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www.ripplesstmarys.swimming.org.au

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

SUMMER Season

2013/2014

9th December 2013

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

Metropolitan Championships

Diary Dates

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Swim Meets Closing Dates

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Website & ICT Update

.. From the Webmaster

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Christmas Party

Guessing Comp

RSVP

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MSW Open Water Results

Committee Vacancies

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Club Nights

Not coming to club night?

Long Course Club Records

Santa Mail

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Fundraising

Apparel

Technical Officials

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Back Page News

Next Club Night’s program

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Volunteers please sign the Volunteer

Register by 5.50pm for a 5.55pm time check

at the starting end of the pool.

All times are “unofficial” until processed and

checked by the Race Secretary and posted

on the club website.

Preview of TONIGHT’S swims

Monday 9th December 2013

EARLIER START TIME 6.00pm 50m outside pool

3 SWIMS ALLOWED

25/50/100m Freestyle

25/50/100m Breaststroke

25/50/100m Backstroke

25/50/100m Butterfly

200/400m Freechoice

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

Congratulations to the following swimmers, supported by Head Coach

Jenny Pilgrim, Assistant Coach Michael Faccin and Team Manager Paul

Malone who competed at the 2013 NSW Metropolitan Championships held

last weekend 7-8 December 2013 :

Joshua Baker, Maniah Betham, Jarrod Burgess, Adam Grant, Dezmond

Malone, Jared Malone, Joshua McCrorie, Cameron Slaughter, Jarred

Wright, Casey Bury, Jennifer Cooper, Megan Cooper, Lauren Dahl, Tiarne

Galvin, Jessica Grant, Rebecca Grant, Lucy Harris, Emily Hopcroft, Kayley

James, Hannah McCrorie, Molly McNamara, Abbey Slaughter and Bronwyn

Stockley. Results next week.

Swimming NSW Christmas and New Years Office Hours

Closed Mon 23 December 2013 5.00pm. Reopen Thurs 2 January 2014 9.00am.

16th December 2013 - Club Christmas Party

23rd December 2013 - NO CLUB NIGHT (Christmas Break)

30th December 2013 - NO CLUB NIGHT (Christmas Break)

6th January 2014 - CLUB NIGHTS RESUME

Diary Dates

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Entries & money to Lindsay Sparks by CLOSING DATE. Entries marked ‘CARNIVAL ENTRIES’ may be submitted via the GREEN BOX located in the Ripples Leisure Centre foyer.

CARNIVAL

MEET

MEET

DATE

ENTRY

TYPE

RIPPLES CLOSING

DATE

ONLINE CLOSING DATE/

WEBSITE/INFORMATION

Windsor

Development Meet

Sunday

9 February

ONLINE N/A Closing 4th February

Website to be advised

SOPAC

Qualifying Meet

Saturday 15

February

MULTI 10 January

Camden ASC Sunday MULTI 20 January

All manual entries for normal meets (as above) should be processed through the Carnival Registrar Lindsay Sparks.

Manual entries for MSW Cships, Metrops, State & National meets should be processed through Race Secretary Cherie Gregory.

The meets on page below are championships meets and entries should be processed online through the website of the host e.g. Metro South West, Swimming NSW or Swimming Australia.

For any queries e.g. entries for a short course meet using a long course qualifying time, please see Race Secretary Cherie Gregory.

CHAMPIONSHIP

MEET

MEET

DATE

ENTRY

TYPE

RIPPLES CLOSING DATE

(Split times only)

ONLINE CLOSING DATE/

WEBSITE

NSW State 10-12yrs Age Cships

Fri - Sat

17-18 January

Multi Monday

23 December

5pm Wed 8 January

NSW State 18-18yrs Age Cships

Mon - Sat

20-25 January

Multi Monday

23 December

5pm Wed 8 January

NSW State Open Championships

Fri - Sun

28 Feb-2 Mar

Multi Monday

17 February

5pm Wed 19 February

NSW National Prep Meet

Sat - Sun

15-16 March

Multi Monday

3 March

5pm Wed 5 March

If you submit ONLINE ENTRIES for any meets

If you place ONLINE entries for any meet, please email Race Secretary Cherie Gregory

rmhijacc@optusnet.com.au with the following information so that your results can be

collected and recorded on the club database: Swimmer’s Name, Meet Name and Date.

It is essential that you inform the Race Secretary so that your personal best times are

recorded in the club database and can be considered when relay teams are being

selected.

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Our new club website was launched this week along with a new web address www.ripplesstmarys.swimming.org.au.

There are also new web addresses for Swimming Australia, Swimming NSW, Metro South West among others.

Please see page 8. We have been advised that a ‘redirection’ from all IMG websites will still be in place for some

time.

ONLINE CLUB NIGHT ENTRIES WILL BE ENTERED THROUGH THE NEW CLUB

WEBSITE with access on the Homepage and also under the COMPETITION /

Online Club Night Entries Menu.

The “ONLINE CLUB NIGHT ENTRIES” button on the homepage is not display-

ing at present but the hyperlink still works if you click on the blank box with ‘x’

it will still transfer you to the Online Club Night Entries page. This is a bug

which was fixed during the test phase but has presented again in the ‘live’

system. We hope that it won’t be too long before it is fixed.

Some of the internal website hyperlinks have been removed but will soon be connected to the live system pages. All

pages are still accessible from the top drop down menus and sub menus.

If you experience any problems with menus out of place etc in Internet Explorer, try to view the website in

’compatibility’ mode which can be accessed on the right of the top address bar by clicking on the icon that looks like

a set of jagged teeth.

As new features are released to us, we will be implementing them on a ’live system’. If you encounter any problems,

please just email me at sueheaslip@hotmail.com. The club facebook page may be accessed from the Footer Menu.

To submit Online Club Night

entries - click on the “Online

Club Night Entries” icon on

the homepage .

Although the

website is up and

running, there

are a number of

tasks to be done

before our new

ICT system

ClubLANE is fully

operational i.e.

online member-

ships etc.

Thank you to the

following commit-

tee members who

have been work-

ing with Swim-

ming NSW to

achieve this :

Cherie Gregory

Lindsay Sparks

Glyn Stockley

Sue Heaslip

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Westfield Mt Druitt

You are invited to the Club Christmas Party on Monday 16th December at

6.00pm. There will be a free sausage sandwich for members and their families and fun ac-

tivities including the Ripples Family and fun relays. There may even be a surprise for the

kids!Please fill out the RSVP slip so that we can provide adequate BBQ supplies.

Please wear something Christmassy and don’t forget the Christmas Guessing Competition

will be drawn as well. Tickets are on sale at $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. See Sue Cornish.

If you would like to take home some Christmas Guessing

Competition tickets to sell, please see Sue Cornish at the

BBQ.

Please keep those hamper or gift donations coming in.

Some suggestions, but be creative : Christmas cake,

pudding, lollies, chips, snacks, soft drinks, juice, coffee,

tea, milo, nuts, sauces, pickled onions, gerkins, tinned

ham, salmon, beetroot, tinned fruit, custard, jellies,

biscuits, Christmas decorations, paper etc, etc, etc.

Please check the "use by date" and only non perishable

items please.

Thank you to Joe’s Meat Market of Mt Druitt who will be

donating a ham for a prize.

Gift donations will also be used as prizes.

TICKETS $1.00 each

1st Prize : Jolly Santa Christmas Hamper

2nd Prize : Mrs Claus Christmas Hamper

3rd Prize : Elf Christmas Hamper

plus lots more prizes

Parents are encouraged to swim in the Family Relays. Please come to the clubhouse and get

an entry form. Entries close tonight so we can work out the program for next week.

Please fill in this form and hand in at the clubhouse.

CATERING PURPOSES ONLY. Yes, we will be coming on 16th December

2013!

Family Name : ________________________________________________________________

Number of adults : _______________ Number of children : _______________________

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Congratulations to the following medalists who competed at the 2013 Metro South West Open

Water Championships on Sunday 1st December 2013. Apologies to those medalists who were

incorrectly reported last week due to the visitors’ placings.

Nominations are invited from club members

for the following positions:

Member Protection Officer

Social Committee Member (2)

Management Committee (1)

Please consider

nominating for a

role on the club

committee.

Meetings are held monthly.

Non swimmer membership fees paid.

Nominations from registered club members in

writing should be addressed to the Club

Secretary David Fitzpatrick.

Nominations will also be accepted from the

floor at the next General Committee Meeting to

be held on 18th December 2013 at 7.00pm.

Self nominations are welcome.

Nominees must be a registered club member

and at least 16yrs of age for the Social Commit-

tee and at least 18yrs for other committee

positions.

“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.

Jennifer Cooper Girls 12-13yrs 5km

Molly McNamara Girls 16yrs 5km

Jarrod Burgess Boys 12-13yrs 5km

James Gollan Boys Open 10km

Joshua McCrorie Boys 15yrs 5km

Jarred Wright Boys 14yrs 5km

James Gollan Boys 16yrs 5km

7.00pm Wednesday

18th December 2013

Blue Lagoon Room

* Everyone is welcome although only

members over the age of 16yrs are

entitled to vote.

Special thanks to the coaches and team manager

who supported the team.

Special mention to other swimmers who competed:

Lauren Dahl, Jessica Grant,

Rebecca Grant, Emily Hopcroft,

Hannah McCrorie and Chloe Spears

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Entries for each Monday club night will be via the ONLINE CLUB NIGHT entries

page located on the club website homepage www.ripplesstmarys.nswswimming.com.au

Please check the club website and facebook page for updates.

NOT COMING TO CLUB NIGHT ??

If you have already submitted entries and can’t

make it, please notify Cherie Gregory by

4.15pm so that your entries can be withdrawn

from the club night program.

Text or email your NAME : Text : 0407 408 654 or

Email : rmhijacc@optusnet.com.au

ENTRIES FOR CLUB NIGHTS

WILL CLOSE at 5.00pm

on the FRIDAY PRIOR.

Congratulations to the above record breakers

Date Swimmer Category Distance/Stroke Time

02/12/13 Joshua Baker Boys 15yrs 50m Butterfly 29.46

02/12/13 Joshua Baker Boys 15yrs 200m Butterfly 2.31.85

Remember to write your letter to Santa this Christmas.

Australia Post will once again work with Santa's elves to

ensure children who write a letter to Santa at his special address receive a reply.

Remember to write the address clearly, place a 60c stamp on the envelope and don't forget to include

your return address on the back of the envelope, so Santa knows where to send a reply. Santa's special

address is: Santa - NORTH POLE 9999

An Australia Post postie meets Santa at a secret location to hand over

children's letters. Every child who lives in Australia and writes to Santa will

receive a special reply.

Why not try an Online Interactive Santa Letter this

year and save on postage?

* For more information or other Christmas activities including jigsaws,

puzzles, memory games, Where’s Rudolph ,writing templates, letterhead

pages, go to

auspost.com.au/education/santamail/students

Santa

NORTH POLE 9999

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$2.00 each

Please keep supporting Lucky Squares.

Be in it, to win it!

If you have not collected

your CLUB SHIRT or

your Winter gifted

swimmers, please see Rachel.

Payment is required before collecting

the club shirt.

Other items available :

Silicone club caps $8.50

SWIM BAGS

ON SALE.

Reduced to

$30.00

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.”

Spectator $3.00

* Spectator Pass $50.00

(20 visits = $2.50 per visit)

Child Swim $5.00

* Child Swim Pass $78.00

(20 visits = $3.90 per visit

Both the Spectator Pass and 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 prices at any time.

If you would like to learn about gaining a Technical Official credential please talk to Karen Hope. Things to remember:

* New Technical Officials are always in demand.

* Technical Officials provide the swimming community with a precious gift - time.

* Without Technical Officials there will be no swim meets and the swimmers have no competition.

* Every time you work at a swim meet you help young Australians achieve their goals and stay healthy.

Why not obtain an official credential for the work you do when volunteering?

Please support our Christmas Guessing

Competition by bringing in a few items to

put towards making up some Christmas

Hampers.

More information on page 4 or talk to Sue

Cornish.

Special recognition to

Rachel Heaslip and

Sue Heaslip who were

named by Swimming

NSW as having recently

achieved their

Timekeeper

accreditation.

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Ripples St Marys Swimming Club - www.ripplesstmarys.swimming.org.au

Swimming Metro South West -

To be advised

Swimming NSW - www.nsw.swimming.org.au

Swimming Australia - www.swimming.org.au

BBQ at “Ripples by the Pool”

Sandwiches are available with onions (when available) and include the sauce of your choice

Sausage Sandwich $ 2.50

Egg & Bacon Roll $ 3.00

Bacon & Sausage on a Roll $ 3.50

Triple Treat $ 4.00

(Sausage, Egg & Bacon) Beef or Pork Rissole Roll $ 4.00 (includes lettuce & mayo)

Additional Egg or Bacon (each) $ 0.50

Cans of Soft Drink or Water $ 1.00

** Prepaid orders will be taken * Located outside the clubhouse

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!

2nd December 2013

Times achieved on the above date are

LONG COURSE ‘official times’ and can

be used as qualifying or

entry times for meets.

Official results are on the club website.

www.ripplesstmarys.nswswimming.com.au Preview of NEXT CLUB NIGHT’S swims

Monday 6th January 2014

EARLIER START TIME 6.00pm 50m outside pool

3 SWIMS ALLOWED TONIGHT

25/50/100m Breaststroke

25/50/100m Backstroke

25/50/100m Butterfly

25/50/100m Freestyle

200m Freechoice

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 & close at 5pm on Friday 3rd January 2014

PLEASE COME PREPARED TO ASSIST

Just a reminder that running

is NOT PERMITTED around

the pool as it can lead tom

injury to either yourself,

others or both.

Please WALK and KEEP

EVERYONE SAFE.