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Fun, fitness & friendship WinterNewsletter 2016
WELCOME TO ALL OUR NEW MEMBERS!
Jot this one down on your calendar, people …
TRI-MEET—KAPITI, LEVIN & RAUMATI MASTERS SUNDAY, 21 AUGUST
The third annual fun meet between the three clubs will be hosted by Kapiti Masters this year. Warm-up starts at 10.15 am and events kick off at 10.30 am. The Otaki Pool is a 33 ⅓ job, so you’ll have to swim a bit further. There are four “ordinary” swim events and the rest is fun stuff (maybe we should get in some practice!). See attached programme. Brunch will be served after the swim. Directions: Turn left at the roundabout on SH1 onto Mill Road, then right (about half a km) into Haruatai Park and follow road up to pool.
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If you are in your comfort zone, you are still warming up!
SUBS RENEWAL DUE NO LATER THAN 31 AUGUST 2016
You have three payment options: 1. One annual fee of $190 discounted to $170 if paid before 31 August 2016. Please ensure you add your name as a reference for payments made to the Raumati Masters Swimming Club account: ASB 12 3157 0048970 00 2. Automatic payment of $16.00 per month. If you want to continue payment in this way, please confirm with an email to Mary: [email protected] 3: Concession card—10 swims for $40.00.
Fun, fitness & friendship WinterNewsletter 2016
North Island Short Course Champs Taupo—6-7 May 2016
A team of seven swimmers attended this meet and all enjoyed the competition and friendly atmosphere. Several PBs were achieved and Marco placed first equal overall in his age group. Huge congrats, Marco!
Kudos to Mary’s husband, Russell, who cycled around Lake Taupo while we swam! The evening function was great, with the Raumati/Levin contingent the last to leave as usual. The DJ, got fed up with us and put his play list on auto pilot, no doubt hoping we’d get the message and go home. Ha! The proximity of the lake to our accommodation tempted Donna, Sue, Marco and Grant to torture treat themselves to a chilly pre-breakfast dip on Sunday morning. They returned with frostbite. You know that ever-popular Village People hit? Check out these moves overleaf …
Fun, fitness & friendship WinterNewsletter 2016
♪ WYYYYY—EM—SEE ♫ ♪ ♬ AY—HAYYYY! ♬
♪ We’re gonna boogie oogie oogie ‘til we just can’t boogie no more … ♫
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Take your marks … Splat!
A silhouette of six sedately seated swimmers…
and one playfully performing a perfectly pulchritiudinous pose
SWIMMING IS THE ONLY SPORT IN WHICH YOU
GO FROM POINT A TO POINT A
AND WORK LIKE HELL TO GET THERE!
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COMBINED LEVIN/RAUMATI MASTERS MEET 16 JULY 2016
The Raumati and Levin Masters clubs welcomed 61 swimmers to this unsanctioned meet—the first to be hosted by Raumati Masters for many years. Congrats to club members Hazel, Jenny, Tomo and Stuart on attending their first swim meet! Huge thanks to our club people and their families who volunteered at the meet or who lent support from the spectators’ benches. It was great to see a few former Raumati Masters members among the volunteers. We were very fortunate to acquire the significant support of both Coastlands Shoppingtown Ltd, who sponsored the pool hire fee, and the Infinity Foundation, who provided a grant to cover the cost of the venue hire and management fee for the evening function. Many thanks to Erica for her work on the grant application. Several local businesses supplied some fabulous spot prizes and Kapiti Hire generously donated lots of goodies for the raffle—see back pages for a list of our awesome sponsors. Thanks, too, to club members who contributed to the laden spot prize table. An excellent buffet dinner awaited us at the Coastlands Kapiti Sports Turf pavilion—including two sumptuous beef roasts donated by Simon and Jacqui van den Berg. We worked off our second helpings on the dance floor.
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Surely, this one’s gotta be mine!
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RMS PRESIDENT After 16-plus years as club president, Simon is stepping down from the role. During that time, he’s attended national and regional Masters meetings as our delegate, clocked up a zillion kms swimming for the club at almost every meet on the calendar, delivered speeches, represented us at formal and social functions, and officiated as an excellent Santa at our annual Christmas dinner. Huge thanks, Simon, for your enthusiastic contribution to the club throughout your presidency and for your
willingness to fill that role for so long.
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UPCOMING MEETS
Raumati/Levin/Kapiti Masters Tri (Fun!) Meet 10.15 am, Sunday, 21 August, Otaki Pool (programme attached) [Please note: There will be no Masters session at our pool.]
Masterton Masters Shear Magic Sheep Dip Carnival 2016 Saturday, 17 September 2016. Warm-up 3.30 pm Start 4.00 pm Unsanctioned meet—open to all swimmers over 20 years. Check it out here: http://www.nzmastersswimming.org.nz/pool/masterton-masters-shear-magic-sheep-dip-carnival
National Long Course Championships 2016 11-13 November 2016. Closing date 21 October 2016 http://www.nzmastersswimming.org.nz/images/stories/files/entryforms/2016/NationalLC2016.pdf
World Masters Games 2017 21 April —30 April 2017, AUT Millennium Pool, Auckland and at Takapuna beach for the open water swim www.worldmastersgames2017.co.nz
Also, how about signing up for the …
Coastlands Aquatic Centre’s 20-week Challenge Runs from 25 July to 11 December https://www.facebook.com/CoastlandsAquaticCentre/
No kidding?
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NOTICES
Now, bear with me …
Sunday, 21 August:
No session at pool due to fun meet at Otaki
Sunday, 28 August: Session starts at the earlier time
of 8.00 am
CHRISTMAS DINNER Soprano’s Ristorante
Saturday, 17 December
7.00 pm
3rd Wednesday of the month—7.00 pm Technique session with Laurence
Remember to pay your $1 at Reception
if you want to use the spa pool after the session
CLUB CLOTHING
If you would like a club polo shirt and/or jacket, please contact Donna by 24 August: [email protected] Navy blue polo shirts: $34.30 Black jackets with red trim: $95.20 (These prices apply to orders of fewer than 10 per item)
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Comin’ in for a dip?
And, how’s this for dedication to one’s sport?
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A list of our sponsors →
Fun, fitness & friendship WinterNewsletter 2016
Fun, fitness & friendship WinterNewsletter 2016
HAPPY SWIMMING!
