Arena Women Sweep the Relays at the WA State Open Championships

Arena Swim Club had a successful weekend at the WA State Open Championships collecting 4 Gold, 5 Silver and 6 Bronze medals.

The three Arena women’s Relay teams, that included various combinations of, Kacey O’Connell, Rhiannon Dielesen, Gianna Leone, Sophie Markham, Jasmine Stimson and Candice Wall won Gold in the 4 x 100 Medley, the 4 x 200m Freestyle and the 4 x 100m Freestyle State Open Relays.

The other Gold Medal was won by Jasmine Stimson in the 50m Backstroke.

2010/11 Membership Form Available – Fee scheduled corrected

Competitive Membership Form 2011 is now available for download.

Club membership fees and Club fundrasing levy remain unchanged for 2010/11 season with ASC absorbing the increase in SWA capitation fees for the coming season.

Please note that Venueswest no longer collect cub membership fees at the reception desk.

There are a number of payment options available. A club registration day will also be held in late June and it is planned to have EFTPOS facilities available on the day.

You are encouraged to submit your registration to the club before noon on Saturday 26 June 2010 if you wish to be eligible for Club and SWA competition in early July 2010.

DSR Award to Paul Bruce

Congratulations to Paul Bruce, who was acknowledge by Department of Sport and Recreation for his contribution to the sport of swimming in Western Australia.

Other coaches honoured at the award ceremony were Peta Goodsell (Western Sprint), Kareena Preston (Applecross), Matt Magee (City of Perth) and Mathew Lovelock (Superfins).

Arena Membership Swipe Cards, Pool Entry and Use of the Club Room

Valid Swipe Card

All swimmers are required to have a current membership swipe card to enter the pool.

Effective from Monday 31 May 2010, Venues West has advised that you will not be granted access to the pool for training if you do not have a current valid swipe card. You will be required to pay the pool entry fee to access the pool.

Swimmers – please do not kick the gate to open the pool as this will result in you being refused entry.

If you have monthly training fees direct debited to credit card or bank account, please ensure that reception is advised of any changes to account details as they arise to ensure that your swipe card remains valid.

Improper Use of Emergency Exits

Swimmers – you are reminded not to enter or exit the pool via the emergency exits. You have been advised on a  number of occasions in the past that this practice is unacceptable. Venues West has advised that should this practice continue, individuals will be barred from the from the pool for an extended time.

Club Room Office

This room is a shared space and used by Venues West for a number of purposes. Arena Swim Club has access to the room during training periods and race sessions. Swimmers should not be in this room unless they have a sound reason ( ie: homework).

Over the past two months, swimmers gear bags and food stuff has been left scattered across the room following morning training sessions.  This is contributing to a problem with vermin within the centre and the office. Club committee members have had to return to the pool during the day to clean up the mess left behind by swimmers.

The outcome:  Venues West is pushing to ban all swimmers from the room outside of training hours; and then access will only be allowed under direct supervision of coaching staff or a parent.

The club has given an assurance to Venues West that the office will be kept clean and tidy. To assist with this, the club is investigating storage solutions to help with the cleanliness of the room and storage of swim bags and sealed food containers.

Swimmers - If you use this room in the mornings, or for homework in the afternoon, please ensure that;

• all food stuffs/scraps/crumbs are cleaned up before you leave the room;
• all rubbish is placed in the bin; and
• all swimming gear, clothing and shoes are stored in a closed sports bag and stored neatly under the bench in the room.

Thank you

The Australian Youth Performance Squad (YPS) is an exciting new initiative designed to reward swimmers aged 13-18 for their performances in the pool.

Congratulations to the following Arena Swimmers who achieved YPS nomination:

GOLD

Giana Leone, Kacey O’Connell, Jasmine Stimson

SILVER

Rhiannon Dielesen, Candice Wall, Jason Dickinson, Sophie Markham

BRONZE

Bradley Hill, Kirsty Briggs, Alex Baumann, Jessica Mitchell, Ben Stimson, Jake Cardosa, Kirsten Carrick, Chante Du Randt

BLUE

Ross Briggs, Alex Smith, Matthew Meinema

National Travel Raffle Results

Congratulations to Helen Grujic who’s winning ticket No. 322 was drawn by Mr Harry Baumann  this morning at Arena Joondalup.

Helen wins a Lenovo Netbook computer, printer, LCD screen and Microsoft Office software.

Congratulation also to Lee Sutton who sold the winning ticket.  Lee wins a electronic photo frame.

ARENA SC thanks all those who assist the National swimmers with their fund raising efforts.

ARENA SC acknowledges the fantastic efforts Mr Mark Carrick who coordinated this great prize package.

Congratulations Junior Excellence Award Winners

Congratulations to the following Arena swimers who achieved a Junior Excellence award over the 2009/10 swimming season.

Individual awards will be presented to all swimmers once they have been received from Swimming WA.

Gold Star

 Brittany Beesley, Shane Masolin, Benjamin Vafeas,

Gold

 Ryan Butler, Maggie Emmett, Liam Logan, Jade McDonald-Razvi, Brent Martin, Justin Martin, Trent Moss, Katie Noble, Josie Page, Ellie Sagar, Gabrielle Tomlin. 

Silver

Oliver A’Barrow, Zane Balodis, Alicia Buchanan, Ryan Buchanan, Emma Crowhurst, Katherine Downie, Lewis Downie, Aisling Gregorich, Alex Grujic, Asa-Michelle Henning, Kendal Irving, Marco Kapp, Ashlee Martin, Holly Kincart, Liam Knight, Dylan Lotti, Gavin McCarthy, Kyle Muller, Breanna Roberts, Oliver Sadler, Rebecca Singleton, Dane Sutton, Alexander Tan, Sabrina Vorster, Brannen Warland, Jade Webb.

 Bronze

 Lewis Downes, Natasha Etschmann, Ryan Imrie, Niahm Jelly, Emily Jennings, Alexander Knott, Stefan Malinovic, Kate Markham, Olivia Ozbaki, Loretta Phillips, Bianca Vavra, Owen Vorster, Bradley Whyte.

Green

 Hanna Baker, Samuel Benson, Daniel Chila, Brianna Cunningham, Erin Delaney, Megan Elt, Imogen Fawcett, Jack Green, Thomas Hill, Martha Jenn, Beth Jones, Miriam Lenghel, Jessica Singleton, Kirsten Stobbe, Tristan Tan, Joshua Watson, Nathaniel Wells.

Great Results for Arena SC National Age Squad Swimmers

The Arena Swim Club had a strong contingent of 10 swimmers competing at the 2010 National Age Championships in Sydney on the weekend achieving great results. Swimmers Alex Baumann, Jake Cardosa, Jason Dickinson, Kirsten Karrick, Maggie Emmett, Gianna Leone, Jessie Mitchell, Kacey O’Connell, Jasmine Stimson, and Candice Wall all represented the club with pride.

 The star of the team was Arena veteran Kacey O’Connell winning a Silver Medal in the 16 years 100m Butterfly, a 4^th place in the 100m Backstroke, a 6^th in the 200m Backstroke all in personal best times to go along with her team relay finals.

 Other individual finalists for Arena were:

• Candice Wall finishing 10^th in the 12-13 years 100m Freestyle after breaking the magic one minute barrier in the morning with a time of 59.73. Candice also had top 20 finishes in her 50m and 200m freestyle events.
• Jasmine Stimson finishing 10^th in the 14 years 100m backstroke with a personal best time of 1:06.34 in her heat swim. Jasmine also had a top 20 finish in her 200m backstroke.
• Gianna Leone finishing 6^th in her pet event the 17-18 years 200m butterfly and just outside the finals in both the 200m freestyle and the 100m butterfly finishing 11^th by 0.01 of a second on both occasions.

 Top 20 places were also secured by:

• Jake Cardosa – 16^th, 12-13 years 100m Breaststroke
• Jessica Mitchell – 12^th, 17-18 years 400m Freestyle
• Jason Dickinson – 14^th, 17-18 years 200m Breaststroke

 The Arena relay teams were very successful with the following results:

• 10^th, Girls 18 & Under 4 x 100 Freestyle (Kacey, Jessie, Candice, Gianna)
• 10^th, Girls 14 & Under 4 x 50 Freestyle (Candice, Kirsten, Maggie, Jasmine)
• 12^th, Girls 14 & Under 4 x 50 Medley (Kirsten, Jasmine, Maggie, Candice)
• 7^th, Girls 18 & Under 4 x 100 Medley (Kacey, Jasmine, Gianna, Jessie)

 Well done to all the team, you all handled yourselves very well, particular mention to all the rookies, you went there and swam fast…. not just for the experience…. congratulations!

Amy Lucas Wins 200m Backstroke B Final

Congratulations to Amy Lucas who took out first place in the Women’s 200m Backstroke B Final at the National Open Competition in Sydney on Saturday night. 

Amy’s  result for Area Swim Club adds to the outstading achievements of  Katrina Porter with a 1st place in 50 Backstroke, 2nd place in 100 Backstroke & 8th placing in the 100m Breaststroke.

Arena Swimmers win Second Place at Rockingham

A small group of Arena swimmers travelled to Rockingham on Saturday 13 February to compete in the Rockingham Stingrays’ swim carnival.

Many medals were picked up by the swimmers with a gallant and notable second placing being achieved by the Over 30′s relay team.

The team placed second behind Rockingham on points, winning a cash prize of $250.00 for the club.

Congratulations and well done to everyone who participated -  especially those untrained volunteers who participated in the Over 30′s relay event.