Archive | August, 2013

Traralgon swimmers blitz at State Champs

August 30, 2013

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team State SC

The Traralgon Swimming Club were once again the dominant Country club at the Victorian Short Course Championships held recently at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre. With its 36 strong team competing against the best in Victoria swimmers came home with 18 Gold, 8 Silver and 8 bronze medals breaking 4 Victorian, 10 Country and […]

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Gippstar Awards

August 28, 2013

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Gippstar Awards

Jasmine Doultree ( December 2012 ) and Mikaela Cornelissen ( June 2013 ) were awarded their Gippstar of the Year monthly awards at a special ceremony at the Waratah Restaurant in Morwell on Wednesday 28th August 2013. Both girls had a fantastic season in 2012/13 and were duly recognised for their achievements in front of […]

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Australian Open Short Course Championships – Sydney

August 25, 2013

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Well done to our Traralgon swimmers who have swum some fantastic times with some terrific results this weekend. Medals – 1 Gold, I Silver, I Bronze Personal Best – 100% – All swims were PB’S Country Records – 4 Out of Gippsland (OOG) Records – 14 Jeremy Meyer 50 breast – 27.87 Bronze Medal; OOG […]

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Freestyle with Sam

August 24, 2013

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Freestyle with Sam

  Sam Ashby was the guest coach at the fourth in the series of Winter Clinics held for Traralgon swimmers on 24th August.  Sam, a former Traralgon swimmer and Australian gold medallist, worked with swimmers to improve their freestyle.  Sam demonstrated his winning form and shared tips and techniques with swimmers.  Traralgon’s juniors have benefited from the […]

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Traralgon wins 5th Country SC Championships

August 18, 2013

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Traralgon wins 5th Country SC Championships

Traralgon continued its domination of the Victorian Country Short Course Championships with its 5th straight win at Wangaratta over the weekend. Going into the meet as “underdog” with Geelong club seeded ahead of Traralgon based on rankings going into the meet, the Club’s swimmers pulled out over 90 % PB’s and won by 452 points […]

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Traralgon Platinum in 2013

August 16, 2013

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Traralgon Platinum in 2013

Traralgon Swimming Club has once again achieved a Platinum level in the Go Club PB program run by Australian Swimming.  The Club has been a Platinum Club since 2011 when the category was first introduced.  To be a Platinum Club, a sporting organisation must achieve a Gold rating for five consecutive years.  The program assesses […]

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Victorian Open SC Championships

August 4, 2013

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Victorian Open SC Championships

Eleven Traralgon swimmers took part in the Victorian Open Swimming Championships over the weekend of August 3/4. The swimmers, aged 13 – 16 years, brought home 1 gold, three silver and three bronze medals and broke 13 Out of Gippsland Records and two Country Victorian records. Mikaela Cornelissen (15) won a bronze in the Women’s […]

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Andrew Cameron Butterfly Clinic

August 4, 2013

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Andrew Cameron Butterfly Clinic

  The Traralgon Swimming Club Winter Clinics continued with Melbourne Vicentre swimmer and former Traralgon champion Andrew Cameron sharing his expertise and winning butterfly tips with swimmers on August 3.  Andrew was a bronze medalist in the 200m butterfly at the 2012 Energy Australia Short Course Championships. Andrew shows his form

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