http://www.powerpoints.org.au/powerpoints_news_rss_feed.html Ditto 1.0.2 powered by MODx CMS en Powerpoints Masters Swimming Club 2006 120 http://www.powerpoints.org.au/powerpoints-at-the-worlds-in-perth.html For some, months of preparation was coming to a nervous-wracking peak.
The aim was to somehow swim a PB, in the hope that "your best" would win a medal at the highest level - top 10 places receiving the distinction.
Little did we know that Powerpointers would win a lot of medals, including gold, and be a dominant presence at Challenge Stadium - albeit wearing fluoro green!

Perhaps the best way to see the level of achievement is to give the highest ranking place for each individual, as well as all top 3 medal winners. Thank you once again to Helen Whitford for her superb recording of results.

Women

Helen Whitford
1st - 200 backstroke [National record]
1st - 200 IM [National record]
1st - 100 butterfly [National record]
1st - 100 backstroke [WORLD RECORD - the most exciting live swim I have ever watched, with Helen coming from behind and winning by .01 sec]
3rd - 400 IM [National record]

Jennie Bucknell
1st - 100 freestyle [National record and a true highlight, with Jennie beating Shane Gould's long standing record]
2nd - 50 butterfly [National record]
2nd - 50 backstroke
2nd - 50 freestyle [National record]
3rd - 100 backstroke

Rosa Montague
1st - 800 freestyle
1st - Open Water 3km swim
2nd - 200 butterfly [National record]
3rd - 400 freestyle

Aida Tuciute
2nd - 100 breaststroke
2nd - 50 breaststroke
3rd - 50 butterfly

Marijke Alderson
3rd - 200 breaststroke

Melinda Kemp
5th - Open Water 3km swim

Liz Gosper
10th - 200 breaststroke

Yvonne Egan-Davidson
55th - 100 freestyle

Nadine Royle
5th - 100 breaststroke

Megan Blamires
12th - 200 backstroke

Michaela Moosmair
11th - 200m butterfly

Kerry White
7th - Open Water 3km swim

Men

Steve Watkins
6th - 100 backstroke

Les Severacz
6th - 200 butterfly

Richard Flockart
8th - 200m butterfly

Ian Scholes
48th - 200 freestyle

Lindsay Crouch
17th - 800 freestyle

Peter Bolton
13th - 800 freestyle

Ian Knight
8th - 200 butterfly

Stuart Moffatt
2nd - 100 breaststroke [National record]
2nd - 50 breaststroke [National record]
5th - 50 butterfly [National record]

Shane Gore
11th - 100 butterfly

Peter Thompson
5th - Open Water 3km swim

Peter Rainey
4th - 400IM

Brett Davidson
8th - 400 IM

Archer Talbot
11th - 100 backstroke



Relays
1st Place - Women's MEdley, 160+, [National Record]
Helen Whitford, Aida Tuciute, Nadine Royle, Jennie Bucknell


Congratulations to all those who swam well, to those who won top 10 medals [I'm jealous], and to those who won top 3 place medals - which usually needed a state or national record.
A special congratulations to Helen Whitford for her stunning swims, including a World Record.

Archer Talbot
President 2008

]]> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:00:16 +1000 http://www.powerpoints.org.au/powerpoints-at-the-worlds-in-perth.html Archer Talbot http://www.powerpoints.org.au/powerpoints-wins-2008-nationals.html 1st place - Powerpoints 2,491 points
2nd place - Marlins 2,020 points
3rd place - Doncaster 1,830 points

A stunning achievement by a huge group of swimmers - it was great to see so many club members blasting up and down the pool all in search of immortality! 49 club members competed in 300 individual races - what a stunning turn out.

Individual highlights

It is impossible to summarise all of the highlights, but here are some.
One true show of strength came in the men's 45- 49 800m freestyle. Powerpointers took the top 6 places. Stuart Moffatt 10:11, Peter Williamson 10:12, Shane Gore 10:28, Chris Andrew 10:29, Ian Knight 10:32, Peter Bolton 10:39.
In the women, Rosa Montague picked up 4 state records, Jennie Bucknell swam 1 state & 1 national record, and Aida Tuciute got 3 state records. However, it was the swimming of Helen Whitford that truly was the stand out performance at the Nationals, with 5 state and 4 National records.
For the men, Michael Moloney picked up 3 state records, Peter Rainey 1 state & 1 National record, and Stuart Moffatt 2 state & 1 National record.
Congratulations to those who swam an awesome number of events -
12 events - Stuart Moffatt, Chris Andrew
11 events - Helen Whitford, Brett Davidson

Thank you to Helen Whitford for recording and summarising all 300 swims by Powerpoints members - the heat is on for those club points and titles trophies. From the Nationals:

Name    National Titles
Helen Whitford    9
Rosa Montague    6
Aida Tuciute    4
Lisandra De Carvalho    4
Jennie Bucknell    3
Marijke Alderson    2
Liz Gosper    2
Megan Blamires    2
Alison Banay    1


Name    National Titles
Stuart Moffatt    8
Michael Moloney    7
Peter Rainey    5
Brett Davidson    2
Colin Moore    2
Tim Boness    1

Looking good & partying on

Well, we certainly looked good. The new fluoro green tops designed by Liz Gosper were a hit. Made for the worlds, people just couldn't resist wearing them. Added to that the hoodies, club bathers - organised by Deb Adams, black tshirts, hats and caps, Powerpoints were decked out to blitz.

At the dinner, Liz Gosper took charge, running dancing games, table raffles, easter egg guestimates, and everything bar the speeches. Thanks to Marijke and Richard for getting there early enough to blow up the balloons. In he end, as you can see later in this edition of the Pointer [thank you Lee], Powerpoints helped the Marlins raise over $1,000 for the Ardoch Foundation. This money will be used to help teach swimming to underprivileged kids. It was a great fun dinner, with trophies adorning all Powerpoints tables by the end of the night. Rosa's sexy red legs were out on the dance floor, Di Holmes lead the way, with table support, in the musical comps, and it was great to see our illustrious club captain on stage - winning the easter eggs!!!!

Thank you

A big thank you must also be said to a very dedicated group. The competition sub-committee. Rosa Montague, Jennie Bucknell, Helen Whitford and Laurie Healy all do an enormous amount of work for each competition. However, this Nationals, with all of our relay teams, and the thousands of possible age combinations, really was a challenge. And this fabulous team did a stupendous job organising everyone. Thank you.

Well done Powerpoints on a great win. And having beaten the Australians, it was time to take on the world.....

Archer Talbot
President 2008
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