SPW swimmers are frequently in the news, so we thought we’d share some of the stories with you. If you know of any news articles to share, please let us know and we’ll post them for everyone to see.
Strong Results in Short Course (Westside News 21/7/2010)
Westside swimmers were in good form at last week’s Australian Short Course Championships with some solid results across the board. Full story
Rice nursing shoulder before Games (The Australian 20/7/2010)
Stephanie Rice will reduce her workload at next month’s Pan Pacs in order to nurse her right shoulder through to the Delhi Commonwealth Games. For the first time since she burst on to the international scene at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Rice has been forced to drop the 400m individual medley from her program at a major championship because of an interrupted preparation. Full story
Kukla goes straight to the top (The Australian 19/7/2010)
YOLANE Kukla unveiled a new straight-armed freestyle technique as she dashed to her first national short-course title in Brisbane last night. Kukla, the 14-year-old revelation of the national trials in March, continues to impress, setting a personal best time of 24.14sec in the 50m freestyle to win by more than half a second from national record-holder Marieke Guehrer (24.67sec). Full story
Stephanie Rice set for career-defining Commonwealth Games program (The Courier Mail 14/7/2010)
SWIMMING'S glamour girl Stephanie Rice is shedding all other distractions and is toughening up ahead of a career-defining Commonwealth Games program. The Queenslander has endured painkilling injections in her injured shoulder just to be available for the Games and has placed all other commitments on the backburner. Full story
SPW moving forward (Westside News 14/7/2010)
THE powerhouse which is St Peter’s Western Swimming Club received another boost last week with Swimming Australia announcing the Indooroopilly-based club as a Centre of Excellence. SPW was one of a select group of clubs which met the sport’s national body’s requirements. Full story
Pool of Gold in Samoa (Westside News 12/7/2010)
THE 2010 Oceania Championships wrapped up in Samoa last week with Australia claiming 66 medals across five days of competition. The team won 32 gold medals to blitz the competition, with St Peter’s Western athletes contributing significantly. Full story
Eyeing the English Channel (Westside News 23/6/2010)
OPEN-WATER swimming world champion Brendan Capell will negotiate debris, oil and up to 1000 ships when he attempts to break the record for swimming the English Channel. Full story
Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2010 (Swimming World Magazine 28/6/2010)
In the 36km race in Italy, 20 swimmers (12 men and eight women) from nine countries took to the water. In the men's field, medal favourite Damian Blaum (ARG) dominated the operations, touching first in 6h58m05s. Runner-up Brendan Capell (AUS) took silver, clocking 7h02m02s, while local hope Andrea Volpini (ITA) claimed third spot. Full story
In other news…
GO Club Ranking
SPW has been awarded Silver status in the 2010 Australian Unity GO Club PB rankings by Swimming Australia. This status is graded across 5 key areas (memberships, administration, activities, coaching/officiating and marketing/promotion). The program gives our club the opportunity to bench mark against clubs from our state and across the country, as well as monitoring changes to our own club’s performance from year to year. This is a commendable achievement and we hope to improve our status in 2011, by continually improving our club across these 5 key areas.
