Novocastrian Masters Swimming

2016 Season Review

Warringah Carnival – 26th September

We had a good turnout of thirteen swimmers at the Warringah Carnival to fly the Novo’s flag.
An outstanding achievement by Ian who broke a National record in the 25m backstroke and a State record in the 25m breaststroke.
Emma and Ian also won the medley shoot out. Emma has got down to the last two swimmers is previous years, so it was a well-deserved win this year.
There were a lot of PB’s by individual swimmers, with Alana achieving a PB in every event she entered.
Age group results include:
  • 1st 60-65 age group – Wendy Gordon
  • 1st 40-45 age group – Ian Jeffery
  • 2nd 25-29 age group – Emma Bartley
  • 2nd 50-54 age group – Tracey Whalan
  • 2nd 85-84 age group – Bill Walker
  • 3rd 50-54 age group – Michelle Van De Werken
  • 3rd 70-75 age group – Carl Wallace 
Individual race results include:
  • Emma – 1st 100 Free, 2nd IM Medley, 2nd 50 Butterfly
  • Michelle – 1st 25 Breast, 1st 50 Breast, 2nd IM Medley, 3rd 100 Breast
  • Wendy – 1st IM Medley, 1st 100 Breast, 1st 100 Free, 1st 50 Breast
  • Tracey – 1st 50 Back, 1st 25 Free, 2nd 25 Back, 2nd 100 Back 
  • Kay – 2nd 100 Free, 2nd Free, 2nd 50 Free
  • Sharon – 1st 50 Back, 3rd 25 Back
  • Alana – 1st 25 Free, 2nd 25 Butterfly, 3rd 50 Free
  • Lesley – 2nd 25 Free, 2nd 50 Free
  • Ian – 1st IM Medley, 1st 100 Free, 1st 25 Breast, 1st 25 Back
  • Carl – 1st 50 Back, 1st 25 Back, 2nd 100 Back, 2nd 25 Free
  • Dave – 3rd 25 Breast
  • Alan – 3rd 50 Back, 3rd 25 Back
  • Bill – 1st IM Medley, 1st 100 Breast, 1st 25 Butterfly, 2nd 50 Breast
​A fantastic effort by Wendy, Michelle, Emma and Lesley who came 1st in the 4x25m Medley Relay.
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Campbelltown Carnival – 10th September

​Four swimmers - Wendy, Robin, Alan and Bill attended the Campbelltown Carnival.
Whilst we only had four members attend, they still earned some very valuable points for our club.
Novocastrians are still remaining in fourth position in Division One points score, with Ryde, Manly and Warringah above us.
Age group results include:
  • 1st 60-64 age group – Wendy Gordon
  • 1st 85-84 age group – Bill Walker
  • 3rd 75-79 age group – Robin Carson
Individual race results include:
  • Wendy – 1st 200 Back, 1st 100 Breast, 1st 50 Breast,
  • Robin – 1st 100 Back, 1st 100 Free, 2nd 200 Back
  • Alan – 1st 200 Free, 3rd 100 Free
  • Bill – 1st 200 Back, 1st 50 Breast, 1st 50 Butterfly
​A great effort in coming 3rd in the medley relay.

Ryde Carnival – 27 th August

​Four swimmers - Wendy, Robin, Alan and Bill attended the Ryde Carnival.
Whilst we only had four members attend, they still earned some very valuable points for our club.
Novocastrians are still remaining in fourth position in Division One points score, with Ryde, Manly and Warringah above us.
Age group results include:
  • 1st 60-64 age group – Wendy Gordon
  • 1st 85-84 age group – Bill Walker
  • 3rd 75-79 age group – Robin Carson
Individual race results include:
  • Wendy – 1st 200 Free, 1st 100 Breast, 1 st 50 Breast, 1 st 100 IM
  • Robin – 1st 100 Back, 2nd 100 Free, 2 nd 50 Back, 2 nd 200 Free
  • Alan – 2nd 200 Free, 2nd 100 Free
  • Bill – 1st 50 Back, 1st 50 Free, 1 st 50 Butterfly, 1 st 100 IM
​A great effort in coming 2 nd in the mixed 4x50m freestyle relay.

​Seaside Pirates – 7th August

​Ten good looking Novos headed down the highway to compete at the Seaside Pirates carnival at Knox Grammar School. Lucky most of us have hearing issues as the pool was crowded and noisy following a double booking with water polo plus learn to swim and an earlier swim club sharing the facility.
​Our team done good.
​Fifth overall out of 28 clubs with 313 points and second in the average points score with 31.3 points. Missed taking out first place in the average point score by a whisker to North Sydney with 31.4 points.
New club records were set by Emma in the 400 free (5.19.96) and Robin in the 100 back (2.19.73).
Age division winners were Emma, Kay, Wendy, Paul and Bill.
​Our two mixed medley relay teams had wins. Emma, Michelle, Paul and Dave (Mixed 160), and Carl, Wendy, Kay and Alan (Mixed 240).
​In the division one Branch Point Score Novos are running fourth behind Ryde, Warringah and Manly.
Wendy in 400m (Lane 8):
​Alan in 400m (Lane 3):

Yamba – June Long Weekend

Congratulation to our Terrific Trio, Robin, Colin and Alan who took the trek up to sunny Yamba on the long weekend in June. Whist they were only a small group, combined they accumulated a grand total of 180 points. Great Results Novos.
As a result, we have retained our third place in Division One point score.
Age Group Results:
  • 2nd 70-74 Colin 62 points
  • 2nd 75-79 Robin 64 points
  • 4th 75-79 Alan 54 points
Individual Results:
Robin
  • 1st 200m Freestyle
  • 2nd 400m Freestyle, 50m Freestyle, 25m Breaststroke, 25m Backstroke, 50m Breaststroke, 100m Freestyle
Colin
  • 1st 400m Free 50m Breast 1:12.84 (1st
  • 2nd 25m Breaststroke , 200m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle
  • 3rd 25m Freestyle
  • 4th 50m Freestyle
Alan
  • 2nd 50m Freestyle
  • 3rd 400m Freestyle, 200m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle
  • 4th 50m Backstroke, 25m Backstroke, 25m Freestyle

​Wett Ones – Saturday 28th May 

A very small turnout of Alan, Robin, Alana and Lesley attended Wett Ones at Sydney University.
With only four swimmers, had it been a medal-award meet, everyone would have received a medal for every swim! All swimmers were very pleased with their results. Some PB’s were included in the results. 
We maintained our third place Division One point score. 
It was an enjoyable event with a lovely mermaid as the MC on the night.
After the meet our team had a celebration dinner at a nearby hotel.
Age Group Results:
  • 1st       25-29    Alana
  • 4th       60-64    Lesley
  • 3rd      75-79     Robin
  • 3rd      75-79     Alan

​Ettalong – Saturday 21st May

An excellent turnout of 17 swimmers attended Ettalong. 
A very special welcome back to our club Michelle and Ian.
Also a big thank you to Lyndon who did a great job at timekeeping on the day, even though his shoes did get very wet!
Total club points on the day were 597. A great effort from our team and repeated last year’s result with 3rd place at the meet. That held us third in the Division One point score.
Age Group Results:
  • 1st     25-29    Emma
  • 1st     30-34    Lisa
  • 1st     40-44    Ian
  • 1st     50-54    Michelle
  • 1st     85-89    Bill
  • 3rd     55-59    Michelle H
Relay Results:
  • 1st  Women’s 160+ ( Lisa, Michelle H, Michelle V, Emma) 
  • 3rd  Women's 200+ Maureen, Lesley, Sharon, Alana
  • 3rd  Men's 200 + David B, Michael, David G, Ian 

​Nationals – Thursday 21 st April to Sunday 24 th April

Five swimmers (Emma, Alana, Rhonda, Bill and Lesley) represented Novos at Nationals in Melbourne.
It was a very successful carnival with all Novos coming home with at least one medal and many PB’s.
The medal tally was 9 gold, 5 silver and 6 bronze.
Medals winners:
Gold:
  • Emma 800m Freestyle, 200m I.M, 400m I.M
  • Bill 100m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke, 50m Butterfly, 100m Butterfly, 200m I.M., 400m I.M.

Silver:
  • Emma 400m Freestyle
  • Bill 50m Backstroke, 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke, 50m Breaststroke

Bronze:
  • Emma 200m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke
  • Rhonda 100m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle
  • Bill 50m Freestyle
  • 160+ Womens Relay Emma, Lesley, Alana, Rhona
Congratulations to Emma and Rhonda who set new club records:
Emma
  • Freestyle - 400m (5:18.87), 800m (10:56.18)
  • Backstroke -50m (36.80), 100m (1:21.08) 200m (2:54.87)
  • Breaststroke- 50m (42.51)
  • IM -200m (2:48.97) 400m (6:04.11)
Rhonda
  • Freestyle - 200m (2:38.62), 400m (5:36.18), 800 (11:40.11)
  • Backstroke - 50m (41.34)
Great fun was had by all at the team dinner at St Kilda, with celebrating our many successes due to our hard work in training.

SOPAC Carnival – Saturday 9th to Sunday 10th April

Well done to Bill, Robin, Wendy, Lisa, Alana, Emma and Lesley who represented Novos at the State Long Course Championships at Olympic Park.
It was a successful day with the club coming home with a medal tally of 18 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze.
Age division winners were Emma, Wendy and Bill with Lisa coming 3rd in her age division.
Congratulations to Emma who set new club records for 100m freestyle (1.07.38), 200m freestyle (2.26.61) and 200m I/M (2.48.59).
Other Individual results include:
  • Emma 1st - 100m Freestyle, 200m I.M, 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke, 200m Freestyle
  • Alana 1st - 50m Freestyle, 2 nd - 200m Freestyle, 3 rd -100m Freestyle
  • Lisa 1st - 100m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly, 50m Backstroke, 2 nd - 50m Freestyle
  • Wendy 1st 50m Breaststroke, 50m Butterfly, 200m Breaststroke , 100m Breaststroke
  • Robin 3rd 100m Backstroke, 200m Backstroke
  • Bill 1st 50m Breaststroke, 200m I.M, 50m Butterfly, 100m Backstroke, 200m Breaststroke
Our small team scored an average of 38.43 points, earing us 12th place among 22 clubs who had at least 4 swimmers attending.
This was not a BPS meet and we now sit in 4th place in the total Division One point score which determines the clubs in this division for next year. The current top five clubs are Warringah 3072 Ryde 1867, Manly 1776, Novocastrian 1536, Seaside Pirates 1404.
Also on the day, 2015 Overall Masters Age Division Winners were presented with a towel those swimmers being Emma 25-29, Wendy 60-65, Bill 85-89.

Blacktown - March 12th

​We had a small turn out of seven people at the Blacktown swim to fly the Novo’s flag.
We came 9 th on the day achieving a total of 195 points, which now ranks Novos as 3 rd place on the BPS Points Score.
An outstanding achievement by Emma who came first in her age group and also broke two club records, those being 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke.
A further congratulations to Wendy who came 2 nd in her age group.
A fantastic effort by our 4x100m Meddley Relay of Maureen, Wendy, Emma and Alana who came 2nd.
​The next swimming meet will be the State Long Course Championship at Homebush. Its good to see some members have already registered.

Cessnock - February 27th

It was good to see 17 Novos attend the local Cessnock Carnival this year. The hard training sessions have certainly paid off with all swimmers coming 1st or 2nd in at least one event.
A total of 529 points were scored by our Novos (1st out of 25 clubs). We pushed Port Macquarie back to 3rd place and resumed our often held 2nd place in division 1.
Age division winners were Emma, Rhonda, Kay, Wendy, Bronwen and Bill. Age division 3rd place went to Maureen and Alan.

Club records were broken by 5 Novos. Those being:
  • Emma- 200m and 800m freestyle and 50m backstroke. 
  • Rhonda- 1500m and 800m freestyle
  • Wendy- 800m breaststroke
  • Alan- 1500m freestyle 
  • Bill 100m freestyle
A fantastic effort by Sharon in her first swimming carnival, gaining a 1st in 50m backstroke and 2nd in 100m freestyle. We hope this will be first of many carnivals.
​A great effort by all of our Novos. Lets try and continue to have increased numbers for all of the carnivals this year.

​Myall Masters - February 6th

A healthy team of 15 and their support crew (Lisa's mum) ventured to Tea Gardens for the first carnival of the year.
Weather was pretty poor on the way but cleared up before the start and we had a fine day.
Novos were place third with 543 points (out of 23 clubs) behind hosts Myall and Port Macquarie and were placed fifth in the average point score.
New club records were recorded by Lisa in the 25 breast and 100 free and Bill in the 25 free.
Age division winners were Lisa, Rhonda and Bill, Maureen was second in her age division and Kim third.
Our three relay teams scored two seconds and one third.
Three country clubs lead the Divison 1 BPS point score (Myall, Port and Novos) but this will no doubt change once the city clubs hold their carnivals.
​It was a very sucessful day and congratulations go to Myall for the result. They say that swimming was the winner on the day but our winner was Rhonda who not only won her age division but also the raffle.