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www.ripplesstmarys.swimming.org.au

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

SUMMER Season

2017/2018

18th December 2017

Ripples St Marys Swimming Club Inc.

P O Box 111 St Marys NSW 1790 Operating out of

Ripples Leisure Centre Charles Hackett Dr

St Marys 2760

Tonight’s swims

State Cships

Christmas

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Swim Meets

Bathurst Meet

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State Champion-ships Results

Entry to Ripples Leisure Centre on Club Nights

Christmas Break

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Pacific School Games

School Carnivals

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Club Captains’ Christmas Message

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Ripples LC Meet Program

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Club Nights 7

Team App

Starting Over the Top

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Club Champion-ships

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Which Christmas Carol is it?

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Child supervision club nights/meets

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Congratulations and good luck to the following swimmers, supported by

Head Coach Michael Faccin who will compete at the 2017 NSW 13-18 Years

State Championships to be held 15-20 December 2017 at SOPAC:

Johua Auld Teone Fava

Charli Goldmann Kerri Tiems

To All the Members and their Families

I would like to thank you all for your support throughout the Year.

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and may 2018 bring lots of PB`s

Best wishes Glyn and Family

TONIGHT - 18th December 2017

FREE BBQ dinner for all club members and their families.

Fun novelty events

On behalf of the committee of Ripples St Marys Swimming Club,

we wish you all a safe and happy Christmas.

Our next scheduled club night will be Monday 8th January 2018.

Entries will close Friday 5th January 2018 via the club website.

NO CLUB NIGHTS

Monday 25th December 2017

Monday 1st January 2018

More information on page 3.

Ripples LC Qualifying Meet

Sunday 4th March 2018

Ripples Leisure Centre

Entries NOW OPEN

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All enquiries regarding swim meets should be directed to Race Secretary Charmaine Auld.

CARNIVAL MEET

MEET DATE

RIPPLES CLOSING

DATE

ONLINE CLOSING

DATE

WEBSITE/VENUE/ INFORMATION

*Bathurst City Qualifying Meet

TARGETTED MEET

Sunday 21 January

Friday 12 January

https://bathurst.swimming.org.au

Ripples LC Qualifying Meet

Sunday 4 March

Friday 23 February or when 5:00pm timeline is met

https://

ripplesstmarys.swimming.org.au

* Targetted Meet—coaches in attendance

CHAMPIONSHIP MEET

MEET DATE

RIPPLES CLOSING

DATE ONLINE

CLOSING DATE WEBSITE/VENUE/

INFORMATION

NSW State Open Championships

19-21 January 2018

5pm Tuesday 9 January 2018

SOPAC nsw.swimming.org.au

Australian Open & Age Open Water Cships

26-28 January

Brighton Beach SA www.swimming.org.au

Australian Swimming Championships

28 February - 3 March

Gold Coast QLD www.swimming.org.au

NSW Speedo Sprint Series Final

10 March

SOPAC nsw.swimming.org.au

Australian Age Championships

21-28 April

SOPAC www.swimming.org.au

Bathurst City Qualifying Meet - Sunday 21st January 2018

COACHES WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE

Online entries close Friday 12th January 2018 via https://bathurst.swimming.org.au

** Enquiries about the meet or accommodation

for the Saturday night should be directed to

Race Secretary Charmaine Auld either :

on Monday night during club night or

via mobile 0409 456 595

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Spectator $3.00

Child Swim $5.00

* Child Swim Pass $45.00

(10 visits = $4.50 per visit

The Child Swim Pass may be

shared between family members

or friends.

Ripples

Leisure

Centre

Squad members

who possess a

CURRENT

Monthly

Squad Pass

are entitled to

FREE ENTRY

Ripples Leisure Centre reserves the right to change entry prices at any time.

Parents attending club night are required to pay the Ripples Leisure Centre

spectator fee.

CHRISTMAS BREAK

NO CLUB NIGHTS

Monday 25th December 2017

Monday 1st January 2018

Club nights resume

on Monday

8th January 2018.

Entries close at

5:00pm Friday 5th

January 2018

Congratulations to Lachlan Becroft and Noelle Ramirez, supported by Head Coach

Michael Faccin who contested the 2017 NSW State Open & Age Open Water Championships

held at SIRC Penrith 9-10 December 2017.

Lachlan Becroft - 15yrs Boys - 1:15:26:56

Noelle Ramirez - 13yrs Girls - 1:16:30:42

Congratulations to Lauren Reason, supported by Head Coach Michael Faccin who

competed at the 2017 NSW 10U-12 Years State Championships held 12-13 December 2017

at SOPAC. Lauren competed in the Girls 12 Years 100m Breaststroke. Well done Lauren.

Please note that entry fees into Ripples

Leisure Centre are payable on club nights.

The fee structure is shown on the left.

Spectators and children are required to

pay the required fees upon entry.

The exception is Ripples Leisure Centre

Squad members who possess a current

monthly squad pass who are entitled to

free entry.

11th December 2017 Times achieved on the above date are LONG

COURSE ‘official times’ and can be used as

qualifying / entry times for meets.

Official results are on the club website.

www.ripplesstmarys.swimming.org.au

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It’s school carnival time again and we would love to know your proudest achievement!

Please email your proudest achievement of EACH LEVEL of

PARTICIPATION to sueheaslip@hotmail.com for publication

in the club newsletter. Examples :

Sarah Jones - Cityville Public School - Junior Girls Age Champion

John Jones - City High School - Boys 14yrs 50m Freestyle - 3rd pl 28.98

Amy Jones - Cityville Catholic Primary - competed in first school carnival

Joshua Auld - Glenmore Park High School

Josh went to Adelaide earlier this month to represent NSW at

the Pacific School Games.

The games can be described as School Sport Nationals but

with a number of International Teams competing as well.

This year as well as teams from all the Australian States,

there were teams from Macau, India, China, Singapore, The

Philippines, New Zealand, Fiji, New Caledonia and Pakistan.

The opportunity to compete at PSG generally occurs once

every four years and he was fortunate enough to gain a spot in

the NSW Team this year.

He competed in 4 events, 2 Individual events and 2 relays at

the Pacific School Games Championships.

Finishing 8th out of 17 swimmers in the 15/16’s Boys 200m

Breaststroke and 14th out of 27 swimmers in the 15years

Boys 50 Freestyle.

He was also part of the NSW Team that came 4th in the Mixed

10x50 Freestyle Relay and 6th in the 15/16’s 4x50m Freestyle Relay.

If anyone has a Working With

Children Check Number that

they have not yet provided to

the club, could they please

provide these details to the

Club Secretary Nadia Delessert for entry

into the club’s Working With Children

Check Register.

Name, WWCC Number and date of birth

are required. Please see Nadia Delessert.

The club newsletter is now on Team App and the club website.

If you would like the club newsletter delivered to your phone or mobile device, please download Team App and turn on push notifications.

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2017-2018 Club Captains

Joshua

Auld

Kerri

Tiems

2017-2018 Club Vice Captains

Connor

Burke

Teone

Fava

Congratulations Ripples for a fantastic year full

of laughter, fun and of course, racing!

On behalf of the captains, we would like to say

thankyou for a fantastic year of racing and fun!

We would also like to thank the committee for

their support with the club, as they are the

reason we are here.

Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy New Year

Josh, Kerri, Connor and Teone,

Your Club Captains

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Club night entries should be submitted by navigating through the Meet Events Schedule on the

club website located at www.ripplesstmarys.swimming.org.au. Locate the week you would

like to place entries for and click on ‘detail’ and then click ‘enter’ which will take you to the

online entries screen to enter your swims. Entries will close at 5pm on the Friday prior.

The first event will be marshalled at 5.50pm for a 6.00pm start. Parents please sign

the Volunteer Register and be ready for a 5.55pm time check. Family volunteering is part of the eligibility criteria for swimmers to complete in Club

Championships (see page 8 of the 2017/2018 Summer Club Book).

If entries have not been received by the 5pm Friday deadline, the Race Secretary will send a

reminder on Team App to all families. Entries will be accepted after the reminder has gone

out, providing they are received Friday evening.

No entries will be accepted after Friday evening.

If entries have been submitted and a swimmer/parent

does not notify the Race Secretary by 4pm on the Monday

of their withdrawal from events for that night, they may be

ineligible to swim on the following Monday night.

Text or email Charmaine Auld your NAME to : Text : 0409 456 595 or Email : Ripples_RaceSec@outlook.com

Swimmers are reminded of the expectations whilst in Marshalling, that co operation and quietly

listening to instructions is essential for club night to run efficiently.

Some tips :

be on time for your event

wait QUIETLY so that everyone can hear instructions

SIT in your allocated heat and lane when marshalled

Swimmers who are late for their event without good cause or swimmers who are not giving their full

cooperation will be referred to the Referee and may not be allowed to swim their event.

Swimmers who wish to swim distances of 200m and beyond MUST HAVE achieved the

required break times as published on page 7 of the 2017-2018 Summer Club Book.

If you have not yet picked up your 2017-2018 Summer Club Book, please collect it tonight

from the Race Secretary. It is also available on Team App under Meet Programs and on the

club website under Competition / Online Club Night Entries.

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Entering Carnival Meets?

If entering a carnival meet via the online

system, please inform the Race Secretary of

your entries so that results can be obtained

from the host club / organisation.

This will be especially important that your

personal best swim times are recorded on the

club database when selections for relay teams

are being considered.

“Over the top” Starts may be implemented at the Referee’s discretion on club nights to speed up proceedings on any events of distances of 100m or over.

After completing a Freestyle, Butterfly or Breaststroke event, the competitor stays in the water against the wall until after the start of the next race.

For Backstroke, competitors will position themselves on the lane rope two meters from the wall. When the following competitor dives over the top of the previous swimmer, he may leave the water.

Ripples St Marys Swimming Club places a high

priority on communicating to our members and

the greater community. In addition to our club

website and facebook page, the club has added

Team App to our communications technology.

Team App is a customised smartphone app

which is available for download from both the

Apple App Store and Google Play for access on

mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads and

android devices as well as being accessible

from the Team App website. Please follow the

instructions on the left to download the App

and register to have access to the ‘member on-

ly’ content. The App can also be accessed via

the internet: www.ripples.teamapp.com.

The club newsletter as well as other important

news and announcements will now be available

on the club website and Team App.

Team App members who have their ‘push noti-

fications’ enabled will receive the newsletter

and other notices direct to their mobile device.

Please continue to view our website and

facebook pages regularly as new content is

uploaded regularly.

Volunteers, please sign the Volunteer Register to record your volunteer participation and collect equipment by 5.50pm for a 5.55pm

time check at the starting end of the pool.

Tonight and every club night is dependent on the assistance

of each family.

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100m events for 7-9 years ?

The 100m events for the 7-9yrs age

group are DISTANCE Championship

events.

100m events for the 10yrs/over age groups are AGE Championship events.

Category DISTANCE EVENTS

Junior

7-9yrs

100m Free/Back/Breast/Fly

Interme-diate

10-12yrs

200m Free/Back/Breast/Fly

400m Free

Youth

13-15yrs

200m Free/Back/Breast/Fly

400m/800m/1500m Free

400m Individual Medley

Senior

16yrs/Over

200m Free/Back/Breast/Fly

400m/800m/1500m Free

400m Individual Medley

Age AGE EVENTS

6yrs/Under 25m in all strokes

7-9yrs 50m in all strokes

10yrs—Veterans 50m & 100m in all strokes & 200m IM

Qualifying ends 12th February 2018 Qualifying ends 15th January 2018

Qualifying swims are listed at right

To qualify for the Perpetual Trophy Final to

be contested on the 19th March 2018, you

must :

Swim at least 3 qualifying FREESTYLE

swims for your age group (right) by End

of Pointscore 12th February 2018

Fastest 3 boys and fastest 3 girls in

each age category will be nominated for

the Final

Event run on a handicap basis

More information on Page 10 of your

club book

Age

Category

Qualifying FREESTYLE

swims

Perpetual

Trophy

6 & under 3 X 25m swims Timelec Tiny Tots

7 & 8 yrs 3 X 50m swims McDonald’s

9 & 10 yrs 3 X 50m swims Big Wheels

11 & 12yrs 3 X 100m swims Frank Law

13 & 14 yrs 3 X 100m swims Jesrac

15-34 yrs 3 X 100m swims Austral Plumbing

35yrs/Over 3 X 50m swims President’s

Just a reminder that running is NOT PERMITTED around the pool as it can lead to

injury to either yourself, others or both. Please WALK and KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.

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Answers :

1. Santa Claus is Coming to Town 2. Silent Night 3. Deck the Halls 4. The Little Drummer Boy 5. Feliz Navidad

6. I Saw Three Ships 7. Joy to the World 8. Jolly Old St. Nicholas 9. Let it Snow 10. Come All Ye Faithful

11. All I Want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth 12. Noel 13. Walking in a Winter Wonderland

14. We Three Kings 15. O Christmas Tree 16.Away in a Manger 17. Silver Bells 18. Do You Hear What I Hear?

19. The Twelve Days of Christmas 20. (I'm Dreaming of a) White Christmas 21. Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

1. Jolly guy in a red-suit is visiting your city

2. Quiet darkness

3. Decorate the narrow parts of the house

4. The small percussionist

5. Spanish holiday greeting

6. I caught a glimpse of a group of vessels

7. Great happiness for the planet

8. Blithe, over the hill Kris Kringle

9. Allow it to precipitate

10. Approach, all who are loyal

11. A very practical Christmas wish that would make eating easier

12. A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

13. A jaunt through a cold, snowy area of amazement

14. A trio of tiny leaders

15. A holiday bush of circular letters

16. Elsewhere in a cradle

17. Argent percussion instruments

18. .Are your ears interpreting the same sounds that mine are?

19. 96 divided by 8, 24-hour periods of celebration in honour of Christ's birth

Try and trick Mum,

Dad, Nan or Pop

with these!

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CHILD SUPERVISION CLUB NIGHTS / CARNIVALS

“Swimmers under the age of sixteen years must have adequate supervision (by a

person aged sixteen years or older) in attendance for the duration of club nights

or carnivals.

Any swimmers being identified in attendance at either a carnival or on club night without adequate supervision, will not be allowed to

compete until his or her parent carer arrives to assume the supervisory responsibility for that swimmer.”

Thank you to everyone who volunteers and helps our sport of swimming run so efficiently including club nights and carnival meets.

Thank you to the technical officials including referees, starters & timekeepers as well as our family volunteers.

There would be no meets and club nights without you! Well done!

www.ripplesstmarys.swimming.org.au

Please check the club website, Team App

and facebook pages to keep up with the

latest club information.

Team App and the club facebook page may

be accessed from the website home page.

Preview of NEXT WEEK’S swims

Monday 8th January 2018

START TIME 6.00pm 50m OUTDOOR pool

3 SWIMS ALLOWED

*25m Jnr Dolphins events

25/50/100m Backstroke

25/50/100m Butterfly

25/50/100m Freestyle

25/50/100m Breaststroke

200/400m Freechoice

* order will be at Race Secretary’s discretion

Swimmers are NOT permitted to swim 25m, 50m or 100m of the SAME stroke on the SAME night

Swimmers must be 6 years and over to attempt any 100m swims

Swimmers must be 9 years and over to attempt any 200m swims

Swimmers must be 10 years and over to attempt any 400m swims

Entries are via the club website & will close at 5pm on Friday

5th January 2018

are “unofficial” until processed and checked

by the Race Secretary and posted on the

club website.

SIGN THE VOLUNTEER REGISTER TO RECORD YOUR VOLUNTEER PARTICIPATION

Volunteers, please sign the Volunteer Register to record your volunteer participation and collect

equipment by 5.50pm for a 5.55pm time check at the starting end of the pool.

Tonight and every club night is dependent on the assistance of each family.

Swimmers in the first event of the night, please be present in the Marshalling Area at 5.55pm to be placed in to your heats and lanes.

Please BE QUIET in the Marshalling Area and LISTEN to the Marshal’s and

Check Starter’s instructions.