Annual Awards Dinner

Hi all

Last Saturday we had our annual Awards Dinner at Frantalia, in Panmure, and what a great evening it was! The venue, menu and service were all great.

Of course, the highlight was the presentation of awards for Club Member of the Year, Most Improved Swimmer, and Swimmer of the Year.

Dave Donaldson was presented with Club Member of the Year. Dave has coordinated regular practice sea swims during the summer at Eastern Beach or Bucklands Beach, and continually offers encouragement and advice to anyone wanting to get involved.

Fiona Grigg was awarded Most Improved Swimmer of the Year. Fiona has made great gains over the last year, knocking large chunks of time from her PBs (including 13 seconds off her 400m Free at the North Island Short Course Champs), and on occasions training up in lane 3.

Dawn Walker was awarded Swimmer of the Year. Dawn has excelled in both open water swimming and in the pool. She placed first and third in her age group in a couple of the Ocean Swim Series swims without a wetsuit. In the pool, she broke two new Zealand records, in 50m & 100m breaststroke (one of which belonged to Rebecca Perrot), as well as winning her age group at the North Island in both 2015 & 2016.

Congratulations to them all!

Here are a few photos.

Half Hour Postal Swim

Hi all

Here's something that's a good benchmark for your distance swimming. Every year Shear Magic organise a postal swim, where the aim is to swim as far as you can in 30 minutes. It's swum at your local pool and the distance swum is sent in with the entry. John will organise timekeeping for anyone wishing to do it. We've penciled it in for 18th July, so let John know if you're interested.

Regards
Tony

Lloyd Elsmore Maintenance Closure

Hi all

The dates for the annual pool maintenance closure at Lloyd Elsmore have been set. The pool will be closed from:
Monday 25th July - Sunday 7th August 2016

Our arrangements for training this year will be a little different from previous years. We've booked Sundays at Papatoetoe as usual, but we are making no arrangements for Monday or Wednesday evening training. Mondays at Manurewa are not available now and we felt attendance at the Wednesday evenings at Papatoetoe wasn't worth it.
So...
No weekday training Monday 25th June - 5th August.
Sundays 31st July & 7th August 8:00 - 9:00 am training  at Papatoetoe Centennial Pool.
Normal training resumes Monday 8th August

Tony Shacklock
for the Committee

Upcoming Pool Meets

Hi all

In case you missed the email from NZ Masters about upcoming pool competitions, here it is. You'll notice that the NZ Masters website has more convenient access to the pool meet documents, now.

Dear Masters Swimmer We have already had two great pool competitions this year - the North Island Short Course Championships in Taupo in May, and the Auckland Short Course Championships in June.  There are more pool events to look forward to as many swimmers build towards the World Masters Games being held in Auckland in April 2017. Hamilton Mid-Winder Long Course Meet The welcome return of this event which has been very successful in previous years. This is a great opportunity to swim a Long Course event prior to the Nationals in November. Date: Saturday 30th July Venue: Waterworld, Te Rapa, Hamilton Entries close: 14th July Entry form & information: http://www.nzmastersswimming.org.nz/pool/hamilton-masters-mid-winter-long-course-meet.html South Island Short Course Championships This event is once again being held in Ashburton in their lovely new pool. Date: 12th-13th August Venue: EA Network Centre, Ashburton Entries close: 24th July Entry form & information: http://www.nzmastersswimming.org.nz/pool/2016-south-island-short-course-championships.html National Long Course Championships This event will be held at the Sir Owen G Glenn National Aquatic Centre in Auckland - venue for the swimming events of the World Masters Games in April 2017.  This is your chance to swim in the first ever Masters event in the premier pool in the country, and start your build up for the World Masters Games. Date: 11th-13th November Venue: Sir Owen G Glenn National Aquatic Centre, Mairangi Bay, Auckland Entries close: 21st October (late entry fee applies after 1st October) Entry form & information: http://www.nzmastersswimming.org.nz/pool/2016-national-long-course-championships.html Reminder: You must have paid your subscription to your NZMS-affiliated club for 2016 to participate in these events.  Contact your club secretary if you are unsure of your status. Happy swimming Liz Davidson IT Officer - NZ Masters Swimming