ROCKINGHAM STINGRAYS SWIM CLUB NEWSLETTER

BETWEEN THE LANES Aqua Jetty, 87 Warnbro Sound Avenue, Warnbro OCTOBER, 2011 Phone: 9593 4000 Email: rockswim@iinet.net.au

stingrays excel AT QUALIFYING MEET Junior and Senior squads from the Rockingham Swimming Club dazzled with their impressive swims at the recent Long Course Qualifying Meet, held at Challenge Stadium. Ethan McAleese has set a new State record in the 800 Freestyle, at 10.11.12 minutes. James Holloway (13) achieved the largest Personal Best time in our club by taking 4.41 minutes off his 1500m Freestyle. Congratulations, James! Madeleine Hills (14) also had an impressive result, taking off 2.82 minutes with her 1500m swim. Eighteen of our swimmers achieved State times at the meet, and our club had a massive 151 new Personal Best Times overall. Austin McAleese has successfully requalified for the National Age Championships in 2012. Pg. 1

CLUB CALENDAR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER

15/10: NO TRAINING FOR ALL SQUADS ***9am -

10am: OPEN WATER INFORMATION SESSION

AQUA JETTY CAFE

22/10: 2011 SOUTHSIDE PENRHOS WESLEY LC

MEET

23/10/11: BUNBURY OPEN CARNIVAL

29/10: ROCKINGHAM OPEN SEASON CARNIVAL 2011: Manual entries due 9.30am 20/10/11 to Club Office 30/10/11: SWA OPEN WATER: Swimmers aged 11+ Online entries due 24/10 5.30pm SWA Open Water website 5/11/11: 2011 Hancock Family Medical Foundation Distance Meet: Online entries due by 5.30pm Mon 24/10 via SWA website 12/11/11: 2011 Breakers Swim Meet: Manual entries due to club office by 9.30am Sat 29/10 13/11/11: SWA Open Water Series Round 2: Online entries due 5.30pm, Monday, 7/11 19/11/11: SWA Open Water Series Round 3: Online entries due 5.30pm Monday 14/11. 20/11/11: SWA Club Sprint Championships: Online entries due by 5.30pm Monday 7/11 SWA website 26/11/11: SWA Open Water State Champs

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DREAM, BELIEVE, ACHIEVE

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Round 4: Online entries due 5.30pm Monday 22/11 27/11/11: Arena LC Sprint Carnival: Manual entries due to club office by 9.30am Saturday 12/11

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STINGRAYS EXCEL (continued) Bianca Russell also had an outstanding performance, taking 1.91 minutes off her previous time, to mark a new time of 18.39.93. Alex Holloway set a new benchmark in her 400 IM event, attaining a time of 5.50.96 minutes. Dylan Martin-Rose swam well in all events, one highlight being a 6.10.69 minutes in his 400m Freestyle. Our younger swimmers excelled, including Peta Collard, who took 58.94 seconds from her 100IM time. Callum Shepherd slashed 53.41 seconds from his 200 Freestyle time, and Georgie Fink cut 38.63 seconds from her 200m IM event. William Lorimer also shed 31.09 seconds from his 200IM. All round, the entire club showed the results of lots of quality training over the past season and made their coaches, and parents, proud. As always, our club was noted by officials by being the loudest and best supporters of our swimmers, and for showing good team spirit. Well done to the swimmers who have not attended many meets, but put in an amazing effort at such a big and busy meet.

Clockwise from left: Peta Collard, William Lorimer and Georgie Fink; Challenge Stadium

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The McAleese brothers have achieved some fantastic results over the past Winter Short Course season. Austin McAleese (14) broke the State Records for: 13 year old 100m Breaststroke 13 year old 400m IM 13 year old 100m IM 13 year old 800m Freestyle Ethan McAleese (11) broke the State Records for: 11 year old 800m Freestyle 11 year old 1500m Freestyle At the recent Swimming WA Long Course Qualifying meet, Ethan broke the State Record for the 800m Freestyle twice over the weekend. At the same event, Austin (14), qualified for several events for the upcoming National Age Championships in Brisbane in April 2012. Congratulations Austin and Ethan for your achievements.

Austin McAleese Ethan McAleese with Club President Steve Jones

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Coaching Team: Jodi O'Connor, Gordon Shaw and Brittany Russell Jodi O'Connor is a Senior Squad coach for the Rockingham Stingrays Swim Club and has a wealth of experience not only as a coach but as a swimmer as well. A mother of two, Jodi has been teaching and coaching for 29 years. This year marks the tenth year of coaching with our club. Throughout this period she has represented our club as a coach, swimmer and committee member. Jodi has a love of swimming and her passion for the sport is evident in her dedication towards the squads she coaches. She says that she was fortunate to have been involved in swimming throughout her childhood and describes it as a "healthy mind and body sport." She has an impressive swimming resume, having competed at a National level as an Individual Medley swimmer and also travelled to New Zealand to represent Australia in the Australian Lifesaving Team. Jodi's true passion is Open Water Swimming, an arena in which she has participated as a competitor and a coach. She has represented our club as the Open Water Coach on many National Age Group trips. Jodi says these experiences have created fantastic memories with our talented swimmers over the years. As a competitor, Jodi has been heavily involved with Open Water Swimming and has accumulated two decades of Open Water racing! She completed three solo crossings in the Rottnest Channel Swim, placing 4th, 6th and 6th, as well as one Duo crossing, where she placed 3rd. In addition to her achievements as a swimmer, she was selected to be a Disability Coach for two years with Swimming WA on the Team Camps and was fortunate enough to be selected on an Australian Team Camp for disability athletes. Jodi says that she loves to share her experiences and knowledge with the club members, in particular the swimmers and fellow coaches, whilst also trying to learn something new each day. "The smiles and amazement on our swimmers' faces is just the best reward," Jodi says. There's no doubt that we Stingrays are fortunate to have such a multi skilled athlete and coach on our team!

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Answer the swimming clues and finish the puzzle: the first to email to ellie@lasar.net.au or drop in to the club office wins a small prize!

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ACROSS DOWN .4. Person who ensures race rules .1. Type of food to avoid are followed .2. Area to wait before races .7. Nickname for our club .3. Surname of Aussie Olympic "GO _________________!" female, and a good food to .9. Equipment for a strong kick eat .12.What our club members do .5. Home of the Rockingham when team mates race Stingrays .13.Job for parents at swim meets (one word) .6. Fun "sport" played at wind up .14. Glasses for underwater .8. Instructor of competitive .16.An insect in the water swimmers .18.Describes a turn .10.Lengthening pose in water .19.Our club's favourite fish .11.A stroke with less official rules .20.Abbreviation for Open Water Swimming .13.Ian Thorpe's nickname .21.Colour of the line swimmers follow .15.Another word for H2O .22.Colour in our uniform and of one medal .17.Training outside the pool

H2O: 2 Parts Heart, 1 Part Obsession!

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WINTER WINDUP FUN

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WINTER WIND UP RESULTS

Rockingham Stingray club members wrapped up an amazing Winter season by having a fun get together at AMF Bowling on Sunday, 25th September. Everyone enjoyed games, bowling, lunch, and trophy presentations. The feedback from swimmers was that it was a fantastic way to enjoy some well earned fun time. It was also a great opportunity to celebrate the successful swimming performances of club members. A big thank you to the committee members who organised this event. Please see below for results of the Winter Season Trophy Event:

Overall Points Champion 1st Place: Jennifer Mills 2nd Place: Sophie Bidesi 3rd Place: Georgiana Bidesi 4th Place: Callum Shepherd 5th Place: David Crosse Equal 6th Place: Kali Houlihan Equal 6th Place: Felicity Spencer Equal 6th Place: Tyson Radmil 7th Place: Ross Bird 8th Place: Neve Houlihan 9th Place: Kaitlin Bevan Equal 10th Place: Caitlin Silas Equal 10th Place: Kyle Nankivell SPECIAL AWARD FOR BIGGEST PB OF THE SEASON AT WINTER TIME TRIALS: Kirralee Shepherd, who took 34.16 seconds off her 100m IM.

CLUB CHAMPIONS (Females): 8 years/under: Lily Beste 9 years: Peta Collard 10 years: Georgie Fink 11 years: Brooke Poad 12 years: Sophie Bidesi 13 years: Christine Greenslade 14 years: Bianca Russell 15 years: Alexandra Holloway 16 years: Kelsey Jones 17 years: Brittany Russell Veterans: Sharon Shepherd CLUB CHAMPIONS (Males): 10 years: Seth Spencer 11 years: Ethan McAleese 12 years: Elliott Jackson 13 years: Zac Bevan 14 years: Austin McAleese

COACHES AWARDS: Tadpoles Squad: Jessica Bull, Melodee Bull, Meghan Dyke and Nakya Vogelaar Stingrays Squad: Christopher Hills, Lily Beste, Teleah Canavate-Blankendaal State Development Squad: Brooke Searle and Neve Houlihan State Senior Squad: Ethan McAleese and Dylan Martin-Rose Neve Houlihan

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WINTER SEASON WIND UP RESULTS (continued):

Time Trial Achievement Award: Paige Cover Mia Townrow Georgia Barnett Christian Silas Ethan Stewart Hine Te Ao Devery Poppy Miller Kiara Spencer Maisie Barnett Holly Stewart Paris Jennings Charlotte Esmond Tayla Smith Molly Wilson Nicole Dinnes Avalon Browne Madeleine Hills Amy Pearson Rebecca Ewen

Eden Constantine Calum Stewart Jett Shepherd Ataria Devery Elise Nankivell Wian Ewald Tai Bucknell Kieren Hills Amber Townrow Declan Baker Kyle Smith Ewan Fletcher Adam Pearson Bronwen Hills Olivier Ouellet Chloe Gwynne Cameron Baker Cara Harvey

Happy Birthday to the following swimmers celebrating their birthdays in October: 5/10: Georgiana Bidesi 6/10: Rebecca Ewen 6/10: Bronwen Hills 7/10: Ethan Stewart

17/10: Mia Townrow 23/10: Jennifer Mills 27/10: Mikala Falconer

William Lorimer, Calum Stewart and Keiren Hills

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Rockingham Stingray swimmers continue to deliver outstanding performances across all squads. Austin McAleese has been recognised for his incredible swimming results over the past season, and has been awarded with a National Youth Silver award. The Youth Performance Squad (YPS) rewards high achieving swimmers aged between 13-18 years. Awards are based on attaining times set by Swimming Australia. Congratulations to the following swimmers for their fantastic results over the past season: Zachary Bevan: Bronze Austin McAleese: Silver Bianca Russell: Silver The Australian Junior Excellence Program (or JX) recognises and rewards swimmers aged between 9 and 13 years who have accomplished times that are set by Swimming Australia. Awards are based on a high standard of swimming performance throughout the season. We would like to congratulate the dedicated efforts of our junior swimmers and also acknowledge the high standard of coaching at our club that has encouraged them to achieve their impressive results.

WA JX Awardees 2010/2011

Cameron Baker: Green Dylan Martin-Rose: Green Declan Baker: Green Ethan McAleese: Gold Star Zachary Bevan: Gold Kyle Nankivell: Green Kaitlin Bevan: Green Adam Pearson: Green Sophie Bidesi: Silver Bianca Russell: Gold Georgiana Bidesi: Green Callum Shepherd: Green Chloe Gwynne: Bronze Jett Shepherd: Bronze Madeleine Hills: Bronze Kyle Smith: Bronze Christopher Hills: Green Seth Spencer: Gold Star James Holloway: Bronze Kali Houlihan: Green Elliott Jackson: Silver

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Swimming Australia's GO Club PB is the national swimming club standard that assesses swimming clubs' overall performance by analysing their results in five key areas:

• Memberships • Administration • Activities • Coaching and Officiating • Marketing and Promotion •

Rockingham Stingrays Swim Club participates in this assessment to gain information and feedback about our club, to see how we can constantly strive to ensure we grow and achieve in ways that directly benefit our swimmers and members. We are proud to announce that our club is one of only 12 within the state of Western Australia to achieve a SILVER AWARD. This is recognition of the hard work of previous and current committee members, coaches, swimmers,

and parent volunteers. Congratulations to all of those who have worked so hard over the previous year, as this award acknowledges your efforts.

SWIM TRAINING: Unlike some sports, swimming competitively requires a lot of training time. The reason for this is partly due to the fact that kids are learning a huge amount of skills in a foreign environment (ie: water). Cardio fitness, motor skills, strength and flexibility are all important in swimming, but many skills are not transferred easily from land based sports into the water. This is why nothing replaces the benefits of consistently training in the pool. To place swimmers in the appropriate squads, coaches weigh up many important factors. Although ability may seem to be the only consideration, coaches focus on physiology, age, maturity, attitude and the overall wellbeing of the swimmer to enable them to develop at their own natural pace. Coaches spend a lot of time planning ahead for the upcoming season and are dedicated to ensuring swimmers obtain the best balance between training for speed and endurance, mastering skills and techniques, all the while allowing each athlete to grow and develop and achieve their personal goals. They are dedicated to educating young athletes about other health topics such as nutrition and enable our swimmers to gain self confidence and independence. Please support your coaches by ensuring you inform them as soon as possible of any upcoming absences as this affects the training schedule. If you have any questions you would like to discuss with a coach, please organise a time before or after training.

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HELP URGENTLY REQUIRED!

We need a parent to volunteer to spend time in the office on Tuesday afternoons. Any offer of help will be hugely appreciated. Please email

the club if you are available.

Elliot Jackson and Dylan Martin-Rose

SWIMMER OF THE MONTH: ELLIOT JACKSON has been nominated by his coaches for the month of October. Well done, Elliot!

Uniform Shop SPECIALS:

A BPack A: Summer Bag•T-shirt•Shorts•Deck bagLimited sizes availablePurchase individually $65

Pack B: Winter Bag•Tracksuit jacket•Tracksuit pants•Deck bag2 ONLY SIZES 14 AND 16Purchase individually $95

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$50NEW!!! The Uniform Shop currently has some wonderful new Vorgee Missile goggles available in lots of great colours. They are $25.00.

SPONSORS WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FOLLOWING SPONSORS, AND ASK ALL OUR CLUB MEMBERS TO

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CONTACT US

EMAIL: rockswim@iinet.net.au

WEBSITE ADDRESS: http://rocky-stingrays.com

OFFICE HOURS: Monday 4.00pm – 5.30pm

Tuesday 4.30 – 5.30pm

Wednesday 5.00 – 6.30pm

Thurday 4.00 – 5.30pm

Friday 4.00 – 6.30pm

Saturday 7.00 – 9.00am

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Do you have any club photos, stories, healthy recipes or swimming achievements you would like to share in our club newsletter? Please send to Raechelle Bidesi ell ie@lasar.net.au with “Newsletter” in the subject window. Newsletters are to be published within the first week of every month, so please submit a week prior to this date.

INFORMATION CHECKPOINTS: Parents, please ensure that you are aware of club information by checking your emails, reading the newsletter, the noticeboards at the Aqua Jetty entrance and outside the office, as well as remembering information may provided by your swimmer's coach verbally or by note. CLUB POLICY: Please be aware that swimmers aged 10 years or under must be under the supervision of a person aged 16 years or older at all times during swimming club activities at the Aqua Jetty, including: training sessions, club Time Trial nights, club sponsored competitive meets and club

SUPPORT OUR CLUB! Simply join the Rebel Sports store's Season Pass program, either online, or at the Waikiki Village shopping centre or Rockingham City shopping centre stores. You'll receive preferred pricing, exclusive offers, VIP shopping nights and member only competitions. Buy any of your sporting gear from Rebel, flash your Season Pass and tell them you are from Rockingham Swim Club. After 12 months, our club will be able to purchase discounted sports equipment for the club. Any questions? Call Louise on 0411804011

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Kirralee Shepherd, Maisie Barnett and Georgia Barnett