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What’s On in March:

Widebay Whisper!

Widebay Swimmers at the Olympic Trials.

Coaches Corner

Australian Open Water Championships

Meet Your Committee!

Inside this issue:

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March 2012

In this special issue of the Whisper we celebrate some of our elite swimmers in

their preparation for the Olympic Trials. We also congratulate our swimmers that

raced in the Australian Open Water Championships in Perth, Western Australia.

Some of these swimmers would have started racing just like the little ones you see

at carnivals today. Some of these swimmers would have enjoyed the development

camps, that Widebay provide every year, to learn more about their sport. Some of

these swimmers would have enjoyed being part of their first international team tour

with the Widebay Development Squad to the New Zealand National Age Short

Course Champs. Each and every one of them has made their way through the

swimming rankings learning and racing faster along the way!

Olympic Trials in Adelaide Olympic Trials in Adelaide Olympic Trials in Adelaide Olympic Trials in Adelaide March 15th to 22nd 2012March 15th to 22nd 2012March 15th to 22nd 2012March 15th to 22nd 2012

‘the Olympics

remain the most

compelling search

for excellence that

exists in sport,

and maybe

in life itself.’

Dawn Fraser

From little fish to BIG FISH!

Every four years Australian

Swimming celebrate their talent and

competitiveness at their Olympic

Trials. With such hot rivalry the

spaces for contention are few and

far between. The racing is tough,

fast (sometimes faster than the

Games themselves) and the most

enthralling of swimming carnivals

to enjoy. The Trials will be

televised from March 15th until the

22nd so make sure you take time

out to support and watch your

sport especially cheering for our

local Widebay swimmers.

In this article we salute, respect and wish all

the best to our contenders in the Trials. We

know how dedicated they are with their

sport. We know the time, effort and sheer

intensity of commitment to get to race at the

Trials. We acknowledge the background

support of parents, sponsors and friends.

We wish each and every swimmer competing

from the Widebay Region all the best in their

conquest. This is your time to shine!!

Watch out for some of our super swimmers: From Hervey Bay Swimming

Club and coached by Paul

Jones:

Marcus Elliott (right).

Marcus is racing 50, 100 and

400m Freestyle and 200m IM in

the Multi Class events. Go

Marcus!

And:

Michael Evans

Michael is racing the 200 Free,

100 & 200 Back and the

gruelling 400m IM. All the best

Michael!

From Kawana Waters Swimming Club

and coached by Peter Gartrell:

Samantha Hamill (right).

Samantha is our Olympian having raced

in the Bejing Olympics in 2008.

Samantha races the 200m Fly and

400m IM. Sam has a silver medal from

the 2010 Pan Pacific Games!

And:

Remy Fairweather (on Sam’s left)

Remy is racing the middle distance

Freestyle events. Remy recently broke

Hayley Lewis’s 800 Free Australian Age

Record which has been around since

1989! The time she swam is an Olympic

qualifying time! Go Remy!

And:

George O’Brien

George is racing the 200, 400 and 1500m Freestyle after recently coming 2nd to the great Tae

Hwan Park in the 1500m at the NSW Open State Champs.

From Coolum Peregian

Swimming Club and

coached by his father,

Graham Sanders:

Rory Sanders (right).

Rory is racing the 100 and

200m Back! Go Rory!

‘there can be

distractions, but if you’re

isolated from the heart of

the Games, the Olympics

become just another

competition.’

Mary Lou Retton

(American

Gymnast, 1984 Olympics)

From Noosa Swimming Club and

coached by Brian Stehr:

Kyle Finney (right).

Kyle is racing the 50 and 100 Breast in

his first Open Championships! What a

great experience for Kyle to enjoy!

And:

Maddie Glacken

Maddie is racing the splash and dash

50m Free! Go Maddie!

And:

Jake Packard (right)

Jake is racing the 50, 100 and 200m

Breast. Having been a highly successful

age grouper Jake now takes on Open

swimming in style!

And:

Ashlea Gierke

Ashlea enjoys racing the 100 and 200m

Breast but loves the variety of the 200

and 400 IM. Do it good Ash!

From Pelican Water Caloundra

Swimming Club and coached by

John Wallace:

Tianni Gilmour.

All-rounder and enjoying some Open

competition, Tianni is swimming an amazing

50, 100 and 200 Back, 50 Fly and 50 free, 50

and 200 Breast and the 200 and 400 IM.

Phew! Let’s GO T!

And:

Molly Muir

Molly is excited to be racing the 50 Breast!

Go Molly!

And:

Tessa Wallace (above right)

Tessa having won Silver in the 2010 Dehli Commonwealth Games, she is going for racing for

Australia yet again! Racing the 50 Fr, 100 Breast, 200 Breast and 200 IM. Go Tessa!

And:

Isaiah Nelson

Isaiah is racing the 50, 100

Back and the 50 and 100

Free. Smash it Isaiah!

And:

Melissa Synnott (right):

Melissa is racing an

awesome 50, 100 and 200

Back, 100, 200 and 400m

Free! Go Melissa!

All the best to each

and every one of

our swimmers at the

2012 Olympic Trials

in Adelaide!

Coaches Corne

r!

Sometimes it feels it just ain’t going your way!

EVERY swimmer along their journey in

swimming has moments of disappointment.

Sometimes you have to experience these

moments to really appreciate and be grateful

for the swims that make you feel fabulous!

THOSE swims, that seem the worst at the

time, will be the swims you learn from most!

Find out from your coach what you need to

learn to do to adjust and change to make a

better swim. Pick his or her brains to know

exactly what you need to do to fix up the swim.

If you don’t understand what your coach is

suggesting, then keep asking until you do!

Put into action those specific important bits of

information and notice the changes that happen!

And ENJOY your journey in the world of

learning your sport!

‘challenge the known

and embrace the

unknown’

The Australian Open Water Championships were held

in Perth, Western Australia last month. The sun shone

and we had some wonderful Widebay swimmers make

the long journey over to compete in some exciting

races.

Congratulations to Jack Burnham (right) from

Mountain Creek Mooloolaba raced to become 4th in

the 10k.

In the girls 13 yrs 5k Phoebe Hines (left

and below) won a sensational silver with

her friend and team mate, Sarah

Thompson, coming in a fabulous fourth!

Well done to the Kawana Waters girls!

Hervey Bay swimmers were out in force

at the championships too!

Congratulations to Chloe Baldwin, Ella

Kleinschmidt, Rachel Cumes, Carly

Burch, Kailey Pearce, and Jonathan

Cumes.

Inside Story Headline

If you have ever wondered how Open Water Swimmers do what they do, here is

a photo of Australian World Open swimmer Trent Grimsey deciding what to eat

at his next feed stop! What would you choose? Banana or gel?!

The Tech Offs doing a

grand job below:

Can you spot a swimmer you know

at the start above?

Secretary: Linda Hodkinson

Vice President:

David Towner

President: Michele Watson

Registrar: Rose Harris

Committee Member:

Lyn Castle

Committee Member: Debra Sutherland

Publicity Officer:

Julie Robinson

Treasurer: Jessica Sallaway

Introducing your Widebay

Committee members below. They meet

once per month for you all, preparing,

developing, and doing the best they can

for swimmers in the Widebay region.

Please feel free to chat with

ideas and feedback!

We need all the help we can get!