Warringah Masters Swimming Club

Fun, fitness and friendship in full force at the State Relay carnival last weekend.

33 Warringah swimmers took to the pool to compete, with several also helping to keep the chaos as organised as possible by timekeeping and officiating.

Special thanks to Steve Towner, captain for the day, keeping the relays teams on top of their events, heats and lanes and making sure no races were missed.

Congratulations to Penrith and Blacktown Masters Swimming Club on incredible team performances to come first and second, to Coogee Randwick Masters Swimming and Manly for rounding out the top 5, and all the other clubs that took part on the day.

Some pics from the State Long Distance Short Course was held yesterday at the Peninsula Leisure Centre, Woy Woy. A number of our swimmers went up Saturday and enyoyed dinner together at a pizza & pasta restaurant in Ettalong

Coming to the swimming (forethought or aftethought?) some good performances, however Blacktown had the largest contingent and worthy winners.

Certainly a memory test - especially the 1500s! Apologies for so few pics as your correspondent was officiating when not swimming ( along with Helen, Julia, Charmaine, Ray and Tony T)

Congratulations to Abel Bornstein on his State / Branch record for 1500 Breastroke!👏👏👏

Age group placingings (1st to 3rd) for Michel Le Vieux, Charmaine Groppler, Sue Chalmers, Julia Atkins, Abel Bornstein and Graham Campbell.

Thanks as usual for sponsor support from Vege Chips

A small contingent headed to Nationals - all too busy swimming for photos but Steve Towner reported: “Well, for me, there were plenty of "special" moments. Cam McEvoy's swims and the time he spent having photos and signing autographs. The standard of swimming across all age groups - male and female. The comradery between all clubs and states. Queensland swimming was exceptional. But the absolute highlight was being a part of the Warringah team. The support, encouragement and friendship was a joy to be a part of.”

Thanks to our principal sponsor Vege Chips for their support of our training programs!

Catch up report on the Mingara Pelicans carnival where only a small Warringah contingent competed. Still, three placegetters: Helen White a 1st in her age group, a 2nd for John de Vries and 3rd for Rowan Jacob. Our two relay teams - Mixed 200+ and Mixed 280+ came 2nd in their age groups. Well done all. Thanks as always to our principal sponsor Vege Chips and also pureauaustralia.

A huge thank you to for joining us after training on Sunday to talk through Goal Setting with members from Warringah, and .

A fantastic session helping swimmers establish their personal goals for 2026 and beyond and ensuring they are related to your WHY.

Great stuff, thanks again Lauren.

We are excited to invite you to the rescheduled goal setting session designed specifically for our Masters swimmers.

Date: Sunday 17 May

Time: 9.30–10.30am (after Sunday morning training)

Location: Warringah Aquatic Centre – Creche Room

We are pleased and very grateful to welcome Lauren Stadler back to deliver a practical and engaging session focused on helping you get the most out of your swimming this year.

This session will explore how setting the right goals can improve motivation, consistency, and performance in the pool. Lauren will share simple, effective strategies to help turn big ambitions into clear, achievable steps so you can train with purpose, stay focused, and make meaningful progress.

Whether you are training for competition or simply looking to improve, this session will give you tools you can apply straight away.

There is no cost to attend and you can book here: https://warringahmasters.org.au/book-training-session

Everyone is welcome! We do need a minimum of 20 people for the session to go ahead so please book in!

We hope to see you there.