Club News Archive

2010

December, 2010

The Club Fun Night on the 21st of December turned out to be a great success and lots of fun for all.

The inflatable was very popular and we thank the pool management for providing it for us.

Thanks also to all who helped sell raffle tickets for our Monster Christmas Raffle.

We raised $1500 - Well done!

Congratulations to the lucky winner "Aido"

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Club Captains
Congratulations to our new Club Captains Makani Luske and Corey Heiniger.

These two play an active role within the club.

If you have any ideas for the club, have news articles or simply need to talk to someone, they are there for you. They will also represent the swimmers at meetings, so please support them.

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Merry Christmas to you all.
Wishing you much joy and every success and fulfillment in the coming year.

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QLD State Championships
The Nerang Swimming Club Committee would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all those who have qualified to swim at the Qld State Championships this coming week.

Well done also to those who have been selected to swim in Club and Regional Relays.

We wish everyone good luck especially those who have never competed in this event before.

Good luck and have fun!

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November, 2010

Club Night has been in full swing now for some time and we have already been to a number of carnivals around the region.

Congratulations to those first timers among our team. You have done exceptional well and we are proud to have you with us.

Also a special mention to those who have secured a place already for the National Championships next year.

Congratulations to Isaac Robb, Michaela Giddy, Jake Marquenie and Bryton Heiniger.

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Farewell Kate
We are sad to say good bye to our lovely Coach Kate Brookes-Peterson.

Kate was accepted into the Police Academy this month and we wish her all the best for her future.

WE WILL MISS YOU KATE!

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September, 2010

Congratulations to Isaac Robb
Isaac has been selected from SQ for the Mackay Team.

These swimmers are National Finalists. Well done Isaac, keep up the good work!

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Attention swimmers - Events Online
Swimmers need to nominate online for the upcoming Qualifying Meet at Chandler 9th and 10th of October.

Please use this link for the Events Online Training Guide.

All future State and National meets will require online nominations. There are some exceptions where you have to send in printed out paper nominations and get them signed off by our Race Secretary Sandra Robb.

Please make yourself familiar with this new system.

Nominations for the upcoming meet at Chandler close 9pm on the 27th of September.

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Commonwealth Bank QLD SC Championships

Congratulations to all our swimmers. Not only were the results reflective of all the hard work that our coaches and children have put in over the chilly Winter, but it was great to see the team camaraderie and support for all our first time State swimmers, new members and and their families.

To all those swimmers who pushed through injuries and recent illness, to participate and finish the race, you guys/girls are amazing.

Among an enormous amount of PB's, we achieved no less than 41 top ten placings and 4 Gold, 4 Silver and 5 Bronze.

Well done!

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August, 2010

Commonwealth Bank 2010 QLD SC Championships
Well done all who have qualified to go to the State SC Championships.

We are sending a team of 31 this year which is a record and you should all be very proud of yourselves.

To those going for the first time: Enjoy the experience and have fun racing.

Taylor Anderton, Bill Best, Jarrod Brown, Isabelle Calteaux, Summer Clarke, Talia Craig, Teah Craig, Jayne Enchelmaier, Michaela Giddy, Bryton Heiniger, Corey Heiniger, Hayley Lang, Shannon Love, Makani Luske, Jake Marquenie, Callum Moffat, Grace Moffat, Ebony Reti, Shalar Reti, Abigail Robb, Ethan Robb, Hannah-Grace Robb, Isaac Robb, Judah-Moses Robb, Selena Robba-Colley, Bayan Siyal, Khyam Siyal, Sahara Siyal, Oliver van Eck, Simone van Eck, Bayley Wakefield.

Well Done! Go Nerang!

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Please remember that nominations for Miami Spring Meet have to be in by 18th of August.

Please check our happening calendar regularly until we get a new notice board.

Please see John or Sandra if you have any questions regarding upcoming meets.

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Next General Meeting is on the 18th of August.

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July, 2010

Mc Donalds Gold Coast Winter Championships
Thanks to all who helped and turned the Regional Championships into a great success.

Our pool just lends itself to a competition of this kind and our facilities proved to be excellent.

But it would not be possible to do without all of those who gave their time, setting up for the meet and running it over the two days. We were well organised and had a lot of fun.

Thanks to our Coaches Kate and John for looking after our swimmers and bringing out the best in them. Our kids swam well and did us proud.

It was great to see the likes of Brenton Rickard, Leiston Pickett and Nick Ffrost competing with Rickard achieving a PB in the 200 Breast.

That's right, an Olympic and World Champion swam a PB at our own pool!

There were also 19 records broken over the two days.

Thanks again for your contribution in making this a succes and let's try and do it again next year.

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Well done Isaac Robb and Michaela Giddy!
Both of our talented Swimmers competed at the Telstra SC Championships in Brisbane recently. Great achievement guys.

Michaela took a full second of her 50 Breast. Well done.

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Telstra Assistance Fund
Our club has been selected to receive equipment from the 2010 Telstra Assistance Fund

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June, 2010

Good luck Michaela!
Michaela will compete at the School National Titles at Chandler in the Medley Relay, the 50 Breast and the 100 Breast.

We wish her all the best.

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April, 2010

Presentation Night
What a beautiful festive evening we enjoyed at the Town & Country.

The crowd of 80 was in top form to celebrate the end of an amazing season for our club.

The buffett was delicious and plenty.

Congratulations to all Age Champions and Award winners including the Junior and Senior Limbo Champion of the night.

A big thank you to our head coach John Papuni for his great speech, proudly acknowleding his team and talking about the retiring Kate Brookes-Peterson's career and the sacrifices that went with it.

It was a very special moment which brought a tear to our eyes for many of us.

Thanks to all for coming along and celebrating our swimmers.

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Please remember: AGM, 25th of May, 5:00pm at the Pool.

Hope to see you all there!

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March, 2010

Swimming Gold Coast Championships, 12th-14th of March
The Swimming Gold Coast Championships turned out to be an outstanding success for our team and the credit goes to our incredibly committed coaches

John Papuni and Kate Brookes-Peterson, who have worked so diligently with them to make them the great sportsmen and women we saw competing so well this weekend.

To the whole team, your conduct over the 3 days was exemplary and you did your Club and yourselves proud.

To all the parents who supported the children, timekept and cheered so loudly, thank you so much.

We wouldn't be the excellent Club that we are without your continual sacrifice and support.

The huge amount of PB's achieved is fantastic and the medal tally comes to; 26 Gold, 16 Silver and 17 Bronze

We won 5 relays, came 2nd in one and 7th in another.

Age Champion trophies went to Kate Brooks-Peterson and Hannah-Grace Robb.

Congratulations to all 26 swimmers involved in the Meet last weekend.

Our swimmers amassed 700.50 points to put our Club comfortably into a safe 3rd place overall which was a remarkable team effort.

Well done Team!

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Congratulations to Michaela Giddy, Isaac Robb and Dani Koni for qualifying to compete the National Age Championships in Sydney, April 2010.

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Good luck to all our swimmers who are competing at the Swimming Gold Coast Championships on 12-14 of March. We are sending a team of 26 along to this regional meet which shows that we are going stronger and stronger.

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Our Annual Club Championships will be held on the 19th of March starting at 4pm.

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 on Friday the 16th of April, 6pm, at the "Town and Country" in Nerang.

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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 Commonwealth Games Trials, the Telstra Australian Swimming Championships.

Isaac will compete in the 50 Backstroke and Daniin the 50 Fly, 100 Fly, 50 Back and 100 Freestyle.

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!

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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, Hayley Lang and Talia Skalka.

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

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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

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January, 2010

A happy New Year to you all!

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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.

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Volunteer Grant 2009
We are the lucky recipients of the Volunteer Grant. We were allocated $2500 to purchase a Laptop. Well done us!

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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 months 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.