Presidents Blog
First night of 2018 was a little wet but not enough to dampen our spirits. It was a great night thanks to all our wonderful helpers. Without you club would not run. Thanks to Jayne for her efforts in getting the new laptop working after a few hiccups. Don’t you just love technology. Don’t forget that Championships are coming up on Saturday 24th March so keep the afternoon and evening free so you can join in. It is the first time we have run champs this way so hoping it will be a fun afternoon for all with some great outcomes for the kids. Congrats to the team who competed at Brisbane Sprints on the week-end with some great results.
RSL – Well the roster is now out so please help out. If you are unsure of what is required, please have a chat to Howard or any of the committee. It is very little effort for great rewards for your club. Thank you to the Gordon family for offering your help.
If you have any questions, suggestions or just want to chat, please come and see me or any of the committee members. We are there for you and welcome any ideas you may have.
Swim hard, fast and strong, but most importantly, have fun doing it…….. Craig
Coaches Report
School swimming is now well underway with lots of racing and even school swimming training on offer at some schools. This is also the time when I have to take a few deep breaths and keep calm that everyone is going to get the job done. A lot of hard work has already been done this season, and now is the time to fine tune, sharpen up and race tough. A few tips I can share is to stay hydrated as always, and to try and get some extra sleep over the next couple of months. We currently have around 13 swimmers who have qualified for the Commonwealth Games trials later this month, so their time is now. With school swimmers targeting Age Nationals, they have a little more time to get some more hard work in. As a club, our 13 and over swimmers will still be targeting the Brisbane Senior MetropolitanChampionships, with a handful of guys still gunning for some Age National times. Great to see good numbers at club with still 4 club nights remaining before our club Championship afternoon on the 24th of March.
Keep up the good work team.
Brisbane Sprint Championships 3-4 Feb
We didn’t have a huge turnout for this meet this year. 38 swimmers made their way out to Chandler to get some valuable race practice in. Congratulations to our 4 newest Brisbane Champions with Rowan Crothers (Gold,Free. Silver,Back. Bronze,Back), Jye Cornwell – Free, Kaleb Welfare – Free, and Thomas Bergin – Free. Medalists were Jacqueline Davison-McGovern Silver – Fly, Jonothan Friend 2 x Silver – Brst, Remi Gordon Silver – Brst, Rob Friend 2 x Bronze, Fly and Back, Jake Buckley Bronze – Brst and Claire Evans Bronze – Back.
Great swims from the team all round with loads of PB’s and Top 10’s. Congratulations to our 11 medal winners claiming 15 medals in total.
Logan Vikings Meet 10/2/18
Good luck to all simmers competing this Saturday.
We have 6 swimmers in the 11 under session starting at 8.30am. Warm up at 7.45am.
We have 17 swimmers competing in the 12 and over competition. Time TBC.
Training is still on as per normal 6.30am to 8.30am.
Brisbane Senior Metropolitan Championships 23/25 Feb
Nominations close Tuesday 13/2/18
Commonwealth Games Trials – Southport 28 Feb-3 March
Nominations Close Tuesday 13/2/18
Rob
UPCOMING SWIM MEET INFO
Any questions please email Jayne on
Keep an eye out for information from Jayne regarding these meets and closing dates very shortly
Logan Vikings LC Preparation Meet – 7th February, 2018
Senior Met Champs – 23-25 February 2018National Swim Trials – Feb 28 – 3rd March, 2018
Junior Mets – 10-11 March 2018
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Ted’s Corner
Our 2nd half of our season is on its way with our first club night for the year and a big attendance at the BSA Sprints. As we all know our swimmers are our main asset and the reports about our swimmers by Rob and Bert are well deserved and appreciated but I wouldlike to praise the parents who bring their children to training, club nights and meets. Om our first club night the following parents did timekeeping – Rita Venn, Sarah Cook, Scott McLean, James Basham, Julie Basham, Aaron, Jan-Maree, Craig, Adam, Debbie, Jenn, Augustine, Kev, and Brendan (I apologise if I have spelt names incorrectly - old age) . A big Thank you – our club nights wold not even start without you. Also a Big thank you to our Marshallers and Check Starters Christine Doss and Peta McGrory. You are all special.
In the coming weeks our swimmers will be competing in the school meets. I have counted that I will be involved in about 25 meets in Feb and March. If you are swimming in these meets please come and say hello. Have a good week.
Club History
In our club booklet there is two names both Patrons and both attended Yeronga Parks first club season in 1964 – Hazel O’Brien – until a couple of years ago attended all our trophy nights. Russell Henry – still swims at the pool and is always interested with our progress.
SLOGAN OF THE WEEK
“Pain – Prepare - Perform”
Humour Spot
A man walked into his backyard one morning and found a Gorilla in a tree. He called a Gorilla removal service and soon a man arrived with a stick, a chihuahua, a pair of handcuffs and a shotgun. “Now listen carefully” he told the homeowner. “I’m going to climb the tree with this stick till he falls to the ground. The chihuahua will then go right for his ummm sensitive area and when then Gorilla instinctively crosses his hands to protect himself you slap on the handcuffs”. “Got it” the homeowner replied. “But what’s the shotgun for?” “If I fall out of the tree before the Gorilla”, the man explained, “shoot the chihuahua”.
Members Profile
This week’s profile is on one of our great senior swim squad members. A very dedicated swimmer and successful breaststroker. And the special person (we have a lot of special people) another special swimmer – may I introduce Jake Buckley.
Name: Jake “Bucko” Buckley
Star Sign: Leo
Favourite Drink: Fiji coffee rum
Favourite Movie: Good Will Hunting
Favourite Music: Favourite bank Linkin Park but will listen to any music.
Favourite Holiday Destination: Papua New Guinea and Bali
Greatest moment in my life: Getting 11th in the 50m free at Nationals when I was 16.
Person I would like to meet: Michael Phelps, Adam Peaty
Admired Sports Star: Rob Van Der Zant, Ryan Pini
Immediate Ambition: Graduate University..
PLEASE – need of members to assist me with members profiles – it’s easy – please come and see me.
Registrar NewsMembership renewal was due on the 30th September. If Members have not renewed their Membership you are now unfinancial in the Club Lane system. As most meets now use the online systemfor nominating. Members will need to be financial in the system before nominating. To participate on club nights, you must also be financial. Please contact Tammy if any problems –
Club Clothing
We have great club shirts available for purchase and club caps which we like all swimmers to wear when competing. Keep an eye out for specials on old stock on club nights. See Sue Nagle on club nights or email her at Current T-Shirts $25 Caps $10
Club CommunicationTeam App— Download to keep up to date
Facebook— Like our page
Website: yerongapark.swimming.org.au
Email Addresses:
General:
(Sandy Rogers)
Registrar:
(Tammy Brosna)
Treasurer:
(Mandy Fordham)
Swim meets:
(Jayne Burton)
Clothing:
(Sue Nagle)
President:
(Craig Rogers)
RSL Roster - 2018
3-Feb
10-Feb
17-Feb
24-Feb
3-Mar
10-Mar
17-Mar
24-Mar / Championships
School Holidays
21-Apr
28-Apr
5-May
12-May
19-May
26-May
2-Jun / Louisa Gordon
9-Jun
16-Jun
23-Jun
School Holidays
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