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Squad News
March 2020
Fabrikam, Inc.
Welcome to Squad News – March 2020
Kia ora whanau challenging. If your family is finding the balance a
challenge, please touch base with one of our senior
Apologies for not making the deadline for the last swimmers who should be able to assist.
newsletter but I got to it this month!
Once again as a Board we are concentrating on our
We have had a wonderful start to our year with the finances and continued growth of the club balanced
arrival of Aidan, Jess and Gabriel. There was a great with the provision of high‐quality individual coaching.
article about Aidan in the Daily Post ‐ well worth a If you have any concerns, please contact us.
read and a great photo. This is a fantastic outcome for
us securing Aidan and I would like to acknowledge the All the best for the rest of 2020, it certainly looks like
Board for their commitment in helping this to happen. it will be a great one. We are still seeking some fresh
Aidan has certainly hit pool deck with purpose and legs for the Board. It is really an excellent opportunity
direction, and it is evident in the increased sessions to see how the swimming world works and though
that the athletes are attending and the outcomes in there are plenty of challenges, there are lots of great
the pool. Energy levels with the athletes are running outcomes as well.
high and team dynamics are fantastic.
The start of the year is always busy. There are plenty
of meets on the radar which we all need to keep on Ngā mihi
top of by watching the app and checking emails.
Historically we have done quite a bit of chasing and Monica Quirke on behalf of the board
some of our members have gone far beyond what
they should be doing to accommodate people who are
late, disorganised or just forgetful. However, we all
need to be more resilient and take ownership
ourselves.
Thanks again to our tremendous pool of volunteers
who do so many things for us all, whether at meets,
fundraising, coordinating travel arrangements,
uniforms etc, you are all incredible. What a great team
effort.
We had a very successful working bee around the
clubhouse. Many hands made light work and the
building looks great and has a new lease of life.
February to April is the business end of the year for Head Coach Aidan Withington
our competitive swimmers as they are now back at
school and swimming intensely which can be
Davey Boles Male Winner Round the Mount Lake Rotoma Waitangi Day Open Water Swim
Open Water – 2nd February 6km ‐ Emily
1.5km ‐ Hannah K. (first time) Milla Theobald and Kaia
Joyce.
Locker Room & Clubroom Clean‐up
8th Feb SBOP (Bronwen; Karen; Helene & Darrin
Walsh) and two Swim Rotorua tackled the locker
room… before and after photos as below. HUGE
THANK YOU to all that helped with both days.
Wednesday Morning Breakfasts
For those training Wednesday morning we do a breakfast Reminder to all swimmers – please…
for you ready for 7.30am before flying off to school. I have
three slots left to fill 18th and 25th March and 8th April. If you HANG YOUR GEAR BAGS UP ON THE PEGS
can help please email swimrotoruaadmin@gmail.com. – they don’t belong on the floor!
This space is not just for our use, its Swimming BOP’s
too – PLEASE keep it SAFE and tidy – put kick boards
Great News from Teamline! and flippers away in the bins provided. Thanks.
Teamline at Mt Maunganui have offered all Swim On the 15th February Swim Rotorua cleaned the
Rotorua members a 15% discount off online purchases building inside and outside: Trees trimmed (with
(note does not apply to event merchandise and/or permission) power washed back of clubroom (sides
custom team wear). and front to be done and some painting) safety strips
on the steps; floors scrubbed; windows scrubbed and
Just go to their website www.teamline.co.nz and upon kitchen cupboards cleaned!!
checkout enter our special code SWIMROTORUA
Happy shopping!
Some photos from our clubroom area cleanups
2020 Junior Festival AquaKnights Region
Qualifiers
22 of you have qualified from across the Junior
Academy, Turbo, Potential/Performance –
CONGRATULATIONS!! We will have a special Facebook
feature for you all so keep an eye on this – make sure
you follow Swim Rotorua!
SBOP Junior Camp 7‐8th March
Swimmers selected from Qualifiers for Junior Festival.
You will have had an invite to attend from Swimming
BOP so afterwards please share your pictures and let
us know what you did (and who the special coach
Anna with AquaKnights 2020 Swim Rotorua Team
was!) More to come in next Squad News.
CBOP Wed 8th April
Parents please let Pauline know on Recorder email if
you are an Official (IOT) or can timekeep. Appreciate it
is on a Wednesday but a major fundraiser for the club
‐ details of the day will be out very soon.
Upcoming Events Calendar
Meet Region Date Where
SBOP Junior Camp (invitational) 7‐8 March Rotorua
NZ Junior Festival ‐ AquaKnights SNZ/SBOP 13‐15 March 25m Rotorua
Legend Lake OW & NZ Sec Schools OW 21 March Blue Lake
National Prep Round 2 SBOP 22 March 50m pool
BOP Secondary School Swimming 25 March
NZ Opens SNZ/SBOP 31 Mar ‐ 4 April AKL
BOP Autumn Meet SBOP 5 April Baywave
CBOP Primary & Intermediate School Champs CBOP 8 April Rotorua
NAGS SNZ/SBOP 15‐19 April WGNT
Rising Stars SBOP 3 May Rotorua
DIV2 SNZ 5‐9 May Dunedin
Battle of the Clubs SBOP 24 May Rotorua
Taupo XLR8 Taupo SC 13‐Jun Taupo
BOP Winter Dip Awaiting 28‐Jun Awaiting
NZ Sec Schools Champs SNZ 20‐23 Aug Hamilton
SNZ Short Course SNZ 6‐10 October AKL
CNI Central Labour Weekend Rotorua
Note: Dates subject to change.
Junior Academy News – Tara Metro News – Greg
Hi to all. Wow a second newsletter already means the Hi Everyone
term is well underway.
Welcome back after a long summer break. For some of
With lots of schools swimming sports taking place, you, the first few sessions back have been difficult.
remember to wear your Swim Rotorua cap, race hard, Stick to it, it is guaranteed to get easier as you work
stand tall, look great and have fun. If anyone requires your way back into 2020.
a Swim Rotorua cap please see me poolside, the cost
We are continuing with our two sessions a week
will be added to your account.
indoors on a Tuesday and Friday evening. We are
allocated one lane each currently as the warm
Welcome summer weather has pulled many of the swimmers
outdoors to the other workouts.
Welcome to Tara Akurangi, Bruce McGregor, Shelby
Mortlock, Bella Saunders and Yechan Kim who have The main focus area over the last month has been on
now joined us from Swim Magic. Pareamio and rebuilding back to the level that the swimmers were at
Piarimu Pukepuke, Violet Leeke, Lilly Warren, Jun Kim before the Christmas break. This includes some longer
and Awanui & Tokoaitua Owen welcome to the Swim sets as well as timed sprints. These sprint sets work as
Rotorua family. a gauge for where the swimmers are at and we have
already seen some brilliant times and great
Back to the Pool Meet improvement from certain members of the squad.
On Sunday the 16th February a team of 20 Swim Welcome to our latest Metro Squad Members ‐ Mikko,
Rotorua Swimmers headed to Bay Wave to race their Emily, Mel and Fin. I hope that you enjoy the
hearts out. The Junior Academy had 5 swimmers join workouts. I really look forward to your feedback on
the team with the hopes of gaining qualifying times for ways to improve our training and make it more
the NZ Festival (AquaKnights). I’m so excited that all enjoyable. We also wish Tarquin Mackenzie a speedy
five; Makayla Wood, Charlotte Tremain, Noah Schulze, recovery. We hope to have you back in the water
Anita Roy and Leonard Rankin have now qualified for soon.
many different events. We do have some space available in this group so tell
your friends about the group and invite them to come
Coming Up along for a trial workout with us.
Skills Clinic – Wednesday 1st April and Saturday 4th
April
CBOP Interschool – Wednesday 8th April
Public Holiday
Friday 10th April – Good Friday, no swimming for the
Junior Academy, if this is your usual swimming day
please try and fit in a makeup session.
Last Day of Term 1: Thursday 9th April 2020
Back to the Pool Team
Contact details
Tara Watt
Email: swimrotoruajunioracademy@gmail.com
Phone: 022 332 6922
Turbo News – Aidan & Claire Help needed for the CBOP Primary/Intermediate
School Champs
Turbo have been enjoying our new stretches pre‐
workout – make sure you are there at 3:45pm to join We run this competition with Sport BOP as a
in. We have been working hard on some new drills fundraiser for our scholarship fund, and as a way of
which are aimed to improve parts of the stroke like giving back to the community and encouraging
shoulder rotation on backstroke or kick on children to enjoy swimming and competing.
breaststroke. Remember to keep your brain switched We will need help with this event so if you can help
on to these technique changes every time you swim timekeep, officiate or marshal please let Pauline know.
the stroke.
It was great to see Arwen, Hannah, Hone, Tamzin, Funding
Matilda, Ethan and Samuel join with Potential and Huge thanks to the
Juniors to race at the Back to the Pool meet. This was Southern Trust for
a great competition to practise race skills ready for the supporting our club
AquaKnights Junior Festival in mid‐March. See again. This year the trust
Facebook for details. has helped support us to
All AquaKnights Entrants ‐ Race hard! Enjoy! And be contract our new Head
proud to represent Swim Rotorua – the club is behind Coach Aidan. Aidan will
you. be contributing to the
club at all levels from
Well done to Anna Blanco who qualified to race at the
helping manage the
AquaKnights champs in Hamilton – an inter‐regional
Making the Difference Water Safety Programme and
competition for 13& up. She raced long course (50m
running skills clinics for inter‐school teams before the
pool) personal best times in all her events.
CBOP Swimming Champs, right through to preparing
our NZ Junior Festival swimmers and our top squads
Tuesday Morning 7‐8am Metro and Turbo for National Age Group and Division II Champs. We
believe Aidan will make a huge difference to
These sessions are up and running again with Claire
swimming in Rotorua in the next few years and very
Baylis as coach. Any Turbo or Metro are welcome to
much appreciate Southern Trust for supporting him
come along to the indoor 25m pool.
and the Club.
It has been great to see the return of the usual crew
but we also welcome Oscar and Miyume.
School Swimming Championships
We hope you have all participated in swimming sports
at your schools and we would love to see lots of you
racing for your school at:
CBOP Primary and Intermediate School
Competition: 8 April We also want to thank Lion Foundation one more
BOP Secondary School Swimming: 25 March time for the support they provided us towards Lane
Hire. This support allows us to keep our coaching costs
NZ Secondary School Open Water competition: 21 as low as possible but still provide excellent coaching
March quality. Thanks very much Lion Foundation.
Please make sure your school enters their team – they
will have the closing dates.
Contact details:
swimrotoruaheadcoach@gmail.com
To all club parents
Rather than drop your swimmers off at the pool, why not start up or expand your fitness regime by joining the gym or
having a swim? Please contact Shar below if you are keen to have some personal training help.
Our Fitness Studio
Full air conditioned
WIFI
Wired for sound
Open from 6:00 am – 9:00 pm
Monitored on a regular basis
Clean and tidy
Fully equipped for cardio, resistance and rehab
Personal Training Sessions with Shar
$40 for intense 30 minute workout
$70 for 2x30 minute sessions
4‐6 week programmes are also available to purchase
Special group classes available
Gym Membership
30 days $25 pw
6 months $22.50 pw
12 months $20 pw
Membership includes
Access to fitness spas, pools and aqua belt hire
Initial assessment and 6‐week remeasure
To sign‐up
www.clmnz.co.nz/rotorua‐aquatic‐centre (select Gym)
or phone 022 4086 979
Conditions apply
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