Thursday Morning Open Water Swim
Business as usual tomorrow morning down at Cottesloe Beach. Meeting at
6am on the grass in front of the pylon. See you there for a fun open
water skills session. Please remember your PAYG session card. Thanks
in advance!
6am on the grass in front of the pylon. See you there for a fun open
water skills session. Please remember your PAYG session card. Thanks
in advance!
Cheers
Paul
Tony, Lotti and Bill mix it up at the World Masters!
Dear Swimmers
Whilst some of us were wondering how many 100m intervals we had left to complete the 10,000m relay challenge on Sunday, Tony and Loretta Van Merwyk, together with Bill Moody, were whooping it up at the World Masters Swimming Championships in Sydney.
Tony and Lotti entered the 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m freestyle events, with Bill entering the sprint events of 50m and 100m. They had some impressive results (see below). Tony said that for him and Lotti (having competed here once before), that they are now quicker than they were 7 years ago - which is no mean fete! Well done.
Bill took up the challenge following a slight bit of goading from myself after a Friday morning Fresh & Fruity session where he blew away everyone in the pool over a 50m sprint, including the super-fish in lane 3 who mostly have long swimming backgrounds.
The World Masters championships are a great event to get involved in. In 2013 they will be held in Turin which will be an amazing venue! Tony said the only draw-back was the fact that they had to do the YMCA and Macarena on the pool-deck in celebration! Very funny!!
Loretta Van Merwyk
- 50m = 30.3
- 100m = 1:07
- 200m = 2:29
- 400m = 5:13 (massive PB and 5th in her age category!!)
Tony Van Merwyk
- 50m = 30.2 (got to get 0.1s over the missus!)
- 100m = 1:06
- 200m = 2:33
- 400m = 5:33
Bill Moody
- 50m = 32.0
- 100m = 1:12
Well done guys!!
10km Relay Challenge - THE RESULTS!!
Dear Swimmers
Some fine form yesterday at the inaugural Claremont Pool 10KM Team Relay Challenge as displayed here by these two fine specimens...winners of this year's event from a team of 2009's Rottnest Solo-ists aptly named "Just Keep Swimming!"
The format of the day was for the 8 teams of between 4 and 8 swimmers to a team to complete a total distance of 10KM in as fast a time as possible. All teams had to nominate an estimated finish time and there were awards for a) Fastest Overall; b) Best Dressed / Supported; and c) Closest to Estimated Time.
Taking out line honours were "Just Keep Swimming" in a total time of 2:12:26 which is a fantastic result, averaging well under 1:18s per 100m for 100 x 100m! They didn't have it all their own way though as team "Bar 120" led by Justin Palmer were off to a flying start in the first 1500m, eventually finishing 2nd in 2:17:00. In third place were this year's Best Dressed Team - the "Somerset Super Seals" led by gun water-polo player Karlee Canon. The girls were superbly dressed as super-heroes and finished in 2:25:34. Next in were the "Thorns and 2 Roses" made-up of Trevor, Stuart (the Roses) and Renee and Olivia (the Thorns!) who finished in 2:32:22 and were within 1:30 of their estimated time of 2:31:00 - nice pacing skills!
There was some hot rivalry between teams in 5th & 6th (the "Comodo Dragons" & the "Slappers) and also 7th & 8th (the "Snails" & the "Slugs"). The Dragons were the boys / husbands team and the Slappers were the girls / wives team. It was close between these two teams with the boys finishing just over 2:35:00 and the girls at just over 2:39:00 (awaiting confirmed results...!). The Snails and the Slugs fought it out literally within 2m of each other for the first 7km with the Slugs eventually pulling ahead and finishing 7th in exactly 2:50:00 with the Snails not too far behind in 2:54:00 and a good 5-mins quicker than they thought they'd be!
We've had some very interesting photos through from the day and these can be seen here: http://gallery.me.com/swimsmooth/100143
Thanks to Claremont Pool and their staff for hosting the event and to Adam, Nat and Victoria for the photos! Here's to next year!!!
Cheers
Paul
Weekend Training
Dear Athletes
This is the plan for the weekend:
Friday - all sessions as normal including the new 430pm session.
Saturday - meet at the slightly earlier time of 6am in cott beach car
park for a spirited 2hr ride followed by a dip in the ocean (subject
to warnings) at 8am. Would love for you to then join us at the John St
Cafe for a breakfast celebration for Trevors 55th birthday at ~915am.
Squad swim is on at 12pm this week due to waterpolo comp.
Sunday - Team Relay Competition at Claremont Pool. Registration and
warm up at 930am for a 10am start. BBQ from 1230pm.
Hope to see you then!
Cheers
Paul
Thursday Morning Ocean Swim Cancelled this week!
Dear Swimmers
Please be advised that due to the proximity of the two large great white sharks feeding on the whale carcass off Floreat beach yesterday, we have made the decision to cancel tomorrow's Open Water swim session at Cottesloe Beach (6am). We plan to maintain the swim on Saturday at 8am (subject to warnings and advice from the fisheries) and will return to the Thursday 6am session next week (watch for an update on this). Thanks for your support in this matter!
Cheers
Paul
Seeking female swimmer for Anaconda event!
Dear Swimmers
Any of you ladies keen on joining a strong team for the Anaconda event down in August on the weekend of the 7th/8th November? A team including a former Avon Descent winner is short of a swimmer. You'd need to be able to swim 1.8km and also do a 1.8km beach run. Accommodation is provided. Please contact sallyh@hale.wa.edu.au if you can!
Thanks
Paul
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