Newsletter April 2015
The last month has really flown by and as always there is lots to share with you all. Here’s hoping everyone has stayed safe and dry these last few days, except of course when in squads…
Last Friday night we had our second Club Night under the new format and it was wonderful. We were delighted that a whole bunch of new swimmers came along and we’d like to wish them all a huge welcome… Hello and welcome aboard to Ada Kelly, Athan and Harrison Tzanis, Emily Grimes, Erling Halvor, Erica Beattie, Ben Harrington, Timothy Schon, Elena and Kate Francis, Mathew Brawn. Our youngest swimmers were 8 and 9 and there were some hard fought battles in the 25m freestyle races and the 50m breaststroke and backstroke races. Well done to all who participated on the night.
Swimmers of the night were Khloe Pardo, Alexandra Deas and Jamie Robertson. They accrued the highest number of ”improvement points” meaning that they improved their times significantly based on the first club night. Each race night we run the race results as well as improvement point scores. This means that swimmers are also racing themselves, striving each month to better what they did personally the month before. The point scoring will run throughout the season with Age Champions announced at our end of year celebration.
Carlile JX Meet – Celebrating success
9 of our junior swimmers attended the Carlile JX meet on 22nd March and we again had some outstanding results. Congratulations to Violet Adeney, Charlotte Fletcher, Will Houseman, Chloe Houseman, Tiana Ornelas, Khloe Pardo, Jamie Robertson, Isabella Rocher and Tahi Webster on some fabulous swimming.
IN OTHER NEWS
Charlotte Fletcher and Scarlett Deas were lucky enough to score some volunteer work at the Australian Championships as basket carriers for some of Australia’s top swim stars – meeting the likes of the Campbell sisters, James Magnussen, Emma McKeown as well as Cameron McEvoy and Geoff Huegill. They had a really great time and if your kids ever get the opportunity to do something like this then I would highly recommend it. The championships themselves were fun to watch and certainly inspiring for anyone who went out there.
CCC Championships & School Carnival update
A big shout out for Scarlett Deas who was School and Zone Champion and is off to the next stage of racing. Well done!
Congratulations to Marc Ornelas, Tahi Webster and Sammy Gregory who will be competing in the NSWCCC Championships (New South Wales Combined Catholic Colleges) Carnival on 4th May. We wish you all lots of luck!
Starter Training
Metsea has agreed to come in and train our parent volunteers as official starters for swim meets. Please let our Race Secretary Nyree Webster know if you would like to join the training.
CLUB NIGHTS
Our next Club Night is Friday 8th May and we’ll be running 25m, 50m and 100m races for Butterfly, Breaststroke and Freestyle. We’d love to see you all there so please grab the race night entry form on the notice- board or from Darren on the pool deck. There is a small fee ($5) to enter. We charge this fee to cover the costs of AKAC caps, ribbons, and trophies and to subsidize uniforms and equipment.
New swimmers are welcome to come along for a trial (or two) but please note that for those who enjoy the thrill of competition and want to compete on a monthly basis, after two trial swims you will need to join the Annette Kellerman Swim Club and be registered with Swimming New South Wales. This is a Swimming New South Wales regulation and it is for insurance purposes. Details on how to join the club can be found below.
Entries are due in the Tuesday before we race i.e. Tuesday 5th May. Please make sure you get your race cards in early so that things run smoothly on the night.
Upcoming External Meets
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Sunday 26th April – Aquaburn Winter SC Carnival - Loreto Normanhurst
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Sunday May 17th – Ryde Carlile 12 and Under Mini Meet – Ryde Aquatic Centre
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Sunday May 17th - Cherrybrook Carlile SC Swimming Meet – SOPACE
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Sunday May 17th – Peakhurst Under 12’s Mini Meet – Peakhurst Indoor Pool
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Sunday May 24th – SwimWest SC Qualifying Meet – SOPAC
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Sunday May 31 – Carlile Speedo Cup – SOPAC
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Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June – Metsea Winter Championships – SOPAC
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Sunday 24th May – Swimwest Winter Carnival – SOPAC
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Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June – Metsea Winter Meet – SOPAC
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Congratulations to the following swimmers on their JX Achievements for the 2016-17 year. Read More
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Program and timeline for the AKAC SC 12 & under meet. Read More
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Information for competitors at the METSEA Area SC Championships 2017 Read More
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Good Morning all
Meet is now Full & Closed.
Timeline & program will be posted on the website (https://akac.swimming.org.au/) by thursday the 15/6/17.
Relay Entries Will need to be submitted to the announcers table on the day by 12:30 no later.
If anyone would like to help with timekeeping it will be gladly accepted and you will be well fed.
Please be advised that Normal Pool entry will apply.
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Information regarding entry and qualifiers for the 2016 LC Metsea Championships. Read More
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Information regarding the Time Trial Night 27th September 2016. Read More
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Information about the 2016 AKAC Swim Club AGM. Read More
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Please find attached the documents for this weekend.
Program for printing.
Timeline
Entry List
Job... Read More
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Attached is the Program and Timeline for the meet. Read More
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Information regarding 2016 METSEA Championships. Read More
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Information relating to the June Race Night. Read More
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It is hard to believe that a month has flown by and we are well and truly into November. A lot has happened over the last month. We have squeezed in two race nights and a number of carnivals with some fabulous successes. Read More
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Over the last months AKAC swimmers have achieved great results with many of them cracking some amazing PB’s and achieving some hard-earned State times. View all the latest results here Read More
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2016 Short-course State Championships
We had 11 swimmers compete at the NSW Short course Championships over 3 days in August. Tom Oates (100m Breaststroke), Tahi Webster (50m Freestyle and 100m Breaststroke) and Samantha Gregory (200m Backstroke) all swam individual races and each did some extraordinary times with Tahi a finalist in the Breaststroke. Well done to all of you. Read More
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The AKAC Club is small and close-knit club that has some amazing successes and a lot of fun. The kids have created a wonderful community. The fun they have in training, the pain theyshare in training (sorry Darren !) and the support they feel and give to fellow team members at race meets makes the whole experience special Read More
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Interclub Challenge – Fast, furious and fun.... It was a great night with all of the swimmers and parents chipping in to make the night a huge success. Thank you to everyone for helping us out – all of the parents who volunteered their time and came along to cheer and of course thank you to the swimmers who swam so beautifully for their respective clubs. Read More
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It's time to prepare for another Race Night! Our official meet with Col Jones went brilliantly and a big thank you to everyone that pitched in and gave us a hand. Also a big congratulations to our swimmers who, as always, swim amazingly.
Our next race night is on 4 September at 6pm. This one won't have official times, but all the times we gather are collated as improvement points and kept on our own club database. Read More
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Friday night saw our inaugural Interclub Challenge against Col Jones Tempe. It was a great night with all of the swimmers and parents chipping in to make the night a huge success. Thank you to everyone for helping us out – all of the parents who volunteered their time and came along to cheer and of course thank you to the swimmers who swam so beautifully for their respective clubs. There were lots of PB's and some great cheering on of your team mates. We would also like to say a special thank you to Nyree Webster “Race Secretary†and Megan Wakeley “Secretary†who [put the night together for us. Read More
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Time has flown very fast this last month and again we have some fantastic news about our Club Swimmers. There were a number of meets over June/July and we’ve had lots of our swimmers smash their PB’s, compete at Metropolitan Championships and qualify for the upcoming State Championships. In fact I am writing this from the Metro South West Championships where many of our swimmers are winning medals and swimming some amazing time (stay tuned for those results in the next newsletter... Read More
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The AKAC Swim Club would like to invite you to some exciting events coming up. In
particular to our Interclub Challenge against local rivals, Col Jones Tempe. Marrickville pride
is at stake and we would love your support, particularly in the pool but if not cheering us on. Read More
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Congratulations to all that participated in our July Club Race Night. For information on results, scores and cumulative scores please click below Read More
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Congratulations to all that participated in our June 5th Club Race Night. For information on results, scores and cumulative scores please click below: Read More
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It's hard to believe that another month is almost gone and winter is well and truly here... I
imagine that it is rather hard for some of the kids and parents to be getting up for those early
morning sessions in the cold but please keep trying because morning squad numbers are
down and we're at risk of losing some of the flexibility we all take for granted. On those tough
days think of two things - the coaches are here waiting for you and... Read More
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Our first Club Night under the new format and I think all who participated would say that it was a success. Our youngest competitor (8 years) was Leo Cosgrove who put in an extraordinary effort to swim his first ever 50m Butterfly. Well done! We also had some 9 year olds who did some fantastic swims and all of them get a special mention for their great efforts -– Will Houseman, Chloe Pankhurst and Jamie Robertson did some fantastic times. A special welcome also for Adam Khalil who joined in on the night and, did some very fine swimming! Read More
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February has certainly flown by. We have had some absolutely amazing results with the AKAC team in their school carnivals with numerous Age Champions in our mix – Chloe Houseman (Yr6 – Stanmore), Charlotte Fletcher (Year 7 – Burwood Girls), Bella Rocher (Yr 7 – Canterbury Girls), Tiana Ornelas (Yr 7 – Casa Mia), Marc Ornelas (Yr 9 – Casa Mia), Sammy Gregory (Yr 9 – Bethlehem College) and Tyrone Salomon and Ilya Tolstun fighting it out for honours in many of the races at Tempe High School with Tyrone eventual Champion. Read More
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Happy New Year...Welcome back to AKAC Swim Club. The year has started well for us with some of our swimmers achieving some outstanding results at the NSW State Swimming Championships in January.
AKAC had six swimmers competing in the 10 - 12 Years Championships on the 16 & 17th January and two swimmers competing in the 13 – 18 Years Championships on 19th – 24th January. Read More
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