Newsletter March 2015
Last Friday night we had 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!
Our next Club Night is Friday 17th April and we’ll be running 25m, 50m and 100m races for Backstroke, 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) for members and it is free of charge in April for those thinking of joining the club (usually $5). 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.
More Outstanding results
Thanks to all of those who gave me updates about the amazing feats of so many other AKAC Swimmers in their school carnivals. I am sorry that I missed some people the first time around although on the bright side it gives us more success to celebrate this week. I would like to call out a few more AKAC Swimmers who have done exceedingly well over the last few weeks:
Khloe Pardo – Age Champion at Petersham Public (11 yrs) – well done!
Jamie Robertson – 9 years Age Champion at Summer Hill Public School – Great effort!
The Zone Swimming carnivals have started and we’ve already had a few successes there – Congratulations to Chloe Pankhurst (9 years) who had some outstanding swims South Sydney district swimming carnival - all PB’s and a number of 1st and 2nd places.
We also have a couple of Zone Champions in our mix with Bella Rocher and Charlotte Fletcher representing the Southern and Northern Zones. Chloe Houseman was also part of a record-breaking relay team in the Balmain District carnival.
Finally a huge congratulations to Tahi Webster who competed at the Speedo Sprint Series Finals last weekend and got 8th overall in the 50m fly and 9th in the breast. They have all done so very well and we’re all very proud of you.
Upcoming External Meets
Sunday 22nd March – Forbes & Ursula Carlile JX Qualifying Meet – SOPAC
Sunday 17th May – Peakhurst Junior Development Meet – Peakhurst – this is for Under 12’s and a great way to get times
Sunday 24th May – Swimwest Winter Carnival – SOPAC
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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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… 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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