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The Hills Swimming & Life Saving Club Inc www.thehills.swimming.org.au

2016 – 2017

Annual Report

The Hills Swimming & Life Saving Club Inc Annual Report 2016/2017 Page 3

Officials

2016—2017

Patron The Hon. Alex Hawke MP, Member for Mitchell

President Judy Wartmann

Vice Presidents

Alan Kerruish

Graham Taylor

Keven Sefton

Secretary Danyal Bloomfield

Registrar Judy Wartmann

Treasurer Greg Dickson

Swimming Secretary Jenny Oosterbeek

Friday Night Swimming Convenor Colin Jarvis

Life Saving Secretary Melanie Williams

Tuesday Night Life Saving Secretary Sandra Richardson

Chief Recorder David Delaney

Publicity Officers Swimming Samantha Fitzgerald

Life Saving Pam Stanley

Social Secretary Cornette Smith

Delegates

Swimming Graham Taylor, Alan Kerruish,

Clinton Camilleri, Jessica Coetzee

Life Saving Sandra Richardson, Melanie Williams,

Damian Hofman

Elected Members of the

Management Committee

Kerry Hallam, Kristina Weszely

Ben Fishburn, Mark Harvie

Public Officer Graham Taylor

Additional Roles:

Website Co-ordinator Kerry Hallam

Uniform Officer Kristina Weszely

Member Protection Information

Officer Sandra Richardson, Judy Wartmann


Club Roll of Honour

2016—2017

Club Captains Swimming Annabelle Woodbury and Aaron Wartmann

Life Saving Sarah Osborne and Jordan Hodgers

Derek Emery Award Sophie Richardson

Denis Robinson Award Jake Hallam

Waves Scholarship Award Amelia Harvie

Life Members

Pauline Allan Damian Hofman

Alan Kerruish Mark Payne

Sandra Richardson (2017) Norm Stanley

Pam Stanley Tony Stanley

Graham Taylor Marilyn Tobin

Melanie Williams Steve Williams


Swimming Representatives

2016—2017

NSW, Australian and International Championships

Timothy Hodge International 2016 Paralympic Games—Rio

Australian Open LC, Open SC, Age LC

NSW Open LC, Age LC, Metropolitan LC

Area, NSW and Australian Championships

Kumiko Delaney Australian Age LC

NSW Open LC, Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC

Jordan Fitzgerald Australian Age LC

NSW State Teams SC, Open LC, Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC,

Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Makayla Oosterbeek Australian Age LC

NSW Open LC, Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Hannah Payne Australian Open Water

NSW Open SC, Age LC, Age SC, Open Water, Metropolitan LC,

Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC

Alex Quach Australian Age LC


Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Rebekah Sefton Australian Open LC, Open SC, Age LC


Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW SC


Area, NSW and Australian Championships (cont)

Kaitlin Teleki Australian Age LC

NSW Open LC, Open SC, Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC,

Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Aaron Wartmann Australian Open Water

NSW Age LC, Age SC, Open Water, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Rachel Wood Australian Age LC

NSW Open LC, Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW SC

Area and NSW Championships

Darcy Andrews NSW Open Water, Member of SNSW Youth Advisory Panel

Area SMNW LC & SC

Preston Andrews NSW Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC & SC, Speedo Sprint Finalist

Area SMNW LC & SC

Ashlee Bloomfield NSW Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Gavin Bloomfield NSW Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Jayan Easton NSW Open LC, Age LC, Metropolitan LC

Area SMNW LC

Kiara Gordon NSW Age LC

Area SMNW LC

Loryn Gordon NSW Age LC

Area SMNW LC

Estelle Gould NSW Metropolitan LC, Speedo Sprint Finals Gold Medallist

Area SMNW LC


Area and NSW Championships (cont)

Emma Hallam NSW Age LC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Jake Hallam NSW Age LC, Speedo Sprint Finalist

Area SMNW LC & SC

Amelia Harvie NSW Age LC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Elizabeth Harvie NSW Age LC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Aiden Hawron NSW Age LC, Age SC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Mitchell Hodge NSW Age LC, Metropolitan LC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Sophie Jarvis NSW Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Alex Lee NSW Open LC, Age LC

Area SMNW LC

Dabi Lee NSW Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC

Eric Lee NSW Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC

Trinity Loader NSW Metropolitan LC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Lily Louden NSW Age LC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Sam Moeser NSW Age SC, Metropolitan LC

Area SMNW LC & SC


Area and NSW Championships (cont)

Laura O’Keefe NSW Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Georgia Oosterbeek NSW Age LC, Metropolitan LC

Area SMNW LC

Emma Payne NSW Metropolitan SC

Zoue Sefton NSW Open SC, Age SC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW SC

Gerhardt Smith NSW Open SC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Abraham Song NSW Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC

Callum Thomas NSW Age LC, Metropolitan LC, Speedo Sprint Finalist

Area SMNW LC & SC

Ryan Wartmann NSW Open SC, Age SC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW SC

Lauren Wheeler NSW Open LC, Age LC, Open SC, Age SC, Open Water,

Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Jessica Whitton NSW Open Water

Area SMNW LC & SC

Chloe Whyte NSW Age LC

Area SMNW LC

Chloe Wilson NSW Age LC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Annabelle Woodbury NSW Open LC, Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC & SC

Sarah Woodbury NSW Age LC, Age SC, Metropolitan LC, Metropolitan SC

Area SMNW LC & SC


Area Championships

Suzanna Andrews NSW Speedo Sprint Finals Silver Medallist

Area SMNW LC & SC

Sapphrine Andrews Area SMNW LC & SC

Amelia Brice NSW Speedo Sprint Finalist

Area SMNW SC

Olivia Burns Area SMNW LC & SC

Kanako Delaney Area SMNW LC & SC

Maggie Grieve NSW Speedo Sprint Finals Silver Medallist

Branden Hogan Area SMNW LC & SC

Jarrod Hogan Area SMNW LC & SC

Joseph Lim NSW Speedo Sprint Finalist

Joel Thomas Area SMNW LC & SC

Elijah Whitton Area SMNW LC & SC


Swimming Point Score Competition

2016/2017

Girls Boys

1st Kanako Delaney 1st Kemton Cline

2nd Chloe Whyte 2nd Reuben Matthews

3rd Jordyn Eldred, Krystal Jessen, Lily

Moeser 3rd Daniel O’Donnell

4th Gemma Callum, Caitlin Moeser,

Tanisha Nizic 4th Aiden Hawron

5th Lucy Scanlan 5th Jarrod Hogan

6th Alyssa Callum 6th Darcy Andrews, Zane Callum

7th Suzanna Andrews, Alina Hawron,

Elle Jessen 7th Samuel Moeser

8th Jackie Hogan 8th Jesse Eldred, Ben O’Donnell

9th Sarah Dickson 9th Branden Hogan

10th Elizabeth McShane 10th Jarratt Allan

Gold Awards

Girls Boys

Sapphrine Andrews Amy Csizmadia Andrew Anastas George Anastas

Ella Dickson Leila Dickson Preston Andrews Alfred Chen

Kiara Gordon Loryn Gordon Nathan Cline Samuel Cummins

Maggie Grieve Caroline Moeser Michael Cummins Adam Dickson

Emily Taylor Jessica Whitton Samuel Duggan Jackson Grofski

Arthur Hawron Scott Moeser

Clancy Payne Blake Scanlan

Lachlan Taylor Cameron Vine

Mitchell Zyweitz


Silver Awards

Girls Boys

Mackenzie Abood Esther Bonser Thomas Andrews Alexander Borg

Sophia Bonser Amelia Brice Nathan Csizmadia Tommy Cummins

Olivia Burns Georgia Burns Kyan Davies Andrew Easton

Jayme Cline Breanna Cummins James Easton Thomas Edwards

Estelle Gould Alyssa Hadlow Raymond Gu Jake Hallam

Emma Hallam Elizabeth Harvie Alexander Hazell Mark Hogan

Amelia Harvie Victoria Hazell Atticus Holloway Ewan Holloway

Rebecca Hogan Rebecca Jarvis Mingqian Huang Carter Jenkin

Sophie Jarvis Shelby Jenkin Ben Lackas Jacob Lackas

Imogen Jessen Jessica Lei Joshua Lackas Alex Lee

Trinity Loader Lily Louden Eric Lee Joseph Lim

Clara Matthews Lilly Nicholson Cameron Liou Alex Marshall

Abbie Nicholson Ramita Skandakumar Brandon M Nash Saxon McWilliam

Sahana Skandakumar Sarah Song Riley Oakes Flynn Scanlan

Sophie Turner Chelsea Vine Callum Thomas Elliot Thomas

Kiera Wainwright Mingjie Wang Joel Thomas Paul Turner

Michelle Wang Abbey Whyte Eric Wang Elijah Whitton

Chloe Wilson Tom Yeo Hayden Zywietz

Bronze Awards

Girls Boys

Jayan Easton Sarah Gong Rory Grieve Ryan Hadlow

Kalahni Hasselbach Maiana Holloway Mitchell Hodge Timothy Hodge

Anna Hsieh Alicja Krotofil Thomas McShane Jacob Whitton

Dabi Lee Addison Wainwright Zachary Wong Tim Yeo

Bianca Wang Tam Yeo

Emily Zywietz


Swimming Age Champions

2016—2017

Girls Boys

6 years 1st Rebecca Hogan

6 years 1st Elliot Thomas

2nd Victoria Hazell 2nd Flynn Scanlan

7 years

1st Ella Dickson

7 years

1st Jacob Whitton

2nd Abbey Whyte 2nd Eric Wang

3rd Michelle Wang 3rd Thomas Andrews

8 years

1st Suzanna Andrews

8 years

1st Ewan Holloway

2nd Amelia Brice 2nd Blake Scanlan

3rd Sophia Bonser 3rd Jacob Lackas

9 years

1st Elizabeth Harvie

9 years

1st James Easton

2nd Maggie Grieve 2nd Reuben Matthews

3rd Elizabeth McShane 3rd Elijah Whitton

10

years

1st Esther Bonser 10

years

1st Kyan Davies

2nd Chelsea Vine 2nd Saxon McWilliam

3rd Elle Jessen 3rd Clancy Payne

11

years

1st Amelia Harvie 11

years

1st Jake Hallam

2nd Kanako Delaney 2nd Jesse Eldred

3rd Tanisha Nizic 3rd Lachlan Taylor

12

years

1st Chloe Whyte 12

years

1st Callum Thomas

2nd Estelle Gould 2nd Preston Andrews

3rd Alyssa Callum 3rd Joseph Lim

13

years

1st Loryn Gordon 13

years

1st Raymond Gu

2nd Lily Louden 2nd Cameron Vine

3rd Trinity Loader 3rd Nathan Csizmadia

14

years

1st Jayan Easton 14

years

1st Samuel Moeser

2nd Sophie Jarvis 2nd Darcy Andrews

3rd Ashlee Bloomfield 3rd Atticus Holloway

15

years

1st Olivia Burns 15

years

1st Aaron Wartmann

2nd Mingjie Wang 2nd Alexander Borg

16

years

1st Lauren Wheeler 16

years

1st Timothy Hodge

2nd Jayme Cline 2nd Gavin Bloomfield

Adults

1st Rebecca Jarvis

Adults

1st Kemton Cline

2nd Caroline Moeser 2nd Scott Moeser

3rd Jackie Hogan 3rd Mark Hogan


Life Saving Representatives

2016—2017

Australian Pool Life Saving Championships

Teana Hodgers Max Gonzalez

Karli Musarra Giulio Palumbo

NSW & Australian Pool Life Saving Championships

Keeley Booth Lachlan Braddish

Keelan Bridge Jayme Cline

Kemton Cline Ben Fishburn

Jordan Hodgers Kaylah Holmes

Charlie Jeffries Rachelle King

Mitchell Musarra Tom Simpson

Bronte Smith Jemma Smith

Rachel Wood Bradley Woodward

NSW Pool Life Saving Championships

Andrew Bowden Emilie Chandran

Natalie Chandran Jack Curran

Emily Doyle Thomas Doyle

Jordyn Eldred Daniel Harding

Elle Jessen Marissa Lonsdale

Erin Osborne Olivia Osborne

Sarah Osborne Norm Stanley

Pam Stanley Tony Stanley

Jenny Whiteley


Life Saving Point Score Competition

Sir Ronald Irish Trophy

2016/2017

Awarded for the highest point score for combined attendance –

club nights, training and carnivals.

Girls Boys

1st Emilie Chandran, Natalie Chandran 1st Nathan Cline

2nd 2nd Kemton Cline

3rd Jordyn Eldred 3rd Jesse Eldred, Ben Fishburn, Jordan

Hodgers

Point Score Trophy Recipients

Girls Boys

Alison Whalen Breanna Cummins Cameron Smalley Lucas Chandran

Elle Jessen Emily Taylor Michael Cummins Samuel Cummins

Erin Osborne Grace O’Brien

Jayme Cline Jenny Whiteley

Marissa Lonsdale Olivia Osborne

Sandra Richardson Sarah Osborne

Sophie Richardson Teana Hodgers


Life Saving Age Champions

2016—2017

Girls Boys

Under

10

years

1st Emilie Chandran Under

10

years

1st Nathan Cline

2nd Breanna Cummins 2nd Michael Cummins

3rd Lucas Chandran

10-11

years

1st Elle Jessen 10-11

years

1st

2nd

Jesse Eldred

Samuel Cummins 2nd Natalie Chandran

3rd Teana Hodgers

12-13

years 1st Jordyn Eldred

Under

16

years

1st

2nd

Sarah Osborne

Grace O’Brien

Under

16

years

1st Jordan Hodgers

Under

19

years

1st Jayme Cline Under

19

years

1st Cameron Smalley 2nd Sophie Richardson

3rd Olivia Osborne

Open 1st Ben Fishburn

30-44

years 1st Kemton Cline


President’s Report

The 2016/2017 season has been a truly significant season for The Hills Swimming and Life Saving Club. Having to follow on from Mark Payne’s leadership of 7 years was never going to be an easy task however I have been fortunate to have the support of similarly, enthusiastic members of the Management Committee. Ideas that began in July 2016 have successfully come into fruition throughout the course of the year, thanks to the hard work of not only the members of the Management Committee but other parents and club members as well. This past year has been busy for all our competitive members, both swimming and/or life saving. Whether a member is swimming 1 event at an interclub meet on a Sunday or 10 events at a National competition – everyone is always proud to don the blue and white and represent The Hills. Key results are highlighted in the individual reports following. The 2016/2017 season began with our Registration Day, combined with Waves Fitness and Aquatic Centre’s Open Day, last September. This day gave us the opportunity to welcome and guide many of our 105 new members, organise uniforms and cook up a storm on the BBQ. Thank you to everyone, not just committee members that helped to make the day a success. Our club celebrates the successes of each and every member. This was done on 18 June 2017 at the Sebel Resort and Spa at Windsor. Thank you to Cornette Smith for the time spent researching and securing a venue suitable to host this annual event. Finding a location that can accommodate all our members and their families is no easy task. 25 weeks sped by fast and before we knew it our Tuesday and Friday evening programs were completed for yet another season. These programs are organised, managed and run completely by volunteers. Life savers that were trained at our club willingly mentor our newer and younger members, assisting them to complete their RLSSA awards. This reinforces the fact - The Hills Swimming & Life Saving Club is a premier training club for pool life saving along with being a fun place to be. The backbone of our Tuesday night life saving program is Life Member Melanie Williams and newly inducted Life Member, Sandra Richardson. Our Friday night swim club competition has been managed this past season by Colin Jarvis, with the technological mastermind of Kemton Cline problem solving and David Delaney, sitting quietly in the background, watching and ensuring all our “I’s” are dotted and “T’s” are crossed and the results are submitted to the right place by the right time. We are truly grateful for the roles these men have played in the running of our Friday night program. Of course, all of this work by these 3 volunteers is only worthwhile if we have life members, Graham Taylor and Alan Kerruish present to guide our swimmers on correct stroke techniques – the members of our club will be forever in debt to these 2 gentlemen and the service they provide for us. We also appreciate the parents that volunteer their services – without you we could not run our Friday night program.


2016/2017 Friday night swim club saw swimmers not only focusing on swimming PB’s but also on achieving Progression Times and collecting weekly Certificates of Achievements to recognise their progress. Flip Out, Castle Hill generously provided us with gift certificates to present to our Swimmer of the Week, whilst the Aqua Shop provided the gift vouchers that we handed to the Swimmer’s of the Month over the summer period. Nothing gives me greater pleasure than chatting with swimmers on a Friday evening and hearing about their PB’s or sitting in the stands at SOPAC, watching swimmers of all ages swim, striving to achieve qualifying times for their next meet. The road to competing at a higher level of aquatic competition, be it swimming and/or life saving, is long and arduous, it requires dedication to hours of training regardless of the weather, early mornings and at times it can mean sacrificing social outings with friends. Behind all our competitive members are dedicated parents, parents that provide a constant taxi service, laundry service and catering service to fuel our swimmers to keep them going. Whilst they may not always remember to say the words, “Thank you” to us, the satisfied look on their faces at the finish of an event, says it all. One of the special moments of 2016 was most definitely standing in the gym at Waves Fitness and Aquatic Centre with squad members; supporting and watching Tim Hodge swim in 2 finals at the Rio Paralympics, setting 2 more Australian Age records in the process. Not to be outdone, only a month later our life savers also “did us proud” at Rescue 2016 in Belgium. It was exciting to wake up each morning to photos of smiles and read about the overnight achievements of our life savers At the beginning of the summer season Swimming Australia launched their Optus Junior Dolphins Program. The club embraced this initiative wholeheartedly. Changes were made to our Friday Night Swim Club program to accommodate our youngest members and we hosted a small Optus Junior Dolphins Carnival on a Saturday afternoon in November. It was great to see our youngest members, looking resplendent in their bright yellow Optus Junior Dolphins shirts against the beautiful backdrop of the blue skies at Waves. Jessica Coetzee and Jessica Payne, our official Dolphin Trainers, did a wonderful job co-ordinating our swimmers and the activities. We were grateful to the support provided by the representatives from Swimming Australia, Swimming New South Wales, past Australian Dolphin, Kurt Herzog and the magnificent, transforming, very tolerant Optus Dolphin. Jess Coetzee’s silver squad and their parents were wonderful ambassadors, assisting all our little Optus Junior Dolphins.


The highlight of the year was definitely February 12, 2017– the club’s 50th birthday. The day commenced with a 12 & Under Development meet, open to all members of the swimming community along with any of our local primary school children that wanted the opportunity to compete in a swimming carnival. Thanks must go to Graham Taylor and Alan Kerruish, our own experienced Technical Officials for organising enough extra Technical Officials for us to be able to hold such an event. Not only was this a great fundraiser for the club it was also a community event. Following the carnival we hosted afternoon tea, complete with games, pizza, snow cones and birthday cake. It was wonderful to play host to our Club Patron, The Honourable Alex Hawke MP, Member for Mitchell, The Honourable David Elliot MP, Member for Baulkham Hills, Swimming NSW President, Graham Towle OAM, Swimming NSW Board Member and Hills Life Member Mark Payne, along with other Hills Life Members, Marilyn Tobin, Melanie Williams, Alan Kerruish and Graham Taylor. We were also grateful for the well wishes and memories sent to us from Pauline and Graeme Allan. Special congratulations must be given to Sandra Richardson, who was awarded life membership of The Hills Swimming and Life Saving Club on 6 June 2017. This award is an acknowledgement of the 10 years of service that Sandra has given to our club, members and the sport of pool life saving. To our Club Captains – for life saving, Sarah and Jordan and Swimming – Annabelle and Aaron - thank you. Every time I have asked for your help, your immediate response was yes. Throughout the season you have led by example and have worked well together to ensure our younger members had a fun time at the Christmas Party and the 50th birthday celebration. Thank you for displaying such confident, leadership skills and contributing to our Annual Awards Presentation. Our swimming coaches, Clinton Camilleri, Jess Coetzee, Pat Teleki, Jess Payne, Diana Torosian and our life saving coaches, Andrew Bowden and Ben Fishburn, we are forever grateful for your commitment, guidance, support, patience and the many hours that you devote to each and every one of our athletes. Amanda Lenton, and the staff from Belgravia Leisure that operate the Waves Fitness and Aquatic Centre – we are continuously appreciative of the use you allow us to have of the facility – Tuesday and Friday evenings and Sunday morning. Thank you! Finally, thank you to the members of the Management Committee for your commitment and selfless service to our club this past year. It has been wonderful to work with such like-minded members. I can’t wait to see what the 2017/2018 season holds for The Hills Swimming and Life Saving Club. JUDY WARTMANN President


Swimming Competition Report

What an exciting year it’s been for the athletes and families of our club. The quality of our

swimmers and their achievements has been outstanding.

Our Club has seen some of our younger swimmers competing in their first carnival; to our elite

athletes competing at State and National levels.

2016 SMNW Summer Championships

Our first targeted carnival for the season was held over 2 weekends, 29th and 30th November,

and Long Distance night 5th November. We had 67 competitors attend with 349 individual entries

and 7 relays.

We had 27 1st places, 13 placing 2nd and 24 placing 3rd. We also had 121 top ten finishes, Fantastic

effort by all swimmers.

2016 NSW Metropolitan Championships

We had 2016 NSW Metropolitan Summer championships on 25th to 27th November.

We had 25 athletes entered with 103 individual entries.

Special congratulations go the following swimmers;

Timothy Hodge M/C 10 and over 50m free 2nd, 50m Breaststroke 3rd, 50m Back 1st.

Kaitlin Teleki 13 and under 200m IM 2nd, 200m Back 1st and 400m Free 2nd.

Rebekah Sefton 16 and over 200m IM 3rd, 400m Free 1st, 50m Free 3rd, 200m Free 1st and 100m

Free 1st.

Alex Quach 14-15 200m IM 2nd, 200m Fly 2nd, 100m Back 2nd, 200 Free 3rd, 100m Fly 1st and 100m

Free 2nd.

We also had 33 top ten finishes. Congratulations to all swimmers for qualifying and competing so

well at this year’s NSW Metropolitan Championships.


2016 NSW State Open Water Championships

We had 2016 NSW state age open water championships held 19th and 20th December at Nepean

regatta centre.

We had 7 swimmers attend with wonderful results.

Special mention goes to Preston Andrews, Hannah Payne, Aaron Wartmann and Lauren Wheeler all

finishing in the top 10.

2016 State Age Championships

We had state earlier this session with the NSW 10U to 12 State age championship held at SOPAC

9th and 10th December 2016. We had 7 athletes complete with 27 individual entries and 4 relays.

Our junior swimmers performed outstanding with personal best times being achieved by all.

Then we had the 13 to 18 years NSW State swimming championships. It was a very long week at

Homebush. We had 23 athletes with 179 individual entries and 8 relays entered.

There were some outstanding results with special mention to our medal winners.

Kaitlin Teleki 1st 13 years girls 200m Backstroke.

Alex Quach 1st 15 year boys 50m Freestyle, 1st 15 year boys 100m Fly, 2nd 15 year boys 100m

Freestyle,

2nd 15 year boys 100m Backstroke, and 3rd 15 year boys 200m Fly.

Rebekah Sefton 1st 16 year girls 100m Freestyle, 1st 16 year girls 400m Freestyle, 1st 16 year girls

200m Freestyle, 2nd 16 year girls 50m Freestyle, 2nd 16 year girls 200m IM, 2nd 16 year girls 800m

Freestyle .

Rebekah also broke 4 title holder records in the 100m Freestyle, 400m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle and

50m Backstroke, Congratulations Rebekah.

The following swimmers also require special mention, our State finalist. Theses swimmer swam the

heats in the morning and had to back up for the finals at night.

Kumiko Delaney, Jordan Fitzgerald, Kaitlin Teleki, Makayla Oosterbeek, Hannah Payne, Alex Quach and

Rebekah Sefton.

Congratulations to all our state representatives on a very successful meet.

2017 Speedo Sprint Heats

On 4th February 2017 Speedo sprints heats were held at Blacktown Aquatic Centre. We had a strong

team of 37 athletes entered, with 38 top 10 finishes. We had 8 Athletes making the Speedo sprint

finals to be held at SOPAC on 12th March.


2017 Australian Open Water Championships

On 27th to 29th January 2017, we had small team 2 athletes make the trip to Brighton Beach SA to

attend the 2017 Australian Open Water Championships. Please congratulate Hannah Payne and

Aaron Wartmann on this wonderful achievement.

2017 NSW State Open Championships

2017 NSW State open championships where held at Homebush from 3rd to 5th March. We had 11

Athletes compete over the 3 day meet with all competitors achieving great result and fantastic race

experience. It was a very challenging meet with athletes up against some of our Australian Olympic

swimmers and various countries.

Rachel Wood made 3 finals in 400m IM finishing 13th. 400m Freestyle, finishing 19 and 200m fly

finishing 15th.

Timothy Hodge had a great weekend with 1st in Multi Class 100m Backstroke, 3rd 100m Fly and 3rd

200m IM. Tim finished in the top 10 of all his events.

Congratulations to our swimmers on a great weekend.

2017 Speedo Sprints Finals

On 12th March 2017 we had 8 swimmers attend Speedo Sprint series Finals held at Homebush.

Congratulations to Suzanna Andrews finishing 2nd 8 year girls 50m Breaststroke and Estelle Gould 1st

12 year girls 50m Breaststroke. We finished with 5 top ten finishes.

Congratulations to all swimmers for making the finals.

2017 Australian Open Championships

On 9th to 13th April 2017 the 2017 Hancock Prospecting Australian Open Championships held in

Brisbane QLD.

We had 2 swimmers Rebekah Sefton and Timothy Hodge compete.

It was Rebekah’s first Australian Open championships and she performed well, gaining fantastic

experience.

Congratulations to Timothy Hodge in 12 & over 100m Fly m/c 3rd, 50m backstroke 1st, 200m IM 3rd

and 100m backstroke 1st.

Tim was named in the Australian Paralympics Dolphins Swim Team, to compete at the IPC World

Swimming Championship, Mexico City, Mexico September 30 to October 8.

Congratulations Tim on this wonderful achievement and best of luck in Mexico later in the year.


2017 Australian Age Championships

On 16th to 23rd April 2017 we had 9 individual Nationals team swimmers attend the Georgina

Hope Swimmers Foundation Australian Age and MC Age Championships held at Brisbane QLD.

Special mention goes to our top ten finalists and our medal winners.

Rachel Wood finalist in 17-18 year 400m IM.

Rebecca Sefton Finalist in 17-18year 400m Free and 200m Free.

Kaitlin Teleki 12-13 year 200m Backstroke 3rd.

Alex Quach 15 year 200m Freestyle 2nd. Alex also competed in finals for 200m backstroke finishing

9th, 100m free 6th, 200m fly 4th, 100m backstroke 5th, 200m IM 4th and 100m fly 5th.

Timothy Hodge 15-16 year 100m backstroke 1st, 100m Breaststroke 2nd, 50m free 1st, 100m fly 1st,

50m backstroke 1st, 50m fly 1st,100m free 1st, 50m Breaststroke 2nd and 200m IM 1st.

Congratulations go to Clinton and all our National swimmers Kumiko Delaney, Jordan Fitzgerald,

Rebecca Sefton, Kaitlin Teleki, Makayla Oosterbeek, Gerhardt Smith, Rachel Wood, Alex Quach and

Timothy Hodge for their outstanding achievements.

As you can see this year has been a fantastic year for our swimmers, I look forward to the new

season for another successful year.

JENNY OOSTERBEEK

Swimming Secretary

The 2016 – 2017 season is drawing to a close and we are proud of all the achievements and

performances of all our members. Our members have done well at a variety of carnivals and

championships and as always are supported by family members working in a variety of support

roles. Numbers were a little lower than previous years but our returning and new members were

enthusiastic not only in completing their Royal Life Saving Award but also by competing at the

interclub carnivals and State Championships.

Tuesday Nights

The Life Saving Committee would like to thank our Team of Instructors for all their hard work

throughout the season. The strength of the life saving program is due to their support every

Tuesday night throughout the summer season.

Sarah Osborne and Jordan Hodgers were the Life Saving Club Captains and we thank them for

their assistance and commitment to their role this season.

Interclub Carnivals and NSW State Championships

The Hills hosted its 37th Annual Life Saving Carnival with competitors attending from the other

metropolitan clubs. Thank you to the club officials and parents who assisted on the day.

The Hills Lifesavers were again successful at this year’s Royal Life Saving Society State Presentation.

The Life Saving section of The Hills Swimming & Life Saving Club won the Society Centenary Shield

for the overall winner at the State Championships with a total of 241 points. The next highest club

on 98 points was Engadine.

On the next page is a summary of the trophies won by Hills members.


Life Saving Report

The 2016 – 2017 season is drawing to a close and we are proud of all the achievements and performances

of all our members. Our members have done well at a variety of carnivals and championships and as

always are supported by family members working in a variety of support roles. Numbers were a little

lower than previous years but our returning and new members were enthusiastic not only in completing

their Royal Life Saving Award but also by competing at the interclub carnivals and State Championships.

Tuesday Nights

The Life Saving Committee would like to thank our Team of Instructors for all their hard work throughout

the season. The strength of the life saving program is due to their support every Tuesday night throughout

the summer season.

Ben Fishburn Mathew Knight Olivia Osborne

Cameron Smalley

Sarah Osborne Sophie Richardson Jordan Hodgers

Sam Knight

Sarah Osborne and Jordan Hodgers were the Life Saving Club Captains and we thank them for their

assistance and commitment to their role this season.




The Hills Lifesavers were again successful at this year’s Royal Life Saving Society State Presentation. The

Life Saving section of The Hills Swimming & Life Saving Club won the Society Centenary Shield for the

overall winner at the State Championships with a total of 241 points. The next highest club on 98 points

was Engadine.

Below is a summary of the Trophies won by Hills members.

Trophy Name Awarded For Winner Derek Emery Memorial Trophy Honour Sophie Richardson John Stacpoole Memorial Trophy Honour Melanie Williams RLSSA Associate Honour Donna Fishburn RLSSA Fellow Honour Norm Stanley Associate Awards Honour Max Gonzalez Patterson Carley Memorial Trophy U/16 Mixed Pair SERC Marissa Lonsdale & Sarah Osborne Kleemo Cup Open SERC Team Jayme Cline, Ben Fishburn, Kemton Cline & Tony Stanley Areva Shield U/16 Female Super Lifesaver Sarah Osborne Areva Shield U/16 Male Super Lifesaver Jordan Hodgers Lou Stevens Memorial Trophy Open Mens Super Lifesaver Andrew Bowden The NSW State Team Trophy Open Womens Obstacles Rachel Wood C. W Heyde Trophy Open Womens 100m Manikin Carry Rachel Wood Nerida Murray Open Womens Super Lifesaver Rachel Wood

The 2016 – 2017 season is drawing to a close and we are proud of all the achievements and performances

of all our members. Our members have done well at a variety of carnivals and championships and as

always are supported by family members working in a variety of support roles. Numbers were a little

lower than previous years but our returning and new members were enthusiastic not only in completing

their Royal Life Saving Award but also by competing at the interclub carnivals and State Championships.

Tuesday Nights

The Life Saving Committee would like to thank our Team of Instructors for all their hard work throughout

the season. The strength of the life saving program is due to their support every Tuesday night throughout

the summer season.

Ben Fishburn Mathew Knight Olivia Osborne

Cameron Smalley

Sarah Osborne Sophie Richardson Jordan Hodgers

Sam Knight

Sarah Osborne and Jordan Hodgers were the Life Saving Club Captains and we thank them for their

assistance and commitment to their role this season.




The Hills Lifesavers were again successful at this year’s Royal Life Saving Society State Presentation. The

Life Saving section of The Hills Swimming & Life Saving Club won the Society Centenary Shield for the

overall winner at the State Championships with a total of 241 points. The next highest club on 98 points

was Engadine.

Below is a summary of the Trophies won by Hills members.

Trophy Name Awarded For Winner Derek Emery Memorial Trophy Honour Sophie Richardson John Stacpoole Memorial Trophy Honour Melanie Williams RLSSA Associate Honour Donna Fishburn RLSSA Fellow Honour Norm Stanley Associate Awards Honour Max Gonzalez Patterson Carley Memorial Trophy U/16 Mixed Pair SERC Marissa Lonsdale & Sarah Osborne Kleemo Cup Open SERC Team Jayme Cline, Ben Fishburn, Kemton Cline & Tony Stanley Areva Shield U/16 Female Super Lifesaver Sarah Osborne Areva Shield U/16 Male Super Lifesaver Jordan Hodgers Lou Stevens Memorial Trophy Open Mens Super Lifesaver Andrew Bowden The NSW State Team Trophy Open Womens Obstacles Rachel Wood C. W Heyde Trophy Open Womens 100m Manikin Carry Rachel Wood Nerida Murray Open Womens Super Lifesaver Rachel Wood

Ben Fishburn Mathew Knight Olivia Osborne Cameron Smalley

Sarah Osborne Sophie Richardson Jordan Hodgers Sam Knight


Trophy Name Awarded For Winner

Derek Emery Memorial Trophy Honour Sophie Richardson

John Stacpoole Memorial Trophy Honour Melanie Williams

RLSSA Associate Honour Donna Fishburn

RLSSA Fellow Honour Norm Stanley

Associate Awards Honour Max Gonzalez

Patterson Carley Memorial Trophy U/16 Mixed Pair SERC Marissa Lonsdale

Sarah Osborne

Kleemo Cup Open SERC Team

Jayme Cline

Ben Fishburn

Kemton Cline

Tony Stanley

Areva Shield U/16 Female Super Lifesaver Sarah Osborne

Areva Shield U/16 Male Super Lifesaver Jordan Hodgers

Lou Stevens Memorial Trophy Open Mens Super Lifesaver Andrew Bowden

The NSW State Team Trophy Open Womens Obstacles Rachel Wood

C W Heyde Trophy Open Womens 100m Manikin Carry Rachel Wood

Nerida Murray Open Womens Super Lifesaver Rachel Wood

Wilson Reid Trophy Open Womens Manikin Tow with Fins and

Tube Keeley Booth

The Shoebridge Cup Open Mens 100m Manikin Carry Mitchel Musarra

Society Cup Open 4 x 50 Medley Relay The Hills A

1983 NSW State Men’s Team Trophy Open 4 x 25 Manikin Relay The Hills A

The Walter Scott Trophy Restricted Fin Relay The Hills A

The Sue Gilmour Memorial Trophy Under 12yrs Manikin Relay The Hills

The Mdget Championship Trophy Pointscore Water Events 8-9 & 10-11 year The Hills

The Sub-Cadet Championship Trophy Pointscore Water Events 12-13 & Under 16 The Hills

WH Walker Memorial Trophy Pointscore Water Events Under 19 & Open The Hills

The Club & Competition Trophy Pointscore Water Events 30-44 & 45 & Over The Hills

The Roth Shield SERC Pointscore Perpetual The Hills

The Society Centenary Shield Over Championship Pointscore SERC & Pool The Hills

The Judge Harvey Prior

Memorial Trophy Overall Interclub Pointscore The Hills


Rachel Wood

Open Ladies 200m Obstacles 2:15.09

Open Ladies 100m Rescue Medley 1:16.50

Under 19 Ladies 50m Manikin Carry 39.53

Andrew Bowden 30 – 44 Mens 50m Manikin Carry 32.09

Jack Curran Under 19 Mens 200m Obstacles 2:08.21

Jenny Whiteley 45 & Over Ladies 100m Manikin Carry 1:12.75

Jemma Smith Under 19 Ladies 12.5m Line Throw 15.94

Individual State Champions are: Emilie Chandran (8 - 9 yrs), Elle Jessen (10 - 11 yrs), Sarah

Osborne & Jordan Hodgers (U/16), Ben Fishburn (Open), Andrew Bowden (30 - 44 yrs) and Jenny

Whiteley & Daniel Harding (45 & over).

Overall Interclub Pointscore Champions are: Teana Hodgers & Jessie Eldred (10 - 11 yrs),

Jordyn Eldred (12 - 13yrs), Sarah Osborne & Jordan Hodgers (U/16), Jayme Cline (U/19), Ben

Fishburn (Open), Kemton Cline (30 - 44yrs) and Pam Stanley and Daniel Harding (45+ yrs).

The club won the overall Point Score Champion of the Season winning the Judge Harvey Prior

Memorial Trophy for the fifteenth year in a row.

Many State records were broken by Hills members this year.

Thank you to all those lifesavers who competed for our club throughout the season and at the

State Championships. Each and every member helped us to achieve these great results both at the

State Championships as well as throughout the season. Congratulations and keep up the good

work.

Thank you also to the support team composed of Sandra Richardson, Andrew Bowden, Pam

Stanley, Graham Taylor and Norm Stanley for their continued commitment, assistance and

dedication. We also need our “parent” workforce so thank you for your support throughout the

season.

Australian Pool Life Saving Championships 2017

Twenty Hills members competed at the Australian Pool Life Saving Championships 2017 at the

Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Albert Park 11-13th January. Our monumental club medal

tally was 67 Gold, 35 Silver and 27 Bronze. Once again our Hills members dominated the NSW state team with twelve out of seventeen

members - Kaylah Holmes, Lachlan Braddish, Jordan Hodgers, Keeley Booth, Charlie Jeffries, Bronte


Smith, Jemma Smith, Rachel Wood, Rachelle King, Brad Woodward, Keelan Bridge and Tom Simpson

with Andrew Bowden state team coach and Max Gonzalez state team manager and Kerry

Armstrong chaperone. Our Hills team consisted of Teana Hodgers, Karli Musarra, Jayme Cline,

Mitch Musarra, Ben Fishburn, Giulio Palumbo, Max Gonzalez and Kemton Cline. Ben Fishburn was

also the Hills coach & manager.

The team from New South Wales took back their title from Queensland as the Interstate Overall

Champions with Queensland a close second. Once again, Victoria came 3rd. NSW won the Men’s

overall championship and came 2nd in the NSW Women’s overall championship as well as winning

the overall U/19 and Open Men’s team and coming second in the overall U/16 and Open Women’s

team.

Highlights were Lachlan Braddish winning the U/16 overall male champion and winning the

prestigious Male Lifesaver of the Year award, Jemma Smith winning the U/19 overall female

champion with Rachel Wood 3rd , Brad Woodward winning the Open overall male champion

despite only being 18 years and Max Gonzalez coming 2nd in the O/30 overall point score. Lachlan

Braddish also won the Dr Ian Mackie Memorial trophy for U/16 200m Super Lifesaver, Jemma Smith

won the Shayne Baker Trophy for U/19 200m Superlifesaver and Brad Woodward won the Sir Owen

Cox Trophy for Open 200m Superlifesaver.

Hills members selected on the National representative teams are:

Junior Barras (U/16): Lachlan Braddish, Kaylah Holmes and Bronte Smith

Rachelle King selected to be the team Coach.

Silver Barras (U/19): Jemma Smith and Rachel Wood

Aussie Barras (Open): Brad Woodward, Tim Schofield with Max Gonzales Team Manager.

Congratulations on these selections.

Records were broken with Rachel Wood breaking the U/19 200m Obstacles championship record

while Brad Woodward broke the National U/19 50m Carry record as well as the Championship

records for Open and U/19 100m Tow and 200m Obstacles.

Our only U/14 competitor was Teana Hodgers who is 11 years and will have two more years in the

age group. Teana came 11th overall with a 6th placing in 100m obstacles out of twenty-three

competitors. We look forward to future results.

While not everyone was able to medal, there were great results with lots of PBs. Congratulations

to our first timers Jayme and Kemton Cline as Jayme won silver in the U/19 line throw and Kemton

won two bronze in the O/30s 50m and 100m carry.

Another mention must go to all the Hills officials who worked hard throughout the competition:

Penny Hodgers, Aria Amid-Cox, Norm Stanley (Equipment Officer) and Pam Stanley (SERC Co-

ordinator) as well as Damian Hofman (Official photographer). A big thank you to these helpers.

Congratulations to all our members on such great results.

And finally I would like to thank the Management and Staff at Waves Fitness & Aquatic Centre for

their continued support of the Life Saving activities of the club.

MELANIE WILLIAMS

Life Saving Secretary


Registrar’s Report

Member Reconciliation 2016/2017

2016/2017

Financial Year

MEMBERSHIP BREAKDOWN

Total Life

Members

Swimming Life Saving Combined

1st Claim

Optus

Junior

Dolphins

2nd

Claim

Non

Swimmer 1st Claim

2nd

Claim

Non

Swimmer 1st Claim

2nd

Claim

Non

Swimmer

Members as at

31 March 2016 11 138 0 3 36 29 13 6 7 1 2 246

New Members 0 42 38 0 7 4 3 3 7 0 1 105

Resignations 0 (41) (2) (2) (7) (7) (5) (5) (1) (1) (2) (73)

Transfer to

other Clubs 0 (4) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (4)

Members as at

31 March 2017 11 135 36 1 36 26 11 4 13 0 1 274

The club finished the 2016/2017 financial year with an overall membership growth of 11% from 31 March

2016.

Our 1st claim swimmer membership started the financial year with 138 x 1st claim members—aged 4

years +.

With the launch of Swimming Australia’s Optus Junior Dolphins Program, at the time of renewing

memberships, 8 of these swimmers, aged 7 years and under, were no longer required to pay any annual

membership fees and their membership status was transferred to that of an Optus Junior Dolphin.

We concluded the 2016/2017 Financial Year with 135 x 1st claim swimming members aged from 8 years

+, which was an overall increase of 5 members. Only 4 younger members, transferred during the winter

months to indoor aquatic facilities.

Life Saving membership held reasonably steady with 1 member transferring to Optus Junior Dolphin

status.

Combined Swimming and Life Saving Membership grew by 4 members throughout the 2016/2017

financial year.

Optus Junior Dolphins membership closed the 2016/2017 financial year at 36.

22 of the 36 members will have turned 8 years of age prior to membership renewal for the 2017/2018

season therefore will no longer be entitled to the privilege of free membership offered with the Optus

Junior Dolphins Program.

9 members will only be eligible for free membership for 1 more season, whilst the remaining 5 members

will still be eligible for free Optus Junior Dolphins membership for 2 more seasons.

JUDY WARTMANN

Registrar


MEMBERSHIP HISTORY

Total Life

Members

Swimming Life Saving Combined

1st Claim

Optus

Junior

Dolphins

2nd

Claim

Non

Swimmer 1st Claim

2nd

Claim

Non

Swimmer 1st Claim

2nd

Claim

Non

Swimmer

Members as at

31 March 2008 7 85 0 6 35 25 15 0 8 1 0 182

Members as at

31 March 2009 7 86 0 3 17 26 24 3 4 1 1 172

Members as at

31 March 2010 7 107 0 3 25 30 21 6 9 1 3 212

Members as at

31 March 2011 8 131 0 1 21 35 13 8 15 0 1 233

Members as at

31 March 2012 11 116 0 4 19 38 14 6 10 0 0 218

Members as at

31 March 2013 11 156 0 7 31 28 16 5 6 0 2 262

Members as at

31 March 2014 11 171 0 2 42 42 12 4 5 0 2 291

Members as at

31 March 2015 11 156 0 2 35 36 9 4 3 1 3 260

Members as at

31 March 2016 11 138 0 3 36 29 13 6 7 1 2 246

Members as at

31 March 2017 11 135 36 1 36 26 11 4 13 0 1 274

Documents

2016 2017 Annual Report - Swimming Australia · The Hills Swimming & Life Saving Club Inc Annual Report 2016/2017 Page 4 Club Roll of Honour 2016—2017 Club Captains Swimming Annabelle