SEPTEMBER 2013

Welcome to the beautiful season of Spring! An im-

portant month lies ahead with our upcoming AGM to

be held in our Club Room on WEDNESDAY 18TH

SEPTEMBER!! So, please come along and have your

say and support your Club! Everyone is very, very

welcome and encouraged to be part of our Commit-

tee! See you all there—8pm start!!

Club Calendar for SEPTEMBER 2013

Friday 6th - PROGRAM 4— INCLUDING MYSTERY EVENTS & BBQ

Friday 13th - PROGRAM 1—GET YOUR SPRINT CARDS IN FOR NEXT WEEK!!

Wednesday 18th - ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING—All Welcome!

Friday 20th - PROGRAM—INCLUDING

SPRINT SERIES

Friday 27th - NO CLUB— SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

Issue No.16 WINTER SEPTEMBER 2013

SEPTEMBER

BIRTHDAYS

NAME DATE AGE__

Raymond 2nd 12 years

Joey 28th 14 years

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY!!!

SUMMER 2013 /2014

REGISTRATION

October is the

start of the

Summer Season

and Registration

will take place at CLUB

NIGHT on FRIDAY 4TH

OCTOBER. Fees will be

finalized at our upcoming

AGM and will be published

on our Website!

Happy Father’s Day to all of our

wonderful McCredie Park Dads!!

U P C O M I N G S W I M M E E T S … . OCTOBER 2013 / NOVEMBER

2013 / DECEMBER 2013

DATE OF MEET NAME OF MEET VENUE ENTRIES CLOSE

(TO DEBBIE)

ON-LINE

CLOSES

Saturday 12th October RIPPLES TIME TRIALS RIPPLES LEISURE

CENTRE

CLOSED N/A

Sunday 13th October RYDE-CARLILE CLUB

CHALLENGE CUP LONG

COURSE MEET

SOPAC CLOSED N/A

Saturday 19th —

Sunday 20th October

NSW LONG COURSE

QUALIFYING MEET

SOPAC Friday 6th

September

9th October

Saturday 26th—Sunday

27th October

MINGARA AQUATICS

ANNUAL QUALIFYING

MEET

Mingara One –

Wyong Road

Tumbi Umbi

Friday 20th

September

18th October

Sunday 27th October SMSW SPRING LONG

COURSE QUALIFYING

MEET

SOPAC Friday 13th

September

14th October or

earlier if limit is

reached

Saturday 2nd—Sunday

3rd November

SMSW AGE & OPEN LC

CHAMPIONSHIPS

SOPAC Friday 18th

October

21st October

Sunday 17th

November

BLACKTOWN LC

QUALIFYING MEET

BLACKTOWN

AQUATIC CENTRE

Friday 4th October N/A

Sunday 24th

November

NEPEAN AQUATIC

SUMMER QUALIFYING

MEET

BLACKTOWN

AQUATIC CENTRE

Friday 11th

October

N/A

Saturday 7th—Sunday

8th December

SYDNEY METROPOLI-

TAN CHAMPIONSHIPS

SOPAC Friday 22nd

November

27th November

Friday 13th—Saturday

14th December

NSW STATE AGE &

OPEN WATER CHAMPS

Sydney Interna-

tional Regatta

Centre, Penrith

SPECIAL NOTE: if you DO enter any upcoming meets via the “on-line” system,

can you please let Debbie know too! Thanks!

BUNNINGS BBQ FUNDRAISER Don’t forget, our next Bunnings BBQ Fundraiser will

be held on SUNDAY 17TH NOVEMBER.

Hope you have all “saved the date”!!

BUNNINGS SPRING LAUNCH FAIR REPORT

What a lovely day we had at the Annual Bunning’s Spring Launch Fair on Saturday 31st August. It is a day which gives community groups the oppor-tunity to promote their Clubs and Organisations and have a bit of fun too. So, with the weather being so kind to us, it really was a fun and worthwhile day. A big thank you to Dennis, Leo, Scott, Dale and Robyn for giving up your time to help promote our Club & give McCredie Park the exposure that they deserve!!

Remember… If you can imagine it, You can achieve it.

If you can dream it, You can become it.

STATE AGE S/C CHAMPS—FRIDAY 2ND TO

SUNDAY 3RD AUGUST

McCredie Park had 8 swimmers

competing at the State Age S/C

Champs including 2 Relay

Teams—the Women’s 400 Free &

400 Medley Team and the Men’s

400 Medley Team. PB’s were the order of Meet with 18 out of

20 PB’s being achieved overall. Awesome effort guys!! Big

cheers to Dale, Emily, Ryan, Kayla, Jean Pierre, Katarina,

Alyce & Liam M!!

CAMPBELLTOWN 12/UNDER S/C MEET—SUNDAY 25TH AUGUST

Well done to our team of 7 swimmers whom competed at the Campbelltown

12 & Under Meet recently. Our team of Coral, Liam, Bianca, Jessie, Sophie,

Amy and Ashleigh did our Club proud with a special mention to Liam for win-

ning a Gold Medal in his Breaststroke, a Silver Medal in his Butterfly and a

Bronze Medal in his Backstroke! Fantastic effort Liam!! And well done to all of

our terrific McCredie Park Team!! You guys are just awesome!

AUSTRALIAN OPEN NATIONALS S/C CHAMPION-

SHIPS—FRIDAY 23RD TO SUNDAY 25 AUGUST

What an unbelievable achievement and experience for

our Male Club Captain, Dale, to qualify and compete at

this year’s Open National S/C Champs!! Not only did

Dale achieve a wonderful PB in his 50m Breaststroke, he

also did our Club very proud. Well done Dale, you are a true inspiration to our

younger generation of McCredie Park Swimmers!!

QUOTE OF THE MONTH………………………

I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take

more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.

Brian Tracy

SWIM TIP OF THE MONTHSWIM TIP OF THE MONTH

TRAINING WITH WEIGHTS

It is important that young swimmers are not introduced to

weight load resistance training too young and around 15

years old is considered about the right age for young

swimmers to learn the basic techniques. Correct tech-

nique is vital to avoid injury. Weightroom exercises that

are suitable for swimmers include cleans and snatches, re-

active squats, reactive bench, small weights, small dumb-

bells and kettle-bells. Some exercises apply to all

strokes, but some are stroke-specific. It is essen-

tial that you find a trainer whom is familiar with

the specific needs of a swimmer & not just weight

lifting or “bulking up”

A special happy birthday goes out to two of

our very valued and hardworking members

whom celebrated their birthdays in

August—Happy Birthday to Sue (28th) and

Dan (30th). We hope you both had truly wonderful and

happy days from all of your friends at McCredie Park!!

MCCREDIE PARK’S RECIPE OF

THE MONTH FROM THE

“ NOBLE FAMILY”

CHICKEN STROGANOFF

Serves 4

Preparation : 10 mins

Cooking : 15 mins

INGREDIANTS

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 medium (150g) brown onion, chopped finely

2 teaspoons sweet paprika

250g button mushrooms, sliced

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

3/4 cup chicken stock

250ml light sour cream

1 cooked chicken

1 tablespoon seeded mustard

2 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon leaves

METHOD

Heat the oil in a large pan and cook the onion,

stirring until soft. Stir in the paprika and cook,

stirring, for two minutes. Add mushrooms and

sauce and cook, stirring for about five minutes or

until they are browned.

Stir in the stock and cream, bring to the boil then

simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, for about

five minutes, or until the sauce has thickened

slightly.

Meanwhile, remove the flesh from the chicken and

slice it thickly. Add the chicken and mustard to the

pan and stir until the chicken is heated through.

Stir in the tarragon and serve the stroganoff with

fettuccine, if desired.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE STROKE & EVENT?

Breaststroke and the 100m Breaststroke

WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE SWIMMER—PAST

OR PRESENT?

Grant Hackett

WHO DO YOU FOLLOW IN THE FOOTY?

South Sydney Rabbitohs

WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE THAT YOU HAVE

EVER VISITED?

Hamilton Island

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD?

Pasta

IF YOU WERE GRANTED 3 WISHES…….

1. Time travel

2. Star in a movie / TV series

3. To have my grandfather still here with me

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE THING TO DO ON

THE WEEKEND?

Relax and play X-Box

DO YOU HAVE AN ULTIMATE GOAL IN

SWIMMING? IF SO, WHAT?

To make Nationals

WHAT IS/ARE YOUR FAVOURITE TELEVISION

SHOW/S? NCIS: LA, Arrow and Burn Notice

DESCRIBE OUR CLUB IN ONE WORD………

FRIENDLY!!!!

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