BIRTHDAYS
DATES TO REMEMBER
18th
October Albury Open
Due date: 9th October
19th
Oct Club Night #1 - Club race program-fun team events for all
swimmers.
19th
Oct Parents Meeting with coach , club rooms during training
25th
Oct Wodonga Council Children's Fair
25th
Oct Launch of WASC Dolphins Junior Swim Squad
1st
November 1st Pennant Wodonga
8th
November ANL Open
Due date: 27rthOctober
15th
November 2nd Pennant Albury
22nd
November 3rd Pennant ANL
28/29th November Wodonga Open
Due date: 13th November
26th Chloe Martyn
SOCIAL EVENT
Our social event this month was bowling. This was held at the
Wodonga bowling alley after breakfast at our sponsors Home
Maker McDonalds. Champions of the day were Evan, Patrick and
Giulia. Zoe had best bowling action and Declon had the fasted
bowl of the day. It was great to see all the kids having fun out of
the pool. A big thank-you to Darren for organizing a fantastic
outing for everyone.
CLUB NIGHTS ARE STARTING!!!
Club nights will return to WAVES with our first race program on Monday
19th October. This will take place instead of normal training and we
welcome all swimmers to come along and join in, even if this is not your
regular swim night. Teams will be put together on the night.
COACH -PARENT MEETING - Monday 19th October
Jenny will hold a Parent's Meeting at the Clubrooms at WAVES, 6.00pm
where she will outline the coaching plans for the new season and
provide some insights into phases of swim training the squads will be
doing over the summer months. This is a great opportunity to learn
more about swimming and to ask any questions and offer suggestions.
All welcome.
Enjoying swimming? – bring along a friend and they can have a week
free trial to swim with you at training!
OUR COACHES
Head Coach Jenny Weldon and Assistant Coaches Evan Barry and Darren
Smith.
CARNIVAL NEWS
All our coaches have current national coaching accreditation with the
Australian Swim Coaches and Teachers Association (ASCTA) as well as
current registration with Swimming Victoria and current Working-WithChildren Checks. Together they have almost thirty years of experience in
coaching and teaching swimming, from Introductory Squad swimmer to
Junior Development swimmer, through to State and National level
competitors, including Fitness for Adults swimming.
Three Swimmers competed at the Victorian State
Championships at MSAC, Annie Marquison, Zoe Deacon and
Harrison Evans. All three swam well with many PBs being
achieved across all their events. Zoe made it to into the 100m
and 200m Breastroke finals and also the 200 Medley final, this
was a great achievement after being at camp the week before
and doing some major hiking. Harrison swam in a straight final
for the 200m Butterfly. We should all be very proud of these
swimmers making state qualifying times. A big thank you also to
Jenny for being there for our swimmers.
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THANK YOU
CLUB FUNDRAISING
Thank you to our business supporters Aqua Shop in South
Melbourne, who have kindly donated over $500 of gift vouchers to
our club. Coaches will award $50 each month to a club swimmer great for new goggles/new Funkys/suits/pool kits and more.
Septembers Winner was April Monte for a standout performance at
SC country Championships in Ballarat. Congratulations April!
*We have finally been successful with the Bunnings BBQ. Thank you
to John and Jodie House for organizing this. The date they have
given us is Saturday 19th December. It is a Crazy time of the year
but I guess a week out from Christmas we should sell a lot of snags!
We will need helpers for this so keep this date free if you can.
WODONGA COUNCIL CHILDRENS FAIR SUNDAY 25TH October
WE NEED YOUR HELP. Our club will be running a stall at the fair with
the aim being to use it as a membership drive and promote the club.
We will also be asking for some volunteers to help man the stall for a
short time during the day. We would like to have some of our
swimmers come along and help promote the club and run some of
the swim dryland exercises for kids visiting the stall.
*We still need help for the clean up at the children fair, this is
Separate to the Membership Drive at the Children's Fair, the club
has the opportunity to earn much needed funds by doing a 2 hour
clean up at the venue 4- 6 pm. This is not difficult work and council
will provide gloves and bags. No emptying of bins required- just
wheel them to a designated collection spot. Further details to
follow and talk to Lisa if you are able to pitch in and help.
*If you are looking at refinancing, opening a new account or getting
a credit card Hume Banks Reward program for community clubs is
fantastic. It’s a great way to raise those extra funds for our club.
A big thank you to Tammy Dean and Elaine Payne for meeting last
Wednesday to get things started for the Children’s fair it truly
sounds like its going to be a fun day for the kids.
GRANT NEWS/UNIFORMS
New maroon sunhats to match our white & maroon polo shirts have
arrived in time for the warmer weather! Great style bucket hats
feature club logo and a toggle to provide for a perfect fit. As a
Sunsmart aware club, we ask swimmers to wear the new maroon
club uniform sunhat at all meets. Adults can also purchase hats to be
Sunsmart outdoors and show support for the club.
Hats have been obtained with financial assistance of the Victorian
State Government so the subsidised price to our members is only $3
each. Hats will be available for purchase at swim meets or enquire
with Jenny.
Jo is currently working on a grant to assist club families in purchasing
future uniform’s, we will keep you informed on the outcome.
ADULT SWIMMING NEWS
Adult swimmers met September Monday 7th in the evening,
Wednesday this month is cancelled due to Evans coaching
commitments. We are taking expressions of interest for other
times/days so if opportunity arises, we will take this into
consideration. This Months session will be at Waves, keep tuned for
dates and times on our Facebook site or on the notice boards at the
pool.
Thank you so much Evan for your time and effort it is truly
appreciated Remember these drills work for all levels of swimmers
from those who can do two laps to those who can do 2km.
WASC LAUNCHES NEW SQUAD - JUNIOR DOLPHINS!
Our club will launch our newest squad on 25th October with our
formal announcement of the Junior Dolphins Squad! This squad is an
initiative of Swimming Australia and is supported by SV. It is specially
focused on commencement level swimmers and all children aged 7
or under get free membership with SV and a complimentary T shirt
and bag. Registrations are open now and this can be done on SV
website selecting Junior Dolphins as the membership category. First
swim session will be held Monday 26th October. See Jenny for more
details.
CLUB WEBSITE
Tammy Dean has put in some great work in updating our club
website. Go visit the site to see all the latest in news and club
documents. Also try using the handy RESULTS tab in the centre to
find out your swim time at any event in any stroke. All your results
from SV database will display here
www.wodonga.swimming.org.au A big thank you to Tammy for
doing this for our club it is truly appreciated.
Wodonga swim Club is a closed site for members.
Apply to join, then read our club policy for terms
of use located in FILES. Happy posting!