Winter Newsletter no.2 (June 2002)

Our Sponsors: & Dapto Branch Direct enquiries: 42611942
Any items for the newsletter can be submitted to Tara or Wendy Dyer on 42628454 or at training sessions during the week.

Here is another one of our profiles this time from our Vice President, Chris Neall.
Age: 22 (he wishes)
Favorite Music: Anything but classical
Hobbies: Water Skiing
Special Talents: Good with my hands
TV Show: The Practice
Future Goal: More family time

Accommodation for Winter Country 2002.
Accommodation has been booked in Griffith from Wednesday 10th until Sunday 14th July.
The cost will be $36 per person per night. The rooms have tea/coffee facilities and a fridge.
The motel has a BBQ.
Families wanting to stay with the club will need to pay a deposit of $20 to secure their booking.
This needs to be paid to Sandra Neall. Sandra can be contacted on 42618423.

A big Happy Birthday to Wade Dyer who turned 10 on Sunday. And also congratulations on your great game played on Saturday night during half time at the Swans game played at the SCG. Wade and his fellow friends from his school played a 16-minute game of AFL against North Haven in which they won 1 game and lost the other. Well Done!!!

Pie Orders.
These should be given to Wendy Dyer by Wednesday 19th June. No late orders accepted.

Club Costumes.
We will be getting new club costumes.
The old costumes are being sold at a cheap price. Please see Tina Southwell about these.

Training Costumes.
Irene Kidd has some costumes for sale. They are very cheap. The club will make a 10% on every pair of costumes sold. There are various styles and sizes. So please see Irene if you need any trainers.

Please, Please, Please………
Would some families please take some chocolates. I have plenty of them. Please see me if you would like any. Remember all the money raised is for your children!!!!

Market Stall.
If anybody has any unwanted items please contact Wendy Dyer on 42628454. John will be having a stall at stall at Dapto Markets very soon.

Jayne's Trip To America
I was fortunate enough to be in the North Wollongong surf club touring team that was picked to o and compete in "Rescue 2002" the world Surf Lifesaving Championships in Daytona, Florida.
I was lucky enough to win a bronze medal in an event called the Run, Swim, Run and my club mate Ben Allen also took home a bronze medal in the same event.
Some of the highlights of my trip would have to be eating all American food and watching their television (They have over 100 channels) and visiting such places as the Kennedy Space Center, Wet'n'Wild and going to Disney world for four days. All in all it was a great experience and I had a wonderful time.
Jayne Schober.
The club would like to congratulate Jayne on her bronze medal, well done Jayne and keep up the good work.

Country Qualifiers.
Congratulations to these people who have qualified for Winter Country:
Eliza Vessey, Teagan Southwell, Leisha Southwell, Briarna Southwell, Cameron Bridge, Samantha Bates, Zac Ioannou, Ryan Hanson, Michael Neall, Brenden Neall, Ellen Wooton, Leanne Kidd, Elise Kidd, Kelly Nichols, Lee Scerri, Tehlia Vinton, Grant Peters, and Ben Carrick.

Winter Pointscore.
Winter Pointscore will commence on Sunday June 16th at 9:30am. All are welcome to attend it will only run from approximately 1 hour. It will be lots of fun. See you there!!!!

Coaches Corner.
Congratulations to all swimmers who swam at Kiama Carnival all swimmers swam well - there were 9 swimmers and 13 medals.
Good work to Michael Neall, Leanne Kidd and Elise Kidd for qualifying for the NSW Country Championships.

Swim Fees.
Please remember squad fees are due by the 7th of each month if you are late you will incur a $5 late fee.

Training Times.
There are a continued amount of swimmers arriving late for training. This is detrimental to the athletes programme because they are missing out on valuable warm up time and also causing disruptive to other swimmers that arrive on time. Please make sure you arrive on time be ready to start warm - up at the allotted time.

Ginnanderra Carnival:
Warm - up for Canberra Carnival is 11am but please make sure you are at the AIS by 10:15 because we need to get in and get seats as it is going to be a big meet. See Tina Southwell before if you need a club-swimming cap.
Cheers
Toni.

Things you really don't need to know but are interesting.
· The average person falls asleep in 7 minutes
· The average human eats 8 spiders in their lifetime.
· A cockroach can live 9 days without its head before it starves to death
· Donald Duck comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear any pants
· More people are killed by donkeys annually then in plane crashes
· If you keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white
· Right - handed people live, on an average, nine years longer then left - handed people do
· A snail can sleep for 3 years
· Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated
· There are 293 ways to make change from 1 dollar
· There are more chickens in the world then there are people
· An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
· A goldfish has a memory span of 3 seconds
· It's impossible to blink with your eyes open