GREERTON SWIMMING CLUB NEWSLETTER
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Greerton
Swimming
Club
Newsletter
August 2016
GREERTON SWIMMING CLUB AGM / PRIZEGIVING 2016
Central Swimming Short Course
And the boys followed up with silver in
Champs – Rotorua 12th – 14th August,
the same event.
2016
A team of 14 swimmers represented
Greerton two weekends ago. This meet
was a target meet for our 13and over age
group swimmers and was a great
opportunity to see where our swimmers
were at in the winter season.
Swimmer of the meet was Kate Kuka
who won two silver medals and made
finals for the 13 year old girls 50 and
100m breaststroke events.
The Greerton girls relay team (13-15
years 4 x 50m Freestyle) won bronze.
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Girls Relay Team - Kim, Ella, Marijke and
Jasmine.
Boys Relay team - Jacob, Lochy, William
and Connor.
GSC swimmers posted some great
individual times on/about PB or better,
won medals and or made finals. It was a
good meet to gauge where swimmers
are at in their lead up to NZ Short
Course Championships that are in
October.
IN THIS ISSUE
Congratulations to our parent volunteers
- Deb Jager for passing her Time
Keepers exam during the meet and to
Andre Rochat and Ed Baggaley who
passed their IOT exams at the meet as
well.
If you are interested in sitting your time
keepers or IOT (Inspector of Turns)
exams please let Pauline Happe or Paula
Farrell know so we can organize this.
Fast and Frosty Meet – Rotorua
Well done to all our swimmers that
competed at the Rotorua Meet on 21st
August. It was nice to see our next
generation of swimmers racing.
Swimmers of the meet were Isaac
Williams and Ruby Walford.
Highlights of the meet:
Isaac Williams had 2 x 1sts, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
Lewis Lines-Smith PBed 4 out of 5 swims
GSC had 2 8 year olds compete. Well
done to Grace Richardson and Yeva
Parshikova on your races.
Biggest PB’s of the meet:
Thomas Richardson 22 second PB in
200m Free (3:15.11)
Ruby Walford 13 second PB in 100 Free
(1:25.21)
Connor Delaney 10 second PB in 200m
Breast (3:29.35)
Kyla Bidois 9 second PB in 200 Breast
(3:38.04)
GREERTON SWIMMING CLUB NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2016
World Surf Life Saving Champs –
Rescue 16, Netherlands
We wish Libby Bradley all the best with her
upcoming trip to the Netherlands to
compete at the World Junior Surf Life Saving
Champs. Libby is part of the youth team
(Under 18) - Junior Black Fins. Libby recently
attended a Junior Black Fins camp where the
team had to complete the entire worlds
programme in 2 days. This meant Libby
raced all of her 7 pool races in 2 hours. They
also completed the beach programme, which
was held at Mairangi Bay, in a nippy 16
degrees water temp – with no wetsuit!
PG 2
GSC Committee Contacts
GSC Facebook page:
Michael Pugh (President) [email protected]
The GSC has a FB page. This is updated
regularly with news, upcoming meets,
psyche sheets, results as we get them.
Paula Farrell (Secretary) [email protected]
David Cadzow (Recorder)
[email protected]
Pauline Happe (Convener)
[email protected]
GSC Committee Contacts continued
Danielle O’Connor (Club Captain)
[email protected]
UPDATE on the new season
Libby was part of the girls 4 x 50 Obstacle
Relay and they broke the NZ Record during
their camp. (Libby 2nd from the right, photo
taken just after they broke the record).
Can all parents please check on their child’s
my page that the emergency details have
been completed for your child’s profile. It is
also a great time to ensure that your cell and
email addresses are current as well. You can
now add your child’s school too.
A reminder to all of our Timekeepers and
IOT’s. If you volunteer to timekeep or IOT at
a meet please ensure you wear your white
GSC polo shirt. We are proud of our Club and
our volunteers. Please ensure you wear your
shirt so we look united and professional. If
you need a shirt please contact Janine
Browne at [email protected]
BOP SC Champs 2-4th September, Baywave
AIMS Games 5th – 6th September, Baywave
GSC vs OSC Duel Meet – 17th September,
Greerton
NZ Short Course Champs 2nd – 6th October,
Auckland
Central North Island Champs 21-23rd October,
Rotorua
NATIONAL MEETS confirmed:
We wish Libby and her family (Wendy, Tony
and Tessa) a very safe and enjoyable trip and
look forward to hearing all about it on their
return.
TIMEKEEPERS:
UPCOMING MEETS:
14th – 15th January 2017 NZ Open Water
Championships, Lake Taupo
SWIMMERS WANTING TO JOIN THE GSC:
All new swimmers (i.e. those that never
belonged to a swimming club in NZ) can join
via the BOP Swimming website
(bayofplenty.swimming.org.nz) and click on
the JOIN NOW button.
11th February NZ Zonal Champs, Auckland
17th – 19th Feb 2017 – SNZ Central Zone Junior
Festival, Rotorua
5th – 8th March 2017 – SNZ 2017 Div II Comp,
Rotorua
21st- 25th March – NZ Age Group Championships,
Wellington
New Members
Welcome to all new swimmers and their
families to the Greerton Club. Any new
parents needing help, or guidance, please
contact our swimmer/parent liaison. Michael
Pugh, phone 027-270 6930.
Select the Greerton Swimming Club and join
as a Club ($100) or Competitive Swimmer
($150). Complete the details and make
payment with a credit card.
Greerton Hoodies and shirts
If you require a hoodie these can be
purchased from Janine Browne who is in
charge of all uniform items. Team shirts are
supplied to all swimmers that are registered
with the GSC and/or team shirt, please email
Janine at [email protected]
The cost of a hoodie is now $50.
GSC Account Number: 03-1549-0016266-00
New website is under construction
3rd – 7th April - 2017 NZ Open Championships,
Auckland
If you have any queries regarding registration,
entering a swim meet online please do not
hesitate to contact either myself - Paula Farrell
(Secretary) or David Cadzow (Recorder).
Our new GSC website is under construction
(thank you Ellen Cadzow). We are hoping to
have it up and running very soon.
GSC BOP Relay Team 2016