ROCKINGHAM STINGRAYS SWIM CLUB NEWSLETTER

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1 ROCKINGHAM STINGRAYS SWIM CLUB NEWSLETTER BETWEEN THE LANES Aqua Jetty, 87 Warnbro Sound Avenue, Warnbro Phone: LATEST NEWS OUR JUNIOR CLUB MEMBERS SHINE AT KALAMUNDA MEET Twenty six of our swimmers aged 12 and under competed at the Kalamunda Junior Short Course meet on the 7 th of August. Our juniors ended our last targeted short course meet of the season on a high note, with 69 new personal best times. Seth Spencer, aged 10, had a huge medal haul in his events, including gold for the 100IM, 50 Butterfly, 50 Backstroke, 100 Backstroke, 50 Breaststroke, 100 Breaststroke, 50 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle and 100IM. He also won silver in his 100 Butterfly event. Peta Collard (9) also had an impressive result, and won two bronze medals, in 50 Backstroke and 50 Freestyle. Chloe Gwynne (12) gained a bronze medal for her 50 Breaststroke. More inside! Pg. 2 WINTER WIND UP! AUGUST, 2011 Kirralee Shepherd and Kaitlin Bevan Don t miss all the fun of our Winter Wind Up/Trophy Presentation there will be food, prizes, bowling, and trophy presentations! When: Sunday, 25 th September 2011 Where: AMF Bowling, Patterson Road, Rockingham Time: pm Cost: $20.00 per swimmer, payable by 6 September RSVP: 6 th September by phone or

2 KALAMUNDA MEET (continued ) Sophie Bidesi (12) also won a bronze medal in her 50 Backstroke race. There were also many young swimmers gaining new personal best times in their events, such as Katilin Bevan (9), who took seconds off her 100IM time to gain a new time of Callum Shepherd achieved PBs in seven events, including taking seconds off for his 200IM. Ross Bird now has achieved three PB times, including a new time of seconds for his breaststroke. Congratulations to our swimmers attending a meet for the first time, such as Caitlin Silas (8), Jennifer Mills (8), Calum Stewart (10), Brooke Poad (11), Maisie Barnett (7), and Poppy Miller (7). We look forward to seeing you at more events in the future! MEETS FOR OCTOBER 8/10/2011: 2011 Swimming WA Long Course Qualifying Meet. Online entries due via Swimming WA website by Monday, 26/9/11 22/10/11: 2011 Southside Penrhos Wesley LC Meet (Optional) Entries Due online 11/10/ /10/11: Bunbury Open Carnival. Manual entries from club office or club website. Due to club office by 5.30pm Thursday 6/10/11 29/10/11: Rockingham Open Season Carnival (Club Swimmers Only). Manual entries due 9.30am 20/10/11 to club handicapper/recorder 30/10/11: Swimming WA Open Water Swimmers aged 11+ Online entries due 5.30pm Monday 24/10 Swimming WA OWS website *Please make sure entries are in before the due date! TIME TRIAL NIGHTS The last two Time Trials have been cancelled, so the last date will be on the 6 th of September. We are in the process of updating our handbook to ensure all parents are aware of important club regulations. Please note that all swimmers 10 years and under must be supervised by a person aged 16 years or older during swimming club activities at Aqua Jetty. Please also remember that parents are expected to participate in timekeeping duties. Being punctual, assisting with set up and putting equipment away is always greatly appreciated. 2

3 co HH i ty S Feli c il Radm yso nd T a r e penc nt. n Junior and Senior Swimmers SWIM MEET ADVICE COMMITTEE POSITIONS Please ask the club office for help if you need Our club held its AGM on Sunday, July 31st. New committee members were nominated and voted in: advice regarding swim meets and filling out entry forms, or any other matter. Competitions are great fun and an opportunity to put into President Steve Jones Vice President Tracey Pearson Secretary Leanne Searle Treasurer Louise Martin Registrar Angela Hills Club Handicapper/Recorder/Meet Entries: Sharon Russell Uniforms Angela Hills and Liz Holloway Coaching Committee - Lisa McAleese, Steve Jones Social Coordinator Brittany Russell, Sharon Shepherd Newsletter/Media Raechelle Bidesi Committee Members Natalee Spencer and Sue Spencer practice skills swimmers have been learning during their training. Our accredited coaches are available to advise which competitions and events are most suitable for your swimmer please chat to them after training. A helpful preparation guide is also available on our club website. It is essential that swimmers remember to drink lots of water during both training and competitions to avoid dehydration. Thank you to all the previous and ongoing committee members who have worked hard to run our club s events. We would love to have a volunteer for the important role of Fundraising and Sponsorship. Please note that if you don t have the time to join the committee, we still appreciate as much help as possible from members with various jobs. If you can help in any way, let us know, as volunteers benefit the whole club. Tracey and Adam Pearson 3

4 Uniform Shop SPECIALS: B A Pack A: Summer Bag T-shirt Shorts Deck bag Limi te d size s available Purchase indi v idually $65 $40 Pack B: Winter Bag Track sui t jacke t Track sui t pants Deck bag 2 ONLY SIZES 14 AND 16 Purchase indi v idually $95 $50 UNIFORM SHOP HOURS: Most Tuesday Night Time Trials Angela Hills and Liz Holloway are happy to advise you on Wednesday pm Saturday 8:30-9:30 am all your uniform requirements. Some members of our Club's Coaching Team: Tracey and Jodi 4 Maureen, Brittany,

5 The Rockingham swimming club has been given a wonderful opportunity to be involved with REBEL sports SUPPORT YOUR SPORT program. For those of you who have not heard of this program, you as members can join the up to the Rebel sport program called "Season Pass". This can be done at either of their two locations: one at Waikiki Village shopping centre or Rockingham city shopping centre, or online. By joining up you will receive Preferred Pricing, Exclusive Offers, VIP shopping nights and member only competitions. For our swimming club after 12 months, 5% of the total sales by our members will be allocated to the club to purchase sporting equipment through Rebel sports This could be Kick Boards, Buoys, new Stop watches etc. WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR MEMBERS THIS WILL NOT BE SUCCESSFUL. WHAT WE NEED OUR MEMBERS TO DO: Log on to and sign up for the Season Pass membership or sign up personally in store. Buy as much of your sporting needs as you can from Rebel (it doesn't have to be swimming gear only). Flash your Season Pass and tell them you belong to the Rockingham swimming and social club. It's that easy. If you have any questions please contact Louise Martin on If I don't know the answer I will get back to you. 5

6 SPONSORS WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS, AND ASK ALL OUR CLUB MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THEIR BUSINESS: IMPORTANT NOTICE: There will be no training for all swimmers on Saturday, 15 October as all coaches will be attending a Coaching Conference. CONTACT US Swimmer of the Month Lily Beste: Well done! A big happy birthday to our August swimmers: Annalise Holland (1/8), Cameron Baker (1/8), Wian Ewald (2/8), Harriet Robertson (4/8), Bridget Young (15/8), Jessica Bull (18/8), Melodee Bull (18/8), James Holloway (19/8), Elise Nankivell (24/8), Annie Beste (25/8), Ross Bird (27/8), and Tayla Smith (27/8) Lily! rockswim@iinet.net.au WEBSITE ADDRESS: OFFICE HOURS: Monday 4.00pm 6.00pm Tuesday pm Wednesday pm Thursday pm Friday pm Saturday am Swim Graphics by: SwimGraphics.com STINGRAY CLUB MEMBERS: Do you have any club photos, stories, healthy recipes or swimming achievements you would like to share in our club newsletter? Please send to Raechelle Bidesi ellie@lasar.net.au or the club with Newsletter in the subject window, or hand in personally. Newsletters are to be published within the first week of every month, so please submit two weeks prior to this date if possible.