30/10/06
Mid Summer Meet
Lakes Swim Club will be holding a 'Mid-Summer Meet' on Friday 1st December. This is an opportunity for swimmers to break pool and club records. Events will be run for 25m and 50m in all four strokes. Swimmers can pre-nominate now for these events. Due to special timekeeping and registration requirements swimmers MUST PRE-NOMINATE. See Sandy Veeren at the pool at a Club night in November to fill out a nomination form.
23/10/06
Forest Lake High School Champions
Lake's members Tehnae Findlay and Kirsten Veeren (pictured) were recently presented with Swimming Age Champion trophies at the Forest Lake State High School 2006 Sports Awards Night.
26/10/06
Swim Carnival Entry Lists
Entries have now closed for the following swim carnivals in November. Click on links to view the Lakes swim team entrants.
Toowooma Open on 4th
Milmerran Open on 5th
East Brisbane on 5th
Brisbane Age & Open, Chandler on 11-12th
Lakes entry lists for swim carnivals are linked on the swim meet calendar. If you have entered for a meet, make sure your name is on the list.
24/10/06
Club Records Tumble
A committment to squad training and carnivals by Lakes swim team members has seen a number of the Club swimming records
get broken over the winter season. A few new names have been added to the record books and a few already on the list have improved their existing records. Members will have an opportunity to better the times in each of the four strokes over a distance of 25 or 50 metres on 1st December when the Club holds its Mid Summer Meet. Certificates will awarded to Club Record breakers in recognition of their achievement... more details
22/10/06
Noosa Ocean Swim
Coach Caroline is taking some of her senior squad members to Noosa for a taste of ocean swimming at the annual Noosa Triathlon Multi Sport Festival. Allison Masuch, Ashley Langdale, Ellie & Kara Colgan and Tehnae Findlay are all looking forward to a different kind of swimming challenge and will be competing in the Eyeline Noosa 1000 Ocean Swim on Friday 27th October. Caroline's daughter Kristy Somers is a seasoned campaigner in ocean swimming events and will be helping show our team the ropes as they head 250m out to sea, round a buoy, return to Noosa's main beach and head out to sea again for the second half of the swim. Lakes member Caleb Sadler and sister Elissa will also be competing at the festival in the Noosa Superkidz Triathlon on Saturday.
19/10/06
Busy Weekends Coming Up
Now that the swimming season is well and truly underway there are plenty of event choices available to
Lakes club members in addition to the regular Friday night swim meets. On the last weekend in October the Lakes club will be represented at the Yeronga Long Course and the Runcorn Short Course meets being held on the same day.
View Lakes entry list for Yeronga meet.
View Lakes entry list for Runcorn meet.
Entries close this Friday night (20/10/06) for seven carnivals being held on the first two weekends in November. Entry details are available in the swim meet calendar.
15/10/06
Stingers Junior Meet Oakey
Thirteen members of the Lakes Swim Team (pictured above) headed west to Oakey for the annual Toowoomba Stingers Club Junior long course meet on Sunday 15th October. There was an emphasis on fun at this meet and all swimmers were awarded a medal for their efforts following the 25 and 50 metre freestyle events. You didn't need to get into the pool to be a winner at this one either. Patricia Kulick (Vice Pres) and Sandra Jeffares (Communications Officer) went home with a bottle of wine each for being the most consistent time keeping team on the day and the Kulick, Welfare and Colgan families won their fair share of the 45 or so prizes up for grabs in the raffle.
14/10/06
Season Opener Welcome
There were close to 40 swimmers at the first Friday night swim meet for the 2006/2007 swimming season including 11 new members. For the first time the club had a commentator for the events with Club President, David Chettle making good use of the club's new portable PA system. If you missed out on the sign-up meet, its not too late to join the club... just turn up at any of the Friday night swim meets and join on the spot. For more information email the Club Secretary, Sussan Langfield or info@lakesswimmingclub.org.au. You can also find more information about membership of the Lakes Club here or download a copy of the Information Booklet.
13/10/06
Three Silver Medals at Redcliffe
The Lakes team took home three silver medals at the Redcliffe Spring Distance long course meet held 8th October won by
Keegan Jeffares 10&under 100m backstroke, Zac Welfare 11-12yrs 100m butteryfly and Kristin Taylor 10yrs&Under 100m breaststroke. The team also had opportunity to meet Jess Schipper, the current World Record holder for the womens 200m Butterfly. Jess was also swimming at the meet but found time to sign autographs and have her photo taken with team members.
13/10/06
Burpengary Junior Short Course
Lake's Swim Club have 9 swimmers entered in the Burpengary Junior Short Course meet on October 22nd. View Entry List
3/10/06...
Lakes Swim Team Squad on Brisbane Extra with World Champ Jess Hine
Just home from representing Australia at the World Down Syndrome Swimming Championships, Jess Hine received some well deserved media attention having clinched 3 gold medals, a silver and a world record at the international meet held in Limerick, Ireland. Lakes swim team members Tehnae Findlay, Beth Arnold, Allison Masuch, Kara & Ellie Colgan and their coach Caroline Somers were on hand with the crew from Channel Nine's Brisbane Extra to welcome home their training partner. The segment went to air on Tuesday night 3/10/06. View Brisbane Extra Video Clip(approx 3mins 6MB)
13/10/06
Stingers Junior Meet Oakey
Good luck to the Lakes Swim Team at the Toowoomba City Stingers Junior meet at Oakey on Sunday 15th October. Lake's will have 17 members on the team at this long course meet for 12yrs and under swimmers. Check the list of Lake's Club entries and their nominated times for the meet here.
13/10/06
New Season Starts Friday 13th October 2006
The Lake's Swimming Club 2006/2007 swim season starts TONIGHT!!. For information about getting involved, drop in to the Forest Lake Aquatic Centre from 6pm. Bring your togs too, the first swim meet of the season starts at 7pm. Membership details available here or send an email to info@lakesswimmingclub.org.au with any questions.
Download the 2006/2007 Information Booklet (110kb)
4/10/06
Redcliffe Spring Distance Meet
Sixteen swimmers from Lakes Swim Club will front the starter this Sunday for the Redcliffe Leagues/Lawnton Swimming Club Combined Age Spring Distance meet at Redcliffe. View Lakes entry list
3/10/06..
Danielle Wins Gold at BSA Spring Sprint
Danielle Taylor took 1st place in the 50m Backstroke event against a strong field of 8 year old girls at Round 1 of the BSA Divisional Premership. Lakes had ten junior swimmers at the Chandler pool complex meet on 30th September, all achieving PBs on the day and collecting points for the club in Division 4 of the Brisbane Premiership. Congratulations to Danielle & Kristin Taylor, Ashlee Langdale, Kara & Ellie Colgan, Lachlan Schotel, Allison Masuch, Elita Huynh, Beth Arnold and Caleb Sadler for a great effort. Find out more about the BSA premiership.
3/10/06..
Taylor Girls Age Champions at Flyers 400
Following up on her gold medal win at the BSA meet at Chandler on Saturday Danielle Taylor won another 4 gold medals, age championship for 8 year old girls and 4 pool records at the Milne Bay pool complex in Toowoomba on October 1.
Danielle's sister Kristin also won 4 gold and the age championship for the 9 year girls, both achieving PBs in almost all of their events.
The Lakes team had a great weekend with Keegan Jeffares taking home two bronze medals for the 9yo boys butterfly and backstroke events. Lachlan Schotel showed good pace winning the 50m breaststroke event for 9yo boys but was unfortunately DQ'd by the officials for breaking the start. Antoinette Jeffares and Kara and Ellie Colgan also swam well achieving PBs at the 50m long course event.
