YERONGA PARK SWIMMING CLUB
EST 1964
GREEN from the Park
GOLD from the Pool
Swimming Season 2017-18
Swimmers Name: ________________________
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YERONGA PARK SWIMMING CLUB INC.
OFFICIALS FOR THE 2017- 2018 SEASON
Patrons Mrs Hazel OBrien (Life Member), Ms Shelly Douyere (Life
Member)
and Mr Russell Henry (Life Member)
Office Bearers
Name
Contact Number
President
Craig Rogers
0437 470 345
Co -Vice Presidents
Shelly Douyere / Warren Cook
S: 0417 648 634
Secretary
Jean Davison
0416 769 199
Treasurer
Mandy Fordham
0407 033 031
Club Co-Ordinator
Sandy Rogers
0402 423 863
Officials
Chief Recorder
Angela Wall
0434 875 405
Assistant Recorder
Various TBA
Registrar
Tammy Brosnan
0419 025 956
Race Secretary
Jayne Burton
0407 029 411
Assistant Race Secretary
Sandy Rogers
0402 423 863
Sponsorship Co-Ord
Warren Cook
YP Meet Coordinators
Howard Friend / Sandy Rogers
0402 423 863
Clothing Co-ordinator
Assistant Co-ordinator
Sue Nagle
Rita Venn
S: 0417 633 993
Communications & Social Media Co-ordinators
Angela Wall /Sandy Rogers
0434 875 405
0402 423 863
Pool Deck Co-Ord.
Alan Waite
(07) 3273 2945
Meet and Greet
Sara Cook / Julie Basham
BBQ Co-ordinator
Kylie Sheehan / Monique Peters
0402 432 233
Tech Off. Coordinator
Ted Curtis
Technical Officials
Howard Friend / Warren Cook / Alan Waite
Health & Safety Co-ordinators
Craig Rogers / Helen Horner
0437 470 345
Club Email Contact
[email protected]
Website
https://yerongapark.swimming.org.au
Team APP
Facebook
www.facebook.com/yerongaparkswimclub
Presidents Message 2017 / 2018
Welcome to all our new and existing members for the 2017 / 2018
swimming season. I firstly want to thank the committee in advance,
for the work they will be putting in for this new season and am
grateful to see new members on this committee with most of the
positions having an assistant to make the workload a little easier
on each member and also to bring new and fresh ideas into the club.
Your committee works tirelessly behind the scenes to make your club
a success all year round so I ask that you give them all the
support you can. Please remember we are all volunteers.
We could not ask for better support for this club than the
wonderful coaching team coupled with the very professional learn to
swim program Shelly runs here at Yeronga. With a little more visual
awareness and contact with younger swimmers we are hoping that we
will be able to encourage more swimmers to join our club and with
assistance from the coaches, swim teachers and pool staff I am very
confident this is going to be a very successful and fun year.
We are making a few changes to club this year and welcome any
feedback from parents and swimmers on these changes. Starting at
6.15 will hopefully encourage a few more swimmers to join in on
club nights and the earlier start also sees us having nominations
open via an online system or Team App prior to club night so this
will help the smooth running of club nights to ensure that we start
on time. Championships will now also be held on Saturday 24th
March. I want to ensure that club nights are fun for all!!
Again this year we are lucky enough to be able to host our A
Grade meet in October and Novice Meet in November which we are
proud to now call the Shelly Douyere Novice Meet. I ask that we all
chip in and help to make these meets as successful as they have
been in the past. We rely on parents and swimmer support for these
meets and thank you in advance for your help.
Once again we have the great honour of having foundation members
Mrs. Hazel OBrien and Mr. Russell Henry and now also have the added
honour of welcoming Shelly Douyere as the Patrons on our club.
Our swimmers are our most important asset and obviously the
reason we are all in the club and we all endeavour to ensure that
they will all have a wonderful, rewarding and most importantly, a
fun time this season. Hard work but fun success will come from hard
work but we also want to make sure everyone has a year packed with
wonderful memories, fun times, great friendships and success in the
pool. We want all parents to feel a part of the family and the best
way to do this is to lend a hand on club night. It is a great way
to get to know the rest of the Yeronga Park families. Join in the
Fun. We are very fortunate to have Ted Curtis and Alan Waite kindly
coming along every club night and are more than happy to share
their wealth of knowledge and assistance with anyone who is
interested to learn more about officiating.
Each year I say that I really want club members to feel they
have a say in what happens to their club. I would again like to get
suggestions from both swimmers and parents as to what they would
like to see happen within the club. Please come and have a chat
with me or any of the other committee members. We are only too
happy to discuss anything with you. We are there to help!! Looking
forward to this season and seeing you all on pool deck.
Swim, hard, fast and strong but most importantly have fun doing
it!
Craig Rogers President
Coachs Report 2017 / 2018
The busy 2017/18 season is about to begin and plans are in place
to maintain Yeronga Parks reputation as a high profile club. We are
a team that other clubs set their benchmarks by. Yeronga Park
Swimming Club competes in the prestigious Premier Division of the
Brisbane Swimming Association and competes in local club meets
right through to International competitions.
In the last season, our swimmers have competed successfully
locally, nationally and internationally. In 2017, Yeronga Park will
be proudly represented by Rowan Crothers as he heads to the Para
World Championships in Mexico City. At a National level our club
competed at the Australian Open and Age Championships and
Australian Open Short Course Championships in our home town of
Brisbane. We also had a successful team compete at the Australian
Open Water Championships in Adelaide. Not only can we boast about
our elite swimmers but about the great structure we have in place
to develop and nurture the younger swimmers in our club.
During the last season, we had great success with our junior
programs. This is due to the dedication and commitment shown by our
coaches Alberto Lantieri, Kate Irvine, Teagan Rogers, Clay
Douyere-Pate, Reed Douyere-Pate and Will Blanco. We have a great
bunch of young swimmers working hard in the pool and with a little
encouragement we should see our junior numbers in the club continue
to increase and grow in strength. Our strength and conditioning
program run by Paul Heffernan continues to produce excellent
results. The coaching and support staff who are leading the team
this season are enthusiastic and passionate and I am sure will
continue to nurture our swimmers and uphold the Yeronga Park
spirit.
Thank you to Craig Rogers who again takes on the role of leading
our club as President. Mandy Fordham takes on the job of Treasurer
looking after our financial affairs this season. Together with
Shelly Douyere and Warren Cook (Co-Vice Presidents), Jean Davison
(Secretary), Ange Wall (Chief Recorder), Tammy Brosnan (Registrar),
Howard Friend (Meet Coordinator) and Jayne Burton (Race Secretary)
our committee will steer the club into the new season. We are
pleased to have Life Members Russell Henry, Hazel OBrien and Shelly
Douyere as our Patrons.
Parental support is ever so vital in the successful running of a
club. We have an excellent and enthusiastic band of parents in our
club and now its up to them to work closely with the coaches and
the committee for the benefit of our greatest asset - our
swimmers.
This season we will be running our 20th Annual Shelly Douyere 12
years and under Novice Meet in November. This meet is vital to the
development of our younger swimmers and I strongly encourage
everyone to participate. This season the coaching staff will target
meets for our seniors and juniors. Toowoomba and the Yeronga Park
Long Course Preparation Meets are two interclub competitions where
we will be out in force. The Queensland Championships will be held
in December. There will be lead up meets from the QSA and BSA that
we will attend as preparation for the major meets.
The Australian Open Championships will be held in Southport in
March 2018 and double as the Commonwealth Games Selection Trials.
The Australian Age & multiclass Championships (13-18yrs) will
be held a little later in Sydney, April 2018.
I would like to welcome new members to the squads and club and
encourage all families to support the functions, and particularly
our club nights during the season. Our club is highly regarded
nationally and internationally, particularly for promoting swimming
from the developmental or teaching stage through to local, State,
National and International levels. Our coaches are fully accredited
with the Australian Coaches Association. Our number one priority to
all club members, no matter what level of competition they are part
of, is to enjoy and love what they are doing and to promote
swimming at all times as a happy healthy sport to participate in. I
am sure that we can all look forward to a successful season
ahead.
Robert Van Der Zant Head Coach
Joining the Club
Joining the club is done on-line via the Swimming Queensland or
Yeronga Park Swim Club websites. Simply go to
http://www.qld.swimming.org.au or
https://yerongapark.swimming.org.au and click on the JOIN NOW!
Button. You can use the on-line method to join the club provided
you have never been registered with another club that is affiliated
Swimming Queensland.
However if you belong to another club simply contact our clubs
Registrar and provide your membership number, which, you can obtain
from your current club or Swimming Queensland. A request will then
be made to transfer to Yeronga Park.
Club Nights
Swim club nights are on a fortnightly basis conducted on
Wednesday evenings in the 50m pool and commence at 6.15pm sharp.
All races are swum in a friendly non-threatening environment
because we want to ensure everyone has fun. We endeavour to
organise races according to each swimmers level. Boys and girls
swim together because you simply race against your own time each
club night. Points will be given for attendance and performance at
club nights and these points will go towards awards at the end of
our season.
*Nominations for club nights are now done online prior to the
night but we can make changes prior to 6.00pm if needed.
Before progressing to longer distances swimmers must be able to
swim their current distance under a specific times, the promotion
times are listed in this booklet.
On club night we need help with timekeeping and other official
duties. Our pool deck organisers will be more than happy to teach
you how to timekeep etc. All assistance is greatly appreciated and
it allows you, as parents to become involved in your childs sport
and it is a fantastic way to get to know everyone.
BBQ Dinner
Each club night we have a barbeque that has been a major
fundraiser for a number of seasons. This season there will be a
roster for volunteers. We invite club members to come along and
assist with our BBQ. If everyone can help at just one or two club
nights during the season the burden will be shared. Food and drinks
will be available from around 5.30pm - 7.00pm each club night. So
parents will still see their children swim.
Promotion Times50m Promotion Times
Once swimmers have attained the following qualifying times over
25m they are eligible to swim 50m.
Freestyle/Butterfly 25 secs
Breaststroke/Backstroke 30 secs
100m Promotion Times
Once swimmers have reached the following times they are eligible
to contest the 100m and 200m club swims.
Freestyle 40.0 secs
Butterfly 42.0 secs
Breaststroke 49.0 secs
Backstroke 44.0 secs
Individual. Medley 1.35.00 secs
Championships
Club championships will be held on Saturday 24th March. This is
where Full Members can compete to do their best in their own age
groups. All swimmers who take part will accrue points towards a
trophy at the end of the season.
Championships are swum in all the four strokes (Freestyle,
Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly) and to make things a bit
more interesting the championships are swum in the Short Course
Pool. Ages start at 6 years and under and go through to 15 years
and over.
Championship Distances
Club Championships
6 years & Under
25 Metres in all four strokes
7 years
25 Metres in all four strokes
8 years & Over
50 Metres in all four strokes
To be eligible to swim and earn points at Championships,
swimmers must have completed swimming at four club nights or 3 club
nights and one swim meet and be a financial member.
Swim Meets
As a club we are well represented at all the Brisbane and
Queensland Swim Meets. Most club members also participate in meets
held by other clubs during the season. Information on all targeted
swim meets, as they come through, is put up on the notice boards.
For the past couple of seasons, our team has competed in force at
the Toowoomba Flyers Swim Meet in October. Targeted meets are the
swim meets that coaching staff target, they include most of the
BSA/QSA Meets.
A question frequently is What should I go in?. It is my belief
to nominate in all four strokes unless I have particularly advised
swimmers to miss out on an event for a particular purpose. This is
rarely the case. We train to compete in all four strokes and I
think its also a waste of time sitting out an event at a meet just
because its not your preferred stroke. This is particularly
important for all our 13yrs & under swimmers who should target
all strokes.
The QSA and BSA calendar have many meets scheduled and our major
focus will be on the State Championships from the 9th 15th December
2017, the Brisbane Senior Metropolitan Championships 23rd 25th
February 2018, and the Brisbane Junior Metropolitan Championships
10th 11th March 2018.
This year Brisbane Swimming has allocated all Brisbane Clubs to
specific meets. This means there is no longer flexibility to attend
other club meets as you wish. The online system will not allow
swimmers to enter a meet which Yeronga Park has not been allocated.
All entries for BSA club meets are now completed using the Online
Meet Entry tool.
Robert Van Der Zant Head Coach
Targeted Club Meets
As a swimming club we will "target" certain swim meets during
the year, which, is where we like as many swimmers to participate
as possible. These meets are always a lot of fun because of the
great participation. The swimmers get the chance to support their
team mates and the parents also get the time to sit and chat with
other parents. When we swim at Chandler for Brisbane Swimming meets
swimmers can gain premiership points for our club.
These "targeted" meets are listed later in this booklet and
posted on our noticeboard on the brick wall near the clubroom (deep
end of the pool). We also send out notifications to remind club
members when nominations are due. Nominations are then either done
on-line or done through our Race Secretary.
To nominate for targeted meets which are not online:
1. Email the relevant club requesting the TM file and flyer 2
weeks before closing date (TM is the software clubs use).
2. Email this file and flyer to our race secretary at
[email protected] with the Event Numbers, best time if you
have swum before. (e.g. Event 5 50m Free 48.15).
3. Deposit nomination fee into club bank account
To find the Happening Calendar visit the Swimming Queensland
website or follow this link
https://qld.swimming.org.au/visageimages/Competition/Event_Calendar/SQ_Happening_Calendar_2017-18_22.09.17.pdf
Club Run Swim Meets
Yeronga Park A Grade Long Couse Qualifying Meet on 8th October
2017
The club will be running its second long course A Grade
Qualifying meet on the 8 October. This swim meet will give not only
our swimmers but also other swimmers from other BSA affiliated swim
clubs the opportunity to qualify for the upcoming Brisbane
Metropolitan and Queensland Championships.
We are asking for all club members to again support this meet
and with the 25 metre pool as a great warm down pool we will get
the opportunity to show swimmers from other clubs the wonderful
surrounds in which we train and compete in at our club nights.
The Shelly Douyere 12 Years & Under Novice Meet on 4th
November 2017
We will be conducting our 20th Annual Yeronga Park Novice Swim
Meet this year.
We are asking for your support once again for this wonderful
meet. This meet allows younger and less experienced swimmers to
compete in a swim meet environment. We also have our older and
elite swimmers helping out on the day as well as officials,
volunteers and presenters.
The meet is a fun day with many young swimmers competing for the
very first time at a swim meet other than their club night
competitions. We aim for a relaxed and easy going day where the
atmosphere is exactly what first time and novice swimmers and
parents need so they can enjoy both the swimming and out of the
water components of a swim meet.
Australian Age & Open Championships
Open Water/Long Course/Short Course
Last season we had many swimmers qualify at this high level.
This year the goal will be for more swimmers to qualify and the aim
is for a higher placing. National Opens are being held on the Gold
Coast in February 2018 with National Age & Multi Class being
held in Sydney in April 2018.
Queensland Championship Meets
Open Water/Long Course/State Titles/State Sprints
Most of our training revolves around peaking at our Queensland
Championships in December. From this meet, swimmers are selected
for Development Squads, State Age and State Open Teams to contest
National Championships. The Queensland Sprints Championships in
February is a good meet to compete over the 50 metre events.
Sponsorship
In early 2015, Yeronga Park Swim Club embarked on a sponsorship
journey with the Yeronga Services Club. The support of community
activities is very unique and is greatly appreciated by all of our
club members. Not only is the Services Club support financial; they
also supply us with advertising, free conference room hire and
provide a prime raffle opportunity every Saturday night. A great
club like ours cannot be as successful as it is, without the
support of the local community.
Once again we have the continued support / sponsorship from
Shelly our Pool Lessee. This year we again have Alan and Ange Wall
from Accelerate Automotive as our major sponsor for all YP Swim
Meets.
Club Clothing / Uniform
The club keeps on hand a stock of club T Shirts and swimming
caps and then during the year, when there is enough demand, orders
are done for shorts, hoodies etc. We do like our swimmers to wear
the club T Shirt when representing the club, but when representing
the club the club swimming cap must be worn. The Green and Gold of
our uniform looks fantastic in the stands at a swim meet.
Sue Nagle is our clothing coordinator, she can be contacted at
[email protected] or you can catch her at the pool on club
nights.
Club Committee Meetings
Club Committee meetings are held at 5:30pm once a month during
summer (usually on the 3rd Tuesday in the Month). Keep an eye on
the newsletter for meeting dates. All members are most welcome to
attend these meetings.
If you would like to help out with the running of the club you
can join the club committee officially at the AGM but we are always
looking for help during the season so see any of our committee
members. If you have any issues or would like to make suggestions
about the running of your club please email our president, Craig
Rogers who is more than happy to answer any questions and will look
into any issues that arise and can be contacted at
[email protected]
Swimming Australias Go Swim handbook is a good general info book
for parents and can be found via this link
http://www.swimming.org.au/visageimages/1_SAL/Swimmers__Parents/GOSWIM%20Parent%20Handbbook2015%20PRINT.pdf
Club Breakup Dinner
At the end of the season the club will hold a dinner to
celebrate the achievements during the year. This is a chance to
have a relaxing dinner with the rest of the club members and
reflect on what a fun year we have all had. Presentation of awards
or prizes will be based on points accrued from club nights.
Expectations For Parents
The following are a list of points or expectations, which I
believe all parents, should spend some time reading. During a swim
season emotions run high and refocussing on what we all aim for
needs to be reassessed.
Kids arent perfect they are constantly developing. Parents need
to appreciate their developments, not the final product.
Kids will swim well at times and not so well at other times.
Kids need appreciation and encouragement for themselves, not the
swim.
Kids need to set their own goals with their coachs guidance.
They cannot commit themselves to swim your goals. The kids do the
work, they commit themselves to what they want and to what they
think they can do.
To help new swim parents to gain a positive perspective on the
sport.
Parents role is to comfort and applaud and my role is to offer
constructive criticism.
You realise that every child can be a winner, even the
opposition (If you know that winning is doing your best).
To not offer swimming advice to your kids.
To remember that swimming is not the only thing that kids do.
Let the kids tell you about training or swim meets, rather than
asking them what they did at training.
Developing, encouraging, commit, fun, positive, comfort, winner,
swimming and training are the key words and each of these aspects
intermingle to being successful!
Swimming Lingo made simple
Bands
Rubber band used around ankles so swimmer uses their arms only
to pull through the water.
B/K
Backstroke
CP Set
Critical Pace training session, aim to swim at maximum speed
with heaps of rest between swim.
Descending
Swim each distance faster within a given set as the set
progresses, usually on the same time interval (i.e. Des 1-3).
Form Stroke
Any stroke other than Freestyle (i.e. Breaststroke, Butterfly or
Backstroke).
FOW
Place feet on wall when finishing.
F/S
Freestyle
IM
Individual Medley
Long Course
A 50m long pool (LC).
Negative Split
For any given distance, the second half is faster (in time) than
the first half.
PA
Paddles
PB
Personal Best Time
Pull
Using a Pull Buoy.
Seasonal Best
The fastest time swum during a particular swimming season (e.g.
July 2016 to June 2017.)
Short Course
A 25m long pool (SC).
Taper
A pattern of reduced, but high intensity, leading up to an
important meet.
Warm Up / Warm Down
The beginning (warm-up) or ending (warm-down) section of
practice where the effort is not on speed or distance but rather to
gently familiarize the body to exercise.
SWIMMING CLUB TIME LOGBOOK
NAME:
DATE
STROKE
FREESTYLE
BACKSTROKE
BREASTSTROKE
BUTTERFLY
MEDLEY
SWIMMING CLUB TIME LOGBOOK
NAME:
DATE
STROKE
FREESTYLE
BACKSTROKE
BREASTSTROKE
BUTTERFLY
MEDLEY
Notes
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Club Joining Fees: $ 170.00 - 1 swimmer / $ 255.00 - 2 swimmers
/ $ 320.00 - 3 swimmers / $ 350.00 - 4 swimmers
All new members will need to show original Birth Certificate to
Club Registrar upon joining the club!
YERONGA PARK SWIM CLUB
CLUB NIGHT PROGRAM FOR 2017/2018 SEASON
ALL CLUB NIGHTS NOMINATIONS DONE ONLINE BY 5.30PM ADJUSTMENTS BY
6.00PM FOR 6.15 START
Date
Pool
Freestyle
Breaststroke
Backstroke
Butterfly
Medley
Oct 4
50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 25m 50m
Oct 18
50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 200m
Nov 1
50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 25m 50m
Nov 15
50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 200m
Nov 29
50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 25m 50m
Dec 6
50m
Ted Curtis Brace Relay & Xmas Breakup
Christmas Recess Squad Training still continues
Jan 31
50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 25m 50m
Feb 7
50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 200m
Feb 21
50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 25m 50m
Mar 7
50m
Rowan Crothers Handicap Relay
March 21
50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 25m 50m
100m 200m
March 24
50m
Club Championships
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