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Centenary Dolphins Swim Club

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Address: 11 Yallambee Road, Jindalee 4074 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: https://centenary.swimming.org.au/

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24.01.2022 THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEERS // National Volunteer Week This week is National Volunteer Week and the club would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those who volunteer their valuable and precious time to ensure our club runs successfully throughout the season. Without your assistance we wouldn't be able to provide the opportunities we currently do to our members.... So to all of our volunteers, THANK YOU!

24.01.2022 Jamboree Heights Club Night // Nominations Close Tonight For anyone intending on attending Jamboree Heights Club Night this Friday please be aware that nominations need to be in by midnight tonight. It is bound to be a fun night of swimming!

22.01.2022 Well that was the shortest club night on record!! Done and dusted by 6.30pm! Thanks to all the swimmers and their families who braved the rain to swim tonight

21.01.2022 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT! Better late than never and it's definitely not the way that the Club would have liked to announce the Age Championship results, unfortunately, however, it is the only way we can achieve this to ensure the safety of all of our members. Following a season cut short by weather and the current pandemic, we did manage to get 8 of the 10 scheduled Club nights run. It's clear from the results that there were a number of battles within the age groups w...ith 1 particular age group (13yo+ Boys) being decided by 2 points on the final Club night that was held! The Club would like to extend a massive congratulations to all the swimmers who tried their utmost best to set personal bests each time that they swam at Club night. We are proud of the effort, vigour and enthusiasm each one of you displayed. Now to announce the Age Champions. 6 Year Old & Under - Girls 1st Place: Paityn Castleman 2nd Place: Emma Watson 3rd Place: Harriet Tindale 6 Year Old & Under - Boys 1st Place: Charlie Lindh 2nd Place: Ari Robson 7 Year Old - Girls 1st Place: Eve Lamont 2nd Place: Scarlett May 7 Year Old - Boys 1st Place: Luke Watson 2nd Place: Victor Rea Perez 3rd Place: Henry Deveney 8 Year Old - Boys 1st Place: Wyatt Castleman 2nd Place: Xavier Goodhew 3rd Place: William Surman 9 Year Old - Girls 1st Place: Kara Torkington 2nd Place: Ruby Deveney 3rd Place: Amelia Perera 9 Year Old - Boys 1st Place: Ted Board 2nd Place: Max Williams 3rd Place: Cooper Kehoe 10 Year Old - Girls 1st Place: Lana Torkington 2nd Place: Sophie Duke 3rd Place: Jasmine Barlow 10 Year Old - Boys 1st Place: William Lamont 2nd Place: Joshua Goodhew 3rd Place: Max Board 11 Year Old - Girls 1st Place: Dimity Kenny 2nd Place: Scarlett Jordan-Marks 3rd Place: Stella Scott 11 Year Old - Boys 1st Place: Craig Cadman 2nd Place: Christian Irvin 3rd Place: Ethan Duke 12 Year Old - Girls 1st Place: Lucy Williams 2nd Place: Bridget Flynn 3rd Place: Tate Pulvirenti 12 Year Old - Boys 1st Place: Riley Kerr 13 Year Old & Over - Girls 1st Place: Charlotte Roberts 2nd Place: Bethany Morrison 3rd Place: Claire Cadman 13 Year Old & Over - Boys 1st Place: Ryan Pullen 2nd Place: Bradley Kerr Joint 3rd Place: Alex Torkington and Isaac Walters And finally the last announcement is for the overall Club Champion for both the Girls and Boys. Overall Club Champion is achieved by attaining the highest points tally across all the age categories. The Centenary Dolphins Swim Club Champions for season 2019/20 are Ryan Pullen (Boys) and Lana Torkington (Girls). Enjoy the rest of your week :)

21.01.2022 The AGM starts online in a little under 1 hours time. The meeting will be started at 6.20pm to allow for any technical issues to be resolved before a prompt start of agenda items at 6.30pm. Please check your email inbox for the meeting link.

20.01.2022 THANK YOU TO OUR OUTGOING COMMITTEE MEMBERS We would like to extend our thanks to all the outgoing members of the 2019/20 swimming club committee for their contributions over the last year. The club would not be where it is today without your hard work and support! President - Chris Learmont... Vice President - Rachel Williams Secretary - Jade Kerr Treasurer - Pia Learmont Registrar - Chris Learmont Race Secretary - Phil Moore Club Night Coordinator - Brooke Bostock BBQ Coordinator - Kylie Roberts Drinks Coordinator - Petrina Taylor-Brown In particular, we would like to extend our deepest appreciation to Chris and Pia Learmont for their service to the executive committee. They have invested countless hours into our swim club over the past few years and have been crucial to the overall success of the club. They have secured new sponsorship, grants and assets to allow for the continued running of the club and have been instrumental in developing a strategic mindset to ensure a strong future for our swimming club. We are all extremely grateful for their involvement and wish them all the best for the future!

19.01.2022 CLUB NIGHT TONIGHT // Yay! Tonight is our second last club night of the season. Head on down to the pool early to register your participation so that the fun can kick off at 6pm sharp.

19.01.2022 For those of you looking for your swimming fix the following pools are currently operational: - Valley Pool Brisbane - Bundamba Swim Centre - Goodna Aquatic Centre... From Saturday 13th June, Yeronga Park Swimming Complex will also be operational. It is likely that restrictions will be in place at all of these venues so contacting the relevant complex directly would be recommended.

18.01.2022 FRIDAY CLINIC // Info Sent Please check your email regarding information sent for the clinic being held by coach Jono this Friday. The email contains the link to the nomination form.

17.01.2022 Let's start the new year racing!!! Dolphins our next club meet will be Rackleys Parkinson on... Sunday January 17 Entries close January 5 or when the meet cap is reached. This will be a closed meet *Meet flyer will be sent out when available. Re-register your swimmers for this season to compete this will be I believe the only chance to qualify for Brisbane sprint champs January 30/31 and state sprints February 13/14. Any issues with registering on swim central you can: see me at the pool message here on FB Or email me: [email protected] Richard

15.01.2022 Merry Christmas to all our Dolphins club members family and friends hope you all have a great Christmas . Richard

13.01.2022 Great job today by isabelle at the sunnybank meet: 5 swims 4 pbs A massive 10.80sec pb in her 100 free. 2 qualifying times for February state sprints in the 50 fr and 50 breast... Plus 2 gold medals And 3 silver medals Congratulations isabelle great swimming today. Richard

12.01.2022 Please see the update below from the Jamboree Heights Swimming Club. Tonight's joint meet has been cancelled due to the weather. CLUB NIGHT CANCELLED Lightning at the pool. Further thunderstorms predicted with 90% 100% at 6 and 7 pm. In the interest of safety, the decision has been made to CANCEL TONIGHT! ... Apologies, we will reschedule for next week!

11.01.2022 HAPPY EASTER Wishing all those associated with the Centenary Dolphins Swim Club a Happy Easter. Stay safe and healthy everyone.

11.01.2022 ANNOUNCING OUR NEW COMMITTEE! Thank you to all those members who attended the AGM last week. We are pleased to announce that the following members were elected onto the committee for the 2020/21 year:... President - Phil Moore Vice President - Rachel Williams Secretary - Jade Kerr Treasurer - Kylie Roberts Registrar - Jade Kerr BBQ Coordinator - Brooke Bostock Drinks Coordinator - Brooke Bostock The following positions are still vacant if anyone is interested in joining the committee:- Club Night Coordinator Race Secretary The new committee is looking forward to working with everyone over the next year as our club goes from strength to strength! Hope to see you at the pool soon!

10.01.2022 Entries close today for the Rackleys Hibiscus meet on November 28 please get your entries in before midnight tonight. Richard

09.01.2022 Great swims by Christian today at the Rackleys Hibiscus meet. 4 swims 4 PBS A massive 10sec pb in 50 fly And a 5 second pb in the 50 free which also qualified him for state sprints in February.... Great effort. Richard

08.01.2022 Our new coach Richard Kelly is looking forward to meeting all members this season.... Upcoming meet details will be posted here in the coming days/weeks! Here’s to a great season

08.01.2022 SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR // Swimart Please support one of our major sponsors during these trying times. Swimart is still open for business and trading. Support local business and shop local.

08.01.2022 http:// EVENTS UPDATE // Unfortunately due to the sudden reduction in opening times imposed by the Jindalee pool and the continual revision of social distancing measures and guidelines implemented by the Australian Government this has had an effect on the following scheduled club activities: Thursday 26th March Final Club Night - CANCELLED... Saturday 18th April AGM/Club Championship Presentations - POSTPONED The committee will convene at a later date to determine steps forward regarding the AGM and Club Presentations. The committee appreciate your understanding with the decisions that have been made as we seek to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all of our members at this time. In the meantime, we sincerely hope that everyone remains safe, alert, but above all, healthy.

07.01.2022 Centenary Dolphins time to get back to racing. The first targeted meet I have chosen will be the Rackleys Hibiscus Transition Meet on Saturday November 28 starting at 1pm, This will be a closed 8 and up meet. I will be there for all the swimmers throughout the meet all entries will need to be entered through swim central as soon as possible as there is a cap on swimmer numbers for this meet.... Entries close Midnight November 19 . Meet info Link: https://brisbane.swimming.org.au/pageitem.aspx Richard

07.01.2022 Dual In The Pool - The Conclusion // Friday 6th March @ Jamboree Heights Swimming Club This week Jambo have invited us to join them at their Club Night on Friday evening in the conclusion to the joint Club Nights we have run this season. Nominations for the evening are via Swim Central and are open to all Centenary Dolphins members. Further information regarding the night has been emailed to all members.

06.01.2022 *JX Results for 2019-2020* The official Bio Island Australian Junior Excellence results for the 2019-2020 season are here! Swimming Australia has released the JX results, which recognise swimmers' performances, encourages their development and aims to inspire the next generation of competitive swimmers.... Congratulations to all our swimmers who received a JX Award. Overall we had 22 Centenary Dolphins swimmers receiving either Gold/Silver/Bronze/Blue Awards! We are very proud of all your efforts! The Club should receive the certificates and gift packs in Sept/Oct and these will be presented at a Club Night in Term 4. Keep up the awesome effort and hope to see you all back at the pool very soon! https://www.swimming.org.au//bio-island-australian-jx-resu

05.01.2022 BRISBANE SENIOR METS // This weekend Good luck to our senior swimmers who are competing at the Senior Mets over at Chandler this weekend. This is one of the final events of the long course season for our swimmers so we encourage you to go out there and make a huge statement. Go Dolphins!

04.01.2022 CLUB NIGHT WEEK // Thursday 12th March This week is our penultimate club night for the season. Only 2 more chances to jump in the pool and race against your mates. Weather permitting the usual schedule of events will be run. See you all there.

03.01.2022 UPDATE FOR ALL MEMBERS The current COVID-19 health events unfolding and evolving globally, nationally and locally are unprecedented. Swimming Australia, Swimming QLD and Brisbane Swimming are actively monitoring the situation and have already postponed or cancelled swimming events around the country as a result. The health and safety of all involved with the Centenary Dolphins is of paramount importance to the Club and we continue to monitor the situation closely. At this sta...ge the workshop this Friday with coach Jono and next Thursday's final Club night of the season will be going ahead as planned. Should this change for any reason a notice will be sent out ASAP. In the meantime please continue to refer directly to the Queensland Health and Australian Government Department of Health websites for the most up to date information and public health advice. https://www.health.gov.au//novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-hea

02.01.2022 Just a friendly reminder to all our club champs to come by the pool tomorrow arvo to collect your medals and certificates!

01.01.2022 SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR // ARB Jindalee ARB Jindalee are still open and trading during these trying times. By shopping at ARB Jindalee we are helping a locally owned business.