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Greerton Swimming Club Newsletter March 2018

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March is here, it’s nealry easter, where is 2018 going! Our members have been in involved in a number of meets in 2018.

Epic Swim, Lake Taupo 13th – 14th January

Huge congratulations to Mia on her swims at this event. She won the open silver and age group gold at the NZ Open water 10km champs. In a four women sprint for the line Mia qualified for the NZ Open Swim Team for the 2018 Oceania Champs as she finished less than 2 minutes behind the winner.

Continuing on Club success in NZ/Epic open water events age group results summary. 100m Poppy Richardson 1st, Grace Richardson 9th. 500m Caitlin Farrell 1st, Will Quin 1st, Zach Quin 5th, Dulcie Copeland 7th, 1km Louis Fitzjohn 1st, Millie Quin 3rd, Brooke Ross 17th. 2.5km Connor Farrell 4th, Talitha McEwan 21st. 5km Talitha McEwen 4th. Also big shout out to Dulcie’s Mum Bronwyn who did the epic 17.5km finishing 2nd overall and winning her age group.

January, February News

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Upcoming Meets

And if you thought it was not possible to top Mia’s open silver. Try three golds in one race. Mia Pugh took out the 5km championship today in 1:05.40 in another 4 way sprint. Secondary schools and Swim NZ age group golds as well.

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Visitor Maiana Flament who is in training for the French Champs won outright in 1:05.34.

Legacy Funerals

The Greerton Swim Club, its members and Board are very proud of our new editions to the GSC Club corner, our notice boards. We are very grateful to Legacy Trust for their financial assistance in helping us complete our Club corner area. Come and check it out!

Wellington Summer Champs 20th – 22nd January, 2018

Our senior swimmers competed at the Wellington Summer Champs in January. There were some great pbs and swims from the entire team throughout the 3 day meet.

The GSC Board and its members are very grateful to North and South Trust for their support. Wendy Bradley our funding grants officer, applied to North and South Trust and was successful at raising funds to cover the costs of accomdation for our camp swimmers in Wellington.

A big thank you to North & South Trust and Wendy Bradley.

Swim team at Weir House, Wellington

The GSC boys had some great results. In the 50 Fly Gold was won by Louis, Bronze by Louis and silver by Connor and Lochlainn. All 4 boys contested the 100 Fly and all 4 won gold. The GSC boys finished second club on points behind Capital.

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GSC medallists at the Wellington Summer Champs 2018, outside Weir House in Wellington

SO Senior Summer Swim Camp

The Wellington team took 4 days to travel back up the West coast and train at some lovely long course pools on the way. Fielding, Hawera and New Plymouth’s Aquatic facilities were impressive.

Greerton’s long lost twin at Whanganui.

The last day of swim camp was topped off by swimming with the NZ High Performance team in New Plymouth.

High Performance Swimming NZ names Mia in the NZ 2018 Oceania Open Water Team on

26th January Congratulations to Mia who has been selected to represent New Zealand at the 2018 Oceania Open Water Champ alongside fellow BOP swimmer David Boles. Dedication always pays off eventually.

Greerton Cash Meet, 2nd February, 2018

Thank you to everyone for your support at our recent Cash Meet. We had 183 registered for our meet. We hope you enjoyed watching the

swimmers in action and the swimmers had some fun. Some may have earnt a few $$$$ too! A huge thank you to all of the GSC parents that assisted with jobs at the meet in some shape or form: Announcer, 3 x Team Managers, Marshalling, Cash Prizes and Raffle to name a few. Debbie kept us well fed last night looking after all of us with the delicious provided by GSC families.

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Thank you to our GSC coaches Tai and Riccardo. A big thank you to all of our officials and timekeepers. We can't get a meet approved without all of your support. Thank you all so much. GSC Gold/Silver Squad helpers: Thanks for all of your help with marshalling, timekeeping, food and water delivery as well. Last and certainly not least a HUGE thank you to the Bay Venues staff for staying on later than normal for a Friday night. We are very grateful for your support of our meet.

NZ Aquaknights Junior Festival, 16th – 18th February, 2018

The New Zealand Junior Swimming Festival is the biggest event on the national swim calendar for swimmers aged 12 and under and is held simultaneously in four centres across the country. Rotorua played the local host this year and saw some fantastic swimming. Greerton Swim Club finished top ranked of the local Tauranga clubs with cross town rival Otumoetai in hot pursuit. Outstanding for the seventeen strong Greerton contingent was 12 year old Talitha McEwan who won three gold medals along with 3 bronzes and scored high placings in a number of other events. Always a strong distance freestyler she swam 4:48.10 in the 400m freestyle and 2:18.10 over the 200m. However junior development coach Riccardo Pini would have been most impressed with her win in the 400m individual medley highlighting her recent gains over all strokes. Fellow 12 year old Caitlin Farrell backed up with a large points score but was unable to nail a podium finish swimming five times in to the final 8. Jessica Pilbrow (10) was a surprise gold medallist in the 100m breaststroke swimming a big 4.55 second personal best to oust Napier’s Kate Young by a mere 0.09 seconds. She also won bronze in the 50m breaststroke and finished fourth in the 200m. Eleven year old Shaeli Brewer performed with superb high-performance consistency resulting in four silver medals, one bronze and a

fourth. In her sprints, Shaeli gave the BOP record books cause for consternation with some big PB’s and missed gold in the 50m butterfly by an agonizing 0.05 seconds. Ariana Roberts, also 11, was a big improver completing a solid schedule of ten events over the three days. Nine of those events were best times with the pick being a pacey 1:13.24 100m freestyle to slot into the top 8 matching her 200m freestyle placing. Liam Jury (10) swam seven best times from seven events scoring the unlucky 4th in both the 50m and 100m butterfly races. Fellow 10 year old Will Quin also scored points for the team as did older brother Zach (11) showing good return to form swimming personal bests in all his events resulting in three top 8s.

Legend of the Lake, Lake Challenge

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NZ Division II, 2018

Congratulations to the following 15 GSC swimmers that have qualified for SNZ Division II, 2018.

Lucy Paterson, Jacob Browne, Caitlin Farrell, Ben Paterson, Kate Kuka, Emily Pilbrow, Thomas Friskney, Brooke Ross, Millie Quin, Hannah Richardson, Maia Blackburn, Aiden Heath, Lewis Lines-Smith, Katie Hills and Dylan Beilby.

This is the biggest team we have sent to Div. II in some time. A big thank you to Janine Browne and Adrienne Ross that will be Team Managing at this event and looking after our swimmers.

We wish you all the very best with your racing, which starts on 18th March at Rotorua and runs through until 21st March.

A big thank you to Pub Charity Ltd for their continuing support of our GSC members. Wendy applied for funding to assist our swimmers with the costs for accommodation at Rotorua. She was successful. Thank you again Pub Charity Ltd for supporting our swimmers at Div. II.

GSC Club Champs, Friday 6th April 5pm

The Greerton Club Champs will be held on Friday 6th April. Entries are now open online via SNZ. Remember a maximum of 6 events only. Please check the flyer as certain distances are only available for certain age groups. We will need lots of parent help please.

GSC 60th Celebrations, 2018

The GSC will be 60 years old this year and we are going to celebrate this milestone. The subcommittee is in full swing. Many thanks to Andy Fitzjohn, Colleen Harrington, Maggie Armstrong, Rowan Armstrong, Danelle Hills and Adrienne Ross for volunteering to be part of the organising committee. Keep a look out for any updates via email / FB and spread the word to past and present members.

Housekeeping:

UPCOMING BOARD VACANCIES:

This year we have 3 positions that need to be filled by exiting Board members at our 2018 AGM. It would be great to get people trained in these roles before the AGM that will be held around May/June. If you are interested in any of the following roles please contact the members in these roles to find out more.

GSC Secretary, Paula Farrell.

Grant Officer, Wendy Bradley. Wendy would like to train someone up in after the Xmas holidays. She will be applying for grants in late January / early February so it would be great if we could find someone to start learning this role then.

Officials Convener, Pauline Happe. Pauline is responsible for organising all of our GSC helpers for meets – Time Keepers, Team Managers etc.

GSC Handbook:

This handbook is available for all families. If you have not received one yet but would like one please ask a committee member. A pdf version has been loaded to our website under FAQ section as well.

Membership Numbers:

The GSC currently has 89 competitive swimmers and 17 club swimmers.

Correct email addresses and emergency contact information:

If all of our members can please log into the SNZ website and check that their contact details are correct, emails addresses and phone numbers change.

Your emergency contact information needs to be completed as well.

Go to the SNZ website and log into your MyPage. Go to MyPortal and click on contacts and emergency contacts. Any queries regarding membership can be directed to our Registrar, Jen Lochray. greertonregistrar@gmail.com

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IOTS, Starters, JOS and Referees

Swim BOP recently highlighted at their AGM the limited number of Technical Officials available within the region. It would be great for the GSC and BOP region, if we could have some more parents looking to train as an IOT (Inspector of Turns), Starter, JOS (Judge of Strokes) and Referees. If you are interested please talk to any of the GSC IOT’s, who will be happy and able to tell you the process that is followed and how we can get you trained up and qualified. Everyone starts as a Time Keeper and then progresses through the technical officials.

A reminder to all of our Timekeepers and IOT’s. If you volunteer to time-keep or IOT at a meet, please ensure you wear your white GSC polo shirt. We are very proud of our Club and our volunteers. Please wear your club shirt so we look united and professional. If you need a shirt, please contact Janine Browne at troyjanine@hotmail.com

AOD and Meet Manager Operators:

We are still looking for any parents that may be interested in learning how to run the AOD system (touch pads) and the Meet Manager system (computer operator of the results). Please contact Michael, Paula or Pauline if you are keen.

New Members:

Welcome to all new swimmers and their families to the Greerton Club. Any new parents needing help, or guidance, please contact our new swimmer/parent liaison. Andy Fitzjohn, phone 0210681981.

Uniform:

Greerton Hoodies and shirts: If you require a hoodie these can be purchased from Janine Browne who is in charge of all uniform items. Team polo shirts are supplied to all new competitive swimmers that are registered with the GSC. Please email Janine at troyjanine@hotmail.com

The cost of a hoodie is now $50. GSC Account Number: 03-15490016266-00

GSC Board Contacts:

Michael Pugh (Chairman) michael.pugh@zespri.co.nz

Paula Farrell (Secretary) greertonsc@gmail.com

Julie Wilkinson (Recorder, Swim Meet Enquiries) greertonrecorder@gmail.com

Pauline Happe (Convener – organizes officials / timekeepers for meets) pauline@happe.co.nz

Jen Lochray (Registrar – membership enquiries) greertonregistrar@gmail.com

GSC Website

https://greerton.swimming.org.nz/

GSC Facebook Page:

The GSC has a FB page. This is updated regularly with news, upcoming meets, psyche sheets, results as we get them.

UPCOMING MEETS

6th April – GSC Club Champs, Greerton

8th April - Rising Stars, Taupo

27th May, BOP Relay Champs, Baywave TBC

6th – 8th July, Greerton Winter Meet, Baywave

NATIONAL MEETS

18th – 21st March, 2018 NZ Division II Competition, Rotorua

17th – 21st April, 2018 National Age Group Champs, Auckland

2nd July – 6th July, 2018 AON NZ Open Championships, Auckland