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Woden Swim Club Home of the Sharks

WEBSITE : wodenswimclub.org.au

WHAT’S ON IN

• 4th : WODEN Development Meet - AIS

• 4th : Distance Meet #2 - AIS

• 17th & 18th : Ginninderra Qualifying Meet - AIS

• 23rd : Woden Club Night

FRIDAY, 23 JUNE 2017

• 9th : AMY – 13 years (SILVER)

• 13th : NATASHA – 13 yrs (BRONZE)

• 20th : TAIGH – 11 years (BLUE)

• 22nd : PHOEBE – 10 years (BLUE)

• 23rd : GABRIEL – 10 years (BLUE)

• 23rd : JOSHUA – 10 years (BLUE)

• 28th : DAMIAN – 10 years (BLUE)

“The start of the short course race season has seen some excellent results and a very high PB rate. Many swims have resulted in large time

improvements and achievement of qualifying times for higher level meets, most notably the NSW Country Championships in a few weeks.

It is timely to remember that short course racing was introduced to help improve our swimming skills and particularly to improve our turns. So, coaches will be giving a strong emphasis to turns during

the winter season.

We also need to remember that improving our skills is always the number one priority in our training. We need to perfect our skills with every stroke and action in our training and the best way to do that is to always put in our best effort in training.

We should not have to wait for coaches to say we are practicing turns to do that as we do many turns during our training session and every turn provides an opportunity to improve.

Remember what we do in training is what will happen on race day!”

Steve

19 May : Club Night

We had a great turn out on Friday evening and it was fantastic to see our new members: Hugh, Loukas and David join in on the fun and receive their New Member welcome packs. Thank you to all our Sharks who competed and helped out: Alexey, Amy, Angela, Ben, David, Emily, Emma, Eric, Hugh, Jakayla, Jake N, Kevin, Kurt, Libby, Loukas, Madeline, Natasha, Oliver, Olivia G, Olivia H, Patrick, Quinn, Rebecca,

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CONTACT US

President: Marcus Stokes president@wodenswimclub.org.au Vice President: Lisa Thornton

vice.president@wodenswimclub.org.au Secretary: Fraser Newcombe secretary@wodenswimclub.org.au

Treasurer: Irina Zharkov treasurer@wodenswimclub.org.au Race Secretary: Claire Nally

race.secretary@wodenswimclub.org.au

Property Officer (Uniforms) : Tina Gasnier

property.officer@wodenswimclub.org.au Registrar: Lisa Thornton

registrar@wodenswimclub.org.au Club Night Co-ordinators:

Stuart Couper & Tomica Gnjec club.night@wodenswimclub.org.au

Webmaster: Lisa Thornton web@wodenswimclub.org.au

Member Protection Information Officer: Lisa Thornton

MPIO@wodenswimclub.org.au Steve Meredith - Gold/Silver Coach

gold.coach@wodenswimclub.org.au silver.coach@wodenswimclub.org.au

Madeleine Fleming / Amanda Joyner - Bronze Coach

bronze.coach@wodenswimclub.org.au Bethany Poyser - Blue Coach blue.coach@wodenswimclub.org.au

Tessa, Tyler, Victor and Yaroslav. Also, thank you to our little Sharks: Ivan and Hannah for competing on the night.

CONGRATULATIONS to:

• Olivia G, who received this month’s Club Captain’s Award;

• Hugh, who won the Club Night Participant Raffle prize; and

• Elizabeth who received her Woden Upgrade Ribbon for attaining the Club Night Break Time in 25m Butterfly.

A big THANK YOU to our wonderful Club Night Co-ordinators: Tomica and Stuart; Coaches Maddie, Beth, and Amanda; Club Captains Ben and Jasmine, and the many members who helped with the running of the night. Also, a SPECIAL THANK YOU to the members who provided the yummy food.

Well done everybody, hope to see you all again at the next club night which is on Friday 23 June.

27 May : Annual General Meeting

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Annual General Meeting which was held last Friday, 27 May 2017. It was fantastic to see some new faces and our Life Member Ian Lamb, amongst us. We congratulate the following people who were elected, and look forward to your energy and enthusiasm throughout the year ahead:

• President: Marcus Stokes • Vice President : Lisa Thornton • Secretary : Fraser Newcombe • Treasurer : Irina Zharkov

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• Race Secretary : Claire Nally • Registrar : Lisa Thornton • Club Night Organisers : Stuart Couper & Tomica Gnjec • Property Officer : Tina Gasnier • Public Officer : Cindy Mackie • Catering Coordinator : Keryn Froggatt • Publicity Officer/Fundraising : VACANT • Webmaster : Lisa Thornton • Awards Coordinator : Julia Graczyk • Swimming ACT Delegate : Marcus Stokes • Member Protection Information Officer : Lisa Thornton • Meet Director : Marcus Stokes • Competitions Committee Representative : Marcus Stokes

New committee members are welcome throughout the year and if you are were unable to make the AGM but would like to get involved, please contact Marcus at president@wodenswimclub.org.au. You will note from the above list that there are some members who have taken on more than one role, and both fundraising and catering need the help of many members.

A big thank you to our outgoing Secretary, Daniel Joyner and Treasurer, Jim Dixon, who are leaving our Club due to their children no longer swimming. Thank you both so much for all the time and effort you have put into, not only the position of Secretary and Treasurer, but as a committee member in general. Both Dan and Jim have been extremely instrumental to the finances of the club. Jim, Diana and family have been the Club’s major sponsor (Woden Dermatology) over the past couple of years. We are truly grateful for their generosity as they have provided much needed sponsorship money and raffle contributions. Dan has been the force behind many fundraising ventures including securing and organising the Bunnings Barbeques and our major Annual Raffle, as well as other fundraising activities along the way. He not only took on the role as Secretary, but was a big part of catering, fundraising, Swimming ACT, public officer …. just to name a few. Thank you Dan and Jim for all that you have done, you both will be truly missed.

Also a big thank you to our outgoing President, Cindy Mackie. Thankfully, Cindy is not going anywhere as she has now taken on the role of Public Officer.

Once again, thank you to the members who came along to our AGM, your attendance was much appreciated. We have a big and exciting year ahead of us, which will need the efforts and support of all our members. Whether you currently hold a committee position or not, please help out and get involved.

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27 & 28 May : Tuggeranong Vikings Qualifying Meet

We had 9 Sharks compete at the qualifying meet held at the AIS over the weekend of 27 & 28 May, 2017. Congratulations Amy, Olivia, Jarrod, Jessica, Kurt, Jake, Benjamin, Eric and Yaroslav.

AMY competed in 6 events including:- • Girls 11yo 100m Butterfly, achieving 4th Place with a 2.49

second PB; • Girls 11yo 50m Freestyle, achieving a SILVER MEDAL with a

0.20 second PB; • Girls 11yo 100m Backstroke, achieving 4th Place with a

3.53 second PB; • Girls 11yo 100m Freestyle, achieving a BRONZE MEDAL with

a 0.26 second PB; • Girls 50m Butterfly; and • Girls 50m Backstroke, achieving a GOLD MEDAL with a

1.43 second PB.

OLIVIA competed in 2 events with a 100% PB rate, including:- • Girls 15&Over 50m Freestyle with a 0.19 second PB; and • Girls 15&Over 100m Freestyle with a 1.69 second PB.

JARROD competed in 3 events including:- • Boys 15&O 100m Backstroke, achieving 4th Place with a

0.25 second PB; • Boys 15&O 100m Breaststroke, achieving 6th Place with a

0.73 second PB; and • Boys 15&Over 200m Individual Medley, achieving 4th

Place.

JESSICA competed in 4 events with a 100% PB rate, including:- • Girls 14yo 100m Backstroke, achieving a BRONZE MEDAL

with a 0.75 second PB; • Girls 14yo 100m Breaststroke, achieving 4th Place with a

2.58 second PB; • Girls 14yo 200m Individual Medley, achieving a SILVER

MEDAL with a 3.77 second PB; and • Girls Open 50m Butterfly, achieving 6th Place with a 0.06

second PB.

KURT competed in 6 events including:- • Boys 11yo 100m Butterfly, achieving 6th Place with a 4.04

second PB, qualifying for the NSW Country SC Championships;

• Boys 11yo 50m Freestyle, achieving 5th Place; • Boys 11yo 100m Backstroke, achieving 4th Place with a

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3.99 second PB, qualifying for the NSW Country SC Championships;

• Boys 11yo 100m Freestyle, achieving 6th Place with a 1.40 second PB;

• Boys 11yo 50m Butterfly, achieving 6th Place with a 0.62 second PB; and

• Boys 11yo 200m Freestyle, achieving 5th Place with a HUGE 12.82 second PB.

JAKE N competed in 6 events with a 100% PB rate, including:- • Boys Open 200m Breaststroke, achieving 9th Place with a

HUGE 6.03 second PB; qualifying for the NSW Country SC Championships and the Speedo NSW State 13 years & over SC Championships;

• Boys 13yo 50m Freestyle, achieving 9th Place with a 0.69 second PB;

• Boys 13yo 200m Individual Medley, achieving 7th Place with a HUGE 6.30 second PB, qualifying for the Speedo NSW State 13 years & over SC Championships;

• Boys 13yo 200m Freestyle, achieving 7th Place with another HUGE 6.02 second PB;

• Boys Open 50m Breaststroke, achieving a 1.20 second PB; and

• Boys 13yo 100m Freestyle, achieving a 1.98 second PB.

BEN competed in 5 events including:- • Boys Open 400m Freestyle; • Boys 15&Over 100m Butterfly; • Boys 15&Over 200m Freestyle, achieving a 3.26 second

PB; breaking the NSW State 17yo Multi Class SC Record (held since 1998);

• Boys Open 200m Backstroke, achieving an ENORMOUS 36.41 second PB;

• Boys 15& Over 100m Freestyle, achieving a 1.76 second PB, breaking the NSW State 17yo Multi Class SC Record (held since 2012).

ERIC competed in 5 events with a 100% PB rate including:- • Boys 11yo 50m Freestyle, achieving 6th Place with a 1.73

second PB; • Boys 11yo 100m Freestyle, achieving 9th Place with a 3.14

second PB; • Boys 11yo 50m Freestyle, achieving 8th Place with a 1.89

second PB; • Boys 11yo 50m Backstroke, achieving 8th Place with a 2.58

second PB;

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• Boys 11yo 100m Breaststroke, achieving 7th Place with a HUGE 11.37 second PB, qualifying for the NSW Country SC Championships.

YAROSLAV competed in 6 events including:- • Boys 11yo 50m Freestyle, achieving a SILVER MEDAL with a

0.84 second PB and breaking the Woden Boys 11yo SC Club Record, now 28.68 seconds (held since 22/07/06 at 29:62);

• Boys 11yo 100m Freestyle, achieving a SILVER MEDAL with a 1.99 second PB and breaking the Woden Boys 11yo SC Club Record, now 1:05.03 seconds (held since 07/07/07 at 1:05.38);

• Boys 11yo 50m Breaststroke, achieving a GOLD MEDAL; • Boys 11yo 200m Individual Medley, achieving a SILVER

MEDAL with a HUGE 6.48 second PB; • Boys 11yo 200m Freestyle, achieving a SILVER MEDAL with

another HUGE 5.05 second PB, qualifying for the Speedo NSW State 10yrs – 12yrs SC Championships; and

• Boys 11yo 100m Breaststroke, achieving a SILVER MEDAL with a 1.94 second PB.

Also, congratulations to Coach Steve’s son, Jesse who competed in the 50m Freestyle event, qualifying for the NSW Country SC Championships.

Congratulations everyone, you should be extremely proud of your efforts, as we are!!! Thank you Coach Steve and Coach Maddie for your expertise, support and encouragement throughout the meet.

BROKEN RECORDS

• Yaroslav broke the Woden Swim Club LC record (held since 22/07/2006) for the 11yo Boys SC 50m Freestyle at the Tuggeranong Vikings Qualifying Meet on 27 May 2017.

New Woden Record 0:28.68.

• Yaroslav broke the Woden Swim Club LC record (held since 07/07/2007) for the 11yo Boys SC 100m Freestyle at the Tuggeranong Vikings Qualifying Meet on 27 May 2017.

New Woden Record 1:05.03.

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