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SNAPPETS Stadium Masters Swimming Club Inc www.stadiummasters.org.au December 2017 PRESIDENT What a lot has been happening in the last few weeks!

This incident showed the importance of keeping details of members emergency contacts up to date.

1 SNAPPETS Stadium Masters Swimming Club Inc December 2017 PRESIDENT What a lot has been happening in the last few weeks! On Wednesday 1 st November during the morning session a club member experienced a serious medical emergency. Fortunately correct procedure was followed and the patient is now recovering. This incident showed the importance of keeping details of members emergency contacts up to date. We now ensure non-club members also provide their emergency contact details before allowing them to swim in a club session. On 19 th November Stuart Gray kindly ran a CPR information afternoon attended by twelve members and friends. Stuart had all the necessary equipment on hand and took the group carefully through the DRSABCD (Danger, Response, Send, Airway, Breathing, Compressions and Defibrillator) sequence. He gave us many useful tips from his experience. The participants were very happy to sharpen their skills, hoping fervently that they would not be called upon to use them! Club members are now encouraged to take a course for certification in CPR. Recent activities have included a successful fundraising sausage sizzle at Bunnings, an open house at Pamela s new home, a small, crackerjack team swimming at Melville s LiveLighter Club Challenge and a most enjoyable social evening for the night swimmers at Jackie s place. Marg Watson is doing a wonderful job liaising with our social members and reports on the group swimming at Claremont Pool. Another group swims at Bold Park on certain days. Those wishing to join them should contact Marg. A Melbourne Cup lunch was held at the Round House and 21 members and mates had a great time. REGISTRATION FOR 2018 Your Club membership is valid only until 31 st December To reregister go to and click on Join our club. As you register it is important for you to check that your personal details are up to date. If you have friends or acquaintances who may be interested, invite them to try a session with us. We would like more club members! The position of Registrar, who helps with membership and maintains the contact and emergency contact lists, is still open. Currently the duties of Registrar are being handled by Committee members on top of their usual roles. This is most undesirable. Anyone interested in becoming Registrar is asked to contact me. Your attendance at the Annual General Meeting to be held on 13 January is vital! In addition to hearing the 2017 reports and electing a new committee, the meeting will vote on the acceptance of a new Constitution and new Bylaws. Drafts have been sent to all members for their comments. Registered members only may vote at the AGM. I am hoping that members will make themselves available to carry out the tasks necessary to run the club. See you at the pool! In this issue Regular features President... 1 Captains... 2 Committee decisions... 2 Birthdays... 3 Diary entries... 3 Goggle... 3 SuperSnappers... 3 From Coach Stu... 4 OW Scene... 5 Social... 6 Deadline for next issue... 7 Special features Registration for Sausage sizzle... 4 Council of Clubs report... 7 Notice of AGM... 8 Richard Diggins, Stu Gray and Craig Barnard Barry Green Sponsored by HBF Stadium Page 1

CAPTAINS Pamela Walter Ciara, Jackie, Graham, Travis, Pamela, Matt and Ann-Maree, still dry before a summer evening training session Melville Masters LiveLighter Club Challenge Sunday 26 th November

2 CAPTAINS Pamela Walter Ciara, Jackie, Graham, Travis, Pamela, Matt and Ann-Maree, still dry before a summer evening training session Melville Masters LiveLighter Club Challenge Sunday 26 th November With another tiny team of only eight swimmers we did extremely well to score 93 points and finish fourth of 17 clubs! Four men and four women meant that everyone got a guernsey in our two relay teams. Melville won the day and we won the award for most points gained per swimmer! Ann-Maree Lynch Calnan FR50 and BU50 (both PB); FR100 (inaugural) Cas Brown BA50 and BA100 (both best since 2012) Pamela Walter BR50 and BA100 (both best since 2016) Barry Green BA50 and BA100 (both best since 2016) Mat Lovelock FR50 and BA50 (both best since 2016) Matt Jones FR50 and BA50 (both PB) Peter Gray BU50 and FR100 (both PB/CR) COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS Barry Green Main points from the Committee Meeting on 13 th November 1. Stuart Gray was invited to the meeting to speak about offering a CPR course, running a Learn to Swim course early next year, holding video nights on swimming technique, making available open water swim training and organising a modified Swimathon. Stuart gives a lot of time and effort to helping the club, for which many thanks! 2. Details of the organisation of the Sausage Sizzle and Triathlon volunteering were discussed. 3. Dates for the events which we conduct are now fixed: LiveLighter Club Challenge (to be part of the National Series of swim meets for 2018) on 20 th May and the 1500 Metre Distance Swim on 21 st October. 4. Pamela has distributed the Best Time Sheets with information to swimmers about how to fill them out. 5. The Committee has agreed to buy a handicap trophy for our LiveLighter Club Challenge. 6. The outline agenda for the all-important AGM next January was discussed. 7. Training in December and January: Lane hire for day group sessions will finish on Sunday 17 th December and resume on Sunday 7 th January. Evening sessions will be held on 19 th and 21 st December and on 4 th January and swimmers who normally train at other times are welcome too. 8. All non-club swimmers will in future have to provide emergency contact details before they train with the club. 9. Club membership: 51 members and 17 social members. As always, we need new recruits. Please help! CLUB CLOTHING Pamela is the person to contact if you want a Club polo shirt or a basketball style cap. Swimming caps are usually available in the cage, too. Contacts: pjdesigns@aapt.net.au Sponsored by HBF Stadium Page 2

ENTRIES FOR DECEMBER AND BEYOND Date Event Time Venue Sunday 17 December Volunteering: City of Joondalup Triathlon very early Whitfords Nodes Club

Claremont Pool Saturday 23 December Perth City LC 100 x 100 metres 8:30am start Perth College Pool Saturday 30 December SWA Bonus Round Rego from 6:30am

26 January Mandurah Masters Australia Day Ocean Swim Rego from 7:00am Doddi s Beach TWO SUPERSNAPPERS!

her racing bathers due to no water in the showers at the lake. When she took off her bathers a fish flopped onto the floor. Dead of course!

3 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! December January 20 th Mat Lovelock 2 nd Zee Marsland 29 th Peter Downey 4 th Jane Meneghello 7 th Bill Woodhouse 17 th Peter Lyster 22 nd Pat Sugars DIARY ENTRIES FOR DECEMBER AND BEYOND Date Event Time Venue Sunday 17 December Volunteering: City of Joondalup Triathlon very early Whitfords Nodes Club Sundowner 5:00pm Boulevard MSWA Open Water Swim 10km Rego from 6:15am Coogee Beach Wednesday 20 December Breakfast Break-up: Bacon and egg sandwich 9:00am Claremont Pool Saturday 23 December Perth City LC 100 x 100 metres 8:30am start Perth College Pool Saturday 30 December SWA Bonus Round Rego from 6:30am Mullaloo Beach Sat 13 January 2018 Stadium Masters AGM 2:00pm Claremont clubroom Sunday 21 January 2018 Swim Thru Perth Rego from 7:30am Matilda Bay Friday 26 January Mandurah Masters Australia Day Ocean Swim Rego from 7:00am Doddi s Beach TWO SUPERSNAPPERS! GOGGLE SAW Bill in agony during a Breaststroke swim Some hurdles for Maida Vale to clear at the Lake Leschenaultia OWS: a Melville swimmer drove home in her racing bathers due to no water in the showers at the lake. When she took off her bathers a fish flopped onto the floor. Dead of course! Mary Gray looks surprised at being SuperSnapper for November for two outstanding swims at the Fremantle LiveLighter Club Challenge where she achieved two PBs. Ann-Maree Lynch Calnan is SuperSnapper for December for an excellent swimming performance at the Melville LiveLighter Club Challenge, gaining two PBs and one inaugural swim on her birthday! Sponsored by HBF Stadium Page 3

MESSAGE FROM COACH STU Now is the time to look back over the year to ask ourselves what we have achieved and could we do any better.

They state that we in sport have generally not proven how progressive we can be as we age and ask if more is better for us.

I cannot think of a single individual in the club who could not be more successful in the pool by improving their technique.

Certain drills help individuals but the next step in all sports where technique is paramount is self-visualisation, also called guided imagery, mental rehearsal, mediation and a variety of other

Generally speaking, visualisation is process of creating a mental image or intention of what we want to happen or feel in reality.

4 MESSAGE FROM COACH STU Now is the time to look back over the year to ask ourselves what we have achieved and could we do any better. Physiologists tell us that even if we maintain regular progressive training we can expect a 3% drop off in performance due to the so called ageing process. Many academics dispute this. They state that we in sport have generally not proven how progressive we can be as we age and ask if more is better for us. The undisputed fact is that we can be smarter, if our frontal lobes allow us to be. I cannot think of a single individual in the club who could not be more successful in the pool by improving their technique. I have shown most of you video of your technique and you would have looked at YouTube videos of elite swimmers for some basic feed-back. Certain drills help individuals but the next step in all sports where technique is paramount is self-visualisation, also called guided imagery, mental rehearsal, mediation and a variety of other things. No matter the term, the basic techniques are concepts are the same. Generally speaking, visualisation is process of creating a mental image or intention of what we want to happen or feel in reality. There are times when my only conclusion is that very few of us really want to improve our technique which can at times be a bit off-putting. Some of you have stated specific goals and a couple have shown some progress in those directions. Now is the time to revisit those ambitions. However every goal needs basic technique so see yourself keeping your head down, rotating, reaching, catching early without any peculiar motions of hand or wrist, practising an early vertical forearm and no dropped elbows or round arm swing on recovery. And that s just freestyle! Visualise your technique, visualise your goals over the next year and enjoy your swimming. This will keep the coaches happy too. Bunnings Sausage Sizzle Saturday 18 th November The weather gods were kind and gave us near perfect conditions at Homebase, Subiaco for our next-to-last fund-raising event of The cooks sweated at the hot plate, the servers were quite often run off their feet and Elizabeth Edmondson looked after the cash box all day in the shade of a big umbrella. Louise Norris had organised everything brilliantly and 17 club members were rostered over four sessions. Three cheers for the RAC who rescued Marg Somes when she was locked out of her car! Thanks to all who helped on the day and those who donated items, the venture was a roaring social and financial success raising more than $900! Knock, knock! Knock, knock! Knock, knock! Who's there? Who's there? Who's there? Anna! Oakham! Wayne! Anna who? Oakham who? Wayne who? Anna partridge in a pear tree! Oakham all ye faithful...! Wayne in a manger...! Sponsored by HBF Stadium Page 4

This event was the first of the Masters OWS season and was also open to Swimming WA. 170 swimmers were sent off in two waves, meaning that the start was less congested.

5 OPEN WATER SCENE Lake Leschenaultia 1.6km Sunday 12 th November 2017 Age Group Time Age Group place Travis O Neill :22 6 Peter Gray :54 2 Pamela Walter :13 1 Stuart Gray :05 1 Barry Green :31 2 This event was the first of the Masters OWS season and was also open to Swimming WA. 170 swimmers were sent off in two waves, meaning that the start was less congested. There was quite a bit of weed but the water temperature was delightful. However it wasn t all plain sailing for the organisers, Maida Vale. A water main had burst so there was no water in the showers and toilets, which were out of action, necessitating long trips to real toilets or go bush! Then the aerosol horn used to start the event was left in a plastic container which became too hot and can exploded, firing plastic shards into the vicinity. Fortunately no real problems. Extra members of the Gray family swam or came to support us as did Sara. Everyone brought different foods to share, making for a convivial and appetising lunch. Sara won one of the raffle prizes and Barry got closest to his nominated time in his age group and won a blue and white striped umbrella with Maida Vale printed on it. So lucky! Fremantle Ports Swim Thru, South Beach Saturday 9 th December 2017 Age Group Distance Time Age Group place Peter Gray km 1:18:08 2 Travis O Neill km 54:59 4 Pamela Walter km 59:14 4 Stuart Gray km 57:02 1 Ann-Maree Lynch Calnan km 28:35 2 Five Snappers swam in the Fremantle Ports Swim Thru. Travis was too fast for the rest of us. We didn t see him at the start or at the presentations so, unfortunately, he is not in the photo. All swimmers improved on their pace by a considerable amount except Peter but we can only compare a 1600 m swim with a 5 km swim so he also did very well. There are acres of grass at South Beach for relaxing on after a tiring ocean swim! Sponsored by HBF Stadium Page 5

BONDI SWIM 3 rd December Barry flew to Sydney to join his daughter Aleksandra in the 2.4 km Bondi to Bronte open water swim.

Some entrants chose not to swim the water temperature was 15C, resulting in many cases of hypothermia but the Greens were not deterred!

Guests were shown over her new environmentally friendly home as well as a being given a bonus viewing of her artwork. Marvellous!

6 BONDI SWIM 3 rd December Barry flew to Sydney to join his daughter Aleksandra in the 2.4 km Bondi to Bronte open water swim. As it happened Bronte Beach had been closed due to a big swell the day before and the event was modified to a 2 km swim around Bondi Bay. Some entrants chose not to swim the water temperature was 15C, resulting in many cases of hypothermia but the Greens were not deterred! SOCIAL The Claremont Pool swimmers were treated to morning tea at Pamela s at an Open House. Guests were shown over her new environmentally friendly home as well as a being given a bonus viewing of her artwork. Marvellous! Lillian Hadley, Pauline Diggins and Geoff Hadley A few days later Jackie entertained the nightswimming group at her place after-training. There was curry, condiments, coriander, cake, cream and candles and dips and fruit, too. Ann-Maree was probably trying to play it down but the cake and candles were to celebrate her birthday. CLUB CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS A nook is booked outdoors at the Boulevard Hotel for 5:00pm on Sunday 17 th December where we can enjoy tasty pizzas and time together. Pizzas are on the club and you buy your own drinks. Come and join us at Claremont Pool for a bacon and egg sandwich for breakfast at 9:00am on Wednesday 20 th December after our last swim before Christmas. Pamela presenting Tuuli with her new Club hoodie Sponsored by HBF Stadium Page 6

COUNCIL OF CLUBS MEETING 15 TH NOVEMBER Barry Green 1. The MSWA President, Damien Eyre, (Riverton) has resigned and Graham Senders (Claremont) is acting President.

MSWA will impose no caps on participation at Club Challenges but accepts that some clubs may have to set caps.

7 COUNCIL OF CLUBS MEETING 15 TH NOVEMBER Barry Green 1. The MSWA President, Damien Eyre, (Riverton) has resigned and Graham Senders (Claremont) is acting President. In addition, two positions on the Board are now vacant. 2. Director of Events, Fiona Wilkins, informed us that sanctioning of Club Challenges is to be done by Erica Thomas. MSWA will impose no caps on participation at Club Challenges but accepts that some clubs may have to set caps. State and National records can be set at any MSWA-sanctioned meet but World records can be set only in pools with the appropriate timing equipment and in WA only HBF Stadium satisfies this. 3. Pool calendar: The program for 2018 is still to be finalised. There was a call for an event where there are no DQs to encourage swimmers to compete and there was a suggestion to relax the FINA-based swimsuit code rules. Some clubs voiced concerns about the proposed changes to their normal event dates. The change for 2017, allowing all clubs to compete in every Club Challenge, needs to be evaluated. 4. Barry Green read the report on the incident involving a medical emergency during one of our training sessions. He highlighted the importance of keeping an emergency contact list up to date and of having as many swimmers as possible with the ability to perform CPR. A form is required to be filled out by all guest swimmers, swimmers trialling the club and other non-club Masters swimmers training with a club. 5. New constitution: MSWA has engaged a legal firm to advise it on the new constitution. In several months time a model will be made available to affiliated clubs. Several clubs are already going ahead with changes. 6. Sam Noall, MSWA Executive Officer, has left the job. No information was given as to her replacement. 7. Fremantle advertised the upcoming 10 km OWS as the only opportunity to simulate the Rottnest crossing and gain qualifying times for the Channel swim. Swimmers must have paddlers and carry out feeding etc. 8. The collection of fees for events was raised. Some clubs have not ensured that all registration fees for their swimmers are paid. Event flyers should make payment details clear. 9. MSWA has budgeted on 550 swimmers registering for the National Championships next year. 10. MSWA will not sanction the Albany OWS next Easter. It was adjudged that Albany does not have the organisation necessary to ensure a safe swim. MSWA has decided not to provide support for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND DEADLINE My thanks to everyone who has helped by sending items to Snappets this year and to Barry Green, Pamela Walter, Marg Watson, Stuart Gray, Jackie Egan and Peter Lyster for their words and photos contributed to this issue. The deadline for the first issue for the new year is Friday 19 th January, Happy Christmas to you all and great swimming in 2018! Merilyn Burbidge mburbidge@westnet.com.au Sponsored by HBF Stadium Page 7

8 STADIUM MASTERS SWIMMING CLUB INC NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The club annual general meeting will be held in the Cottesloe Crabs Club Rooms (at the outdoor 8 lane pool), HBF Stadium, Mt Claremont at 2 pm Saturday 13 January 2018 This meeting should 1. hear the President s report and the Treasurer s report for vote on Special Resolution 1: That the Model General Rules (with minimal changes as indicated) pursuant to the Associations Incorporation Act 2015 be adopted by the Stadium Masters Swimming Club to replace the present club constitution. Note: WA law requires that the Constitution be changed. 3. vote on Ordinary Resolution 2: That the new By-Laws compliant with the Associations Incorporation Act 2015 be adopted by the Stadium Masters Swimming Club to replace the present By-Laws. 4. vote on Ordinary Resolution 3: Should the general meeting approve both resolutions 1 and 2 above, that the Management Committee be elected in conformity with the requirements of the new constitution. 5. approve the budget for in the case of the approval of Special Resolution 1, elect the new office bearers for the Management Committee. (All official positions will be declared vacant.) 7. deal with any other business. The swim awards for 2017, the aerobic star awards and club aerobic awards will be presented after the above business has been transacted. Please note that, at a general meeting, 20% of members present in person constitute a quorum, so I hope that as many members as necessary will attend to ensure this. Those who come, please bring a plate of nibbles so that after the meeting afternoon tea can be enjoyed by all. Note: Under the present constitution, change can be effected only by special resolution. This requires a majority of not less than three-fourths of the members of the Association. Given the average attendance at previous Annual General Meetings it will be essential to rely on proxy voting. The form below must be completed, signed and sent to the Club Secretary to be received before the meeting. Barry Green President 2017 PROXY FORM for the Stadium Masters Swimming Club Annual General Meeting 13 January 2018 Special Resolution 1: That the Model General Rules (with minimal changes as indicated) pursuant to the Associations Incorporation Act 2015 be adopted by the Stadium Masters Swimming Club to replace the present club constitution. Name and signature of the member appointing a Proxy:... Name of Proxy:... Note: For a proxy vote to count, the person naming the proxy must not be present at the meeting, but the person nominated to be a proxy for that member, must be present. The name of the Proxy may be a Management Committee office holder e.g. President, Vice President, Secretary, or Treasurer. Sponsored by HBF Stadium Page 8

Stadium Masters Swimming Club Inc November 2017

SNAPPETS Stadium Masters Swimming Club Inc www.stadiummasters.org.au November 2017 PRESIDENT The weather and water temperature are now absolutely ideal for swim training so I hope that swimmers take advantage