THE SURREY PARK

SWIMMING CLUB

P.O. BOX 286 Box Hill. 3128. Phone 9898 8876 (BH)

click on banner above for daily updates about Surrey Park swimmers at the Victorian State Championships!

5/01/09    GOLD ....SILVER.......AND SOME GREAT PERSONAL BEST TIMES

GOLD , SILVER and 15 PB's!

Congratulations Eugene Tee for winning silver in the Boys 15 years 200 back in a new PB, Club Record and Open National Qualifying time. Cameron Crabb took home his third gold medal of these championships in the Boys 13 years 200 fly also with a new PB and club record.

More details about today's highlights... click here

5/01/09    IMPORTANT TRAINING CHANGES FOR JANUARY

Please note carefully the following training changes.

For the MOST CURRENT schedule for holiday training: click here

4/01/09 TONIGHT'S STATE finalists ALL STATE medallists!

Surrey Park swimmers Mun Hon Lee, Cara Davidson, Ruby McDougall and Cameron Crabb all left smiling  having all swum massive PB's to win State medals in every one of their events tonight. See below:

More State Championships  results: click here

4/01/09 NEW VICTORIAN RECORD TO MUN HON LEE THIS EVENING AT STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

After winning a silver medal early this evening in the Boys 15 yrs 100 fly in a new Open National qualifying time, Mun Hon Lee has won a Gold medal and  broken the Victorian record in the 1500 free in a time of 16.29.18 .

Mun Hon sliced more than 20 seconds off his previous best time to win tonight and  from everyone at Surrey Park Mun- WELL DONE!

We wish you all the best for the rest of your events this week!

More State Championships  results: click here

4/01/09 EXCITING START TO VICTORIAN AGE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 13-18 YEARS

Victorian State Championships continued today with the 13-18 years competition being held at the outdoor pool at MSAC from January 3 until January 7th 2009,

It was an exciting start to this section of the State Championships with Surrey Park winning FIVE State medals today.

New National Qualifying times were achieved, a club record and eighteen PB's....read more

Left: Cameron Crabb winning Gold in the Boys 13 years 100 free

30/12/08  TRAINING CHANGES OVER DECEMBER / JANUARY

 Latest changes to training times over January include the following: please note them in your diaries.

National Squad

Thurs 1/1/09                        5.00-7.00pm  Balwyn

Tues 20/01/09                      4.15-6.45pm   Balwyn

Stingrays/ Piranhas in Adelaide & State Team

Mon 29/12/08                       4.30-6.30pm Box Hill

Tues 30/12/08                      7.00-9.00am     (where you normally train  ) 

                                               3.00-5.00pm at Box Hill 

Download the complete schedule: click here

21/12/08  12/u victorian state championships : silver medal for lucy smithson!

There was no wiping the smile off Lucy Smithson's face today after she won a silver medal in the Girls 12/U 400 free at todays 12/U Victorian State Championships!

After turning in third place at the 350m mark, Lucy managed to find that little something extra and surge home to snatch second position and wipe 14 seconds off her previous personal best time.

Lucy is also now the new club record holder for this event. Well done Lucy on your achievements today!

That concludes the 2009 12/U State Championships. The  State Age Championships for 13-18 year olds commences after Christmas on January 3rd . 

Stay tuned for more daily updates from MSAC .

 More details, results and updates from these Championships can be found by clicking on the States banner above.

20/12/08  12/u victorian state championships start today!

Surrey Park 12/U Team: We Wish You Well!

14/12/08  FUNDRAISING SUCCESS

 As well as Club Championships on Sunday, many wonderful Surrey Park families have volunteered their time and expertise  over the last two weekends selling Christmas Trees and amazing creations at the cake stall! The combined efforts of these two activities raised over a wopping $4000 for our club. This money will help provide two sun shelters for our swimmers straight away which can be used for all outdoor competitions and functions. These funds will also help purchase State and National Team polo shirts and pay for our swimmers competing the State Championships plus much more.

Thankyou to everyone who baked, helped set up pack up and sell cakes on Saturday and again on Sunday. Thanks to our Christmas Tree team who drove to Daylesford each weekend  to pick up our trees. Some wearing gumboots were spotted delivering trees from the backs of utes whilst others stayed camped out in the car park in the pouring rain selling to all who came past! You all know who you are - thankyou for making such a HUGE DIFFERENCE to our club!

14/12/08  BIG WEEKEND AND TIME TO CELEBRATE! 

 The Surrey Park Sprint Championships were held on Sunday morning and it was fabulous to see  many hands making "lighter" work. Thankyou to the many parents who put up their hands to help which meant the morning ran without the hitch. Thankyou to Aqualink Box Hill who allowed us to use the Blue Room  at the last minute for our celebration over lunchtime after the area outside the clubrooms was flooded from all the rain. Our new club bathers were also on show for the first time.

Our new Club Sprint record holders included:

 8/12/08  LAST CLUB SUNDAY FOR THE YEAR

Thanks to Jarrod, Louise and their many helpers who helped make the final Club Sunday for 2008 such a success .

Club Sundays will return in the New year, stay tuned for updates and we look forward to seeing everyone back in 2009! 

Photos : click here 

 8/12/08  SAM BOOKS HIS TICKET TO SYDNEY

Congratulations to Sam Warrick who swam a huge PB in the 400 IM qualifying him for State Championships and Age Nationals in Sydney next April. Keep training hard Sam and best of luck with your other events as well!

Results from Decembers competition week 2: click here

Some photos from Saturday (camera owner error meant all pictures accidentally deleted from Sunday!)

 Photos:  click here

 3/12/08  NEW SURREY PARK RECORD HOLDERS

We are pleased to announce four new club records have been set- congratulations to the following swimmers and their  achievements in the last few weeks:

 30/11/08  SURREY PARK SWIMMERS MEDAL AT NSW OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Welcome home to our Surrey Park Open Water enthusiasts who spent the weekend competing at the NSW Open Water Championships in Penrith as part of the Victorian Open Water Touring Team at the Sydney Regatta Centre in Penrith

On Saturday Bethany Robertson won gold in the girls 13 years 5k,  Lauren McNamara  won silver in the girls 16 years 5k whilst Max Halson won the bronze medal in his age group. Today Bethany swiped a staggering 11 minutes from her previous 10k time and was a very well deserving recipient of another gold medal in the 13 year age group.

The Two Maxs' swam their fastest times ever in the 10 k event in a tough and competitive field. Max Thorn won the silver medal in his age group with Max Halson placing very close behind in 4th place.Official results for the girls 10k today will be posted tomorrow, these take time to process after the finish and the teamhad to leave straight after the conclusion of the girls 10k to catch their flight home.

*****UPDATE 1/12/08****** Remaining girls results are now posted. A great swim from Lauren who came 4th in her age group with Cara close behind in 6th position. Lucy was 5th in her age group. Well done girls!

Congratulations Lucy, Beth, Lauren, Cara Max & Max- you did Victoria proud as well as all your team mates and friends at Surrey Park! Well done. Results have now been posted in results section.

It was relaxing sitting  back in the familiar outdoor pool at MSAC this weekend and cheering on our swimmers, some of which have now qualified for the upcoming Victorian Long Course Championships. We also have some new National qualifying times and swimmers who reached personal best times as well . States must really be just around corner....... good luck for next weekend everyone!

Photos1 : click here and Photos2: click here Results from first weekend of Decembers posted in results section

 29/11/08  SURREY PARK SWIMMERS REPRESENT VICTORIA AT NSW OPEN WATER CHAMPIONSHIPS

Hopefully the weather in Penrith, NSW is warmer than Melbourne this weekend! Six of our National Squad have been given the opportunity to swim at the NSW Open Water Championships as part of the Victoria Open Water Touring Squad organised by SV. Under the direction of Coach Dave and Nick Veliades who are the Coaches of this team, we wish these swimmers well as they compete in the 5k and 10k this weekend against some strong competition. More information about the competition can be viewed here

Best Wishes to Lucy, Beth, Lauren, Cara, Coach Dave and the two Maxs' !

 29/11/08  ANNOUNCING CLUB SPRINTS:SUNDAY DECEMBER 14

Get your replies back to your coaches ASAP indicating your availability for Club Sprints. A Club BBQ will follow , and we're looking forward to seeing everyone there.

For more Information about Club Sprints on December 14th :click here for the flyer

 09/11/08  surrey park JUNIOR SWIMMERS AT NORTH VS EAST MEET

Some of our younger swimmers enjoyed another opportunity to fine tune their racing skills before the 7-10 finals to be held at MSAC on November 16th. Good luck to all Surrey Park swimmers.

Photos - well done to all of our finalists who competed on November 16 at MSAC. Click here

 30/10/08  surrey park achieves gold award in 2008 goclub pb awards scheme 

Surrey Park Swimming Club is now a GOLD Award recipient of the 2008 GoClub PB Awards scheme  

Australian Unity GO Club PB is a national swimming club standard established to recognise and reward swimming clubs by measuring their performance across five key areas: 

• Membership: measuring the clubs ability to attract new members and maintain or increase its existing membership base.
• Administration: measuring the clubs ability to operate efficiently, safely and remain financially viable.
• Activities: measuring the clubs participation levels from club nights through to national championships, and also the number of social activities on offer for its members.
• Coaching and Officiating: Measuring the number of technical officials available, the coach to swimmer ratio, and the level of participation in regional and state development activities.
• Marketing and Promotion: measuring the clubs commitment to communication with its membership and the ability to attract sponsorship dollars, through promotion utilising local media, web page and activities for non member organisations.

  Results from the 2008 Australian Unity GO CLUB PB workbooks reveal swimming clubs around the nation are improving their performance and management structures providing a better environment for all members, athletes, coaches, officials, administrators and parents. Thanks to our president, staff and club committee who have worked hard to help Surrey Park achieve the GO CLUB PB GOLD LEVEL.