On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week we had 26 courageous swimmers participate in our Annual Camp ABB and I am beyond pleased to say it was a massive success. Continue reading “Camp ABBsolutely fABBulous!”
Camp ABBsolutely fABBulous!
Noosa Camp – Day (0)
Well, the bus is loaded and heading North on its 1030km journey to Noosa in preparation for the Abbotsleigh Swimming Team Camp 2015 which starts tomorrow (Tuesday). Big thanks to the boys and Darryn who acted as our removalist team at Abbotsleigh. Looking forward to meeting the team at Sunshine Coast airport on Tuesday morning for the big week!
Latest press article about us
Reproduced here courtesy of The Hornsby Advocate.
Leanne’s pictures from Canberra here
Move over parents!
The Black and Gold squads took over and ran club night this week. Junior, learn-to-swim and non-club swimmers were invited to come along for a fun evening at the pool. Everybody went home with a participation certificate and lolly bag. Don’t tell Brad Pamp our nutritionist!
Massive thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of this event which is now rumoured to become a termly occurrence.
For no particularly good reason your correspondent has decided to add to the names of the following swimmers: Matt ‘take your marks’ Kelly, Lachy ‘heat 2 lane 5’ Dunlop, Emily ‘have a lolly’ Ong, Zoe ‘come on girls get the spelling right and write neatly’ Lysaght, and Tane ‘my club shirt is still in the wash’ Bidois. Further suggestions are invited.
Ben ‘swims like a floppy octopus’ Ramsden.
Abbotsleigh swimmers selected for State of Origin
Newsflash!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO SHAUN CHAMPION, NATASHA RAMSDEN AND KAEA BIDOIS FOR BEING SELECTED TO COMPETE FOR NSW ON THE 2015 STATE OF ORIGIN TEAM.
We are very proud of you all and wish you the best at the clash of the States and territories to be help from September 23-27th at the AIS in Canberra.
Abbotsleigh 3rd in NSW at State Short Course
“Team Abb – It’s time to shine” were the instructions from Leanne, and shine we did!
33 swimmers + 222 swims + 4 coaches + several tonnes of highly nutritious food (with not a lolly in sight) + many sleep deprived parents = 1,701 points. That’s #3 in NSW behind only the mighty Cherrybrook Carlile and Carlile. And our 17 gold + 9 silver + 11 bronze = 37 medals placed us #2 in NSW on the medal tally.
SNSW official results are here.
Many thanks for all the photos from Ken, Helen, Chris, Leanne and Brandon. They are gradually being uploaded here (use your mouse wheel to spin through them faster). Selected relay videos here.
We are what we eat
The gut and the brain are intimately connected. That was the core message of Nutritionist Brad Pamp’s entertaining and energising talk to the club recently.
Food choices have a significant effect on the things we do in life and the behaviours we display, Brad explained. Any by that he meant how we handle daily life, our temperament, anxiety levels, our results at school and our performance in the sporting arena.
Chris the Pres benefitted from Brad’s advice during his own swimming career and was able to give some interesting perspectives on how sports nutrition has changed over time. We look forward to welcoming Brad back to Abbotsleigh in future.
Abbotsleigh Development Meet 16th August
Results (updated 18-Aug-15):
Thank you for your fantastic support!
We’re a top 10 club in NSW
Swimming NSW recently confirmed our status as a top 10 club in NSW. This massive achievement, calculated from the 2014/15 point score, has been acknowledged via a large banner now hanging in the Aquatic Centre Office. Massive congratulations to our swimmers and coaches for this awesome team result.
NSW Top 10
- Carlile
- Cherrybrook Carlile
- Tuggeranong Vikings
- Trinity Grammar
- SOPAC Swim Club
- Auburn
- Abbotsleigh
- Ravenswood
- Campbelltown
- Knox Pymble
Leanne to Keynote at ASCTA NSW 2015 Conference
Our very own Head Coach, Leanne Speechley, is a keynote speaker at the Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association (ASCTA) NSW conference this September.
Leanne joins a stella line up including Olympic Coach Matt Brown, Australian Age Coach of Year, Justin Rothwell, and NSWIS Biomechanist Job Van Duinhoven. She will be sharing her expertise in developing age group IM swimmers.
ASCTA is the peak body for swimming Coaches and Teachers in Australia. It is dedicated to developing world leading practises in the education, accreditation, professional development and on-going support for swimming Coaches and swimming and water safety Teachers.