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Kingswim Carnival - a weekend away!

We have been invited to the Kingswim Development Carnival on the 16th August and are looking to send a team and to stay overnight as a fun Club event.   Kingswim are located on the Central Coast approx. 40mins from Hornsby.

Program here

Please let Radu know if you are interested race@mbra.org.au

Upcoming Carnivals

We are targeting the following carnivals -  complete a race entry card and drop it in our race entry box or see Radu on Friday or email at race@mbra.org.au.

Liverpool 14 & Under Winter Meet - entries close Fri, 26th June.  At Liverpool EG Whitlam AC, 19 July, 2009.  PROGRAM HERE

DATE CHANGE Sunday Aug 16 Campbelltown 12Yrs & Under Carnival - Campbelltown.  PROGRAM HERE

Club results updated

top times report

There are 9 more Club Nights remaining until the end of the swimming year.  15 swims are needed to qualify for Club Championships.  Check the no. of swims here.

Go to the Top Times link for more information

PB  Club

 Well done to those swimmers who continue to improve their swim times!

Silver PB

Alannah Bates & Lisa Slojewski

Bronze PB

Aly Grujoski, Ashleigh Abela, Chloe Woodward, Coen Finati, Corey Ross, Emily O'Connor, Hannah Denney, Hayden Taylor, Jack Cremen, Josh Thompson, Karla Royston, Kellie Cremen, Kelsey Taylor, Leonie Fu, Lia Nicholaou, Matthew Andrews, Mitchell Spiteri, Rhys Birtles, Sophie Merlo, Stephanie Lundy, Tazmann Empacher, Tiffany Poullos, Trent Rutherford, William Woodward

About the PB Club: The PB Club (Personal Best) will be run throughout the season and is open to swimmers up to 12 years of age.  Each swimmer will have a sheet containing 18 slots for when they achieve a PB.  After achieving their first 6 PB’s a bronze award certificate will be awarded and a bronze added to their record sheet.  After achieving another 6 PB’s a silver certificate awarded and a silver star will be added. After achieving a further 6 PB's a gold certificate and gold star will be added welcoming the swimmer to the Maroubra Swimming Club PB club.

There will be a list on the notice board and website of all swimmers who qualify for the PB Club.

 The Voucher Club is for swimmers 13 years and older and we will be running this 4 times throughout the season. There will be a Westfield gift voucher worth $50 for the boy and girl swimmer who earns the most points in each quarter.  So the more times you attend club nights and the more often your beat your best time, the more points you’ll earn.

Change to elevating times

Effective from 6th March, the elevating times to progress to 100m distances have changed for Freestyle and Butterfly and will apply going forward.

Free: to advance to 100m Freestyle, a swimmer must achieve 50m in 42sec (previously 45sec)

Fly: to advance to 100m Fly, a swimmer must achieve 50m in 40sec (previously 45sec). 

All others remain unchanged.  This change to the rules was passed at the Feb MSC Committee meeting.

New elevating times

Attending an away swimming carnival

As more swimmers are now attending swimming carnivals held by other clubs here is a summary of what our members should wear when representing Maroubra Swimming Club:

It is mandatory to wear the club uniform (Maroubra cossies, swim cap and either a T-shirt, fleece or track suit jacket with the club's logo) for all away swim meets

Gather around our “Maroubra” banner

All swimmers sit together during the meet.

Cheer for team-mates when they're swimming

Always speak with the DRAC coach before and after you swim (if they are in attendance at the meet)

 Respect all other competitors

And most importantly - Enjoy the meet!

Our Club adheres to the member protection policy issued by Australian Swimming Inc and more information can be found here.

All Club Nights are Qualified Time Trials

Approval was granted by the MetSEA that every Friday night at Club is a qualifying time trial during the 2009 Summer and Winter Seasons.  This means that our swimmers can get qualifying times for entry to various swimming carnivals conveniently at Club.