The Hills Swimming & Life Saving Club Inc www.thehills.swimming.org.au 2017 2018 Annual Report
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Patron President Vice Presidents Secretary Registrar Treasurer Swimming Secretary Friday Night Swimming Convenor Life Saving Secretary Officials 2017 2018 The Hon. Alex Hawke MP, Member for Mitchell Judy Wartmann Alan Kerruish Graham Taylor Kemton Cline Andrew Whitton Judy Wartmann Greg Dickson Danyal Bloomfield Colin Jarvis Melanie Williams Tuesday Night Life Saving Secretary Sandra Richardson Chief Recorder Publicity Officers Social Secretary Delegates Elected Members of the Management Committee Public Officer Additional Roles: Website Co-ordinator Uniform Officer Member Protection Information Officer David Delaney Swimming Life Saving Carly Kirk Swimming Life Saving Mark Harvie Pam Stanley Graham Taylor, Alan Kerruish, Pedro Barbosa Sandra Richardson, Melanie Williams, Damian Hofman Kerry Hallam, Charlene Easton, Ben Fishburn Graham Taylor Narelle Harvie Charlene Easton Sandra Richardson, Judy Wartmann 3
Club Captains Derek Emery Award Denis Robinson Award Waves Scholarship Award Coach s Swimmer of the Year Club Roll of Honour Pauline Allan Alan Kerruish Sandra Richardson Pam Stanley Graham Taylor Melanie Williams 2017 2018 Swimming Life Saving Olivia Burns Leila Dickson Alyssa Callum Loryn Gordon Life Members Lauren Wheeler and Gavin Bloomfield Jayme Cline and Jordan Hodgers Damian Hofman Mark Payne Norm Stanley Tony Stanley Marilyn Tobin Steve Williams 4
Swimming Representatives Preston Andrews Australian Age LC 2017 2018, NSW and Australian Championships NSW Ashlee Bloomfield Australian Age LC NSW Loryn Gordon Australian Age LC NSW Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC, Speedo Sprint Finalist Open LC, Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC, Member of SNSW Lane Ropes to Leadership Team Open LC, Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC Trinity Loader Australian Open Water NSW Age LC, Age SC, Open Water, Metropolitan SC Darcy Andrews NSW and NSW Championships Open Water, Metropolitan LC, Member of SNSW Lane Ropes to Leadership Team Gavin Bloomfield NSW Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC Olivia Burns NSW Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Member of SNSW Lane Ropes to Leadership Team Alexander Clarence NSW Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC, Speedo Sprint Finalist 5
and NSW Championships (cont) Jayan Easton NSW Age SC, Metropolitan SC SMNW SC Andrew Easton NSW Age SC SMNW SC Kiara Gordon NSW Age SC Estelle Gould NSW Raymond Gu NSW Age SC Emma Hallam NSW Age SC Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC, Member of SNSW Lane Ropes to Leadership Team Jake Hallam NSW Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC Amelia Harvie NSW Elizabeth Harvie NSW Age LC, Speedo Sprint Finalist Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC, Member of SNSW Lane Ropes to Leadership Team Jarrod Hogan NSW Age SC, Member of SNSW Lane Ropes to Leadership Team Sophie Jarvis NSW Age LC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC Alex Lee NSW Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC, Speedo Sprint Finalist Eric Lee NSW Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC, Speedo Sprint Finalist 6
and NSW Championships (cont) Lily Louden NSW Age SC, Metropolitan SC Jeffrey Lu NSW Age LC, Metropolitan LC Sam Moeser NSW Speedo Sprint Silver Medallist Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC, Member of SNSW Lane Ropes to Leadership Team Callum Thomas NSW Age LC, Metropolitan LC Lauren Wheeler NSW Age SC, Metropolitan SC Elijah Whitton NSW Age LC Chloe Whyte NSW Metropolitan SC Chloe Wilson NSW Age SC, Speedo Sprint Finalist Sarah Woodbury NSW Age LC, Age SC SMNW SC 7
Championships Suzanna Andrews, Speedo Sprint Silver Medallist Sapphrine Andrews Amelia Brice SMNW SC Ruby Carter Speedo Sprint Finalist Harry Carter Speedo Sprint Finalist Stephanie Clarence, Speedo Sprint Finalist Nathan Cline Kyan Davies Kanako Delaney Jordyn Eldred Maggie Grieve SMNW LC, Speedo Sprint Finalist Branden Hogan Elle Jessen Krystal Jessen Riyon Mudannayake Speedo Sprint Gold Medallist Darcy Payne Speedo Sprint Finalist Xavier Saffy Speedo Sprint Finalist Blake Scanlan Sarah Song Emily Taylor Lachlan Taylor SMNW LC, Speedo Sprint Finalist 8
Swimming Point Score Competition 2017/2018 Girls Boys 1 st Joyce Zhao 1 st Jarratt Allan 2 nd Gemma Callum 2 nd Georgios Anastas 3 rd Madison Zahra 3 rd Nathan Cline 4 th Rochelle Hartawan 4 th Riyon Mudannayake 5 th Kanako Delaney 5 th Isaac Chevalier 6 th Rebecca Hogan 6 th Daniel O Donnell 7 th Alina Hawron 7 th Aaron Chevalier 8 th Kenuli Mudannayake 8 th Jackson Grofski 9 th Elizabeth McShane, Sarah Song 9 th 10 th Leila Dickson, Alyssa Hawlow 10 th Elijah Whitton Swimming Point Score Gold Awards Andrew Anastas, Zane Callum, Orlando Lau, Xavier Saffy Girls Boys Sapphrine Andrews Jordyn Eldred Darcy Andrews Arthur Hawron Suzanna Andrews Maggie Grieve Preston Andrews Branden Hogan Olivia Burns Jackie Hogan Alexander Borg Jarrod Hogan Alyssa Callum Elle Jessen Daniel Carter Murdoch Lau Ruby Carter Imogen Jessen Harry Carter Reuben Matthews Natalie Clarence Krystal Jessen Ryan Chai Samuel Moeser Amy Csizmadia Trinity Loader Alexander Clarence Ben O Donnell Keira Davies Lucy Scanlan Kyan Davies Clancy Payne Ella Dickson Sophie Turner Adam Dickson Blake Scanlan Keira Dostine Charlotte Zahra Samuel Duggan Scott Stoneham Jake Hallam Chayce Hatchett Kaidan Hatchett Lachlan Taylor Callum Thomas Jacob Whitton 9
Swimming Point Score Silver Awards Girls Boys Mackenzie Abood Gabriella McBrien Ashton Allen Cameron Liou Chelsea Arnold Alanah Mobilia Thomas Andrews Scott Moeser Ashlee Bloomfield Caitlin Moeser Alfred Chen Ben Pentland Esther Bonser Caroline Moeser Andrew Easton Murray Rankin Sophia Bonser Lily Moeser James Easton Roy Rankin Amelia Brice Lilly Nicholson Thomas Edwards Flynn Scanlan Georgia Burns Tanisha Nizic Jesse Eldred Lachlan Stoneham Jayme Cline Zoe Stephen Benjamin Gilbert Elliot Thomas Stephanie Clarence Skyla Stewart Ryan Hadlow Joel Thomas Sarah Dickson Emily Taylor Aiden Hawron Harry Thompson Kiara Gordon Addison Wainwright Alexander Hazell Paul Turner Loryn Gordon Kiera Wainwright Ewan Holloway Eric Wang Mia Green Michelle Wang Alex Lee Jackson Ward Emma Hallam Emily Ward Eric Lee Kobi Wilson Amelia Harvie Chloe Whyte Joseph Lim Elizabeth Harvie Chloe Wilson Estella Huang Monique Yiu Tori Jackson Mia Young Rebecca Jarvis Sophie Young Sophie Jarvis Swimming Point Score Bronze Awards Girls Boys Chand Dhatt Catherine Richter Riley Abrahams Callum Lee Tara Dhatt Olivia Stoneham Gavin Bloomfield Jeffrey Lu Estelle Gould Lexi Wainwright Ned Cane Christian McBrien Victoria Hazell Lauren Wheeler Veer Dhatt Thomas McShane Maiana Holloway Jenny Whiteley Charlie Hadlow Thomas Pentland Charli Meldrum Abbey Whyte Atticus Holloway Henry Zhai Abbie Nicholson Madison Whyte Marcus Hu 10
6 years 7 years 8 years 9 years 10 years 11 years 12 years 13 years 14 years 15 years 16 years Swimming Age Champions 2017 2018 Girls Boys 1 st Rebecca Hogan 1 st Christian McBrien 6 years 2 nd Olivia Stoneham 2 nd Flynn Scanlan 1 st Chand Dhatt 1 st Aaron Chevalier 7 years 2 nd Murdoch Lau 3 rd Elliot Thomas 1 st Stephanie Clarence 1 st Riyon Mudannayake 2 nd Ella Dickson 8 years 2 nd Jacob Whitton 3 rd Abbey Whyte 3 rd Jackson Ward 1 st Suzanna Andrews 1 st Ewan Holloway 2 nd Ruby Carter 9 years 2 nd Blake Scanlan 3 rd Mia Young 3 rd Nathan Cline 1 st Elizabeth Harvie 1 st Reuben Matthews 2 nd Maggie Grieve 10 years 2 nd Elijah Whitton 3 rd Joyce Zhao 3 rd Jarratt Allan 1 st Esther Bonser 1 st Alexander Clarence 2 nd Gemma Callum 11 years 2 nd Kyan Davies 3 rd Alyssa Hadlow 3 rd Daniel O Donnell Equal Emma Hallam 1 st Equal 2 nd Amelia Harvie Kanako Delaney 12 years Leila Dickson 1 st Jake Hallam 2 nd Lachlan Taylor 3 rd Keira Wainwright 3 rd Jesse Eldred Equal Preston Andrews 1 st Sophie Turner 13 years 1 st Callum Thomas 2 nd Chloe Whyte 2 nd Alex Lee 3 rd Chloe Wilson 3 rd Joseph Lim 1 st Loryn Gordon 1 st Jarrod Hogan 2 nd Jordyn Eldred 14 years 2 nd Adam Dickson 3 rd Sapphrine Andrews 3 rd Andrew Easton 1 st Ashlee Bloomfield 1 st Samuel Moeser 2 nd Sophie Jarvis 15 years 2 nd Darcy Andrews 3 rd Sarah Dickson 3 rd Atticus Holloway 1 st Olivia Burns 2 nd Tara Dhatt 16 years 1 st Alexander Borg 17 years 1 st Jayme Cline 17 years 1 st Gavin Bloomfield 25/06/2018 1 st Natalie Clarence Annual Report 2017/2018 1 st Kemton Cline Adults 2 nd Caroline Moeser Adults 2 nd Scott Stoneham 11
Life Saving Representatives 2017 2018 Australian Pool Life Saving Championships Meryl Churchill Max Gonzalez Nadene Hennessy-Rasmussen Jenny Whiteley NSW & Australian Pool Life Saving Championships Sapphrine Andrews Keeley Booth Lachlan Braddish Jayme Cline Kemton Cline Jack Curran Blake Hessel Jordan Hodgers Rachel Wood Teana Hodgers Kaylah Holmes Elle Jessen Karli Musarra Keaton Pollington Bailey Proud James Segon Bronte Smith NSW Pool Life Saving Championships Emilie Chandran Natalie Chandran Nathan Cline Katelynn Doyle Kimberley Doyle Pam Stanley Jess Eldred Jordan Eldred Ben Fishburn Krystal Jessen Marissa Lonsdale 12
Life Saving Point Score Competition Sir Ronald Irish Trophy 2017/2018 Awarded for the highest point score for combined attendance club nights, training and carnivals. Girls Boys 1 st Jordyn Eldred 1 st Nathan Cline Equal 2 nd Elle Jessen Krystal Jessen 2 nd Jesse Eldred 3 rd Sapphrine Andrews 3 rd Jordan Hodgers Life Saving Point Score Trophy Recipients Girls Boys Eimaear Kelly Marissa Lonsdale James Segon Emilie Chandran Natalie Chandran Lucas Chandran Erin Osborne Olivia Osborne Robert Kelly Jayme Cline Katelynn Doyle Kimberley Doyle Roisin Kelly Sarah Osborne Teana Hodgers 13
Life Saving Age Champions 2017 2018 Girls Boys Under 10 years 10-11 years 12-13 years Under 16 years 1 st Emilie Chandran Under 1 st Nathan Cline 2 nd Eimear Kelly 10 2 nd Lucas Chandran years Equal 1 st Elle Jessen Natalie Chandran 2 nd Krystal Jessen 1 st Teana Hodgers 1 st Jesse Eldred 12-13 2 nd Roisin Kelly 2 nd Robert Kelly years 3 rd Marissa Lonsdale 1 st 2 nd Sapphrine Andrews Jordyn Eldred Under 19 years 1 st Jayme Cline Under 2 nd Sarah Osborne 19 3 rd Olivia Osborne years 1 st Jordan Hodgers Open 1 st Ben Fishburn 30-44 years 1 st Kemton Cline 14
President s Report The 2017/2018 season has no doubt been a season of change and hard work for The Hills Swimming and Life Saving Club. Enthusiastic members of the Management Committee have led the way and formed a great team that have achieved success. This past year has been busy for all our competitive members, both swimming and/or life saving. Whether a member is swimming 1 event at an interclub meet on a Sunday or 10 events at a National competition everyone is always proud to don the blue and white and represent The Hills. Key results are highlighted in the individual reports following. The 2017/2018 season began with our Registration Day, combined with Waves Fitness and Aquatic Centre s Open Day, last September. This day gave us the opportunity to welcome and guide many of our 132 new members, organise uniforms and cook up a storm on the BBQ. It was great to have past Australian swimmer Geoff Huegill and Yampu, the Optus Dolphin with us on the day. Thank you to everyone, not just committee members that helped to make the day a success. Our club celebrates the successes of each and every member. This was done on 25 June 2018 at the Toongabbie Sports Club. Thank you to Carly Kirk for securing the venue to host this annual event. Finding a location that can accommodate all our members and their families is no easy task. 25 weeks sped by fast and before we knew it our Tuesday and Friday evening programs were completed for yet another season. These programs are organised, managed and run completely by volunteers. Life savers that were trained at our club willingly mentor our newer and younger members, assisting them to complete their RLSSA awards. The backbone of our Tuesday night life saving program are Life Members Melanie Williams and Sandra Richardson. Our Friday night swim club competition has been managed this past season by Colin Jarvis with David Delaney, sitting quietly recording all the data. We are truly grateful for the roles these men have played in the running of our Friday night program. Of course, this work by these 2 volunteers is only worthwhile if we have life members, Graham Taylor and Alan Kerruish present to guide our swimmers on correct stroke techniques the members of our club will be forever in debt to these 2 gentlemen and the service they provide for us. We also appreciate the parents that volunteer their services without you we could not run our Friday night program. To show appreciation for the continued support of Friday night swim club, throughout the season, our Friday Swim Club Convenor, Colin Jarvis recorded the names of the volunteers that helped out each week. The names were placed in a draw, with the prize being, 1 competitive membership for the 2018/2019 season. The winner of the swimming volunteer award for the 2017/2018 season is the Chevalier family. 15
2017/2018 Friday night swim club saw swimmers not only focusing on swimming PB s but also on achieving Progression Times and attempting to swim longer distances. Swimmers received certificates to recognise these achievements at our Annual Award s Presentation. Once again, Flip Out, Castle Hill generously provided us with gift certificates to present to our Swimmer of the Week, whilst the Aqua Shop provided the gift vouchers that we handed to the Swimmers of the Month over the summer period. These Swimmers of the Month also received Belgravia Leisure/The Hills Swimming and Life Saving Club endorsed certificates and swim caps. Nothing gives me greater pleasure than chatting with swimmers on a Friday evening and hearing about their PB s or sitting in the stands at SOPAC, watching swimmers of all ages swim, striving to achieve qualifying times for their next meet. The road to competing at a higher level of aquatic competition, be it swimming and/or life saving, is long and arduous, it requires dedication to hours of training regardless of the weather, early mornings and at times it can mean sacrificing social outings with friends. Behind all our competitive members are dedicated parents, parents that provide a constant taxi service, laundry service and catering service to fuel our swimmers to keep them going. Whilst they may not always remember to say the words, Thank you to us, the satisfied look on their faces at the finish of an event, says it all. Publicity, promotion and fundraising for the club have been a prime focus this season. The support for our Friday night BBQ has been overwhelming, with many of our families taking the opportunity to have a night off from cooking to enjoy the gastronomical delights cooked up on our BBQ. Thank you to Damian Callum and his employer, Dick Stone Meats for assisting with our BBQ supplies. Our Friday night raffles, Christmas raffle and Final End of Summer Season raffle have been supported by not just our club members but also patrons of the Waves Fitness and Aquatic Centre. We are grateful to the centre management for granting us permission to sell the tickets throughout the centre. Along with our regular Bunning s BBQ, this season saw us operating our inaugural Saturday morning car wash. Club members had lots of fun with the soap and water. Thank you to our Swimming Publicity Officer Mark Harvie for organising and promoting this event. All monies raised this season have been put towards the shortfall of funds we require to replace the outdated and broken diving blocks. We have been fortunate to secure a NSW State Government Communities Building Partnerships Grant, from our local member for Baulkham Hills, The Honourable David Elliot MP, that has partially covered the purchase price of 8 new Omega diving blocks and 1 backstroke ledge. We are grateful to Daren Price and Sinnathamby Sivapiragasam from the Building Assets Team at The Hills Shire Council for the advice and support they have given over the past 12 months. Both Daren and Siva are responsible for organising the work order and funding needed for the modification to the pool deck which is required to fit the new dive blocks. We anticipate that we will be commencing the 2018/2019 season with Omega diving blocks in place. The new diving blocks are not only for our club members but will allow all members of the Hills shire community access to superior starting equipment at their local 50m pool. Daren Price and Sinnathamby Sivapiragasam from The Hills Shire Council are also the men responsible for organising the funding and supplier to replace the severely worn, hazardous carpet in the clubhouse thank you. All user groups of our clubhouse are most appreciative. 16
Along with receiving grant funding to assist with the purchase of the new Omega dive blocks we are also grateful for grant funding received from: o Department of Social Services Volunteer Grant recommended to us by The Honourable Alex Hawke MP, Federal Member for Mitchell. The money received from this grant was used to purchase a new BBQ and the laptop required to operate our Friday Night Swim Club. o NSW State Government Local Sport Grant Program, The Honourable David Elliot MP, Member for Baulkham Hills. The money received from the grant was used to purchase 3 new shade shelters, which we have all seen in use numerous times throughout this season. Early in the 2017/2018 season the swimmers headed off on a road trip to compete at the Woy Woy Long Course Qualifying Meet at the Peninsula Leisure Centre at Woy Woy on NSW Central Coast. After 2 days of competing the team was able to relax on the Saturday afternoon in the spa at the Mantra at Ettalong, followed by dinner and dancing. BBQ breakfast for everyone on the Sunday morning on the foreshores of Brisbane Water was followed by team building games organised by our Games Master Colin Jarvis. The 2017/2018 season saw the launch of Swimming NSW Lane Ropes to Leadership program. 7 of our members attended a Youth Leadership camp at Vision Valley. The aim of the camp was to upskill the young leaders of our sport in the areas of coaching, technical officiating, event management, public speaking, personal development in order to help create an environment which encourages teenagers to keep swimming. Following this camp 3 of our members went on to complete their first Technical Official assessments. Congratulations to Darcy Andrews, Ashlee Bloomfield and Olivia Burns. Swimming Australia s Optus Junior Dolphins program continued throughout this season. We held a small Optus Junior Dolphin s event on a Saturday morning in November. This event was organised and managed by the young members of our club who were involved with the SNSW Lane Ropes to Leadership program and our Club Captains. Dolphin Trainers, Danyal Bloomfield and Charlene Easton, watched over our little Optus Junior Dolphins along with past Australian Dolphin, Kurt Herzog and Yampu the Optus Dolphin. This year s 12 & Under Development meet was held as a twilight meet. Once again it was open to all members of the swimming community along with any of our local primary school children that wanted the opportunity to compete in a swimming carnival. We are grateful to The Hills Shire Council and Waves Facility Manager Amanda Lenton for allowing us to have full use of the pool for this significant club event. Thanks must go to Graham Taylor, for organising enough extra Technical Officials for us to be able to hold this meet. The winners of the Primary School Trophy s were for the girls, Jasper Road Public School and for the boys, St Michaels Primary School. 17
To our Club Captains for life saving, Jayme and Jordan and Swimming Lauren and Gavin - thank you. Every time I have asked for your help, your immediate response was yes. Throughout the season you have led by example and have worked well together to ensure our younger members had a fun time at the Optus Junior Dolphins event in November, the Christmas Party and the 12 & Under Development Meet. Thank you for displaying such confident leadership skills and contributing to our Annual Awards Presentation. Our swimming coaches, Pedro Barbosa, Greg McWhirter, Germán Pujol, Roderick Yeung and, Diana Torosian and our life saving coach, Andrew Bowden, we are forever grateful for your commitment, guidance, support, patience and the many hours that you devote to each and every one of our athletes. The awards our members have received with Swimming Australia s Junior Excellence Program are testament to the dedication the swim coaches have made to our members. From 87 awards in the 2016/2017 season, we have made it to triple figures and have received 103 awards for the 2017/2018 season. Amanda Lenton, and the staff from Belgravia Leisure that operate the Waves Fitness and Aquatic Centre we are continuously appreciative of the use you allow us to have of the fully-staffed facility Tuesday and Friday evenings and Sunday morning. This season we were also privileged to have the use of your facility for both our swimming and life saving carnivals. Vouchers donated by the facility were used as fundraising raffle prizes in our Final End of Summer Season Raffle. Thank you! We look forward to continuing this partnership throughout the 2018/2019 season. The Hills Swimming and Life Saving Club does not run on its own. It takes a small army of volunteers to co-ordinate club nights, fundraising, competitive and social events. The work these people do is in addition to looking after their families and their regular paid employment. Thank you to the members of the Management Committee for your commitment and selfless service to our club this past year. It has been wonderful to work with such like-minded members, volunteers that are willing to devote their spare time to helping our members achieve their dreams and make their experience in the sport of swimming and life saving pleasurable and memorable. After a total of 7 seasons on the Management Committee of The Hills Swimming and Life Saving Club Inc, 7 seasons as Registrar, 3 seasons as Registrar and Vice President and the past 2 seasons as Registrar and President I feel the time has come for me to move aside. In the past 2 years as President I have witnessed the club grow by 15% and embrace change. It was an honour to be President of the club as we celebrated 50 years of The Hills. The support and enthusiasm I have received from the Management Committee has been immeasurable. Decisions we have made have always had the best interests of the club and its members in the foremost. It has been an absolute privilege to be able to serve on this committee with the club s 2 Vice Presidents, Graham Taylor and Alan Kerruish, who between them have a combined knowledge exceeding 80 years. Thank you also to all the club members and parents for your continued support. No matter where I am, be assured, I will still be watching with much fondness, the achievements of the competitors wearing the blue and white of The Hills. JUDY WARTMANN President 18
Swimming Competition Report It s been an exciting and very busy year for our team of athletes and families of The Hills Swimming & Life Saving Club. We have had many new members this season join our family, and they have competed in a variety of carnivals some in their first carnival, and others in, State and National levels. Swimming Metro North West SC An enthusiastic team of 66 competitors spent the June long weekend attending the Winter area Championships at SOPAC. It was a successful weekend with 19 gold, 21 silver and 20 bronze medals. Congratulations to age champions, Trinity Loader (13), Alexander Clarence (10) and Suzanna Andrews (8). NSW Metropolitan SC Championships This event took place from 14-16 July at SOPAC with 18 competitors representing The Hills. It was great to see 4 new debutants (Alexander Clarence, Alex Lee, Jake Hallam & Chloe Whyte) do their best. Our team finished with 16PB s and 4 top ten places. Special mention to: Preston Andrews 100m Freestyle State Qualifying time Ashlee Bloomfield 100m Backstroke & 100m Freestyle State Qualifying time Alexander Clarence 100m Butterfly State Qualifying time Alex Lee 100m Butterfly State Qualifying time Samuel Moeser 100m Butterfly State Qualifying time Congratulations to all our representatives on a successful meet. 19
SOPAC SC Qualifying Meet Our first targeted SC season carnival under our new Head Coach Pedro Barbosa, was extremely successful. 39 competitors achieved an amazing 103 PB s from 179 individual swims. Special mention to Sam Moeser for securing a State Qualifying time for 200m Butterfly, and also to Aaron Wartmann for securing State Qualifying times for 100m Backstroke, 400m & 1500m Freestyle. NSW 13 & Over State SC Championships Over the weekend of 25th-27th August, a small team of 18 swimmers competed in these championships at SOPAC. 11 swimmers gave it their all in their individual events, achieving 11 new PB's with a stand out swim by Aaron Wartmann. Aaron qualified for his 1500m Freestyle only a couple of weeks earlier, but managed a huge 15.41 second PB on the first night of competition! Congratulations to all swimmers for qualifying and competing so well. NSW 12 & Under State SC Championships SOPAC was again the place to be over 9th-10th September, our younger swimmers took part in the 12 & Under State Championships. Four determined swimmers hit the water for their individual events, achieving 12 PB s! Eric Lee had a fantastic 100m Freestyle race, finishing with a bronze medal! Alexander Clarence also had a fantastic 50m Freestyle race, finishing with a bronze medal! Both swimmers finished the competition with another 2 top 10 finishes each. Our 8 State Relay members, including debutant Jake Hallam, enthusiastically took to the pool. Both the boy s and girl s teams achieved double PB s. The boy s managed a top 10 finish in both their Freestyle and Medley relays amazing. Congratulations to all our younger representatives on a very successful meet. 20
Woy Woy LC Qualifying Meet It is time for a road trip. 47 competitors and their families headed to Woy Woy over the weekend of 20 th -22 nd October. The competition in the pool produced some fantastic results with a huge 153 PB s. Special mention to the following competitors for their amazing results: Emma Hallam 200m IM... 24.32s PB Jarrod Hogan 200m Backstroke... 29.15s PB Branden Hogan 800m Freestyle... 27.49s PB Trinity Loader 800m Freestyle... 35.2s PB 400m Freestyle... 23.39s PB Sam Moeser 200m Butterfly... 25.97s PB What an amazing and fun weekend away. Well done to all swimmers, and thank you to the coaches and families who helped make this weekend a success. SMSW Open Water On 22 nd October the International Regatta Centre at Penrith saw 2 Hills Swimming & Life Saving Club members participate in the 5km event. Darcy Andrews secured a NSW State Open Water qualifying time, and Kemton Cline achieved a 3.5min PB Well done to you both on a successful day. Nutrition Station Open Water The Nepean Swim Club s open water event was held at the International Regatta Centre on 28 th October. The 2.5km event was tackled by 3 debutant open water swimmers. Special congratulations to Emily Taylor for finishing 3 rd in her age group. The 5km event was tackled by 3 accomplished open water swimmers. Special congratulations to Aaron Wartmann on securing a National Open Water qualifying time with an improvement of 5.5min, and to Trinity Loader for achieving her first National Open Water qualifying time. Congratulations to all our representatives who competed. 21
SMNW Summer Championships Our Summer Championships were held at SOPAC over the weekend of 4th-5th November, and at Windsor on 11th November (for the long distance component). 58 competitors, including first timers, gave it their all with some fantastic results after two long days of competition. Our team came away with 20 Gold, 26 Silver and 32 Bronze, and included a huge 224 individual PB s. Our relay teams had the supporters on edge, with special congratulations going to our 10x50m handicap relay team who placed for the first time ever. Acknowledgement of amazing achievements goes to: Elizabeth Harvie 50m Freestyle State qualifying time Kyan Davies 800m Freestyle...32.93s PB Trinity Loader 1500m Freestyle... 42.93s PB Emily Taylor 800m Freestyle... 73.13s PB Congratulations to all competitors on a successful meet, and a huge thank you to Pedro for his preparation, support and encouragement. NSW Metropolitan Championships These Championships took place over the weekend of 24th-26th November at SOPAC. We welcomed first time Metro swimmers Darcy Andrews and Jeffrey Lu. The competition in the pool was tough and our 15 swimmers took up the challenge. Some stand out results were: Alexander Clarence Gold 100m Freestyle, Bronze 100m Backstroke Preston Andrews 4th 100m Freestyle Jeffrey Lu 5th 100m Butterfly Estelle Gould 7th 100m Breaststroke Loryn Gordon 7th 100m Breaststroke, and achieved 3 State Open Qualifying times Ashlee Bloomfield achieved 3 State Open Qualifying times Congratulations to all swimmers for qualifying and swimming so well. NSW State Open Water Championships Held at Penrith Regatta Centre on 9th and 10th December, 5 eager competitors took to the water in the 2.5km JX event and 2 of our senior competitors hit the water later in the day for the 5km event. 22
NSW 10U-12 Yrs State Age Championships 7 of our young Hills representatives competed at SOPAC on 12th-13th December, to give it their best over the 2 days. Congratulations to: Alexander Clarence - Silver medals in 50m Freestyle and 100m Freestyle. Well done to all who qualified and competed. NSW 13-18 Yrs State Age Championships 9 of our senior swimmers represented The Hills at SOPAC over the 6 days of competition from 15th-20th December. Our team was rewarded with 14 PB s. Ashlee Bloomfield competed in her first State finals in 200m Backstroke and 50m Freestyle. Loryn Gordon competed in her first State finals in 100m and 200m Breaststroke. Both girls earned themselves National Age qualifying times. Congratulations on achieving some amazing results. NSW State Open Championships On the weekend of 19th-21st January, Loryn Gordon and Ashlee Bloomfield stepped out with the big girls at their first Open Championships, which were held at SOPAC. Ashlee competed in 5 events, beginning and ending the meet on a high with PB s. Loryn competed in 3 events, and also finished on a high with a PB. Well done to both girls for qualifying and swimming well at their first Open s meet. Australian Age Open Water Championships On the final weekend of January, our only Open Water swimmer, Trinity Loader, travelled to South Australia to compete in her first ever Australian Age Open Water Championships. Under the guidance of head coach Pedro Barbosa, Trinity was rewarded with an amazing 19.66s PB. Congratulations on your achievement. 23
The Hills Development Carnival On 3rd February, our own home carnival was held. With 76 Hills swimmers competing, an amazing medal haul was achieved. 27 Gold, 33 Silver and 34 Bronze, with 151 PB s! Recognition to the following swimmers and their efforts: Andrew Anastas 200m IM... 14.57s PB Sophia Bonser 100m Freestyle... 24.61s PB Chand Dhatt 50m Breaststroke... 11.32s PB Ella Dickson 200m IM... 19.96s PB Leila Dickson 200m IM... 24.33s PB Samuel Duggan 200m IM... 15.59s PB Elizabeth Harvie 100m Butterfly... 24.93s PB Branden Hogan 200m IM... 14.28s PB Blake Scanlan 200m IM... 23.97s PB Sophie Young 200m IM... 16.04s PB Special thanks to our medal presenter, Timothy Hodge Australian Dolphin & Paralympian, for taking time out of his busy schedule to help make our day a success. Congratulations to our team of eager swimmers for such a successful result. Speedo Sprint Heats Sunday 11th February 62 keen younger club members competed in our area Speedo Sprints at the Ruth Everess Aquatic Centre. It was a fantastic day with amazing results. Congratulations to the following swimmers who made it through to Speedo Sprint Finals: Preston Andrews, Suzanna Andrews, Harry Carter, Ruby Carter, Alexander Clarence, Stephanie Clarence, Maggie Grieve, Jake Hallam, Alex Lee, Eric Lee, Jeffrey Lu, Riyon Mudannayake, Darcy Payne, Xavier Saffy, Lachlan Taylor and Elijah Whitton. Well done to all who competed, including first timers. 24
NSW Speedo Sprint Finals Under the Metro North West banner, 16 Hills swimmers attended the NSW Speedo Sprint Finals on 10th March at SOPAC. Many PB s were achieved throughout the day. Special mention to: Riyon Mudannayake Gold 8yr Boys 50m Breaststroke Jeffrey Lu - Silver 10yr Boys 50m Butterfly. Congratulations to all who competed at this State meet. Georgina Hope Foundation Australian Age Championships Australian Age Championships were held at SOPAC on 21st-28th April. The Hills had 3 swimmers give their all at their first ever National level competition. Congratulations to : Ashlee Bloomfield 50m Freestyle and 100m Freestyle (improving her ranking in both races) Preston Andrews 50m Freestyle Loryn Gordon 100m Breastroke and 200m Breastroke (achieving PB s and greatly improving her ranking in both races). It s been a very busy, and successful year for our Club. Congratulations to all members and special thanks to our coaches Pedro, Greg, Diana, German and Roderick, for their preparation, support and encouragement. DANYAL BLOOMFIELD Swimming Secretary 25
Life Saving Report The Life Saving section of the club has once again enjoyed a successful twelve months and we are proud of all the achievements and performances of all our members. We were able to maintain our membership numbers with both new and returning members who were enthusiastic not only in completing their Royal Life Saving Award but also by competing at the interclub carnivals, State Championships and the Australian Pool Life Saving Championship held in Adelaide. Tuesday Nights The Life Saving Committee would like to thank our Team of Instructors for all their hard work throughout the season. The strength of the life saving program is due to their support every Tuesday night throughout the summer season. Ben Fishburn Olivia Osborne Cameron Smalley Sarah Osborne Jordan Hodgers Jayme Cline Jayme Cline and Jordan Hodgers were the Life Saving Club Captains and we thank them for their assistance and commitment to their role this season. Interclub Carnivals and NSW State Championships The Hills hosted its 38th Annual Life Saving Carnival with competitors attending from the other metropolitan clubs. Thank you to the club officials and parents who assisted on the day. The Hills Lifesavers were again successful at this year s Royal Life Saving Society State Presentation. The Life Saving section of The Hills Swimming & Life Saving Club won the Society Centenary Shield for the overall winner at the State Championships. On the next page is a summary of RLSS Honours and trophies won by Hills members on the night. 26
Trophy Name Awarded For Winner John Stacpoole Memorial Trophy Honour Pam Stanley RLSSA Companion Honour Damian Hofman Long Service Star Honour Norm Stanley Areva Shield U/16 Male Super Lifesaver Keaton Pollington The NSW State Team Trophy Open Womens Obstacles Rachel Wood C W Heyde Trophy Open Womens 100m Manikin Carry Rachel Wood Nerida Murray Open Womens Super Lifesaver Rachel Wood Wilson Reid Trophy Open Womens Manikin Tow with Fins and Tube Rachel Wood The McLennan Shield 12-13 Boys Line Throw James Segon The McLennan Shield 12-13 Girls Line Throw Teana Hodgers Society Cup Open 4 x 50 Medley Relay The Hills A 1983 NSW State Men s Team Trophy Open 4 x 25 Manikin Relay The Hills A The Walter Scott Trophy Restricted Fin Relay The Hills A The Sue Gilmour Memorial Trophy Under 12yrs Manikin Relay The Hills The Midget Championship Trophy Pointscore Water Events 8-9 & 10-11 year The Hills The Sub-Cadet Championship Trophy Pointscore Water Events 12-13 & Under 16 The Hills WH Walker Memorial Trophy Pointscore Water Events Under 19 & Open The Hills The Club & Competition Trophy Pointscore Water Events 30-44 & 45 & Over The Hills The Society Centenary Shield Over Championship Pointscore SERC & Pool The Hills The Judge Harvey Prior Memorial Trophy Overall Interclub Pointscore The Hills 27
Individual State Champions are: Emilie Chandran (8-9 yrs Girls), Natalie Chandran (10-11yrs), Teana Hodgers & James Segon (12-13yrs), Kaylah Holmes & Blake Hessel (U/16), Keeley Booth & Jack Curran (U/19), Rachel Wood (Open) and Kemton Cline (30-44yrs) and Pam Stanley (45+yrs). Overall Interclub Pointscore Champions are: Nathan Cline & Emilie Chandran (8-9 yrs), Elle Jessen (10-11 yrs), Jesse Eldred (12-13yrs), Sapphrine Andrews (U/16), Jayme Cline & Jack Curran (Under 19), Ben Fishburn (Open), Kemton Cline (30-44yrs) and Pam Stanley (45 & over). The club won the overall Point Score Champion of the Season winning the Judge Harvey Prior Memorial Trophy for the sixteenth year in a row. Many State records were broken by Hills members this year. Katelynn Doyle 12-13 yr Girls 100m Obstacles 1:11.80 Blake Hessel Under 16 100m Manikin Tow 1:04.15 Jack Curran Under 19 Mens 50m Manikin Carry 32.78 Kaylah Holmes Jordyn Eldred Keaton Pollington Blake Hessel Teana Hodgers James Segon Kimberley & Katelynn Doyle Teana Hodgers Jesse Eldred Kimberley Doyle James Segon Sapphrine Andrews Blake Hessel Kaylah Holmes Keaton Pollington Jack Curran Bailey Proud Rachel Wood Ben Fishburn Under 16 4 x 25m Manikin Relay 1:40.66 Under 14 4 x 50m Obstacle Relay 2:20.27 Under 14 4 x 25m Manikin Relay 1:45.99 Mixed 8 x 50m Fin Relay 3:00.10 Congratulations to Pam Stanley who broke an Australian record in the 60+ yrs age group for the 100m manikin carry with fins in a time of 1:37.80. 28
Thank you to all those lifesavers who competed for our club throughout the season and at the State Championships. Each and every member helped us to achieve these great results both at the State Championships as well as throughout the season. Congratulations and keep up the good work. Thank you also to the support team composed of Sandra Richardson, Andrew Bowden, Pam Stanley, Graham Taylor and Norm Stanley for their continued commitment, assistance and dedication. We also need our parent workforce so thank you for your support throughout the season. Australian Pool Life Saving Championships 2018 Twenty-four Hills members competed at the Australian Pool Life Saving Championships 2018 at the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre, Adelaide on 11th 13th January. Our monumental club medal tally was 60 Gold, 57 Silver and 22 Bronze. Once again our Hills members dominated the NSW State team with twelve out of seventeen members - Kaylah Holmes, Blake Hessel, Keaton Pollington, Keeley Booth, Bronte Smith, Callum Lowe-Griffiths, Jack Curran, Rachel Wood, Noemi Busano, Karli Musarra, Bailey Proud and Lachlan Braddish (res) with Max Gonzalez State Team Manager with Nadene Hennessy-Rasmussen the chaperone. Our Hills team consisted of Teana Hodgers, Elle Jessen, James Segon, Jordan Hodgers, Jayme Cline, Sapphrine Andrews, Lachlan Braddish, Jenny Whiteley, Meryl Churchill, Barbara Pearce, Kemton Cline, Nadene Hennessy-Rasmussen, Max Gonzalez with Penny Hodgers The Hills Team Manager. New South Wales retained the coveted champion State title for the second year in a row, ahead of Queensland in second place, and Western Australia in third place. Highlights were Kaylah Holmes winning the U/16 overall female champion and breaking a National record in the U/16 200m obstacles, Blake Hessel came 2nd in the U/16 overall male champion, Keeley Booth came 2nd in the U/19 overall female champion while Callum Lowe-Griffiths came 3rd in the U/19 overall male champion, Teana Hodgers came 3rd in the overall U/14 Pointscore, Kemton Cline won the O/30 overall Pointscore, Jenny Whitley won the O/45 Pointscore with Meryl Churchill 3rd and Barbara Pearce won the O/60 overall Pointscore. Keeley Booth won the Shayne Baker Trophy for female U/19 200m Super Lifesaver and Callum Lowe-Griffiths won the John Stacpoole Memorial Trophy for male U/19 200m Super Lifesaver. Jenny Whitely set two new World records for the Masters M55 with a time of 3:05:41 in the 200m Super Lifesaver, and a time of 1:31:53 in the 100m rescue medley. Individual gold medal winners were: Kaylah Holmes (3), Keaton Pollington, Keeley Booth, Callum Lowe-Griffiths (2), James Segon, Kemton Cline, Jenny Whiteley (4) and Barbara Pearce (3). While not everyone was able to medal, there were great results with lots of PBs 29
Hills members selected on the National representative teams are: Junior Barras (U/16) - Kaylah Holmes and Blake Hessel Silver Barras (U/19) - Keeley Booth and Callum Lowe-Griffiths Aussie Barras (Open) - Rachel Wood Congratulations to all our members on such great results. Life Saving World Championships 2018 Adelaide Congratulations to Keeley Booth, Jack Curran & Bailey Proud on their selection on The Australian Youth World Team to compete in the National Youth Competition in November. Andrew Bowden is the Assistant Pool Coach for the Australian Life Saving Teams. Good luck to the above and The Hills Masters Team competing in the Master Competition Barbara Pearce, Jenny Whiteley, Melanie Williams, Meryl Churchill & Pam Stanley. Finally I would like to thank the Management and Staff at Waves Fitness & Aquatic Centre for their continued support of the Life Saving activities of the club and the support of the RLSS NSW office and their staff. MELANIE WILLIAMS Life Saving Secretary 30
Registrar s Report Member Reconciliation 2016/2017 MEMBERSHIP BREAKDOWN 2017/2018 Financial Year Life Members 1st Claim Swimming Life Saving Combined Optus Junior Dolphins 2nd Claim Non Swimmer 1st Claim 2nd Claim Non Swimmer 1st Claim 2nd Claim Non Swimmer Total Members as at 31 March 2017 11 135 36 1 36 26 11 4 13 0 1 274 New Members 1 61 28 3 12 9 9 2 7 0 0 132 Resignations 0 (32) (23) 0 (8) (15) (2) (2) (7) 0 0 (89) Transfer to other Clubs Members as at 31 March 2018 0 (20) (1) 0 (10) 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 (32) 12 144 40 4 30 20 18 4 12 0 1 285 With the announcement of Head Coach Clinton Camilleri s transfer to Ruth Everess Aquatic Centre and Auburn Swimming Club, 13 swimmers & 8 non swimmers 8% of our membership - chose to part ways with The Hills Swimming and Life Saving Club. Tireless work by the management of Belgravia Leisure has seen a new coaching team established and our club has benefited. We finished the 2017/2018 financial year with an overall membership growth of 4% from 31 March 2017. Our 1st claim swimmer membership started the financial year with 135 x 1st claim members aged 8 years +. The 2017/2018 financial year concluded with 144 x 1 st claim members aged 8 years + - an increase of 9 members = 6.5%. Swimming Australia s Optus Junior Dolphins Program continued again this year, providing free membership to swimmers, aged 7 years and under, as at 1 October 2017. Optus Junior Dolphins membership closed the 2016/2017 financial year at 36. 23 of these members turned 8 years of age prior to membership renewal for the 2017/2018 season. 13 out of these 23 members became full paying 1 st claim members of our club. The 2017/2018 financial year has closed with 40 Optus Junior Dolphin members, 17 of these members will have turned 8 years of age prior to membership renewal for the 2018/2019 season therefore will no longer be entitled to the privilege of free membership offered with the Optus Junior Dolphins Program. 14 members will only be eligible for free membership for 1 more season, whilst the remaining 9 members will still be eligible for free Optus Junior Dolphins membership for 2 more seasons. Both Life Saving membership and our Combined Swimming and Life Saving Membership held steady throughout the 2017/2018 financial year. JUDY WARTMANN Registrar 31
MEMBERSHIP HISTORY Life Members 1st Claim Swimming Life Saving Combined Optus Junior Dolphins 2nd Claim Non Swimmer 1st Claim 2nd Claim Non Swimmer 1st Claim 2nd Claim Non Swimmer Total Members as at 31 March 2008 Members as at 31 March 2009 Members as at 31 March 2010 Members as at 31 March 2011 Members as at 31 March 2012 Members as at 31 March 2013 Members as at 31 March 2014 Members as at 31 March 2015 Members as at 31 March 2016 Members as at 31 March 2017 Members as at 31 March 2018 7 85 0 6 35 25 15 0 8 1 0 182 7 86 0 3 17 26 24 3 4 1 1 172 7 107 0 3 25 30 21 6 9 1 3 212 8 131 0 1 21 35 13 8 15 0 1 233 11 116 0 4 19 38 14 6 10 0 0 218 11 156 0 7 31 28 16 5 6 0 2 262 11 171 0 2 42 42 12 4 5 0 2 291 11 156 0 2 35 36 9 4 3 1 3 260 11 138 0 3 36 29 13 6 7 1 2 246 11 135 36 1 36 26 11 4 13 0 1 274 12 144 40 4 30 20 18 4 12 0 1 285 32