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2016-2017 Member Information Booklet Canowindra Swimming Club
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2016-2017
Member Information Booklet
Canowindra Swimming Club
President’s Welcome
On behalf of the committee of Canowindra Swimming Club, I would like to take this opportunity in welcoming you and your family to our club. Canowindra has a great reputation of being a warm, friendly club, one in which the committee are striving to maintain. As a club we belong to the Mountain and Plains Swimming Area, Swimming NSW and Swimming Australia. Club nights cannot run without the involvement of all parents and senior members. We need to be actively involved, to make club nights and activities run smoothly. All current members are encouraged to offer guidance to those who are new, and unsure of our procedures, as well as making them feel welcome and a part of our club. This season, the club will introduce individual Age Champions and runners up, for the following age groups, 8yrs & under, 9 - 16 yrs and seniors. Points will be allocated to swimmers for placing in their individual events across the club championships. The points will be accumulated, with the highest pointscorer crowned champion of their respective age group.
The club continues to move forward inline with other swim clubs, and this year sees the introduction of entering club nights online, through the swimming club website. This will hopefully streamline the entry process, and help eliminate any misunderstandings, which occurred in previous seasons.
Once again our annual carnival was a huge success, not just from a swimming perspective, it was also financially rewarding for the club. Many thanks to the people involved and contributing to its success. Our club Carnival this season is scheduled for 12th February 2017, and I urge all of our members to be a part of this event and demonstrate their support for the club. The carnival is the biggest fundraiser for the club.
I encourage you to become actively involved in the club, to make it stronger for all. I wish you all the best for the upcoming season.
Tracey CrampPresident Canowindra Swimming Club
PRESIDENT Tracey Cramp [email protected]
VICE PRESIDENT Matthew Rice [email protected]
SECRETARY Kristy Cleary [email protected]
TREASURER Rebecca O’Dea [email protected]
REGISTRAR Sharon Hawker [email protected]
RACE SECRETARY Tom Ward [email protected] CANOWINDRA SWIMMING CLUB [email protected]
COMMITTEE MEMBERS Andrew Holmes Jarrod Strange
LIFE MEMBERS John Quill * Michael Finn *Dale Sherwin Sally WallaceLynn Russell
* Deceased
COACH Chris Rowston [email protected]
A person must be a financial member of Canowindra Swimming Club to be eligible to stand for a position on the committee and to vote at the AGM.
The committee will have regular monthly meetings to which all members are welcome to attend, however, only financial members that are 16 years and over are eligible to vote on motions put before the meetings.
Office Bearers 2016 - 2017
prescribed drugs are forbidden. Any illegal behaviour will be referred to the police.
Smoking, drinking of alcoholic beverages, or taking non
Show respect and recognition for your opponents, their skills and achievements.
Be a good sport, be friendly to all participants. No criticism by word or action. Control your temper and your language. Compete according to the competition conditions and rules Be a good sport and team player. Be fair, considerate and honest in all dealings with others. Be professional and accept responsibility for your actions. Respect the rights, dignity and value of others.
The attitude and behaviour of swimmers and their families when with the Club is expected to be exemplary.
All members and their families should make themselves familiar with the Code at the Swimming Australia website: www.swimming.org.au
Canowindra Swimming Club abides by Swimming Australia’s Codes of Conduct.
The Club Night focus is on individual improvement and enjoyment of swimming.
We aim to create an environment which is fun, where children can enjoy both the competitive and social aspects of swimming while introducing them to racing, and encouraging them to achieve their full potential, regardless of their age.
The club’s philosophy is to promote swimming and to provide a first step into the world of club swimming for younger children.
Aims of Canowindra Swimming club
Racing commences at 6.00pm sharp, so we encourage members to arrive at 5.45pm.
Club nights are great fun and everyone can be involved! They provide younger swimmers with race practice and are held regularly on Friday nights.
FRIDAY NIGHTS – PLEASE HELP! Swimming Club cannot exist without the help of all parents
CLUB NIGHTS
There will be a no swimming club on 23rd Dec 2016 and 30th Dec 2016, or 6th January 2017, with club nights to resume 13th January 2017.
21st October 2016 - 10th March 2017
A membership fee of $20.00 is available for non-swimming members (for parents/caregivers) to vote at meetings and covers public liability insurance.
These fees are to be paid to the Registrar before competing with the club. The joining fee covers registration with Swimming Australia, $25.00, Swimming NSW, $38.00, Mountains and Plains Swimming, $3.00, with balance to the Canowindra SC.
Junior Membership is available to swimmers 7 years and under at $20.00.
Membership fee for 2016/17 season, is $90.00 for the first and second swimmer in a family, $82.00 for the third family member, and $75.00 for each swimmer in a family thereafter.
For insurance purposes ALL swimmers MUST be registered as a swimmer before taking part in any Swimming Club races or carnivals.
Canowindra Swimming Club fees will be set by the Committee, prior to the new season.
Fees and Registrations
Swim Season
For further information phone: 0410554230
Chris Rowston is the club coach, conducting training sessions on Monday and Wednesday afternoons.
This decision will be made before 5.00pm on the club day. If unsure please phone after 5pm the Canowindra Pool 63441264 to check if the club night has been cancelled.
The Committee Members will decide when a Club Night should be abandoned due to inclement weather and the conditions deemed unsafe for swimming. Should Cub night be cancelled, entries do not carry over to the following week, swimmers must re-enter for the next week.
This is a great way, for the parents of younger swimmers in particular, to learn about swimming as a sport. New parents will be made very welcome.
It is expected parents who do not take up a position at the beginning of the night, will relieve some of these positions throughout the night, to give all parents a break and an opportunity to watch their children swim.
Starter
Chief Timekeeper
Timekeepers - 6 Timekeepers (1 per lane)
Check Starter - Ensure Swimmers are in their allocated lanes
Marshall - Marshall Swimmers into heats and lanesThe assistance we require is in the form of:
To enable us to run our club nights efficiently and leave the pool at a reasonable time, we require helpers.
Cancellation of Swim Club
Squad Training
25m Backstroke50m Freestyle
25m Freestyle All swimmers are eligible to swim 25m freestyle as these will incorporate the “Spoon” heats
all form strokes and Individual Medley)Special Event (100m or 200m events which includes freestyle,
Remember if a club night is cancelled, entries do not carry over to the following week, you must re-enter online.
Swimmers are reminded to wear the appropriate swimwear as approved by FINA where possible.
NB: Correct technique should also be considered when graduating from 25m to 50m events, in particular Butterfly and Breaststroke
Butterfly – 45 secondsBreaststroke – 45 seconds Backstroke - 40seconds
A 25m time guide for progression from a 25m event to a 50m event is: Freestyle - 35 seconds
Swimmers, who have progressed to swimming 50m events, are ineligible to compete in the 25m events, apart from the 25m freestyle, as these will incorporate the “Spoon” heats.
Events of 25m are reserved for beginners of that particular stroke
Swimmers who miss this deadline or simply just turn up on club night, may only be able to swim if a spare lane is available on the race program. However their times are unable to be integrated into the automated system and therefore cannot be officially recorded, nor will it count towards the pointscore or club championship swims.
Entries close 6pm Wednesday night of each week, NO late entries will be accepted - NO Entry NO Swim
You will need your ClubLane login. Look for the club night and click on details , login to enter events.
All entries for Club nights will be made online through the clubs website http://www.canowindra.swimming.org.au
ENTRIES for CLUB NIGHTS
Order of Events
50m Backstroke25m Breaststroke50m Breaststroke25m Butterfly50m ButterflySpoon finals will be incorporated into the program at the discretion of the committee.Relay
The committee has the right to alter the swimming program if necessary to suit the needs of the Club, particularly if the night’s program appears to be running behind schedule.
All events, apart from the Spoon and relay events, will be scratch events, whereby all swimmers will start their event at the sound of the starting signal. The Spoon and relay events will be handicapped events.
All swimmers will swim an initial time trial for each event, whereby they will be seeded into heats for the club night’s program, pursuant to their best recorded time, for that particular event.
Starting Procedure once the competitor is behind their block:
The starter will give a long whistle to signal competitors to take their position on the blocks, or in the water for backstroke or when medley relays are being swum.
The starter will then give the precautionary command “take your marks” and competitors will immediately take up their starting positions at the front of the blocks, or in the water starting position for backstroke. They must then remain stationary.
When all competitors are stationary the starter will give the starting signal.
Canowindra Swimming Club follows all rules set down by FINA, the world’s governing Swimming Authority. On club nights we will not disqualify, but speak with children who have stroke deficiencies, and help swimmers to follow the rules, to ensure they do not get disqualified at representative meets, or the Club Championships.
If you have entered and fail to swim on a given club night, that entry doesn’t count as a swim, you must swim to qualify.
If a club night is washed out and you have entered, this will count as having swum for that night.
To qualify for the Club Championships, a swimmer must have competed six times in each stroke, over the course of the season. This only equates to 6 nights out of a total of 15 club nights to qualify.
Club Championships will be conducted at the end of the season, from 24thth February 2017 to 10th March 2017.
For the purpose of calculating points, best times are updated weekly.
1 point – 2 seconds or more slower than best time2 points – 1.0-1.9 seconds slower than best time3 points – 0.1 - 0.9 seconds slower than best time4 points – first swim at distance or equal to best time5 points – 0.1- 0.9 seconds faster than best time6 points – 1.0 - 1.9 seconds faster than best time7 points – 2 seconds or more faster than best timeCompetition points are awarded for club night events as follows:POINT SCORE CALCULATION FOR SWIMMERS
Senior15/16 years13/14 years11/12 years9/10 years8 and underPOINTSCORE AGE GROUPS
Age for the yearly point score is taken as of 24th February 2017 and is divided into boys and girls.
Points will be only allocated to 50m events, with the exception of 8 years and under which will include 25m events.
The point score system is designed to reward ALL swimmers on the basis of personal performance, and will commence from 21st October 2016.
Pointscore
Club Championships
Entries for the carnivals are usually done online through the respective clubs websites. Further enquiries regarding Club carnivals can be made with the Club’s Race Secretary, Tom Ward. (NB. Ages for carnivals are taken as age on the day of the carnival).
Sunday 12 Canowindra Carnival CanowindraSat & Sun 4-5 MPS Summer Champs LithgowFEBRUARY
Sunday 22 Bathurst Carnival BathurstJANUARY
Sunday 27 Forbes Carnival ForbesSunday 19-20 Cowra Carnival CowraSat & Sun 12-13 Parkes Carnival ParkesNOVEMBER
Carnival dates to remember for this season are as follows:
We encourage all swimmers to participate and ask the help of parents to run this day successfully.
This season the Carnival will be held on Sunday, 12th February , 2017.
Club Championship Program will be advised closer to the date.
Swimmers’ ages for the season are taken as of February 24, 2017 (1st Club Championship night)
and will be disqualified under the same rules, including the one start rule.Swimmers are expected to perform strokes in accordance with FINA rules
This year the club will conduct the Championships in Individual Age Groups, 8yrs & under, 9-16yrs, and Seniors. Points will be allocated from race results over the three nights, where an Age Champion and Runner up will be awarded.
Canowindra Swimming Carnival
Venue to be advised, once finalised.
Presentation Night has been scheduled for 24th March 2017, which will also include the Annual General Meeting, when all Executive positions will be filled for the following season.
This rule is originally from the 1950’s, when Swimming Club first started, and the club continues to carry on the tradition today.
The most important rule about the “Spoon” is, if a swimmer improves their time by more the 1 second they are ineligible to progress any further.
The winner of each semi progresses to the Final, handicapped in the same manner according to their times. The winner of the Spoon is the one who touches first, providing they have not improved their time by too much.
If there were 72 swimmers in the heats, therefore 12 heats, then the first 2 swimmers would progress to the semis, creating 6 semis.
After the 25m freestyle heats have been swum, the first two or three place getters are placed into semi finals, depending on the number of swimmers.
The handicapping system works like this: if the times of the six heat swimmers are 28,26,24,24,23 & 22 then the swimmers would leave the blocks at Go,2,4,4,5 & 6.
The Spoon, or 25m freestyle, is the only handicapped race still remaining at Swimming Club.
Spoon Information
Presentation Night
[DATE]
Under 8 Girls Point Score Hannah GordonUnder 8 Boys Point Score Oscar Cleary
Under 10 Girls Point Score Bella GordonUnder 10 Boys Point Score Oliver Etty
Under 12 Girls Point Score Amber JohnsonUnder 12 Boys Point Score Marshall McKay
Under 14 Girls Point Score Julia WrightUnder 14 Boys Point Score Hayden Cummings
Under 16 Girls Point Score Brooke KinselaUnder 16 Boys Point Score Alex Flannery
Senior Girls Point Score Bronwyn LaySenior Boys Point Score Finlay Rowston
Coach’s Award Laura Flannery
Presidents Award Ruby Arnott
Outstanding Service to The Club Chris Rowston
Learn to Swim Award Megan Cox
PrivacyWe live in an ever changing world, what was taken for granted in the past is now no longer, please be advised that by agreeing for your child or yourself to be a member of the club you are acknowledging that photos and details of your child’s swimming achievements and hard work at training and involvement in the clubs fundraising activities may result in pictures and articles appearing in local newspapers as well as Swimming Australia partners.We will always respect your privacy and urge you, if you have any specific concerns, to approach any of the committee to bring your concerns to our attention, we will not however be asking permission to print or publish what we deem appropriate articles and pictures on the whole.
All dates are correct at time of printing, however these may be subject to change during the season.
2015-16 Trophy Winners
