Swimming Squad Program

Here you will find days, times, location and contact details for the SOSUNS (Special Olympics Sydney Upper North Shore) Swimming Squad Program.

Swimmers who are eligible for the squad program must be able to confidently swim 25m unassisted in at least one stroke.

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Abbotsleigh Aquatic Centre
via Ada Avenue, Wahroonga
Monday 7.00 - 8.00pm
Contact: Carolyn Bourke  -  0401 853 194
cmoir@bcs.org.au

Riverside Corporate Park
Julius Avenue, North Ryde
Tuesday 5:30pm - 6:15pm
Contact: Philippa Silva  0423 553 922
philippa@bigpond.net.au

Ryde Aquatic Centre
Tuesday 7.00 - 8.00pm
Contact: Louise Hayes - 0428 170 277 
rhay5145@bigpond.net.au

Loreto Normanhurst
Osborn Street, Normanhurst
Saturday 1pm - 1:45pm
Contact:  Grace Yee  0409 464 467
gjyee@tpg.com.au
Saturday 1:45pm - 2:30pm
Contact:  Sancha Cromie 0414 887 062
shaunc01@optusnet.com.au

Swimmers Score Medals Galore

SOSUNS sent four swimmers off to Adelaide to represent the Blues.  Lauren, Rebecca, Ashlie and James had trained hard and competed in numerous lead up competitions to ready themselves for the Games.  And it showed, as all four swimmers came away after some really tough competition with at least one medal each.

The excitement at the pool rivalled that shown by the crowd when Thorpy was swimming.  Signs, cheers and Mexican waves pumped up the swimmers as they readied themselves for their races.

Lauren won a silver medal in the relay with team mate Rebecca and also a bronze medal in the backstroke.  As well as the silver relay medal, Rebecca won a bronze for the breast stroke and most satisfying of all she swam a personal best in the freestyle. 

 

 

 

 James came away with two gold medals in his relay and butterfy races as well as a couple of fourth places.  Ashlie won bronze in the 50 metre freestyle relay but really made herself and her supporters proud when she swam personal bests in the 50 metre and 100 metre backstroke races.  Ashlie achieved fourth place in these races and despite a busy program also managed a sixth place in the 50 metre freestyle. 

Along with the athletes, three SOSUNS volunteers also went along to Adelaide as carers and coaches.  Brandon, Aileen and Jack all agreed that attending the Games was one of the best experiences of their lives and can’t wait for the next games in Melbourne.

Lucy to represent Australia!

Lucy has been selected as a member of the Australian team travelling to Taiwan in October to attend the 5th Down Syndrome World Swimming Championships.  She is one of three athletes selected from NSW and the only girl.

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Sydney North swim carnival results

SOSUNS athletes recently had a great time competing at the Sydney North swim carnival.   Congratulations to all athletes who did such a great job of representing SOSUNS and also achieved fantastic results.  Results from the carnival are as follows:

Lucy Dumitrescu - 1st 100m freestyle, 2nd 50m butterfly, 3rd 50m freestyle, 2nd 50m backstroke

Christopher Edwards - 1st 25m freestyle,  1st 50m freestyle, 2nd 25m backstroke

Romy Ferreira - 4th 50m freestyle, 3rd 25m butterfly, 2nd 25m breaststroke, 4th 50m backstroke

Lauren Heggie - 2nd 50m freestyle, 4th 50m backstroke, 3rd 50m breaststroke

Melissa Eustace - 7th 50m backstroke, 4th 50m breaststroke

SOSUNS Regional Swimming Carnival

On Sunday 5th July, SOSUNS is hosting a regional swimming carnival.  The carnival will be held at Oakhill College Aquatic Centre, 423-513 Old Northern Road Castle Hill.  The pool is a heated indoor pool and is 25m in length. 

There will be 20 events run on the day and each athlete can enter a maximum of 5.  For more information and for entry forms please contact Russell Becker on rbecker@tpg.com.au or 0419 842 720.

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