Author: Ben Ramsden

Abbotsleigh’s fearless insomniacs contributed to the 12 hour overnight swim-a-thon for Zoue Sefton at Waves Aquatic Centre recently.

Our team consisted of: Harry and Callum Trethowan, Shaun Champion, Tom and Georgia Peregrina, Georgia O’Connor, Amy and Holly Nelson, Natasha and Ben Ramsden, Emily Ong, Matt Kelly, Jaimey Yeats and Lachie Dunlop.

Despite splashing off at 6pm sharp the paparazzi didn’t arrive til 3:45am to snap these shots of the pre-dawn crew. Congratulations swimmers and thank you to all of our supporters who contributed $1,100 to the cause. We are all wishing Zoue the very best with her treatment.

Wednesday

The cloudless day began with an enthusiastic splash in the clear waters of Noosa main beach for an ocean swim. Led by the local swim coach Graeme Brewer, the entire team dared greatly in a lane rope free aquatic pursuit – even Amanda coming along for the swim. However Cam avoided the sun at all costs and prepared his “Cam-ouflage” outfit for the afternoon.

After lunch we were in for a treat for Cam’s army boot camp involving running, lifting, crawling and rolling through the sand and water. Even though we were exhausted, we found the energy to enjoy a hyped up evening of music bingo with many upcoming dancing and singing talents being revealed.

Anon.

Photos last updated 10:45pm Friday 7th.

Rio Olympian Matt Abood was guest of honour at our Annual Awards recently. His story of ‘almost making it’ for many years until he made it to Rio aged 30, captivated the audience. Continue reading “Abood at Annual Awards”

Thanks so much for coming! More photos to follow soon.

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Amanda Isaac our new Head Coach has landed!! Mrs Poole, Abbotsleigh Head Mistress, introduced Amanda to parents and swimmers at a short meeting ahead of training this afternoon.

Amanda is a Gold licence coach who is passionate about building a successful culture and motivated to strive for excellence. She has a broad experience across all ages and has produced Australian representatives in Junior, Senior and Paralympic teams since 2007. She is currently Head Coach at Nunawading Swimming Club in Victoria, where she has led the Club over the last 7 years to its most successful period in 55 years. Achievements include Nunawading being recognised as the Australian Premier Club on 4 occasions and being listed among the top 10 clubs at Age Nationals for the last 9 years in succession.

Amanda has been a coach on several Australian teams in all disciplines including still water, open water and Paralympic swimming. Her other career highlights include her appointment in 2016 to the AIS Performance Coach Program; coach of the Swimming Victoria Gold Squad; coach on an 2015 Australian Youth XCamp; coach at the World University Games to name but a few.

We look forward to Amanda starting with us on May 2nd.

Massive, massive congratulations team. At the conclusion of the State Championships last night we were officially recognised as #3 in the State by points score in the 13-18 year competition.

When it’s too wet to go outside the fearless Abbotsleigh swimmers…