SOUTH COAST SWIMMING CLUB
www.southcoast.swimmingsa.org.au
South Coast has been awarded Club of the Year by SwimmingSA for the 2011-
12 year.
South Coast is thrilled to receive this award and thank the outstanding efforts of
its members;
Swimmers; in the water, both Pool and Open Water, our swimmers have shown
some great performances, with several SA Champions. Our swimmers had the
honour of being Basket Handlers at both the Short Course Championships and
Olympic Trials when they were held in Adelaide the past swim year.
Parents; supporting their children to participate in their
chosen sport of swimming, taxi driver, supervising the
Basket Handlers and the assistance with our Carnival and
the general everyday running and administration of our
club.
Coaches; none of the results achieved by our swimmers or
our club could have been achieved without the great efforts of
our Head Coach Paul Higgs and Assistant Coach Brian
Campbell. Keeping abreast of and implementing training for
the various training needs of our swimmers has seen great results in the Pool,
Open Water and Surf Lifesaving competitions.
Congratulations everyone on a job well done!
Congratulations to the South
Coast Team of 29 swimmers
that competed in the
Division 2 Series of meets
at the State Aquatic Centre
at Marion 26th May - 21st
July 2012.
South Coast finished 1st
overall in the points score at
the end of the 3 meets and
took home the Overall
Points Pennant.
Winter Division 2 Pennant Winners
Monday 8th Oct 9:00am ONLINE Click Here
2012 Norwood Carnival Sun 28 Oct 2012
PLEASE NOTE NEW VENUE:
PAYNEHAM POOL, 194 OG ROAD, FELIXSTOW.
Program
Monday 8th Oct
2013 SA Open Water State Championships Sun 4 Nov 2012
Information - SwimmingSA website
2012 State Open Water Information
Event Information books & Swimming Rules
Monday 1st October
New swim year starts.
SwimmingSA & Club Memberships are due.
Click here to go to the Members Portal to register.
Unregistered swimmers will not be able to compete at the Division 1 Meet 1 or the JX 11 & Under Meet 2 if not registered
OCTOBER
2012
Trophies were also awarded in each age group based on points. Six of our swimmers received trophies.
Congratulations to; Damian Wolfaardt 1st - 17 year olds, Bronwyn Wolfaardt 1st - 18 year olds, Sharon
Beaver 1st - 19 & Over, Ryan Emms 2nd - 12 year olds, Kellie Wise 2nd - 16 year olds, Kizzy Grice 3rd - 16
year olds.
Well done to the South Coast Team - Sharon Beaver, Courtney Bristow, Annabelle Buttery, Laura Chigwidden,
Sarah Chigwidden, Thomas Davie, Oscar Deverson, Gabriella Duncan, Ryan Emms, Rebecca Field, Kizzy
Grice, Josie Hudson, Bessie Humphreys, Anasthasia Kodhyat, Isabella Kodhyat, Nicole Mader, Georgia
Naylor, Lois Naylor, Craig Nicoll, Siobhan Nurmi, Liam Parker, Aidan Rice, Tahlia Richards, Rebecca Rogers,
Joshua Whitehead, Lachlan Wilson, Kellie Wise, Bronwyn Wolfaardt, Damian Wolfaardt. Coaches, Paul &
Brian and our parents!
On Saturday 15th
September we celebrated our 21st Birthday. Although hours are spent at the pool, holding the
party at the pool didn’t dampen the party mood.
The fun run saw plenty of action and some amazing contortions of the human body, as
did the Tarzan rope! Several parents took to the water for some fierce racing (Organizers
were given a few scares. CPR knowledge was suddenly of high priority). Pizza & Cake
went down well with some black mouthed swimmers from
the Orange & Black Cup Cakes! Sharon Kreslin, ex-
swimming parent and South Coast friend, made the most
amazing cake; a replica of the Club shirt. It was almost a pity
to eat it. It was amazing!
South Coast has had a proud and successful history since 1991. Many of our
swimmers have been holders of State and National Titles and Records and looks
forward to the future and hopes to continue its success at State, National and
International levels in Pool, Lifesaving and Open Water.
HAPPY 21ST
BIRTHDAY SOUTH COAST!!
The final sessions of the Short Course Championships were completed on Sunday 26th August. The
Championships concluded with the Club Team Relays on Sunday night. This year we had a huge team of 36
swimmers attend the meet over the 2 weekends. Congratulations to all our swimmers on their performances. A
massive 86% of our attending swimmers achieved PBs with 11 Club Records broken, medals in Age, Open and
Relay events. Assistant Coach Brian got into the mood of the Relays night and graced us with his African
Drum playing; throughout the evening!!
Congratulations to everyone on a great meet and well
done;
Nicole Mader (12) Silver Open 4x50m Freestyle
Relay
Club Record
Ryan Emms (12) Bronze 12 yr 100m Breaststroke
Bronze 12 yr 200m Breaststroke
Tiffany Copley (13) Bronze 13yr 200m Breaststroke
Josh Whitehead (13) Gold 13yr 400m Individual
Medley
Lily Warrick (16) Silver Open 4x50m Freestyle
Relay
Rachael Mader Silver Open 4x50m Freestyle Relay
Club Record
21st Birthday Celebrations
2012 SA STATE SC CHAMPIONSHIPS Club Shirt Birthday
cake…Yum!
Silver Open Relay Medalists…
Alice Whiley Silver Open 4x50m Freestyle Relay
Bronze Open 800m Freestyle
Bronze Open 1500m Freestyle
2 Club Records
Craig Nicoll Gold Open 200m Butterfly
Silver Open 200m Individual Medley
4 Club Records
Congratulations to Courtney Bristow, Logan Cooper, Oscar Deverson, Anasthasia Kodhyat, Isabela Kodhyat,
Liam Parker, Rebecca Rogers, Lachlan Wilson, Kellie Wise and Damian Wolfaardt; all Championship
Finalists.
Congratulations and well done to the following swimmers on their achievements at the Championships;
Karla Brown (Club Record), Talon Copley (2 Club Records), Thomas Davie (PBs in 50m Backstroke &
Butterfly), Sydney McCurrach (10 second PB in 200m Breaststroke in less than a month), Jasmine Vidgeon
(PBs in all her events).
Well done also to Gabriela Duncan, Deannah Haddy, Angas Mackay, Siobhan Nurmi, Tomas Parker and
Tahlia Richards on their performances at their first State Championships.
Our Relay Teams performed well with a few nail biting 4th place finishes. Great swimming was seen on the
night by many of the above mentioned swimmers along with Harvey Clarke, Rebecca Field, Isaac Freeman,
Jamie Hole, Lois Naylor, Shannon Warrick and Josh Wheeler.
The 5 month transition period to align all States to the same Registration date ended Sunday 30th
September.
Full year registrations are now due from Monday 1st October. SwimmingSA Registration and Club Membership
are now open through the “Members Portal” on both our website and SwimmingSA’s.
If you have any problems with registrations email the Club [email protected] or ring Aileen
Mader on 0403 354 855 for assistance.
October 2012 is being transformed into EnergyAustralia GO Swim Month. This national campaign is aimed at promoting swimming through registered Energy Australia GO Swim Centers.
An Energy Australia GO Swim Day is an introduction to a local swim club or a chance for existing members to get together and celebrate everything they love about swimming and their club. South Coast is pleased to be a part of the Energy Australia GO Swim Month. On Friday 6th of October we are holding our Energy Australia GO Swim Day.
We will be having our Time Trials as normal with a few fun events, time permitting.
Invite friends from school or other sports you are involved in, so come along and have a GO Swim.
A few jobs have become vacant since the AGM.
Fees Officer: We are looking for someone to fill this position with some
knowledge of Microsoft Excel or maybe you have a better system for
recording receipt of coaching fees etc. You may have to report some statistical
information to the Committee on a few occasions.
Newsletter Editor: Computer knowledge, wit & the ability to have eyes &
ears open for any news that is around the Club.
Neither job requires attendance at Committee meeting unless they wish to. If you can help, please email Aileen
Mader [email protected]
New Swim Year 2011-2013
GO Swim Month
Hoodies:
As many would know, we are getting “Hoodies”. The design was chosen by a
large majority vote from all members. The results were close for the colour of
the “name”, the orange name won by a small margin.
Hopefully they will arrive in time for some use before the warm weather sets in!
Swim Caps:
A competition was held to design a new Club cap. The entrants that submitted
designs did a lot of work on their designs with not one but several ideas entered.
Thank you and well done to Katherine Hudson, Josie Hudson, Nicole Mader,
Joshua Whitehead and Rachael Mader for your ideas.
A design was selected by the Committee and the winning cap was designed by Nicole
Mader (Aileen Mader, parent of 2 entrants and committee member withdrew from
voting). Nicole won $50 for her efforts and a “Top Star” Cap for all entrants.
The new cap is currently being set up and orders for “named” caps will be called for
shortly at a cost of approximately $16 (minimum of 2 to be ordered)
Club Shirts, Club Towels, Goggles, Kickboards, Snorkels & Pullbouys are all currently in stock and
available for purchase on pool deck.
The summer season started on Saturday 22nd
September with the 2 day, 3 sessions All In Meet.
South Coast competed with a team of 20 swimmers entered but due to sickness and injury Sydney McCurrach,
Thomas Davie and Kizzy Grice could not compete. Thomas came to support his fellow team mates and a big
thank you to his mom, Karen Davie, for still turning up for her officiating commitment.
Unfortunately Courtney Bristow had trouble with an injury during the meet and did
not compete in all her events and again a big thank you to Courtney’s mom, Anne
Bristow, for also tuning up for officiating duties even with no swimmer attending.
South Coast boys out did the girls (first time in years!!) and finished 2nd
behind
Marion in the points score. Overall, South Coast finished in 3rd
place behind Marion
and by only 70 points behind Norwood.
Many Club Records were set (achieved at least a Tier 4 JX time) or broken during the
meet with a staggering 11 new records. Talon Copley set 5 and broke 2, Ryan Emms
broke 1 and Tomas Parker broke 1. Well done boys and congratulations.
Great work Courtney Bristow, Karla Brown, Harvey Clarke, Tiffany Copley, Oscar Deverson, Nicole Mader,
Rachael Mader, Liam Parker, Tahlia Richards, Amber Smith Lachlan Wilson, Kellie Wise, Bronwyn
Wolfaardt and Damian Wolfaardt. Some awesome swimming with, for the younger swimmers, many JX
times, Division 1 and State Championship times already. Many PBs were achieved with 83% of times being
PB’s. To our parents that officiated (10 officials were required during the meet!) and Team Manager, a big
THANK YOU!!
Well done everyone.
A special “Thank You” Scott Deverson for your newsletters over the past swim year and
goodbye Phantom. We will miss the Phantom’s escapades!
Club Uniforms
Summer (long course) Season Starts