Our first club meet of the Summer season will be Friday night meet, Friday 15 September.
Warm-up will be from 5pm and racing will commence at 5.30pm sharp. We expect to be finished by 7pm and will have a BBQ following racing. The small $2 entry fee per swimmer contributes to the costs of the BBQ, the remainder is financed by the club.
This meet will be run LONG course over 5 lanes. Two lanes will be used by Swim School and we will have a lane for warm-up and swim down. Times will be official.
Events
This meet will include a 200m event in every stroke at the end of the program. 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. You may swim both the 200IM and one other 200 event.
There is a maximum of 4 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 backstroke event for Masters and parents this time around. 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 Fly
- 2 Mixed 25 Back 10 & under
- 3 Mixed 50 Back
- 4 Mixed 50 Back (Masters and Parents)
- 5 Mixed 200 IM
- 6 Mixed 100 Free
- 7 Mixed 25 Breast – 10 & under
- 8 Mixed 50 Breast
- 9 Mixed 100 Back
- 10 Mixed 25 Fly – 11 & under
- 11 Mixed 50 Fly
- 12 Mixed 100 Breast
- 13 Mixed 50 Free (Masters and Parents)
- 14 Mixed 25 Free 10 & under
- 15 Mixed 50 Free
- 16 Mixed 200 Fly*
- 17 Mixed 200 Back*
- 18 Mixed 200 Breast*
- 19 Mixed 200 Freestyle*
*200m events will be swum together
Remember that club nights run fast so try not to enter several back to back events,where possible.
Entry information
Entries are via Swim Central: https://swimcentral.swimming.org.au/bounce?returnUrl=%2Fevents%2F5c189fb5-311b-4263-9a43-fadc80cb2da1%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 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 Tuesday 12 September 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 Wednesday the 13th of September and Thursday the 14th of September, 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 Pointscore
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 July 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. They will be updated to include all meets up to Senior State before the entries close for this club meet.
