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Winter 2016 No.4

2nd September, 2016

Club Meetings are generally held on the 1st Wednesday of the month at 6pm in the club room- All Welcome!

Next meeting: Wednesday 7th September.

In this issue: ● Welcome

● Coaches Corner

● Club Captains

● Registrar’s report

● Swimmers out of the pool

● Presidents Chat

Our Publicity Officers Marcea and Amanda

Campbelltown Amateur Swimming

Club Inc. PO Box 509, Campbelltown NSW

2560

Hi everyone What a busy month- hard to believe it’s over and that we were able to fit

in everything in- the 12& Under Carnival, the Olympics, 3 Dive In Club

nights and NSW Short Course State. Our swimmers did so well at the

State Championships and it was great seeing some of our younger

swimmers who had made it to that level for the first time.

I think all of our older swimmers would agree that the highlight of the

Championships was seeing their first coach Bob McEvoy there again on

pool deck. We were all so happy to see both him and Sandra there.

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State Age SC Champs

Our Dive Right In nights were a lot of fun and we would like to

welcome the new families who came along to try us out. A big thank

you to Manuel for organising all the promotional material and the

donations. Thank you also to Mr Matt Rees- Jones from Coca-Cola

and Mr Prash Kumar from DE coffee for donating all those lovely

drinks and Moccona Coffee. And thank you to Centric Dental Views

for the decorations and nibblies for the evenings :)

Our next major event will be the St Peter’s Spring Fair on Saturday

10th September- we will need volunteers throughout the day to man the

stall, talk to families, promote the club etc- please let Amanda, Manuel

or Marcea know if you can help even for an hour or so on the day :)

Don’t forget to put your entries in for Winter Club Championships.

These will be held on 16th and 23rd September. Entries need to be in by

9th September and can be done on the single entry cards. The club

website has the link to the program.

Looking forward to the warmer weather, and a busy summer ahead.

Cheers

Marcea and Amanda

Club Calendar Competition Calendar

2nd September - Club night -Free/Fly 9th September – Club night-Free / IM 16th September- Club Championships Part 1 23rd September-Club Championships Part 2 1st October-Bunnings BBQ 14th October- Club resumes

9-10th September- NSW State Open Short Course

Championships 9th October-Blacktown Swim Club LC Meet 16th October-Mt Annan LC Carnival 22nd October- Nepean Nutrition Station Open Water

Swim

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Coaches corner Wow massive results from the Campbelltown swimmers who represented the club

on the weekend at the NSW Short Course State Championships. Campbelltown finished 9th in the point score finishing with 5 Gold medals, 3 Silver

and 4 Bronze medals. Our Medal winners were: Isabella Lopez- 1 x Gold, 2 x Bronze Georgina Seton-2 x Gold, 1 x Silver Robert Warcaba-2 x Gold Kelsey Crewell -2 x Silver Aleksandria Ilic-1 x Bronze Mark Perich-1 x Bronze There were lots of top ten finishes and heaps of p.b’s. The Championships didn’t

finish until after 8pm on Friday and Saturday night and 6pm on Sunday night. By

Sunday night I was absolutely buggered and I couldn’t imagine how the swimmers

were feeling. Great work to everyone and thanks to Darryl, Jess, Aaron Chelsea,

Tyler, Kaylie, Sarah and Aidan for their excellent coaching. Good luck to the new

swimmers who are trying Jnr Gold next month. Don’t forget Jess Liardo is organising

a list of names and times to work at the Bunnings BBQ on the 1st October and on

the 22nd October is the Nepean Open Water championships that we won last year.

I’m encouraging everyone to enter either the 2.5km race for the juniors or the 5km

for 13 years and over who are looking to qualify for Open Water Nationals. Bye Now

Justin

Club Captains’ Report

We would like to wish a big congratulations to all of the swimmers who

participated at the NSW state age competition last weekend. You all did

AMAZING!! You made not only the captains, but the whole club very proud of

your achievements in the water . Also, a big thank- you to the parents for their

support over the past few days especially the ones who had to drive to all three

days to the carnival. Thank you and we shall see you all very soon, keep smiling

(and swimming) :)

Your captains,

Liam and Jess XX

Committee Members Paul Bootsma President Fiona Evans

Vice President Dennise Evans

Treasurer Judith Ferderer Secretary Roberta Seton Registrar Michelle Smiroldo

Team Manager Rebecca Lopez

Race Secretary External Sokka Lam Race Secretary Internal Karly Wilson & Jenny

Willes

Point Score Officers Nick Paradzik

Records Officer Marcea Illic & Amanda

Kerr Publicity Officers David Irvine, Gary McLean,

Louis Moylan, Stuart

Ferderer

Carnival Convenors Roberta Seton, Paul Willes,

Dennise Evans, Judith

Ferderer

SMWS Delegates Paul Bootsma & Jenny

Willes

MASCA Delegates Paul Willes

Web Master Arthur Jones Club Historian

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NB: We are always looking for photo’s stories for our newsletter. We are interested in all our club members lives

both in and out of the pool. Please send anything you would like included to: cascpublicity@gmail.com

Swimmers out of the pool!

Not quite out of the pool but it was great seeing our

Gold Squad swimmer Sheree Farrell win Campbelltown

Catholic Club’s Junior Hot Shot Award this month and

also seeing Rhiannon Cooke Jones being nominated for

the Junior Sports Star award. Congratulations girls!

Don’t forget to mention our club whenever you make a

purchase at Amart Sports

Registrar’s Report Hello everyone!

Well it's coming to the end of another Swimming Season

and the new 2016-2017 Swimming Year will commence

on the 1st of October! This means that Renewal Registrations for the new season

will be opening soon. As with most Registrations in sports

there is almost always an annual increase in fees and

Swimming is no exception. Both Swimming Australia and

Swimming NSW have put their fees up for this 2016-2017

season. I am really pleased to inform our Club members that

Campbelltown Amateur Swim Club's committee has

decided not to put up our membership fees and to absorb

these increases. The fees will once again be $75.00 for swimmers and

$25.00 for non swimmers and of course no fees for our

Optus Junior Dolphins (7 years and under). In the next few weeks there will be more detailed

information on the renewal process to follow. This year our Club will be encouraging our members to

renew through the MyLANE portal through the various

Swimming websites rather than the Renewal email link

process of the previous few years. In order to prepare for Registrations I will need members

who need to change their membership category (e.g. from

swimmer to non swimmer) to please inform me as soon as

possible via email or text (see below). Any new families wanting to sign up will go through the

JOIN NOW link also on the Swimming websites when

Registrations open.

Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. See you around pool deck!

Roberta Seton

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Presidents Chat U12 Carnival.

While that was a month ago I would like to sincerely thank

all those who helped at the Carnival. A big thanks to the

Gold and Junior Gold swimmers who helped timekeeping –

that is the trademark of this carnival and you all did your

jobs very well.

We received a nice note from a family from Blayney who

attended the Carnival. They wanted to thank the blonde

timekeeper who spoke to her son prior to his race and

wished him well in his race. For that young swimmer those

kind words gave his confidence a great boost, removed any

nerves he had and made his day most enjoyable.

Sometimes we overlook what effect a kind word can have,

and that is not just around the pool. That blonde

timekeeper was Emily Doris, and she is one of the nicest

young ladies you will ever meet, polite and thoughtful.

Thanks Emily for showing not just great club spirit but

also what a great role model you are.

Winter State Age

Congratulations to all who swam at Winter State last

weekend we had some great results (which are mentioned

elsewhere in the newsletter) finishing 9th overall. But what

a tough weekend for swimmers, parents and coaches with

late finishes on each of the three days. Swimming is not an

easy sport – but it is very rewarding.

While we always rightfully pass special congratulations to

our medal winners and finalists (well done), I would like to

stress how just making state is an achievement in itself,

and that is a reward for hard work by the kids and their

coaches. I hope that all of our 23 swimmers who swam are

proud of that.

Winter Club Championships

I hope you have all seen the program for our Winter

Championships which will be held on the last two club

nights, please get your entries in as soon as possible. There

will be an early start both nights – 6:30pm instead of 7:30

and will start promptly on order to finish in time. On the

last night after racing has completed we will have a small

presentation of our Winter Trophies and Coaches Awards –

so please stay for that.Get your entries in!

More State age pics!

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Pool Entry for Club Nights

Just to remind everyone – we are all meant to pay pool

entry for club nights. The agreement we have with council

is that the charge will be half the normal rate.I know at

times you are able to enter without charge – if that happens

that is a bonus for you.When you are asked for entry don’t

get cranky at the reception staff – they are just doing their

job.

So please if asked mention it is for club and you should be

charged

● $1.90 child (first child)

● $1.40 subsequent child

● $1.25 spectator (i.e. parents etc.)

If you have any questions or need clarification please come

and see me.

Photos around the Pool

Just want to clarify this for everyone as we have had some

comments / queries on this. With the ability to take

pictures being so available now this is a delicate subject.

While your child is in learn to swim lessons, or in squad it

is not appropriate or permitted to take pictures of that

activity. It is also not permissible to take photos of other

children around the pool .

From a club perspective when you join the club one of the

items you need to confirm is that you give the club the OK

to take pictures and use them in newsletters, club website

and facebook page and to publicise the club (normally in

newspapers). If you wish to opt out of that – that is fine

and understandable, but that needs to be indicated in the

appropriate way on your membership, and it is beneficial to

let one of our committee know . (While we do check the

member data base we don’t want to miss this important

point) If you wish to opt out and have not yet done so –

please contact our registrar Roberta and she can guide you

through how to do that.

As a club we have authorised our publicity officers and

Arthur to take pictures. Anyone else who wishes to take a

picture of your child should have your permission.

Again – if you have any questions or need clarification

please see me

Sportsmanship

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I raise this point for you to think about because of

comments I have seen made by non- swimming parents

about behaviour around pools. The comments relate to

sportsmanship and how some children like to rub it in when

they swim faster than someone else. It is important that all

our swimmers from youngest to oldest understand club

nights is about having a good time, building friendships,

racing, doing your best and that it is about competing

against yourself and trying to swim that best time. I know

in the excitement of the moment sometimes to wrong

message can bubble out but let’s make that an exception

rather than the rule.

When competing in Carnivals that still applies. Enjoy any

success you have – but don’t put anyone else’s effort or

achievement down.

Thanks

Thanks to Marcea, Manuel and Amanda for the work they

have recently done around the Olympics. We have a new

club flier, we have a new member welcome guide and we

had three great promotion nights around the Olympics. We

hopefully have some new families join as a result of that

Well done!!

Aren’t we lucky to have Arthur on pool deck capturing all the going’s on in our club! Thanks Arthur for all your support.

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