31 AUGUST 2014: version 50

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1 electronic NEWS 31 AUGUST 2014: version 50 MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER What a hectic off-season in the hiatus since our last enews. We apologise for the unexpected break in newsletters however the compounding issues of losing two key staff members and the switch to a new national IT system have really taken their toll but we hope to be back on track now. Beth Niemeier, a member of Nightcliff Swimming Club, has joined SNTI as our new Administration Officer. We welcome Beth to our small staff team and hope she has a long and enjoyable stay. During the break in pool meets we farewelled our Community Swimming Officer, Paul Schindler who has moved to Melbourne to pursue his career path as a Coach. Good luck to Paul and Amy! The Board have also been very busy and at the September Board Meeting appointed Karen Messenger to the current Board vacancy. Karen has a thorough understanding of our operations having served on a number of committees, most recently Selection and Competition, as well as being our Meet Director for several seasons. With two daughters swimming at Darwin Swimming Club and having experience in club committees Karen brings a wealth of knowledge and experience. The School Sport National Championships were a great success with Josh Staples being our stand-out performer amongst a plethora of personal best times and finals swims for the Team, well done to all and the coaches, managers and parents who supported our swimmers. In other news, the 2014 Waterfront Open Water Series has now finished with great support from Surf Lifesaving and we are gearing up for the Open Water Championships at Lake Bennett. Team Managers (Helen Brown, Tim Few & Grant Pennington) are ramping up preparations for the 2014 State Teams Age Short Course Championships and we have witnessed an outstanding effort from our Australian Team at the Pan Pacs. On the local front we saw record entries for the first Power in the Water Meet of a Series at a seamlessly run first meet of the pool season. We are also desperately seeking a Records Steward, a great role for someone who believes in rewarding performance and maintaining the integrity of our history and outstanding results. Also on performance we are delighted to welcome one of the nation s finest coaching assets, Mr Jim Fowlie to the role Coach Mentor for Northern Territory. With great support from Swimming Australia and sincere thanks to Jamie Salter we welcome Jim to help drive coaching excellence. The SAL Coach Mentor Program fits hand in glove with the NTIS Coach Scholarship Program and after many months in the planning it is great to see these programs roll out. Looking forward, we have the first of the McDonald s 9&Under Meets at Parap Pool this weekend at the home of the Buffaloes, then on to the Lake Bennett for the 2014 NT Open Water Championships on Saturday 13 th September where the 1.2k, 5k and 10k races will be contested.

2 CONTENTS 1. Tahnee s Target Raffle 2. School Sport National Championships 3. NTIS Coach Scholarships & SAL Coach Mentor Program: Jim Fowlie 4. SNTI Volunteer Opportunities: Records Steward 5. SAL Matchfixing Education Plan 6. The McKeon s: A Super Swimming Family State Teams Age Short Course Championships 8. SAL ASADA Education Plan

3 SCHOOL SPORT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS THE MEET School Sport National Championships is a five day meet in a format of both timed finals and preliminaries & finals. This year 751 students competed from eight States and Territories. The Northern Territory was represented by eighteen students: THE TEAM Alexandra Blyton, Damian Culgan, Jacqui Culgan, Tayla Dowzard, Chloe Everingham, Kyra Garner, Jemma Jones, Jaime Kruger, Lauren McSkimming, Thomas Noblett, Will Pittick, Jordin Ritschie, Joshua Staples, Teegan Wattam, Nicholas Wecker, Jenti White, Matthew Wolfaardt, Rachel Yun

4 SCHOOL SPORT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS THE RESULTS Joshua Staples had an outstanding meet winning two medals. Silver in the Boys 10 years 100m breaststroke and bronze in the Boys 10 years 50m breaststroke. Collectively, eighteen finalist places were achieved by Damian Culgan, Tayla Dowzard, Kyra Garner, Jemma Jones, Jaime Krueger, Lauren McSkimming, and Joshua Staples. All swimmers achieved personal bests during the meet amounting to an impressive 102 PBs for the team.

5 MEET JIM FOWLIE: SNTI COACH MENTOR The aim of the program is to raise the standards of coaching skills and expertise throughout the Swimming Australia s High Performance system. The role of the Mentor Coaches will include: Providing leadership, acting as critical counsel and catalyst for change for those identified coaches; Working within a national framework that focuses on technical skill development and long term development of our swimmers; Facilitate learning opportunities to develop coaching strategies that enhance the level of performance of the group, that ultimately contributes to Swimming Australia s future International benchmark competition medal hauls; Meet our Coach Mentor, Mr Jim Fowlie: Summary of skills Coached athletes to medals at every major international swimming competition between 1992 and Swimming Australia Ltd. (SAL) Platinum licensed swimming coach. Master s degree in Education (Sports Coaching), University of Sydney. Certificate IV training and assessment Lecturer/Teacher 2014 University of Canberra Coaching Pedagogy Selected to numerous international teams as a coach between 1980 and Directed the resurgence of Swimming New South Wales (SNSW) from Lectured and gave presentations regularly to swimmers, parents and coaches on athlete growth and development. Lectured and gave presentations to coaches at certification courses, clinics and conferences. Directed, coordinated and conducted monitoring, testing and research with NSWIS emerging talent athletes and scholarship holders. Proven professional relationship with the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC), Swimming Australia Ltd. (SAL), the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS) and SNSW Tertiary Education Masters of Education (Sports Coaching), with merit, University of Sydney Certificate IV Training and Assessment (Teaching) Recent Work Experience Lecturer University of Canberra Coaching Pedagogy ( ) Head Coach Ginninderra Swim Club and Canberra International Sports and Aquatic Centre (CISAC) Swim Academy ( ) Head Coach Burley Griffin Swim Club and Canberra Boys Grammar School ( ) Supervisor Gold License Coaching Candidates Swimming Australia Ltd. (2012 ) Mentor Coach Western Australia (2013).

6 New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS)-Sydney ( ) MEET JIM FOWLIE: SNTI COACH MENTOR Head Swim Coach for NSWIS and SNSW Responsible for budget of $800,000 per annum Supervision and mentoring of coaching staff Program management for NSWIS scholarship holders Direct sport science projects for NSWIS swimming Recruitment and talent identification of athletes and coaches Direct liaison and representative to SAL Educate swim clubs in NSW regarding SNSW and NSWIS programs Critique and evaluate swim programs across NSW Nunawading Swimming Club-Melbourne ( ) High Performance Swim Coach Responsible for the delivery and coaching of the National Open and National Youth Program PacificSport National Swim Centre-Victoria, Canada ( ) Program Director and Head Coach Responsible for budget of $600,000 per annum Played a major role in the return of Canadian swimming to the international podium in 2005 Direct liaison and representative for PacificSport National Swim Centre, Swimming Canada, Sport Canada, 2010 Legacies Now and the Canadian Olympic Committee Responsible for setting and implementing the training program for athletes at PacificSport Responsible for the development and delivery of the Sport Science monitoring program for Swimming Canada from Head Provincial Coach Alberta, Canada: developed and implemented best practice programs which were used as a model for Canadian Swimming Research Advisory Board Member to Speedo World Aqua Lab Australian Institute of Sport Canberra ( ) Senior Coach Responsible for setting and implementing the training program for AIS swimming scholarship holders Member of numerous Australian teams Director of the AIS International Coaching Symposium, AIS Camps, and AIS Swim Meets from Liaison role with the AIS Sport Science Department included: Primary coordinator with the Nutrition and Biomechanics Departments Research with the Physiology Department Coordinated regular athlete monitoring and strategic planning National Event Coach for Australia

7 MEET JIM FOWLIE: SNTI COACH MENTOR International Coaching Achievements Personal Coaching Record: international medals won Gold Silver Bronze 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 Olympic Games World Aquatic Championships 10 6 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Commonwealth Games World Short Course Swimming Champ s World Records 4 SNSW/NSWIS Head Coaching Record: international medals won Gold Silver Bronze 2008, 2012 Olympic Games , 2011 World Aquatic Championships , Pan Pacific Swimming Championships , Commonwealth Games 6 1 International Coaching Appointments 2005 World Aquatic Championships, Montreal: Team Coach Canada 2004 World Short Course Swimming Championships, Indianapolis: Head Coach Canada 2004 Olympic Games, Athens: Team Coach Canada 2003 World Aquatic Championships, Barcelona: Team Coach Canada 2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Yokohama: Team Coach Canada 2001 World Aquatic Championships, Fukuoka: Team Coach Australia 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney: Head Coach Fiji 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Sydney: Team Coach Australia 1999 World Short Course Swimming Championships, Hong Kong: Team Coach Australia 1998 World Aquatic Championships, Perth: Head Coach Jordan 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Fukuoka: Team Coach Australia 1997 World Short Course Swimming Championships, Gothenburg: Team Coach Australia 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta: Team coach Australia 1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Atlanta: Team Coach Australia 1995 World Short Course Swimming Championships, Rio de Janeiro: Team Coach Australia 1993 World Short Course Swimming Championships, Palma de Mallorca: Team coach Australia

8 Volunteer Roles at International Games and Events MEET JIM FOWLIE: SNTI COACH MENTOR 2012 Olympic Games, London: Equipment team member volunteer for Aquatics 2010 Winter Olympic Games, Vancouver: worked for the Organising Committee as the Venue Access Manager at the Speed Skating Oval 2007 World Swimming Championships, Melbourne: Equipment Manager at the swimming venue 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne: Team Liaison Officer Swimming Conference Presentations Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Youth Camp and Lecture series, Head Lecturer and Swim Coach: 2014 World Biomechanics and Medicine in Swimming Conference: 2014 Australian Swim Coaches Conference: 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2008 New South Wales Swim Coaches Conference: American Swim Coaches Conference: 1996 (co-presenter) Canadian Swim Coaches Conference: 1985, 1988, 2003, 2004, 2005 Awards and Certificates Platinum License Swimming Coach (Australia): 2006 Canadian Swim Coach of the Year: 2004 Level IV Swimming Coach (Canada): 2002 Australian Sports Medal: 2000 Affiliations Australian Swim Coaches and Teachers Association member: , World Swim Coaches Association: member since: 1993 World Swim Coaches Board: Canadian representative: Canadian Swim Coaches and Teachers Association member: , Canadian Professional Coaches Association member: American Swim Coaches Association: member since: 1997 Swimming Career Highlights 1976 World Record Holder: 400 Individual Medley (short course) 1975 World Aquatic Swimming Championships, Cali: finalist in two events 1974 Commonwealth Games, Christchurch: Bronze 4x200 free relay The Board and Staff of Swimming Northern Territory are delighted to be working with Swimming Australia and Jim Fowlie as our Coach Mentor and look forward to Jim not only assisting our Scholarship Coaches but working with our swimmers at Target 12 and JX/YPS Clinics.

9 RECORDS STEWARD SOUGHT Duties of Records Steward The following allows for the Record Steward to live anywhere in the NT and maintain the records, without the need to be physically at any meet: The swimmer and family/coach don t need to put a claim in. The record can be achieved at any official meet within the NT. The following will allow for future Disability Records and 25m Short course records. 1. Record Stewart to keep updated records and ensure that SNTI Database Manager has updated information also. 2. Before any official meet that is held in the NT (that a record can be achieved), the Meet Director of the particular meet should ensure that UPDATED records are being used. This can be requested to the Records Steward via and sent via . Records file is imported very easily into TM. 3. At the completion of each official SNTI meet the Meet Director is responsible to ensure that a records match is done in Team Manager. Any records that are flagged, the Meet Director will ensure timing slips are signed off by the Meet Referee. The Meet Director is then responsible to full meet results to Records Steward {and Database Manager}. Signed slips can then be forwarded to Records Steward via Australia Post. All other slips should be stored in a safe place.(12 months suggestion) 4. Records Steward will do a records match in Team Manager, verify record, and store slips with records sheet, in records folder. 5. Record Steward will forward the certificate to swimmers club for presentation at next meet. 6. Record Steward will updated records database to Database Manager. Please contact the Executive Officer by executiveofficer@nt.swimming.org.au if you are interested in this important and rewarding role.

10 SAL MATCHFIXING EDUCATION PLAN All state mentor coaches, state development managers and other coaches and staff travelling with state teams must complete this course. This is a requirement for all teams in place from now onwards (i.e. if the team is selected in October this year then then they must do the course). The training is optional for athletes, technical officials, parents and spectators at state level. Each state can do what they think is appropriate to educate and prepare this group for when/if they get to national level. A new education flyer is on the SAL website: Online training is available here: SUPER SWIMMING FAMILY Keeping track of the medals already hanging in his family s Wollongong home has been hard enough for David McKeon. But it seemed another stocktake loomed after McKeon admitted there was a sense of destiny about he and younger sister Emma adding to their household s impressive tally by following in their family s footsteps at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games pool. McKeon s clan can lay claim to being Australian swimming s first family a fact the three-time national 400m freestyle champion remarkably had only just fully realised. Wandering around the family home, McKeon discovered mounted medals belonging to his father Ron, who won the 200m and 400m freestyle at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. They were always there McKeon simply hadn t grasped their importance. His mother Susie Woodhouse was also no slouch, competing in the 1982 Brisbane Games pool. Then there s his uncle Rob Woodhouse, a Commonwealth Games champion and Olympic medallist. Yet McKeon admitted he had no idea about the full extent of his family s achievements until recently. I think there are a couple of medals at the rec room at home, said McKeon, who is in line to grab the Australian swim team s first Glasgow gold in the 400m.

11 SUPER SWIMMING FAMILY To tell you the truth, I only worked out what they were just a couple of years ago. I didn t really go into that room. Perhaps a proposed team address by his uncle Rob at Glasgow will also help jog McKeon s memory. The McKeon family of swimmers: Emma, Ron, David, & Susie. McKeon admitted they had blossomed after being cut loose by tough-loving dad and ex-coach Ron. I learned a lot from my dad but it was time for me to move on and be coached by someone who could get stuck into me, McKeon said. Dad couldn t really get stuck into me I suppose because at the end of the day we would have to go home together.

12 NT TEAM TO STATE TEAMS AGE SHORT COURSE A strong team has been selected to represent Swimming Northern Territory at the 2014 State Teams Age Short Course Championships at the AIS Canberra. Team Manager, Helen Brown with Coach/Manager Duo; Tim Few and Grant Pennington with guide our swimmers at this premier event. Congratulations to our representative swimmers: Jayce Brown Jacqui Culgan Lauren McSkimming Shannon McSkimming Will Pittick Rachel Yun Alice Springs Swimming Club Casuarina Storm Swimming Club Darwin Swimming Club Darwin Swimming Club Casuarina Storm Swimming Club Casuarina Storm Swimming Club SAL ASADA EDUCATION PROGRAM Swimming Australia Limited is bound by the World Anti-Doping Authority: and Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority: policies in ensuring athletes are able to participate in a drug free environment. Swimming Northern Territory supports the policies of Swimming Australia Ltd in being totally against the taking of performance enhancing drugs within our sport. To this end, we advise all competitors that they may be drug tested at any of our sanctioned meets and may be called for random testing during non-competition periods. Any competitor who refuses to undertake a drug test without a valid reason will be reported to Swimming Australia Limited, as will any competitor who fails a test. Many medications contain banned and restricted substances as outlined in FINA s doping policy (based on the ICC list of doping classes and methods). Athletes must take great care in choosing medications, particularly when they compete in events where drug testing may occur. To ensure that the medication chosen is permitted an athlete should take the following steps: Check if the medication is listed under the check your substances section of the ASADA website: If you are uncertain contact the ASADA hotline: For more information and links to relevant policy documents, banned substance list, therapeutic use exemptions etc please visit the Anti Doping page in the Athlete Hub on Swimming Australia s website (