Newsletter -
10 December 2016
WIAQ Update and what’s happening
Hello Swimmers and Parents!
Welcome to our first newsletter since our new Committee was elected at our AGM in September.
We thank our previous Committee members who stood down and we welcome our new Committee which comprises the following people:
President:James Davies
Vice President/Public OfficerBruce Cannon
SecretaryJoel Wilson
TreasurerKoa Towers
RegistrarSue Worthington
Race SecretariesMelissa Gorgijovski/Shoba Keys
Pointscore teamRichard Smith/Ayesha Jaimon
Club CoachJames Greathead
General membersLeanne Windram, Helen Giason, Anne Brown,
Website coordinatorRebecca Daykin
Contents
- Message from the President
- New members
- Friday Night Swimming Club
- Pacific School Games
- NSW Open and Age Open Water Championships
- State Championships
- National qualifiers
- Club Uniform
- Social events
- Bunnings BBQ
- Facebook Page
- Quote of the week
- Next Committee Meeting
President’s Christmas Wrap up!
It takes many wonderful people to help keep our club running smoothly and I would like to thank you all. Whether you have been involved with technical duties, time keeping, team manager, running club nights, catering, raffles, newsletter.... I thank you all. I would also like to thank the members of the general and Executive committee who have constantly worked hard behind the scenes.
On behalf of the club, I would also like to thank our fantastic coaches, James, Mitch and Joel for their dedication and hard work with training our talented swimmers and helping them achieve their goals.
This year, the Club has continued to see many incredible achievements. We have swimmers compete at their very first meet, swimmers compete in new events for the very first time, swimmers compete and excel at various meets, numerous PBs achieved, and Country, State & National Championships qualifying times achieved. All our swimmers should be very proud of efforts. Congratulations!
Finally, Merry Christmas to you all and please stay safe over the holiday period. I look forward to seeing you all in the New Year and celebrate what I’m sure will be another fantasticyear, full of excitement and achievements.
Go Wests!
Yours in swimming,
James Davies
WIAQ President
New members
We welcome the following new members to the Club this season: Will Fowler, Kate Fowler, Julian Linden, Harry Linden, Taj Tegart, Lily Tegart, Lucie Robson, Denzel Amone, Linda Amone, Jasmin Petty, David Petty, Kaitlyn Formosa, Nicole Formosa, Samuel Ayoub, Benjamin Ayoub, Olivia Ayoub, Elizabeth Ayoub, Savannah Dzajkoski, Isabelle Petrovic and Keira Montgomery.
Friday Night Swim Club/Club Championships
This week is the second week of Club Championships.
At this stage the last pointscore before the Christmas break will be a fun night with Freestyle events, Relays and some novelty races. As it will be the last night before Christmas we will also have a Christmas dress up night, so put on your Christmas gear and get along. Ayesha Jaimon has worked hard to prepare some special Christmas treats for pointscore that night!
We need a special volunteer to be our ‘special visitor’ on the last night, someone that can get into the Christmas spirit, and is looking to have some fun with the kids.
Remember that the cost per child is $3 to maximum of $7 per family, this entitles each competitor to swim a maximum of 2 events.
Friday Night Swim Club is open to ALL members, a get opportunity to catch up with friends.
Enjoy a Sausage Sizzle poolside $2.00 each or 3 for $5.00. By purchasing a Sausage Sizzle you’re supporting our swimmers in attending events and future swim camps.
We are looking for volunteers to assist with the BBQ duties, if you would like to help out please contact, James Davies WIAQ President and he can arrange the food for you. All you would have to do is cook!
If you have any questions please contact Richard Smith via email or 0407 694 465.
Pacific School Games
This week Sydney Brown is representing NSW (and WIAQ) at the Pacific School Games in Adelaide where over 4,500 athletes from all the States and Territories in Australia, along with countries such as New Zealand, India, Fiji, Macau and Singapore will compete at a national level meet.
Sydney will be competing in 50m free, 100m free and a 4 x 50m free relay. We wish Sydney luck at the meet and hope she enjoys the experience.
NSW Open and Age Open Water Championships
On 9-10 December, the following swimmers will be representing our Club at the NSW Open Water Championships.
Boys 11-13 years 2.5 km: Bailey Crehan, Alistair Gorgijovski and Regan Smith
Girls 16-18 years 5km: Jasmin Petty
We wish our swimmers the best of luck and we hope the conditions are better than they have been in previous years.
State Championships
The NSW State Championships are almost upon us. The 12 & under meet is held on 12-13 December with the 13 -18 meet held from 15-20 December. The 12 & under races are timed finals and the 13-18 age group meet is run with heats in the morning and finals in the afternoon which will be a very different experience for our swimmers who have moved up to the 13 and over age group.
Swimmers who have qualified for individual events include (in alphabetical order):
12 & under – individual event qualifiers
EmilijaBosevski, Jessica Cole, Amber Crehan, Bridie Delutiis, Jaimie Delutiis, Chelsea Jones, Madison Jones, Joshua Keys, Matthew Leembruggen, Riley Powell, and Kai Windram
12 & under – relay swimmers
Denzel Amone, Isabella Combes, Sophie Davies, Caleb Daykin, Will Fowler, Jonah Hackett, Kieran Harris, Alithia Keys, Joshua Keys, Lucas Krstevski, Amelia Naumovski, Grace OHara and Jake Potter
13-18 years – individual event qualifiers
Madeleine Bakker, Sydney Brown, Sebastian Buchanan, Jessica Buffett, Bailey Crehan, Nathan Delutiis, Alistair Gorgijovski, Isabella Green, Annaya Greer, Eloise Happe, Cameron Hayne, Bailey Krstevski, Brielle Lambert and Mackenzie Lear
13 years and over – relay swimmers
AlyishaBeckingham, Cedric Chan, Dane Corolla, Lauren McLean, Vladimir Pan, Caitlin Smith, Regan Smith and Joel Wilson
State Open Championships are held from 19-21 January 2018.
We wish all of our swimmers the best of luck at State!
National Qualifiers (so far)
We have exciting news ...our Club has two new first time national qualifiers being Isabella Green and Chelsea Jones. The current national team features AlyishaBeckingham (open nationals), Madeleine Bakker, Sydney Brown, Nathan Delutiis, Chelsea Jones and Isabella Green.
Nationals is held in Sydney in April 2018 so hopefully we will have a few more swimmers in the team by then.
Club Uniform
We have recently submitted an order and we expect items to be provided to those who ordered them shortly.
If you require club caps, please see James Davies or Anne Brown for them. Caps are $10 each and must be worn at all meets.
Social events
On 23 December there will be a Christmas breakfast and Secret Santa at the Uni pool after training. Swimmers attending must bring a gift (maximum value $5.00) for the Secret Santa.
Later in the day we are planning to go to watch the Sydney Sixers play the Hobart Hurricanes at the SCG. An email was sent out about this recently. Please contact Anne Brown on 0434 994 138 or if you are interested in attending.
Bunnings BBQ
On Sunday 10 September our Club is running a BBQ at Bunnings Warrawong to raise money for Club related activities. Our last BBQ at Bunnings Wollongong was a huge success so if you are interested in assisting please email the secretary, Joel Wilson at ASAP.
Australia Day Aquathon
Each year we see several of our members competing in various events at the Australia Day Aquathon. There are usually training sessions held on Saturday mornings at Wollongong Harbour and there will be more information to follow in relation to those sessions.
SESA Championships
SESA Championships will be held this season on 10-11 February 2018 in Ulladulla. Accommodation fills up quickly so if you have not booked anything then you should book as soon as you can. We usually go out for dinner on the Saturday night of the meet and more details will follow about this.
If anyone would like to be the Team Manager for this event, please contact Joel Wilson at
The Team Manager role involves booking the dinner on Saturday night, ensuring our banner is taken to and displayed at the meet, collecting and handing out programs to families, liaising with coaches regarding relays.
Facebook Page
Our Club has a Facebook page currently we have 91 members, please encourage and invite all WIAQ members to join our page as it’s always being updated with results and photos.
Quote of the week
Swimmers do more kicks than a soccer player, more flips than a gymnast, more sets than a volleyball player and more yards than a football player…..still easy????
Next WIAQ Committee Meeting
The committee meets the second Monday of each month in the Boardroom at Western Suburbs Leagues Club Unanderra, although the day may be changing to Tuesday in the new year.
Our next meeting is Monday 11 December 2017 commencing at 6:30pm.
Members are welcome to attend or you may email suggestions/feedback to
We welcome all your ideas!