Results
Alice Springs Invitational 2008
Alice Springs Invitational Dec 2008
The annual Alice Springs Invitational Carnival was held over the weekend of
December 13-14, 2008.
Swimmers came from Top End Storm, Palmerston, Katherine,
Darwin, Nightcliff and Casuarina Swimming Clubs. Top End Storm came with
enough swimmers to fill 4 lanes in the 8x50 relay. That's a great effort!!
The overall club winner for the carnival was Top End
Storm.
Age Aggregate Trophy winners from the Alice Springs
Club were:
8 Years Male: Jarrod Cross
12 Years Male: Jake Nieuwenhoven
13 Years Male: Ben Fuller
15 Years Female: Taylor Chalker
16 Years Female: Lisa Fuller
17 Years Female: Jessica Fuller
Congratulations to these swimmers and to everyone who
participated and got PB's, medals and trophies over the weekend!
Meet our Club Captains and
Vice Captains
for 2008-2009:
008-09 Junior
Excellence Program Criteria....
Swimming Australia in conjunction with
Swim Northern Territory has introduced the new Junior Excellence
Program (JX) throughout Australia to recognize, reward and
encourage young swimmers aged between 9 and 13. In this program
swimmers who achieve times set by Swimming Australia will qualify for
Gold, Silver, Bronze or Green standard. Swimming Australia will
provide a JX Cap (9-10 years) or a JX T-shirt (11-13 years), a
certificate, 2 posters and publication of the swimmers name on the
Swimming Australia website.
2007/2008 Season JX Qualifyers
|
GOLD
Ben Fuller
Liam MacGillivrayBRONZE
Kelseah Parnell |
SILVER
Gemma Dalby
Sean Nieuwenhoven
Jake Nieuwenhoven
Nathalie Collins
Jordan HickeyGREEN
Alana Fuller
Keiran Parnell
Patrick Coffey
Melanie Gunner
Caley Pannell
Jessica Rayner
Michelle Wilson
|
|
|
|
Australian Unity Go Club PB Awards
Our club was once again successful
gaining "Silver" status in the "Australian Unity Go Club PB Awards".
This program brings awareness to the importance of club structures
by measuring the performance of clubs across different areas - the five
areas being: Membership, Administration, Activities, Coaching &
Officiating and Marketing & Promotion. Ours was the only Territory
swimming club to achieve this standard. |
|
2008-2009 Season Notices
Coaching Fees:
All coaching fees are now payable to the
"club" and can be left in the locked box in the control room. Please
place cash or cheque inside envelopes provided and write name, coach's
name, date and amount enclosed on the outside of the envelope.
Coaching:
Target Squad: Fiona
Wright
Development Squad: Fiona Wright
Advanced Beginner Squad: Heather Nieuwenhoven
Beginner Squad: Chris Schultz
Please try and be on
time to sessions, that is, ready to get into pool with goggles, cap,
fins and drink bottle by the time your session is due to start.
For session times
please see the information page.
Saturday
Competitions:
A book will be on pool
deck every afternoon and swimmers can mark off the 4 events they wish to
enter each week. Please try and have all entries in by the Thursday
evening prior to the Sat. am meet. Gates open 7.00am for warm-up with
events starting at 7.30am. These meets can’t run without the help of
parents to set-up the pool, time keep and officiate. Don’t worry! No
experience required. It’s also a great chance for you to support your
child and see how well they are doing.
Club t-shirts and “New” Club
bathers for sale – see Moogie Curtis on pool deck |
Purchase of new
video/underwater camera
We have been able to purchase a new video /
underwater camera and laptop computer with another Community Benefit
fund grant. This will enable coaching staff to analyze swimmer's strokes
and play video back to swimmers showing them their faults and how they
can improve their strokes etc.
|
.jpg)
