Please bring plenty of spare towels and jumpers. The weather hasn't been too kind to our swimmers and it is important to keep warm in between races. Volunteers will be required for time keeping, running of the BBQ, selling raffle tickets etc. Donations for the raffle are appreciated. Please remember that all funds raised will go towards your Children.

Medals and trophies will be presented at our presentation night 16 or 17 of April. The exact date and venue is still to be confirmed.

Telstra Australian Swimming Championships

The club would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Isaac Robb, 14yr and Dani Koni, 17yr. Both have qualified to compete at the Telstra Australian Swimming Championships. Isaac will compete in the 50 Backstroke and Dani in the 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 50 Back and 100 Freestyle. These Championships are also the Commonwealth Games qualifying meet. This is the first time that this club will have representatives at this meet. This is a great experience for these young swimmers and we wish them good luck.

Enjoy every minute of it.

South Coast School Swimming

Congratulations to the following swimmers who have made it into the South Coast Team and will compete at the State Championships at Chandler on the 25th - 27th of March.

Grace Moffat, Callum Moffat, Teah Craig, Billie Best, Makani Luske, Jake Marqueenie, Michaela Giddy and Hayley Lang and Talia Skalka.

There is nothing quite as competitive as to get into this team. So well done everyone!

February, 2010

Nerang Annual Swim Meet

The Carnival went off without a hitch (and if there were any, nobody knew!). This is with thanks to every single one of you.

Without everyone's great efforts on carnival day and without the countless hours of preparation that went into it, the carnival would simply not have happened.

It highlights the principal that when a team works together, a great result will come.

To our super coaching team, your hard work with the swimmers shows in the results and also in the team spirit that is ever present.

To our committee, your preparation and organisation set us up for a great day.

Once again, thank you everyone who helped on the day. I hope you enjoyed the day as much as I did, it was a privilege to be a part of.

Kind Regards,

Bruce Skea

Club President

January, 2010

A happy New Year to you all!

We had some great results at Queensland State Championships! Heaps of personal bests were made and lots of our swimmers made the finals.

Congratulations to Isaac Robb who represented the Gold Coast Regional team in the Boys 14 and under Medley Relay. His relay team finished in 3rd place.

Volunteer Grant 2009

We are the lucky recipients of the Volunteer Grant. We were allocated $2500 to purchase a Laptop. Well done us!

Our Nerang Meet is coming together nicely thanks to a bunch of loyal and dedicated helpers. Donations for raffle prices are still greatly appreciated. Please see Wiebke.

We have a very busy couple of month ahead, so please keep an eye on the club window and the happening calendar. If you have any questions please see one of our more seasoned members. We are all only too happy to help.

Cheers for now.

December, 2009

Congratulations to our QLD State Championships Qualifiers:

Amanda Keen

Billy Best

Danielle Koni

Ethan Robb

Grace Moffat

Hannah-Grace Robb

Hayley Lang

Isaac Robb

Judah-Moses Robb

Kirra Skalka

Makani Luske

Michaela Giddy

Teah Craig

And our relay teams:

12yr+ under

Hannah-Grace Robb, Amanda Keen, Grace Moffat, Teah Craig.

9yr-10yr

Olivia Skea, Isabelle Calteaux, Abigail Robb, Brielle Cooper.

Well done to you all!

Thanks to all who are helping with our current fundraiser. We had some great response. Remember that all funds raised will go to the club and your children.

Tuesday the 1st of December is our last club night of the year. It is going to be a fun night. No nominations required. See you all back on the 19th of January 2010.

Have a happy and safe Christmas.

October, 2009

The Nerang Swimming Club would like to thank the QLD Government's "Gambling Community Benefit Fund" for their generous grant approval of $14,371. 00.

This money will be used for sporting equipment, Computers, White board, Fridge, DVD Camera and lots more.

We are really grateful.

Thank you!

Go Kate!

Kate Brookes- Peterson was selected as one of three members from the

2009 World Championship team to compete in two 10km and one15km swim

in Dubai in a span of 10 days and 40C heat.

Good luck Kate. We wish you well.

October and November are very busy months with lots of Swim Meets

and the JX Forum on the 17th happening.

Please make sure you get your nominations to our Race Secretary Sandra Robb in on time. This is Sandra's first season in this very important position and she has been doing a tremendous job. Let's not upset her!

Congratulations to Isaac Robb. Isaac competed at the Great Barrier Reef Swim Meet in Mackay.

This Meet was attended by the QLD Bronze Development Squad and our Head Coach John Papuni took the Gold Coast Regions swimmers up to compete against Brisbane and the North Coast Regions. John did an absolutely amazing job. The Gold Coast with their 13 swimmers beat Brisbane ( 22 swimmers)!

Isaac came 1st in the 200 Free and 100 Back and

3rd in the 200 Back, 100 Fly and 100 Free.

WELL DONE!

Please come along to our informal Carnival Meeting on Thursday 22nd of October at

5pm at the pool. We have a few things to organise and positions to fill.

The more the merrier!

September, 2009

Open Water Swimming

Kate Brookes-Peterson, Michaela Giddy and Makani Luske competed at the 2km Burleigh Ocean Swim on Sunday the 6th of September. All three did extremely well. Kate entered only at the last minute on the morning and after winning the Elite 2km decided to turn around and do the 1km Elite straight after, which she won as well. She then also won the dash for cash. Way to go!

Michaela and Makani finished in the Under 20's in 4th and 5th place respectively and 14th and 15th all over out of 204 competitors.

Well done girls, it was a great morning on the beach for everyone.

Bronze Development Squad

Congratulations to Isaac Robb who has been selected for the Swimming Queensland Bronze Development Squad and will compete in Mackay on the 26th of September.

These athletes are selected after making the finals at the National Age Championships.

Well done Isaac,we are very proud of you!

Congratulations also to our Head Coach, John Papuni, who has been selected from Swimming Queensland to accompany the Bronze Development Squad as the regions Head Coach. John will therefore not be able to be at the Pro-Ma Miami Meet on the 26th of September, but will instead be at the Somerset Meet on the 24th of October.

Attention JX Swimmers

Did you earn a T-Shirt in this year's JX?

If so, SQ is conducting FREE clinics just for JX swimmers.

These clinics will feature a top swimmer and coach who can help you to improve and inspire you to achieve more in your swimming.

Our Nerang Pool will host another JX Clinic on the 17th of October, featuring two-time World Record Holder and World Championship medallist Christian Sprenger, Queensland Team Member and multiple Australian Age Record Holder, Mikkayla Maselli-Sheridan , and QAS coach Rob Hindmarsh – maximum of 50 swimmers (3:00pm – 5:00pm)

Enrolments close 14th of October. Don't miss this great opportunity and get enrolled.

To take part in this clinic, simply e-mail your name, club and which clinic you wish to attend to Katrena on admin1.qld@swimming.org.au before the closing date to reserve your spot.

Next Club Night 15th of September.

Next Club Meeting 10th of September.

August, 2009

Heritage SC Championships

What fantastic State Championships our club has had. We walked away with very satisfying results and you ought to be very proud of yourself's. A big thank you to our Junior Coach Kate Brookes-Peterson and our Head Coach John Papuni for a job well done. The kids were well prepared and went into their races with confidence.

Congratulations to all swimmers:

Billy Best, Isabelle Calteux, Brielle Cooper, Teah Craig, Michaela Giddy, Danielle Koni, Makani Luske, Grace Moffat, Abigail Robb, Ethan Robb, Hannah-Grace Robb, Isaac Robb, Judah Robb and Kirra Skalka.

Many PB's were achieved, including Makani's 3 PB's in one race, her 200 Breast and 2 more in the 50 and 100 Breast.

Billy swam 4 big PB's and came tenth in his 100 Back.

Michaela achieved 4 PB's and came 6th in the 50 Breast and 5th in the 100 Breast.

Issi and Teah swam 4 big PB's and Brielle took 2 seconds of her 50 Fly and also a PB for Kirra in the 50 Breast.

Grace achieved seven PB's out of seven swims and four top ten results (50 Free 10th ,50 Fly 9th, 100 Breast 9th, 100 IM 9th) and one top five result (100 Fly 5th). Danielle came 2nd in the 100 IM and 2nd in the 50 Fly and 3rd in the 50 Back and swam 6PB's.

Ethan swam 5 PB's and came 6th in the 200 Fly.

Hannah-Grace came 2nd in the 50 Free, 50 Fly and had 6 top five results (50 Free 2nd, 100 Free 4th , 50 Fly 2nd, 100 Back 5th, 100 IM 5th and 100 Fly 4th) and swam 5PB's.

Isaac came first in the 100 Back, 50 Back and 200 Back! And swam 3PB's

Judah made it into the top ten in the 100 IM (7th) and 100 Fly (6th) and swam 7 PB's.

Well Done!!!

The Club would like to congratulate John and Kate on their Engagement in Rome and wishes them all the best for the future.

July, 2009

Open Water World Championships

Well done Kate for finishing in 8th place in the 5km swim at the world championship in Ostia, Rome.

Please read the official media release of the 25km ows underneath. The conditions were obviously horrendous and we are glad Kate was spotted when she fainted!

We are so very proud of you Kate.

Race highlights
After 1h50m of swimming, Uvarova, and three other favourites – distance specialist Natalya Pankina (RUS), Kate Brookes-Peterson (AUS), who won two bronze medals in Melbourne in 2007, and Martina Grimaldi (ITA) were sharing the lead position. Hours later, as the competitors were finishing their sixth of ten laps (3h30m of swimming behind them) the situation remained unchanged except that by this time two swimmers had left the race: the first was Zaira Cardenas (MEX) with serious jellyfish stings, and the other was Brookes-Peterson, suffering from dehydration and exhaustion.

Congratulations to Hannah-Grace Robb

On the 20th of June 2009 Hannah, 10yr, broke the QLD Record in the

100 back stroke in a time of 1:14.97

Well done Hannah and also congratulations to her coach John Papuni.

Trans-Tasman Tussle 14th of July

Nerang Swim Club v Pukekohe Swim Club

This club night will be a lot of fun with 33 NZ visitors competing. John, Kate and Amy will nominate you for the events. You don't have to do it this time. If you have any questions go and see them.

We will require a lot of helpers for the BBQ, time keeping, selling of raffle tickets etc.

Don't miss or biggest club night yet!!!

The pool will be closed from the 20th for approximately 5 days for the construction of the roof. John and Kate will provide the swimmers with programs so they can train somewhere else for that week.

Kate will be leaving for Rome on the 14th to compete at the 2009 Open Water World Championships on the 19th and 26th of July in the 5km and 25km. Please wish her well before she leaves.

June, 2009

Please remember our June winter club night, Monday 15th, 5pm.

A big thank you to those who helped out at the Q150 Celebration with making and selling Fairy Floss. It was a unique, if sticky experience.

Congratulations to Isaac Robb, winner of the new Macca's top 20 draw. Isaac has won a MP4 player with Speaker Dock. If you are between 11 and 14 you can check on the Platypus web site if you made it into Queensland's Mc Donald's Top 20.

May, 2009

Congratulations to our Jx Qualifiers

We are proud to announce that 23 swimmers have qualified with a record number of 15 achieving

Gold Star and Gold.

Well done kids and well done coaches!

You can view the names on the JX page.

A big welcome to our new president, Bruce Skea, and congratulations to the reelected committee.

Vice President: Andrew Robb

Secretary: Janet Pierce

Treasurer: Deb Keen

Club Race Secretary: Sandra Robb

Carnival Race Secretary: Anne Senden

Don't forget: 1st winter club night, Monday 18th, 5pm

AGM, Tuesday 19th, 5:30pm

20th Byron Bay Winter Whales Ocean Swim Classic and the Mini Ocean Swim 3rd of May

We took a small group of swimmers to Byron Bay for an ocean swim. The day started out to be cold and overcast, but turned into a nice and sunny day and we all had lots of fun.

Everybody swam really well and those who don't do ocean swimming all the time like Makani and Katelyn ought to be congratulated. The Results are as follows:

Superfish, 2.2km

Kate Brookes-Peterson finished 3rd in a time of 0:26:04 and Courtney Pierce 8th in a time 0:32:06

Classic Swim, 2.2km

Katelyn Bell finished 11th in a time of 0:33:21

Mini Ocean Swim, 800m

Ben Senden finished in 1st place in the 12y Boys and 4th in his category in a time of 0:13:38,

Makani Luske finished in 1st place in the 12y Girls and 2nd in her category in a time of 0:14:07 and

Olivia Skea 3rd in the 10y Girls and 33rd in her category in a time of 0:17:50.

Congratulations to you all, this is an outstanding achievement. Keep up the good work.

April, 2009

Australian National Age Championships

Good luck and all the best to our national swimmers,

Michaela Giddy, Isaac Robb and Ethan Robb.

Have fun in Sydney!

March, 2009

Swimming Gold Coast Championships

The three day competition turned out to be a great success for our 29 competitors. Every swimmer did a great job representing our club.

Nerang finished in 5th place out of 19 clubs in the overall point score. Well done!

A big thank you to the parents who helped out with the time keeping.

Congratulations Kate on winning the 5km open water swim!

Kate Brookes-Peterson overcame adversity to win her five kilometre Australian Open Water Swimming Championships at the Sydney International Regatta Centre, Penrith today.

In a tightly contested women's race, defending World Championship bronze medallist, Kate overcame a painful strained rib cartilage which forced her out of the women's 10km race to record a courageous victory.

In a sprint finish Kate (59:24) held on to beat 10km winner and 2008 Olympian Melissa Gorman (59.25)

This secured Kate a place on the team going to Rome to the World Championships.

Good luck Kate.

Nerang Swimming Club Annual Presentation

Friday 20th of March 2009

Nerang RSL

Club 69 Function Room

Casual , Neat Attire

Buy your own drinks at bar

Menu- Roast Medley with roast vegetables, Bread Roll, Desert to be confirmed

Hip DJ after dinner

Nerang Swim Club competitors are paid for by the club.

Adults, family and friends $20 per ticket.

Tickets can be purchased at the front gate at club night 3rd of March 2009 or drop money and number of tickets required into nomination box at kiosk.

Any special dietary concerns need to be mentioned to our club secretary Janet Pierce by Thursday 5 th March. jpierce@bigpond.com

February, 2009

Good luck Kate Brookes-Peterson

Kate is competing in the 5km, 10km and the 25km events at the National Open Water Championships in Sydney from the 28th of February.

The Club wishes her all the best. Go Kate!

January, 2009

Follow this link for Important Changes to the SAL By Laws for Age Group Events

Our first Club Night of the year will be on the 20th of January. Remember to have your nominations in by Thursday the15th of January. Go to the Happening calendar, find the club night, look at the events for that night and email Sandra Robb using the link provided. Too easy!

Please follow this link to view some great Qld State Championships images.

A happy, healthy and prosperous New Year to all our Members and Supporters.

December, 2008

QLD State Championships 2008

Congratulations to our State Competitors:

Billy Best, Makani Luske, Michaela Giddy, Courtney Pierce, Amanda Keen, Danielle Koni, Ethan Robb, Isaac Robb, Judah-Moses Robb and Ben Senden.

And our State Relay Team - 9 & 10yr Girls:

Hannah-Grace Robb, Grace Moffat, Kirra Skalka, Holly Pratt, Olivia Skea, Teah Craig, Sarah Gooley, Mahana Richardson, Abigail Robb, Isabelle Calteaux, Chelsea Roberts and Ashley Roberts.

We wish all of you good luck, to swim fast and above all have fun and enjoy the experience. Go Nerang!

Club Night

Club Night has been postponed untill the new year. Sandra Robb will keep everyone informed via email.

November, 2008

Indefinite Gold Coast Council Pool Closures!

Chris has managed to secure the Southport State School Pool for training. Afternoon sessions start at 4pm, 5pm for seniors. Please see John for times as changes had to be made to accommodate swimmers and make lanes available for others. Sorry for any inconvenience. At least we can train. Chris will keep everybody updated via email.

October, 2008

Eyeline Noosa 1000 Ocean Swim, 31st of October

Some of our team at Noosa

A few of our swimmers went to participate in the challenging 1000m ocean swim in Noosa that attracts some of Australia's top swimmers. The conditions were rougher then expected from the usual calm Noosa waters. Nevertheless, everybody swam really well. Exceptional well, in fact.

Well done Kate, Amy, Ethan, Isaac, Katelyn, Courtney, Makani, Ben, Judah, Hannah and Abigail.

You all did really well, considering most of your competition were surf life saving swimmers, who do this kind of thing all the time and only three of you (Courtney, Kate and Amy) have participated in ocean swims before.

In the under 13, Courtney Pierce took out the first place. Makani Luske was not far behind in 4th place. This is a great achievement for a first timer.

The results are as follows:

In the female under 13, Courtney Pierce 1st place (15.36), Makani Luske 4th (17.59), Hannah Robb 14th (20.44) and Abigail Robb 25th (23.01)

In the 13 - 15 Katelyn Bell came 21st (17.20)

The boys also did extremely well, considering the huge competition.

In the under 13, Ben Senden came in at 17th (19.07) and Judah Robb 20th (19.37).

In the 13 - 15, Ethan Robb 15th (16.37) and Isaac Robb 13th (16.10).

Kate Brookes-Peterson came 2nd (14.02) in her open event, beaten only by rival Melissa Gormann. Amy Brookes came 1st (16.31) in her event.

This goes to show, that the discipline and hard work of pool swimmers enables them to compete with the best, once they are in the water.

It was certainly an eye opener for our little swimmers. The team spirit was just fantastic and some can't wait till next year.

The event was well run and we all had a ball.

A big thank you to John for doing a great job looking after them, showing them a few tricks, taking them for a practice swim around the markers and generally being a great coach.

You can check all the results here.

Congratulations Kate!

Kate Brookes-Peterson received the

INTERNATIONAL ALL SPORTS TEAM AWARD

for being the highest ranked Open Water Swimmer at the prestigious Telstra Swimmer of the Year Awards in Sydney on October 27.

Well done Kate. Congratulations also to her Coach, John Papuni.

JX CLINIC

A huge thank you to the forever loyal and supportive group of volunteers who helped out with the running of the BBQ and attended the Officiating Workshop at the JX Clinic on the 25th at our pool. We were able to raise quite a lot of money on the day.

The day was fun for everyone (apart for that poor soul suffering from a migraine) and it was a delight to meet Jess Schipper.

Images of the day will be on this site very soon.

Swimming Qld Development Squad

Congratulations to Michaela, Ethan and Isaac for making the Swimming QLD Development Squad.

They have been invited to attend a three day Development Camp in Toowoomba at the end of October.

What a great achievement and opportunity this is for our National Age Swimmers. We wish them a great trip and a fantastic time in Toowoomba.

Open Water swimming

The "2008 Fiji Swim Festival" held on the weekend of October 17th - 19th, was a great success for John and Kate. They not only co-hosted the "Breakfast with the Champions", but also won the 5x2km relay which 8 teams entered and Kate won her 3km event.

Not bad at all!!! We are lucky to have such such competent and passionate coaches who enjoy swimming and competing themselves.

Follow this link to see what Kate and John were doing in Fiji.........

If you are interested in having a go at an open water swim, then this is your chance. There will be a few of us going to Noosa on the 31st of October to swim in an 1km event. Please see John or Kate for more details.

Our next Club night is on the 11th of November. Remember to have your nominations in by Thursday the 6th.

September, 2008

Attention all 11yr - 13yr JX Swimmers who have received a T-Shirt in the 2007/2008 season!

QS is running a free swim clinic on Saturday the 25th of October at our Nerang Pool, featuring the amazing Jess Schipper and coach Peter Diamond, for JX Swimmers age 11 to 13 (those who have received a t-shirt last season). This is an opportunity not to be missed. If you are interested, you have to register now as spots will be limited. This is the only clinic in our region and lots of swimmers will try to attend.

Follow the link on the happening calendar and email Dinah your name, age, club and which clinic you like to attend.

These clinics have been running for a couple of years and they have been a great success. And you get to meet Jess!

So don't wait and register now!

August, 2008

WELL DONE

Congratulations to all our swimmers who competed at the SQ Heritage SC Championships at the Brisbane Aquatic Centre (Chandler) on the 30th and 31st of August.

The results are on the results site now. The amount of PB's swum as well as the personal time improvements were outstanding.

It was the largest team we have been able to send to Heritage. Well done kids.

Congratulations to all swimmers that swam at Regionals.

Everybody swam really well and you will find the results for our Club on the Results Page. You will also find some new pictures from Regionals and Southport Downunder on the Gallery Page. Thank you to all parents that helped at the Regional Meet with timekeeping. Your assistance with this is greatly appreciated.

July, 2008

Some of our swimmers in front of our new banner at the Southport DownUnder Meet on the 19th of July. It was a great day with lot's of PB's achieved and medals won. You can follow the link on the results page to view your times. On the 2nd and 3rd of August is Gold Coast Winter SC. We are taking 27 swimmers, which is a record. The club is truly growing now. Remember to get there early to get a good spot. Good luck everybody and have fun!

Everybody, our swimmers that is, should have had a swimsuit fitting by now. Please see Kate or John if not. The new suits will arrive soon in time for the Heritage SC Meet.

The design looks amazing and will make us stand out! Can't wait!

Welcome to the new 08/09 club season!

It has been a very busy winter season for some of our swimmers, training hard, facing cold mornings and competing at meets. It hasn't stopped really. And here we are again.

We have one winter club night to go before we start our fortnightly club nights on the 2nd of September.

Club Membership Fees are due as of 1st of July 2008. Membership Fees include: GCRSA Fee, Swimming Qld Fee, Swimming Aus Fee, Insurance & GST and a free Nerang Swimming Club Cap.

Competitive Swimmers:

Swimmer 1 & 2 from one family $95.00

Swimmer 3 from one family $80

Swimmer 4+ from one family $50

Parent Fee: $10

One parent per family to join as Non-Swimmer.

This year there will be a media release consent form attached to the membership form. This will be helpful to have more photos and information of our swimmers on this web site.

Please contact our Registrar/Race Secretary Anne Senden for further details. Phone: 0414 442 684

May, 2008

Congratulations

Kate Brookes-Peterson and Courtney Pierce!

The Nerang swimmers finished 1st and 3rd at the 2km Noosa Blue Water Swim on the 18th of May.

Kate won the female open event beating rival Melissa Gorman, while Courtney finished an impressive 3rd in her age group. Well done girls!

Kate is taking on the world

Our very own Kate Brookes-Peterson, Australia's only dual medallist (two time bronze) from last year's world championships, has finished a close-up fifth in her debut swim over 25km on the final day of the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships.

Kate was in the hunt until the final lap in an impressive performance which saw fellow Australian, the experienced Shelley Clark in seventh.

Australian National Open Water Head Coach Greg Towle was full of praise for Kate who finished third over 5km and 10km in Melbourne last year.

"Kate was right in the hunt and was fourth until the closing stages - a very encouraging, courageous effort for her first attempt" said Towle.

Kate also finished 8th in the 5km swim in Seville after a nightmare start witnessed her getting swallowed by her rivals. Kate had to swim the hard way through the pack and finished 8th in a time of 1hr 19sec. Just 15 sec behind race winner Larisa Ilchenko of Russia.

This is a amazing achievement. Well done Kate, our first World Championship Representative.

National Age Championships 2008

Congratulations also to Michaela Giddy and Ethan Robb who represented our Club at the National Age Championships in Brisbane in April.

Michaela is now ranked 12th in Australia in her age group in the 100 Breast stroke. Congratulations Michaela and well done guys, this is a great achievement and we are sure of great things to come.

Winter Club Night

For those who haven't heard, our last winter club night will be held on Tuesday the 12th of August at 5pm.

Our first winter club night ever on the 13th of May turned out to be quite a success. It is nice to keep club nights going and we all enjoyed pizza afterwards. Thanks to all who helped.

Club wins Platypus Lagoon Competition

We have won the Mc Donald's Shade Marquee in the Jx Club Competition. Thanks to everybody who entered. This one will come in very handy at our next swim meet in February next year.

Nerang Swimming Club Break-Up

Our break-up and presentation at Wet'n Wild turned out to be such a fun day. A really big thank you to our committee, Chris, Anne, Deb and Michelle. You did an amazing job all season.

Thank you!

AGM

The AGM was held on the on the 1st of May. The previous committee has been reelected with slight changes in regards to the club/carnival race secretary. Congratulations to the following Office Bearers:

President: Chris Lang

Vice President: Rob Keen

Secretary: Michelle Spiteri

Treasurer: Deb Keen

Registrar and Carnival Race Secretary: Anne Senden

Club Race Secretary: Sandra Robb

Gold Coast Regional Representative: Wiebke Luske