South Gippsland Bass Newsletter 26th May, 2017
Welcome Back!
The end of season break has come and gone and we are back at it again. I hope everyone has come back feeling refreshed and I look forward to seeing what this season has in store for our swimmers and our club.
Throughout this season we will be looking to implement a number of new opportunities for our swimmers into the program so make sure you are keeping up to date on TeamApp, emails and newsletters to make sure you don’t miss out.
Welcome back and if I haven’t seen you on pool deck yet I hope to see you soon. Dylan Muir
SGB Winter Qualifier @ Leongatha Sunday, 18th June
Our first meet of the season will be hosted by SGB at Leongatha. This meet will be a great opportunity for our swimmers to see where they are at early in the season, especially for all our new and young swimmers. It is also the first opportunity of the season for Swimmers to achieve Vic Country and Vic Age Short Course Qualifying times.
Please note: as this is a winter meet it is a ‘pay per event meet.’ This is a great opportunity for our club as a fundraiser and we hope to see all our swimmers there supporting the club.
To register for this meet and to find out more information please visit the Gippsland Website and follow the links to the SGB Winter Qualifying meet: http://gippslandswimming.org.au/gippsland- winter-season-of-swimming-takes-off/
If you are not currently a member of Swimming Victoria you will still be able to swim at this meet. If you are interested in swimming please email sgbswim@hotmail.com with the following information: Swimmers Name
Date of Birth
List of events and event number they would like to enter
$7 per event to be paid into the club account
Entries close 14th June, 9.00pm.
Intraclub #1 @ Leongatha
Friday, June 30th Warm up: 5.30pm Racing: 6pm-8pm
Our first Intraclub of the season will be held at Leongatha on Friday 30th June.
Swimmers will be separated into 4 teams with a club coach to take a team each and 2 captains being selected into each team.
Age Groups and Events: 7yrs & under: 25m events
8yrs: 25m FLY & BR/50m BK & FR
9yrs: 25m FLY/50m BK, BR & FR
10yrs: 50m events
11yrs: 50m events
12yrs: 50m events
13-14yrs: 50m events
15yrs+: 50m events
Entries:
All swimmers must enter prior to the night.
If you wish to enter please email sgbswim@hotmail.com with the following information: Swimmers Name
Swimmers Date of Birth
Training
A Junior Squad session will still run from 4-5.30pm as usual for anyone that cannot make the Intraclub meet.
National, National Development, Senior and State Squads will still have a session available to them from 4.30pm-6.00pm.
11&under Encouragement Meet @ Leongatha Saturday, 15th July.
Warm up: 4.00pm, Commences: 4.30pm
A great meet for young and new swimmers to race in a friendly and familiar environment. Swimmers will have the opportunity to race in all strokes across 25m.
To enter please follow the link:https://connect.swimming.org.au/sal-wrap- public/workflows/MEMBER.EVENT.DETAIL&dbWorkflowKey=012908
New swimmers that are not yet registered with Swimming Victoria will need to wait until after July 1st to sign up with Swimming Victoria and enter this meet.
Entries close: 12th July, 5.00pm.
Presentation Night
A big congratulations to the club and our swimmers for their achievements over the past year. It was a great night for everyone involved and well done to all the award winners.
| Award Winners | ||
| Club Champions | Lily Robinson | Nathan Foote |
| Runners up | Mayson Vanderkolk | Locke DeGaris |
| 8&under Champions | Rahni Matheson | Matthew Car |
| Runners up | Neka McKenzie | Jake Marotta |
| 9-10yrs Champions | Belinda Baird | Oscar Hughes |
| Runners up | Jaelina Kiley | Cooper Quaife |
| 11-12yrs Champions | Jordi Vanderkolk | Riley Harris |
| Runners up | Sophie McKenzie | Josh Wight |
| 13-14yrs Champions | Mason Vanderkolk | Angus Baird |
| Runners up | Isabelle O’Neill | Kelsey Dal Pozzo |
| 15yrs&over Champions | Lily Robinson | Nathan Foote |
| Runners up | Taya Murdoch | Locke DeGaris |
| Most Improved | Freya Liepa | |
| Coaches Awards | Sarah: Brett: Gemma: Lorri: Dylan: | Maddi Boyd Becky Heffer Jade Ruffin Hayden Barnes Amy Treacy |
Wonthaggi Swim Club Award Winners
Under 8 Champions Jay Douglas Miah Roberts
Under 10 Champion Thomas Courtney Alexandra Beale
Under 12 Champion Zac Mabilia Ebony Donohue
Under 14 Champion Alex Muir Elle Douglas
Under 16 Champion Jarrod Muir
OPEN Champion Katherine Roberts Spirit of Wonthaggi Award Alexandra Beale Club Champion Jarrod Muir
TeamApp
If you are not yet on TeamApp, I encourage you to join up. We post a lot of our information on TeamApp, especially last minute changes in competition information as it is quick and easy to communicate through.
The club can be found by searching ‘South Gippsland Bass’