Author: Virginia Birch

A chilly grey start to Week 7 saw numbers a bit down, certainly in the first half hour. A late influx though meant that the relay teams were mostly intact, and the Shonks were victorious again. Well done (and get well soon, Peter R!) Let’s look at that handicapping again next week pls.

Claire Barry won SoTW with a great 50 m backstroke qual last week, her 2nd for the year. Well done Claire!

Remember to tell your friends to come along and try swim club before Christmas. We have three more weeks to go until the break.

See you next week!

Week 6 dawned cloudy and dull but it was anything but dull in the pool. The first week of the Relay Challenge was on and there was much tactical non-swimming to conserve energy for the last race. The two winning teams were the Shonks and the unnamed team of Willem, Laura, Caroline and Claudia, in two blistering finishes. Well done!

We had a tie for SoTW this week. With lots of qualifications last week we had to do a countback,  and with 3 qualifications each so far this season it went to Evie Millar and Evelyn Mawer. Congratulations girls!

See you next week!

A cloudy but bright morning for swim club. The mystery stroke was butterfly which is always fun… we had lots of different interpretations on show.

A few people bravely attempted 200m IMs which was also pretty impressive.

We had 5 qualifications from last week and the swimmer of the week was William Jenkins. Well done William!

The sheer quality of the raffle prizes this week meant that choosing was a tough decision…

…and there was much scrutiny of the 50m times ahead of the relay challenge next week.

See you next week!

Blue skies greeted us again and the chill in the air made us very grateful for the balmy water temperature. In fact, the water was the best place to hang out during club announcements…

Ben Bates was this week’s SoTW as he qualified for the 200m free last week plus notched up the most swims which gave him the edge. Well done Ben. No pic as he had already left to go and play cricket. Now that’s dedication.

Amelia Barry proved a natural announcing the race results in place of her dad.

This week our Club Captains and Vice Captains for the season were announced. Congratulations to Evelyn Mawer and Alfie Jellett who were voted Club Captains, and Claudia Indge and Harry Millar who were voted Vice Captains. What a great team of young people to lead us through the season.

Next week the Relay Challenge begins, so get your team together and start working on your team name. Let the mind games begin!

See you next week.

We were blessed with great weather again last week and the conditions were perfect for swimming.

Plenty of qualifications from last week and Olivia Pappas got SoTW for her back-to-back qualifications over two weeks. Well done Olivia!

We finished up with the Welcome Breakfast – a great spread that was quickly devoured by our hungry swimmers. Thanks to everyone who baked/prepped/purchased something, and to David for organising it all and for his supreme vacuuming skills.

See you next week!

Welcome to another season of swimming, salt water
and socialising at AASC.

Week 1 started bright and sunny, and it was great to see a decent turnout (it can be tough getting used to those early starts on a Saturday). Brilliant to see so many old faces, plus we also had some new members to the club, so  welcome to those families!

Here’s the Millar/Lester clan lining up for a family race – I’m pretty sure young Evie would have wiped the floor in this one.

Week 2 saw another good turnout and plenty of brave souls swimming the 400m.

After a huge number of qualifications in week 1 (good to see the kids have been swimming in the off-season), Sam Barry and Rosalie Bouf shared SoTW this week for their double qualifications. Well done kids! (Rosalie not pictured as she was away).

See you next week!

The 2018/19 season wound up at the end of May on a rainy Saturday. We had the always-entertaining Biathlon, followed by novelty races for all ages, a  barbecue and everyone’s favourite, the monster raffle.

Then we had our Presentation Night in mid May, where we recognise all the swimmers for their great efforts throughout the year. A special thank you to David, Sally and Craig for organising and hosting a great evening.

See you in October!

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We had a perfect morning today for the second last week of Swim Club for the season. It was an important day, with the following silverware being contested.

The Jon Facey Challenge Cup sees our fastest men and women take to the pool in the 100m freestyle. Then we had the President’s Challenge cup, that see our best boys and girls swim 50 m free.

Spirits were high, especially for the Mens 100 as they learnt that Aaron was running late. (He turned up in the nick of time and went on to win comfortably.)

Swimmer of the Week went to Isabella Kelly for her qualification in the 200m backstroke. Well done Isabella! And Eli Langman and Ruby Norman came back for their photo op for last week’s awards.

The day ended with the club AGM, at which elections were held for all committee posts. More on that next time.

See you next week – remember to bring your trainers!

It was a cool and rainy morning at swim club last week – must nearly be time to hang up those goggles for another year!

Just two events in the Championships this week, including everyone’s favourite, 100m butterfly.

Eli Langman and Ruby Norman shared the Swimmer of the Week for their qualification in the 30 m breaststroke. Well done kids! You can pick up your certificate from Ben next week.

After the final Swim and Survive session, we had our Resuscitation Course where we all brushed up on our skills (or learnt them for the first time). Thanks for organising this important course David.

See you next week…

AASC took a record number of participants to the annual Battle of the Bay last Saturday, this year held at Drummoyne Pool. A great day was had by all and we came away with multiple age-group placings.

Leo Langman came 1st in his age group, Sam Barry placed 2nd  in his and Eli Langman came 3rd in his. Well done boys!

Sarah Judge came 3rd in the Ladies division, Aaron Langman came 1st in his division and Willem Willemsen came 3rd in his division.

That’s 3 from 3 for the Langman family! Well done to all of these winners and placegetters – what a great achievement for our club. Congratulations!

Our 10 x 50 relay team faced up against none other than Australian Olympic swimmer James Magnusson, in a very exciting race to end the evening. Here are the magnificent 10 before the race…

and James with some of our young swimmers…

James was pitted against David C-W in the first leg and I think David may have just pipped him…

It was a great finish to the day. Thanks to all who raced and those who came to cheer them on.