Girls and Boys swimming on Sydney's Upper North Shore
Congratulations to Talia Allsop, Abbey Williamson, Sami Cox, Cami Graham, Zac Dunlop and Sebastian King for being selected to represent SMNE at the 2017 SPEEDO SPRINT FINALS on 12th March.
Based solely on the results achieved at the SMNE Speedo Heats on 5th February, the available swimmers with the top four placings in each event, have been selected to compete at the Speedo Finals.
Congratulations Super ABB Swimmers 🙂
We are delighted to announce that our very own Ben Ramsden, was recently awarded the Area Technical Swimming Committee Convenor of the Year 2016 by NSW Swimming at an awards ceremony held on Saturday 23 July.
Congratulations Ben, your contribution to swimming and your ongoing commitment is very much appreciated. We cannot think of a more deserving recipient.
A big thanks and a sad farewell to our Abbotsleigh Junior Coach of 8 years – Chris Austin. Chris and his family, have decided to relocate up north. Chris has provided coaching to a large range of swimmers over the years. Whilst his experience is at all levels, he has spent the last part of his time in White Squad. Chris has assisted to prepare ABB athletes and parents, as they progress through our program. Chris is about to start a new chapter of his life, which is great. We wish him all the best and are grateful for all his efforts for our Swimming Club.
Congratulations Team Abb! What a great week of swimming we have experienced!
Congratulations to all members of Team Abb for a wonderful week of racing. The past week is a team effort. I would like to thank all parents and families involved in making the past week happen. There are weeks of dedication throughout the season and especially the week of competition. I appreciate the choices you have had to make, to support having the Championships in December.
Thank you to our swimmers, who are amazing young people. I learn from them every day and love watching them Dare themselves in each race. We are fortunate to have such a colourful and fun group of swimmers. It was great to see everyone supporting each other throughout the meet and the enjoyment on swimmers faces is what this is all about. I enjoyed my first 10×50 relay too, very exciting stuff.
Thank you to Cameron for his efforts with 12/under team and 13-18 years (and the 10×50, solid effort). Cam has settled in well to Team Abb and has made a strong impact with his squad and the Club, in such a short time. Well done Cam, it’s been great working with you this year. I look forward to your coaching continue to blossom in the new year. Thank you to Chris Austin, who has held the fort throughout the year. I appreciate your efforts and the success at State Championships belongs to you too.
Thank you to our Swim Committee, past and present, and our special Team managers from Camp Noosa, who we were very fortunate to have with us. It’s been a fun 7 months. Enjoy your Christmas celebrations, keep active over the break and get refreshed and ready to take on 2017 with strong intent. See you in the new year.
Amanda Isaac
Results from State Age
Congratulations to our State Team Abb performance throughout 12/under and 13-18 Age Championships. All swimmers will take lots of experience from each of their races. We won many medals, starts, turns, finishes and relay changeovers. Congratulations to all members for making this a fun team to be part of.
12/u MEDAL WINNER:
Samantha Cox
100 back Gold
200 back Silver
13-18 YEARS MEDAL WINNERS:
Shaun Champion
200 butterfly Gold
100 butterfly Gold
Annabelle Druce
100 backstroke Gold
Georgia O’Connor
100 backstroke Gold
Holly Nelson
100 freestyle Gold
50 freestyle Gold
Natasha Ramsden
50 freestyle Gold
100 freestyle Silver
100 butterfly Bronze
Imogen Short
100 breaststroke Silver
Emily Ong
100 backstroke Bronze
Relay medal winner:
13-16 4×100 Freestyle relay
Gold
(Natasha Ramsden, Imogen Short, Jaimey Yeats, Emily Ong)
13-14 4×50 Freestyle relay
Silver
(Becca St. Vincent, Georgia O’Connor, Abby Feurtado, Holly Nelson)
13-16 4×100 Medley relay
Silver
(Arizona Staley, Sophie de Salis, Emily Ong, Natasha Ramsden)
10×50 Women’s Freestyle
Bronze
(Arizona Staley, Holly Nelson, Becca St. Vincent, Imogen Short, Jaimey Yeats, Annabelle Druce, Jackie Feurtado, Amy Nelson, Emily Ong, Natasha Ramsden)
Congratulations to all swimmers. It was exciting watching you deliver great skills under pressure every time your competed. Cam and I watched swimmers Dare Greatly, show Kaizen, Unity and had heaps of Fun every session. Cameron and I are super excited to see what 2017 brings. Go Team ABB!
We had an exciting weekend at Metro Championships last weekend, watching our 37 swimmers take on their personal challenge and compete against the rest of the state. This meet is a good hit out before State Championships and a great chance to pick a new State time if you are striving for this.
Cam and I enjoyed watching the skills appear in the long course pool. We are strong starters and great underwater. As Club this is very impressive across all levels. Well done ABB swimmers.
Throughout the weekend there were outstanding results. ABB won 18 medals. This is a fantastic effort from our team. Check out our medallists and their event/s:
Natasha Ramsden – Gold 50 free; Gold 100 free; Gold 100 fly; Silver 200 free;
Samantha Cox – Gold 100 back;
Shaun Champion – Silver 200 fly; Silver 50 fly; Silver 100 fly;
Holly Nelson – Silver 100 breast; Bronze 100 back;
Georgia O’Connor – Silver 100 back;
Matt Kelly – Bronze 100 back; Bronze 200 back; Bronze 400 IM;
Annabelle Druce – Bronze 100 back;
Sophie de Salis – Bronze 200 breast;
Geoff Herkes – Bronze 50 Breast;
Emily Ong – Bronze 100 fly;
Congratulations!
The next step is full steam ahead to State Championships. Keep your focus and enjoy the preparation. Have fun and work on what you learnt at the meet and transfer that knowledge into your daily sessions.
Happy Swimming,
Amanda Isaac
Head Coach
Last session 2016 – Friday 23rd December
Restart January 2017 – Tuesday 3rd January
Timetable available to view & download in Activities
Team Abbotsleigh was well represented at the London Winter Championships over the weekend with Adri & Claudia Fydler at the London Olympic Pool. Head Coach – Chris Fydler has reported a total of 2 PBs in 6 events but some good racing. Team Manager – Rose Fydler has reported that lots of European sight seeing and shopping has assisted with these PBs. Well done girls 🙂
The dates have been locked in for the 2017 Noosa Camp.
Sunday 1st October – Friday 6th October 2017
More details will be announced in the near future.
On the 26th and 27th of September a number of our Junior Athletes took part in the Abb Juniors Camp held at Abbotsleigh Aquatic Centre.
Swimmers learnt the importance of activation and routine around both training and racing. Had the chance to work on stroke technique and building their stroke around body position in the water. They participated in team building activities and became expert critical thinkers with applying themselves to riddles and problem solving. They then got to see themselves in action each afternoon with filming for each stoke and individual feedback.
On Day 2, the swimmers got the opportunity to spend time with Olympian Travis Mahoney. They were able to hear his story before asking all the important questions, like what his favourite lollies were, or telling him about how they hold all but one of the swimming records at school.
The swimmers finally had the opportunity to test themselves in a different way, at District 3 with Dodgem Cars and Laser Tag.
At the end of the 2 days there were some very tired bodies heading home, with a lot of knowledge to apply to their swimming in the future.
A big thank you to Jacqui for her efforts with lunch on both days.