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

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.

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’

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

Team Results (Top 10)

Victorian Age SC Champs

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