Winner of the Arthur Lartar trophy for juniors 2013

The winner of the Arthur Lartar trophy for juniors, 2013 - having swum her way through seriously contested heats, semi finals and finals.  Well done!

Meet our newest club member

Meet our newest and smallest club member.  Little blue eyed doll, posing with Emily, is wearing club swimmers made by Emily's grandmother, Wendy. 

Wendy cut down an old pair of swimmers to size, and now little blue eyed doll can join the swimming club. 

Blue eyed doll is the fourth generation of club members.  Wendy (a keen non-swimmer and wife of Alan, one of our champions) is mother of Lyn (a winning swimmer), who is mother of Emily (another winner).  And you'd have to agree that blue eyed doll is the image of Emily.

Everyone wants to be photographed with blue eyed doll

February 2013: a morning race day

Our race co-ordinators put our names down for races: 50 metres, 100 metres, around the baths or the kilometre (around the baths is about 800 metres).

   

Electricity is off: so ice is brought in to cool the drinks.

A note about electricity: you don't notice it until you don't have it.  In the club room, our refrigerator, kettle and hot water (for washing up) are without power.  All three are sorely missed.  A borrowed generator provides just enough power for our laptop and printer - both necessities for co-ordinating the races.  

Our club room, and much of the the park, has been without electricity for several weeks now, the problem being that the underground wiring has gone feral, the solution to which is in the hands of our local council and our electricity provider.

 Sunscreen is always in the swimming bag...

 ...or should I say, swimming basket.

Dives, starbursts and jumps from the pontoon

Photo shoot for 2012/2013 by Mathew Wylie

 First job: set up the camera and take aim.  Assemble swim club members.

A motley crew.

The photographer photographed.

They keep coming and coming...
















Filling the walkway in blue.

The last stragglers are in place, along with the smiles. 

Mathew sets the camera's timer in motion then runs to join us, just in time to be in the photo shoot.

Swimmers are winners at Oatley Public School

Rodger presents Oatley Swimming Club trophies to Paris and Kyle at Oatley Public School on 11 December 2012

Photos from 1990 - with thanks to Kerry

The old devils

Here's mud in yer eye!

Smiles from the past.