Christmas Hamper Raffle – drawn today
Our Christmas Hamper raffle will be drawn today. Thank you to everyone who has donated items for the prize hampers. Make sure you hand in your raffle ticket stubs to Danielle Vicic this morning so that they go in to the draw. If you would like to purchase some last minute lucky tickets also see Danielle.
Chocolate Fund Raising
Thank you to everyone who sold chocolates for our fund raising. Please return the funds to Danielle Vicic today so that we can wrap up this event.
NSW State Age Championships
Congratulations to Reece Tomkinson who competed in three events at the Age (13 - 18 Years) Championships over the past week, swimming one PB in his events.
Learn To Swim
A big thank you to our organisers, instructors and assistants who made the program a great success again this year.
Remember we will be holding a 6 week Learn To Swim program commencing on 3 February 2018. To register your interest for this next program email learntoswim@merrylandsasc.asn.au
February 2018 Important Dates
February 2018 sees our club holding two important swim meets, the Masters BPS on Saturday 10th February 2018 (entries close 2nd February 2018) and Merrylands SwimFest on Saturday 24th February 2018 (entries close 10th February 2018). We look forward to all of our club members participating in and assisting with these meets.
Christmas Wishes
Today is our last day for club races in 2017. After club races we will have breakfast with the stars, Christmas Hamper raffle draw, Junior Handicap and novelty events. All squads will commence training at 9.00am and conclude at 10.15am.
I would like to wish everyone of our members and their family’s a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Safe New Year.
We look forward to seeing you back at training from Tuesday 2nd January 2018 and club races on Saturday 6th January 2018.
Australia Swims
A 9-day celebration of water in January 2018. For more information on planned events and activities visit https://australiaswims.com.au
Upcoming Events
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MEET NAME
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MEET DATE
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ENTRY CLOSING DATE
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MASC Breakfast Morning
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Saturday 23rd December
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Closed
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Christmas Day
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Monday 25th December
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Never closes :)
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Club Races Resume
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Saturday 6th January
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Wednesday 3rd January
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Whales Challenge
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Saturday 20th January
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Wednesday 17th January
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MASC 1500metre Freestyle (Open)
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Friday 2nd February
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Wednesday 31st January
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Whales Challenge
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Saturday 3rd February
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Wednesday 31st January
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MASC 50metre Butterfly
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Saturday 10th February
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Wednesday 7th February
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Merrylands Masters BPS meet
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Saturday 10th February
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Friday 2nd February
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MASC 50metre Freestyle
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Saturday 17th February
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Wednesday 14th February
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MASC 400metre Freestyle (Open)
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Saturday 24th February
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Wednesday 21st February
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Merrylands SwimFest
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Saturday 24th February
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Saturday 10th February
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Important Information about Race Entries
Entries for races can be lodged either on manual race cards or online. There are cut-off dates for all race entries and these deadlines will be adhered to. So to make sure you have entries for races on the following Saturday please ensure:
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Manual Card Entries
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These are placed in the maroon entry box by 6pm Wednesday. Cards (including from a family) should be bound together with an elastic band.
To ensure that you have entries in we suggest you purchase the cards on the Saturday prior and place them in the maroon box before you leave on that day.
Manual race cards will not be sold during the week at training etc
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Online Entries
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These can be submitted on the club website and need to be entered by 8pm Thursday
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Uniforms
Please see our Property Officer (Margaret) for your uniform orders or purchases. We are also progressively adding club uniform items to our new online store. Follow this link to see what items are currently available through an online order https://shop.merrylandsasc.asn.au/. Watch out Amazon!
Technical Accreditation
Most technical roles now have online courses available. Please let Graham know if you are interested in obtaining your first, or adding to your current technical accreditation.
If you need to change a race entry already lodged or have any questions about the races please email race.secretary@merrylandsasc.asn.au
If you have any ideas or information for the newsletter, please email at publicity@merrylandsasc.asn.au