........both clubs. Yes, it was a draw! Who would have predicted that?
South City got off to a rip roaring start in the first 2 events and had a handy points lead. But Manukau would not be denied and with each passing event the points gap got ever closer. With one event to go South City's lead had been whittled down to a miserable 2 points. The final event was the Flying Squadron Relay - 3 men and 3 women swimming as fast as they could over one 25m length. It was worth double points. Manukau took an early lead and although South City were coming back at them, South City simply ran out of pool. This win gave Manukau Masters 8 points to South City's 6, so the final tally for the challenge was South City Masters 135 points, Manukau Masters 135 points. Tie!
Both clubs thoroughly enjoyed themselves and are looking forward to the tie-breaker in February.
A huge thanks goes out to all the helpers. They are too many to name but they know who they are - the challenge manager, team manager, starter, marshall, IOT's, place judges and recorders. You did a magnificent job and it couldn't have happened without you.
Race Night
Scheduled for Wednesday 7th November. Is it really November already? I better start thinking about Christmas shopping. Events for race night will be 25 Breast or Free, 50 Free, 100 Back (NOT or free as that would defeat the next event which is), 100 IM or Free.
Bag Alert
John Shackleton from Manukau Masters is looking for his son's swimming bag which he thinks was left in the party room after the challenge meet. It is a black drawstring bag and contains a couple of towels, goggles, and some kiddy togs. Can you help get John out of the dog box? If anyone has seen this bag, come see me.
About South City Masters Swimming
- South City Masters
- To send an email click on 'view my complete profile' (below) and click on 'email'. South City Masters Swimming swim at the Lloyd Elsemore Swimming pool located on Sir Lloyd Drive in Pakuranga, Auckland. We have 3 sessions per week of 1 hour duration each. Monday evening from 7pm to 8pm, Wednesday evening from 7pm to 8pm and Sunday morning from 8am to 9am.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Friday, October 26, 2012
Inter-Club Challenge Meet On This Sunday
This Sunday, 28th October, we are hosting the first of the Inter-Club Challenges, this one to be held between South City Masters and Manukau Masters. Warm up starts and 7.00am and the racing starts at 7.30am. If you aren't racing or officiating come along and cheer your team on to victory. There is swimming at the usual time, see below.
For the challenge meet there are 2 age groups, babies and derelicts who will compete over 5 individual and 3 relay events. Here is your team:
The youngsters include Fiona Grigg, Jo Cook, Dawn Walker, Grant Sykes, David Main, Giles Walker and Lapo Nustrini.
Golden oldies include Liz Hayes, Deryn McGregor, Avy Judelson, Mark Cowling, Mark Clavey, Dave Donaldson and Mike Harrison.
There is also a very organised and highly trained group of officials including Barry Davies, John Trubnick, Tony Shacklock, Rochelle Gebbie, Angela Tomlinson, Diane Lane, Peter Lane, Anne Legg, Sally Walker, Ivo Prabbruwe and there may be one or two others whose names haven't reached me yet.
Photographer Required
If you are an enthusiastic photographer it would be great if you could come along and take some photographic evidence for the archives.
South City Club Swim: 0800 am to 0900 am
The four lanes in the recreation Pool will be available to members not taking part in the Inter Club Challenge.
A swim programme will be made available.
No Pool Charges:
There will be no Pool charges for those taking part in either the Inter Club Challenge or the South City Swim.
Other Activities This Weekend:
South City have many club members involved in other big events this weekend. No one will be named as inevitably people get left off the list, however several are off to cycle either K1 (100km) or K2 (200km) on Saturday. Sunday is Auckland Marathon day and that means we have swimmers (!) running varying distances, mostly the half marathon. We do, however, have one complete loony, and we can all guess who it is, who is cycling K1 on Saturday and then running the full marathon on Sunday. Yikes! I wonder if he will be walking on Monday?
Good luck to everyone involved in 'stuff' this weekend.
For the challenge meet there are 2 age groups, babies and derelicts who will compete over 5 individual and 3 relay events. Here is your team:
The youngsters include Fiona Grigg, Jo Cook, Dawn Walker, Grant Sykes, David Main, Giles Walker and Lapo Nustrini.
Golden oldies include Liz Hayes, Deryn McGregor, Avy Judelson, Mark Cowling, Mark Clavey, Dave Donaldson and Mike Harrison.
There is also a very organised and highly trained group of officials including Barry Davies, John Trubnick, Tony Shacklock, Rochelle Gebbie, Angela Tomlinson, Diane Lane, Peter Lane, Anne Legg, Sally Walker, Ivo Prabbruwe and there may be one or two others whose names haven't reached me yet.
Photographer Required
If you are an enthusiastic photographer it would be great if you could come along and take some photographic evidence for the archives.
South City Club Swim: 0800 am to 0900 am
The four lanes in the recreation Pool will be available to members not taking part in the Inter Club Challenge.
A swim programme will be made available.
No Pool Charges:
There will be no Pool charges for those taking part in either the Inter Club Challenge or the South City Swim.
Other Activities This Weekend:
South City have many club members involved in other big events this weekend. No one will be named as inevitably people get left off the list, however several are off to cycle either K1 (100km) or K2 (200km) on Saturday. Sunday is Auckland Marathon day and that means we have swimmers (!) running varying distances, mostly the half marathon. We do, however, have one complete loony, and we can all guess who it is, who is cycling K1 on Saturday and then running the full marathon on Sunday. Yikes! I wonder if he will be walking on Monday?
Good luck to everyone involved in 'stuff' this weekend.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Good luck Jo!
If you haven't figured out yet why super athlete Jo has been training so hard lately it's because she is competing in the WORLD triathlon championships that Auckland is lucky to be hosting this weekend. We all wish Jo the very best for Monday's race. I'm sure there is going to be an enormous crowd cheering her on, and some of them will be from South City Masters.
Go hard Jo! Tuesday can be a rest day.
Top swimmers Jason and Adam are swopping their swimsuits for running shoes the following week as they take part in the Auckland Marathon so best of luck to them too. There are bound to be one or two other club members involved in this event that I don't know about yet so if this is you please be assured that (in spirit) we are pounding the pavement with you.
Go hard Jo! Tuesday can be a rest day.
Top swimmers Jason and Adam are swopping their swimsuits for running shoes the following week as they take part in the Auckland Marathon so best of luck to them too. There are bound to be one or two other club members involved in this event that I don't know about yet so if this is you please be assured that (in spirit) we are pounding the pavement with you.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Race Night Results Are Out
Race Night
Results from Wednesday's race night have now been posted up so you can go and have a squizz. We had 24 swimmers and 9 new records were set, 5 in the men's and 4 in the women's. No new relay records. If your surname is Williams-White, I did not have an age for you so couldn't put you on the main table but here are your times: 25 back 24.18, 50 free 46.20, 100 breast 1.56.80, 200 free 4.00.71.
Awards
As usual, after the races we had the presentation of the wooden spoon and swimmer of the month awards. Kath B wasn't there to receive the coveted wooden spoon but I'm sure she will look forward to the handing over ceremony. Why? Well she single-handedly tried to force an upgrade of lane ropes on the local council. Having decided the lane rope was a bit saggy she thought to tighten it a bit but instead managed to disengage it altogether. I wasn't there but I believe it took a few people to put it back together. Nice one Kath! Don't give up your day job.
On to Swimmer of the Month. This was very well deserved, as it always is. Vince Kirrane performed extraordinarily well at the Skins meet on 1st September. He entered everything except the butterfly (why not the butterfly Vince?) and convincingly cleaned up by winning his age group in all of his 3 events. This means he earned maximum points from his events - 18 in total. I can't remember what the total points for the club was at the end of the meet but Vince must have earned around 10% of them. Good job!
Technique Posting
There is a new post on the Technical Tips page so you might want to check that out.
Results from Wednesday's race night have now been posted up so you can go and have a squizz. We had 24 swimmers and 9 new records were set, 5 in the men's and 4 in the women's. No new relay records. If your surname is Williams-White, I did not have an age for you so couldn't put you on the main table but here are your times: 25 back 24.18, 50 free 46.20, 100 breast 1.56.80, 200 free 4.00.71.
Awards
As usual, after the races we had the presentation of the wooden spoon and swimmer of the month awards. Kath B wasn't there to receive the coveted wooden spoon but I'm sure she will look forward to the handing over ceremony. Why? Well she single-handedly tried to force an upgrade of lane ropes on the local council. Having decided the lane rope was a bit saggy she thought to tighten it a bit but instead managed to disengage it altogether. I wasn't there but I believe it took a few people to put it back together. Nice one Kath! Don't give up your day job.
On to Swimmer of the Month. This was very well deserved, as it always is. Vince Kirrane performed extraordinarily well at the Skins meet on 1st September. He entered everything except the butterfly (why not the butterfly Vince?) and convincingly cleaned up by winning his age group in all of his 3 events. This means he earned maximum points from his events - 18 in total. I can't remember what the total points for the club was at the end of the meet but Vince must have earned around 10% of them. Good job!
Technique Posting
There is a new post on the Technical Tips page so you might want to check that out.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
October Birthdays, Race Night
October Birthdays
It's a quiet month for birthdays but we are making a big noise for these four special people celebrating their birthday in October: Adam Jaidin, Heather Legg, Peter Young and Carol Gray.We all hope your big day is the best yet.
Race Night
It's race night on Wednesday. Yes, that is tomorrow night. Events are 25m backstroke, 50m butterfly or freestyle, 100m breaststroke and 200m butterfly (OK 200m of any stroke you like). I'm doing 200m butterfly and would love some company if you are mad enough. If you aren't mad though just pick some other stroke for the 200m race. Afterwards we will have the wooden spoon and swimmer of the month awards.
It's a quiet month for birthdays but we are making a big noise for these four special people celebrating their birthday in October: Adam Jaidin, Heather Legg, Peter Young and Carol Gray.We all hope your big day is the best yet.
Race Night
It's race night on Wednesday. Yes, that is tomorrow night. Events are 25m backstroke, 50m butterfly or freestyle, 100m breaststroke and 200m butterfly (OK 200m of any stroke you like). I'm doing 200m butterfly and would love some company if you are mad enough. If you aren't mad though just pick some other stroke for the 200m race. Afterwards we will have the wooden spoon and swimmer of the month awards.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Race Night Results, September Birthdays, Awards
September race night results are now posted up so if you can't remember what time you did slide on over to the results page and check them out. Everyone seemed to enjoy getting to choose what stroke they did and not surprisingly a lot of swimmers chose freestyle. Come on guys, broaden your horizons. No one chose the 200 butterfly for probably lots of reasons which I cannot comprehend, it's only 8 lengths, surely that's not asking too much. Six women's records and one relay record were broken/set - good job.
As usual, swimmers enjoyed a light supper afterwards followed by the awarding of the Swimmer of the Month and wooden spoon awards. Swimmer of the Month was Diane Lane who has had to overcome a number of hurdles (not the running kind Angela, I know now to spell things out for you) in order to return to the swimming pool but nonetheless turns up every month as timekeeper when we have race nights - thanks Diane. The wooden spoon went to Angela T. Why? It's a rather long story. Let's just say things need spelling out (hence the comment above). I suspect Angela will be anxious to rid herself of the spoon so you might want to keep a low profile.
September birthdays. Our virgoans are few and far between. However, as is often the case, small in numbers goes hand in hand with big on quality. So happy birthday in September to Robyn McCullough, Tony Shacklock, Ron Tomlinson and Sally Walker.
As usual, swimmers enjoyed a light supper afterwards followed by the awarding of the Swimmer of the Month and wooden spoon awards. Swimmer of the Month was Diane Lane who has had to overcome a number of hurdles (not the running kind Angela, I know now to spell things out for you) in order to return to the swimming pool but nonetheless turns up every month as timekeeper when we have race nights - thanks Diane. The wooden spoon went to Angela T. Why? It's a rather long story. Let's just say things need spelling out (hence the comment above). I suspect Angela will be anxious to rid herself of the spoon so you might want to keep a low profile.
September birthdays. Our virgoans are few and far between. However, as is often the case, small in numbers goes hand in hand with big on quality. So happy birthday in September to Robyn McCullough, Tony Shacklock, Ron Tomlinson and Sally Walker.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Fulton Cup, News From Annette, Postal Swim
Fulton Cup
Remember that the Fulton Cup is on 23rd September. This is another fun meet and is at Cameron Pool in Mt Roskill so dust off your racers and get your entry in. Entries close on 14th September so don't delay. You can get your entry by following this link: Fulton Cup Entry and then choosing 'Events' from the menu on the left.
Postal Swims
These are coming up at the end of the month. 800/1500m freestyle. Be in to win. You need to let John T know if you want to do them. Don't miss out.
Race Night
Race night is on this Wednesday the 5th September. Because we have missed the last couple and you may have missed your pet event we are having 'choice' night. This means you can choose what stroke you want to swim for the distance on offer. Want to do that 200 fly you've been yearning for? Now's your chance.
News from Annette
Annette has sent this in so we can keep up with news from the boondocks of Western Australia.
"Thought I would drop you a line and let you know how life is treating me. Arrived here a little over a week ago after a five hour plane flight from Alice. Only allowed 10kg of luggage, had to spread ourselves out in the plane to distribute the load and when the pilot hopped in he looked like he was about 12 years of age!! First impressions of Warburton: red coarse dust, grass the colour of pale straw, blue cloudless sky and plastic and crap being blown around in the wind. Locals (Aboriginal) housing one level block and with a tin roof often with little inside except for a mattress or two thrown on the floor. They remain nomadic so you can go to the house and find that they have gone bush - they may be back in a day or two or it may be a month or longer. The houses remind very much of shanty towns in South Africa.
Our houses are comfortable if somewhat dated - think NZ 1950s or 60s. The red dust gets everywhere so shower, loo etc all stained but at least they all have good air-conditioning units - essential here in the summer when the temps can get up to 40C+. So hot that people leave their dogs locked in the houses with aircon on full! The clinic staff houses are all grouped together which is nice - we get up in the mornings and all go for a walk on one of the several tracks that run off into the bush. And at the end of the week there is often a get together for a BBQ - pity about there being no wine!! And on Sundays we meet at the art centre for our coffees and a bit of normalcy.
Everyone here owns dogs - they are good for protecting your house and keeping you company in the bush. However because there are so many dogs and no fences they tend to form packs and become quite territorial. Going for a walk can be a bit like running the gauntlet - you turn and face the pack and yell "baya" followed by a few well aimed stones. Of course you always have your own pack who are more than happy to swing into action in your defense! Joy who I am sharing the house with is currently looking after four dogs while their owners are off "the lands" on holiday or on courses. So when you go for a walk you never get to go on your own even if you would like to!! One walk that I have done is on Warburton Beach which is the name given to the airstrip as it has sand at the side of the tarmac. It is 2.5k long and is a favourite with the joggers including the transgender hairdresser with her/his pink hair, short shorts and sequined top - Priscilla of the Desert is alive and well!!
As well as the dogs there are also a couple of horses who were brought here as a wedding present - they are now semi-wild and have learned to tip over the rubbish bins for a bit of variety to their diet. And of course there are the camels who roam around and cause a problem when they hang out at the airstrip - some guy is employed to chase them away when there is an incoming flight.
Work is certainly varied - day two here and there was fight between two families - so we were dealing with knife wounds and extensive bruising caused by crow bars and wheel braces - the weapons of choice! Then there was the case of gastritis caused by eating rotten roo (as in kangaroo) tails - you can buy them in the freezer of the local shop - they come with the fur still on! One of our workers rolled one of the utes after she hit a camel so had to assess for head injury, and then there was the man with a burnt foot - offered to drop him home and ended up driving out through the bush to a clearing where he lives. Left him sitting in the dust with his blanket wrapped round him, both arms bandaged up as he had an IV luer in each for more antibiotics the following day. We fly people out a couple of times a week - if they are not too bad a commercial flight will do otherwise it is the Flying Doctors. This week we patched up one of the police dogs - no one batted an eyelid as he was put up on the table, had his wound cleaned and sutured and was started on antibiotics!!
Aboriginal health is poor - it is a shock when you get a patient without diabetes. There is a lot of renal disease. Girls are often infertile by the time they are 16 or 17 due to sexually transmitted infections. Scabies, nits, ringworm, school sores are run of the mill. A lot of people are deaf due to perforated ear drums and I haven't seen a kid yet without a runny nose - I am not sure about using the swimming pool!!! Plus it has a dividing wall at 20m so there is a shallow end for the babies. Seems hardly worth the risk if you know what I mean!!
Off for a shower and bed - have an offer on the house in Clovelly but still trying to rent my little unit in Willoughby - let me know if you know of anyone who is interested.
I'll keep in touch.
Cheers
Annette"
Thanks Annette. I think I'll just stay put.
Remember that the Fulton Cup is on 23rd September. This is another fun meet and is at Cameron Pool in Mt Roskill so dust off your racers and get your entry in. Entries close on 14th September so don't delay. You can get your entry by following this link: Fulton Cup Entry and then choosing 'Events' from the menu on the left.
Postal Swims
These are coming up at the end of the month. 800/1500m freestyle. Be in to win. You need to let John T know if you want to do them. Don't miss out.
Race Night
Race night is on this Wednesday the 5th September. Because we have missed the last couple and you may have missed your pet event we are having 'choice' night. This means you can choose what stroke you want to swim for the distance on offer. Want to do that 200 fly you've been yearning for? Now's your chance.
News from Annette
Annette has sent this in so we can keep up with news from the boondocks of Western Australia.
"Thought I would drop you a line and let you know how life is treating me. Arrived here a little over a week ago after a five hour plane flight from Alice. Only allowed 10kg of luggage, had to spread ourselves out in the plane to distribute the load and when the pilot hopped in he looked like he was about 12 years of age!! First impressions of Warburton: red coarse dust, grass the colour of pale straw, blue cloudless sky and plastic and crap being blown around in the wind. Locals (Aboriginal) housing one level block and with a tin roof often with little inside except for a mattress or two thrown on the floor. They remain nomadic so you can go to the house and find that they have gone bush - they may be back in a day or two or it may be a month or longer. The houses remind very much of shanty towns in South Africa.
Our houses are comfortable if somewhat dated - think NZ 1950s or 60s. The red dust gets everywhere so shower, loo etc all stained but at least they all have good air-conditioning units - essential here in the summer when the temps can get up to 40C+. So hot that people leave their dogs locked in the houses with aircon on full! The clinic staff houses are all grouped together which is nice - we get up in the mornings and all go for a walk on one of the several tracks that run off into the bush. And at the end of the week there is often a get together for a BBQ - pity about there being no wine!! And on Sundays we meet at the art centre for our coffees and a bit of normalcy.
Everyone here owns dogs - they are good for protecting your house and keeping you company in the bush. However because there are so many dogs and no fences they tend to form packs and become quite territorial. Going for a walk can be a bit like running the gauntlet - you turn and face the pack and yell "baya" followed by a few well aimed stones. Of course you always have your own pack who are more than happy to swing into action in your defense! Joy who I am sharing the house with is currently looking after four dogs while their owners are off "the lands" on holiday or on courses. So when you go for a walk you never get to go on your own even if you would like to!! One walk that I have done is on Warburton Beach which is the name given to the airstrip as it has sand at the side of the tarmac. It is 2.5k long and is a favourite with the joggers including the transgender hairdresser with her/his pink hair, short shorts and sequined top - Priscilla of the Desert is alive and well!!
As well as the dogs there are also a couple of horses who were brought here as a wedding present - they are now semi-wild and have learned to tip over the rubbish bins for a bit of variety to their diet. And of course there are the camels who roam around and cause a problem when they hang out at the airstrip - some guy is employed to chase them away when there is an incoming flight.
Work is certainly varied - day two here and there was fight between two families - so we were dealing with knife wounds and extensive bruising caused by crow bars and wheel braces - the weapons of choice! Then there was the case of gastritis caused by eating rotten roo (as in kangaroo) tails - you can buy them in the freezer of the local shop - they come with the fur still on! One of our workers rolled one of the utes after she hit a camel so had to assess for head injury, and then there was the man with a burnt foot - offered to drop him home and ended up driving out through the bush to a clearing where he lives. Left him sitting in the dust with his blanket wrapped round him, both arms bandaged up as he had an IV luer in each for more antibiotics the following day. We fly people out a couple of times a week - if they are not too bad a commercial flight will do otherwise it is the Flying Doctors. This week we patched up one of the police dogs - no one batted an eyelid as he was put up on the table, had his wound cleaned and sutured and was started on antibiotics!!
Aboriginal health is poor - it is a shock when you get a patient without diabetes. There is a lot of renal disease. Girls are often infertile by the time they are 16 or 17 due to sexually transmitted infections. Scabies, nits, ringworm, school sores are run of the mill. A lot of people are deaf due to perforated ear drums and I haven't seen a kid yet without a runny nose - I am not sure about using the swimming pool!!! Plus it has a dividing wall at 20m so there is a shallow end for the babies. Seems hardly worth the risk if you know what I mean!!
Off for a shower and bed - have an offer on the house in Clovelly but still trying to rent my little unit in Willoughby - let me know if you know of anyone who is interested.
I'll keep in touch.
Cheers
Annette"
Thanks Annette. I think I'll just stay put.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Breaststroke Clinic, Dive Coaching and Other Stuff
Breaststroke Clinic
I'm finally getting this underway and have scheduled dates. I will be running a breaststroke clinic on Sundays through the month of September. Four sessions are planned but if each session runs too much over time then we will go to a fifth session. Here is what is being covered:
Week 1: Body position, arm pull (this may run into week 2)
Week 2: Kick
Week 3: Breathing and timing
Week 4: Individual technique analysis and key drills for each individual
Tentatively we will run this on the 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd (and quite possibly 30th) September. Assuming we have access to the leisure pool again by the 2nd Sept we will be holding the sessions there. I'm expecting each session to take 1 hr15 so we will be starting a little early so we can still be out by 9am, that is, the sessions will run from 7.45am to 9am. Over coffee I have some really good video clips to show that will help illustrate what you are learning.
There is NO COST for this clinic.
If you are keen to do this clinic please contact me via the 'view my complete profile' link on the home page of the blog (once you've clicked on this link there is an email link on the left) and let me know you are intending to come as I need to have an idea of numbers.
Diving Coaching
On Sunday 2nd September Avy will be coaching diving for the last 15 minutes of the session i.e. during the relays. This will be very valuable for anyone thinking of competing but is unsure about diving, and also anyone who simply wishes to improve their diving. If you want to do the breaststroke clinic and the diving, no problemo, remind my on the day and I will make sure you get to Avy on time and I will catch you up later on anything breaststroky that you have missed. You can do both.
Next Club Night
This is to be on the 5th September. Because we missed August's night we are having 'swimmers choice' night on the 5th. There will be a 25, 50 and 100m and you can choose what stroke to do. If there is time we will run 200m also but no promises on that one as it will depend on how much time we have after the hundreds.
Special Olympics
This is on 30th September from 1.30pm to 5.30pm. Just a reminder that if you can help with timekeeping, recording or anything at all then please get your name to John T.
I'm finally getting this underway and have scheduled dates. I will be running a breaststroke clinic on Sundays through the month of September. Four sessions are planned but if each session runs too much over time then we will go to a fifth session. Here is what is being covered:
Week 1: Body position, arm pull (this may run into week 2)
Week 2: Kick
Week 3: Breathing and timing
Week 4: Individual technique analysis and key drills for each individual
Tentatively we will run this on the 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd (and quite possibly 30th) September. Assuming we have access to the leisure pool again by the 2nd Sept we will be holding the sessions there. I'm expecting each session to take 1 hr15 so we will be starting a little early so we can still be out by 9am, that is, the sessions will run from 7.45am to 9am. Over coffee I have some really good video clips to show that will help illustrate what you are learning.
There is NO COST for this clinic.
If you are keen to do this clinic please contact me via the 'view my complete profile' link on the home page of the blog (once you've clicked on this link there is an email link on the left) and let me know you are intending to come as I need to have an idea of numbers.
Diving Coaching
On Sunday 2nd September Avy will be coaching diving for the last 15 minutes of the session i.e. during the relays. This will be very valuable for anyone thinking of competing but is unsure about diving, and also anyone who simply wishes to improve their diving. If you want to do the breaststroke clinic and the diving, no problemo, remind my on the day and I will make sure you get to Avy on time and I will catch you up later on anything breaststroky that you have missed. You can do both.
Next Club Night
This is to be on the 5th September. Because we missed August's night we are having 'swimmers choice' night on the 5th. There will be a 25, 50 and 100m and you can choose what stroke to do. If there is time we will run 200m also but no promises on that one as it will depend on how much time we have after the hundreds.
Special Olympics
This is on 30th September from 1.30pm to 5.30pm. Just a reminder that if you can help with timekeeping, recording or anything at all then please get your name to John T.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
URGENT - Pool closed tonight
This is to confirm that the Lloyd Elsmore Pool has been closed by the Pool Management due to a sudden death there.
Accordingly there will be no Swimming Sessions tonight Wednesday the 15 August 2012
Swimming as normal on Sunday 19th August.
And now, on a more positive note - a word from Te Awamutu Masters
"It must be the season for chocolate fish meets! Attached is the advertising flyer and entry form for the Te Awamutu Masters choc fish meet. This will be held at the Te Awamutu Events Centre on 1 October from 6-9pm. All welcome!" End message.
You may notice the flyers are not attached at all. That is in the interest of getting the message out about tonight in a timely manner. To post docs up I need to scan them and save them as jpegs (you can't upload docs to Blogger), which won't do you any good anyway since you won't be able to download them. So......if you want the info and entry docs email me and I will email the docs to you. Although it is on a Monday it sounds like a fun meet and Te Awamutu isn't far to go.
Accordingly there will be no Swimming Sessions tonight Wednesday the 15 August 2012
Swimming as normal on Sunday 19th August.
And now, on a more positive note - a word from Te Awamutu Masters
"It must be the season for chocolate fish meets! Attached is the advertising flyer and entry form for the Te Awamutu Masters choc fish meet. This will be held at the Te Awamutu Events Centre on 1 October from 6-9pm. All welcome!" End message.
You may notice the flyers are not attached at all. That is in the interest of getting the message out about tonight in a timely manner. To post docs up I need to scan them and save them as jpegs (you can't upload docs to Blogger), which won't do you any good anyway since you won't be able to download them. So......if you want the info and entry docs email me and I will email the docs to you. Although it is on a Monday it sounds like a fun meet and Te Awamutu isn't far to go.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Expressions of Interest Please
Firstly, apologies to
Peter Lane who was left off the list of birthdays for the month. If I wasn't
already sacked for being late then I certainly am now for that bungle. I wonder
if the sacking comes with a golden handshake. I hope so. I guess though that at
least it wasn't an Olympic event that I forgot to enter him in. Peter's
birthday is on the 23rd so put it in your diary and send him a message.
The North Island Short
Course Champs are on the 5th and 6th October in Hastings. Angela T is looking
into transportation options and so we need to know whether you are thinking of
going to this swim meet. Angela will have a sheet by the pool this week asking
for interest in attending. We are just looking for names and whether you would
like to go down as part of the club and carpool to Hastings and whether
you would prefer to go down in private cars or, if enough people were
interested whether you would like to go down in a van.
The cost for private car
depends on how many people are in it, but for 4 people in a car it will cost
approximately $50.00 and if enough people want to go down as a group the van
will cost about $65.00 each if there are 10 people. You will need to organise
your own accommodation but that might be easier to plan once you know if you
are able to share a ride down with someone else.
Please put your name on
the list this week if you are planning on going to Hastings.
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