EAC 10 DEC JAN.pub

December 06 & January 07
EAC XMAS BRUNCH
XMAS Brunch @ Cafe Aqua was our end of year get together for this year. Thank you to all those families who came out
it was great to see so many faces. We had a wonderful morning of socializing and talked about things other than swimming well most of the time anyway. Our club is certainly friendly which is what makes our club unique. All the wonderful characters which make our days eventful. Winner of the cap competition was Mary Masters entry, it was the white
cap with the diving swimmer. Well done to all of those who put in an entry. All entries were of a high standard. We had
around 55 people @ the breakfast which was great and we had to expand our little outside area to accommodate the extra’s. The morning was enjoyed by all, large amounts of food were consumed by our little vacuum's. which saved our refrigerators for the morning. Thank you to Meredith for the Xmas Crackers and to Sally for her table decorations.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Safe and Prosperous New Year.
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
&
HAPPY
NEW
YEAR
BENDIGO BANK PROUD SPONSORS
OF EAC
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G’day and welcome to another issue of Splash. What a busy month we have
had. With Bendigo signing, Eliah’s interview , our Come & Try Carnival,
all our Xmas activities and that’s just swimming, that doesn’t include all
those horrid school functions we have to endure, but we love it really ..
Don’t we??? I’ll get back to you on that one.
The club has certainly moved forward this year in lots of ways. We are going to have a short break @ xmas but don’t get too comfy, cos before you
know it, it will all start all over again. Good luck to all those swimmers venturing over to Victorian States in early January. Hopefully all the swimmers
gain from your experiences.
This edition will cover December and January as the holidays are a time of
rest for my weary little fingers, but you will be kept informed. This issue we
meet Josh Palmer & Cameron Poppelwell, we have a couple of stories and
experiences from a couple of our swimmers and catch up on a few things
that have happened this last month. But also look forward into some important dates for next year like Club Night Dates for February so you will be
ready.
So put your feet up and grab that Chrissie drink and enjoy your read.
You’ll never find
time for anything!
You must make it!
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all of our parent helpers this past
year, and wish each and everyone @ EAC a
Safe Christmas and a
Prosperous 2007. Merry Christmas all and I look forward to keeping you all
informed for a while next year.
~~~Joanne Richardson~~~
Club night 17th November , we all had a great night we ate
lots of pancakes and had lots of swims. Club night is proving
popular with the swimmers as a time to relax and socialize,
with a bit of rivalry in the pool.
Nick and John were pleasant surprises and proved that even
though they haven't swum for a while that they still have
what it takes. They didn’t lose their competitive streak
either. Now that Nathan Hewitt is helping out in the coaching on Saturdays the whole family is back at the club.
Bruce & Vanessa
Hewitt .
Swimmer of the month for November
This months winner is Cameron Poppelwell.
Cameron won his first medal, and swam with excellence @ the Unley Carnival.
His commitment @ training and @ meets is rewarded this month. …
well done Cameron.
Our achievement awards went to Benjamin Tran and Samuel Schaaf.
Both in the Junior squad Benjamin came to us as one of the Disabled swimmers who has shown considerable improvement since joining our club.
Samuel has shown maturity and commitment in the last few months.
Well done to November winners.
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IT”S CLOSING TIME
Closing date for February magazine is the 1st February. If you
receive a profilers, or a carnival report please fill it out and
have it back into the Richardson Pocket by the 1st.
You can put your story on paper, disc or email to
[email protected]
Unley Carnival
Unley carnival was on the 11th November we had 7 swimmers attend
the weather held out for us and provided a wonderful lightning display
on the way home. EAC swimmers were very well behaved, they took
plenty of cards and games which kept them busy and took their minds
off of swimming. The ACA camera was there filming Eliah and our
swimmers cheering him on. A few of our swimmers took home medals
but every swimmers left with a PB or 2. All should be proud of themselves they handled themselves professionally in and out of the water..
All 3 younger boys won their heats for breast stroke which was great .
Josh R was . 25 off of the club record, & received a gold medal for his
efforts. You’ll get it next time. Thanks to kylie who came out to watch
and cheer. And to all the parents who had a very long day…….
CLUB NIGHT END OF YEAR RELAY NIGHT
SCHOOLS OUT AND THE HOLIDAYS HAVE BEGUN
LETS GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A NIGHT OF FUN.
DECEMBER 15TH WARM UP @ 6—630 FOR INTERMEDIATE AND JUNIOR SQUADS..
Please fill out Club Night form for what relays you would like to be involved in and what stroke for IM relays. Make sure
you put in times so I can make the teams even.
SWIMS IN ORDER ARE:
4 X 200 I M RELAY
4 X 50 I M RELAY
4 X 25 I M RELAY
4 X 100 I M RELAY
4 X 200 Freestyle RELAY
4 X 50 Freestyle RELAY
4 X 25 Freestyle RELAY
4 X 100 Freestyle RELAY
Relays will be chosen and put together by Joanne. This is to be fair on all swimmers.
WE WANT ALL PARENTS TO COME AND CHEER THEIR SWIMMERS ON AND MAKE IT A
FUN EVENING THIS IS THE LAST CLUB NIGHT TILL FEBRUARY. ..there will be no late entries on this night, you must have entries into the Richardson pocket by Tuesday 12th December.
THERE IS NO TIME KEEPING JUST LOTS OF CHEERING…
50 mtr and 25 mtr will have no shallow end diving. They will start in the pool.
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SWIMMING ARTICLE
BY ALEXANDER HAMAM
There is no failure
Only feedback
NEW MEMBERS
Lauren Ashfield
Intermediate
12
James Stear
Senior
17
Hi all I just thought I would let
you know how much fun I had at
a recent carnival. ( Burnside)
Even though I was the only EAC
swimmer, the other clubs made us
feel very welcome.
I had a great day.
Welcome to all our new families.
We also welcome back some old faces
Alex Bailey
Jason Wimmer
Jake Manton
P.S. the best part was the egg &
Bacon sandwich. HAHA
Profilers meets Cameron Poppelwell
Favourites::::
Age: 9
Food: Home Made Pizza
Nick Name: Camo
Movie: Smallville
Family: Mum, Dad (Karen &
Chris)
Book: any Roald Dahl
Star Sign: Aquarius
Footy Team: Eagles (SANFL)
School & Year Level:
3 people you would like to have
to dinner and ?
Elizabeth Grove
Year 4
Squad: Junior EAC
Preferred Stroke: Freestyle
Greatest Achievement so far:
Winning a medal @ Burnside
Who you look up to:
Ian Thorpe
While training what do you
think about to get through
the session:
Try Hard
Do you have any pre race
rituals:
Focus
TV Show: Pokemon
Tyson, Morgan and Bradley
school friends
What do you like most about
being a member of EAC:
The coach
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EAC XMAS RAFFLE
DON’T FORGET TO HAVE ALL YOUR RAFFLE TICKET STUBS, MONEY AND ANY
UNSOLD TICKETS RETURNED TO A COMMITTEE MEMBER BY FRIDAY THE
15TH OF DECEMBER.
THAT’S CLUB NIGHT...
RAFFLE IS DRAWN ON THE 20TH DEC
PRIZES ARE
•
$100.00 HOLDEN GIFT PACK WHICH INCLUDES A CABIN BAG, CAP,MOUNTED POSTER, DVD
AND BOOK ABOUT HOLDEN THROUGH THE YEARS.
•
4 X XMAS HAMPERS MADE UP WITH VARIOUS FOOD ITEMS AND GIFTS.
$2.00 PER TICKET
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SELL ALL OUR TICKETS IT WILL BENEFIT ALL OUR
SWIMMERS. IF YOU CAN SELL MORE THAN ONE BOOK PLEASE SEE STEPH BURWELL THANK YOU TO
SPONSORS HOLDENS / STIENBORNER GAWLER.
Age : 15
Nickname: palmer
Other Family mum, dad,, Alex and 2 dogs
Star Sign: Leo
School: Gawler high year 10
Swim Squad &Development Squads: Senior squad and
Profilers meets Joshua Palmer
Target London development squad
Preferred stroke: Freestyle _ because there’s always a challenge in every race and
it’s by far the easiest.
Greatest achievement so far: 4th @ National Age in both
100 & 200 Breast stroke
Who you look up to: Roland Shoeman, from Sth Africa, because he’s a gun swimmer
What you think about @ training: I don’t think during training
Superstitions or pre race rituals: Nothing major
What you like to do when not swimming: I love taking my go kart out and driving it
Fav’s
Food: Ice cream
Movie Me Myself & Irene or Evolution
Book Don’t Know
TV The Simpsons
Footy team Kangaroo’s
3 people you would like to have dinner with and ?Jim Carrey, Chris Tucker &
Jackie Chan. Because you would laugh all night.
What you like best about EAC? The People everyone is friendly
BACK PAGE NEWS
Aquadome Update: Parents have been asked to present a badge
which is supplied by the YMCA upon arrival, as there has been
some public going through to the pool without paying. So if you
haven't received a badge please see the staff @ the front desk for
you free EAC badge. I FEEL SPECIAL do you !!
Thanks to Kathy Stanton for
her organisation of the kytons
orders. Kathy is a regular fundraising helper and we appreciate her time and effort.
BENDIGO BANK PROUD
SPONSORS OF EAC
CHOCCIE FROGS ARE
STILL A FUNDRAISER @
EAC. IF YOU
WOULD LIKE A
BOX TO SELL
OR BUY
SEE A COMMITTEE
MEMBER.
More information will be coming out
shortly about the come & try day and
everyone’s involvement. So please
keep an eye on your pockets and help
out where you can. Come &Try day
is the 10th December @ 11—2 pm. I if
you are in the junior squad and would
like to nominate for an event please
see Kylie for a nomination form.
CLUB NIGHT FOR FEBRUARY WILL BE ON THE
2ND OF FEBRUARY. PLEASE HAVE YOUR CLUB NIGHT FORMS IN TO JOANNE BY
THE TUESDAY PRIOR TO THE NIGHT.
SWIMS WILL BE IN ORDER OF SWIMMING.
800 FREE
50 F/S ( INTERMEDIATE & JUNIORS ONLY)
50 BK ( INTERMEDIATES & JUNIORS ONLY)
50 FLY
100 BK & 100 BRST
200 BRST & 200 FLY
200 IM & 100 F/S
IF YOU HAVENT DONE ANY TIME KEEPING OR MARSHALLING, THESE NIGHTS
ARE THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A GO AND GET SOME EXPERIENCE.
WE ARE ALL EXPECTED TO HELP OUT AT MAJOR MEETS AND CARNIVALS SO
THIS IS THE BEST TIME TO GET YOUR CONFIDENCE UP.
DON’T BE A SPECTATOR.
BACK PAGE NEWS
MASSAGE BY KAREN
SPECIAL EAC MEMBERS
PRICES
1/2 HOUR $20.00,
1 HOUR $40.00,
FOR AN APPOINTMENT
CALL
8252 4852 OR 0417 815 950.
YOU MUST BOOK AND APPOINTMENT.KAREN CAN COME TO THE
CLUB OR YOU CAN GO TO HER
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