VICTORIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS – DAY THREE - FINALS

It’s all over and our team once again did a wonderful job,

Last night we saw some sensational racing resulting in another 16 medals:

5 Gold : Ellen Gandy, Sarah Katsoulis, Shane Asbury, Jeremy Tidy and the Women’s ‘A’ relay team.

6 Silver: Amanda Drennan (2), Travis Mahoney, Ashley Delaney, Shane Asbury and the Men’s ‘A’ relay team.

5 Bronze:  Jeremy Saunders, Jeremy Tidy, Belinda Parslow, Chelsea Carpenter and Sam Ashby.

I am not going to highlight specific swims because there were so many good ones, but I did enjoy watching the Men’s 400 IM last night where Shane Asbury, Travis Mahoney, Sam Ashby and Jeremy Saunders placed 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th respectively!

After 3 days of exciting racing our team won the Open and SWD championships with a total of 1,258 points.

This means in the overall championship race we came second to Melbourne Vicentre by a mere 47 points, after starting the Open section 452 points behind!  (Nunawading 3644 : Melbourne Vicentre 3691) A tremendous effort!

I want to say thank you to all the parents that donated their time to assist with timekeeping.

And lastly we should all thank the coaching team and our fantastic group of athletes that do the all the hard work.

Thanks again guys, it’s been a pleasure working with you.

GO NUNA!!

Mark and Deb.

VICTORIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS – DAY TWO - FINALS

The team turned on another fantastic night of swimming, reminding us just how good they are.

We had  30 swims in the 14 individual events as well as all 4 relay teams through to finals,

Once again the team produced a very impressive medal haul:

5 Gold : Sarah Katsoulis, Jeremy Tidy, Sam Ashby, the Women’s ‘A’ relay team and the Men’s ‘A’ relay team.

6 Silver: Shane Asbury, Belinda Parslow, Jeremy Tidy, Ashley Delaney, Jeremy Saunders and Amanda Drennan.

6 Bronze: Belinda Bennett, Ellen Gandy, Travis Mahoney, Jack Laidler, the Women’s ‘B’ medley relay team and the Men’s ‘B’ medley relay team

Nunawading leads the point score in the Open competition with  820 to Melbourne Vicentre 549.

DAY ONE FINALS SUMMARY

Another successful night at the Pool for Nunawading:

We had  32 swims in the 17 individual events as well as all 4 relay teams through to finals,

Of those 32 swims 69% held or improved their ranking.

Our Medal Tally for the night was:

3 Gold : Sarah Katsoulis, Talia Goddard and Belinda Parslow.

3 Silver: Belinda Bennett, the Men’s ‘A’ medley relay team and the Women’s ‘A’ medley relay team.

8 Bronze: Shane Asbury, Jeremy Tidy (2), Sam Ashby, Chelsea Carpenter, Jack Laidler, Amy White and the Men’s ‘B’ medley relay team

Well done to all the swimmers and coaches.  GO NUNA!!

2010 VICTORIAN AGE CHAMPIONSHIPS

The results for the 5th and final day of the 2010 Victorian Age Championships are provided below.  Congratulations to all swimmers who participated in the Championships.

Nunawading finished the Age Championships in second place behind Melbourne Vicentre.  There were many tremendous swims throughout the 5 days and the high percentage of PB’s was a major highlight for the Club as a whole.

Thank you to our 4 dedicated Team Managers Fi, Tracey, Juliette & Mark who looked after the coaches and athletes throughout the week and provided excellent updates after each heat and final session.

Thank you also to our team of very dedicated coaches for all the time and effort they have put in towards the development of all our Club swimmers.

Good luck to our OPEN SWIMMERS who begin competing at the VICTORIAN OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS at MSAC this Friday night.

DAY FIVE FINALS SUMMARY

Nuna had 35 Final swims tonight and did not disappoint.
33 PB’s (including 4 relay teams) (94%)
12 Swims where the swimmer “ranking” improved. (34%)
14 swims where the swimmer maintained their “ranking” (40%) Including 2 relay teams

6 Gold (17%) – Jessica Batton, Ellen Gandy (x2), Belinda Bennett (x 2), Lllewellyn Little.
5 Silver (14%) – Sam Bennett , Jack Curie, Roxy Perring,  James Argiro and Boys 16 & Under Nuna A Free relay team
6 Bronze (17%) – Liam Fisk, Llewellyn Little, Natalie MacGregor, Tyran Groves, Sam Sheppard, and Girls 16 & Under Nuna A Medley relay team.
        
The follow swimmers got National Times:
Jessica Batton, Carly Robson, Brad Simpson

DAY FOUR FINALS SUMMARY – 9 JANUARY 2010

Nuna had 39 Final swims tonight and did not disappoint. The swimmers were fantastic....
27 PB’s (including 4 relay teams) (69%)
18 Swims where the swimmer “ranking” improved. (46%)
8 swims where the swimmer maintained their “ranking” (21%)

6 Gold (15%) – Jessica Batton, Ellen Gandy, Mitchell Pryor, Nicholas Groenewald, Belinda Bennett, Boys 14 & Under Nuna A Free relay team.

3 Silver (11%) – Belinda Bennett , Mark Bustard and Boys 16 & Under Nuna A Medley relay team

5 Bronze (13%) – Ben Haralambakis, Sam Bennett, Jessica Batton, Jack Currie, Girls 14 & Under Free Relay Team.
        
The follow swimmers got National Times:
Tamara Groves, Meg Parry

DAY THREE FINALS SUMMARY- 8 JANUARY 2010

We had 38 final swims tonight (35 individual & 3 relays).
31 PB’s (including 3 relay teams) (82%)
14 Swims where the swimmer “ranking” improved. (37%)
12 swims where the swimmer maintained their “ranking” (32%)

5 Gold (13%) – Jack Currie, Liam Fisk, Ellen Gandy, James Argiro and Sam Sheppard

4 Silver (11%) – Jessica Batton, Nichols Groenewald, Tyran Groves and Belinda Bennett

2 Bronze (5%) - Jess Forster and Nuna A Girls 18 & Under Relay Team

The follow swimmers got National Times:
Nikaylah Hanlen, Jess Forster, Tyran Groves

DAY TWO FINALS SUMMARY – 7 JANUARY 2010

The results for the 2nd Day of the Victorian Age Championships have been very strong.....Nuna had 32 individual swims and 4 relay teams made finals on night two.

 Included in this were:
 · 28 PB’s (including 3 relay teams)
 · 8 Swims where the swimmer “ranking” improved.

Medallists
Gold - 6 + 1 relay
Ellen Gandy, Stephanie Moore, Belinda Bennett, Mitchell Pryor, Nick Groenewald x 2, Boys 14/u Medley Relay

Silver - 4 + 1 relay
Samantha Bennett, Tyran Groves, Sam Sheppard, Liam Fisk, Girls 14/u Medley Relay

Bronze 3
Belinda Bennett, Samantha Bennett, Nikaylah Hanlen

Awesome swim in the backstroke by Samantha Bennett to narrowly miss Gold. As you can see many of the athletes backed up their morning swim with a PB in the finals. Great effort.

DAY ONE FINALS SUMMARY – 6 JANUARY 2010

The results for the 1st Day of the Victorian Age Championships have been fantastic.....
We had 31 Individual Final Swims and 2 relay teams.

1st Place results – 6 Gold’s (Ellen Gandy, Sam Sheppard, Tyran Groves, Stephanie Moore, Liam Fisk and Lllewellyn Little.
2nd Place results – 2 Silver (Sam Bennett and Belinda Bennett)
3rd Place results – 4 Bronze ( Ellen Gandy, Jessica Batton, Sam Sheppard and Girls 18 & Under Nuna A relay team)
4th Place results – 2 ( Michael Forno and Stephanie Moore)
5th Place results – 5 (Belinda Bennett,Chris MacGregor, Jess Forster, Phil O’Brien and Alex Venning)
6th Place results – 3 (Nerice Smith, Meghan Parry and Jess Beveridge)
7th Place results – 4 (Roxy Perring, Nik Hanlen, Kadison Michel, Boys 18 & Under Nuna B relay team)
8th Place results – 2 (Tilly Rudd and Jessica Batton)
9th Place results – 3 (Scott Huang, Lucy Walton and Kate Laidlaw)
10th Place results – 2 (Sam Bennett and Nik Hanlen)

National Times to a number of swimmers also.

Congratulations to all the swimmers and coach’s it was a fantastic result.

Go Nuna!!!!!!!.

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Team Managers:
Should parents or swimmers need information or assistance during the meet team managers will be the 1st point of call. The team managers and their contact details are listed below. 

Fiona Whitten         0425 803 548
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Juliette Keating      0411 428 038

VICTORIAN 12/U CHAMPIONSHIPS

Once again the 12 and under Nunawading swimmers have started the Club’s Victorian Championship campaign in style.

Our team of 25 swimmers competed over the two day event and once again produced some great results.

Over the two days, they swam 69 PB’s – that’s  66% of all swims!

On Saturday, we had finalists in 15 Individual events as well as 2 relay teams. Sunday saw 3 relay teams and a further 14 individual swimmers make finals.

Medallists:

Gold:   

Nicholas Groenewald     12 Year old 100 Butterfly (Victorian Record Time)
Nicholas Groenewald     12 Year old 200 Backstroke (Victorian Record Time)
Mikayla Smith               11/u 100 Breaststroke
Kate Laidlaw                 12 Year old 200 Freestyle
Nicholas Groenewald     12 Year old 100 Freestyle
Nicholas Groenewald     12 Year old 100 Backstroke (Victorian Record Time)
Mikayla Smith               11/u 200 Breaststroke
Kate Laidlaw                 12 Year old 200 Backstroke
Nicholas Groenewald     12 Year old 200 IM
Kate Laidlaw                 12 Year old 400 Freestyle
Nicholas Groenewald     12 Year old 100 Breaststroke
Boys “A” Team              4 x 50 Medley Relay

• Nicholas Groenewald
• Mark Petrov
• Joel Watson
• Josh Sewell

Silver:  
Georgia Langford         11/u 200 Butterfly
Boys “A” Team          4 x 50 Freestyle Relay

• Nicholas Groenewald
• Joel Watson
• Josh Sewell
• James Li

Bronze:
Joel Watson                 12 Year old 200 Butterfly
Georgia Langford          11/u 200 Freestyle
Girls “A” Team               4 x 50 Medley Relay

• Kate Laidlaw
• Mikayla Smith
• Georgia Langford
• Madeleine Gibson

Girls “A” Team               Freestyle Relay

• Madeleine Gibson
• Kate Laidlaw
• Georgia Langford
• Mikayla Smith

I would like to acknowledge the large number of older club swimmers from a variety of squads (and their parents) that took the time to come in a support the young ones. I know the kids really appreciated it and I think it helped bring that special Nunawading team atmosphere to the event.

A big thank you to all our fantastic kids, who made the weekend such a success as well as obviously all the parents that helped in so many ways.  I am not going to name individuals as I am sure to forget someone, but from time keeping, to helping with stats, making lunch for officials through to running errands for the coaches. Everyone that helped contributed to making this a terrific event and I am sure you all know who you are.

I want to also thank Sonia who worked the weekend before Christmas as a Team Manager for us – despite having no kids of her own there.  Thank you Sonia , I really appreciated the help.

Lastly I am sure we all want to thank the incredible coaching staff we have at Nunawading – we are all very lucky to have coaches of the quality we have.  It seems to me that swimmers that listened to their coach – followed the processes and did what was asked of them – reaped the reward.

I look forward to seeing the results the age and open swimmers can produce in the next 2 stages of the Victorian Championships.

Mark Sewell
Team Manager

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