I had one job to do, just one job and I blew it I made it through the crowds of fit men, women, children and others all in their various coloured caps going to their marshalling points. I found our group and as they sang the national anthem, I took a couple of photos of …
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Newman Churchlands Carnival Write Up – March ’22
As a coach it’s always great when 10 swimmers enter a meet and all turn up. It’s even better when all 10 swimmers have a great time at the meet. And when they all swim brilliantly too. As I mentioned on WhatsApp, we came third out of 21 clubs which was doubly great as we …
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President’s Ponderings – March ’22
A warm welcome to everyone, to our latest newsletter of the Club. As we near the end of the summer season and head towards some cooler weather (hopefully !), we can reflect on what has been a busy and fruitful last few months. Our Tuesday and Thursday evening sessions have seen record numbers of members …
Coaches Corner – July 21
Winter swimming – why we do it At this time every year, most of the coaches I know issue statements encouraging their swimmers to keep swimming during what we in Perth hilariously call “the cold months”. Let me tell you about cold. Anyway, why should we keep turning up at night to training sessions? I …
President’s Ponderings – July 21
Welcome to this Autumn / Winterish edition of the club newsletter. Since our last edition, we have come through the end of the summer swim season, into the cooler months, and after a successful swim season for many of our members, we now enter into more of a maintenance period with the club sessions. As …
Club AGM news
President’s report The 2020 year was an interesting and busy year for the club, to report on. In the interest of brevity, I will just highlight and briefly note how 2020 unfolded: – The year started off with operations as normal. – March / April saw Covid affecting everyone, and normal life was very much …
Coaches Corner – March 2021
Where are we in the training cycle? For those not used to my coaching approach, I run various cycles throughout the season. You may choose not to notice any changes, and that is fine. We have just finished an endurance block aimed at having swimmers fit to swim to Rottnest and we are starting on …
President’s Ponderings – March 2021
Welcome everybody to this February, 2021 newsletter. We hope that we find everyone being fit and well, and enjoying getting stuck into the new year. And it is a new year to look forward to, after what was a difficult and challenging 2020, all around. But it is pleasing to report that we find our …
Club Subscriptions are open and due !!
Would all members, and would be members, please note that as of Tuesday 1st December, club membership subscriptions are open and ready for payment. We would encourage everybody to get on to the site (as shown below) and either renew your membership for the 12 months ended 31st December, 2021, or else become paid up …
Elbow your way to a better stroke
Copy of an article from Elena at eSwim Elbows have leapt into the spotlight of late, what the demise of the handshake and the rise of the elbow bump. We’re encouraged to press the button for the pedestrian crossing with our elbow, and sneeze into the crook of our elbow, so while it might be …