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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER The weekend just past saw plenty of action with the first of the McDonald’s 9 & Under Meets for 2011-2012 hosted by Palmerston & Rural Swimming Club, a very well attended Open Water Clinic held at the Darwin Waterfront on Sunday morning under the guidance of Adrienne Willing and with Clare Labowitch and Amanda Bagley assisting and of course we had our Territory representatives competing at the AIS, Canberra in the 2011 Australian Age State Teams Shortcourse Championships. This Saturday we will be hosting the 2011 Gatorade NT Open Water Championships with registration commencing at 7.00am and competition scheduled to start at 8.00am. CONTENTS

Thank you to Carol Bolton, Creina Scally and Michelle Pretorius

2011 Australian Age State Teams Short Course Championships

SNTI Annual General Meeting

Robert Gerlach – 4th Commonwealth Youth Games

Leah Cullen Relay

NT Government - Free Mentor Training

SAL Equipment Grants

ascta Conferences

2011-2012 Calendar of Events

Sponsor Acknowledgements

BOARD POSITIONS At the Board Meeting on Monday 12th September the Director’s formally accepted the resignation of Michelle Pretorius who recently moved to Adelaide. Michelle’s contribution was noted and in particular her exceptional efforts as Media Liaison Officer at the 2011 Arafura Games. This created a Casual Vacancy for the period up to the 2012 Annual General Meeting and the Board appointed Kia Naylor to fill this vacancy. Another issue following this resignation was the necessity to fill the Public Officer role and Nicole Jones has accepted this responsibility. The meeting was also advised that Carol Bolton and Creina Scally would not be standing for re-election to the Board at the October Annual General Meeting. The Board thanked both Directors for their outstanding contributions to Swimming Northern Territory over many years. While Creina will still be actively involved on a number of Committees, Carol will be making a cleaner break. Carol was thanked for her contribution including a period as the first paid employee of the Association and also as the driving force in the development of Open Water Swimming and also in pioneering the Indigenous Development Program that now engages up to 2,000 indigenous children from ten remote Communities each year.

2011 STATE TEAMS AGE SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS On Friday 16th September Ben Cooper, Ben Fuller, Kiah Hazel and Kaitlyn Lee headed to Canberra to join a group of Australia’s best junior swimmers for “State of Origin”. Dual Junior World Championship gold medallist Cameron McEvoy was the most notable of more than 200 of Australia’s best young swimmers competing at the 2011 State Teams Short Course event at the AIS in Canberra finishing earlier today. Teams representing Queensland, NSW, Victoria, West Australia, South Australia and Tasmania, aged 13 to 17, contested the third State Teams Short Course event over four sessions that started on Saturday 17 September from 5.00pm at the AIS. Swimming Australia’s National Youth Coach Vince Raleigh, who has also just returned from the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isle of Man, says competing in a team environment and racing against the best in Australia for their age is an important part of the development of the youth program. “The main thing is getting athletes prepared to race at this time of the year, which really mirrors some of the international meets and also gives them something to focus on in terms of their fitness and preparation,” said Raleigh. “Outside of the Australian Age Championships, the best young swimmers in Australia don’t often get to race against each other and to do so in a team environment gives states the chance to work together and coaches the opportunity to develop professionally as well.” “This event has received fantastic support from all the states over the last three years and while it’s still only young on the Australian swimming calendar, we are already seeing benefits as athletes progress through from State Teams into senior and open teams and competition.” Western Australia Athletes: Brandon Bennier, Nicholas Brown, Montana Colreavy, Christopher Dombrowsky, Chante Du Randt, Maggie Emmett, Robert Evans, Ryan Evernden, Rory Franks, Damian Fyfe, Lyndon Goldsmith, Adelaide Hart, Brodie Hedges, Grace Hull, Jack Osborne, Alex Regnaud, Jacson Robb, William Rollo, Steven Rose, Chelsea Sanders, Jemma Saxton, Adele Schultz, Luke Staffe, Tommy Sucipto, Kate Symons, Georgia Truscott, Rebecca Turnell, Chelsea Unwin, Candice Wall Coaches: Paul Bruce, Daniel Dielesen, Peta Goodsell Gregory Hodge, Stacey Scott, Gordon Shaw, Michael Shaw, Brett Tongue, Managers: Steven Rose and Kate Symons Victoria Athletes: Celeste Astorino, Hayley Baker, Ewan Bennett, Emily Camenzuli, Jordan Chivers, Jack Collins, Lily Collins, Sebastian Cumins, Jack Currie, Leon Dong, Jack Gerrard, Alexandra Good, Nicholas Groenwald, Eliza Ham, Jessica Hansen, Mack Horton, Mitchell Hutton, Isaac Jones, Kate Laidlaw, Tyson Lawes, Christina Licciardi, Karly Mansfield, Hamish McDougall, Rachel Mihatsch, Adam Nettlefold, James Nettlefold, Emma Niere, Meghan Parry, Michael Passaro, Annie Pepper, Karlene Pircher, Mitchell Pratt, Samuel Russo, Jemma Schlicht, Benjamin Schreiner, Lucy Soden, Lushavel Stickland, Natalie Vercher, Lachlan Wells, Sian Whittaker Coaches: Dean Bryant, Craig Jackson, Wayne Lawes, Cam Nation (head coach), Michael Sage, Mark Synnot, Nicholas Veliades Managers: Sonia MacGregor, Warwick Waters, Kirsty Woodham Physiotherapist: Jacqueline Bloder Tasmania Athletes: Ella Adams, Timothy Belstead, Thomas Curran, Sam Curtis, Lily Czeszek, Evan Dixon, Kaitlyn Ellston, Alec Guerzoni, Jessica Hardstaff, Will Harmsen, Dylan Harris, James Knowles, Joshua McDermott, Emma Newell, Lachlan Pagett, Fay Power, Joanna Smart, Calico Yeaman Coaches: Derek Taylor

Queensland Athletes: Mitchell Adams, Hannah Beighton, Carla Buchanan, Ciara Cescotto, Andrew Digby, Emma Essex, Cade Fasala, Amy Forester, Lizzie Gannon, Robert Gerlach, Megan Gianotti, Chelsea Gillett, Jared Gilliland, Tianni Gilmour, Taylor Green, Ridge Grimsey, Chelsea Gubecka, Kaelyn Hann, Jordan Harrison, Ka Ho Kwong, Brooke Krause, Lucia Lassman, Regan Leong, Cameron McEvoy, Taylor McKeown, Max Muggeridge, Molly Muir, Leah Neale, Douglas Oliver, Jake Packard, Ryan Parker, Mitchell Philips, Alex Purcell, Mark Ragel, Liam Rayfield, Lauren Rettie, Buster Sykes, Morgan Timms, Adam Van Der Zant, Zac Whenuaroa Coaches: Matthew Brown (head coach), Shaun Crow, Ben Eales, Damien Jones, Mark Lorrimer, Chris Mooney, Paul Sansby, Richard Sleight, Dion Walmsley Managers: Dianne Greene, Luke Stafford Northern Territory Athletes: Ben Cooper, Ben Fuller, Kiah Hazel, Kaitlyn Lee Manager: Fiona Wright New South Wales Athletes: Meg Bailey, Jake Baggaley, Joachim Bardrum, Rebecca Booth, , Michaela Campbell, Lachlan Colquhoun, Tim Cottam, Laura Crockart, Karlee Franek, Elyssia Gasparotto, Brandon Grochala, Jacob Hansford , Abbey Harkin, Jake Hodgetts, Michaela Hokin, Ryan Hore, Jesse King, Ryan Leonard, Jenna Liimatainen, Edward Marks, Ami Matsuo, Lucy McJannett, Benjamin McDermott, Carlee Millikin, Georgia Miller, Hugo Morris, Elise Pidutti, Jarrod Poort, Nick Reekie, Jayke Rees, Nicholas Rispoli, Nick Robertson, Dahlas Rogers, Ashleigh Steed, Lucy Tabrett, Sophie Taylor, Peter Topalidis, James Traiforos, Leanne Wright, Paris Zhang Coaches: Toby Condon, Jim Fowlie (head coach), Michael Legge, Ron McKeon, Greg McWhirter, Jennifer Noel, Frank Preston, Justin Rothwell, Steve Young Managers: Patricia Roberts, Neil Rogers, Joshua Strachan South Australia Athletes: Megan Adlem, Ella Bond, Alison Burford, Georgie Clarnette, Lucy Codling, Chris Deegan, William Duncan, Sophie Eberhard, Emma-Rose Eckert, Kate Edwards, Thomas Evans, Micaela Habib, Kate Hofmeyer, Aaron Hunt, Kamika Huynh, Kayden Huynh, Charles Jordan, Hayden Lewis, Samuel Lungershausen, Lauren Marsh, Hannah Mawby, Sophie McHugh, James McKechnie, Jake McKenzie, Ellysia Oldsen, Ethan Owens, Scarlette Paschke, Rian Pate, Ethan Rump, Kate Shaw, Kathryn Simmons, Caitlin Thorn, Christian Valente, Adrian Waydock, Zoe Williams Coaches: Carole Margrison, James Fennell, Mick Asker, Jordan Blackmore Manager: Michelle Doyle Physiotherapist: David Spurrier

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The 2011 Annual General Meeting of Swimming Northern Territory Incorporated will be held on Saturday 15th October 2011 at 10:30am. The venue is the YMCA Conference Room on Henry Scott Recreation Centre (adjacent to the Pool); Lot 2525 Stuart Highway, Katherine NT 0850. Nominations are called for the following Board positions (2 year terms):

1. President a. Individual whose term is ending, Clare Labowitch

2. Director (Three positions) a. Individuals whose terms are ending, Carol Bolton, Nicole Jones and Creina Scally

Board nominations together with a précis (supporting information) are to be with the Executive Officer by 1st October 2011. Forms and additional details are available on the SNTI website.

4TH COMMONWEALTH YOUTH GAMES (ISLE OF MAN) Congratulations to Robert Gerlach, ex – Palmerston & Rural Swimming Club for his outstanding performances at the recent Commonwealth Youth Games on the Isle of Man. Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay Sydney swimmer Te Haumi Maxwell, the talented 16-year-old, who holds more than half a dozen Australian Age freestyle records, teamed up later in the night in the 4x100m freestyle relay with Chris Raven, Robert Gerlach and Tommy Sucipto to orchestrate another gold medal win for Australia in 3:20.01, from England (3.20.71) and South Africa (3:21.96). Men's 50m Backstroke Northern Territory-born backstroke bruin Robert Gerlach kept the medals coming for Australia, winning bronze in the 50m backstroke in 25.38, only 0.14 off Kiwi gold medallist Corey Main (25.24). Men’s 200m Backstroke Northern Territory born Robert Gerlach was a shade outside the medals, finishing fourth in the 200m backstroke in 1:59.50, while Eugene Tee, exhausted from his 400m IM only moments earlier finished seventh in 2:04.60. Men's 100m Backstroke After finishing fourth in the 200m backstroke and third in the 50m backstroke, Northern Territory born Robert Gerlach claimed silver in the men’s 100m backstroke in 54.05, behind a barnstorming Corey Main (53.53) from New Zealand. Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay In the last race of the evening, the men’s 4x100m medley relay quartet of Te Haumi Maxwell, Robert Gerlach, Chris Raven and Tommy Sucipto set the pool alight, winning gold in a Games record of 3:38.68, from the determined Scotland (3:41.50) and South African (3:46.13) teams. Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Minus their premier 200m freestyler Alex Graham, who slipped and dislocated his knee on pool deck during Thursday’s warm up, the Australian quartet of Jarood Poort, Eugene Tee, Te Haumi Maxwell and Robert Gerlach finished fifth in 7:33.50 in a fierce final that went to a well drilled Welsh unit in 7:22.16. Summary: Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay – GOLD Men's 50m Backstroke – BRONZE Men’s 200m Backstroke – 4th Men's 100m Backstroke – SILVER Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay – GOLD (Games Record) Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay – 5th

LEAH CULLEN RELAY In 2009 the aquatic and sporting communities in Darwin suffered a great loss with the passing of one of its most active and passionate members, Swimming Northern Territory’s Executive Officer, Leah Cullen. In memory of Leah’s passion and service we are proud to continue with the inter‐aquatic sport challenge inaugurated in July 2009. The Leah Cullen 10km Relay Challenge is aimed at promoting awareness and cooperation between Swimming NT and the wider community. This year we are extending the challenge to Northern Territory corporate bodies with the inclusion of the “Corporate 5km” event. The winning team in each event will receive $300 in prize money plus a perpetual trophy.

Please refer to the SNTI website for more information and details on how to enter. Entries must be received by c.o.b. Friday 23rd September* We look forward to your participation in this exciting community event. Please forward this information to any other organisations who may be interested.

Free Mentor Training Program Offered An Australian Sports Commission two-evening workshop, designed to develop and enhance the skills of coaches working in the sport and recreation industry, is being held in Darwin on Tuesday, 25 October and Wednesday, 26 October 2011. Times are 6.00pm – 9.30pm each evening at Sports Medicine Conference Room, Ground Floor, Sports House, Waratah Crescent, Fannie Bay. The workshop is free with tea, coffee and biscuits provided. Mentor Training will cover:

Mentoring in action in your chosen sport

Setting up the mentoring relationship and getting to know your mentor

Communication, managing and resolving conflict skills for mentors

Network opportunities with sporting clubs and opportunity to share ideas Bookings are essential - for further information or to place a booking, contact Warren Foote, Sport Development Coordinator on 8982 2328 or email warren.foote@nt.gov.au

Leah Cullen Relay Challenge

Casuarina Swimming Pool 4pm Saturday 8th

October 2011

“Club 10km” – open to all Swimming NT Clubs

“Corporate 5km” – open to all NT corporate bodies, including non‐SNTI aquatic

organisations

More than 50 swim clubs benefit through Equipment Grants Swimming Australia has this week commenced delivering much needed equipment to swimming clubs as part of the 2011 Club Equipment Grant program with over 50 clubs nation-wide set to benefit. Recipients of the grant include clubs in the surrounding areas affected by recent floods in Victoria and Queensland as well as smaller, regional clubs that are required to travel long distances to compete regularly. Eligible clubs across the country will receive one of the following items as part of the grants; a marshalling and events board, a shade marquee, a laptop with swimming-specific programs installed, 20 kick boards/pull buoys and a dry land training kit, a pace clock, an underwater video kit or a wireless timing system. Head coach and director of North West Aquatic Swimming Club in Victoria, Cam Nation said the equipment will make a huge difference for his club. “The swimmers will now be able to use the equipment at local swim meets and the benefits will not only be received by the club, but by the greater Metro West District,” said Nation. More than 200 clubs were put through a tough judging process which involved Swimming Australia assessing each club’s needs, and a close look at what impact the grant would have on the swimming community in that particular region. So far 58 clubs have been successful in their application for a grant, with the roll-out of equipment continuing throughout September. Swimming Australia’s General Manager of Community Sport Adam Pine said swimming clubs are the backbone of the sport. “We hope these grants will aid clubs in enhancing the sport for all of our members as well as the wider community,” said Pine. “To be able to provide much needed equipment to more than 50 clubs is a key component of our aim to grow the sport and add to the already large number of swimmers competing at a club level.” To qualify for the grant, clubs had to have participated in Swimming Australia’s GO Club PB program which is aimed at identifying and rewarding clubs based on measuring their service and performance across the board, not just in competition. Manager of Devonport Swimming Club in Tasmania Barry Pickett said the grants have been extremely well received. The support of the Community Equipment Grant will help reduce costs to swimmers and their parents and the money saved will allow the club to expand and provide improved facilities for its members,” said Pickett. “Receiving this equipment grant has allowed our club to redirect funding towards establishing club rooms at the pool, and providing facilities to encourage group exercising. The dry land equipment will give the opportunity for our swimmers to exercise and improve on their core strength and work together prior to swim training.” Aimed at clubs and their communities, the grants are part of Swimming Australia’s ongoing commitment to increasing the capacity of clubs and improving the equipment that is available for members. Swimming Australia is paving the way for the next generation of swimmers by providing clubs with necessary training equipment. The new equipment can be used as a drawcard to encourage aspiring swimmers to continue club-swimming. Congratulations to Darwin Swimming Club on successfully applying for an Equipment Grant.

asctaCONFERENCES 2011 - 2012 Follow the links for more Conference details: asctaVIC Conference 2011 Melbourne 8th and 9th October SwimWEST Conference 2011 Perth 15th and 16th of October

asctaCONVENTION 2012 Gold Coast 24th April to 1st May 2012

2011-2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Date Time Meet Venue

Sat 10 Sept 4 for 5pm Power in the Water Series Meet 1 Casuarina

Sat 17 Sept 4.30 for 5pm McDonald's 9 and Under Meet 1 Palmerston

Sun 18 Sept 9.00 – 11.30am Open Water Swimming Skills Clinic Darwin Waterfront Lagoon

Sat - Mon 17-

19 Sept

Australian Age State Teams

Shortcourse Championships

Australian Institute of Sport,

Canberra

Sat 24 Sept 7 for 8am

2011 Gatorade NT Open Water Swimming

Championships

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Lake Bennett

Sat-Sun 1-2 Oct 2011 NT Surf Lifesaving Championships Broome

Sat 8 Oct Leah Cullen Relay Casuarina

Sat-Sun 8-9 Oct Kimberley Short Course Championships Broome

Sat 15 Oct TBC (am) JX Junior Development Clinic Katherine

Sat 15 Oct TBC (am) SNTI Annual General Meeting Katherine

Sat-Sun 15-16 Oct Katherine Birthday Carnival Katherine

Sat 29 Oct 4 for 5pm Power in the Water Series Meet 2 Casuarina

Sat 5 Nov 7 for 7.30am Daz-L Distance Meet 1 Casuarina

Sat-Sun 12-13

Nov Top End Storm Invitational Casuarina

Sat-Sun 25-27

Nov Alice Springs Invitational Alice Springs

Sat 3 Dec 4.30 for 5pm McDonald's 9 and Under Meet 2 Parap Pool

Sat-Sun 10-11

Dec NT Long Course Qualifying Meet Casuarina

Sat-Fri 10-16

Dec Queensland Championships Brisbane

Sat 17 Dec 7 for 7.30am Daz-L Distance Meet 2 Casuarina

Sat-Sun 7-8 Jan NSW 10/under-12 Championships SOPAC

Fri-Sun 13-15 Jan SA Country Championships Port Pirie

Fri-Wed 20-25

Jan SA Championships Adelaide

Sat 11 Feb 7 for7.30am Daz-L Distance Meet 3 Casuarina

Sat 18 Feb 4.30 for 5pm McDonalds 9 and Under Meet 3 Nightcliff

Sat-Sun 18-19

Feb

2012 Australian Open and Age Open Water

Championships TBC

Sat 25 Feb 4 for 5pm Power in theWater Series Meet 3 Casuarina

Thur-Sun 8-11

March

check session

times 2012 Vorgee NT Open and Age Championships Casuarina

Sat 10 March TBC 2012 McDonald's 9 and Under Championships Casuarina

Sat-Sun 17-24

March 2012 Australian Open Swimming Championships TBC

Sat 31 March 4 for 5pm Power in the Water Series Meet 4 Casuarina

Mon-Sat 9-14

April 2012 Australian Age Championships TBC

Sat 21 April 4 for 5pm Darwin Invitational (incorporating Top End

Sprints) Casuarina

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