Congratulations to our 24 swimmers who competed last weekend at the New South Wales Country Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.
The country champs have always been great fun. They give bush kids—-some driving for six or more hours—the opportunity to come to the big smoke and give their all representing small communities who take great joy in all sorts of achievements. To some, these champs are like Olympic Games. Woden’s swimmers produced some exceptional results. Firstly, they represented the club with respect and enthusiasm. It was terrific to see our competitors shaking hands and fist-bumping rivals before and after races. Great spirit!
We featured high on the medal table with a total of 12 gold, 3 silver and 8 bronze. Sarah, Linus, Max, Campbell, Indy, Huon, Heath, Iggy, Matt and Adam all came away with glinting chests. Also, a huge shout out to the boys’ 15 and over 4x 50 medley relay (Indy, Adam, Max, Huon) and 4x 50 freestyle relay (Max, Campbell, Heath, Huon) who blitzed their rivals.
There was also a swag of PB’s. Well done all swimmers! Your performances and behaviour did the club proud.
Thank you to coaches Jasmine and Steve who were on deck throughout the champs while Yuriy was on the Gold Coast at the Para Swimming World Series with Alex, Riley and Jasmine. Thank you all to all coaches who under Yuriy’s leadership continue to help our youngsters have fun, strive for their goals, and learn from the community sport journey.
Well done all swimmers! Your performances and behaviour did the club proud. Onwards to the next event.
A huge congratulation goes out to our Woden Shark Swimmers who recently competed at SOPAC, in Sydney, at the 2024 NSW SC Country Championships, 5th-7th July. WVSC had 28 swimmers competing and we archived great results by winning 22 Medals:Â 15 Gold, 5 Silver and 2 Bronze, and a 70% PB success rate.Â
Great results Team Woden!
Of special highlight is James Biddington, for his outstanding achievement when he broke a 13-year standing SNSW Country Record in the 50m Backstroke! Well done, James!
By Gold Medal score, WVSC got 3rd place from 81 Clubs who competed in NSW Country! Well done for this fantastic achievement!
The following Swimmers won medals:
James B- 10plus a SNSW Country Record 50m Backstroke time!
Campbell Q – 4
Sarah B – 1Â 4Â
Matthew G- 1Â
Adelaide D 1Â
Annie M 1Â
Also, two Swimmers 13 years old that competed in the 13-14 years, placed in their age group: Riley B 13 was 1st in 50m/100m Backstroke and Lucas S 13 was 3rd in 50m Backstroke!
The following swimmers placed top 10:
Indy P- two 4th & three 7th, one 10th, plus National SC qualifier 50m Backstroke
Adam D- two 4th places
Sarah B- three 4th places
Adelaide D- two 4th, one 5th, one 8th place
Matthew G- two 5th, one 6th place
Madi A- one 5th, one 6th, one 10th place
Riley B- one 6th, one 7th, one 10th place
Annie M- one 7th, two 9th place
Alicia C- (AJ) one 8th, one 9th place
Lucas S- two 9th places
Ian Z- two 10th places
Liam E- one 10th places
The following results were achieved in our team relays:
Men 13-14 , 4 x 50m Free Relay- 4th Campbell, Callum, Lucas & Hamish
Women 9-12, 4 x 50m Medley Relay- 9th Annie, Emily, Madi, Aimee
Men 9-12, 4 x 50m Medley Relay- 10th Auguste, Stefan, Ian, Kai
Team Woden, you did us proud!
Over the course of the weekend there was great team spirit and some time for socialising. A fantastic weekend for swimmers and families. Everyone is looking forward to upcoming state championships and of course Summer Country Champs, next February.
Thank you to our amazing Coaches: Yuriy (Head Coach), Chelsea, Jasmine, Kate & Sarah!
In lieu of running stand alone Club Championships we have introduced a club Pointscore for the 2023 year. There are 3 separate pointscores that will be calculated for all club swimmers. Awards for each will be presented at the annual Christmas Party in December. The categories swimmers will be competing is are as follows:
Club Night Age Champions
Club Age Champions
Overall Club Champions
Goals and purpose
We have developed the system to encourage participation at both Woden club meets as well as reward swimmers who perform well at a range of meets – including Swimming ACT meets and State or National Championships.
The Club Night Age Champion awards are specifically designed to encourage participation at a club level, fostering club pride and teamwork. As well as rewarding swimmers who swim a range of events and continue to improve their performances.
The Club Age Champion awards are designed to reward high achievers and encourage excellence. It will reward those swimmers who are racing at a high level in their age group.
The Overall Club Champion will reward swims at the highest level throughout the year, irrespective of age and gender.
Club Night Age Champions
Our Club Night Age Champions will be awarded to registered club swimmers based on a cumulative pointscore across club nights throughout the 2023 year. Points are awarded for improvement and participation. This pointscore uses the Swimming ACT Development pointscore system, as outlined below.
All club nights throughout the year count towards the score. There is no minimum number of attendances or swims. Swimmers who swim at club nights more regularly, and swim a range of events, are able to maximise their potential pointscore.
Age is calculated for the club calendar year – i.e. age at 31 December 2023.
Improvement points are awarded based on the improvement on the time first set at a club night swim within the calendar year. A club night swim may be faster or slower than a previous swim at another meet. Improvement is only measured against club night swims of that distance and stroke, not any time the event is swum at another meet.
Improvement
Points
Swimming an event
1 (to be added to any improvement points)
First swim during club night year
2
Improvement points
Same time or slower
0
0.00 to 0.99 second improvement
1
1 – 1.99 second improvement
2
2 – 2.99 second improvement
3
3 + second improvement
4
Swimmers receive at least 1 point for every swim (2 for the first time they swim an event in the club year). A maximum of 5 points can be gained for a swim over 3 seconds faster than their last club night swim (3 improvement points plus 1 participation point).
Improvement points age categories – 1st, 2nd and 3rd highest points per age group
Female
Male
9 & Under
9 & Under
10
10
11
11
12
12
13
13
14
14
15
15
16
16
17 & Over
17 & Over
Masters
Masters
Multi-Class
Multi-Class
After each club night we will calculate the participation and improvement points for registered swimmers and these will be published with results. They can be found for club nights to date on the Club Nights page. The progressive Club Night pointscore will be updated on the Club Night pointscore page: http://192.168.1.180/club-night-champion/
Club Age Champions
This award is calculated using HYTEK Age points. It takes into account the ‘best’ (highest HYTEK Age score) 4 performances across the year across all meets. Points are calculated for any swim for registered swimmers at any of: An official club night, Swimming ACT, Swimming NSW, Swimming Australia or other state event, provided the time is official.
This rewards fast swims at all meets and also allows for competition in events that we don’t offer regularly or at all at club meets.
We will allow one ‘best’ score per event (i.e. a swimmer can’t do 4x the same stroke / length to maximise their score). We require a minimum of 2 strokes (IM counts as a second stroke).
By taking the highest scoring result we encourage swimmers to continue to improve an already high scoring event.
By requiring more than 1 stroke a swimmer who is only strong in 1 stroke i.e. freestyle would not have an advantage over a swimmer who is strong across more than 1 stroke, or in a form stroke where there are less events.
Age is calculated for the club calendar year – i.e. age at 31 December 2023
Hytek age categories – 1st, 2nd and 3rd highest points per age group – 4 highest points for different events, across minimum of 2 strokes
Female
Male
9 & Under
9 & Under
10
10
11
11
12
12
13
13
14
14
15
15
16
16
17 & Over
17 & Over
Masters
Masters
Multiclass swimmers will be ranked against their relevant world records for their multiclass classification. Masters Swimmers will be ranked against their relevant age category Master’s records.
The Club Champion pointscore will be updated with times from official meets on a regular basis. The table on the Club Age Champion page will let swimmers know which are their current highest scoring swims. http://192.168.1.180/pointscore-club-age-champions/
Note that there is sometimes a delay of several weeks in obtaining results files from interstate meets. The pointscores are updated on a regular basis and will be finalised with all results before the awards BBQ and presentation.
Overall Club Champions
This award recognises the swimmers who have performed at the very highest level at any meet throughout the calendar year. We will award a 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the swimmers with the 3 highest point scores
Scores are calculated using HYTEK Age in the same manner as the Club Age Champions – the 4 highest scoring swims for any registered club swimmer across all swims in the calendar year. Individual events are only counted once each. The top 4 scoring swims have to be across a minimum of 2 strokes.
HYTEK Age allows for age and gender so this award will be for swimmers who have swum times throughout the year that are competitive at a state and national level.
Note that there is sometimes a delay of several weeks in obtaining results files from interstate meets. The pointscores are updated on a regular basis and will be finalised with all results before the awards BBQ and presentation.
plus a SNSW Country Record 50m Backstroke time!
