October '12 Newsletter

SOUTH COAST SWIMMING CLUB OCTOBER 2012

www.southcoast.swimmingsa.org.au

Monday 8th Oct 9:00am ONLINE Click Here 2012 Norwood Carnival Sun 28 Oct 2012 PLEASE NOTE NEW VENUE: PAYNEHAM POOL, 194 OG ROAD, FELIXSTOW. Program

Monday 8th Oct 2013 SA Open Water State Championships Sun 4 Nov 2012 Information SwimmingSA website 2012 State Open Water Information Event Information books & Swimming Rules

Monday 1st October New swim year starts.

South Coast has been awarded Club of the Year by SwimmingSA for the 201112 year.

South Coast is thrilled to receive this award and thank the outstanding efforts of its members; Swimmers; in the water, both Pool and Open Water, our swimmers have shown some great performances, with several SA Champions. Our swimmers had the honour of being Basket Handlers at both the Short Course Championships and Olympic Trials when they were held in Adelaide the past swim year.

Parents; supporting their children to participate in their chosen sport of swimming, taxi driver, supervising the Basket Handlers and the assistance with our Carnival and the general everyday running and administration of our club.

Coaches; none of the results achieved by our swimmers or our club could have been achieved without the great efforts of our Head Coach Paul Higgs and Assistant Coach Brian Campbell. Keeping abreast of and implementing training for the various training needs of our swimmers has seen great results in the Pool, Open Water and Surf Lifesaving competitions.

Congratulations everyone on a job well done!

Winter Division 2 Pennant Winners

Click here to go to the Members Portal to register.

Congratulations to the South Coast Team of 29 swimmers that competed in the Division 2 Series of meets at the State Aquatic Centre at Marion 26th May - 21st July 2012.

Unregistered swimmers will not be able to compete at the Division 1 Meet 1 or the JX 11 & Under Meet 2 if not registered

South Coast finished 1st overall in the points score at the end of the 3 meets and took home the Overall Points Pennant.

SwimmingSA & Club Memberships are due.

Trophies were also awarded in each age group based on points. Six of our swimmers received trophies.

Congratulations to; Damian Wolfaardt 1st - 17 year olds, Bronwyn Wolfaardt 1st - 18 year olds, Sharon Beaver 1st - 19 & Over, Ryan Emms 2nd - 12 year olds, Kellie Wise 2nd - 16 year olds, Kizzy Grice 3rd - 16 year olds.

Well done to the South Coast Team - Sharon Beaver, Courtney Bristow, Annabelle Buttery, Laura Chigwidden, Sarah Chigwidden, Thomas Davie, Oscar Deverson, Gabriella Duncan, Ryan Emms, Rebecca Field, Kizzy Grice, Josie Hudson, Bessie Humphreys, Anasthasia Kodhyat, Isabella Kodhyat, Nicole Mader, Georgia Naylor, Lois Naylor, Craig Nicoll, Siobhan Nurmi, Liam Parker, Aidan Rice, Tahlia Richards, Rebecca Rogers, Joshua Whitehead, Lachlan Wilson, Kellie Wise, Bronwyn Wolfaardt, Damian Wolfaardt. Coaches, Paul & Brian and our parents! st

21 Birthday Celebrations

On Saturday 15th September we celebrated our 21st Birthday. Although hours are spent at the pool, holding the party at the pool didn’t dampen the party mood.

The fun run saw plenty of action and some amazing contortions of the human body, as did the Tarzan rope! Several parents took to the water for some fierce racing (Organizers were given a few scares. CPR knowledge was suddenly of high priority). Pizza & Cake went down well with some black mouthed swimmers from the Orange & Black Cup Cakes! Sharon Kreslin, exswimming parent and South Coast friend, made the most amazing cake; a replica of the Club shirt. It was almost a pity to eat it. It was amazing!

South Coast has had a proud and successful history since 1991. Many of our swimmers have been holders of State and National Titles and Records and looks forward to the future and hopes to continue its success at State, National and International levels in Pool, Lifesaving and Open Water.

HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY SOUTH COAST!!

2012 SA STATE SC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Club Shirt Birthday cake…Yum!

The final sessions of the Short Course Championships were completed on Sunday 26th August. The Championships concluded with the Club Team Relays on Sunday night. This year we had a huge team of 36 swimmers attend the meet over the 2 weekends. Congratulations to all our swimmers on their performances. A massive 86% of our attending swimmers achieved PBs with 11 Club Records broken, medals in Age, Open and Relay events. Assistant Coach Brian got into the mood of the Relays night and graced us with his African Drum playing; throughout the evening!!

Congratulations to everyone on a great meet and well done; Nicole Mader (12)

Silver Open 4x50m Freestyle Relay Club Record Ryan Emms (12) Bronze 12 yr 100m Breaststroke Bronze 12 yr 200m Breaststroke Tiffany Copley (13) Bronze 13yr 200m Breaststroke Josh Whitehead (13) Gold 13yr 400m Individual Medley Lily Warrick (16) Silver Open 4x50m Freestyle Relay Rachael Mader Silver Open 4x50m Freestyle Relay Club Record

Silver Open Relay Medalists…

Alice Whiley

Craig Nicoll

Silver Open 4x50m Freestyle Relay Bronze Open 800m Freestyle Bronze Open 1500m Freestyle 2 Club Records Gold Open 200m Butterfly Silver Open 200m Individual Medley 4 Club Records

Congratulations to Courtney Bristow, Logan Cooper, Oscar Deverson, Anasthasia Kodhyat, Isabela Kodhyat, Liam Parker, Rebecca Rogers, Lachlan Wilson, Kellie Wise and Damian Wolfaardt; all Championship Finalists.

Congratulations and well done to the following swimmers on their achievements at the Championships; Karla Brown (Club Record), Talon Copley (2 Club Records), Thomas Davie (PBs in 50m Backstroke & Butterfly), Sydney McCurrach (10 second PB in 200m Breaststroke in less than a month), Jasmine Vidgeon (PBs in all her events).

Well done also to Gabriela Duncan, Deannah Haddy, Angas Mackay, Siobhan Nurmi, Tomas Parker and Tahlia Richards on their performances at their first State Championships.

Our Relay Teams performed well with a few nail biting 4th place finishes. Great swimming was seen on the night by many of the above mentioned swimmers along with Harvey Clarke, Rebecca Field, Isaac Freeman, Jamie Hole, Lois Naylor, Shannon Warrick and Josh Wheeler.

New Swim Year 2011-2013 The 5 month transition period to align all States to the same Registration date ended Sunday 30th September.

Full year registrations are now due from Monday 1st October. SwimmingSA Registration and Club Membership are now open through the “Members Portal” on both our website and SwimmingSA’s.

If you have any problems with registrations email the Club south.coast.swim.club@gmail.com or ring Aileen Mader on 0403 354 855 for assistance.

GO Swim Month October 2012 is being transformed into EnergyAustralia GO Swim Month. This national campaign is aimed at promoting swimming through registered Energy Australia GO Swim Centers.

An Energy Australia GO Swim Day is an introduction to a local swim club or a chance for existing members to get together and celebrate everything they love about swimming and their club. South Coast is pleased to be a part of the Energy Australia GO Swim Month. On Friday 6th of October we are holding our Energy Australia GO Swim Day. We will be having our Time Trials as normal with a few fun events, time permitting.

Invite friends from school or other sports you are involved in, so come along and have a GO Swim.

A few jobs have become vacant since the AGM. Fees Officer: We are looking for someone to fill this position with some knowledge of Microsoft Excel or maybe you have a better system for recording receipt of coaching fees etc. You may have to report some statistical information to the Committee on a few occasions.

Newsletter Editor: Computer knowledge, wit & the ability to have eyes & ears open for any news that is around the Club.

Neither job requires attendance at Committee meeting unless they wish to. If you can help, please email Aileen Mader south.coast.swim.club@gmail.com

Club Uniforms Hoodies: As many would know, we are getting “Hoodies”. The design was chosen by a large majority vote from all members. The results were close for the colour of the “name”, the orange name won by a small margin.

Hopefully they will arrive in time for some use before the warm weather sets in!

Swim Caps: A competition was held to design a new Club cap. The entrants that submitted designs did a lot of work on their designs with not one but several ideas entered.

Thank you and well done to Katherine Hudson, Josie Hudson, Nicole Mader, Joshua Whitehead and Rachael Mader for your ideas.

A design was selected by the Committee and the winning cap was designed by Nicole Mader (Aileen Mader, parent of 2 entrants and committee member withdrew from voting). Nicole won $50 for her efforts and a “Top Star” Cap for all entrants.

The new cap is currently being set up and orders for “named” caps will be called for shortly at a cost of approximately $16 (minimum of 2 to be ordered) Club Shirts, Club Towels, Goggles, Kickboards, Snorkels & Pullbouys are all currently in stock and available for purchase on pool deck.

Summer (long course) Season Starts The summer season started on Saturday 22nd September with the 2 day, 3 sessions All In Meet.

South Coast competed with a team of 20 swimmers entered but due to sickness and injury Sydney McCurrach, Thomas Davie and Kizzy Grice could not compete. Thomas came to support his fellow team mates and a big thank you to his mom, Karen Davie, for still turning up for her officiating commitment.

Unfortunately Courtney Bristow had trouble with an injury during the meet and did not compete in all her events and again a big thank you to Courtney’s mom, Anne Bristow, for also tuning up for officiating duties even with no swimmer attending.

South Coast boys out did the girls (first time in years!!) and finished 2 nd behind Marion in the points score. Overall, South Coast finished in 3rd place behind Marion and by only 70 points behind Norwood.

Many Club Records were set (achieved at least a Tier 4 JX time) or broken during the meet with a staggering 11 new records. Talon Copley set 5 and broke 2, Ryan Emms broke 1 and Tomas Parker broke 1. Well done boys and congratulations.

Great work Courtney Bristow, Karla Brown, Harvey Clarke, Tiffany Copley, Oscar Deverson, Nicole Mader, Rachael Mader, Liam Parker, Tahlia Richards, Amber Smith Lachlan Wilson, Kellie Wise, Bronwyn Wolfaardt and Damian Wolfaardt. Some awesome swimming with, for the younger swimmers, many JX times, Division 1 and State Championship times already. Many PBs were achieved with 83% of times being PB’s. To our parents that officiated (10 officials were required during the meet!) and Team Manager, a big THANK YOU!!

Well done everyone.

A special “Thank You” Scott Deverson for your newsletters over the past swim year and goodbye Phantom. We will miss the Phantom’s escapades!