14th of November at Swim Club. The format will be a mixed handicap relay. The number of participants will be determined from the entries received. We’ll also field a relay team from out of LGA swimmers.

Our Club Patron Mayor Angelo Tsirekas will be attending to present the trophy to the winning team.

Please complete the form at the end of this link https://forms.gle/uV8MBsqXagQGVhT5A to nominate for the Canada Bay Cup – nominate the suburb you live in. Please complete the form for each person you are entering for.

The results for Saturday 31st October 2020 have been published here.