A club for people of all ages and abilities who enjoy swimming and socialising.
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.
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.
Today presented excellent swimming conditions with a light breeze providing relatively flat water. Intermittent showers made sure we weren’t totally comfortable.
Over 50 swimmers registered today, which was a great attendance in these Covid times.
The major prize today was the 200M freestyle with Rod and Di Garland sponsoring the event.
In a result which proved genuine honest swimmers can win Judy Walshe(F) and John Hennessy(M) were victorious. Thanks to Rod and Di for providing great prizes on the day.
We also were able to celebrate Andre Picone’s 21st birthday with a lovely cake. Congratulations Andre.
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.
Our swimming club is 71 years old on 24th December.
To celebrate this occasion the Cronulla RSL Memorial Club has produced a short video which provides an insight to the club and its character.
Click on the link below:
We had a visitor in the Gunnamatta Pool courtesy of a very high tide last week. Ray was spooking quiet a few people due to his size. he liked to swim laps of the pool in the early hours looking for the EXIT sign. Sutherland Council arranged for contractors to remove Ray from the pool enclosure. After one unsuccessful attempt hindered by a crowd of schoolchildren on an excursion, an early morning exercise by the contractors rounded him up and managed to guide him back out of the pool area.
Club races were actually held today after 2 weeks of cancellations due to weather.
A good turnout of 44 swimmers ,who braved a chilly southerly wind which made swimming conditions a little tricky.
There were 2 trophy events on the day.Reece Chambers sponsored the 100M with the winner being closest to handicap time.
In a display of precision swimming Ingrid Moon was 0.01 secs from her time to be the winner.
The 200M was sponsored by Gary Ballard with a prize for Female and Male winners.
Lisa Hedge took out the female award and Steve Murray won the male prize.
Well done to our winners on the day.A big Christmas wrap up next Sunday with some special catering to be provided.
Blustery southwest winds made for an uncomfortable morning, but we still had 40 hardy swimmers register.
Feature event the Les Cavanagh Memorial 50M Freestyle. Congratulations to Ian Bourke who managed only .5 sec from his time when most swimmers were well over due to the conditions.
Our reigning Club Champions , Lisa and Steve, have been proudly displaying their magnificent backpacks they received for their achievement. Our Awards night for last year finally gets off the ground( we hope) on December 1st.
