Newsletter October/November 2007

General Notes

Once again Tuggeranong was the club with the highest number of entries in the Bunbury postal swim. We managed 14 entries, and Geraldton was second with ten entries. Three of our members came first in their age groups - Liz, Adrian and Greg - and four improved on their times: Suzie, Mandy, Ann and Adrian. Congratulations to these people, and thankyou to everyone who participated.

Superfish

Our members who took part in the Murrumbidgee Monster all did very well. This postal swim involved just one event - a 2000m individual medley. There were 24 entries Australia-wide, and results were not divided into age groups:

1^st Adrian Davis 35:10.81

8^th Lily Gilroy 41:55.42

11^th Brenda Day 44:41.71

12^th Ann Reid 44:54.88

Congratulations to all four.

Recent Meets

Fourteen of our members competed, very successfully, in the New South Wales short course championships on the weekend of 20-21 October at the Tuggeranong pool. They brought home an impressive 48 medals between them. The club finished in 5^th place, behind four of the big Sydney clubs, and also won the Division 3 trophy. (Clubs in New South Wales are classified into divisions based on membership numbers.) The event received good newspaper and TV coverage, thanks to the efforts of Ian Hampton, his daughter Michelle, and Rod Bransgrove. Ian also deserves special mention for coming first in each of his five events.

Last Saturday we held our own meet, “The Tuggeranong Challenge”, with 40 swimmers, including five from various clubs in Sydney. The winner of “The Challenge”, the person going closest to their nominated times over the three events, was Mark Patterson, from Seaside Pirates, with a difference of 0.66 seconds. Second was Mal Motum, of Canberra North (3.01 seconds), and third was Greg Gourley (3.31 seconds). The winners of the three individual events were

200m Mark Patterson (0.01 seconds difference)

50m Greg Gourley (0.11 seconds difference)

100m Debbie Solomon (0.19 seconds difference)

Aerobic Swims for Remainder of November

Saturday 24 November, 2-4pm

Tuesday 27 November, 10.30 - 12 noon

If anyone wants to have a go at swimming 1500m, just for the hell of it, here’s your chance. Come along to one of the above sessions, and we will time you. You don’t even have to count the laps - we do that for you too. It doesn’t matter how slow you are - you can even have a rest part way if you need it. Go on, give it a go!

Swimmers are asked to contribute $2 at each aerobic session to help defray the cost of hiring lanes.

Christmas Break and Christmas Function

Our last training session for this year will be on Sunday 16 December. We recommence on Tuesday 8 January 2008.

Our annual Christmas function and presentation night will be held at the Vikings Town Centre Club on Sunday 16 December. See the club notice board at training for further information.

Surfing Weekend 2008

Our annual pilgrimage to Narooma for instruction in the art of surfing has been booked for the weekend of 23-24 February 2008; accommodation is booked for the Friday and Saturday nights. This is a fun weekend, and no previous experience is necessary. See the club notice board at training for further information.