Armadale Masters Swimming Club

The world’s largest open water swim will get bigger under a plan to split it over two days or two concurrent races.

Rottnest Channel Swim Association president David Corney said a second starting line, in addition to the traditional Cottesloe Beach starting point, was the most favoured option.

The number of competitors who can take part in the 19.7km HBF Rottnest Channel Swim each year is determined by how many solo swimmers enter the race.

This year 274 are competing. More

As a Masters swimmer you can get discounted tickets for Australia Against the World in the Aquatic Super Series being held in Perth 31st January to the 2nd of February.  When booking your ticket put in the code word WASWIM

The Pool is holding a swim carnival next Tuesday and we will not have access to the pool until 7pm

RULE CHANGES 2014 SEASON

SIMPLIFIED GUIDE for SWIMMERS to RULE CHANGES for 2014 YEAR

November Newsletter 2013

Urgent: Important Armadale Masters Alert
We need to organise the Armadale Masters Presentation Evening and Jenny – the –
organiser needs to know who will be attending.
Where: Liz Dunn’s place, 35 Mackie Road, Roleystone (Tel 9397 5080
or 0414 939 794)
When: 14th December arrive for 6.30 pm.
Dinner/Presentations start at 7.30 pm.
Parking: please park either side of Mackie Road. Please do not enter in your vehicle
down Liz’s steep drive. Park and walk carefully down the driveway avoiding honkeys
and associated nutters. Balloons will be attached to Liz’s letter box at the top of her
drive.
BYO: Drinks , cool drink, torch, plate of food already agreed upon with Jenny. Also
bring a gold coin or three for the Hamper Raffle on the night. Have you donated
something for the Christmas Hamper to be raffled on the Presentation Evening ? See
Heather C should you have something to donate.
Cost: $20 per person. Please pay Jenny ASAP. Jenny will be cracking the whip at
swimming training.
From
Fettes

SUPER CLINIC
Masters Swimming WA members are invited to register now to participate in this inaugural project for coaches and swimmers. The LiveLighter Super Clinic will be presented by 4 of Masters Swimming WA’s excellent

Coach Educators:
Elena Nesci (Claremont), Kim Tyler (Fremantle), Kareena Preston (Fremantle) and Jon Haines (Perth City)

The LiveLighter Super Clinic is for:
• Current trainee and accredited Masters Club Coaches to observe training sessions from experienced Coaches which will include some emphasis on stroke correction; AND
• Swimmers who are keen to train with members from other Clubs, learn from different Coaches or are interested in a specialist session focussed on:
Freestyle Stroke Correction & Training ; Open Water & Endurance ; Sprint Training ; Breaststroke & Butterfly Stroke Development.

When: Saturday 30th November 2013 from 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Where: GEP outdoor 8-lane pool and Claremont Masters Clubrooms at Challenge Stadium
What:
1. Coach education through observing the training sessions
2. Swimmers’ training sessions (2 x 45 minutes)
Details:
1. Current trainee or accredited Masters Club Coaches attend for 3 hour session which includes:
a. briefing from 2.00 – 2.30pm;
b. observation of coaches conducting swimmers’ training sessions between 2.30 & 4.30pm;
c. debriefing from 4.30 – 5.00pm
2. Swimmers choose what type of session to attend : session #1 from 2.45 – 3.30pm and session #2 from 3.45 – 4.30pm (swimmers are encouraged to attend both sessions but may choose to attend only one). Session schedule will be confirmed at close of registration.
Cost: Coaches – $20.00. Swimmers – $10.00 (plus usual pool entry fee)
RSVP: Registration forms with payment due by Wednesday 20th November to:
Contact Captain Jeff for registration forms

Hi Swimmers,

We have some exiting news as the club has decided to introduce 2 new awards from 2014 onwards.  Even though the new awards will not be presented until December 2014 the points that can be gained to achieve these awards actually start on November 2^nd this week.

The first new award is called “Pool Competition Swimming” and has been introduced to recognise swimmers who swim and represent our club at all the Masters pool competitions in Western Australia like the LiveLighter Club Challenge and Masters Swimming WA Pool State Championships.  We will also include the Masters Swimming Australia National Championships if and when they are held in WA.  Points that will be scored towards this award will be taken from events swum from the 1^st November and up to the 31^st October the following year, so if you’re interested in seeing how you go the first event coming up is the Beatty Park LiveLighter Club Challenge which is on Sunday the 24^th November at Tuart College.

The second new award which has not been named just yet will possibly be called “Club Swimmer of the Year” or something along those lines.  The Male and Female Club Swimmer of the Year will be the club member who achieves the highest overall score in the following 4 categories based on the Club Swimmer of the Year Award Rules.

• Aerobics
• Club Championships
• Open Water Swimming
• Pool Competition Swimming

We have decided to equalise the points scored in each category by adjusting the top score to 100 and then adjust all other points in that category by the same value.  So if you were the top points scorer in aerobics with 385 points we would divide that figure by 3.85 to give 100 and divide all other scores by 3.85 in that category.  If you were the top points scorer in the Club Championships with 40 points we would divide that score by 0.4 to give 100 and then divide all the other scores in that category by 0.4 and so on for the other 2 categories.  For further explanation of the rules for these new events please feel free to ask me or Graham Hicks at the pool on a Saturday after swimming. Points that will be scored towards this award will be taken from events swum from the 1st November and up to the 31^st October the following year, so if you’re interested in seeing how you go the first event is our Club Championships on the 2^nd of November followed by Aerobic swims the next day on Sunday the 3^rd of November and then Beatty Park LiveLighter Club Challenge which is on Sunday the 24^th November at Tuart College.

 Up and Coming Masters Events:

• Saturday 2^nd November.  Club Championships Round 10
• Sunday 10^th November.  Lake Leschenaultia Open Water Swim
• Sunday 24^th November.  Beatty Park Live Lighter Club challenge at Tuart College
• Saturday 14^th December.  Fremantle Ports Swim Thru

JEFF

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Newsletter October 2013

Earlier this year half a dozen of us attended the free HBF Fitness Sessions at Armadale.  Livelighter along with HBF are again offering Free Exercise Classes throughout the state and this time it for a period of 6 months.  All you have to do is register, you can join in for a small fee if you’re not an HBF member.

I have just registered and it starts next week in Armadale on Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 6:30 and Saturday mornings 7:30 to 8:30 at Minnawarra Park

Minnawarra Park,
Cnr Armadale Rd
and Orchard Ave
Armadale

July 2013 Newsletter