Seaside Pirates Masters Swimming Club

Seaside Pirates Goals and Objectives 2010 - 2011

Competition

The Seaside Pirates Club aims to be competitive at the highest level of Masters Swimming

Why

Setting challenges, commitment to training and team support is key to a successful club.

Objectives

•    We aim to win all three State titles in 2011

•    The Club will aim to form a strong team to compete at the 2011 Nationals in Perth WA with the specific goal of winning the Visitors Trophy

•    Member participation at our Club carnival at SOPAC to increase to a minimum of 50%

•    A coaching programme for 2011 to be published by Dec 31st with attention to the timing of the State and National swims

•    We will be repeating and look to increase participation in the Club Championships

Membership

The Seaside Pirates welcomes members to be part of a community of people who swim for fitness, friendship and fun

Why

To attract new members and motivate existing members to participate to their highest capacity, it is essential to provide an environment of connectedness and camaraderie.

Objectives

•    The Club will conduct at least 2 friendly relay competitions with Terrey Hills Masters

•    The 2010 Yearbook will be published by the end of February 2011

•    A social event will be held in December 2010 or January 2011 for the Club Championship presentation as well as two other social events during 2011.

•    The monthly post training breakfasts will continue

 Community

The Seaside Pirates is open to anyone willing to participate, regardless of ability

Why

A successful swimming club needs to be aware of opportunities to broaden its membership base in order to be sustainable, dynamic and a role model to other clubs.

Objectives 

•    The Club will participate in a friendly swim against Warringah Masters and Avalon Swimming Club at an ocean pool in March

•    In cooperation with a local surf club we'll run an ocean swim in 2011

•    A sponsorship program will be implemented, initially through the NSP website and developing throughout activities and merchandise.

•    A selection of fresh Club gear will be ordered and offered to members for purchase.

Notes

1.   The Club has always expected that members take part in carnivals and will be asking members to increase that commitment this year. The coaching program will be aimed towards competition goals but will not exclude members who are not able to take part in some competitions.

2.   The Committee will be seeking a member to act as organiser/co-ordinator for the Perth team.

3.   All members are invited to comment on and contribute to these Club goals

Club Championship Round 3 Results

Here are the results from Round 3 of the Club Championships on Sunday. I'll post the final placings tomorrow night when I've got them formatted nicely.

Download Club Championship Heat 3 Results

Paul

Swim program for the Club Championships

At the Club Championships event on October 17 you will be able to select from the following events:

1.  200m freestyle

2. 100m fly

3. 50m backstroke

4. 50m freestyle

5. 100m breaststroke

6. 200m fly

 

Club Championships

Hi everyone,

We would like to invite all Pirates to join us at the Long Course Championships at SOPAC on 23^rd and 24^th October, as we showed last Sunday it is great to have a large team to compete and support each other and we are all looking forward to an exciting contest.

As a lead up to this weekend we are holding our last club championship meet for the year at Narabeen pool on Sunday 17^th October at 4pm. Everyone is welcome, come and enjoy the race practise and stay for some afternoon tea and a chat.

The program will go up on the website in the next few days, and as before you can enter 3 events on the day.

Have a look at the State Long Course program and start to think about your events. If you are not sure which events to enter consult one of your coaches, they will only be too happy to assist you.

See you at training, and please bring your fins.

See you in the pool,

Jane

 

Pizza on Sunday

Hi everyone

Due to the early finish of our carnival , we have asked the restaurant to open early and feed the hungry Pirates.

The carnival is timed to finish at 3pm, the restaurant is now booked for 3.30pm, so it will be an early dinner, and I’m sure we will be very hungry  by this time.

See you all at 12pm for warm up  and 12.30pm for the start, please bring plenty of money for the raffle, Cathy has done a fantastic job on the raffle prizes and Rachel and her girls will be selling the tickets. Thanks to all the Pirates who have offered their services already, and hopefully everyone else will be on deck to timekeep in between your races.

See you at SOPAC.

Jane

Congratulations

Congratulations to Barry McLean on becoming a grandfather for the first time.

Upcoming carnivals

Hi everyone,

Happy Fathers Day to all the Fathers, do hope you were all treated like Kings yesterday.

Our Carnival is next Sunday, so there will be no training at Terrey Hills on Sunday morning. Warm up is at 12pm and the start will be at 12.30pm sharp.  It would be great if we could have all the Pirates who do not have a job timekeeping when they are not swimming, so please offer your services if you are not in the water.

If you are coming to the dinner after the carnival and have not yet let me know please do so ASAP as we need to let the restaurant know the numbers.

There are 2 more carnivals before the State Long Course in October which would be great for race practise. The Trinity Meet is on Saturday 25^th September, and is particularly good for all our 200metre swimmers, entries close this Friday so please send me your entries before then.

The Warringah Swim meet is on Saturday 9^th October. We always get a good representation from the Pirates at this meet, so please start to think about your events and email me your entry before the closing date of 25^th September.

Long Course State is not too far away (October 23-24^th) so we should be starting to select our events, I already have 3 very keen Pirate entries and am happy to take those entries as soon as you have decided on your events.

See everyone on Sunday.

Jane

Father's Day breakfast

This Sunday after training. Non-fathers also welcome.

News flash

David and Kaori Sloan are the proud parents of a baby girl born last night (Thursday 26th) just before midnight. Mum and Baby weighing 9.4lbs (4.2kg) are well.

Please note!

There will be no training on the morning of our carnival Sept. 12th at Terrey Hills as we will all be at SOPAC for the carnival.