Fun Night - Wednesday 6th December

Hi All. Wednesday 6th December is our last club night of the year so we are having a Fun Relay Night followed by supper. Between 7pm and 8pm we will put you into relay teams and hold some fun relays. They won't be the usual relays but races that should put a smile on your face.

After 8pm there will be a light supper and general conviviality.

There is no need to RSVP as we will make up the teams on the night but we do suggest you are there in time for a 7pm start.

If you are not having fun you are probably somewhere else!

Masters Xmas Brunch

Hi all

Christmas is approaching rapidly, so it's time for our annual brunch. Once again we're at the Homestead Cafe in Lloyd Elsmore park and your committee has agree to subsidise it $10 per adult (including partners).

At training, there will be a sign-up sheet and a menu (attached). This year we're asking you to indicate what you are likely to order so the hosts can make sure they have enough food for us.

When: 9:30 am, 26th November, 2017.

Where: Homestead Cafe, 2R Bells Road, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga.

We hope to see you there.

Two important training changes

Hi all

 

Here are a couple of changes to our training in the next couple of weeks.

1. Monday 23rd October - Earlier time: 6:30 - 7:30 pm

With Labour Weekend coming up, we've been asked to train 1/2 hr earlier on the Monday. We'd to accommodate this in the interests of our very good relationship with LEP management.

2. Sunday 29th October - Venue change to Pakuranga College pool.

On Sunday 29th October we are swapping venues with HPK Swim Club so they can use Lloyd Elsmore pool for a swim meet. We did this successfully last year. There's a map below for those who've not been there before.

New Swimmer of the Month, Please follow our blog

Club night results from Wednesday are out. We also have a new Swimmer of the Month. Congratulations to Rodrigo. Rodrigo has not been with us for very long but he has made HUGE gains and after a very short time has already stepped up to competing in his first Masters meet which was the North Island Champs and is all set to make some waves at the short course champs at Whakatane next weekend. Well done Rodrigo.

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Club night this Wednesday 4th October

Hi Team. There is club night this Wednesday so if you feel like seeing how fast you can go over 25m, 50m, 100m or 200m come on down and have a crack. You can choose whatever strokes you like.

Results of 2017 North Island Champs

Last weekend Waitakere Masters ran the North Island Masters swimming champs and South City had a small group of swimmers putting on a great show

Mark Cowling has had a great year in the pool and broke the 100 M IM record for 55-59 men.  Avy broke the 50 free record for 65-69 women.

Mark, Rodrigo and Avy each placed 2^nd in their respective age groups.  Rodrigo was at his first meet as a swimmer for South City. We have been watching him go from strength to strength so are in no way surprised that he did so well. Watch this space!

The 1500 & 800's, supposed to be swum on Friday eve had to be put off to the Saturday because of a 'biosecurity hazard' in the pool on Friday night.  So the whole meet was run on Saturday.  Well done to Waitakere for managing this challenging feat.

After being out of the pool for 2 weeks with illness, Fiona was happiest with her 1500 free time and pleased with most of the rest.  Needless to say, she and Avy were both pretty tired by the time the 400 free rolled around as the last event of the meet as due to the bio hazard they had swum all the long events in one day!

Here is our small but very accomplished team. Looks like a mixed relay team to me

Awards Dinner

Saturday 15th marked our 4th Annual Awards Dinner. We returned to the Thai Flame for this occasion as it has served us well in the past, we always enjoy their food, we get a room to ourselves and we don't get lost getting there.

It was time to mark some very special accomplishments that were achieved over the previous financial year.

Drum roll please........

Swimmer of the Year: Avy Judelson
Master of the Year: Tony Shacklock
Most Improved: Stuart Bell

And now for a round of applause! A hearty congratulations to our winners. Our winners are very inspiring and it is easy to see why South City Masters is a big and successful club when we have members like these in our midst. Keep up the good work!

We are a good looking bunch too. Thanks to Rochelle M we have the photos to prove it.

Two of our three winners, Tony and Avy

Thanks also to everyone involved in organising this event.

Skins (Manukau Masters) - Entries Closing Soon

This is a swim meet right on our door step and is loads of fun. Swim a length, get around 30s rest, swim another length. It is knockout and if you are one of two swimmers left at the last round then the last length is a race off.

Points are dished out to individuals AND to the club the swimmer belongs to. There will be individual winners based on points and a trophy for the TOP CLUB.

Let's be TOP CLUB!!! To be top club we need a lot of swimmers there. That means you.

Past experience tells me there will be a truck load of spot prizes and a yummy spread afterwards.

And if you aren't sure you will be let out of the house because family members can't cope with your absence, just bring them along. Your family can swim too. You didn't know that did you? Neither did I until yesterday. You don't need to be an affiliated 'Masters Swimmer' for this meet, anyone can swim. So if your magical other half or a friend wants to have a go, put an entry in for them too.

Entries are closing excruciatingly soon though. Get your entry form by following the link below:
Entry to Skins, hosted by Manukau Masters

Just Skins 22nd July

Manukau Masters will be holding their annual Just Skins meet on 22nd July at Manurewa pool in Sykes Rd. This is a fast and furious knock out event which is lots of fun. Also, the Jane Logan trophy for top club is up for grabs and the more of us that swim, the more points we get and.......yep, the better chance we have of getting our grubby mitts on the trophy.

Get your entry in. You can get an entry here:

Just Skins entry form

There are also entry forms poolside.

A couple of notices

The first notice is just to let you know that the pace clock is not working and it may be down for a while. Most of the training we do at masters revolves around intervals with set sendoff times and rest periods. If you have a stopwatch function on a waterproof watch it will be very useful to have on your person over the next while. You may need to lend it to the lane leader or everyone simply assist their lane mates to know what is happening throughout a set. Please be patient while the clock is being mended.

The second notice is regarding our next social function, and don't we all love a get together that doesn't involve wearing goggle eyes and swimming endless laps. Please read the notice below.