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Ripples St Marys Swimming Club Inc.

P O Box 111 St Marys NSW 1790 Operating out of

Ripples Leisure Centre Charles Hackett Dr

St Marys 2760

St Marys Swimming Club Inc.

www.ripplesstmarys.nswswimming.com.au

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

SUMMER Time Trials 2010/2011

Week 15 31 January 2011

Tonight’s swims

Ripples AA Meet

MSW Call for TOs

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Carnival Closing Dates

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Recognising our sponsors

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Ripples AA Meet

Coach’s Report 4

Club Cships

Special Notices 5

Age Cships 6

Special Notices 7

Back Page News

Fundraising 8

Tonight’s Swim Program

Monday 31st January 2011

Start time 6.00pm 50m outside pool

3 SWIMS allowed

(including DISTANCE swims)

800m Freestyle Championships (qualifiers only)

25/50/100m Freestyle

25/50/100m Breaststroke

25/50/100m Backstroke

25/50/100m Butterfly

* Swimmers are NOT permitted to swim 25m, 50m or 100m of the SAME stroke on the SAME night.

* Swimmers must be 6yrs/over to attempt 100m swims

* Swimmers must be 9yrs/over to attempt 200m swims

* Swimmers must be 10yrs/over to attempt 400m swims

EXTRA TIMEKEEPERS will be

needed EACH WEEK for each

CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT until the

end of the season, especially

800m Freestyle Cships TONIGHT.

* Please gather at 5.50pm for a time check. 2-3 timekeepers will be needed on EACH LANE for each

championship event.

* Please see Race Committee.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of our Ripples Summer AA Meet : referees Brian Dry and Karen Hope, check starter Jessica Walker, starter Tammy Burton, announcer Rachel Heaslip, the place judges, Chief timekeeper David Fitzpatrick & the timekeepers, Marshalls David J. Fitzpatrick & Troy Ellison, runners, bbq crew, refreshment crew, admission & fundraising crew, medal presenters, Saturday & Sunday set up crews, Sunday pack up crew, club captains Rochelle Fretwell, Kurt Robertson & Madelaine Dine, club coaches Jenny Pilgrim & Sarah, Ripples Leisure Centre liaison Sally Philip and the pool staff who helped with the preparation of the centre including the blocks and installation of the new lane ropes.

Special congratulations to Meet Director Karl Fretwell, Race Secretary Cherie Gregory, Race Committee members Michael Dine, Margaret Dine, Olivia Fretwell, Nadia Featherstone, Jessica Walker & David J. Fitzpatrick on a very professionally run meet. The Social Fundraising Team, led by Olivia Fretwell of Nadia Feather-stone, Margaret Dine, Bronwyn Ellison, Rachel Heaslip & Sally Philp, ran a profita-ble fundraising campaign as well as kept the volunteers nourished and hydrated.

Thanks also to Troy Ellison who designed and prepared the swimmer’s time cards which increased the efficiency of getting the results out, Darren Stein who actively sought sponsors for our meet and to Sue Heaslip for keeping us updated with the latest developments via the website and newsletter.

We certainly could not miss mentioning our BBQ crew of Michael Dine, Ian Gregory and Bronwyn Ellison who worked tirelessly at the BBQ all day in the searing heat.

The success of our carnival was largely due to the enormous effort

of the volunteers - all 40 odd of you. Next week we hope to name

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU to show our appreciation.

6th February 2011 @ SOPAC

call for

TECHNICAL OFFICIALS

at the request of Metro South West

Please email Jann Fathers if you can help

alec@metrosw.org.au

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TONIGHT’S Volunteer Roster

Montgomery

Moss

nicholopoulos

Ojeda

Pilbin

Pilgrim

Polinsky

Prisuda

Rayner

Reason

Robertson

(Kurt)

Robinson

Santiago

stockley

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Entries and money to Cherie Gregory by CLOSING DATE. Entries marked ‘CARNIVAL ENTRIES’ may be submitted via the GREEN BOX located in the Ripples Leisure Centre foyer.

* Messages from Coach Jenny Pilgrim

CARNIVAL MEET CARNIVAL DATE S/M/O RIPPLES CLOSING DATE

Telopea Open Water Saturday 19 February Open Monday 31 January

Auburn AA LC Meet Sunday 27 February M Monday 7 February

SMSW 5-8 Years Meet Saturday 5 March S Monday 14 February

Narrandera Long Distance Saturday 12 March Open Friday 4 March

CHAMPIONSHIP MEET

MEET DATE

S/M/

O

RIPPLES

CLOSING DATE

ONLINE ENTRY

CLOSING DATE

NSW State Open Cships

* qualifiers to enter

Fri - Sun

11 - 13 February

SC TIMES

Friday 28 January

ONLINE 3pm

Wed 2 February 11

Australian Open Water Cships

* qualifiers to enter

Sat & Sun

5 - 6 March

ONLINE 5pm

Mon 21st February

SAL website

www.swimming.org.au

Metro South West LC Cships

*qualifiers to enter

Sat & Sun

19-20 March

M MANUAL ENTRIES

Friday 28 February

Swimming NSW Qualifying Meet

* qualifiers to enter AND

* see Coach Jenny Pilgrim

Sat & Sun

5 - 6 March

SC TIMES

Friday 25 February ONLINE 3pm

Wednesday 2 March

Speedo Sprint Series Finals

* qualifiers to enter

Sunday

13 March

Telstra Aust Swimming Cships

* qualifiers to enter AND

* see Coach Jenny Pilgrim

Friday - Friday

1 - 8 April

Australian Age Cships

* qualifiers to enter AND

* see Coach Jenny Pilgrim

Mon - Sat

18 - 23 April

Swimming NSW website - www.nswswimming.com.au

Swimming Australia website - www.swimming.org.au

More information - speak to Cherie Gregory

And the Race Committee

All entries for carnivals should be processed through the Club Race Secretary.

EXCEPT for NSW METROPOLITAN and STATE ONLINE ENTRIES. Members should continue to sub-mit these entries online via Swimming NSW but please email Cherie Gregory at

rmhijacc@tpg.com.au to receive recognition in the club newsletter.

NSW State Open Championships 11 - 13 February 2011

ONLINE ENTRIES CLOSE 3pm WEDNESDAY 2nd February 2011

* Please email Cherie Gregory at rmhijacc@tpg.com.au AFTER YOU HAVE SUBMITTED YOUR

ENTRIES so that we can recognize you in the next week’s newsletter.

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Ripples St Marys Swimming Club wishes to recognise and

thank the support of these businesses who are

supporting our meet on Sunday January 30.

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Hi Everyone!!

As promised results from the Bridge to Bridge Event at the Regatta Centre Penrith....

We had 12 of our team have a go in this annual event.....

Jack Bennett, Cassandra Galea, Ethan Burton, Jessica Flynn, Matthew Galea, Emily Flaxman, Casey Bury, Judy McBain, Jarred Wright, Jarred McBain, Sydney Harris, Nic Masjuk.

Well done!!! Perfect Conditions.....

Medalists....

Jack Bennett 1st Cassandra Galea 2nd Ethan Burton 1st Matthew Galea 1st

Casey Bury 1st Judy McBain 2nd Jarred Wright 1st Jarred McBain 3rd

Awesome effort guys.....the more of these events you do the more experience you gain......!!!!!

Congratulations.....

At the time of typing this report we are all gearing up for our carnival.....

Good Luck & Kick Butt!!!!!

Ripples St Marys Swimming Club wishes to gratefully acknowledge and thank the above businesses and individuals who sponsored

our Ripples Summer AA Meet.

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Thanks also to the following individuals who donated towards our carnival raffle :

The Robinson Family

The Stockley Family

Mrs Cornish

Congratulations to all club swimmers and their families who proudly wore club apparel at yesterday’s meet. The “sea of RIPPLES” was certainly a sight to behold and certainly reflected in the atmosphere and excitement of the day.

In the coming weeks, we will be recognising the efforts of the many who contributed, both inside and outside the pool. It was a great day, congratulations to all who contributed to the success of our carnival meet.

RESULTS FROM THE RIPPLES SUMMER AA MEET are on the club website

www.ripplesstmarys.nswswimming.com.au - Individual and relay results available

Thank you to the generous families who donated refreshments for our valued volunteers.

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Club Championships card entry packs are now available. The cost of Distance/Age Champion-ships entries will be $2.00 per swim to a maximum of $10.00 for all swims. AGE for all Champion-ships will be as at 24th January 2011. Please check your Summer Book for more information.

Distance championships start 24th January 2011

The $3.00 club night fee will still be in effect until 21st February

NO club night fees will be payable from 28th February 2011

for the remainder of the season

Qualifying will end for the Age Championships events on 21st February 2011

AGE CHAMPIONSHIPS ENTRIES

CLOSE 21st February 2011

AGE CHAMPIONSHIPS START 28th February 11

Age AGE CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENTS

Entries close 21st February 11

6yrs / Under 25m Free/Back/Breast/Fly

7-9yrs 50m Free/Back/Breast/Fly

10-Veterans 50m Free/Back/Breast/Fly

100m Free/Back/Breast/Fly

200m Individual Medley

Qualifying swims are listed at right

Entries for the Perpetual Award Final will be submitted by the Race Committee

based on the selection criteria

To qualify for the Perpetual Trophy Final to be contested on the 28th March 2011, you must :

Swim at least 3 qualifying FREESTYLE swims for your age group (right) by End of Pointscore 21st February 2011

Fastest 3 boys and fastest 3 girls in each age

category will be nominated for the Final

Event run on a handicap basis

More information on Page 9 of you club book

Age Category

Qualifying

FREESTYLE Swims

Perpetual Trophy

6 & under 3 X 25m swims Timelec Tiny Tots

7 & 8 yrs 3 X 50m swims McDonald’s

9 & 10 yrs 3 X 50m swims Big Wheels

11 & 12yrs 3 X 100m swims Frank Law

13 & 14 yrs 3 X 100m swims Jesrac

15-34 yrs 3 X 100m swims Austral Plumbing

35yrs/Over 3 X 50m swims President’s

Farewell Ripples Leisure Centre General Manager Erik Henricksen

Last Friday, Ripples Leisure Centre General Manager Erik Henricksen retired. We, at Ripples St Marys Swimming Club wish Erik the very best of health and happiness as he embarks on this new phase of his life. During his time at Ripples, Erik has been a keen supporter of our club and we thank him for his assistance and support of our swimmers.

Ripples St Marys Swimming Club has built up a strong partnership with Ripples Leisure Centre over a number of years and we look forward to continuing to devel-opment this relationship and partnership with the newly appointed Ripples Leisure Centre General Manager Greg Crawford who will be introduced next week.

Good luck in your retirement Erik.

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Age Championships qualifying ends 21st February 11

Age Championships start 28th February 11.

B oys G irls Ag e Dis tanc e/S troke B oys G irls Ag e

1 2 10 200 IM 47 48 12 200 IM

3 4 11 200 IM 49 50 13 200 IM

5 6 6 & Under 25 B ack 51 52 6 & Under 25 B reas t

7 8 7 50 B ack 53 54 7 50 B reas t

9 10 8 50 B ack 55 56 8 50 B reas t

11 12 9 50 B ack 57 58 9 50 B reas t

13 14 10 50 B ack 59 60 10 50 B reas t

15 16 11 50 B ack 61 62 11 50 B reas t

17 18 12 50 B ack 63 64 12 50 B reas t

19 20 13 50 B ack 65 66 13 50 B reas t

21 22 14 50 B ack 67 68 14 50 B reas t

23 24 15 50 B ack 69 70 15 50 B reas t

25 26 16-34 50 B ack 71 72 16 - 34 50 B reas t

27 28 35 & O ver 50 B ack 73 74 35 & O ver 50 B reas t

29 30 7-9 100 F ree 75 76 7-9 100 B ack

31 32 10 100 F ree 77 78 10 100 B ack

33 34 11 100 F ree 79 80 11 100 B ack

35 36 12 100 F ree 81 82 12 100 B ack

37 38 13 100 F ree 83 84 13 100 B ack

39 40 14 100 F ree 85 86 14 100 B ack

41 42 15 100 F ree 87 88 15 100 B ack

43 44 16-34 100 F ree 89 90 16-34 100 B ack

45 46 35 & O ver 100 F ree 91 92 35 & O ver 100 B ack

B oys G irls Ag e Dis tanc e/S troke B oys G irls Ag e Dis tanc e/S troke

93 94 14 200 IM 139 140 16-34 200 IM

95 96 15 200 IM 141 142 35 & O ver 200 IM

97 98 6 & Under 25 F ly 143 144 6 & Under 25 F ree

99 100 7 50 F ly 145 146 7 50 F ree

101 102 8 50 F ly 147 148 8 50 F ree

103 104 9 50 F ly 149 150 9 50 F ree

105 106 10 50 F ly 151 152 10 50 F ree

107 108 11 50 F ly 153 154 11 50 F ree

109 110 12 50 F ly 155 156 12 50 F ree

111 112 13 50 F ly 157 158 13 50 F ree

113 114 14 50 F ly 159 160 14 50 F ree

115 116 15 50 F ly 161 162 15 50 F ree

117 118 16-34 50 F ly 163 164 16-34 50 F ree

119 120 35 & O ver 50 F ly 165 166 35 & O ver 50 F ree

121 122 7-9 100 B reas t 167 168 7-9 100 F ly

123 124 10 100 B reas t 169 170 10 100 F ly

125 126 11 100 B reas t 171 172 11 100 F ly

127 128 12 100 B reas t 173 174 12 100 F ly

129 130 13 100 B reas t 175 176 13 100 F ly

131 132 14 100 B reas t 177 178 14 100 F ly

133 134 15 100 B reas t 179 180 15 100 F ly

135 136 16-34 100 B reas t 181 182 16-34 100 F ly

137 138 35 & O ver 100 B reas t 183 184 35 & O ver 100 F ly

Week 3 - 14/03/2010 Week 4 -21/03/2010

Week 1 -28/02/2010 Week 2 -07/03/2010Dis tanc e/S troke

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Coming newsletters : Thank you volunteers

Guessing competition results

B2B Open Water results

Ripples Summer AA Meet Re-sults

Summer Presentation news

Introducing the new Leisure Centre General Manager Greg Crawford

Spectator $3.00

* Spectator Pass $50.00

(20 visits = $2.50 per visit)

Child Swim $5.00

* Child Swim Pass $78.00

(20 visits = $3.90 per visit

Both the Spectator Pass and the Child Swim Pass may be shared between family members or friends.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK : “There is water in every lane, so it’s ok”. — Ian Thorpe On being in Lane 5 for a final.

The Family Volunteer Roster is now operating on a rotating basis.

Could all parents please be ready to assist at 5.50pm for a prompt 6.00pm start. Thank you for your support.

Please select a job and “sign on” to rec-ord your volunteer participation for the night. Jobs include : 7 timekeepers, run-ners, marshals, refreshment crew, BBQ crew, set up/pack up crews, 25m line rope.

Remember that Championships require 3 timekeepers per lane.

Thank you for your continued support

Ripples Leisure

Centre

Squad members

Who possess a

CURRENT

Monthly

Squad Pass

are entitled to

FREE ENTRY

Could all UNUSED club night

cards be returned to the club-

house at the end of the season.

With Age Championships starting on 28th February 2011, there will be no further use for the white club night entry cards for this season.

Please return any UNUSED white club entry cards that were issued either at the start of the season or in the championship packs.

Date Swimmer Category Distance/Stroke Time

24/01/11 Tiarne Galvin Female 9 yrs 100m Freestyle 1.18.84

24/01/11 Jessica Grant Female 10yrs 50m Butterfly 37.26

24/01/11 Lisa Thompson Female 16-34yrs 50m Breaststroke 38.47

24/01/11 Alison Polinsky Female 35/Over 400m Freestyle 5.37.69

24/01/11 Matthew Galea Male 9yrs 100m Freestyle 1.15.77

24/01/11 Matthew Galea Male 9yrs 50m Butterfly 38.18

24/01/11 Maniah Betham Male 11yrs 50m Freestyle 30.45

24/01/11 Maniah Betham Male 11yrs 400m Freestyle 4.52.49

24/01/11 Dylan Betham Male 13yrs 50m Freestyle 28.15

24/01/11 Dylan Betham Male 13yrs 400m Freestyle 4.38.73

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“Swimmers under the age of sixteen years

must have adequate supervision (by a person aged sixteen years or older) in attendance for the duration of club nights or carnivals.

Any swimmers being identified in attend-ance at either a carnival or on club night without adequate supervision, will not be allowed to compete until his or her parent carer arrives to assume the supervisory responsibility for that swimmer.”

$2.00 per square

Congratulations to last week’s lucky winner Jessica Grant with lucky number 16.

Thank you to the families who came for-ward last club night to volunteer. Ripples St Marys Swimming Club is run on a volunteer basis and all families are required to assist with club night duties when the need arises.

www.ripplesstmarys.nswswimming.com.au

Please check the Club website notice-board for any URGENT updates e.g. Car-nival information, cancellation of club night due to electrical storm or ongoing relevant information such as upcoming carnivals & results as well as committee meetings & fundraising.

Club night results available under Results / 2010/2011 Summer Club.

BBQ at “Ripples by the Pool”

Sandwiches are available with onions (when availa-ble) and include the sauce of your choice

Sausage Sandwich $ 2.50

Bacon & Egg Sandwich $ 3.00

Sizzle Steak sandwich $ 3.00

Triple Treat Works $ 3.50 (Sausage or Sizzle Steak,

Bacon & Egg sandwich

Sausage & Bacon Sandwich $3 .00

Prepaid orders will be taken until 7.00pm

29 April 2011

Summer Presentation

St Marys Leagues Club

Forrester Road St Marys

24th January 2011

Times achieved at last week’s club night are “official times” and can be used as qualifying or entry times for meets.

Results on the club website.

NEXT WEEK’S Volunteer Roster 7th February 11

Stranks

Thompson

Tii tii

Trevillian

Turner

Wright

Zacherl

Ailao

Athans

Baker

Beddie

Bennett

Betham

brown

Club night entries now close at

5.00pm FRIDAYS. Entries can be submitted on the club night

prior or via the GREEN BOX located in the

Ripples Leisure Centre front foyer by 5pm the Friday prior to club night.

The $3.00 club night fee is payable on club night at the clubhouse.

Preview of next club night’s swims

Monday 7th February 2011

Start time 6.00pm 50m outside pool

3 SWIMS allowed

(including Distance swims)

200m Backstroke Championships

(qualifiers only)

25/50/100m Breaststroke

25/50/100m Backstroke

25/50/100m Butterfly

25/50/100m Freestyle

200m Freestyle Championships

(qualifiers only)

* Swimmers are NOT permitted to swim 25m, 50m or 100m of the SAME stroke on the SAME night.

* Swimmers must be 6yrs/over to attempt 100m swims