Abbotsleigh Swim Club featured prominently on the front page of the North Shore Times this week. Great job team!
Reproduced here courtesy of the North Shore Times.
State action
Brilliant Barefoot Bowling
Competition moved from water to grass on Friday when Abbotsleigh invaded Warrawee Bowling Club for an evening of barefoot bowls. Thanks to Fiona, Leanne, Brandon, Georgia and Ben for these photos.
State Qualifiers’ Week hits the beach
Sunscreen check. Cricket bat check. Food check. Not content with an early morning big set in the chlorine of Knox and Abbotsleigh, our state qualifiers headed to Warriewood beach on Tuesday to test the salt water.
Club pres Chris briefed everyone about the techniques and pleasures of surf swimming before leading off into the clear warm water. Leanne provided water safety on her paddle board, and only fell in once. After swimming the length of the beach, several run-swim-runs around Tom on his surfboard ensured everybody was ready for food.
Thanks to the Abbotsleigh catering corps for stoking the boilers before the serious business of beach cricket and wave-catching selfies could start. Don’t try those at sopac. And check out the photos below for the rest of the story…
Cal takes Open Water State Bronze
Congratulations to Cal who took bronze in the 14years open water 5km at Penrith on Sunday. Club Head Coach Leanne Speechley commented “He did us proud”. Here he is on the (massive) podium.
Santa visits Abbotsleigh
Direct from the North Pole Santa came to visit Abbotsleigh on the last club night of 2014. One of his helpers snapped plenty of photos for us to enjoy.
We nailed it at Metro
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Hi Team Abb
Please see attached Metro report, Metro point score and the Team photos!
We nailed it!
Thank you to all swimmers, parents and coaches!
Regards
Leanne Speechley
Head Swimming Coach
Pre-Xmas BBQ photos
Many thanks to Jo Cox for these fantastic photos. Great work by Jo, Rose and Chris on the BBQ. Awesome costumes everyone. I hope the santa swimwear is FINA approved!
Katie Junior Sports Star Finalist
Katie Strachan has today been selected as a finalist for the prestigious News Local, Junior Sports Star award. She joins the best from each area and sport at a gala dinner at Homebush next February where the winner will be announced. This is Katie’s second time as a finalist in three years.
The gala dinner will be themed “Decade of Stars” and will include entertainment, dinner and the presentation of the 2014 awards. Host for the evening will be Fox Sports presenter Adam Peacock.
Go Katie!
Fancy dress 2: Wolverine at Knox
Waterproof face paint and Hugh Jackman look-a-likes were mandatory features on Sunday when Abbotsleigh enjoyed the SMNE Fancy Dress meet at Knox on Sunday. Photos courtesy of Jo Cox.