Newsletter August 2007
General Notes
Congratulations to Richard Flockart on bringing home four silver and one bronze from the recent Victorian Short Course Championships. I believe Richard was also part of a relay team that achieved a state record.
We will be going
to the Vikings Town Centre Club for drinks after training on Sunday 2
September, to celebrate David Mortlock’s 80th
birthday. David and his wife, Jill, are
life members of our club, now living in
Our AGM will be held on Monday 24 September. A separate notification will be sent out regarding this important event in our club calendar, but you might like to start thinking now about what you could do to assist with the running of the club. We need a new treasurer, a new merchandising officer and a new club captain. In short, the treasurer looks after the $$ and cc, the merchandising officer organizes orders for club shirts and swimmers, and the club captain organizes relay teams at meets.
Our next meat raffle will be at Erindale on Friday 5 October. Volunteers are required.
Upcoming Meets
The NSW short course championships will be held at the Tuggeranong pool 20-21 October. Our club has been asked to provide some prizes for the raffle. During September there will be a basket at training sessions for raffle donations. Suitable items would be something tasty, something to drink or something useful for a swimmer, but it doesn’t have to be expensive. This meet is a good opportunity for our members to attend a state championship without having to go away for the weekend.
Another NSW meet
that people might be interested in is at
Our own annual swim meet, The Vikings Challenge, is booked for 17 November at the Tuggeranong pool. Last year we had to cancel it for lack of support, so do consider entering this year. It’s a “different” sort of meet, one in which the slowest swimmer can be the winner. It involves only three swims - 50m, 100m, 200m - each in a different stroke; you nominate the stroke you wish to swim for each event, and you nominate your expected time. The winner is the one going closest to their nominated aggregated time. There will also be a novelty event, and handicap relays (entry optional for these two). If you still feel that you can’t do it, perhaps you could help as a volunteer. Please contact Ann at ann.reid@westnet.com.au if you would like to help.
Report
from Brenda on the Kiama Invitational Meet
Nine of our Mighty Viking swimmers made the
journey to the
Tuggeranong was 4th overall with 212 points,
and 9th on average with 23.56 points per swimmer.
Age group placings
saw Ann Reid swimming a 3rd, 2nd and 1st.
Liz Needham a 2nd, 1st and 2nd.
Gillian Laughton a 6th, 5th and 5th.
Brenda Day a 2nd 1st and 3rd
Jane Lindsay a 2nd and 1st
Bruce Laughton a 2nd and 3rd
Steve Walker a 2nd and 1st
Adrian Davis three 1sts
Ian Hampton a 2nd and 2 1sts
We "rocked"! Kiama and the
surrounding area is most picturesque and a great
excuse for a weekend away. I do hope that next year we are able to get an even
larger group of Vikings to attend this meet.
Postal Swims
The Baddaginnie Animal runs until the end of September. This one is a real challenge. In one day you have to swim 800FR, 200BR, 200BA, 200BU and 400IM.
The Murrumbidgee Monster Medley is an even bigger challenge. This is a 2Km individual medley, ie 500m of each stroke, in medley order. This one runs until the end of August. Four of our members have already completed this swim: Adrian, Ann, Brenda and Lily.
If you want to enter either of these swims, just come along to one of our aerobic sessions (see below).
There will be more postal swims in September and October, including
a half-hour swim organized by one of the
Aerobic Swims for August and September
Tuesday 21 August, 10.30 – 12 noon
Saturday 25 August,
Tuesday 4 September, 10.30 - 12 noon
Saturday 15
September,
Tuesday 18 September, 10.30 - 12 noon
Saturday 25
September,
Swimmers are
asked to contribute $2 at each session to help defray the cost of hiring lanes.