newsletter december 2017 - armadale masters swimming … · secretary: vanessa toop 0435 060 905...
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Armadale Masters Swimming Club
N E W S L E T T E R
December
2017
CLUB CONTACTS
President: Ross Doherty 9496 2821 [email protected]
Head Coach: Jeffrey Sanders 0411750767 [email protected]
Secretary: Vanessa Toop 0435 060 905 [email protected]
Club Captain: Colin Gibson 0447143881 [email protected]
Attention! IMPORTANT INFORMATION !
Ho ho ho.
Come join The Fun!
Life is a beach. See you there.
CHRISTMAS FUN TRAINING SESSION THIS THURSDAY 21st DECEMBER
Our normal silly season Christmas fun day is on this Thursday night at the Cannington pool.
We have arranged to have lanes 1, 2 & 3 all to ourselves and you can be assured it will be a fun light-hearted training session, with the usual games, prizes and fun events. Maybe even a slide or 2!
REQUIREMENTS:
The ability to forget your age and respectability, laugh long and loud, shout, scream and generally show the rest of the pool that we love Christmas, our club and the friendship we enjoy.
Hope to see you all there.
Master of Ceremonies: Greg
Captain’s Report
Completed Events since the last Newsletter
Sun 26th Nov – Melville Masters LiveLighter Club Challenge
The 2017 LiveLighter Club Challenge campaign finished on a warm
Sunday morning at Melville Aquatic Centre on Sunday November 26th
for the annual Melville Masters Challenge Series Event. We had a team
of 8 swimmers registered but this was reduced to 7 during warm up,
unfortunately Gill was struck down by a stomach bug and had to watch
from the stands ☹ Most of us had to reacquaint ourselves with the pool
competition format and a 50m pool (it’s such a long way to the end!)
after such a long break between the last club challenge and having to
deal with being in open water swimming mode.
At the end of the day we finished 7th out of 17 clubs with 50 points,
another solid result. There were many great swims for the day, the
standout performance goes to Andy “Superfish” Johnson who won all
three of his events for max points! Although there were no pb’s, there
were 6 new age group club records set with Lexie setting two, Heather
smashing her own 50m breaststroke record by over 8 seconds and
Graham setting 3, which included knocking off Fettes 100m free from
2012 and smashing his own 100m backstroke record by nearly 13
seconds. Our men’s relay team in the 4 x 50m men’s medley, Graham,
Chas, Andy and Colin set a new club record for the 200-239 Age group,
well done team!
Sat 2nd Dec – Rotto Swim Thru (Crofts)
Sat 9th Dec – Freo Ports Swim Thru (see Greg’s RAMOS report)
Sat 9th Dec – Presentation and Awards Evening
Sun 17th Dec – MSWA Open 10km Coogee Beach - Cancelled
Upcoming Events
Thurs 21stDec – Greg’s Xmas Fun Night
Tues 26th Dec – No training
Sat 30th Dec – SWA Mullaloo OWS – MSWA Bonus points round
13th Jan – Cottesloe Classic Mile
21st Jan – Claremont Masters Swim Thru Perth MSWA OWS Rd #3
26th Jan – Australia Day OWS Mandurah
RAMOS
R. A. M. O. S. ?
REGULAR ARMADALE MASTERS OCEAN SWIMMERS. RAMOS REPORT FREMANTLE PORT BEACH SWIM 2 OCT 2017
The Port beach swim is a favourite of the Ramos group, it almost always
provides perfect conditions, and this morning was no exception.
The wind was a gentle breeze, the sun was shining, the water flat as a pool
with excellent clarity affording magnificent visibility.
Several hundred swimmers arrived and registered for the different swim
distances available. A 1.25 km rectangular course gave swim distance
choices of 1.25, 2.5 and 5 km distances. This year the course and distances
were different in order to conform with the latest Swimming WA programs.
As usual the Ramos team was spread amongst the different distances with our
Head Coach Jeff leading by example, opting to test his skills with the 4 lap 5
km course. What a great effort, and well done Jeff.
A big welcome to Donovan our newest member: Our Don smashed the 2.5 km
course despite a big Xmas party hangover.
Ramos was well represented by the following swimmers;
Heather and Charles Croft, Gillian and Collin, Liz and Hans, Ross, Jeff, Greg,
Donovan, Graham Hicks, Jacquie and Fettes.
All completed the swims with the following exceptional results;
Graham Hicks and Donovan came 1st in their age groups
Gillian came second in her age group
Colin, Fettes and Charles all placed 3rd in their age groups
Hans 4th in his.
It is worth noting that all other members came between 5th and 8thoverall in
their respective age groups. This is an amazing statistic and shows the quality
of Armadale coaches, training and swimmers.
On a personal note if you check the times between the Super fish Gilly and the
fat boy you can see how closely we swim, this all bears well for our Port to
Pub Rottnest swim duo next year, with neither being able to claim they swam
further.
As usual the swimmers and supporters enjoyed a great breakfast after, sorry
Jeff, we could not wait.
Any swimmers who think they would like to take the challenge and swim in
the ocean, please have a chat to one of the regulars, most swims have a 500 m
intro swim, so it is a great place to start.
Greg.
“THE SEA, ONCE IT CASTS its SPELL, HOLDS ONE IN IT’S NET OF
WONDER FOREVER”
We are planning more Saturday/Sunday Beach swims after the Festive Season. Stay tuned.
A great Presentation Evening was had by all. Here are the award winners followed by a few photos, mainly of Jeff:
Armadale Masters Swimming Club 2017 Award Winners Club Championships 2017 1st Gillian Caruso - 45 points Jeffrey Sanders - 72 points 2nd Suzanne Sullivan - 40 points Graham Hicks - 54 points 3rd Yvonne Hunt - 31 points Derek Bishop - 44 points Club Endurance 1000 2017 1st Rowena Burch - 941 points Charles Croft - 880 points 2nd Heather Croft - 855 points Jeffrey Sanders - 827 points 3rd Gillian Caruso - 355 points Graham Hicks - 320 points Open Water Swimming 2017 1st Gillian Caruso - 72 points Charles Croft - 72 points 2nd Rowena Burch - 36 points Colin Gibson - 56 points 3rd Heather Croft - 32 points Gregory Frey - 44 points Pool Competition Swimming 2017 1st Gillian Caruso - 80 points Andrew Johnson - 114 points 2nd Tania O'Sheehan - 35 points Charles Croft - 67 points 3rd Sarah Dean - 24 points Jeffrey Sanders - 35 points Club Swimmer of the Year 2017 1st Gillian Caruso - 98 points Jeffrey Sanders - 92 points 2nd Rowena Burch - 92 points Graham Hicks - 91 points 3rd Heather Croft - 73 points Charles Croft - 87 points Training 2017 Timothy Pillay Dave Green 2017 Not Awarded in 2017 Year Badges 2017 5 Years William Stevens 15 Years Gillian Caruso 20 Years Nicole Badani
BIRTHDAY WISHES Many happy returns to:
Jenny Finlay 27th December
ENJOY YOUR DAY
Wishing you All A Happy New Year
Great swimming/diving training video: https://www.facebook.com/1385308268434483/videos/1792901314341841/
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