New Website!

Hi everyone

Thanks to Swimming Australia, Marlin Coast Swimming Club now has a new website! 

We will leave this one up for a while until everyone gets used to it - the address is:

www.marlincoast.swimming.org.au

See you there!

Allison Anderson
Webmaster

Notice of AGM Wednesday 16th July 2014

Hello Members,

The 2013-14 swimming season is finished with great results from so many of our members. Now we're turning our attention to getting organised for 2014-15 season! If you are interested in participating in our great club and contributing to its success, we would love to welcome you onto the committee. 

The Marlin Coast AGM will be at 6pm on Wednesday 16^th July in the clubrooms at the Marlin Coast Swimming Pool. I welcome any members to attend. Getting involved with our club at an organisational level can give you the opportunity to learn new skills, engage with your children and contribute to the wider community. 

Our aim is to assist and support the coaches and swimmers to ensure they achieve their best. Nominations are open for the following positions:

- president
- vice president
- treasurer
- secretary
- committee member (registrar)
- committee member (uniforms)
- committee member (club night recorder)
- committee member (carnival nominations)

Some of these positions require only a small time commitment per week or only at specific times, and some are more demanding. If you would like to know more about any specific position, what it entails, and what kind of time commitment it requires, please contact me or another committee member to discuss. 
Please put your nominations in writing and email to Shelley Clark 2 weeks before the AGM.

It is always great to get some new ideas and contributions, so I hope some of you might consider getting involved.

Kind regards,

Keith Layton

President – Marlin Coast Swimming Club

Last club night this Friday and change of End of Year Pool Party date

Hi Everyone
We had a great turnout last weekend for the FNQRSA Long Course Champs, and although we didn't find out which club won overall, everyone put in a huge effort with some great PBs. Congratulations to Cam Keith again who came 6th in the Senior State Surf Lifesaving Champs last weekend, and to Jasmine Tong and Tanya Stovgaard (former MCers) who are joint winners of the Women in Education award for the most outstanding female athletes int he Peninsula Region for 2013. Awesome work, guys!
This Friday is the final official club night of the season, so we look forward to seeing you there. We also have changed the date for our End of Season Pool Party to SUNDAY 30th March from 4-6pm. Details to follow. 
Happy swimming
Keith Layton 
President 
Marlin Coast Swimming Club Inc.

Club night this Friday and well done Cam!

Hello club members

After an action-packed weekend last weekend with club night on Friday night and our Peninsula 'B' Qualifier on Saturday afternoon/evening, we are gearing up for our second-last club night of the season this Friday!
We have one more club night left after that, on the 14th March, and our club break-up party is on the 28th March. 
In other news, Cameron Keith has placed 6^th in his age group in the National 10km Open Water Swim. This is a magnificent result with him finishing in a time of 2:12:04.69 to complete the gruelling 10km swim. Well done Cameron!!!!!
I will be away for the club night this Friday, but I hope you all swim well and have a good evening.

Happy swimming
Keith Layton
President

Record Numbers at club night and JX Club of the year for FNQ...

Hello Marlin Coast Members! 

It's been a while since an update was posted here, so we have plenty of good news to share:

• We had the biggest turnout at club night we've had in some years last night, with 58 swimmers racing. Thanks to all the parents for the hard work put in to make it happen!
• Good luck to Cameron Keith who will be swimming at the NATIONAL Open water event in Victoria in one weeks time. He will be swimming the 10km race and I wish him all the best as he has been training extremely hard.
• Our next big Marlin Coast Carnival is on Saturday 22^nd February and it will be a twilight Carnival. This will be the last opportunity for swimmers to achieve any qualifying times for the Peninsula Team. Please see the following link for details about qualifying times etc for the Peninsula Swimming Team and how to nominate: http://pensport.eq.edu.au/swimming.htm
• The coaches will be running a training camp at Tobruk Pool on Saturday morning15^th February from 6:00am to 12:00pm approx. Please speak to them about further information and I will forward you more information shortly.
• The Saints Carnival flyer is posted under upcoming meets. Please speak to your coach before nominating for this event as it will be on the same weekend as the Coaches have organized a training camp and we have our own Carnival the following weekend.
• A big thank you to all those parents who assisted last weekend at the FNQ Sprint Meet and to those parents who helped on the Bunnings BBQ before Christmas as we raised nearly $1,000.00 which will go towards coaching and assisting swimmers who attend State Meets.
• Thanks to the hard work of our swimmers and coaches, we have been awarded JX Club of the Year for FNQ. Awesome work, guys!

Congratulations to the following swimmers who attended the Queensland State Championships in December representing Marlin Coast Swimming Club:

Ryan Clark

• Regional FNQ medley relay placing 5^th

• Boys 14 100m fly – 2.28sec PB

• Boys 14 200m back – Placed 24^th

• Boys 14 100m back – 3.45sec PB

• Boys 14 200m IM – Placed 16^th (21.78sec PB!!!!!)

Simon Moore

• Boys 14 100m breast – Placed 14^th (6.5 sec PB)

• Boys 14 400m IM – 8.90sec PB

• Boys 14 200m breast – Placed 13^th, 8.37sec PB!!

Nathan Lang

• Regional FNQ relays for freestyle and the medley relay placing 5^th in both.

• Mens 15&O 400IM – 8.03sec PB

• Boys 15 100m free – 1.01 sec PB

• Boys 15 100m breast – placed 15^th

• Boys 15 200m breast – placed 11^th

• Boys 15 200m IM – 2.83 sec PB

• Boys 15 100m fly – 0.21sec PB

Lauren Arenas

• Regional FNQ relays for freestyle placing 9^th and 7^th in the medley relay.

• Girls 14 200m IM – 1.67sec PB

• Girls 14 200m back – placed 18^th

• Girls 14 100m free – 0.10 PB

• Girls 14 100m back – 0.81sec PB

Ryleigh Lammert

• Regional FNQ relay for freestyle and the medley relay placing 4^th in both relays

• Girls 14 200m back – placed 13^th

• Girls 14 100m back – BRONZE MEDAL

Tanya Stovgaard

• Regional FNQ relay for freestyle and medley relay placing 4^th in both

• Girls 13 200m free – SILVER MEDAL, 6.03sec PB

• Girls 13 200m IM – Placed 7^th, 2.19sec PB

• Girls 13 100m fly – BRONZE MEDAL, 5.21sec PB

• Girls 13 200m back – BRONZE MEDAL, 17.10sec PB

• Girls 13 200m fly – BRONZE MEDAL, 8.91 sec PB

Hannah Witten

• Regional FNQ relay for freestyle and medley relay placing 4^th in both

• Women OPEN 200m breast – Placed 14^th

• Girls 16 100m breast – BRONZE MEDAL

• Girls 16 200m breast – SILVER MEDAL, 4.74sec PB

Abriel Reed

• Regional FNQ relays for freestyle placing 6^th and medley relay placing 7^th

Jack Hare

• Regional FHQ relay for freestyle placing 5^th and medley relay also placing 5^th

Jasmine Tong

• Regional FNQ relays for freestyle and the medley relay with both these teams placing 4th

These are great results from all the training and effort that has gone into the pool and great coaching.

Thanks everyone and I look forward to seeing you all at the next Club Night on the 28th Feb.

Keith Layton

President – Marlin Coast Swimming Club

Marlin Coast A Qualifier 1st-3rd November & Club Night 25th October

Hi Everyone

What a busy few weeks it's been. We've had the Stingrays, Atherton and Centrals Carnivals, and Marlin Coast has produced some great swimming, PBs and relay results. Dimbulah Carnival is on this weekend, so good luck to those competing there as well!

Congratulations to all those swimmers who attended the meets. Well done in particular to Lauren Arenas for winning the skins competitions at Atherton and Stingrays! Also congratulations to Ryleigh Lammert for coming second at Atherton. Great swimming girls!

Also a big thank you to those parents who time kept.

Our next club night is this Friday 25th October and it's a record night, so we look forward to seeing you all there to make a few dents in the record books!

Our biggest event of the year as a club is coming up next weekend from the 1st-3rd November. The Marlin Coast A Qualifier is our biggest fundraiser and usually a great meet, as well as a good opportunity for our swimmers to compete in their home pool. Nominations close this Friday so make sure you nominate when you're at Club Night! Any volunteers willing to help on the day would make a great difference to how it runs, so please let me know if you are able to help in any way. We will have a BBQ roster and the timekeeping roster for all members participating in the event as well, which will come out next week after nominations close. 

See the Meet Flyers tab on the left for the flyer.

See you on Friday!

Happy swimming

Keith Layton

President

Marlin Coast Swimming Club

Carnivals and new club captains!

Hi all

Well the Atherton Swimming Carnival is on next weekend, entries have closed for that so good luck to all the swimmers participating! 

Next up is the Stingrays Twilight Swim Meet on Saturday 12th October, starting at 12 noon at Woree Pool. See the flyer under the meets tab at the left for more details. You can enter by filling in your nomination (available in the glass cabinets across from reception at the Smithfield Pool) and placing it in an envelope with your payment details (either bank transfer or put cash in) and putting the envelope in the wooden box. This would be a great meet to have a try for the first time if you're interested in giving it a go. 

Our next club night is not until the 25th October, as we have so many meets on in October and the school holidays as well. We look forward to seeing you then if not before!

I would also like to thank Jasmine Tong and Adam Vander Zant for their wonderful leadership as Club Captains for the last 5 years. We could not have had better role models for all our swimmers and they have truly led by example by their conduct in and out of the pool.

Congratulations to Hannah Witten and Cameron Keith who are our new Club Captains. Two accomplished swimmers and wonderful individuals to continue on the leadership of our swimmers. I look forward to their future accomplishments and guidance of our younger swimmers as our Club continues to evolve.

Thank you again to all the parents for assisting with the BBQ (especially you Helen!). Also thank you to all those who assisted with nominations, entries and running the computer, announcing, time keeping, chief time keeping and marshalling. Our club night ran very smoothly so thank you to everyone who assisted.

Yours in swimming,

Keith Layton

Second Club Night this Friday 6th September!

Hello Everyone and what a great start to the season!

It was great to see many new families and young swimmers at our first club night a couple of weeks ago.

I apologise for the late start with racing as I had computer issues (thanks for getting the back-up computer Peter!).

The results from the races have been emailed out to participants. If you have not received an email of the results, let us know and we'll put you on the list. 

Thanks again to all the parents for their assistance with timekeeping, starting, marshalling, chief time keeping and a big thank you to all those parents who assisted with cooking and all the preparation that goes on before Club Nights (Thanks Helen!!!!).

I look forward to seeing you all again at our next Club Night on 6^th September.

Yours in swimming,

Keith

President

Marlin Coast Swimming Club Inc. 

WINNERS of the FNQ Short Course Championships!

Well done Marlin Coast Swimmers - we won the FNQ Short Course Championships!

A big congratulations to all those swimmers for Marlin Coast who competed on Friday night, Saturday and Sunday, as well as our Coaches Ben and Nick and all of the parents for their assistance with timekeeping, officiating and running the computers at the meet.

Another big congratulations to Cameron Keith for winning the Clams classic Open Water 1.5km swim on today.

Also congratulations to Soraya Scott and Jasmine Tong for their wonderful results at the National Pool Rescue this weekend.

Remember it is our first Club Night this Friday with new swimmers attending the beginners coaching session at 5:30pm and nomination forms to be in by 6:20pm at the latest so we can start racing at 6:30.

Club togs will be for sale and able to be ordered at the first club night this Friday - please see the price list. We will only be ordering a couple of times, so if you want them this season, you really need to get in and order them!

Thanks everyone and happy swimming!

Keith Layton

President 

Marlin Coast Swimming Club

FNQ Short Course Championships 16th-18th August

• Nominations close on Sunday 11th August
• Club sign on Friday 9th August 6pm

Hi everyone

Rapidly approaching is the FNQ Short Course Champs, held at TAS pool in White Rock. Check out the flyer here. For those of you nominating for the first time, the nomination forms are in the cabinet across form the front desk at Smithfield Pool, and you can use the envelopes there to put the form and money in the nominations box right at the entrance to the pool (ask staff if you can't find it!). Alternatively, you can pay by EFT - click here for the details (also there's a link on the left for future reference).

We had a great turn out for the club at Officials Training on Sunday - thanks to those who took time out of their weekend to come! We hope to see you all out in official roles soon. 

Don't forget club sign on this Friday at 6pm!

Happy swimming

Keith Layton 

President 

Marlin Coast Swimming Club Inc.

Club sign on 9th August

Free membership for 7 and unders!
Swimming Queensland has agreed to pay for all 7years and under membership fees this season, which is great news for us as a club. We look forward to welcoming in some younger members. 

Clinics for new swimmers!
Are your children interested in getting involved in club or competitive swimming, but not sure where or how to start? For the first 3 club nights, there will be clinics for new swimmers from 5.30-6pm - just before the club night starts at Smithfield Pool. 

Sign on - 9th August
All are welcome to our club sign on on the 9th August at Smithfield pool at 6pm. Meet the coaches, have a sausage, and meet some of the club members. We won't be swimming on club sign on, it's just a meet, greet & join.

Hope to see you next Friday!

Happy swimming
Keith Layton 
President
Marlin Coast Swimming Club Inc.  

Welcome to Marlin Coast Swimming Club's 2013/14 Season!

Club sign on - Friday 9th August 6pm, Smithfield Pool
First Club night - Friday 23rd August 6pm, Smithfield Pool

ALL WELCOME
As our season is just about to get underway, I'd like to take the opportunity to welcome back all our current members, and invite any new or interested members to our club sign on on Friday 9th August at the home of our club - Smithfield Bicentennial Pool. All are welcome - from first timers to experienced swimmers, we would love to have you at our club.

We've just developed this website to keep you updated regularly with information on upcoming carnivals and club news. Have a look through the links - helpful tips on all aspects of swimming are here for you to use, including the rules for each stroke, the role of parents in swimming, and nutrition. We are also developing profiles for our coaches - Ben, Nick, Krysta, and Emily, as well as giving contacts for the Marlin Coast Swimming Club Committee. Any feedback welcome on information you might find useful here - either comment below, or send us an email. 

Note to the right we also have a link to our facebook page, if you like it, you'll stay updated on all the interesting stuff at carnivals and bigger meets. 

We look forward to a great year ahead!

Happy swimming
Keith Layton
President 
Marlin Coast Swimming Club Inc. 

PS - this Sunday at 9am we have officials training for anyone interested in providing practical support to our club at meets and club nights. Please contact me if you are interested in attending.