Ashfield Amateur Swimming Club Inc is a not-for-profit, family-oriented, community swimming club.
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!
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.
As we get to the pointy end of the season, there’s so much going on that it’s hard to keep up!
Heidi Jessup won Swimmer of the Week in Week 15 for smashing the 50m butterfly qualifying time with 33s flat. Poppy Rimondi got the award in Week 16 for her qualifying time in the 50 m backstroke. Well done girls and sorry I didn’t get a pic.
Week 17 saw Isabel Steele get the award for qualifying for 50 m butterfly. 
It’s been a busy few weeks as the club championships have progressed. The stakes are high and Chris has been working overtime trying to corral everyone into their races.
We have also squeezed in club swims and some exciting relays too.
The camping trip to Coledale took place last weekend and by all accounts it was a great weekend and the kids loved taking to the surf with the Coledale nippers.
Swim and Survive continues and our club members, young and old, are helping to teach kids important water safety techniques. Thanks to all our vollies for giving up that extra hour on Saturday mornings.
See you next week!
Week 14 saw a near-record number of swims as everyone raced to qualify for the club championships. Olivia Pappas was our Swimmer of the Week for her qualification in the 30m butterfly. Good work Olivia!
Last week saw the start of the Club championships, so excitement was high and tension was palpable. A few personal bests were achieved and a new club record was set by Aaron.
Two massive qualifications each by Xavier Hussey and Amelie Rimondi from the previous week meant that Swimmer of the Week honours was split between them. Well done to you both.
Special mention goes to Simon Jessup, who took 5s off his prior season best for 50m BR and 2s off his 100m FS time. (He would have got Swimmer of the Week but he was 21s slower in his 400m!)
Swim and Survive kicked off after the club meet, and it was great to see lots of kids attending, both from within and outside the club. Thanks especially to all the volunteers who make this happen.
See you next week…
We had a great turnout for Aaron’s racing skills workshop on Feb 3rd.
The kids practised their racing dives and fast finishes for that extra edge on race day. And the adults did stroke correction, learning very quickly that most of us had been doing it wrong all this time.
Club records will no doubt tumble after this informative session. Thanks Aaron for sharing your vast experience and skills with us.
A slightly belated post to mark the beginning of 2019 so there’s lots to catch up on. It was our first wet and cloudy day for club this season, but that didn’t dampen the spirits. The pool was a fantastic balmy 26 degrees.
This week the kids took over… Amelia Barry gave us the race report from last week and Eli Langman assisted with making sure everyone up to date to qualify for the club championship events starting February 16. Well done kids and you’ll be running the show in no time!
Week 11 saw Evelyn Mawer awarded Swimmer of the Week, with 2 qualifications in the same week, one of which was the 400m. Great effort Evelyn! That’s the second award she’s had this season. No pic unfortunately as our photographer was on holiday.
Week 12 SOTW went to Eshana Singh for her two qualifications, 50m backstroke and 100m freestyle. Well done Eshana!
See you next week!