Author: John Hennessy

A strong southerly wind making conditions a bit uncomfortable, but a good attendance resulted in a successful day’s swimming.

Congratulations to Lisa Hedge and Steve Murray who were Female and Male 400M champions.

The prize event of the day was the Les Cavanagh 50M freestyle Memorial Trophy for the swimmer closest to their handicap time. Steve Murray was again successful, well done Steve.

Phil Short won his age group in the Shark Island swim last weekend and he was presented with his trophy by Club Captain Lisa and Vice Captain Cheryl. Phil had left for home when the winners were announced on the day. Congratulations Phil on a great swim.

Perfect conditions with swim numbers down a fraction due to some swimmers participating in the Shark Island Swim.

The prize event of the day was the 50M with Jon Jenkins sponsoring the prize.

There were 2 swimmers dead heated for the female prize: Kylie Mulholland and Carrol Daly.

A coin toss determined who received the prize and Carrol won the toss. Congratulations both swimmers.

In the men’s there were amazingly close results with 1st and 2nd being .03 and .04 secs from their time.

The winner was John Irvine, Congratulations John.

Sea Slugs are on duty next week.

Friday 5th Feb.

Today our club was privileged to have the family of Warren Bradley visit us to participate in our Friday Swim in honour of Warren.

This was a fantastic gesture on the morning of Warren’s Funeral Service and our club enjoyed a very special morning with them.

An incredible way to honour a great friend and father, husband, grandfather and extended family.

Warren will be sadly missed by our club, but not forgotten.

Thanks for sharing the experience with our members.

Busy day with the annual club Age Championships to be contested and the prize event of the Ian Bourke 50M Freestyle as well.

There were a number of outstanding swims in the Age Categories and congratulations to all our winners on the day.

Good luck to some of our members who will be swimming in the Shark Island swim this Sunday.

The Ian Bourke award was for the closest to handicap time in the 50M Freestyle. Winners were Joyce Grounds (F) and Jack Kirkland(M).

Sea Horses are the Duty team next week.

A chilly southwest breeze made swimming conditions a little challenging although the water was still warm. The main trophy event was the 50M Freestyle prize for closest to their time. This was sponsored by the Picone family.

Winners were:

Ingrid Moon (F) and Alex Zavgorodniy(M).

Congratulations to our winners for getting close to their time in trying conditions.

Perfect conditions with warm sunny day and little wind. Swimming returns in a restricted format with no catering after the swim due to current Covid framework.

The Annual Shirts Vs Skirts trophy was conducted today with 10 a side 50M relay.

In a shock result the Skirts managed to upstage the Shirts with a narrow victory. All member of the Shirts team have been temporarily suspended from the club.

The other trophy event on the day was the 400M freestyle with Lisa Hedge the winner(again).Congratulations to the day’s winners.

Beautiful sunny day with next to no wind made swimming conditions perfect.

Feature race was the annual “Double Wire to Wire” Owen Coulter race sponsored by Jim Silva. This is the longest event on the clubs swim calendar.

Paul Cavanagh presented prizes on behalf of Jim.

Winners were Christine Parrish(F) and Craig Smith(M) who demonstrated superb precision swimming over the long course.

Greys are swimming this Wed and Fri and regular Sunday swims continue next week.

Jack LeBreton accepted Craig’s prize.

The photo bombing is getting a bit more subtle.

Club races were held with strict Covid practices in play.

Cool conditions, but a good morning’s swimming was held with water temps warm. Thanks to Poppetts for providing a magnificent ham and Ken Davidson for his generous 12 bottles of wine for raffle prizes.

Two swimming awards today:

1) The annual Christmas Pudding 4X50 relay with each member of the winning team receiving a Christmas Pudding from the RSL Club. The winning team members were Jack Kirkland, Lyn Bryan, Bill Jury and Gordon Williams.

2) Peter Kerr sponsored the 200M Freestyle event for closest to handicap time. Winners were Elizabeth Whitcombe(F) and John Hennessy(M).

Great conditions for swimming with the Gary Ballard 200M Freestyle the prize event of the day.

Congratulations to Kylie Mulholland (female) and Craig Smith (the other one) who swam closest to their time on the day.

Birthday celebrations to Grant Conway who provided a calorie loaded chocolate cake for the occasion. Graham Purches donated a home made Christmas Pudding in case anyone was still hungry.

Thanks to Carol and Bernard who donated 2 hooded towels and a box of chocolates for raffle prizes.

Next week will be the pre Christmas swim with extra catering and plenty of Christmas cheer. The main event will be the 4 X 50M Christmas relay with each winning member receiving a Christmas Pudding donated by the RSL.

Good conditions with a high tide and plenty of swimmers. The great Supercoach, (Paul Crowe), donates the prize for the 400M Freestyle today and there was hot competition.

The winners were Ann Wood (1.46 sec from handicap time) and Paul Rugg (2.17 sec from time).

Congratulations Ann and Paul and thanks to Supercoach for his generous prizes.

Captain Lisa presents the prizes on behalf of Supercoach.