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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!
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.
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 🙂
Adam Gillespie is our new Strength & Conditioning Coach and will start at Abbotsleigh on 10th October.
Here is information about Adam…
Adam has been a strength and conditioning coach for 6 years now working with a number of different sports and teams from the Manly Marlins rugby club to the National Rugby League referees association.
Adam has spent the last 3 years working as the head of strength and conditioning at Trinity Grammar School working with a multitude of sports from swimming, rugby, football and more. He has completed a bachelor’s degree in sports science and is currently completing his master’s degree in exercise science majoring in strength and conditioning. He is also a level 2 Australian strength and conditioning qualified coach and has a number of other qualifications.
We are very fortunate to have Adam on board and Adam is excited to work with our program, full of talented swimmers.
Adam will lead our dry land program and will be assisted on Tuesday and Thursdays by Tonu Liiband. Tonu is an aspiring S&C coach with a background in high performance coming from a professional career in football and has been personal training now for a number of years. I look forward to seeing the improvement in this area in our program.
Get ready for some ripped ABBS!!!!!
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”
Swimmer of the Month August – Abbey Williamson
Congratulations to Swimmer of the month for August, 2016 – Abbey Williamson. Abbey has showed a commitment to training and learning that has resulted in some fast swimming. Abbey has applied herself to training and working hard every time she is in the water.
We look forward to seeing this attitude continue into the long course season and the great swimming that will follow.
NSW State Age Short Course Championship Swimmer of the meet – Thomas Peregrina
Congratulations to our swimmer of the meet from NSW Age SC State Champs Thomas Peregrina. Throughout the meet he was constantly a positive influence on the team. With his performances in the pool, applying the skills and races strategies that he has been working on in training and in support of his team mates. This came in the form of always cheering on follow team members, providing sage advice to younger swimmers on their racing and preparation and then stepping up for some fast swimming for the team in relays.
Congratulations Tom on a very successful meet and being a true example of what it means to be part of Team ABB.
NSW Open Championships – Swimmer of the meet – Natasha Ramsden
Natasha Ramsden made progress in the competitive racing environment at Open SC Championships. Natasha won the 50m Freestyle at the meet. At this level it is important to get your hand on the wall first. To do this you need to rely on your skills and execute these skills under the pressure of racing.
Natasha was able to do this better than she executed her skills at Age SC. Well done Tash for making improvements to your race and producing them to assist you to victory. Great racing. Well done!
The swimmer of the month will receive an Aqua Shop voucher.
Good luck to 3 Abbotsleigh swimmers who will compete in Darwin at the School Sport Australia Swimming Championships; Charles Marais, Georgia Peregrina and Becca St. Vincent
The event will be a great opportunity for our swimmers to test themselves in a different environment and experience a different way of life.
I look forward to hearing about the experience and what our swimmers learn about swimming, themselves and life in the Northern Territory.
Happy and Fast Swimming!
