News items

Sadly we have heard of the passing of Melanie Roodt (Coelacanth).
Our condolences to her family and dearest friends.

SAMS news:

• The SAMS Annual Winter Fitness Challenge is now complete. Here are all the forms for 2008. The results spreadsheets must be with Bobbie Crowther by Monday 8th September and the entry forms must be mailed to reach him by Friday 12th September. (See the covering letter and deadline reminder.)
  • Cover letter and rules
  • Individual entry form
  • Relay entry form
  • Individual results consolidation spreadsheet
  • Relay results consolidation spreadsheet
  • Deadline reminder
     
• Changes have been made to the registration forms that the Regions and Clubs submit to SAMS. Here are the updated forms:
  • Form 1 - Regional Summary form
  • Form 2 - Club Summary form
  • Form 3 - SSA Registration form
  • Form 4 - SAMS Renewal/Details Change form
     
• "SAMS NEWS" - The official newsletter of South African Masters Swimming.
  • May 2008 Autumn edition
  • September 2007 Spring edition
  • December 2006 Summer edition
  • September 2006 Spring edition
  • July 2006 Winter edition
  • April 2006 Autumn edition
  • December 2005 Summer edition
  • September 2005 Spring edition
  • July 2005 Winter edition
  • May 2005 Autumn edition

SAMS Long Course Championships - East London 2009:

The 25th South African Masters Swimming Long Course Championships will be held at the Joan Harrison Swimming Complex in East London from Wednesday the 11th to Saturday the 14th March 2009. The proposed Open Water Swim will be held on Sunday the 15th March 2009.

SAMS Long Course Championships - Durban 2008:

The 24th South African Masters Swimming Long Course Championships was held at the Kings Park pool in Durban from the 12th to the 15th March. The detailed results, statistics and other information can be viewed here.

If you want to order photographs taken at Durban go to "SUPERIMAGE" (They are now published)

REGIONAL news:

REGIONAL gala schedules: (Awaiting 2008-2009 season schedules from some regions)

• CONSOLIDATED
  • Border MSA
  • Easterns MS
  • Free State MSA
  • Gauteng MS
  • KwaZulu-Natal MSA
  • South Western Districts
  • Tshwane MS
  • Western Province MSA

CLUB news:

• Coelacanth 1500m swim - Hillcrest pool - Saturday 4th Oct
  • Information
  • Entry form
• Coelacanth News August 2008
• Highway MSC newsletter May 2008
• Polar Bear Club swim
• Phoenix Registration
  • 2008-2009 PMSC registration form
  • 2008-2009 SSA Registration Form
• Coelacanth News March 2008
• Wahoo (Purple Peril) News January 2008
• Cape Town MSC Newsletter (Splosh) Dec 2007
• Coelacanth News December 2007
• Wahoo (Purple Peril) News November 2007
• Phoenix MSC Newsletter - September 2007
• Phoenix MSC Newsletter Spring 2007
• Amakhosi Aquachat August 2007
• Coelacanth News August 2007
• Cape Town MSC Newsletter (Splosh) Jul 2007
• Wahoo (Purple Peril) News June 2007
• Coelacanth MSC Newsletter (Coelacanth News) May 2007

FINA news:

• The 13th FINA World Masters Championships will take place in Göteborg & Borås in Sweden from the 28th of July to the 7th of August 2010.
   
  Swimming, Open Water, Diving and Synchronised Swimming will take place in Göteborg (Gothenburg) on the Swedish west coast.

  Water Polo will take place in Borås, approximately 60 kilometres from Göteborg (Gothenburg).
  
  The web address is http://www.2010finamasters.org.

Open Water / Long Distance Swim news:

OTHER news:

• HY-TEK Sports Software acquired by The Active Network, Inc.
• Amusing extracts from the newsgroup uk.sport.swimming
• Various Championship locations through the ages
• Interested in the World Masters Games during October 2009 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia?
  • Home page
  • The Swimming venue will be the Sydney Aquatic Centre in the Sydney Olympic Park

This page last updated: JWP 01 September 2008