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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

To all our members and friends – welcome to this Summer edition newsletter. As we move into the warmer months and shake off those Winter chills and wet weather, it is now a bit more pleasurable to get down to the pool, and do a session. However, it has been interesting and pleasing to see […]

Endurance training plan – so, what are we doing? You will notice some changes to our training sessions over the next few weeks. We are going into endurance mode. This is designed to help our Rottnest swimmers. However, it will be of benefit to the whole squad and will help all swimmers improve their swimming […]

To all our members and friends – welcome to this Spring edition newsletter. There are a lot of things happening in and around the club, at this time, and with a lot of information to pass on, we hope that this newsletter will assist in that regard. We are so fortunate to be living in […]