Tuesday night is Club race night!
Come along and ‘Rock the Blocks’ with us

GS Aquatics Swim Club offers a free Tuesday race night for all club members. Race night provides swimmers with the opportunity to race against the clock in a variety of strokes. Times are recorded and each week swimmers can try to improve their individual times in a fun, competitive environment.

Kicking off at 5:30pm, swimmers have pool access for a brief warm-up session. Racing commences 5:45pm sharp!

Results and improvements in times from race night help swimmers to challenge for prestigious Club awards at the end of each swim season (end of season Award criteria descriptions are outlined further below).

Club race night is an awesome experience and not one to be missed….
Race night is all about fun and provides kids with a platform to trial competitive swimming safely.

When: Every Tuesday night of Term 1 and Term 4.
Where: Good Shepherd Swim Centre, 115 Eumundi Rd, Noosaville.
What time: Warm-up 5:30pm. Racing starts 5:45pm.

Exciting times ahead…
Remember racing starts 5:45pm sharp!

Swimmers are free to compete in as many events as they feel. Generally, there will be a variety of stroke events on offer each week. For the younger swimmers 12.5m events are offered and 25m as standard, moving up to 50m events when qualifying times are met consistently.

All children who attend GS Aquatic Swim Club nights must have a parent or guardian in attendance, responsible for their supervision. If a parent or guardian is unable to attend, arrangements must be made for another responsible person to accept the supervision of the child concerned.

Wet Weather
In the event of extreme weather conditions such as torrential rain, thunder and/or lightening, swim club is generally cancelled. To assist with spreading the word in the event of a cancellation, our Facebook page is used to advise if Club Night is cancelled.

GS Aquatics Club Champs & Club Awards

Click here to see the GS Aquatics Club Award Recipients for 2022-2023

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

All GSA swimming members can participate at our Club Championships – however, only eligible swimmers will score points towards Age Champion. To be eligible for Age Champion and annual Club Awards the following attendance criteria is to be satisfied by swimmers:

14YRS & Under : 50% attendance for Club Nights held from first to final Club Night each season.
15YRS & Over : 30% attendance for Club Nights held from first to final Club Night each season.

END OF SEASON AWARD CRITERIA DESCRIPTIONS:

CLUB NIGHT COMPETITORS*
These certificates acknowledge swimmer’s Club Night participation. Swimmer’s also receive their club night performance summary.

STATE SPRINTS TEAM*
Members of this team participated in the annual Queensland Sprint Championships.

NATIONAL TEAM*
Members of this team have performed at an elite level whereby swimmers successfully achieved at or below the qualifying time at a recognised meet to be eligible to compete at the annual Australian Age Championships.

NEW RECORD HOLDER*
These awards are presented to the swimmers who set new Pool and Club Championship Records during the season. Their names and the record they set are displayed on the GS Aquatics Honour Board, located on the wall of the good shepherd Swim Centre.

MOST IMPROVED MEMBER*
This award is presented to the swimmer whose time improved the most for the season. The Most Improved Award in all four 50m strokes and 100m Ind.Medley will be calculated using a swimmer’s fastest time recorded in the previous season, compared to their fastest time recorded in the current season. This relies on swimmers having two or more consecutive years on membership to be eligible.

AGE CHAMPIONS*
This award is presented to swimmers aged 8-15yrs+ who competed in all four 50m strokes and 100m Ind.Medley at the Club Championships. Points are awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd for each event with the winner being the swimmer with the highest number of points:
➢ 1st place – 5 points
➢ 2nd place – 3 points
➢ 3rd place – 1 point

ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD*
These Awards are presented to the swimmers who made great progress with their times and showed commitment to their training and Club Nights.

CLUB SPIRIT AWARD*
This award is presented to the Swimmer who showed great loyalty to the Club over the season and is known to be friendly and encouraging to all other Club members.

RISING STAR*
These Awards are presented to the swimmers who are committed to training and are progressively achieving results when competing at local, regional and state meets.

DAWN FRASER CLUB NIGHT AWARD*
This award is presented to the swimmer based on the highest commitment to Club Night participation and most improvement of all strokes at Club Night events as well as having a good attitude towards the Club, coaches and training. The recipient is the swimmer with the highest number of points. The points are based on the following:
➢ 1 point for attendance and participation.
➢ 1 point for time improvement up to 1 second.
➢ 3 points for time improvement up to 3 seconds.

DAWN FRASER MEDAL*
This Award is presented to the ‘most outstanding’ GS Aquatics club swimmer who has represented the club at the highest level at a variety of recognised State and National swim events.

RELAY COMPETITION *
Each club swimmer has the opportunity to participate in Club Night Relays throughout the season. The committee are trialing how to best promote and structure a seasonal club night relay competition, and they may decide to introduce seasonal Awards related to relay participation.

*ALL AWARD DECISIONS ARE AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CLUB COMMITTEE