21 Vikings swimmers have qualified for the upcoming NSW Age Championships to be held at SOPAC from 6-13 January. Congratulations on this wonderful achievement. All at TVSC are proud of your accomplishment and wish you good luck with your competition. The list of talented Vikings follows:

Swimming ACT is hoping to run some courses for officials in the new year and is hoping to gauge interest from members of the ACT swimming community. We at Vikings are always very keen for our members to obtain training and qualifications in the many aspects of running meets. Therefore, we are asking those interested to r fill in the attached form and return it to the Swimming ACT Office by Thursday, 21 December.

Could members please note that the Goulburn Development/Intermediate Meet, set down for 17 December, has been cancelled. Goulburn Swim Club will make arrangements for full refunds of entries within the next few weeks.

As we would like to present prizes on Friday night, 15 December, at our Christmas Party, we require that all sponsorship monies be placed in "The Box" (top one) at the pool by COB Thursday, 14 December. We would be most grateful if members could chase up their sponsors by this time.

The TVSC annual Christmas Party will be held on Friday, 15 December and we are inviting all TVSC members and families to attend. It will be held at the Lakeside Leisure Centre to follow a shortened Club Night. Please click here to find out all the information and to find an 'Expression of Interest" form.

42 Vikings' swimmers and families attended the Annual Narooma Meet on 25 November. It was a memorable weekend - please stay tuned to this site for results and a report. In the mean time, please click here for visual reminders of a great time.

42 Vikings swimmers and their families will travel to the South Coast this weekend for the Annual Narooma Meet. The weekend provides, not only an opportunity for great competition with South Coast clubs, but an opportunity for our swimmers (and families) to have a fun weekend away from Canberra. Good luck team! Have a great time and don't forget to drive carefully.

Our good friends at BG Swim Club have invited us to their training pool, the Oasis at Deakin, to join them for their Club Night on 17 November.

This special Club Night will commence at 6pm at the Oasis. To allow for families to get there on time training will be:

For Juniors, Development and Tri-Fit at Tuggeranong from 4.30-5.30pm. Then into the car and off to the Oasis at Deakin!
For Sprint and Performance, 5pm to 6pm at the Oasis. Due to the short warm-up/training session these swimmers should ensure they train Friday AM or another extra session in the week leading up to the club night.

This should be a fun night and all Vikings members are encouraged to attend. The relays as usual will bring on some spirited competition. BG will run a barbeque at the completion of events - so this will again give Mum & Dad the night off from cooking. Re entries - for Vikings and BG swimmers alike - please use our electronic entry form (don't forget to mention in the Special Comments box that your are a BG swimmer). The electronic entry form can be found here and the program of events for the special Club Night here.

At a recent committee meeting, some important event dates were finalised. Please note the following :-

Cabins are going fast! Luckily, we anticipated this and ensured that we reserved enough for our members, so there are still a few left. Bookings for cabins will close on Friday, 3 November. So, if you have been putting off making a booking, don't waste too much time, or you will miss out. You can find out all the necessary information to tempt you to take the plunge and participate in one of our legendary weekends in the lovely little coastal town of Narooma by clicking here. The meet program (which now closes on Wednesday, 1 November) can be found here. For further information please contact Beth Bingham via e-mail or on phone 6292 1135 (ah) or mobile (0416 048 505).

Another important decision made by our Committee and Coaches is that training for our Junior Squad members will now commence at 6:00 am, rather than 5.30 am. We will make allowances for those swimmers who have siblings who commence training at 5.30. These swimmers will be welcome to train at 5.30 in an effort to save Mum and Dad playing tag team back and forth to the pool twice within half an hour. But for those swimmers who have no such siblings and wish to train in the mornings, the official start time will now be 6.00 am. Please note that the training days have not changed, just the commencement time.

Our swimmers had great success at the recent NSW Short Course Age Championships on 15-17 September. 11 year old AMY BROWN won a Silver Medal for her 50m Fly event. Also very impressive were our Finalists (listed below). CHELSEA BRODIE, CHRISTIE JONES, DAVID POLLOCK, MARTIN POLLOCK, DANNY PHILIPPA and ASHLEIGH STREATFIELD were equally impressive with perfect PB rates - clear indication that all that hard work is paying off! The PB rate was 67 percent which put a smile on coaches David and Paul's faces. Full Results and TVSC Results can be found at our State & National Results page.

12 of TVSC's competitive swimmers have been selected in the ACT Squads. The squads are selected on performances during the previous summer season and will be involved in selected activities during the next six months. The list follows:

Kahlia Cossetto	Natasha Cossetto
Alannah Grimm	Christie Jones
Lizzy Philippa	Bianca Pitts

23 Vikings swimmers have qualified for the NSW Age SC Championships to be held at Homebush on 15-17 September. The swimmers have qualified over a large number of strokes and events and should be congratulated on their achievements. Well done team! And good luck for the upcoming competition. The list of our swimmers follows:

Luke Abberton	Srecko Antoski	Chelsea Brodie
Amy Brown	Kahlia Cossetto	Natasha Cossetto
Rachel de Feyter	Alannah Grimm	Teagan Hore
Niall Jacobsen	Christie Jones	Chelsea Lolesio
Charlotte Marshall	Monique Murphy	Elle Pattenden
Danny Philippa	Lizzy Philippa	Bianca Pitts
David Pollock	Martin Pollock	Ashleigh Streatfield
Justin Trabinger	Lachlan Trabinger.

TVSC would like to pass on to our members the club's appreciation for all their help rendered in putting together and running our Development/Intermediate Meet. We would like to thank those who made donations and, in particular, those who gave up their time to help us make the meet the success it was. Also deserving of thanks are those members of the ACT swimming community who also came along and assisted us in making the meet a resounding success. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!

TVSC held its annual Development/Intermediate Meet at the TLLC this weekend. As it was the last meet of the ACT Winter Development Series, all swimmers were keen to swim PBs with some of the younger swimmers also going for last minute state times. The TVSC team of almost 50 did particularly well. Our PB rate was high and some individual swimmers excelled in this area with 100 percent PBs being swum by LUKE ABBERTON, DEREK BAYLEY, DANIELLE GRIMM, and ASHLEIGH STREATFIELD. Several swimmers almost made this rating - TORI BOUNDY (4/5), CHELSEA BRODIE (3/4), JOSH BROWN (3/4), JACOB COSSETTO (3/4), ANDREA GOSLING (4/5), RYAN HORE (4/5), ALEX JARVIS (4/5), MELANIE LE COUTEUR (4/5), LIZZY PHILIPPA (2/3) and AIMEE VAN GERWEN (3/4). Our swimmers won lots of ribbons and many tried new events for the first time and discovered that they weren't as daunting as they thought! Overall, a resounding success. Results for Boys, Girls and TVSC Swimmers can be found at our Local Results page.

TVSC members of the ACT Junior Squad performed brilliantly at the Victorian SC Country Championships held in Shepparton last weekend. There were lots of PBs and a good time was had by all. Congratulations to CHELSEA BRODIE, who won a gold medal in the 11 yrs 50 Butterfly and JUSTIN TRABINGER, who came home with a bronze medal for his 50 Backstroke. Well done Vikings! Full results from the meet can be found here or at our State & National Results page.

TVSC's annual Development/Intermediate Meet will be held next Sunday at the Tuggeranong Lakeside Leisure Centre. We would like to remind our parents in particular that we need their assistance in providing catering for the meet. This involves bringing along to the meet various types of food suitable for morning and afternoon tea and lunch. Can you please contact Helen Philippa via e-mail or phone (6291291) if you can assist. We also need a handful of parents who can assist Helen on the day with the preparation and handing out of the food so don't forget to let her know that you are available for that chore as well.

Another important aspect of the meet is the raffle which host clubs tend to run. On this occasion we will be running a "Scratchie Tree" raffle. For this we need donations of one scratchie per family. These usually only cost a couple of dollars and can add up to a valuable prize for the winner - especially if they scratch a substantial winner! For this we need donations of one scratchie per family. These usually only cost a couple of dollars and can add up to a valuable prize for the winner - especially if they scratch a substantial winner! We would be very grateful to receive your donation - could you please place them in an envelope in the top box at the pool addressed to Helen Philippa.

TVSC would like to confirm that the venue for its Development/Intermediate Meet will remain the Tuggeranong Lakeside Leisure Centre as previously advertised by TVSC. It seems that some other published material had the venue for this meet listed as the AIS. This is incorrect.

The Vikings team which participated in the recent Telopea Development/Intermediate Meet at TLLC pulled out some great performances to take our overall PB rate to approx. 65 percent. Well done team! There were some huge improvements and a large number of medals won by the Vikings. Those who scored 100 percent rates included: TORI BOUNDY, TAMIKA BRINKLEY and CHEYENNE PETERS, There were several overs who were close to this mark - AMY BROWN (3/4), AMY HOLDER (3/4), ALYSSA HUGHES (4/5), SIAN LEY (3/4), TEON LOLESIO (3/4), JACK and REGAN MORRIS (both 4/5), MIKHALA PETERS (4/5), NICK and SHAUN PHILIPPA (both 4/5), ALEX and THOMAS RAMSAY (both 4/5), DANIEL STEEMSON (4/5) and GERI WADDLETON (3/4). The PHILIPPA family did exceptionally well, swimming 11 PBs (just under an average of 3 each!) - and older siblings Danny and Lizzie weren't even there! Well done Vikings! Don't forget that entries for the TVSC Development/Intermediate Meet to be held on 27 August close this Friday. This is your last chance to score Winter Series points and to qualify for the upcoming ACT Winter Championships - new qualifiers will be able to submit entries for their qualifying event at the completion of the meet (but, remember, you must do this prior to leaving the pool - later entries will not be accepted). Results for Boys, Girls and TVSC Swimmers can be found at our Local Meets page.

We would like to welcome Paul Bruce who will be doing some coaching work with our senior squads, initially until the State Championships in mid-September. Not many people would remember that Paul was Vikings' foundation Head Coach, taking the helm from 1991-1996. Paul is a Silver Licence coach with a wealth of experience in both Australia and Canada. If you would like to find out some more about Paul please click here. Paul commences on pool deck on Monday morning, 31 July.

TVSC will be holding its annual Development/Intermediate Meet on 27 August at TLLC. The Program of Events can be found here. As with all meets, such events do not happen on their own and we are now calling for helpers. We will need assistance with setting up prior to and cleaning up after the meet as well as officials on the day. You don't need to be experienced to do such things as marshall, time keep, assist with awards, cater, etc. so please don't be shy and come forward and offer your help. If you can spare a couple of hours to assist us, please contact Meet Director, Rod Hore, via e-mail. Rod will be glad to hear from you and will be relieved to have another chore crossed off his list. One of the most important tasks on meet days is the feeding of all the volunteer officials who come along to assist us. Helen Philippa is charged with this responsibility this year, so if you can contribute your time on the day and/or can provide us with foodstuffs such as luncheon foods, sandwich fillings, cakes, muffins, cookies, savouries such as crackers, crudites and dips, etc. please don't hesitate to contact Helen, again via e-mail. And, most important, don't forget your entries in - entries close on 11 August.

33 Vikings swimmers qualified for the NSW Country Championships held at Homebush on 8-9 July. Special mention should be made of TEON LOLESIO, RYAN HORE and CHARLOTTE MARSHALL who got to wear their rep tops for the first time. The full list of qualifiers is included below. Well done team!

TVSC's Committee for the 2006/2007 year was elected at its Annual General Meeting on 20 June. Please note that there are still several vacancies and our new President, John Trabinger, woul love to hear from anyone interested in taking up these positions. The new committee is listed below:

Congratulations to the following 12 Vikings swimmers who have been selected as members of the ACT team to participate in the Australian Combined Schools Exchange in Sydney from 10-16 June. This is an awesome achievement and should be a memorable experience, especially for those selected for their first schools rep. team. Special congratulations should go to the three TRABINGER boys, BEN, JUSTIN and LACHLAN, who have also all been selected for the Diving team - someone's going to be super busy in Sydney! Well done to all!

Congratulations to the Six Vikings Who Have Qualified for the Australian Age Championships

Six very talented Vikings swimmers have qualified for the Australian Age Championships which will be held in Sydney from 19-23 April. Congratulations to SRECKO ANTOSKI, DAVID POLLOCK, MARTIN POLLOCK, DANIEL PHILIPPA, TEAGAN HORE and MATT D'ARCY who have all reached this magic stage in their swimming careers. Special kudos should go to Srecko who, at the age of 12, has qualified for his first Nationals. Srecko, David and Daniel will join forces with NIALL JACOBSEN to compete in the 14 & U. 200m Medley Relay. Also, 13 year old BEN TRABINGER will compete in the Australian Age Open Water Championships from 24 April at Manly Dam. Ben will contest the 5k swim. Well done team and good luck in Sydney. As we get closer to the event we will add a tracking facility to this page so that our Members can track our swimmers' progress at the Championships.

Vikings swimmer, Brayden Clews-Proctor won the 10-11 years age division of the NSW Junior Triathlon Championships on Sunday the 26^th of February in Mudgee NSW. Brayden completed the 100m swim 6k bike and 1k run in 19:10 seconds to win by a convincing margin. Brayden exited the water in 3^rd and found himself in 4^th out onto the bike where his cycling strength came to the fore as he soon caught the leaders at the 2km mark and extended his lead to 20 seconds leading into the run where he cruised to victory. Brayden’s win in this race was even more impressive as this was only his 3^rd triathlon this season. Congratulations Brayden!

TVSC has installed new hooks to provide secure storage for net bags for all swimmers (2 to a hook) in the container outside the back door of the pool. The container will only be accessible just before each squad trains and immediately afterwards. Swimmers will only be allowed to retrieve and return their own gear and no-one will be able to "borrow" anyone else's equipment. No access will be granted to the container during the training session.

In line with the club's squad policy, each swimmer must have suitable goggles, fins, kick boards, drink bottles and pool buoys at the beginning of every training session. Please understand the importance of handling and looking after all this expensive equipment with care. Performance Squad members should also have hand paddles and may be required to purchase other equipment, e.g. central snorkels, tempo timers (Finis/Lane 4).

The current cages will be cleared and removed by Wednesday, 1 March. Please remove your equipment from them between now and then and store them in a clearly marked net bag in the container.

The Vikings team had a great meet at the NSW Country Championships held at Homebush on 25-26 February. There were lots of PBs and quite a few Finalist ribbons. Congratulations to DANNY PHILIPPA and MARTIN POLLOCK, who both won Bronze medals in their100 Breaststroke events. Showing that hard work and determination does pay, NIALL JACOBSEN had an awesome meet, swimming PBs in all of his events, and achieving Finalist placings in 14 & U. 400m and 200 Free. Also swimming 100 percent PBs were BEN and LACHLAN TRABINGER and NIC DUNCAN. Appearing at their first Country, CHELSEA LOLESIO, BLAKE APPELQVIST, THOMAS RAMSAY and LUKE ABBERTON all swam PBs. A highlight of the meet was to see NIALL and DAVID POLLOCK both break the minute for the first time in their 100 Free swims, a milestone for any swimmer. Full results from the Championships can be found here and the list of TVSC Finalists below:

Danny Philippa	3rd, 14 yrs 100 Breast
David Pollock	9th, 14 yrs 100 Free, 9th 14 yrs 100 Back,
Niall Jacoben	8th, 14 & U. 200 and 400 Free
Teagan Hore	5th, 15 yrs 100 Breast, 6th, 100 Back
Tash Cossetto	10th, 15 yrs 100 Breast, 7th Open 800 Free, 8th, Open 200 IM
Martin Pollock	3rd, 16 yrs 100 Breast, 6th, Open 200 Breast, 6th, 16 yrs 100 Fly

Congratulations to the mighty Vikings team who took part in the ACT Relays Championships on 19 February. There were some awesome swims with many medals won by our swimmers. The Vikings swam with team spirit and determination and there were some great individual performances - it's amazing how relays can lift a swimmer's performance! And the team also marched with great effort and pride to (again!) take out the John Clements Memorial March Past trophy. The medal winning teams are noted below. Congratulations should go to our Mums and Dads teams who also showed how clever they were by both taking out gold medals in the Parents Relay. Well done to all who participated and/or assisted on the day - a fantastic team effort! Keep your eyes on this spot for some photos over the next week or so.

	Mixed 8 & U. team	Bronze in Freestyle and Medley
	Mixed 9 yrs team	Silver in Freestyle and Medley
	Mixed 11 yrs team	Bronze in Freestyle, Silver in Medley
	Mixed 12 yrs team	Silver in Freestyle
	Boys 13-14 yrs team	Bronze in Freestyle, Silver in Medley
	Boys 15-16 yrs team	Bronze in Freestyle, Silver in Medley
	Girls 15-16 yrs team	Silver in Freestyle, Gold in Medley
	Womens Open team	Bronze in Freestyle and Medley

Thirty-Nine Vikings have qualified for the upcoming NSW Country Championships to be held at Homebush on 25-26 February. Special Congratulations should go to BLAKE APPELQVIST, LUKE ABBERTON, MICHAEL HUMPHRIES, CHELSEA LOLESIO and THOMAS RAMSAY who will get to wear their Vikings representative shirts for the first time. Well done Vikings! Good luck at the Championships. Our TVSC reps are listed below:

Forty-Nine Vikings swimmers attended the Australian Day Development/ Intermediate Meet held at the AIS. It was great to see so many swimmers (and parents) in attendance. Results were very impressive, with a high PB rate scored by our enthusiastic swimmers (see some of the girls above - thanks Kassia for the photo). Well done to all! Special mention should go to our 100 percent wonders - AMY BROWN, RACHEL DE FEYTER, MAIGAN FOWLER, CHELSEA AND TEON LOLESIO, THOMAS RAMSAY and AIMEE AND EMILY VAN GERWAN. Many swimmers qualified (some for the first time) for the ACT Championships to be held on 17-19 March - don't forget that entries close for this meet on 27 February. Many thanks to those parents who so eagerly offered their assistance with the timekeeping at the meet. With more meets coming up over the next few months, we'd be grateful if you could keep it up! Results for Boys, Girls and TVSC Swimmers can be found at our Local Results page.

We would like to remind parents/guardians of TVSC swimmers that if they have any issues which they would like to discuss with our coaches, including their child’s progress, they are welcome to do so, but at the completion of club training. Please do not approach our coaches on pool deck during training time to initiate such a discussion. It is best to make an appointment to speak to your child’s coach to avoid conflict with their training time. In the rare case that you are not happy with the coach’s response or handling of the situation you are welcome to contact the TVSC Committee, either in writing (or e-mail) or by attending a committee meeting (held at 7.30 pm at the Lanyon Rugby Club on the third Monday of the month). The committee guarantees to hear your case in a fair and objective manner.

We would also like to remind our members that all of the TVSC committee are volunteers who serve on the committee to assist all Vikings swimmers and who get no personal benefit for their time and effort other than the satisfaction of knowing that they are contributing to the successful running of our club. Remember that, without these people, our club would not exist. Our Annual General Meeting is held in June each year and all members are encouraged to nominate for committee membership. We also have casual vacancies throughout the year where we call for people to nominate for committee membership. Your contribution would be gratefully received.

	Event	Date
	TVSC Swimathon	Friday, 1 December
	Physio Visit/Assessment for Senior Swimmers	Saturday, 2 December (normal training time)
	TVSC Christmas Party	Friday, 15 December
	Away Trip for Senior Swimmers (Cootamundra)	Sunday, 17 December

Chelsea Brodie	8th in 11 yrs 50 Fly
Amy Brown	2nd in 11 yrs 50 Fly, 4th in 100 Fly
Teagan Hore	10th in 15 yrs 200 Back
Christie Jones	8th in 14 yrs 100 Breast, 9th in 200 Breast
Daniel Philippa	8th in 15 yrs 200 Breast
Ashleigh Streatfield	8th in 12 yrs 200 Breast
Justin Trabinger	10th in 11 yrs 100 Back
and we should also mention
Bianca Pitts	Who swam two spectacular PBs in her 100 & 200 Fly events to just miss out on a Final and finish 11th in both events.

President	John Trabinger
Vice President	Tracey Pitts
Secretary	Leanne Hoctor
Treasurer	Rod Hore
Race Secretary	Karen Hore
Minutes Secretary	Janine Brown
Registrar	Jo Grimm
Uniform Co-ordinator	Narelle Brodie
Social Secretary	Helen Philippa
Web/Newsletter	Beth Bingham
Awards Co-ordinator	Someone Else
Sponsorship Co-ordinator	Someone Else
Club Night Co-ordinator	Someone Else
General Committee	Someone Else
Head Coach	David Murphy

LUKE ABBERTON	CHARLOTTE MARSHALL	THOMAS RAMSAY
AMY BROWN	MONIQUE MURPHY	BEN TRABINGER
RACHEL DE FEYTER	BEN PATTENDEN	JUSTIN TRABINGER
TEAGAN HORE	NICK PHILIPPA	LACHLAN TRABINGER

Luke Abberton	Srecko Antoski	Blake Appelqvist
Stephanie Banham	Chelsea Brodie	Amy Brown
Kahlia Cossetto	Natasha Cossetto	Stephanie Cossetto
Matt D’Arcy	Nic D'Arcy	Nic Duncan
Rachel de Feyter	Rebecca Gillespie	Alannah Grimm
Teagan Hore	Michael Humphries	Ben Huntley
Niall Jacobsen	Christie Jones	Molly Kamenz
Chelsea Lolesio	Krysten Mansell	Bethany Miles
Monique Murphy	Ben Pattenden	Elizabeth Philippa
Daniel Philippa	Bianca Pitts	David Pollock
Martin Pollock	Matthew Pollock	Thomas Ramsay
Sophie Silec	Ashleigh Streatfield	Stewart Thompson
Ben Trabinger	Justin Trabinger	Lachlan Trabinger.

Luke Abberton	Srecko Antoski	Josh Berry
Chelsea Brodie	Amy Brown	Kahlia Cossetto
Natasha Cossetto	Nick D'Arcy	Rachel de Feyter
Alannah Grimm	Lachlan Grimm	Ryan Hore
Teagan Hore	Niall Jacobsen	Molly Kamenz
Sian Ley	Chelsea Lolesio	Teon Lolesio
Charlotte Marshall	Monique Murphy	Ben Pattenden
Lizzy Philippa	Daniel Philippa	Bianca Pitts
David Pollock	Martin Pollock	Thomas Ramsay
Sophic Silec	Ashleigh Streatfield	Stewart Thompson
Ben Trabinger	Justin Trabinger	Lachlan Trabinger