South Gippsland Bass Newsletter 8th August, 2017
Victorian Country Championships training session – Friday 11th August @ Leongatha
In the lead up to Country Champs it is always great to have a big training session as a team to create excitement and enthusiasm around the upcoming event. This Friday we will be running our usual training session at Leongatha for Country, State and National Squads with an emphasis on getting all swimmers competing at Country Champs to attend for a team hit out before the big event. We will be also using this training session to announce our captains for this season. These leaders have been chosen by the coaches to lead the club in and out of the water this season. We hope to see as many swimmers as possible there to congratulate our new captains for the 2017- 18 Season.
Training session Changes @ Leongatha
Tuesday @ Leongatha (in effect as of 15th August) Junior Squad training: 6.00pm – 7.00pm Country and Intermediate Squad training: 6.00pm – 7.30pm State Junior, State, Senior, National & National Dev. 7.00pm – 8.30pm
The session time change listed above for the Country and Intermediate Squad groups will be a 3 month trial period. The aim is to provide an early time to our younger swimmers, however, we need to be mindful as to not overcrowd our lanes which may become an issue as we approach the summer.
Friday @ Leongatha (in effect as of 11th August) Junior State, State, Senior, National Dev. & National Squad: Land based training: 5.00pm-5.30pm Pool session: 5.30pm-7.30pm
Land based is an important part of every swimming program and vital to strength development in our swimmers. Swimmers will need to bring skipping rope and a roller. A padded matt is also recommended.
All other times on Friday are as normal, including land based from 5-5.30pm for Country Squad swimmers.
Parents training session
All parents that sign up with Swimming Victoria under the competitive swimmer category ($162) will be able to participate in a free training session run for the parents each month throughout the season from September to March.
Sessions will be 1 hour in length and be run at both Wonthaggi and Leongatha. These sessions will generally be on Friday at Leongatha and Saturday at Wonthaggi. Dates will depend on the competition schedule.
Session 1: (dates to be confirmed 2 weeks prior)
Friday 8th September, 5pm – 6pm @ Leongatha Saturday 9th September 2pm-3pm @ Wonthaggi
Encouragement meet @ Wonthaggi
Saturday 26th August 12.30pm Warm up 1.00pm Racing commences
Cost: $5 per child
We will be running an encouragement meet at Wonthaggi with Phillip Island Swimming Club and the Wonthaggi YMCA swim school on the 26th August.
This event has been a part of a fixture for the past 2 seasons and is a great event for our young and new swimmers.
This event is open to swimmers aged 12&under in the Country Squad, Intermediate Squad and Junior Squad only.
Events will include 25m of each stroke and the 100m Individual medley. Swimmers do not have to enter all races and will be able to choose races on the day.
To enter this event, visit the TeamApp upcoming events and click ‘attending’ for this meet.
O’Connor Transport 11&under encouragement meet (Traralgon swim club) @ Churchill
Saturday 9th September 4.30pm Warm up 5.15pm Racing commences
Cost: $15 per child
This event will be the last official encouragement meet of the season. It is great introduction to racing in Gippsland against some of the bigger clubs and a highly recommended event for our young swimmers.
All entries must be done online prior to the meet.
Entries close: Tuesday 5th September.
To enter, click link: https://connect.swimming.org.au/sal-wrap-public/workflows/MEMBER.EVENT.DETAIL&dbWorkflowKey=012911
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’