NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS—PERTH 2011

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SWIMMERS NEWS

M A S T E R S S W I M M I N G Q U E E N S L A N D

2nd left from bottom: John Crisp receiving a medal

Left: Terrry and Denise from QMM

2011 Issue 3

MAY

Rum City 2

Around the Clubs 2

Take your Mark! 6

Coaching Program 7

Master Class 7

Inside this issue: Left: Ann Todd and Charles Boileau from

QTW

Below: QMM swimmers and—middle:

Paula Hewett—QHB

A wonderful example to her swimmers, coach and super-fit great–grandmother, Daph Soppa

claimed four gold medals out of seven at the National Championships in Perth.

Bruce Lovett picked up two silver and two

bronze and Tracy Dunn another team mate, took home three bronze medals.

Daph swam in the 75—79 age group and this was her first time at a National Championships.

―I knew I was top five in Australia, by my

times, but I did not expect gold,‖ Soppa said.

Although Daph comes from a swimming family,

having swum from the age of 11, including be-ing placed at the state titles, netball became

her passion. She went on to coach state teams and in 1982, she guided Queensland to

the national under-21 netball title. After leaving

the Gold Coast and settling in Bundaberg again, Daph became the netball regional director of

coaching.

The love affair with netball continued for a

number of years. Before finally stepping down

in 2009, Daph had achieved great success with

the Natives Club, including winning three Division 1 premierships, over

a 15 year period.

In 1999, Daph returned to swim-ming. Six years ago, she took up

the position of assistant coach and

two years ago that of coach.

Bruce Lovett was second in the

men‘s 50—54 years 200 fly, 400 IM

and third in the 200 IM and 2km open water swim.

Tracy Dunn grabbed bronze in the women's

40—45 200m breaststroke, 200 fly, and 400 IM

These three train together every day at

5.30a.m. except Saturdays and the camara-derie in the group and the support given to

each other was a major contributor to their

success.

Well done and no doubt the Nationals in Ade-

laide from the 14th—17th April 2012, beckons

this trio from Rum City.

Daph Soppa, Bruce Lovett and Tracy

Dunn at the National Championships

in Perth

hour were swum.

Sincere thanks to Cheryl and Sam for keep-ing things rolling through the small hours.

May 17th was their last coached swim and

BBQ at Woree until resumption of training on September 6th.

Sunday aerobic, postal swims and training

with coaches on deck will continue at Gor-donvale during the winter months

Cairns Mudcrabs completed the Lions Multi-ple Sclerosis 24 hour Mega Swim on 14/15th

May and managed a very creditable 56.4 km in

all, raising over $1675 for the cause. Well done everyone!

Several of their newer members achieved dis-

tances they‘d never swum before. Quite a few aerobic swims, 1 hour, 1500 metres and half

From Swimming to Netball and Back

Daph now reels the medals in, together with her teammates

Around the Clubs compiled by Helen Holmes

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Gladstone Gropers purchased a Patient Recov-ery Board, with funds from the Federal Volunteer

Grants Program. Coach and Referee Russell gave

the initial training in the usage of the Board, which was timely and appreciated as it was used

soon afterwards in real cases.

The club‘s Silver Jubilee is developing into a memorable event with the dinner on September

10th when past members and Patron Simon Hooton will be invited to attend. To entice partici-

pation in the Charity Swim (proceeds to Leukae-

mia Foundation) it has been proposed to devise a program to allow the Committee to select out-

standing members to go into the draw for the major prize in the Participation and Improvement

State Programs.

A farewell dinner was held recently for Dale and Alan Atherinos (below with President, Joan

Green) in appreciation of their contribution to

Gladstone Gropers.

Many other social events are in the pipeline, in-cluding the mid year presentation on June

5th….their social calendar is nearly as busy as their training programme.

Three members swam at Noosa and all did well.

Two prospective coaches (Jenny and Glen) at-tended the last Level 1 Masters Coaching Course

at Miami i.e. before the introduction of the new course.

Around the Clubs ...

Hervey Bay Humpbacks all seem to be doing quite a lot of travelling with their President and

Vice President out of town, and Paula in the west

too. Apart from visiting her daughter in Perth, Pau-la competed at the Nationals, bringing home a Sil-

ver in 200 Fly and Bronze in the Open Water Swim. Congratulations!

Despite a variety of social functions the evening

before the Pier to Pub, Rosie, Shane, Paula, Terry, Daryl and Viv all swam well in the 3.4 km event.

None of them won any money, but Rosie made the

Monday night TV news!

Aerobic swims are conducted every Wednesday

morning at 8a.m. with Paul A and they include Fit-

ness programs, which must surely help all who at-tend. A chance to see another side of several of

their club mates will be when the ― Theatre Restau-rant Performers‘‘ produce ―The Sherriff of Rot-

ting‘m‘‘ in the near future .

Noosa Challengers had a rollicking good trip to the Albany Creek meet, where all 19 Noosa swim-

mers performed well, both in and out of the pool.

Bob and Olga and Wendy showed great spirit and stamina by timekeeping all day while Erica and

Mark R provided valuable support with team organ-isation. Janet, Stephanie and Barbara were swim-

ming for the first time for Noosa Masters. Well done! Fittingly the club‘s oldest and the youngest-

Joyce and Kerryn- both broke State records!

The club was placed third overall out of 24 clubs.

Russell posted a terrific 13min video on You Tube for all to enjoy.

Below: Bardie, Robyn, Brian Hoepper & Brian

Cairns

Noosa cont…

The club welcomed new members Janet, Stephanie, Kim and Geoff to their ranks and all are settling in and

enjoying their involvement.

Congratulations to Lynette Clemiston – Winner of the Aerobic Trophy for 2010.

Right: More Noosa swimmers with their medals—SLC:

Paul, Eulah (visitor from Canada), Bob, Brian H & Clin-

ton

Left:

Brian Cairns with

his 2 Mil-lion Metre

Certificate.

Congratu-lations!

Right:

QNA Bob Morse

with Easter Bunny—a wor-

thy photo albeit after the event

Below: Pirate

Chief Marshall,

Mark Besford at the Noosa Car-

nival with Don

Jones QGS

Nudgee Blue Fins are experiencing some prob-lems with the 50m pool and are unable to conduct

their Saturday morning Masters‘ session until further notice. However, this setback did not worry the four-

teen club swimmers who attended Albany Creek

meet. This number included Vos and G and Lizelle who were virgin swimmers on the day.

Understandably, Lizelle‘s nerves were a little high,

but she put in some fabulous swims. All members were pleased with their swims and thoroughly en-

joyed the day. Thanks to Fiona for taking the Nudgee Brothers shade and those who erected it. It

really stands out and is great protection to have

when needed. Thanks to Albany Creek for such a friendly and well organised meet.

The next club meeting was on 26th May at the pool

and it incorporated the ―BIG MORNING TEA‖ to raise funds for Breast Cancer research. Members were

asked to wear Pink and to bring a donation for this worthy cause.

Albany Creek club members say…..Merci

Beaucoup, Muchas Gracias, Thanks ----- to everyone who attended their swim meet in April and helped

make it such a great success. Thank you to not just

the large number of swimmers (although they are just a little important), but to all the volunteers,

family, friends and other clubs supporters, who helped on the day. Everyone had a great day, in-

cluding their first time swimmers.

Then it was off to Noosa where some more good results were achieved. Katie Mc is working her way

through the butterfly records in her first year in Mas-

ters and Penny S is setting records every time she dives in the pool- Well done!

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At Noosa again 9 swimmers completed either the 1km or 2km Blue Swim and had a fun day despite

early showers. These distances are very achieva-

ble for any pool swimmer.

Brisbane Northside recently enjoyed a South

Bank Social outing even though some members

lost their way to the restaurant. However, the food and wines at the Italian Restaurant were

―most acceptable‘‘ to those who attended.

Seven swimmers travelled to Twin Towns Oasis Pool for the State Championships and brought

home a veritable swag of medals.

The event represented another experience of good weather, good swimming and good compa-

ny. All swimmers won medals in their age groups and QBN won the Small Club Trophy. Once again

Fun, Fitness and Friendship shone! After the AGM

members dined at the Twin Towns Bistro to sa-vour their results.

Welcome to new member Sally R.

Social Secretary Shelley is planning an afternoon

at the theatre to see Jesus Christ Superstar at QPAC in June and she has asked members to con-

tact her re time preferences….possible Sunday afternoon performance?

Brisbane Southside swimmers are watching

with interest as the new outdoor 50m pool is be-ing constructed beside the Brisbane Aquatic Cen-

tre. It is certainly looking very impressive so far.

Hopefully by November visiting swimmers for their 30th Anniversary Swim Meet will see an almost

completed venue. Other additions to the Sleeman Centre, such as the World Class BMX Track are

also attracting great interest from future partici-pants.

At the State Championships at Banora Point all

club members swam well bringing home a swag of medals and PBs. The women‘s 280+ Medley

relay scored State and National Records. The

club‘s oldest female swimmer, Amy M, really set some fantastic individual records and Coach Jen T

was named Female Swimmer of the Meet as well as Over 50 Swimmer of the Meet. Remarkable

achievements for you both…..your club salutes

you!

Amy has already gained ten record breaking swims this year and in her 50m Backstroke she

actually broke her own record (from River City) at

Albany Creek.

Planning is well under way to make the club‘s An-

nual Swim Meet a very happy celebration of 30

years at Chandler. It is believed that QSM held the first swim meet at the venue.

Miami Masters had a very, very impressive list

of swimmers who featured in the FINA World Top Ten for 2010. Jane S, Margaret F, Joan M, Pauline

B, Neal M, Mark F-W, Henry V, John C, AND Den-ise R all deserve a ― well swum‖ pat on the back.

(photos on page 1)

At the National Championships in Perth the club‘s team of 6 females and 5 males performed very

well with an Individual medal tally of 20 gold, 15

silver and 14 bronze. They also won gold in 4 re-lays and brought home the Aggregate Points Tro-phy for 240+ Relays. Congratulations to all!

Miami swimmers recently took part in another Charity Swim. This time for the Bluefit Founda-

tion, which supports bush children who do not have access to those sporting facilities, which we

all take for granted.

Alan G organised a Magical Mystery Bike Tour last month – a gentle pedal through the back streets

of exotic Palm Beach, starting at Tallebudgera

Creek and finishing with a swim at Currumbin Es-tuary. The ultimate destination, however, was the

Palm Beach Pub where all enjoyed food, drink and good company.

A group of swimmers meet at Burleigh Beach eve-

ry Sunday at 7:30a.m. for a leisurely swim to North Burleigh. All visiting Masters are warmly

invited to join in.

Twin Towns Masters were given ―Big Wraps‖ after hosting the first State Swim to be held at

their pool at Banora Point, with State President,

Therese and MSQ Administrator, Helga attending the club‘s morning tea on 21st May. President Ken

was extremely proud of all those members who competed and/or were part of the ―chain gang‖,

―catering crowd‖ and Raffles co-ordinators.

Well done also in regards to the professionalism

of the officials. A HUGE THANKS to you all!

Ken then headed to Perth for the National Swim

(for the 12th time) and a chance to catch up with

his sister.

Around the Clubs...

‗Dr Who‘ George, is still winning Gold at 92 yrs of age and this time won another 5 individual

gold, plus 2 gold in the men‘s relays and 1

bronze mixed relay. What a Legend he is! All club members are extremely proud of their

Secretary Freda with regard to her determination

and courage re her medical treatment - train travel - and attitude to override all adversity.

You are an inspiration to all and our thoughts are with you always. You really are the most

important member of QTT.

Level 1 Masters Coaching Course – 28/29 May 2011 at Miami Pool

Congratulations to the 25 Masters members who

signed up for the coaching course! Poor Helga had to order and reorder workbooks due to the

increase in participants, but it was great to see so much interest in becoming qualified in coach-

ing Masters Swimmers. I can only see this as a

bonus for all Masters‘ members.

New Masters Swimming Coaching Course

MSA in conjunction with all relevant stakehold-

ers, reviewed and evaluated the coaching frame-work in 2009. Some of the course material was

trialled in 2008 and 2010. Masters Swimming Australia Coach Education Accreditation Framework: Introduction to Coach-ing Masters Swimmers (Intro Coach)

Masters Swimmers Club Coach (Club Coach)

Members enjoyed a great weekend at Noosa with good results to all, especially ‗Ding Dong‘s‘

flukey pick up of $100.00.

Over the long weekend in June, the club mem-bers will once again head south to Yamba for

the Clarence River Masters short course meet.

This will be their 8th year competing there and rivalry is fierce.

QTT Swim Meet Committee—SLC 2011

The general coaching principles (beginning and

intermediate) is a compulsory part of the overall Masters Swimming Australia Coach Education

Accreditation framework. The general principles will be separate and candidates can access

them through either on-line (where applicable)

or through the State Coaching and Officiating Centres.

No longer called Level 1 Masters Coaching Course.

Recognition of Current Competence (RCC) is

available through application if you have other

coaching qualifications and experience.

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TAKE YOUR MARK! Mark Erickson

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Warm up – no fins ( 10 sec rest for each 50m swum) 200m Freestyle

50m 1 arm Fly drill

150m 3 kicks to 1 stroke breaststroke drill 100m Backstroke – 6 kicks change over

Main set -

300m fins set – FLY SKS, BACK KSK ( continuous no rest)

(– 50m kick FLY, 50m swim FLY, 50m kick FLY, then 50m BACK swim, 50m BACK kick, 50m BACK swim)

300m no fins – BREAST KSK, FREE SKS (continuous no rest)

(-50m BREAST KICK, 50m BREAST swim, 50m BREAST kick, 50m FREE swim, 50m FREE kick, 50m

FREE swim)

200m IM – 40 sec rest 2 x 100m IM with or without fins – 20 sec rest x1 -2

16 x 25m – IM order 4 or each stroke (every fourth 25m is max effort) on 45 sec

Cool down

8 x 50m choice easy (can include Pull) gradually getting slower each 50m… adding on 5 sec per 50m… focus on good technique – 15 sec rest after each 50m

Requests: Please send or email your favourite swim programmes, as MSQ hopes to collect and in-

clude them in newsletters and on the website. If you have any questions regarding coaching or swim-ming, please contact me via MSQ: administrator@qldmastersswimming.org.au

Over the last weekend of May, 24 brave people gave up their time to attend the MSQ Level 1

Coaching Course. The course was held at the

Miami Pool and hosted by the Miami Masters.

The course included topics such as: Role of a

coach, communication, planning and training an

adult swimming, nutrition, health & medical as-pects of coaching, stretching, rules and teaching

new skills to adult swimmers (prac session).

Nick Marshall, Physiotherapist facilitated sessions

on ―Health and Medical Aspects of Coaching‖ and

also gave some great tips on stretching.

Derek Coghill travelled all the way from the sun-

shine coast to attend the course. He presented a

valuable session on the rules in Masters Swim-

ming.

Programme for month – ―Mother’s Day‖ – Mixed Medley Madness – medium pace Mark Erickson

MSQ Master Class Director of Coaching Mark Erickson

He clarified quite a few misconceptions many of us had about the rules. Steve Cornelius was

very versatile and invaluable. He did a great

job with both catering and facilitating! A big thank you to all the presenters for giving up

there weekend and for sharing their knowledge and skills.

The highlights for the weekend were the practi-

cal sessions and the interaction between partici-

pants and presenters. It was great to see eve-

ryone getting involved and sharing their ideas

and experiences. All in all, it was a very enjoya-

ble and successful weekend. I look forward to

seeing these wonderful people achieving their

Level 1 Masters Swimming Coaching qualifica-

tion within the next 12 months!

Above:

Mark Erickson working

with Miami club mem-

bers while the prospec-

tive coaches look on.

Right:

Steve Cornelius pre-

senting parts of the

course.

From the Coaching Course at Miami - May 2011

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Clubs need to start making a decision on whether they wish to partake in the two new programs: Participation and Improvement.

A major prize will be awarded to an individual drawn from all nominations sent in to the office. The

major prize will be a trip for two to a holiday destination overseas.

Each program, will in addition draw an individual retail voucher, a club prize, a prize for the Club

Coach and 5 minor prizes.

It is therefore imperative that your club makes a decision now already regarding an interesting,

innovative program it wishes to adopt.

The program needs to not only be applicable to one event, but should be ongoing for the rest of the

year and into next year. More information will be released soon.

Participation Program:—Ideas: set goals for individuals; create your own club swim program that could count towards the aerobic and Million Metre swims; create a program for your volunteers,

officials and/or coaches.

Improvement Program:- Ideas: a program that recognises the highest number/points/events…

an individual enters in whatever the club determines; obvious and consistent improvement over a

considerable period of time; innovative coaching program; innovative club program designed to at-tract new members; overall club improvement in…

Set the guidelines for your program, but remember it must not be based on only one event.

MSX - The new Masters Excellence Program for our more competitive swimmers.

It has a 4—four tier structure: PLATINUM, GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE.

The times you need to swim for each distance and each stroke, will be sent to clubs.

These times are based on the Point Score System as per the Results Portal (both long & short

course).

All swimmers, who achieve one of the tiers, will receive an award. One major winner will be drawn

from all 4 tiers.

THE MAJOR PRIZE IS: A TRIP FOR 2 (airfare and accommodation) to the

World Masters Games in Italy 2012

UPCOMING SWIM MEETS

SLC 2012 - 9—11 March—Hervey

Bay

QSC Postal: 1 June—31 July

Caboolture: 19 June

Cairns Legends: OWS 26 June

Rum City: 6 August

Northside: 20 August

FOR CONSIDERATION

Contact the administrator if you need help

with Clubs Online

Clubs consider hosting a sanctioned swim

meet in 2012

Clubs consider hosting the 2013 SLC

Look at the funding opportunities through

your local council and government agencies—

to improve your membership etc.

Become a technical official

Become a coach

Invite friends and family to join MSQ

CONTACT:

administrator@qldmastersswimming.org.au

New MSQ Programs - start getting ready