E-NEW 1st February 2016. NO 02

NOTE ALL SQUADS Inc. Junior Academy: Check your holiday training times sheet!

Normal training times resume from TUESDAY 2nd February. All squads will be at 50m outside pool. Bring named sunblock and drinks bottles please.

Round up from Taupo Open Water Champs & Epic Swim AND Round the Mount, followed by ECOMIST Blue Lake multi-sport festival!

BOP National Juniors Camp & Whakatane Meet held 23rd January round up.

Midnight Milo Madness – Postponed to April

Coming up: 2nd event in Swim the Lakes series: Kiwanis Lake Rotoma Waitangi Day 6th Feb 100m to 6km events. Swim Rotorua hosting final lake swim, Lake Okataina Sunday 13th March. 400m, 800m, 1.5km, 3km and 6km events.

February 13th & 14th: BOP Age Group Meet. Official entries close to Bronwen 5th Feb. Competitive registered swimmers only. Hot on the heels, on the Saturday 20th February, Swim Rotorua & Rotary Swimathon followed by the Legend of the Lake Ocean Swim Series at the Blue Lake, 28th February. Central Long Course Champs 26th to 28th February in Hamilton, competitive swimmers and entries close 7th Feb; WHEEW!

Welcome to our new members. Check for your Rocket Team

Congratulations to our Zonal selected swimmers!

IT’s a wrap:

Taupo Open Water Champs and Epic swimmers: Kane Radford claimed his 5th consecutive 10km and 5km Open Water Champs. The lake was cold 17.5degrees, with a change to the course but he stormed home in both events. William Spear claimed Bronze in 16-17yr age group, 10km and came 7th overall in 5km Open Champs. David Boles swam hard and well in the 10km. Emily Spear, Bronze in the 5km Epic & Milla Theobald Silver in Epic 1km and 7th place in the 2.5km. Bianca Donnelly swam the 5km Open and got well-deserved Silver for her efforts in the 13-15 year group!

Lake Taupo – 10km & 5km – NO WETSUIT can now be ticked off the list till next year!

Swim Rotorua placed 3rd in the club rankings for this event! Awesome results for this same group of swimmers were up against Waterhole and Aquabaldz!

Round the Mount: David Boles, the day after Taupo, swam this event a)

in a Wetsuit and b) gained Silver placing 2nd to Nathan Capp! A great time of 47:59 too! Milla Theobald placed 3rd under 16 female AND our ATM (Awesome Training Machine) Kerry MacCormick sneaked in too in 1 hour: 15!

Saturday 30th January Saw many, some for the first time, at

the Blue Lake for the ECOMIST Blue Lake Multi-Sport 750m and 2km swims, 1st event of the Swim the Lakes Series. & 50m swim won by Jack Weston with teammates Theo Harvey and Allie Clarke there for the first time, both well up the field (lake) and closely followed by the 2km swimmers. William Spear first in the Hinemoa non-wetsuit and Emily Spear 2nd female overall, to Charlotte Webby, NZ Champion from Taranaki, and first under 20 years Hinemoa swim. Awesome swims from David Boles, hot on the heels of William, Paddy, Bianca, Milla, Samantha, Alyssa, Huntar, Sequioa, James, Lewis, Oliver, Annelyse and brother Damon. Clive Luckhurst and David Boles SNR of our ATM’s crept in too. Here’s to a great Waitangi Day at Lake Rotoma this coming Saturday!!

From Accounts: Stacey For our new families please note: Swim

Rotorua account statements are emailed out 1st of the month. If you do not receive one, please let me know. If you have any changes to your account, moving squads, increasing the times you swim or no longer swimming, please email me directly so that I can update your account and let Pauline know too for Junior Academy swimmers. Most swimmers are invoiced a term fee for coaching, but if you are in Performance C you account will be changed to monthly to enable you to train during the holidays.

Payments into ANZ bank account 01-0414-0471371-00

Swim meet fees only into ANZ bank account 01-0414-0471371-01

Please do not give your payments to anyone pool side.

If you have any account queries email: swimrotoruaaccounts@gmail.com

UNIFORM ORDERS UPDATE

Orders for uniform can be placed with Toni Crengle on the following email: swimrotoruagear@gmail.com We are currently still awaiting some orders, hopefully in soon now, so please bear with us!

Swimming BOP: The website can be found on Swimming New Zealand for regional information, meet flyers and news http://www.bayofplenty.swimming.org.nz

A message from Claire: Swim Rotorua may ask your child this term

which school they go to, this is because we try to ensure schools are aware of our swimmers before interschool swimming competitions. If a school has not entered an interschool swimming team in the past or if you know that a school needs advice please contact me on cbaylis@xtra.co.nz

· Swim Rotorua will organise some school skills clinics/race nights for swimmers to practise starts and turns – dates to be confirmed.

· CBOP Interschool Swimming Competition years 4-8 Tuesday March 22nd Rotorua Aquatic Centre. The school enters a team by 7 March.

Swim Rotorua organises this competition for Sport BOP. We will need parents to help timekeep, officiate and marshal, and schools will need helpers to team manage. Please let me know if you can assist.

· BOP Interschool Swimming Competition – the CBOP team is selected after the CBOP event. This competition is on Tuesday 5 April in Whakatane.

Claire Baylis, Swim Rotorua School Liaison Manager

General Information/Reminders

· We are a non-profit organisation with volunteers running the governance, administration and events/competitions. We appreciate any help.

· We are keen to grow our membership please talk to your friends about the Club.

· We have a very informative web-site – which includes upcoming events and a calendar for the term, as well as information about the coaches, committee, competitions etc.

· We keep our Facebook page up to date with news about events and our swimmers’ achievements. You do not have to have a Facebook page to check this out.

· While coaches are not available to talk with parents while they are coaching, we are committed to ensuring good communication with families. We also try to have a squad rep poolside as much as possible.

Facebook page, look for Swim Rotorua, or the website, DO IT NOW to keep up-to date with all the info. Pass it onto friends and family and get them to push “Like”

Swimming New Zealand site: http://www.rotorua.swimming.org.nz

Junior Academy: Term 1 starts Tuesday 2nd February outside in 50m

pools, in the sunshine, so bring sunblock! Same squad, same time. We will NOT be in the 25m inside pool. New members registration numbers are at the front desk of Aquatic Centre, so tell them you are with Swim Rotorua so you can buy your swim club concession cards. Who will your coach be on the day you swim? Well you need to be there to see! Familiar faces and new faces check your email!

Monday 8th February is a holiday so no Junior Academy training.

Bronwen and Pauline will be after you too for registrations for Waitangi day lake swim and Swimathon- details below. Both fun events for you to take part in.

Welcome to our new members: Harrison Roberts-Brake & Levi Overbuy – Titan (Team color – Black)

Congratulations to those remaining swimmers who have accepted their

promotions from the “Exciting News” email sent before Christmas.

To Gold Squad: Ella, Jasmine, Sophie,Lauren, Richard, Olivia, Zack, Miyume, Thomas & Lewis

Supergold: Sam, Ben & Angus

Perf C : Elise, Dion & Kaitlyn

Metro: Harper Lass, Blake Hooper & Yes, Bronwen finally got him, well done Joe Boles!

Metro Squad: • Bronwen will see you pool-deck for your registration for the Waitangi Day Lake

Swim at Rotoma, discounted entry rates! • See you at the pool Saturday 20th for the Swimathon; Pauline will be pool-deck

for your registration commitment this coming week!

Performance Squads: • As above Bronwen will see you pool-deck for your registration for the Waitangi

Day Lake Swim at Rotoma and Pauline for the Swimathon on Saturday 20th February

National Junior Qualified swimmers Joshua Balmer, Annelyse Cowie, Milla Theobald, Kapua Warbrick, Lina Stahlhut and Emily Spear were selected for the BOP Camp held in Rotorua. This culminated in the Whakatane Meet on the 23rd January. Well done to these selections and good luck to those attending for SNZ National Juniors in Auckland starting on 19th February. Joining them will be Connor & Finn Lock who will be back in the country from the 9th February and training with Metro!

Good Luck to- our senior swimmers competing at the Central Champs

in Hamilton on 26th to 28th February AND to Bianca, Jack and David from Performance A on selection for the BOP at the Zonal Champs to be held in Auckland on 13th Feb.

ATM’s: Awesome Training Machines!

January continued with Open Water events as above and below, for the ATM’s and the start of the Swim the Lakes Series. Lake Rotoma coming up on Waitangi Day Saturday 6th Feb, and then the Lake Okataina swim on 13th March. Keep up the training and don’t forget to do the Swimathon!

MIDNIGHT MILO MADNESS-Postponed until April due

to the Blue Lake Multi-sport weekend.

Saturday 20th February, Rotary and Swim Rotorua, Polio

Swimathon, starting at 9am to 2pm at 50m outside pool. An annual event for us so no racenight in February, the expectation is everyone comes to this event instead. Sponsorship forms avaliable and wil be handed out pool deck – see pauline. This can be corporate sponsred or individual. We need to break the record raised last year! Every dollar YOU raise, Bill Gates puts in $2!

ASAP - Please register to Pauline on swimrotoruaadmin@gmail.com. Everyone can do this event and raise money to help eradicate this disease. Bring Nan and Grandad, Mum and Dad and everyone in your street!

Swim Rotorua team at Whakatane Meet on 24th January. Great job team, it was a roasting day and you did extremmly well. Thanks to Bronwen and Stacey and all our officials and timekeepers involved. Sorry, I know many of you were waiting for the photo but the post went up on Facebook, then the photo could not be added!

Swim Rotorua verses the oppo, BOP National Juniors Squad at the Whakatane Meet, some familiar faces in there!

Head Coach – Alastair WELCOME TO THE NEW JUNIOR ACADEMY LEAD COACH We are delighted to inform you all that Debi Terry is your new Junior Academy Lead Coach. She has a lot of experience in swim coaching and teaching, and also has a strong background in gymnastics and martial arts. She is thrilled to be joining us and we are very confident that she will do an awesome job with the junior athletes, and help to build the Junior Academy into something special. Debi will be starting on Friday 05 February. Make sure you all give her a special welcome! ATHLETES OF THE MONTH December Performance C Congratulations to Alex Cameron who is a great trainer. Alex always does her best and always with a smile. She is making good progress in the pool and is all set for an even better 2016! Performance B Well done to Josh Balmer who worked really hard in December. As a result, he did some huge best times at the SBOP Junior Champs. Performance A Well done to Bianca Donelley who produced a stunning set of performances at the Victorian State Age Groups. Bianca dipped under the 1 minute barrier in the 100 freestyle to set a best time of 59.60. January Performance C A big well done to Lina Stalhut who has trained really hard over the last 4 weeks. She is making great progress with her technique and endurance. She recently attended the SBOP Junior Camp and is racing at the National Junior Champs in 3 weeks time. Performance B Well done to Milla Theobald who has put in a great shift in January. Her effort has been excellent along with her positive attitude. She produced some excellent results at the recent Whakatane Meet with the pick of the bunch being a negative split in the 400 freestyle. Performance A Congratulations to Sam Osborne who has been training with us since November. Sam has improved heaps and is now training pretty fast. Sam has been a good influence within the squad with his wise words of encouragement and some home truths! Sam is currently training in Wanaka with the NZ National Triathlon Squad.

Good Luck Jack and Tiana – off to University mid February!

Swim the Lakes Series:

Watch your in-box for further information but here is a brief overview.

1st event: This was 2km or 750m event at the Blue Lake Multisport Festival, 30th January. Done and dusted, ticked off the list as above!

2nd event - 6th February - Lake Rotoma, Kiwanis Open Water Swim. Spend Waitangi Day at Lake Rotoma. With 20 events for all ages, abilities and distances from 100m – 15km. A great day out and well supported by Swim Rotorua.

NEW EVENT! 28 February - Legend of the Lake

The NZ Ocean Swim Series has added a ‘fresh water’ ocean swim this summer! The Legend of the Lake takes place for the very first time on Sunday 28th of February in Lake Tikitapu (Blue Lake). For all abilities 200m, 300m, 1km, 3.5km AND 300m Tag Team Relay, a first for this event and not to be missed, get together a 3 person Tag Team and have some fun! Swim Rotorua will be wanting as many of you as possible to do the Legend of the Lake.

3rd event in the Swim the Lakes Series – this is a must as it is hosted by us, Swim Rotorua! 13th March - Rotary Rotorua Open Water Swim, Lake Okataina. Back for the 3rd year, this is the last in the series. We will need help with Kayaks, refreshment’s and setting up the course and gazebos please.

Choose between the 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3km and the new 6km!

Register to do all of them and get a special swim cap as above! See website news for a special photo of the gear! As above further information will be sent /handed out pooldeck so keep a check on the noticeboards and get ready to have some fun in the sun!

REMINDER: If you have recently moved or changed contact numbers /email address’s please let me know on swimrotoruaadmin@gmail.com

Thank you. Pauline