PAPUA NEW GUINEA SWIMMING INC P.O. BOX 5549 BOROKO NCD PNG MOBILE: (675) 71858270 PHONE/FAX: (675) 3219440, EMAIL: [email protected] ISSUE 5– 4TH QUARTER 2013 NEWS BULLETIN Executive Members: President: Elizabeth Wells MBE Vice President: Bruce Mead Secretary: Carly Pini Treasurer: Sarenah Pini Registrar: Barbara Skelton _____________________________________________________________________________________Property: Lois Nakmai CTO: Kathleen Maskelyne Public Relations: Maggie Gore Patron: Bart Philemon _____________________________________________________________________________________ Papua New Guinea affiliates FINA and Oceania Swimming Swimming Inc Association. major and support sponsors: We thank the media - radio, print and television, who over the past 12 months have continued to support us, our programs and competitions, providing a very important avenue to bring our sport out to the wider community. We thank the Clubs for their support of PNG Swimming Inc. and its programs both in competition and education which has been Dear Member affiliates exemplary, and of course our tireless band of volunteers both in the Clubs and executive, especially the coaches who have …And as the year draws to a close and given themselves to the task of developing most are now taking a well-deserved our athletes, guiding them towards break, it is time to reflect on the year’s becoming better competitors. progress. The executive of the Papua New Guinea Education has played a big part as we Swimming Inc. say TENKYU TRU and wish prepare for the 2015 Pacific Games with you all a magical Festive Season filled with the FINA Technical School and the ASCTA positive happy wishes and beautiful coaching conference to further develop thoughts. out technical people to provide for our athletes a sound basis for growth both in We are sincerely appreciative of all the training and competition. PNGSI thank all support given throughout 2013. volunteers who have played a serious part in the growth of these areas. Merry Christmas and a PNG Olympic 2013 saw 109 PNG records being broken Prosperous New Year! Committee and set in the Age Group, Open and Masters Categories and a steady growth We look forward to welcoming you back in in the Aquatic Excellence programs, put in 2014, as we prepare for a bigger and place in 2008 to help motivate the brighter year of swimming in the country. G4G Government swimmers to keep on excelling and Funding improving. This is very exciting. Records and the Aquatic Excellence Squads are in Olympic Solidarity place to help all our budding athletes to Enjoy Swimming On…… set goals and prepare a pathway to success. As an organization we are always looking PNG Sports for the best pathways for our athletes and Foundation technical officials/coaches to travel on in their journey to be successful in their swimming career, and this has been made In-Kind sponsors possible with the financial support of many. We take this opportunity to sincerely Coca Cola Amatil (PNG) Limited thank our valued sponsors who have helped play an important part in making PNGSI is affiliated this happen - our major sponsor Bank to: South Pacific and competition sponsors PNGNOC TNT and Theodist, PNGOC G4G FINA government funding to help prepare our Oceania Swimming athletes for the 2015 Games, and our Association Aquatic Excellence Squad Members 2013/2014 BSP GOLD KUNDU Shanice Paraka TARGET James Runnegar Stanford Gore Kawale Ryan Pini INTERMEDIATE JUNIOR SILVER SILVER Kimberly Chan Tegan McCarthy Ian Nakmai Jeffery Diari Sam Seghers Felix Devlin Sean Flynn Barbara Vali Angus Dubar Rehema Kalate Clement Garena Nathan Knight 12-14 YEARS Tanguy Langelet Gabriella BSP SILVER KUNDU 9-11 YEARS Ritia Pene Tabontubun TARGET INTERMEDIATE Josh Tarere Luke Vava Benedict Livingston Aika GOLD JUNIOR GOLD Catherine Vali Collin Akara Kimberlly Ila Ethan Liew Juanita Vava Ben Cross Raila Ila Ramia Takin Georgia-Leigh Vele Ryan Maskelyne Leonard Kalate Matthew Vali Ashton Kunda Ryan Liew ON THE NOTICE BOARD Calling for applications for PNGSI announces we have in place a new Auditor for coach/manager 2013 and onwards. James P. Gore PAPUA New Guinea Swimming Inc. wish to Principal invite interested affiliated members to nominate for the position of Coach, or Gore Accountants & Business Advisors Manager: ANG House, Level 2, Hunter Street, Port Moresby P.O. Box 1368, BOROKO, NCD, Papua New Guinea OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIPS Registered Public Accountant / Registered Company Auditor Auckland, New Zealand May 19-23, 2014 XX COMMONWEALTH GAMES A reminder to OVERSEAS REGISTERED Glasgow, Scotland SWIMMERS July 23 to August 3, 2014 Papua New Guinea Swimming Inc wish to advise all overseas 2ND YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES members of Papua New Guinea Swimming Inc to please notify the PNGSI Registrar Barbara Skelton on email: Nanjing, China [email protected] of all competitions (dates and August 16-28, 2014 nominated events) you wish to compete in in 2014. It is hoped we will have funding available to The competitions need to be sanctioned by PNGSI and a clearance send an assistant Coach and/or manager to given to Swimming Australia. Commonwealth Games and Oceania PNG records may not be taken at meets where notice has not been Championships. provided to the Registrar. The criterion is to select Team officials who can effectively service the needs of the athletes, Reminder to Club Executives providing excellent technical support in the area of coaching and management. Please email to [email protected] your Each official must have demonstrated a current calendar of events for 2014 at your earliest convenience and effective involvement in the sport. to enable the 2014 PNGSI Year Book to be completed Demonstrate sound and current knowledge of and sent out in January. all technical rules and have no disciplinary Club Executives are also reminded to forward their offences and no unsavory habits that will affect the outcome of the team’s moral. 2012/2013 audited financial accounts, 2014 committee members with contact details and their AGM Minutes It is preferred that Coaches selected are to the Secretary of PNGSI on email accredited and have athletes on the team. [email protected] Nominations close December 30, 2013. ON SHORE COMPETITION TNT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – ENJOYING THE PURSUIT A feast of swimming was had over the weekend 27th to 29th September at the 2013 TNT NATIONAL SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS. The competition was held over 4 sessions at the Coronation College School 25m pool in Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Administrators and technical officials worked tirelessly behind the scenes to allow for the smooth running of the event as the swimmers focused on doing their best in their individual events and relays and also enjoyed the camaraderie of their fellow team mates. During the Championships we saw 72 enthusiastic athletes come together for 3 days of unforgettable moments as the rain clouds disappeared and the sun shone through. Ten (10) overseas based swimmers travelled in from Australia and competed alongside our onshore swimmers. They were Georgia-Leigh Vele and Shanice Paraka both from St Hilda’s Swim Club, Barbara Vali from Acacia Bayside Swim Club, Jocelyn and Sean Flynn from West Brisbane Club, James Runnegar, Ryan Maskelyne and Stanford Gore Kawale from the Ipswich Grammar Swim Club, Millie Knight from St Peters Lutheran College School, & Ryan Liew from the Churchie School. Many inspiring performances from our athletes were witnessed as they took to the water in competition and many personal best times and records continued to tumble in what was an event where sporting abilities shone through, allowing our athletes, in all age groups, to feel success and enjoy the spirit of competition. Thank you to our very valuable Club coaches who have worked tirelessly to prepare our athletes to compete over the weekend. The championships would not have been a successful reality without the support of host Club LASC under the expert eye of LASC President Eric Langelet and his executive. PNGSI expresses their sincere gratitude, appreciation and thanks to all those involved, at all levels, who have given up their free time to help in the preparation and professional running of the TNT Championships. PNGSI sincerely thank TNT for their continued sponsorship of these championships under the direction of TNT General Manager Doug Maskelyne. The TNT Air Cargo corporate business has supported the PNG national short course championships since 2004 (10 years). The running of the TNT National Championships in an efficient and professional manner was made possible by the co-operation of many parties; the many technical officials under the direction of our FINA Referee Sarenah Pini and PNG Referee Albert Vigil; our major sponsor TNT and support sponsor in kind Guard Dog (providing safe travel to the BASC Club members and PNGSI Executive to and from the airport while in Lae) and Trukai for making available a bus during the championships for BASC members, and the organisers and support sponsors in both Lae Swim Club and Boroko Swim Club. It was an important competition to further develop our athletes in race practice, gaining confidence in competing and believing they can achieve. In the male division twenty-one year old Ian Nakmai swam In the Female Masters division 25-29 age bracket 26 into the record books in 50m breaststroke clocking a finish year old Krystle Babao swam into the record books in time of 30.97 seconds taking Matthew Sheehan’s senior 6 events with all records previously held by her. record of 32.18 seconds set in 1998 and Shannon Liew’s In the 50m backstroke event Krystle clocked a time of Open record of 31.54 set in 1994 (held for 19 years). 33.53 seconds with the previous time being 35.26 Ian then went on to take the Men’s Senior and Open 100m seconds. In the 200m Individual Medley Krystle Breaststroke record with a finish time of 1:09.32.