Month: December 2018

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Happy Christmas 2018!!

We had a bumper last week for 2018… along with the JC 1000, we had the kids novelty races, a brekkie barbecue and the monster raffle.

Swimmer of the Week was William Jenkins (he wasn’t there to pick up his certificate so congratulations William!)

Last week’s S’sOTW were Ben Bates and Sam Barry – top work boys!

For the novelty races, Chris and David had to rethink the program to compensate for the lack of a shallow end, so no tug of war,  tunnel swim or leap frog this year.  Instead we had double helpings of armless backstroke, the worm, sidestroke and the corkscrew. Everyone had a ball and there was much good-natured festive cheating!

The monster raffle was as raucous as ever, with lots of great prizes being won and a new catchphrase coined…  ‘take the chalk, take the chalk…’ Watch the action here IMG_0598.TRIM

Merry Christmas to all and see you back on Jan 19th 2019!

 

 

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Week 8

The nailbiting Mixed Relay decider dominated proceedings in Week 8,  but there was plenty happening poolside as well.

Our Swim Club Captains and Vice-Captains were announced. Congratulation to this year’s captains Ruby Bron and Xavier Hassey, and vice-captains Claudia Birch and Henry Indge. They’ll be helping David and the rest of the committee with the running of the club this year.

Leo Langman was awarded Swimmer of the Week for qualifying for the 100m freestyle. Great work Leo! In a late-breaking directive all the way from the UK, club legend Frank Funibaldi was jointly awarded Swimmer of the Week for his stellar performances over the season. Congratulations both and well deserved.

The relay was hard fought, with a couple of photo finishes. Controversially, BEBs came through to take the overall prize. Well done to Ben Barry (ahem, Race Secretary), Sam Barry, Ben Bates, Emily Hodgson and super sub Taliesin Law. All above board, I’m sure!

See you next week…

 

 

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Weeks 6 and 7

Week 6 saw the first round of our Mixed Relay Challenge, where young and old, male and female,  join forces in teams of four, choose a corny/clever team name and pit themselves against each other. The excitement was palpable, and BEBS got the first weeks’ points. It’s not over yet!

Edward Bates took out Swimmer of the Week. He has had 3 qualifications for the year and has also racked up the most swims of any member this year. Well done Edward!

Week 7 had everything…. a few super-quick starts off the blocks (looking at you, Shonks), TWO redraws in the raffle, another close finish on the mixed relay and some rugby player star-spotting.

Olivia Pappas was Swimmer of the Week, she qualified for the 50m freestyle. Well done Olivia!

See you all next week for the Mixed Relay decider.

Happy swimming!