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We are pleased to offer an opportunity to our 12 and under swimmers to be involved in a coaching clinic on Saturday 17th July.  If you are interested see the flyer and book your place today. Click on this link to see the flyer Coaching Clinic opportunity

The flyer is now on the website under the Events tab

 Swimming New Zealand held its inaugural State Insurance Swimming New Zealand Awards at the Trusts Stadium in Waitakere on Saturday 10th April.

Swimming Bay of Plenty were well represented at this evening and are pleased to congratulate the following award recipients

Ann Benseman  - Technical Official of the Year.

Bronwen Radford  - Volunteer of the Year

Swim Rotorua  - Swimming Club of the Year - North Island

We would also like to congratulate Kane Radford who was a finalist in the Open Water Swimmer of the Year category

Congratulations to the following swimmers on gaining a placement on the Youth and Age Group Tri Series Tour in January. 

At the Swimming New Zealand AGM held on Sunday 20^th September Swimming Bay of Plenty Members were the proud recipients of four awards

Rotorua swimmer Kane Radford has taken out one of the most competitive and prestigious open water events in the world in San Francisco yesterday. The 18 year old Rotorua swimmer, currently based at Mission Viejo in California, won the Tiburon Mile, an annual open water swim from Angel Island in San Francisco Bay to the town of Tiburon. In doing so the teenager beat off the challenge from defending champion and world 25km silver medallist Trent Grimsey (Australia), two-time winner and world 10km champion Vladimir Dyatchin (Russia) and Olympic gold medallist Ous Mellouli (Tunisia). Radford took control from the start to win.

Swimming Bay of Plenty is please to invite all National Age Group and Division II qualified swimmers to a training session, breakfast and a mentoring session by our own John Munro. 

John Munro represented N.Z. from 1989 to 1994.  He was a finalist at the 1990 and 1994 Commonwealth Games.  He held numerous New Zealand records (1 still standing) He represented NZ at the World Surf-Lifesaving World Champs 1996 and 2000.   He continues to swim as a Master and at the 2008 World Masters Championships collected the gold in the 200IM.  He is currently Swimming Bay of Plenty’s President.  This is a session not to be missed and there is no charge to attend. 

This session will be held on Saturday 21^st February at 7am Rotorua Aquatic Centre 50m Outdoor Pool.  You must register by Monday 16^th February 2009 if you wish to attend by email to radford@wave.co.nz. 

Feel free to contact Bronwen 027 6688966 if you have any questions

Coaching Newsletter January has been loaded on Three Regions tab please read

MYTHS OF SWIMMING

By Wayne Goldsmith and Helen Morris

IF YOU WANT SUCCESS IN SWIMMING DON’T BELIEVE IN THE MYTHS OF OUR SPORT INSTEAD BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

Ever heard of low-fat, great tasting chocolate cake? There is no such thing.  It’s a misrepresentation of the truth …a myth.  How about Bigfoot? Nope.  He’s a exaggerated conception of a person or thing.. a myth.

And guess what ?….

Swimming has its share of myths, too – untruths that people think will lead them to success.  But that’s just it – the following 10 myths are misconceptions, fallacies and false notions. 

Click on the  Tip of the Week tab for the next ten weeks for the 10 myths.

There is a common theme about all ten myths: people are always looking for a system or a secret or something they can buy or do to guarantee success.  There “ain”t” no such thing.  There is however, something that can make a real difference – something that can make every session outstanding and every day something special, something that can take every opportunity and turn it into a performance advantage.  YOU