Our second meet of the Summer season will be a morning meet, Saturday 21 October.
A staggered warm-up will be from 7.30am and racing will commence at 8.30am. This meet will replace the regular Saturday morning training sessions for Bronze, Silver, Gold and Masters squads.
We expect to be finished racing by around 10am and will have a pancake breakfast at the conclusion of racing. The small $2 entry fee per swimmer is to contribute to the costs of the BBQ, the remainder is financed by the club.
This meet will be run long course (5 lanes – to allow for swim school and cool-down). Times will be official.
Events
This meet will include a 200m event in every stroke. If swimmers wish to swim a 200m event then they can only enter for 1 stroke as heats will be combined. There will be 25/50/100m in all strokes and a 200IM.
There is a maximum of 3 events per swimmer and you cannot enter a 25 and 50m event in the same stroke. For those with times under 30 seconds (35 seconds for breaststroke) for 25m please give the 50m event a go. Entries may not be accepted for 25m events if you are significantly under 30 seconds or have achieved a time under this mark more than once.
All Masters swimmers are also welcome and encouraged to enter. By popular demand we have again included the 50m freestyle event for our Masters and parents. We have also included a 50m breaststroke event for Masters and parents for the first time. Masters swimmers and parents may of course enter any of the open events if they like.
The order of events is as follows:
- 1 Mixed 100 Freestyle
- 2 Mixed 25 Breast – 10 & under
- 3 Mixed 50 Breast
- 4 Mixed 50 Breast (Masters and Parents)
- 5 Mixed 100 Fly
- 6 Mixed 25 Back – 10 & under
- 7 Mixed 50 Back
- 8 Mixed 100 Breaststroke
- 9 Mixed 25 Free 10 & under
- 10 Mixed 50 Free
- 11 Mixed 50 Free (Masters and Parents)
- 12 Mixed 100 Back
- 13 Mixed 200 IM
- 14 Mixed 25 Fly – 11 & under
- 15 Mixed 50 Fly
- 16 Mixed 200 Freestyle*
- 17 Mixed 200 Back*
- 18 Mixed 200 Breast*
- 19 Mixed 200 Fly*
*200m events will be swum together
Entry information
Entries are open now via Swim Central: https://swimcentral.swimming.org.au/bounce?returnUrl=%2Fevents%2F360bd614-011c-4a5c-912a-3482317ca063%2Fdetail
For all our new swimmers, and those getting into racing, come along and give it a go! Club meets are a fun and supportive environment to try new events and distances and practice your racing.
Unregistered siblings and parents are also welcome, please email our club night coordinator, Amanda, at: wvsc.clubnight@wodenswimclub.org.au with your swimmer’s name, DOB and the events they would like to enter.
We also welcome anyone considering competitive swimming or trialing for the club. Entries will be accepted through our club night coordinator or race secretary up until the closing date.
Entries close Wednesday 18 October at 8pm. No late entries please! If you have any issues with entering via Swim Central please email Amanda asap and we will sort it out.
The entry list for checking and seeded program and timeline will be distributed via Team App on the Thursday the 19th of October and Friday the 20th of October, respectively.
Officials and timekeepers
As always, we cannot run club meets without volunteers! A duty roster is available via Team App or you can contact Amanda or Nic (wvscracesecretary@wodenswimclub.org.au) to let us know what you’d like to help out with. Most roles require no experience or training and if you’d like to try a new role, let us know in advance and we can organise some training and/or mentoring during the meet.
Club Night Point score
Don’t forget that all your swims at Club meets throughout the Calendar year count towards the Club Night Point score and age champion awards. The details on how improvement points are calculated are on the website.
Remember that swimming new events gets you an automatic 2 points, so consider trying something new for one of your swims!
The pointscore tables have been updated to include all club meets up to and including the September meet. Improvement points scored in past club meets are also included on our club nights web page if you wish to check which events and times you have swum.
There will be one final club night in November, before we finalise our club night age champions. You may wish to think about which events you you would like to enter and try to improve on for these final 2 meets.
Breakfast BBQ
A pancake breakfast will follow racing. All families and swimmers are welcome to stay and enjoy some breaky and a chat. Assistance with cooking and preparing the food would be appreciated. Please nominate on the duty roster. All costs are covered by the club.
