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Firstly, I’d like to extend a very warm welcome to all of our new members to Blacktown City – if youíve joined us as a first time social

member or have joined us from other clubs – WELCOME! It’s lovely to see so many new faces around the pool.

Secondly I would like to welcome the new committee members who were elected at our AGM to their new positions, you’re doing a

fabulous job already! Thank you to our outgoing committee for your services to the club.

Our summer is gearing up to be HOT! Hot with loads of great results from all of the solid training that the kids are doing under our

wonderfully enthusiastic coaching staff. We look forward to seeing many more qualifying times and PB’s as the long course season

unfolds. Keep up the hard work kids, it’s great to see the red faces and exhaustion from the kids after their training session, but the

best part is seeing the lovely smiles even after training. Keep doing what you love doing kids and smile... and go!

Our Twilight meet carnival is now open, all members (both social and competitive) are expected to attend and enter this meet. We are

also requiring all families to assist in the running of the carnival whether it be time keeping, helping to sell raffle tickets, cook on the

BBQ or with assisting the technical officials – everyone needs to do their bit. Many hands will make light work.

There is new requirements for working with children that will come into force from 1 January. We will be going into those details

further in the weekly digest and in the next newsletter edition so keep an eye out.

Don’t forget to RSVP to our Christmas party, invitations should be in your inbox so make sure to RSVP to help us with catering. We are

looking forward to a fun night of festivities but we need your help to ensure that it happens. We are asking that all families contribute

a gift/raffle prize for the Christmas raffle. Your assistance will make a difference!

Lastly, I would like to wish all of the swimmers heading off to the AIS this weekend a fabulous meet.

Go Blacktown!

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Head Coach : Pedro

I was born in Ubatuba, in a small and beautiful city in north shore of Sao Paulo, Brazil. I had to learn to swim at an early age because we lived close to the sea.

At the tender age of 7, I was motivated by my older cousins and friends to start training at the local swimming club, this is when my swimming career started. My best results in the pool was for the 400m freestyle. Even though I did lot of freestyle in all distances and some form strokes as well. As I got older and started doing open water I found a passion for this style of swimming. I became quite competitive and won State champs, National champs and went to the World Marathon Circuit with good results. My best result was second in the amateur level and It is something Iím really proud of.

I started my bachelor degree in Physical Education in 1987, this same year I applied for and started my first position as a Swimming Coach for Junior Squads. This proved to be a sound starting point and where I learned to bring dedication , determination and hard work to my career. With the good improvement as a coach I moved to take a full squad in the countryside of Brazil. It was a great experience but at the same time a hard job. After this, I became one of the Head Coaches in Brazils strongest Club.

In April 2004, I went to New Zealand for a 3 month holiday but ended up staying for 10 years because of the love and passion I have developed for the sport.

At the start of this year, I moved to Australia to further my career. Eventually, I found the perfect opportunity that I was waiting for. BCSC is a good size Club with lots of potential swimmers and so far Iím enjoying working with the Club and looking forward to what our swimmers can achieve .

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AUSTRALIAN RANKINGS

Congratulations Matthew Galea on achieving 2 Australian rankings in the 12/13 years Boys Short Course season.

Matt is now ranked 14th in Australia in the 13/under 200m Butterfly

And 13th in Australia in the 13/under Boys 800m Freestyle.

What an achievement for this young talented swimmer who is only 12 years of age.

Well done Matt.

Our President Fiona awarding Tim with his Records.

Congratulations to Timothy Hodge who recently has broken 10 National Records in the 13 years & Under S9 Multi Class Category.

Tim broke 200m Breastroke at Blacktown Pool in June.

At the end of July he broke 3 Australian records at School Sports Aust National Championships in Melbourne. These were:

200 IM 50m Fly 50m Breast

Then recently on 4th October, at the Woy Woy Long Course Carnival Tim broke another 6 National records. They were:

50m Free 50m Breast 100m Back 50m Breast 100m Fly 200 IM

To-date he has broken 24 National records this year & a total of 30 including those he broke in late 2013.

This is truly outstanding! And an absolute testament to the dedication that Tim gives to his sport. Tim is such an amazing talented young athlete with a bright future ahead.

SUPER FISH DOES IT AGAIN

HONOUR JACKET

Congratulations to Tim Hodge who recently received his honour jacket for his National Gold Medal at the 2014 Australian Age MC Championships.

Tim looks smart in his new attire!

Far left: Head Coach Pedro presenting the jacket to Tim. Left: Tim proudly wearing his Honour Jacket.

MSW LC CHAMPIONSHIPS A great 2 days of racing for Blacktown. With a team of 22, some competing for the first time out of club it was a daunting experience. By the end of the carnival all of the kids were happy and very satisfied with their performances.

Their hard work in training certainly paid off with some

massive PB’s, top 10 finishes, medals and numerous Australian Age MC records being broken.

So many kids now have times not far from National times so keep going with your hard work as we continue into the long course season ñ your time will come.

Our thanks to Pedro and Alex for their coaching commitments and passion for the club, your enthusiasm and dedication certainly is infectious.

Congratulations everyone, we were so proud to be part of the black and gold contingency at SOPAC.

Results:

Tim HodgeGold – 50m Free MC, 50m Back MC, 50m Fly MCSilver - 13yr 100m Free,Bronze – 13yr 100m Back

Eliah JoaquinGold – 14yr 100m BreastSilver – Open 200m Breast

Daniel KutcherukSilver – 13yr 100m Breast, 13yr 200 IM

Dyana CrabbBronze – 9yr 100m Fly, 9yr 100m Free

Matthew GaleaSilver – 12yr 100m Fly

Top 10 placing:

Brandon Nash, Adam Jurkiewicz, David Jurkiewicz, Dyana Crabb, Alexander Clarence, Kasey Mooy, Chloe Whyte, Adrian Havron, John Higgins, Matthew Galea, Yoong Ling Kilgannon, Mitchell Hodge, Timothy Hodge, Eliah Joaquin, Daniel Kucheruk

BCSC Team:

Jessica Whitton, Abraham Song, Bela Nash, Brandon Nash, Adam Jurkiewicz, David Jurkiewicz, Guven Gemikonakli, Madeline Franjic, Amber Dhatt, Tara Dhatt, Benjamin Crabb, Dyana Crabb, Alexander Clarence, Jaden Amaral, Kasey Mooy, Chloe Whyte, Adrian Havron, John Higgins, Matthew Galea, Yoong Ling Kilgannon, Mitchell Hodge, Timothy Hodge, Eliah Joaquin and Daniel Kucheruk.

Day 1 at MSW LC Championships

Day 2 at MSW LC Championships with Assistant Coach Alex

PERTH BOUND by Kerrie Tiems Today was my first open water swim of the season. It was a beautiful day. The air temperature was about 28ºC, and 24ºC in the water by the time I had to swim.

I was really nervous coming into this event because it was my first swim with a new coach, and the new club. When I jumped in the water, I was feeling confident and happy about my swimming. Before I lined up for my race, Pedro gave me my race plan, and I wanted to follow it as much as possible. Pedro is so knowledgeable and passionate about open water swimming.

It wasn’t a rough start this time, so I was feeling good and decided to “let it rip”. I was towards the front of the second pack for about half the race, but at about the 3kms mark, I started getting a huge migraine and blacking out, so I fell to the back of that pack. It was so bad that I thought about pulling out of the race – I didnít want to pull out because I had to pull out of Nationals in Geelong due to hypothermia early this year – so I decided to toughen up and swim through it. I had to just float for a little while and do some breaststroke kick.

With 1km to go, I realised that I had fallen back, so I sprinted, trying not to think about my headache. When I finished, my head was pounding. I took my cap and goggles off and everything was blurry, and I kept falling over. Pedro told me I did well considering what I had experienced. I was on track to smash my PB, but instead, I just missed. However, I still got the National Time by about 4 minutes, so I’m off to Perth in February 2015.

Open water is such a great experience, and it is a lovely day out.

People might think that it is scary swimming in the lake or the ocean, which it can be, but when you get in, you feel amazing. It is a great confidence builder. It feels like you can accomplish anything.

My first time ever doing open water was about this time last year. When I got in, I was terrified. I was too scared to put my head under the water because I was worried about what I would see below, but when I did put my head under, it was fine. I only saw “green” and a bit of seaweed. Once I got over that fear, I suddenly lost all coordination, and I couldn’t breathe properly because I was panicking so much. Thank goodness for the warm-up because I managed to finally calm down when I realised I wasn’t going to die.

The start of that race was absolute chaos because boys and girls of all ages started together. I got absolutely smashed. I was kicked everywhere, but I just had to kick back. During the race, I didn’t worry about what was underneath me because I couldnít see anything. I was just focused on finishing the race. During the last 1km, I picked up the speed, and when I finished, I was absolutely exhausted, but so relieved that I had finished my first 5km swim.

A boy in my old club helped me out of the water and kept saying, “you’re going to Geelong”, but I had no idea what he was talking about, and I was too tired to care. When I found my mum and my coach, they said I was going to Geelong too, but I still had no idea why I was going to Geelong. When my mum told me that I had achieved a National Time with that swim, I almost fell over. I couldnít believe it. When I got home, I felt amazing. I realised that I had fallen in love with water even more.

At the starting line.

Kerrie Tiems, Amber and Tara Dhatt before their events.

Kerri in action. Kerri is the one leading that pack.

Pedro with Tara and Amber, with their official participation certificates after completing the 2.5km swim.

Kerri and Pedro after the 5km event - Off to National OW.

Alexander Barbosa

Bailey Lean

3 YEAR OLDS HIT THE POOL WITH A SPLASH

Congratulations to Daniel Kucheruk who was one of our lucky raffle winners . He has won for himself 4 Hoyts movie tickets.

Also congratulations to Dave Pepper who was the closest at counting how many lollies were in the lollie jar.

Now don’t forget to share Dave!

FRIDAY NIGHT CLUB RAFFLES

Rubi Lean

Josh Butler is seen here doing the good deed on a friday night club night , helping out one of our younger swimmers. While 4 year old Miss Olivia was racing , Josh was kind enough to safe guard her ribbons and hair ties , well done and Thankyou Josh.

How long have you been at Blacktown City Swimming for? 8 yrs

How old are you Kasey? I am 12yrs old

What level squad are you currently in? Silver squad

How many times a week do you train? 6 times a week

What do you love about our Friday Night Club nights? Improving each week

What is your favourite stroke or event?

All 100m strokes except Butterfly

What do you love most about swimming? Friends and memories

Who is your favourite swimmer and why? Stephanie Rice - because she has achieved so many great accomplishments.

60 SECONDS WITH

KASEY MOOY

Winners are grinners

Welcome to our 2 youngest swimmers at Blacktown City Swimming Club.

Rubi Lean and Alexander Barbosa.

These 3 year olds made their debut at Club Night on friday the 17th October. As you can see Alexander and Rubi had grins from ear to ear after their race.

Well done to both you and we cant wait to see you race each week.

Welcome to 4 year old Bailey Lean who swam his first races on the 17th October, Bailey swam in the 25m Backstroke and 25m Freestyle.

This little superfish will be one to watch, he blitzed it down the pool on his very first night .

Well done Bailey.

We also welcome Abbey Whyte who looks abit nervous at first but when she finished she was so happy.

Aren’t they the cutest? These gorgeous poppets are showing us that youíre never too young to start racing! From as young as 3 we welcome some of our new swimmers to club racing!

Abbey Whyte

Left: Our Technical Official Gordon havin a little chat with Alexander before his first race and little Rubi looking just a little bit nervous.

JX AND YPS RECONGNITION The Swimming Australia Junior Excellence (JX) and Youth Performance Squad (YPS) programs recognise, reward and encourage swimmers who, through their development of aquatic skills and fitness, achieve a high standard of swimming excellence.

The programs are used to recognise swimmers aged from 9 to 13 years (JX) and aged from 13 to 18 years (YPS) who achieve specific times for each event/stroke set by Swimming Australia. Recipients qualify at Gold, Silver, Bronze or Green standard, depending on their best performance/s during the previous season (in this case, 2013-2014). Congratulations to the following swimmers who received their JX and YPS recognition and achievement. Our President Fiona Crabb presented their packs to those who were at club on 31/10/14. YPSThey received recognition by way of:

• A customised towel based on level achieved

• Poster

• Cap

• DVD

• Backpack

• Name published on this website.

Timothy Hodge – Gold Cassandra Galea – BronzeMatthew Galea – BronzeYoong Ling Kilgannon– Bronze JXThey received special recognition by way of:

• A distinctive JX cap (9 and 10 year olds) or JX shirt (11 to 13 year olds)

• A JX certificate of achievement signed by the National Youth Coach and members of the Australian Swim Team

• A JX motivational poster featuring elite Aust swimmers

• Publication of their name on this website

• A USB with tips from Swimming experts for 11 to 13 yr olds

GOLDMatthew GaleaEliah JoaquinTira PepperElla Pinder SILVERDyana CrabbBradley ChessonEstelle GouldEthan GouldDaniel KucherukKasey Mooy

Matthew with Fiona receiving his YPS and JX packages.

Cassandra with Fiona receiving her YPS package.

BRONZEJaden AmaralJayden ChessonCaitlin De CruzMitchell HodgeTatiyana Nguyen GREENAmber DhattMadeline FranjicCeline GouldChloe WhyteJayden ChessonCameron Smith

Thankyou to Brian Hosford who is a valuable member of the Blacktown City Swimming Technical Offical Team.

Brian has been helping our swimmers and members for many years now on our Friday night Club nights .

With all the help from our amazing volunteers our club nights run smoothly with loads of laughter and lots of fun.

OUR VOLUNTEERS

THANK YOU : To our two amazing coaches , Pedro our Head Coach and Alex our Assistant Head Coach who give up their Friday nights and weekends to support our swimmers while racing and also providing all the important feedback to our swimmers to help them improve.

OUR COACHES

MT ANNAN CARNIVAL by the Havron brothers

Adrian Havron – 9 yrs - MotorboatsMy Brother and I competed at the Mt Annan carnival, on Sunday the 19th of October.

It was really fun.

It was really hot and we stayed there for the whole day. We had to leave our house before 6:30am.

I did the 50m Fly, Breast, Free & Back. I got PB’s in Fly (by 14secs) and Breast (by 12secs). I just missed my PB in Free by 0.06 of a second.

I placed in the top 9 for all events.

Liam Havron – 7 yrs - Learn to SwimThis was my first ever swim carnival. I was a bit scared at first, but I really had fun.

I place 3rd in the 25m Back; and I got a Bronze Medal, beating my PB by 2 seconds.

I placed in the top 8 for 25m Free, beating my PB by 2 seconds. I now do my 25m Free in 29.90 seconds!!!!

I also had so much fun that I asked Mum if I could do the 25m breast. I placed in the top 8, and got my PB by 1 second.

I had so much fun, but the pool was cold.

Well done boys!

Adrian with his ribbons

Liam with his medal and ribbons

SAVE THE DATES29/11 NSW MC Championships

6 - 7/12 MSW Metropolitan Championships

20 - 21/12 NSW State Open Water Championships Regatta Centre Penrith

10/1/15 BCSC Twilight LC Carnival TARGETED MEET

16 - 17/1 NSW State 10U-12 Years Championships

19 - 34/1 NSW State Age Championships

7 or 8/2 NSW Speedo Sprint Series District Heats all swimmers under 13 years age

13 - 13/2 Australian Open & Age Open Water Champ’s

27/2 - 1/3 NSW State Open Championships

14 -15/3 National Prep Meet SOPAC

3 - 10/4 Australian Swimming Open Championships

14 - 20/4 Georgina Hope Swimmers Foundation National AGE & MC Age Championships

HALLOWEEN NIGHT 31 OCTOBER FUN NIGHT

What a great night we had on Halloween.

All the kids came dressed up, including some of the parents, there was lollies and chocolates everywhere and prizes won.

Lets give a big shout out to Job Find Penrith NSW , for the amazing donations and support they have shown to Blacktown City Swimming Club.

Look out for next weeks lucky spot winners who could win either a drink bottle or travel mug from our most recent sponsor. How can you win you ask, BE THERE on a FRIDAY NIGHT CLUB NIGHT and join in all the FUN!

Thank you Job Find

SPONSORS A big thank you to the following businesses that have supported our club – please support them as they have supported us.

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CLUB GEAR

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Tracksuit $130

Swimming Caps $15Club Snapback Hat $10

Drink Bottle $5

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Hat, Swimming Cap & Drink Bottle $185

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

CLUB ENTRY CUT OFFS

Please note until further notice that the cut off for Friday

night club entries is WEDNESDAY’S not THURSDAY’S.

Please ensure that your entries are in the YELLOW BOX at

the reception desk at the centre to be included for club

night. Remember no entries no swim.

Summer Programme 2014/15

Maximum of three(3) swims each Club Night. Entry $1 per event Friday Club Night starts at 7.30pm# 12 m choice, swimmers can swim either kickboard, free, back, fly or breast

Oct. 3 12 m Choice Free Breast Back 200/400Oct. 10 12 m Choice Fly Free Breast 200/400Oct. 17 12 m Choice Back Fly Free cc1500 Oct 25-26 SMSW LC Championships SOPAC

Oct 31 12 m Choice Free Back Breast 200/400Nov. 7 12 m Choice Breast Free Fly 200/400Nov 8 SMSW OW Championship

Nov. 14 12 m Choice Back Fly Free cc800freeNov 21 Club Target Meet AIS

Nov 28 12 m Choice Free Breast Back Any 200 Progression StandardsDec. 5 12 m Choice Fly Free Breast Any 200 Stroke Distance Time

Dec 6/7 NSW Metropolitian Championships (SOPAC) Free 25m-->50m 25.00

Dec. 12 12 m Choice Back Fly Free CC400 Free Free 50m-->100m 40.00

Dec 19 Xmas Party Free 100m-->200m 1.25.00

Dec 20 NSW State Open & Age OW Championships Free 200m-->400m 2.50.00

Dec 26 Closed Free 400m-->800m 5.30.00

Jan 2 Closed Free 400m -->1500m *5.30.00

Jan. 9 12 m Choice Breast Free Back Any 200 *Must have been swum in current season at Club Night

Jan. 10 BCSC Twilight Meet Back 25m-->50m 28.00

Jan 16 NSW State Age Championship U10-12 SOPAC Back 50m-->100m 50.00

Jan. 16 12 m Choice Free Back Fly 200/400 Back 100m-->200m 1.45.00

Jan 19-24 NSW State Age Championship 13-18 SOPAC Fly 25m-->33m 40.00

Jan. 23 12 m Choice Back Breast Free 200/400 Fly 33m-->50m 45.00

Jan.30 12 m Choice Free Fly Breast cc400 IM Fly 50m-->100m 48.00

Feb.6 12 m Choice PT.(men & women 100m back and breast) Fly 100m-->200m 1.35.00

Breast, Free & Back (25 & 50m only) Breast 25m-->33m 40.00

Feb. 7/8 Speedo Heats Breast 33m-->50m 50.00

Feb 13-15 Aust Age & Open Open Water Championships Breast 50m-->100m 55.00

Feb. 13 12 m Choice PT.(men & women 100m fly and free) Free, Breast, Fly (25 & 50m only)

Breast 100m-->200m 1.50.00

IM 200m-->400m 3.15.00

Feb 20 12 m Choice Back Free cc Programme 1Feb 27 Fun NightFeb. 27 NSW State Open Championships

NOTE: For distances under 50m the referee will decide on progression. Over 50m - time

standards must be met BEFORE progression.

Mar. 6 12 m Choice Club championships - Programme 2Mar. 13 12 m Choice Club championships - Programme 3Mar 14/15 National Prep Meet

Mar. 20 12 m Choice Club championships - Programme 4Mar. 27 12 m Choice Club championships - Programme 5Apr 3-10 Australian Open Championships

Apr 13-20 Australian Age Championships

Championships event - All Open events may only be swum by 8 fastest male and female swimmers.

Feb. 13 PT = perpertual trophy events - 8 fastest male and female swimmers.

Race Entries close

Thursday Night7:30pm

Closes:

17-Oct-14 Club Championship Open 1500m Free12-Dec-14 Club Championship Open 400m Free14-Nov-14 Club Championship Open 800m Free30-Jan-15 Club Championship Open 400m IM13-Feb-15 Perpetual trophy swims - Men (100m Free & 100 Fly) - Women ( 100m Back & 100m Breast)

Event Age Distance Stroke1 10 200 IM2 11 200 IM3 12 200 IM4 13 200 IM5 14 200 IM6 15yrs/over 200 IM

Event Age Distance Stroke Event Age Distance Stroke7 Open 200 Fly 28 Open 200 Back8 Invitation 25/50 Free choice 29 Invitation 25/50 Free choice9 MC 50 Breast 30 MC 50 Fly10 5/U 25 Breast 31 5/U 25 Fly11 6 25 Breast 32 6 25 Fly12 7 & 8 25 Breast 33 7 & 8 25 Fly13 8 50 Breast 34 8 50 Fly14 9 50 Breast 35 9 50 Fly15 10 50 Breast 36 10 50 Fly16 11 50 Breast 37 11 50 Fly17 12 50 Breast 38 12 50 Fly18 13 50 Breast 39 13 50 Fly19 14 50 Breast 40 14 50 Fly20 15yrs/over 50 Breast 41 15yrs/over 50 Fly21 Invitation 25/50 Free choice 42 Invitation 25/50 Free choice22 10 100 Free 43 10 100 Breast23 11 100 Free 44 11 100 Breast24 12 100 Free 45 12 100 Breast25 13 100 Free 46 13 100 Breast26 14 100 Free 47 14 100 Breast27 15yrs/over 100 Free 48 15yrs/over 100 Breast

Club Championships Summer 2014/2015

OPEN swims Friday night BEFORE event February 20 for Programmes 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

** All Open events may only be swum by 8 fastest male and female swimmers.

(400m Free / 800m Free / 1500m Free / 400 IM )

Age as at 20 February, 2015

Programme 2 - March 6

Programme 1 - February 20

Programme 3 - March 13

Event Age Distance Stroke Event Age Distance Stroke49 Open 200 Free 70 Open 200 Breast50 Invitation 25/50 Free choice 71 Invitation 25/50 Free choice51 MC 50 Back 72 MC 50 Free52 5/U 25 Back 73 5/U 25 Free53 6 25 Back 74 6 25 Free54 7 25 Back 75 7 25 Free55 8 50 Back 76 8 50 Free56 9 50 Back 77 9 50 Free57 10 50 Back 78 10 50 Free58 11 50 Back 79 11 50 Free59 12 50 Back 80 12 50 Free60 13 50 Back 81 13 50 Free61 14 50 Back 82 14 50 Free62 15yrs/over 50 Back 83 15yrs/over 50 Free63 Invitation 25/50 Free choice 84 Invitation 25/50 Free choice64 10 100 Fly 85 10 100 Back65 11 100 Fly 86 11 100 Back66 12 100 Fly 87 12 100 Back67 13 100 Fly 88 13 100 Back68 14 100 Fly 89 14 100 Back69 15yrs/over 100 Fly 90 15yrs/over 100 Back

Eligibility:To be eligible to compete in club championships a member must be:

(i) A financial member of BCSC.(ii) A member of two (2) months standing prior to the start of the championships, with the exception of beginners from learn to swim.(iii) Have competed in at least 12 swims on club nights during the current season.(iv) *

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* A competitor may only swim in the club championship Open 800m Free if they have established a time better than 5.30 in a 400m free swum at a Club night in the current season.

* A competitor may only swim in the club championship Open 1500m Free if they have established a time better than 5.30 in a 400m free swum at a Club night in the current season.

* If an 8 year old swimmer has been progressed by the Referee to 50 m Fly and/or 50m Breast they must swim 50m Fly and/orBreast in the Club Championships.

(v) * To be eligible for age championship placings a swimmer must have competed in at least half of the swims that are set down for that age group.

(vi) Multi class swimmers can compete in both MC and age events. Points gained in Multi class events will not count towards the age group pointscore. Points scored in MC events will go towards Multi class club champion.

Championships Point Score:6 points 1st Place 1 point all other unplaced swimmers4 points 2nd Place 0 points for disqualification2 Points 3rd Place

Note: Swims must be completed to receive points. Age groups may be combined at the discretion of the referee, however points gained by a swimmer shall count towards the Age Group entered by the swimmer.Points gained in the 5&U Age Groups will only count towards THAT Age Group and the Overall Club Champion.

If a swimmer 7 years and under normally swims 50m races in that stroke there is no need for them to swim a 25 m race.

Programme 4 - March 20 Programme 5 - March 27

A competitor may only swim in a club championship event for which he/she has already established a time in that stroke and distance during the current season (i.e. summer 2014/15.)

Closes:

17-Oct-14 Club Championship Open 1500m Free12-Dec-14 Club Championship Open 400m Free14-Nov-14 Club Championship Open 800m Free30-Jan-15 Club Championship Open 400m IM13-Feb-15 Perpetual trophy swims - Men (100m Free & 100 Fly) - Women ( 100m Back & 100m Breast)

Event Age Distance Stroke1 10 200 IM2 11 200 IM3 12 200 IM4 13 200 IM5 14 200 IM6 15yrs/over 200 IM

Event Age Distance Stroke Event Age Distance Stroke7 Open 200 Fly 28 Open 200 Back8 Invitation 25/50 Free choice 29 Invitation 25/50 Free choice9 MC 50 Breast 30 MC 50 Fly10 5/U 25 Breast 31 5/U 25 Fly11 6 25 Breast 32 6 25 Fly12 7 & 8 25 Breast 33 7 & 8 25 Fly13 8 50 Breast 34 8 50 Fly14 9 50 Breast 35 9 50 Fly15 10 50 Breast 36 10 50 Fly16 11 50 Breast 37 11 50 Fly17 12 50 Breast 38 12 50 Fly18 13 50 Breast 39 13 50 Fly19 14 50 Breast 40 14 50 Fly20 15yrs/over 50 Breast 41 15yrs/over 50 Fly21 Invitation 25/50 Free choice 42 Invitation 25/50 Free choice22 10 100 Free 43 10 100 Breast23 11 100 Free 44 11 100 Breast24 12 100 Free 45 12 100 Breast25 13 100 Free 46 13 100 Breast26 14 100 Free 47 14 100 Breast27 15yrs/over 100 Free 48 15yrs/over 100 Breast

Club Championships Summer 2014/2015

OPEN swims Friday night BEFORE event February 20 for Programmes 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

** All Open events may only be swum by 8 fastest male and female swimmers.

(400m Free / 800m Free / 1500m Free / 400 IM )

Age as at 20 February, 2015

Programme 2 - March 6

Programme 1 - February 20

Programme 3 - March 13

TWILIGHT MEET

Saturday 10th January 2015

Blacktown Aquatic Centre

Boyd Street, Blacktown (50m Heated Pool)

Warm Up 2pm Start 3pm

M F AGE DIST STROKE M F AGE DIST STROKE

1 2 OPEN 100m Backstroke 35 36 OPEN 100m Butterfly

3 4 5 Yrs & Under 25m Backstroke 37 38 6 Yrs & Under 25m Butterfly

5 6 6/7 Yrs 25m Backstroke 39 40 7 Yrs 25m Butterfly

7 8 8 Yrs & Under 50m Backstroke 41 42 8 Yrs & Under 50m Butterfly

9 10 9/10 Yrs 50m Backstroke 43 44 9/10 Yrs 50m Butterfly

11 12 11/12 Yrs 50m Backstroke 45 46 11/12 Yrs 50m Butterfly

13 14 13/14 Yrs 50m Backstroke 47 48 13/14Yrs 50m Butterfly

15 16 15Yrs & Over 50m Backstroke 49 50 15Yrs & Over 50m Butterfly

17 18 6 Yrs & Under 25m Breaststroke 51 52 5 Yrs & Under 25m Freestyle

19 20 7 Yrs 25m Breaststroke 53 54 6/7 Yrs 25m Freestyle

21 22 OPEN 100m Breaststroke 55 56 OPEN 100m Freestyle

23 24 8 Yrs & Under 50m Breaststroke 57 58 8 Yrs & Under 50m Freestyle

25 26 9/10 Yrs 50m Breaststroke 59 60 9/10 Yrs 50m Freestyle

27 28 11/12 Yrs 50m Breaststroke 61 62 11/12 Yrs 50m Freestyle

29 30 13/14Yrs 50m Breaststroke 63 64 13/14Yrs 50m Freestyle

31 32 15Yrs & Over 50m Breaststroke 65 66 15Yrs & Over 50m Freestyle

33 Mixed

8Yrs & Under 4 x 50m

Freestyle Relay

67 Mixed 11/12 Yrs 4 x 50m

Freestyle Relay

34 Mixed

9/10 Yrs 4 x 50m

Freestyle Relay

68 Mixed OPEN 4 x 50m

Freestyle Relay

ELECTRONIC

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4. Entry Fees: $6.00 per individual event. Relays $8.00 per team (Relays 2 boys and 2 girls) 5. Entries Close: Friday 12th December 2014 6. Age as at 10th January 2015. 7. Normal Pool Entry will apply 8. Programs NOTE: Available from club website 4 days prior to meet. 9. Medals will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, 3rd place in all events including relays & each age group in

duel age events only (6/7, 9/10, 11/12 & 13/14) 10. No Phone or Late Entries will be accepted. 11. Club BBQ will be operating during the meet. 12. The Meet Director reserves the right to amend the program & conditions of entry. 13. Please forward all entries to:

Email & e-entries: blacktownracesecretary@hotmail.com.au

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

1. Meet conducted under the rules of SNSW Ltd and is a Metro South West Area approved Meet 2. All Events are Timed Finals. Electronic Timing will be used for this meet. 3. Entries to be “e entry files ONLY by club race secretaries” on SNSW Ltd Multi entry cards.

The Race SecretaryBlacktown City Swim Club PO BOX 539 BLACKTOWN NSW 2148