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Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 10:05PM Are you the kind of person who likes to plan ahead? Well your prayers have been answered - this document (PDF) will tell you what to expect from every training session for the coming year.
Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 6:49PM Pirates first social event for 2012 will be held on Sunday January 22nd at Shelley Beach. We will start with a swim from Shelley Beach to Manly at 2.30pm, then we will walk, swim, hitch, crawl back to Shelley Beach for a BBQ at 4pm.
All Pirates, friends and families are welcome.
There will be help for those of us who have never swum in the open water.
More details will follow in early January, please save the date.
Have a great Xmas
Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 2:28PM Pirates last training session for 2011 will be on Thursday 22nd December at Narrabeen. We will have a break and resume on January 3rd 2012 at the WAC.
We are currently working on the time and date of the 100x100's (pool availability is the problem) and as soon as it is finalised we will let everyone know. We would love to have as many swimmers as possible for that event. If you cannot join us for the entire 100x100's come and do as much as you can, we would love your company.
Come and join us for some fun this week at training, Rachel has promised some great prizes on Tuesday night, and we will see what we can do for Thursday night.
See you there
Jane
Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 10:24PM Join us on Sunday for our last breakfast for 2011. After Richie's hard set put aside a few minutes to enjoy some coffee, juice and pastries before getting on with the rest of Sunday.
Come and join us on Sunday morning, the weather is getting warmer and Sunday mornings are just lovely for a swim
See you at Terrey Hills
Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 12:36PM Please come and join us at Narrabeen on Thurday 15th December for our next challenge with the Terrey Hills Terriers.
Join us for some 4x25m medleys, 4x50m freestyle and a 10x25m freestyle challenge.
The Terrey Hills Terriers are keen to show us their Short Course victory was no fluke, so we need lots of Pirates to help us meet their challenge.
Please let me know this week if you will be joining us as we need to put the relay teams together, ready for the challenge.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 8:49PM Please stay a few extra minutes on Sunday after training to share breakfast with your fellow Pirates. As the weather is warming up, Sunday mornings have been very pleasant at Terrey Hills, so if you have hibernated for the winter please make this Sunday the time you come and join us again for a swim and a hard earned breakfast.
See you there
Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 8:34PM Pirates are planning to run the 100 x 100's again this year. The scheduled date is Thursday 29th December starting at 5.30am.
The proposed venue is Warringah Aquatic Centre, same as the last 2 years. There will be a $15 entry fee to cover the hire of lane space, plus normal entry at the door.
For those who are considering swimming for the first time, the format is 10 sets of 10 x 100's, with each set having options like varying time cycles, use of paddles, use of flippers and use of pull buoys. There will be short rest/drink breaks between each set of 10 x 100's. The aim is to keep it interesting throughout.
There will be fast, medium and slow lanes, depending on who turns up. It's not mandatory that you complete the whole set.
More details will be posted on the Pirates site closer to the date, including the format of each of the 10 x 100's sets.
You don't need to be a Pirate to participate btw.
Looking forward to early expressions of interest so that we can plan sufficient lane space.
Cap'n Mark
Monday, October 24, 2011 at 8:14PM Pirates had a great weekend in Canberra at the Canberra International Sports and Aquatic Centre finishing a close 3rd in the pointscore, but more importantly having a great weekend, with great company, some fantastic swims and supporting each other.
Of the 18 Pirates, 6 were on pool deck officiating or in the computer room working the computers, the rest were on pool deck timekeeping and swimming some amazing times.
It is great to have new Mum's Jodie and Noemi back in the pool, and Noemi's husband David was a great support looking after little Alex all weekend as well as supporting the team. New member David had a great weekend, with some great swims I think he thoroughly enjoyed the experience as did our "Dubbo" Pirate Mark who swam some amazing times. Cathy and Rachel swam fast, as did Melissa and it was great to have Lee and Robert Mason and Allan Dufty join us from Bodalla. Unfortunately Peter Kerr's car did not want to get him to the pool, and he was sorely missed. Helen and Richie drove down on Sunday and did their 5 swims all in one day and it was great to have Richie out on pool deck watching our swimmers looking at where we need to improve in his next Sunday session.
Cap'n Mark organised some great relay combinations, Biff and Paul emerged from the computer room for enough time to swim their races, and I must mention Paul's two bronze medals which are only going to motivate him more than ever. Shane swam some great races in between her check starting commitments and congratulations to Jodie in her first meet as Meet Director she did a fine job.
My thanks to all the Pirates team who were there to officiate, timekeep and swim, it was a fantastic team effort of which we should be very proud.
Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 8:10PM In a strange twist of fate, after FINA failed to ratify John Bates' world record in the LC 50 Fly swum earlier this year, a newly formed body has been commissioned to review swims which have faster times than World Records. This body has ratified John Bates' 50 Fly LC national record of 25.51 (40-44 yrs) as the first Galaxy Record.
Galaxy Record Commission Chairman John Bates commented that the decision was fair, given that the 50 fly National Record would stand, with a faster time than the current world record.
John is looking for Pirate comments to pass back to FINA
Cap'n Mark