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Latest Site Updates
 9 March 2010:
Coaching Position
The Canberra Amateur Swimming Club has a position available for a casual junior squad coach. CASC is Canberra's oldest swimming club and our swimmers train at the Civic Pool and with Club Aquatics at the AIS. This position is based at Civic Pool.
The junior coach takes 3 development squads, training from 4.00pm each weekday. Currently, an opportunity exists for two sessions a week (on Tuesday and Thursday from 4.00 - 6.00pm). There may be further sessions available later in the year.
The successful applicant may also be required to attend local swimming meets on weekends to support swimmers.
The successful applicant will work closely with the current coaches to develop and deliver the training program for the development squads.
Current ASCTA licence, first aid certificate and willingness to undergo a police check are essential.
For further information please contact Ron Collins on 0439133658.
 7 March 2010:
The Current Results page is updated with ACT championships reaults.
Congratulations to Tuggeranong Vikings who took out both the Mens
and Womens pointscores this weekend.
Women - Club Scores
Place Club Points
1 Tuggeranong Vikings 4390
2 Canberra 2024
3 Woden 1774
4 Ginninderra 1723
5 Telopea 1339
6 CRUIZ 440
7 Queanbeyan Leagues 309
8 Goulburn 69
9 Burley Griffin 54
Men - Club Scores
Place Club Points
1 Tuggeranong Vikings 2902
2 Telopea 2612
3 Ginninderra 2034
4 Woden 1570
5 Canberra 1560
6 CRUIZ 656
7 Burley Griffin 364
2 March 2010:
The Current Results page is updated with NSW country championships reaults for all ACT swimmers.
25 Feburuary 2010:
CASC centre stage at Chief Minister's Gold Exhibition
A selection of the Canberra Amateur Swimming Club's memorabilia is currently exhibited at the Canberra Museum as part of an exhibition acknowledging longevity in the ACT.
The main centre piece of our exhibition is a flag presented to CASC in 1930 by the Canberra Fire Brigade Swimming club the forerunner to CASC.
The exhibition is running from now until June, entry into the museum is free.
Ron Collins
CASC President
Congratulations John Skene - Treasurer, Swimming ACT
John and Cecilia Skene celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary this weekend (27 February). Congratulations John and Cecilia from all of us at SwimmingACT and our very best wishes to you both for your future together.
23 Feburuary 2010:
Congratulations to Jessica Traficante for being selected for the Australian Junior Pan Pac team for
Open Water. Congratulations also goes to Jessica's coach Les Barclay of Telopea Swim Club.
Please check out Swimming ACT Reources page for new and updated documents:
Swimming ACT Child Welfare Policy
Swimming ACT Member Welfare Policy
Swimming ACT Member Welfare Policy Procedures
22 Feburuary 2010:
Swimming ACT is happy to announce the 62 swimmers who will be competing
at the Speedo Sprint Series Finals at SOPAC on Saturday March 13 on
behalf of our district. Congratulations and swim well! Please check out the competitors list for detail.
Please check out the newly updated
Swimming ACT By-Law 2010
and new Swimming ACT Rules 2010
19 Feburuary 2010:
Motivational talk for Big State and National level swimmers:
Date: Wednesday February 24 at 5:30pm ... to be finished by 6:30pm
Location: Sports House, Maitland Street, Hackett [the #2 bus to Dickson stops in Madigan Street just near Sports House]
Speaker: Ruth Anderson
Attendance: Please notify Lorraine Wuth (lwuth@hups.net) if you (or a group) will be attending the talk
Profile:
Ruth joined the AIS in 2005 to establish a counseling service for residential athletes. She came to the AIS with diverse experience gained from working in the mental health sector, as Team Leader of youth and family programs; and Senior Psychologist on acute mental health inpatient units. Ruth's clinical expertise, along with qualifications and experience in sport psychology, enables her to provide holistic psychology services aimed at enhancing both the psychological well-being and performance of athletes.
Ruth was the Head of Psychology Services for the 2008 Australian Olympic Team. Now based in Queensland, Ruth is currently working with the AIS Swimming, Tennis & Diving programs and completing her PhD.
19 Feburuary 2010:
The results from Summer Series Meet 3 with Series points which were posted yesterday did not take into account results from Meet 2. This has now been corrected. The high points swimmers from Meet 3 were: Bryce Svensson (25), Keely Small (23), Ellen Thurlow, Alexis Cross and Molly Turnbull (21) and Annabelle Tetley (20). Series points following Meet 3 for boys and girls are now available. Please note that the age is at 14 February 2010 and the swimmers have not been split into Divisions. The results with series
points are ready, please check it out the Current Results page.
16 Feburuary 2010:
The Planned Meets page is updated with 2009-10 BELL’S & FOXY’S
SUMMER DEVELOPMENT SERIES MEET # 4 flyer.
15 Feburuary 2010:
The Planned Meets page is updated with amended ACT Championships meet flyer.
Updated ACT Championship information: Following the Competitions Meeting on Tuesday night, the qualifying times for the 800m and 1500m freestyle events have been amended. The qualifying time for 800m freestyle is now 10:10.00 for all ages and available for swimmers aged 12 and over. The qualifying time for the 1500m freestyle is now 19:04.00 for all swimmers. The 1500m event is available for swimmers (both men and women) aged 14 and over. These changes have been reflected in the qualifying times tables.
The Current Results page is updated with 2009-10 Bell's & Foxy's Summer Series Meet 3 Host: Tuggeranong - 14 February 2010 results and NSW open results for ACT swimmers.
12 Feburuary 2010:
The Top 10 ranking page is updated with new summer top to include Speedo Sprint Heats and Relays results.
7 Feburuary 2010:
The Current Results page is updated with Speedo Sprints ACT heats and ACT relay results.
3 Feburuary 2010:
The Planned Meets page is updated with ACT Championships meet flyer.
The Current Results page is updated with new results for ACT swimmers.
2 Feburuary 2010:
The Current Results page is updated with Queanbeyan Pentathlon meet results.
The Top 10 page is updated with 2009-2010 summer top 10 list as at 31 January 2010 and top 10 list for winter 2009 which include meets up to the NSW Development Meet .
If you have anything relevant to the ACT swimming community that you would like published or publicised, just e-mail our Webmaster (webmaster@swimmingact.com.au). |
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