Race At Your Pace!
The finalists for the Fred Congdon 50m Butterfly Handicap to be held on 13 March 2021 are as follows:
| ID | Name |
|---|---|
| 1585 | Leni WILSON |
| 619 | Duncan LYON |
| 1114 | Kate SVOBODA |
| 1402 | Cooper HANSEN |
| 91 | Adam CHRISTODOULOU |
| 1191 | Matthew SVOBODA |
The results of the finals for the Men’s and Women’s Tom Williams 50m Freestyle Handicap held on 27 February 2021 were as follows:
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1603 | Felix SHARP | 1 |
| 1587 | Jude WILSON | 2 |
| 1492 | Ian ALLAN | 3 |
| 1506 | Nathan HALE | 4 |
Winner: Felix SHARP
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1375 | Abigail KERR | 1 |
| 1112 | Hannah SVOBODA | 2 |
| 1288 | Skye LEWIS | 3 |
| 1356 | Evelyn KERR | 4 |
| 1124 | Xiomara VAN SCHAIK | 5 |
Winner: Abigail KERR
The results of the final for the Tom Brown 50m Backstroke Handicap held on 20 February 2021 were as follows:
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 674 | Cara PARKER | 1 |
| 91 | Adam CHRISTODOULOU | 2 |
| 1313 | Tadhg DONNELLAN | 3 |
| 1495 | Elizabeth ALLAN | 4 |
Winner: Cara PARKER
The finalists for the Boy’s and Girl’s Tom Williams 50m Freestyle Handicap to be held on 27 February 2021 are as follows:
| ID | Name |
|---|---|
| 1288 | Skye LEWIS |
| 1375 | Abigail KERR |
| 1124 | Xiomara VAN SCHAIK |
| 1356 | Evelyn KERR |
| 1112 | Hannah SVOBODA |
| ID | Name |
|---|---|
| 1587 | Jude WILSON |
| 1603 | Felix SHARP |
| 1506 | Nathan HALE |
| 1492 | Ian ALLAN |
| 375 | Matthew ELLIS |
The results of the final for the Bill Gallie 50m Breaststroke Handicap held on 13 February 2021 were as follows:
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1356 | Evelyn KERR | 1 |
| 1476 | Isaac MCMANUS | 2 |
| 1479 | Simon HOWARD | 3 |
| 723 | David PARKER | 4 |
| 281 | James SIMMONS | 5 |
| 1596 | Lois WALLER | 6 |
Winner: Evelyn KERR
This Saturday we have a chock-a-block race meet with:
The Bill Gallie Trophy is awarded to the winner of the 50m Breaststroke Handicap Event.
The trophy was first awarded in the 1990-91 season.
Bill Gallie was a local legend and won the Australian Breaststroke Championship in 1925 and became a Life Member of the Club after acting as Hon Secretary and Race Referee for over 20 years from 1963. Bill coached at Drummoyne Swimming Pool for many years and taught a number of the older swim club members how to swim.
The finalists for the Bill Gallie 50m Breaststroke Handicap are as follows:
| ID | Name |
|---|---|
| 1211 | Mary-Lou DOOLAN |
| 1596 | Lois WALLER |
| 1476 | Isaac MCMANUS |
| 1525 | Davina KITE |
| 1479 | Simon HOWARD |
| 723 | David PARKER |
| 1356 | Evelyn KERR |
| 1372 | Melissa KERR |
| 281 | James SIMMONS |
| 1613 | Peter HARTLEY |
Could everyone that took home trophies handed out at the recent pool side presentations please bring them back to the swim club room by Saturday 13 February 2021.
We’ll need them back to arrange engraving for this season’s winners.
Thanks a million!
The finalists for the Bill Gallie 50m Breaststroke Handicap to be held on 13 February 2021 are as follows:
| ID | Name |
|---|---|
| 1211 | Mary-Lou DOOLAN |
| 1596 | Lois WALLER |
| 1476 | Isaac MCMANUS |
| 1525 | Davina KITE |
| 1479 | Simon HOWARD |
| 723 | David PARKER |
| 1356 | Evelyn KERR |
| 1372 | Melissa KERR |
| 281 | James SIMMONS |
| 1613 | Peter HARTLEY |
The results of the final for the George Russell 400m Freestyle (Handicap) held on 23 January 2021 were as follows:
| ID | Name | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 770 | Lukas TAYLOR | 1 |
| 1514 | Madison WILLIAMS | 2 |
| 1495 | Elizabeth ALLAN | 3 |
| 1115 | Marcus SVOBODA | 4 |
| 1122 | Jessica TINDIGLIA | 5 |
| 375 | Matthew ELLIS | 6 |
| 91 | Adam CHRISTODOULOU | 7 |
Winner: Lukas TAYLOR
This coming Saturday we’ll be handing out Championship and Point Score Trophies and medals for the U14 to open age groups. The swimmers listed below are up for awards so please make sure you’re at swim club to pick up your prize.
We are very lucky to have John Coates AC as a special guest at swim club this weekend. John Coates has been a fixture in the Australian sporting landscape for decades and is the current President of the Australian Olympic Committee and the Vice President of the International Olympic Committee.
John has recently returned from Tokyo where he has been overseeing preparations for next year’s summer Olympic games. Assuming he comes through hotel quarantine unscathed John will join us this Saturday to help hand out trophies and medals and if we’re lucky provide some insights into how things are looking for Tokyo.
| Trophy | Division | First Place | Second Place | Third Place |
| Dennis & Nola Glackin | U/14 Girls | Ziani Viola | Eve Doolan/ Lily Borozan | |
| Dennis & Nola Glackin | U/14 Boys | Tadhg Donnellan | Cooper Hansen | Lukas Taylor |
| Bert & Ruth Johnson | U/16 Girls | Hannah Svoboda | Caitlin La | |
| Bert & Ruth Johnson | U/16 Boys | Matthew Svoboda | Kellen Parker | |
| Jean & Ian Pennycook | Seniors Women | Jessica Tindiglia | Melissa Kerr | Natalie Borozan |
| Jean & Ian Pennycook | Seniors Men | Andrew Sharpe | Matthew Ellis | David Bolton |
| Dr Hiatt | Open Women | Ziani Viola | Kristen Maguire | Jessica Tindiglia |
| Dr Hiatt | Open Men | Andrew Sharpe | Matthew Ellis | Daire Henderson |
| Trophy | Division | First Place | Second Place | Third Place |
| Malcolm Farrell | U/14 Girls | Ziani Viola | Eve Doolan | Lily Borozan |
| Jack Close | U/14 Boys | Tadhg Donnellan | Cooper Hansen | Lukas Taylor |
| George Payne | U/16 Girls | Hannah Svoboda | Caitlin La | |
| Roy Poole | U/16 Boys | Matthew Svoboda | Kellen Parker | Jacob Johnstone |
| Jan Murphy | Seniors Female | Jessica Tindiglia | Cara Parker | Renee Carroll |
| W Lord | Seniors Male | Ian Allan | Daire Henderson | Michael Kerr |