Sydney Swimmers News December Issue 2
As the decade draws to a close I’ve been thinking about what the next ten years hold, not just for me but for our swimmers and the team. I’ve set myself some pretty hairy audacious goals for the next few years with some smaller gains sprinkled in along the way. Next year I’m hoping to […]
DSS March 2019 Newsletter and Coronavirus Guidelines
Hi Everyone, I want to you update on the steps we’re taking regarding your swimming classes in light of the COVID – 19 virus. As you can appreciate it is a fast moving situation, changing daily and at times hourly. I will do my best to keep these communications coming as developments occur. At the […]
DSS January 2019 Newsletter
Happy New Year! This month is the start of not just a new year, but a new decade. It’s often at these significants times I like to think about my big hairy audacious swimming goals. How about you, what would like to achieve with your swimming this year and beyond? As some of you would […]
DSS December 2019 Newsletter
We’re super excited to have so many swimmers heading into the holiday period having realised their goals. In fact on top of our 50m Club and 25m Club we’ve added a new category in this newsletter, the Bronze Medallion Club. Yes, we’ve had a number of swimmers come to us to assist them with their […]
Sydney Swimmers News December Issue 1
As we’re now into December, I thought it was timely to repost this great photo from last summer of Coach Bart and the Victoria Park squad on a Fun Friday session. It definitely feels like summer has arrived early, with all the smoky skies and warm days. A dreadful time for many in NSW with all the bushfires. The Bondi to Bronte Swim on […]
Sydney Swimmers News November Issue
The Drummoyne squads are back in full swing and we’ve had a few swimmers return from winter hibernation to Victoria Park Pool too. Now’s the time to get back into it with the warmer weather. It’s not long until the Narrabeen ocean swim on Sunday, 2nd November and a favourite for Sydney Swimmers, Balmain on 17th November. The ocean swimming season is about […]
The Too Cans proved you Can Too!
They did it! The Too Cans (Lizzie, Grant, Kim, Glenda and John) swam the English Channel in 14hrs 34 minutes. The conditions were tough and challenging. The team started their swim at 2.00am and finished later in the day on the 19th September. A spectacular effort, followed by many at home into the early hours of the following morning. They also raised $30,000 for the Can Too […]
25m Club!
A huge congratulations to Kenny who recently swam his first 25m. Kenny started classes with us last year, but then took a break earlier this year and returned a few months ago. We’re thrilled to see how well he has progressed from Beginner to Beginner 2. We look forward to seeing him swim his first […]
Spring Has Arrived!
As some of you may recall from the last newsletter, I’ve been away overseas. Winter is normally when I take my holidays and I usually squeeze a swim in. This time I decided to up the ante and took on the Thames Marathon, a 14km swim down the some of the most beautiful landscape England […]
Treading Water Intensive
Develop your confidence in deepwater, learn how to tread water and become more water safe in our Saturday afternoon class, Treading Water Intensive. Join Instructor Evtim and his 60 minute class, where he will teach you how to tread water with the correct technique. You’ll get to hang out in the deep end and develop […]