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The Hillcrest Paddler Issue 5 June/July 2017 Club Contacts: President’s Corner President: Kieran McCarthy With our AGM over for another year and having spent some time [email protected] reflecting on the successes and challenges that the club is facing it is Vice President: with a fair amount of optimism that I look forward to the next year. Hillcrest Newsletter Our trip to Samoa is coming up in July which will be a welcome Head Coach: Matt White change in training conditions compared to the HBHS pool I am sure. [email protected] Don't worry team we will be taking heaps of photos to share in the Treasurer: August newsletter. [email protected] For those of you who didn't attend our AGM and prize giving we Secretary: Carole Berry welcomed two new committee members in Andrea Sharpe and [email protected] Sandra Petrin who I am sure will be a great asset to the committee this year and we also honoured departing committee members Jazz Coaching Coordinator [email protected] McKay and Jamie Soo Choon whose contributions to the club have been vital over the years. It is not often we get to install a new life Recorder and administrator: member and Jazz is a most deserving recipient, her work as coaching Michelle Walker co-ordinator was responsible for the high quality programs that we [email protected] offer at our club. Jamie has been the organising force behind our Samoa trip and without him the idea would not have got off the Website: Helena Johnston ground. Thank you most sincerely to both of you. Events: Sharon Smith Before Samoa though we have a trip to Taupo to consider for the Uniforms: Paula Kenny XLR8 meet while I am certain it will be very sub-tropical indeed the [email protected] swimming will be red hot. Learn to swim: Please do keep any ideas, suggestions or feedback coming in to the [email protected] committee I can't promise to implement every idea but I can promise that every piece of feedback will be taken seriously and responded to. Ia Manuia Kieran Target Meets Coach Matt’s Catch Up th Taupo Xlr8 meet 10 & 11 of June Ace festival 24th of June "Hey team! Hamilton Winter Meet 22-23 July So I’m back on pool deck after a few weeks off BOP Short Course Champs 11-13 August in and I just want to start by saying a big thanks to Tauranga those who stood up in my absence. Swimming Waikato Hub Head Coach Clive Power who Central Short Course Championship 1-3 came in and took my squads as well as Coach September in Rotorua Kelsi and Administrator Michelle for keeping the ship running smoothly with a new captain on board. I’m sure everyone enjoyed the 2017 Caro Cup Team benefits of Clive’s vast experience and Monday, May 29th, 2017 expertise as a former National Head Coach! On the 18th of June, 108 of our junior swimmers (aged 13 and under) are heading to Prior to my break I spent some time in Australia Auckland to take part in our annual Caro Cup at their National Age Group Champs with the Relay Challenge. They’ll be supported by Alison Fitch and Helen Barr as Team Coaches, NZ Team in Brisbane, and also attended their and 27 Team Managers who are all volunteering their time to make this a great annual coaching conference on the Gold Coast. day out. While there, I was constantly on the lookout The team will be decked out in branded singlets and swim caps and they’ll have a for what made them SO GOOD at the sport we fantastic opportunity to experience swimming as a team sport where every single swim earns love. How do they swim so fast? What do they points for Team Waikato. Each swimmer will do differently? What’s their secret? And in all compete over five events – 4 x 50m Freestyle honesty, the difference I found wasn’t so much 4 x 50m Backstroke in the physical attributes, but more in the 4 x 50m Breastroke mental. The athletes themselves and the 4 x 50m Butterfly 4 x 50m Medley training sessions they do were all relatively In 2016, the Caro Cup was won by Auckland and we’re looking forward to seeing what our similar, but the ATTITUDE of swimmers over Waikato swimmers can do this year ! there was what was so impressive. They have a We’d like to congratulate all 108 team members and wish them all the very best for culture of success and don’t settle for anything the 18th – you can see the full team list below. less than the best. They treat swimming as a Congratulations to the following Hillcrest swimmers top level sporting code and COMMIT to who have been selected to compete for the Caro excellence and hard work. cup Stella Coombes So what can we take from Australia’s Trinaka Kenny successes? BELIEF. Believe you can be the best Nicole Smith Hayley Sharpe and train like it. Give yourself a chance to do Maddy Coombes something amazing, and let’s take this Hillcrest Elijah Singleton Club to the next level! Kurtis McCarthy Good luck team and have fun See you all poolside, Coach Matt" Coach Kelsi’s Poolside Report Sponsorship for the girls going to Samoa Well, winter has started to set in at the pool but At the end of term 1 Hannah Morgan and Emma that hasn’t stopped any smiling faces turning up to Maultsaid decided to investigate the possibility of train hard and get those off-season gains. These last organising club Jolyn’s for the girls heading to Samoa. couple of weeks I have had the pleasure of working They surveyed the swimmers and found they had a lot alongside Clive Power – the head Waikato coach of support. with Matt away on leave. It was great for not only our swimmers to get a taste of another coaching Hannah then took it one step further and secured style but also for myself to learn and observe. He sponsorship to cover the Jolyn’s for the 12 girls definitely left a lasting impression and I hope the heading off on the swim camp. She emailed back and swimmers can continue to keep up the good forth Jolyn Australia a total of 29 times and found it progress he contributed to in the pool. very tricky to sort sizing and order them in…but she got there in the end. We throw out the challenge now to the boys going and In other news, it has been great to see some of our their amazing parents as well. If the girls could do it I junior swimmers getting amongst the competitive am sure you boys can to. scene by attending the Waikato relay days and our recent club champs and flying 50 events. Keep up Anyone else interested? We would need a minimum of the great work team! If you are wanting to get ten interested to do another order involved but you’re not quite sure how to take the plunge be sure to check out the section in this Thank you Li’l Pumpkins Early Learning and Sharon month’s newsletter on how to enter competitions! Honiss for the sponsorship. Swimming Successes in April/May NZ Opens Gina McCarthy 2nd 200 IM and 7th 1500 free Georgina Hope Australian Age Groups Gina McCarthy 2nd 200 IM, 9th 200 back, 7th 400 free, 7th 800 free, 2nd 400 IM and 10th 200 free Gina also broke the Waikato 200 IM and 400 IM age group record and the 200 IM NZ age group record Waikato Secondary Schools These swimmers took a top three placing in their respective age groups Grace Soo Choon 1st in 100 fly, 200 IM and 50 fly Gina McCarthy 1st in 200 IM, 200 free, 100 IM and st rd nd Hannah Morgan 1 in 50 breast, 50 back, 100 back Brooke Bigwood 3 in 100 back, 2 in 50 back Logan Bigwood 3rd in 200 IM, 3rd in 100 breast rd Stella Coombes 3 in 200 free Emma Maultsaid 3rd in 100 free, 2nd in 200 free nd Tyrell Priddey 2 in 100 back Nicole Smith 3rd in 100 breast North Island Secondary Schools These swimmers took placed in the top five in either the 14 and under or the 15 and over age groups Logan Bigwood top 5 200 breast Taylah Buckley 3rd in 200 breast Stella Coombes top five 200 free Thomas Coombes top five 200 breast Gina McCarthy 1st in 200 breast, 200 back, 400 free and 200 IM Hannah Morgan 2nd in 200 back, 1st in 50 breast, 3rd in 100 back Tyrell Priddey 3rd in 400 free Grace Soo Choon 2nd 50 fly, 200 back, 200 fly, 1st in 100 fly National and Regional Squad Introducing New Committee Members Andrea Selections 2017 Sharpe and Sarndra Petrin NZ Development Squad – Gina McCarthy Hi, my name is Andrea Sharpe. My children have been swimming with Hillcrest Swim Club for the last 4+ years and my daughter Hayley currently swims in Swim Waikato TAPs Squad – Gina the Junior Performance squad. Over our time with McCarthy the club I have spent numerous weekends poolside busy with timekeeping, team managing and Swim Waikato – Accelerate Squad recording, and I'm happy to now be able to help the Grace Soo Choon club out further by stepping into a committee role.