Author: John Hennessy

The next Summer Season is almost upon us and preparations are well advanced. The new Committee is established and our Swim Schedule and relays etc have been published. 2nd October is our first day.

Pool conditions look great at this stage so we hope we have no nasty weather events to disrupt things.

Final day of the Summer season had a small crowd with water conditions not the best. Today’s trophy event was the Eric Wood 400M Freestyle with the winners being closest to their time.

Congratulations to Kylie Mulholland (F) and Jack Le Breton (M).

Season pointscore was finalised with Corinne Pye taking out the overall pointscore award. Congratulations to Corinne on consistent swimming throughout the season. Well Done.

We also had our 2 swimmers (John and Steve) posing with their Australian Masters Swimming Championship medals on display around their neck. We also post a great shot of Steve Murray during one of his swims at the Masters.

Thanks to everyone for your patience during a very unusual season. On to our more social winter program off the beach at Cronulla at 9.00am.

Congratulations to the Cronulla RSL Swimming Club competitors who competed at the 86th AIF (Australian Imperial Force) Carnival in Coffs Harbour. The club had a great carnival finishing 5th on the overall point score.

Championship trophy winners:

John Butterfield – 1st 85-89 freestyle

John Hennessy – 1st 70-74 freestyle and 3rd in over 60 backstroke

Gordon Williams – 2nd 80-84 freestyle

Lisa Hedge – 2nd 55-59 freestyle

Jack Kirkland – 3rd 80-84 freestyle

Ann Wood – 3rd 65-69 freestyle

Jillian Rowland – 3rd 40-44 freestyle

Gary Ballard – 3rd in 60-64 Freestyle

Handicap events:

Jillian Rowland – 50m finalist

Steve Harper – 50m finalist

Eric Wood – 100m finalist

Magnificent conditions today with plenty of sun and no breeze to contend with.
There was a stingray who kept trying to join in the races, but he finally gave up and found some new friends.
Prize event of the day was the Dave Dopson 50M Freestyle with the winners being closest to their handicap time.
Congratulations to Kylie Mulholland(F) and Glen Long(M) who were the winners on the day.

Crowded conditions and a strong southerly breeze made swimming a little tricky today.

Two prize events contested were the Jim Silva/Owen Coulter wire-to-wire with swimming nominating their expected times. These prizes was sponsored by Phil Short. Winners were Lesley Woodland(F) who was 0.0 secs from her time and Jack Kirkland(M) who was 1 sec under his time.

The Picone family sponsored the prize for 50M Freestyle with the winners being closest to handicap time.

Well done to Lisa Hedge(F) who was .38sec from her time and Glen Long(M) who was .11sec from his time.

Good swimming weather today with overcast conditions, but a southerly breeze.

38 swimmers registered and the prize event of the day was the 200M Freestyle sponsored by Ian Bourke.

Paul Cavanagh was the winner of the men’s with a time .09sec from his handicap mark.

Lizzie Lodge won the women’s prize with a time 1.29 sec from her handicap.

The first 5 mens’ times were less than a second from their handicap time reflecting the good conditions.

Back next Sunday for more lively competition.