PDN - 26 November 2015

Entries are OPEN and will close on Tuesday 1^st December at 21.00
Event on Thursday 3^rd December @ Indoor 8 lane pool, HBF Stadium
Warm up @ 4pm, Racing @ 5pm
Events: 400 IM (11yrs & O), 100 Breast, 50 Breast, 100 Back, 50 Back, 200 Free, 50 Free, 100 Fly, 50 fly, 100 Free
For online entry, click here
Now that the merger is complete, this is an official timed event for ALL swimmers; SWA members and Squad Only swimmers

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Junior Race Nights

Junior Race nights are every Friday for ALL Juniors from ALL locations; it is not a pre-requisite to be a club member or competitive member
Warm upstarts @ 5pm at UWA Campus, Crawley
Coaches at HBF encourage all juniors to attend the race nights at Crawley, but will offer training at HBF on Friday afternoons at the normal times for those that cannot make it to UWA

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SWIMMER OF THE WEEK

Emma "Bagpipes" Buchan who is hard-working, dedicated, entertaining, motivates others to do the set correctly and the best they can and NEVER COMPLAINS.

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MEET INFORMATION

2015/2016 Long Course Targeted Meets

The Long Course Targeted Meet Calendar is on the website
Click here to view the targeted meet calendar
The targeted meets are attended by your coach and form part of your season program. Swimmers should make every effort to attend the targeted meets. If, you are unable to attend any of your targeted meets, please discuss alternatives with your coach
If you have any doubt/queries over what events your swimmer should be doing at any meet, please speak with your coach

**** Timekeeping Rosters & Competitive Members' directory ****

In the transitional phase, as we integrate the two clubs, time keeping rosters will be posted on the (former) West Coast Swimming Club Website (http://westcoast.swimming.org.au), under Meet Info ==> Time Keeping Rosters)
A directory of competitive members has been created for the purpose of engineering timekeeping swaps as and when you need to do so.
Click here to access the competitive members' directory

UPCOMING MEETS : POOL

2015 Victoria Park Christmas Carnival (NOT TARGETED)

Event on Saturday 28^th November @ HBF Stadium
Warm up @ 07.30, Start @ 08.30
Coaches in attendance : None
Notimekeeping llocations have been posted as yet, but if you are attending this meet, please be prepared to volunteer if needed

2015 Mandurah Long Course Challenge (NOT TARGETED)

Event on Sunday 29^th November @ Mandurah Aquatic & Recreation Centre
Warm up @ 08.00, Start @ 09.00
Coaches in attendance : None

December Club Night (TARGETED All)

Entries Close Tuesday 01^st December @ 21.00
Event on Thursday 3^rd December @ HBF Stadium
See above for details

Arena Tri Meet (TARGETED For those who need QTs for States & PF)
LAST CHANCE TO ENTER

Entries Close Monday 30^th November @ 17.00
Event on Saturday 5^th December @ Arena
Warm up @ 12.00, Start @ 13.00
Coaches in attendance : TBC
$20 for Max of 4 events
Click here to go to the entry page

2015/2016 SunSmart Open & Age Long Course Championships (TARGETED All Qualifiers)

Entries Close Tuesday 8^th December @ 21.30
Event on Friday 18^thDecember - Monday 21^st December @ HBF Stadium
Heats Warm up @ 08.00, Start @ 09.00
Coaches in attendance : TBC
Click here to go directly to the meet entry page

UPCOMING MEETS : OPEN WATER

OWS Series Round 5: Coogee

Entries Close Wednesday 2^nd December @ 17.00
Event on Saturday 5^th December @ Coogee Beach
Pre-Registered Check-in @ 06.00 - 0.730, Late Registrations 06.00-07.15
Briefing @ 07.40, Start @ 08.00
Events 500m, 1.25km, 2.5km, 5km, 10km
Coaches in attendance : TBC
Click here to go directly to the Open Water Event Registration Page

OWS Series Round 6: SWA Open Water State Championships

Entries Close Wednesday 9^th December @ 17.00
Event on Sunday 13^th December @ champion Lakes
Pre-Registered Check-in @ 06.00 - 0.730, Late Registrations 06.00-07.15
Briefing @ 07.40, Start @ 08.00
Public Events 500m, 1.25km, 2.5km, 5km, 10km
State Championship Events 5km, 10km
Coaches in attendance : TBC
Click here to go directly to the Open Water Event Registration Page

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TRAINING & COACHING INFORMATION

Schedule Changes

Click here to go to the current 2015 - 2016 Training Schedules

Performance Fitness Beach Training on Saturday 28^th November @ North Cottesloe Beach 07.00 - 09.00
Dry land from 07.00 - 08.00, swim 08.00 - 09.00
This is the training session for that day and it is highly recommend that the whole squad attends

Summer Racing is on at UWA every Friday. Warm up will now start @ 17.00.
ALL Junior squad swimmers from ALL Venues are invited; it is not a pre-requisite to be a club member or competitive member
Coaches at HBF encourage all juniors to attend the race nights at Crawley, but will offer training at HBF on Friday afternoons at the normal times for those that cannot make it to UWA

Christmas Breaks

All squads (except Performing National & Developing National) will break from the 21/12/2015 - 03/01/2016.
Training will recommence on Monday the 4^th January, running on holiday training times (to be advised)

Marcel is away from 6^th December through to 13^th January. Cover will be arranged for his squads; they will operate as normal

Injury Policy

Swimmers that complain of soreness or injury that prevents them from completing the full extent of the session, will be asked to leave the session

In order to return to training, the swimmer must seek a professional medical appraisal (ie. Physio, doctor, etc)

The report of the appraisal must be presented to the coach prior to the swimmer returning to training

The report must include a detailed summary of the injury, prescribed rehabilitation activities/limitations, and ongoing pre-habilitation (prevention exercises)

The injured swimmer must arrive 15 minutes early to each session to conduct rehab exercises (which are prescribed by the medical professional) on their own

Brett Slocombe and Jeremy Hunter are our preferred physios. Dr. Peter Steele is our preferred doctor

Late Arrival / Early Departure Policy

Parents are responsible for communicating to the coach when a swimmer will be late or is required to leave early

Once the session commences, swimmers who arrive late without prior communication from their parent, will not be allowed to train

Swimmers can gain consent to leave early from a session via their parent directly requesting this from the coach. A written letter or email will suffice

Performing National & Developing National Athlete Interviews

Now that school is winding up, the coaches will be asking parents/guardians to attend a athlete meeting. Here we would like to report on the athletes progress, review athlete goals and communicate the plan through to nationals/major meet

Swimmers, please start reflecting on your dream goal in swimming

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ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

Do you take your foot of the pedal and psych yourself out so you don't reach your full potential in the water ? Read and understand some of the reasons why this can happen so you can take control and not let it happen
Click here to read the full article
If you come across any relevant articles that you'd like to be added to our library under the Articles & Information subtab that sits under News tab on the website so everyone can read them, please email them to Penny on penny@westcoastswimclub.com.au
All articles will be vetted and endorsed by our coaching staff prior to being posted

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OTHER CLUB INFORMATION

UWA - West Coast Swimming Club: Who's Who?

Thank you to all members who attended the SGM last night to elect members to the management committee positions. Thanks also to those who took time to send in a proxy vote.

Going forward, the UWA - West Coast Committee looks like this:

Committee Positions
Office Bearers
President	Stuart Moran
Vice President	Steve Hill
Secretary	David Murray
Treasurer	Michelle Major
Registrar	Jennifer Chong Sue
Committee Members
SSEH Aquatics Board Members	Nick Reynolds & Penny Taylor
Fundraising Co-ordinator	Vacant
Meet Director	Vacant
Junior Representative	Jackie Carroll
Communications	Penny Taylor
Member Services	Kate Reynolds
UWA Sports Representative (Student)	Morgan Harrison
Committee members - Non voting positions
Social Director	Vacant
TravelDirector	Steve Hill
UWA Uniswim Representative	Nat Benjanuvatra

Note: Full contact Details for the new committee will be posted on the former West Coast website contacts page in the next few days.

Volunteers Needed for Vacant Positions

We would like to fill the three vacant positions (fundraising co-ordinator, meet director and social director) positions as soon as possible
Any member interested in finding out more and possibly taking up one of these positions, is invited to email the committee via penny@westcoastswimclub.com.au or talk in person to any of the committee members listed above when you see them around at the pool
With each of these roles, there is also scope to volunteer as a small group of friends to share the workload and make it more fun

UWA - West Coast Transitional Caps Order

Thank you to allthose who responded to last week's survey
The caps willbe ordered this week
Hopefully, they will arrive prior to Open & Age State Championships!

Nationals Fundraiser
Mad Bay Wines, LAST CHANCE TO ORDER

Unlike Mangoes, the grapes for the wine have already been harvested!

Order your Christmas wines through West Coast & UWA Swimming Club in partnership with Mad Bay wine. Mad Bay wine is the UK export brand of Howard Park Wines (an award winning family owed Margaret River Winery). It is all Mad Fish quality and at $10.83 per bottle delivered your work or home address, it is excellent value for money.

On offer are cases of Sauvignon Blanc Semillon, Unwooded Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Shiraz, Cabernet Merlot and a Sparkling white non-vintage cleanskin. Note, the sparkling cleanskin is a high quality traditional method (fermented in the bottle) sparkling wine. To avoid commercial conflicts, at $15.00 per bottle, this product must be offered unlabeled.

For every case of wine ordered by West Coast & UWA Swimming Club members, friends or colleagues, Howard Park Wines Pty Ltd will donate $25.00 to the new club's Nationals Travel Fund for 2016.

Click here to download the tasting notes
Click here to download the order form

Important Information

Ensure that all details on the order form are complete and legible including a daytime delivery address
If you are not at home during the day Australia Post will leave a local depot collection advice in your mailbox
Enjoy Alcohol responsibly and note that under 18’s are not allowed to order or be involved in the ordering process

To be sure of pre-Christmas delivery please place final orders before Friday 4^th December

Swimmers' distribution list for Pool Deck News

As a move towards our swimmers' taking increased "ownership" of their swimming, we would like to include the swimmers on the Pool Deck News distribution list.

If you would like your swimmer(s) added to the pool deck distribution list encourage them to give their email address to their coach or forward the to penny@westcoastswimclub.com.au

Alternatively, if you are a former West Coast member, you can add your student's email address to the database yourself through your West Coast account. Just go to the "My Account" tab on the website, or click on the short cut link below, and on the "My Students" tab enter the email address(es) for your child/children.
Click here to go to the "My account" page

The email addresses will be input to the secure membership database and not passed on to any third parties. They will only be used for the mailing out of the Pool Deck News.

Want to be notified when the Pool Deck News is posted?

Then like us on facebook and have your notifications set up.
Click here to go directly to the facebook squad page

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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

"If you don't know where you are going, you'll end upsomeplace else" Yogi Berra

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SPONSORS

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The May Pool Deck News is now online.

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Contents / Quick Links

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CLUB NIGHT, Thursday 3rd December

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Junior Race Nights

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SWIMMER OF THE WEEK

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MEET INFORMATION

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TRAINING & COACHING INFORMATION

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ARTICLE OF THE WEEK

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OTHER CLUB INFORMATION

Committee Positions

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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:

"If you don't know where you are going, you'll end upsomeplace else" Yogi Berra

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SPONSORS

CLUB NIGHT, Thursday 3^rd December