Newsletter #4 2018-2019

Victorian Age SC Champs (11-12yrs)

 

 South Gippsland Bass Newsletter 13th September, 2017

Team meetings

 As we approach the Long Course Season and GSI competitions it is important for all our swimmers to know what the aim for them should be in each squad level and what meets they should be targeting to reach these goals.

We will be holding team meetings for all squad groups spread out between Leongatha and Wonthaggi from Tuesday 19th September to Friday 22nd September.

To be discussed: GSI competitions

SGSA competitions Team Goals

How to qualify: Gippsland Champs

7-10 Country meet (Gippsland team) Vic Country Champs

Victorian Champs/Victorian Sprint Champs Australian Champs

 

Team meetings at Leongatha Junior Squad:	Friday	22nd Sep	5.00pm – 5.30pm
Country & Intermediate Squad:	Thursday	21st Sep	6.00pm – 6.30pm
State, Junior State & Senior Squad:	Thursday	21st Sep	7.30pm – 8.00pm
National & National Dev. Squad:	Friday	22nd Sep	7.00pm – 7.30pm
Team meetings at Wonthaggi Junior Squad:	Wednesday	20th Sep	5.30pm – 6.00pm
Country & Intermediate Squad:	Wednesday	20th Sep	8.00pm – 8.30pm
State, Junior State & Senior Squad:	Tuesday	19th Sep	8.00pm – 8.30pm
National & National Dev. Squad:	Tuesday	19th Sep	5.30pm – 6.00pm
Competition Calendar

The club competition calendar (October – April) has been emailed out to all parents and swimmers. The calendar has all listed competitions that are of relevance to our swimmers.

Included is a description of the different types of meets.

Club calendar 2017:18

 

Victorian Age Short Course Championships (13yrs-18yrs)

Please visit our website for Vic Age SC Champs Report: https://sgbswimclub.com.au/

 

Good luck to our 6 swimmers competing this weekend in the Victorian Age Short Course Championships (11-12yrs).

Parent/Adult training sessions

 Our first sessions for our Parent/Adult training kicked off over the weekend with 6 parents attending the session.

The session was focused on Freestyle technique, giving participants the skills and knowledge to be able to continue their development while training by themselves.

Our training sessions for Parents/Adults will run once a month at both Leongatha and Wonthaggi. To attend these sessions you need to register as a competitive swimmer (Full membership – $162).

Next sessions (TBC):

Friday 6th October, 5.00-6.00pm @ Leongatha Saturday 7th October, 2.00-3.00pm @ Wonthaggi

 

GSI meet 1 (Leongatha) Hosted by SGB

Sunday 8th October @ Leongatha

We hope to kick start our GSI season with a huge crowd at our home meet. We would like all available swimmers to be attending this meet to support the team and get involved.

GSI meet one is a perfect opportunity for our swimmers to tick off their first of 3 GSI meets they need to attend throughout the season.

This meet is 1 of 2 GSI meets that swimmers times will be taken to help select the Gippsland Representative Team for the Country 7-10 meet in November.

To enter visit the Gippsland Website: https://connect.swimming.org.au/sal-wrap- public/workflows/MEMBER.EVENT.DETAIL&dbWorkflowKey=013525

 

All entries must be completed online.

Entries close: Monday 2nd October, 11.59pm

7-10 Country Meet (Gippsland Representative Team)

The 7-10 Country Meet is held annually against the Victorian Country Districts.

SGB swimmers have the exciting opportunity to be selected to represent the Gippsland Team (D21). Swimmers in the top 8 in any stroke (50m) for their age group qualify to be part of the team.

All swimmers close to the top 8 should fill out an availability form. If swimmers ranked above you are not available you may get the opportunity.

Qualification:

Times from the first 2 GSI meets will be the last opportunity for swimmers to set times for selection: GSI meet 1: Leongatha, 8th October

GSI meet 2: Morwell, 15th November

Availability Form:

All swimmers wishing to be selected need to fill out an availability form: http://gippslandswimming.org.au/2017-availability-form-victorian-country-7-10-competition-2/

 

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’

GSI Meet1 Poster

 

2017 Victorian Country Short Course Championships

19th – 20th August @ Wangaratta

 

Wangaratta was an exciting place to be over the weekend for our SGB swimmers. It was a great club environment to be in, led by our 18 swimmers in what was an all-round effort across the 2 days of racing. It was this environment and energy created by our swimmers that transferred into great results in the pool, bringing the club to a 6th place overall finish, our best result at a Victorian Country Championship.

 

The Break down

Team Result:                6th Overall (538 points)

2nd Overall in the boys category

PB’s:                63/85 (74%)

Top 8 finishes:                11 swimmers (40 races)

Medals:                Nathan Foote                3 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze

Cooper Quaife                1 Gold, 3 Bronze

Locke DeGaris                2 Silver, 2 Bronze

Sophie McKenzie                1 Silver

Nicolette Wight                1 Silver

Dylan Muir                1 Silver

Trinity O’Keefe                1 Bronze

Josh Wight                1 Bronze

 

 

2017 Victorian Country Short Course Championship Team

 

Belinda Baird Tomei Dal Pozzo Locke DeGaris Elle Douglas Nathan Foote Riley Harris Oscar Hughes Freya Liepa Sophie McKenzie Dylan Muir Trinity O’Keefe

Isabelle O’Neill Cooper Quaife Hannah Simmons Jordi Vanderkolk Mayson Vanderkolk Joshua Wight Nicolette Wight   Coaches Brett Kerr Dylan Muir

 

Team Results (Top 10)

 

1.   Traralgon	1910
2.   Geelong	692
3.   Warrnambool	604
4.   Ballarat Gold	582
5.   Bendigo East	566
6.   South Gippsland Bass	538
7.   Shepparton	498
8.   Wodonga City	322
9.   Wangaratta	262
10. Bendigo Hawks	252

Victorian Age SC Champs

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’

Dear Families,

We’re about to kick off a fundraising drive to raise money for SGB.

It would be great if you could help. The good news is that this fundraiser is super simple…

and delicious.

Cadbury Fundraiser: we’re selling chocolate frog varieties

Every box of frogs we sell will raise $20.00. So, we’re asking all members of our club to sell at least one box for us. Feel free to grab another box if you’ve got lots of hungry buyers lined up!

Please collect your box of frogs from the pool during the week starting 4th August.

Tips for selling your treats

– Each item sells for $1.00. Each box is worth $50.

– Sell to family members, colleagues, friends or neighbours

Other useful information

Once you have sold the chocolates, to make it easier for the Club Committee to track who has returned their money, could you please directly deposit your total $ to the club account – BSB No 063553 Account no 10122858.

Please use your surname and choc’s as a reference ie smith choc

If you’re finding it hard to sell your box of treats, let Nerine Courtney or Leah Dal Pozzo know – other people may be able to help. Or, if you can’t help in this fundraising drive, please let us know as soon as possible.

Thank you for participating in this year’s chocolate drive to help raise much needed funds.

Thanks for your support,

Nerine Courtney

Fundraising co-ordinator

Tel: 0407 355 134