Dude, Where's my Bowling Ball?

The Coen brothers may have immortalised the sport of bowling in their movie 'The Big Lebowski', but the Riverton AUSSI Masters members, families and friends have taken it to even greater heights. The latest event on the club's social calendar was bowling at AMF Cannington on Sunday 26 July.


Some stellar footwork and arm action was on show by all 14 bowlers that made up 3 teams of adults and kids and some very fancy scores were recorded. Everyone that attended had a great time and enjoyed the fun. Many thanks to Lesley for organising the event.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Attached is the flyer for the SHORT COURSE RELAY CARNIVAL

WHERE – Challenge Stadium

WHEN – SUNDAY 16th August 9.15am Start

WHY –This is all about swimming together as a CLUB. There are NO individual swims. Only 25 and 50m relay swims.

4x25 Free, Medley and Mixed Relays
4x50 Free, Medley and Mixed Relays

That’s it !

COST - $5 INCLUDES POOL ENTRY AND FREE LUNCH AFTERWARDS !! -

WHAT NEXT – Simply click on the reply button and type “Damo I am in” Then click on send.

I strongly encourage anyone who has thought about having swim to enter, it’s all about having fun, No PB’s to worry about, just dive in and swim !

Yes or No by 6th August.

Sensational Swimming at Swan Hills

A very early start on a cold morning saw six intrepid Riverton swimmers take on all comers from ten other clubs in a sensational morning of great swimming.


In a tradition that has been etched in concrete since time immemorial, here is the run down of the meet in the all-too-familiar list of bullet points (with a few sporting clichés thrown in for good measure!).

The Brilliant

• Robert’s sizzling 2.18 PB in the 200 metre freestyle. Absolutely sensational! Does it get any better than that?
• Graeme’s three relay legs on the trot after three other fantastic events. He dug deep and gave 110%.
• Lea’s ‘first place in her age group’ 50 metre freestyle in 38 seconds. Fabulous swimming from start to finish and she remained focused for both laps.
• Barbara’s herculean 25 metre butterfly to cap off a weekend of birthday celebrations. After a huge night of partying, she took the meet one heat at a time and came out a winner.
• Uli’s 33 seconds in the 50 metre freestyle. She’s got to be happy with that!
• Kazza’s ‘second place in her age group’ 25 metre backstroke, complete with a PB. She finally got the monkey off her back and gave backstroke a go.
• Riverton’s 4 X 50 metre freestyle relay team of Uli, Graeme, Lea and Robert. There’s no ‘I’ in team and they say that records are made to be broken. A pity there were no points for this event – it was beautiful to watch. Uli led the field at the first leg. Graeme increased the lead in the second leg and then Lea further increased the lead in the third. Robert brought the team home and showed a lot of heart in lapping one other team completely and almost lapping two other teams. In a word - simply sensational!!!

The Wrap-up

• Good venue and great organisation.
• The team placed ninth out of 11 teams and with only 6 competitors was a brilliant effort. I can honestly say it was a total team effort. A short movie of the action can be seen here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vn8SwO_JqQ

The movie shows Robert in action, Graeme and Barbara swimming, and then Lea handing over to Barbara in one of the relays.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Seven Spices

The latest event on the club's social calendar was an evening at Seven Spices restaurant in Applecross where a small group met for dinner on Saturday 20 June. The Indian and Sri Lankan food that was prepared was fabulous and we tasted a wide variety of dishes from the buffet table. A lovely ambiance, fantastic food and great company all combined to make a very pleasant dining experience.

Swan Hills Meet

Where - Swan Park Recreation Centre – Gray Drive, Midvale (25m Indoor heated pool)

When - SUNDAY 5th of JULY Time: 8.00am Warm-up, 8.30am Start (pool opens at 7.30am)

Cost: $4.30 Pool entry for swimmers ($3.40 Concession) - $1.30 Spectators

Entries must be in to me by Tuesday 24th June


THE PROGRAM

Event 1 200m Free (Choice)
Event 2 100m Breaststroke
Event 3 100m Butterfly
Event 4 50m Free (Choice)
Event 5 25m Back
Event 6 25m Free
Event 7 25m Breaststroke
Event 8 25m Butterfly
Event 9 4 x 25m Mixed Medley Relay
Event 10 4 x 25m Mixed Freestyle Relay
Event 11 4 x 50m Mixed Freestyle Relay (Not for points)

Swimmers may only compete in 3 individual events.

Stadium Snappers 1500 metre Event: 30 May 2009

On Saturday 30 May, a keen quartet of Riverton members arrived at Challenge Stadium to participate in the Stadium Snappers 1500 metre long course event. It was a very well organised event and there was some great swimming completed.

Damo swam the distance in a time of 18.24 – yet another PB. Is there no end to the PBs this man can gather? Very strong swimming from start to finish in the first heat of the afternoon. Great effort!

In a later heat, Iain’s 20.14 was also a brilliant swim. Great swimming for the entire distance. Well done!

Kazza’s 32.29 was smooth from start to finish, despite swimming with goggles full of water and not being able to see where she was going. Two jinxed experiences at Challenge Stadium in as many outings doesn’t augur well for the next one. They say things come in threes!

Shane did a great job of time-keeping (as did Damo, Iain and Kazza). Much appreciated!

Some footage of Damo and Iain in action can be seen here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmSZrRNJR9s

Malira Dives into the Record Books - Again!

Congratulations to Malira Cocking for her OUTSTANDING achievements at the State Swim held at Challenge Stadium over the weekend of 16-17 May. Malira was the Female Winner in her age group, 40-44, with a tally of 55 points from a possible 60 in her events:

• 100 m breaststroke
• 50 m backstroke
• 50 m breaststroke
• 200 m breaststroke
• 50 m butterfly
• 50 m freestyle

as well as the mixed freestyle relay.

In two of those swims, Malira broke the existing state records which had been held by the same swimmer for about 10 years. Malira shaved 0.02 seconds off the 50 m breaststroke record and 0.38 seconds off the 100 m breaststroke record. This now gives Malira a clean sweep of the 50 m, 100 m and 200 m breaststroke state records in her age group.

In anyone's language, that is a fantastic achievement. Congratulations!!!