Dive Into the Winter Season 18th March, 2010

The 2010 Winter Season hits the water on Saturday, 10th April, 2010. This year our winter competition will again feature events such as the 3x50m Knockout Freestyle Skins, 2x50m Handicap Relay and 2x50m Random Relay that have proved so popular the last two seasons.

The 25m Sprint Challenge is also back, as is the 50m Individual Medley and a new 100m Individual Medley.

The 50m and 100m Individual Medley are for swimmers who don't swim 50m in one or more strokes. In the IM they only have to do 12.5m (or 25m in the 100m IM) of each stroke.

In the Knockout Skins, 4 swimmers go head to head over three 50m sprints with only a 2 minute gap between each one. The catch is the last swimmer to touch the wall in each 50m is knocked out until it is just one-on-one in the final heat.

The Handicap Relay consists of teams of 2 swimmers who are given a time handicap to give all teams a chance of winning the race, while the Random Relay also consists of teams of two swimmers picked by the race committee to create teams of similar speed to also give all teams a chance of winning the race.

For Masters Swimmers, a Timed Swim has also been added to the program as part of the Aerobic Trophy. Masters Swimmers can elect to do a timed swim of ½ hour, ¾ hour or 1 hour in either Freestyle, Backstroke or Breaststroke, for points towards the Aerobic Trophy.

If you do another sport during winter, don't worry, most weeks we are finished by 8am so you will have plenty of time to have a swim, so come and join us.

The season will run for 5 weeks until the pool closes on May 9th.

The Winter Season Program is available for download from the Club Races page and the Winter Race By-Laws are available on the Governing Documents page.

See Also
  • Club Races
  • Governing Documents
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    Merrylands Swimming Centre Steam rises off the water at Merrylands Swimming Centre. The water is heated to 28°C and the 2010 Winter Competition will run for 5 weeks starting April 10th.
    Merrylands Swimming Centre
    Steam rises off the water at Merrylands Swimming Centre. The water is heated to 28°C and the 2010 Winter Competition will run for 5 weeks starting April 10th.

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