AUGUST 2001

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Welcome to the August edition of the newsletter. News items may be submitted to Sandi Wooton by phone (42214800) or email (sandi_wooton@uow.edu.au). We are located on the internet at: http://daptoswimclub.cjb.net
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Congratulations to all of our swimmers who competed at the NSW Country Short Course Swimming Championship recently. Unfortunately I have not seen all of the results, but I have heard that a number of good swims were achieved. Well done to Ellen Wooton, gaining 6 finalist ribbons, narrowly missing a bronze medal, Clinton Parsons, finalist ribbon in the 100m breaststroke and Kaine Love winning a bronze medal in the Open 50m freestyle and 3 other finalist ribbons.

Hopefully by now, the pool heating will be well under way (well behind schedule though). If the Council's time line runs on time, we should be in the water late November. This will mean that our Friday Night Pointscore will be starting late this year and the Club Championships will also be held later than usual. There will be more news as that date gets closer.
WHAT'S NEWS
Club Meetings are held on the 1st Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the Club Room at Dapto Pool. All are welcome to attend. We encourage you to come along and join us, it's a terrific way to become involved in your club! Next club meeting: August 7th.

Congratulations to Teagan Southwell who placed 10th in her event at the School State Cross Country Championships!
POOL SIDE
For information about swimming carnivals please feel free to browse our web pages on the internet, or see our Race Secretary Julie Glass for entry cards and carnival information. Please remember that all entries must be given to Julie before the closing dates otherwise they will not be accepted. Julie Glass can be contacted at the Uni Pool on Wednesdays and Fridays, by phone (42718731), or via email: kglass@1earth.net.

Kiama Carnival - 9th June
Two families attended this carnival. 10 entries were submitted. They achieved 3 PB's on the day.

Dapto Swimming Carnival - 24th June
There were 45 swimmers from our club who attended this carnival placing 198 entries. 93 PB's were achieved on the day, with 34 individual medals being won, and 4 medals to our relay teams!
All parents and officials who helped on the day, a big thank you to you all, without your help and commitment this event could not of been held and run so successfully. A special thanks to Kate Negandahl for arranging every child from our club to be part of a relay team, I know it meant a lot of extra work on your part, but I can assure you that every child appreciated it.
The Medal Winners were:
Ellen Wooton 4 silver, 3 gold
Letteisha Bensley 2 gold, 1 silver
Clinton Parsons 3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
Brielle Baker 3 bronze
Teagan Southwell 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze
Samantha Bates 1 gold, 1 bronze
Keiran Sernig 1 silver, 2 bronze
Michael Neall 2 silver
Jayne Schober 3 bronze
Zac Ioannou 1 bronze
Tahlia Oldroyd 1 bronze
Ben Carrick 1 bronze

Time Trials - 1st July
There were eight swimmers from Dapto Club that attended this time trial. Congratulations to Jessica Glass, Briarna Southwell & Brendan Neall for qualifying for Country. Also congratulations to Teagan Southwell and Samantha Bates for qualifying for State!

NSW Country Championships - 13th-15th July
Seven Families traveled to Toronto to participate in the NSW Country Winter Championships. 28 entries were submitted, 4 P.B's were achieved and one
bronze medal was won by Kaine Love in the 50m freestyle. 12 finalist ribbons were also won by our swimmers. Congratulations to our Winter Country Representatives: Ellen Wooton, Jayne Schober, Teagan Southwell, Jessica Glass, Briarna Southwwell, Clinton Parsons, Kaine Love & Brendan Neall. (Samantha Bates & Corinne Glass also qualified for Country, but were unable to compete. Samantha was away on holidays and Corinne is currently recovering from an illness).

NSW Winter Open Championships 21st-22nd July
Ellen Wooton competed in 7 events at this meet.

All Carnival Results have now been posted and are available from our Web pages.

The following carnivals are targeted for the rest of the season:
· 5 August: SCAT Winter Meet - Kiama Leisure Center
· 26 August: Wollongong Winter Meet - Beaton Park
· 15-16 September: NSW 2001 Winter State Age Championships - SAC
COACH'S CORNER
Swimmer of the Month:

Mathew Carrick.
Great training Mat! Keep up the good work.

Training
There are many swimmers not ready for training at their allotted timeslot, mainly Dolphins, Juniors & Seniors. Swimmers: make sure you are on pool deck & ready to start training on time!
Gym
Due to lack of commitment from athletes, Friday afternoon gym has been cancelled. For the committed few there is a water workout available.
Swim Meets
There are still a number of swimmers not wearing team gear. You do not play netball or soccer & wear whatever you like. Have some pride in your club & become a part of a team.
Dapto Pool Heating & Reopening Update
The Reopening of Dapto Pool is scheduled for the 18th November. This will change our summer training format, so I will be having a meeting at the end of August to discuss summer programs. It would be appreciated if all parents could attend: Wednesday 29th August, Dapto Club Room, 7:00 p.m.
Toni
GOSSIP GALORE
Country Championships - Parents Report
The drive up to Toronto took anywhere between 2 1/2hrs to 4 1/2hrs depending on how late you left Wollongong. For the Glass family, they decided to
visit every suburb of Sydney, and yes, got every red light! So after many renditions of 100 green bottles we finally arrived at the hotel with a mighty thirst.
We all met up at the Ex-Services club for a meal on the Friday night, and to our delight the meals were lovely and plentiful. During dinner we noticed
a definite disappearance of our men folk, they were later found huddled around a t.v. set watching the test. So we left them there and headed off to
the hotel for a quite night-cap.
We were all up nice and early the next morning, rearing to go to the pool. The pool complex can only be described as being held in someone's bathroom,
talk about nice and squeezy! We were sitting on scaffolding which was erected high and looking down on the pool, you definitely got a great look at their tumble turns, and sometimes felt them too.
Saturday finished quite early, so we all ventured back to the hotel, where Ros put on a lovely spread of her famous dip, if it was then, it certainly is now, and munchies. It's always nice when you have these unexpected few hours during the day to sit around and catch up with everyone, whilst the kids had fun playing Frisbee with uncle Phil.
Saturday evening was spent overlooking the lake at the Yacht Club, and once again the meals were delicious. We later adjourned to Phil and Kate's room to enjoy a quiet one before retiring for the evening. We would all like to thank Kevin and his lovely assistant Katie for the undercover puppet show. We all laughed so much we lost our pants - Oh no!, Kevin lost his, that's right! So after many, many laughs we all headed off to bed.
I would personally like to thank Steve for his early morning wake-up call, even though we had no one swimming that morning, but hey! that's the kind of
great guy he is. So as everyone walked down to the pool for yet another day of swimming, we ventured off home, this time making it in 2 1/2hrs. I guess
once again we can chalk it up to another great weekend away, can't wait for the next one.
Julie
Can you helpThe Blaas' family are new to the club, and are looking for a pre-loved winter "swimmers" coat to fit a 10 - 12 year old. Please phone Ros on 42264369 if you can help.