Casey Seals Masters Swimming Club
Who are we?
The Casey Seals Masters Swimming Club is an adults swimming club. Our members have quite varied abilities and training requirements ranging from social swimmers through to World and Australian champions in pool & ocean swim competitions, as well as open-water swimmers and triathletes.
We provide adult swimming squad training (although younger swimmers over 15 are also welcome) for:
- general fitness
- pool competition preparation
- open water swimming
- triathletes
Most of our members live in the suburbs around Narre Warren, including Berwick, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Narre Warren and Beaconsfield. Generally they are in their 30's and 40's, although we do have quite a few in their 20's and some over 50, and are fairly evenly divided between competitive swimmers (pool, open water & triathlons) and those swimming just for fun or fitness.
Many of our swimmers compete in the Victorian open water swimming races held over summer at various beaches around Port Phillip Bay and the open ocean beaches around Victoria. Ebony Ebenwaldner, who is one of our members and coached us until mid-2008, is one of Australia's top open water swimmers. She has won the Lorne Pier to Pub ocean swim twice (2004 and 2008) and is usually on the podium after her races.
See more information about ocean swimming in Victoria, including the Casey Seals Open Water Swim Calendar, on the Open Water Swimming page.
Where are we?
We are based at the Casey Aquatic and Recreation Centre (Casey ARC) which is situated adjacent to the Fountain Gate Shopping Centre on Overland Drive, Narre Warren, a south-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The club is affiliated with Masters Swimming Victoria (formerly AUSSI Victoria).
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Other info
While it is not necessary to be a club member to join in our training sessions, you will receive the benefit of reduced training fees if you take out either of the two membership options listed in the membership section.
Please explore our website. Hopefully any questions that you may have will be explained in here, but please contact us if you would like more information or wish to discuss anything.
News
| 27 Aug 2008: | 2009 Membership Fees set.The Membership Fees for 2009 have been set. Go to the Membership page to read what membership offers and to download a membership form or information booklet. |
| 13 August 2008: | New Committee:A new committee was elected at the Annual General Meeting on Monday 11 August at Casey ARC. Sandra Jackson stepped down as President after 2 years in that role and 2 years before that as Vice-President. She has been a tireless worker in this role and we all thank her for her fantastic contribution to the club. Sandra has stayed on the Committee as Merchandise Officer. Peter Ebenwaldner is the new President, Ann Hutchings is Vice-President, Ebony Ebenwaldner is Secretary, Narelle McIntyre stayed on as Treasurer and Greg Chaplin also stayed on as Registrar. Jan Williams stayed on the committee in a number of support roles. Also continuing are Jan Gooey, Malcolm Winder and Shane Quirk. We also have a few new faces this year: welcome to David Scott, Sonia Halsvik and Donna Innes-Wardell. Congratulations to all the people on the committee who devote their time to running the club. Without these dedicated volunteers our club would not exist. The new committee is listed on the Committee page. |
| 16 July 2008: | 2008-2009 Victorian Open Water Swim Calendar.The Casey Seals Open Water Swim Calendar for the 2008-2009 summer season has been started. It has 10 events listed so far for Victoria, with many more to come (last year we had 37 events in there). Go to the Open Water Swimming page to view or download it. |
| 14 July 2008: | 2008 AGMThe 2008 Casey Seals AGM will be held in the Training Room at Casey ARC on Monday 11 August at 8:30pm (after training). |
| 1 May 2008: | World Championships: what a great trip
The swimmers were (from left): Greg Chaplin, Mal Winder, Aurel Wachter, Debbie Morris, Jan Gooey (front), Ann Hutchings, Ebony Ebenwaldner, Cecilia Benedict and Peter Ebenwaldner. There were some fantastic swims, some huge PB's and excellent results, including:
Well done to everyone who swam and supported us. |
| 10 Apr 2008: | 9 Seals off to World ChampionshipsGood luck to the 9 Casey Seals swimmers who are heading off to compete at the FINA Australian World Masters Championships in Perth from 15 to 25 April. |
| 26 Mar 2008: | Casey Seals 5th overall at Nationals18 Casey Seals swimmers competed very successfully at the Australian Masters Championships held in Melbourne over Easter 2008. So successfully that we came 5th overall. This was a fantastic effort, boosted by the recent influx of swimmers from outside our local suburbs around our home pool at Casey ARC. Congratulations to all swimmers who competed. Also a special thanks to the club members & family members who worked behind the scenes to support the running of the event: Jan Williams (Catering director), Steve Thompson (assistant recorder) and Lee Chaplin (Information desk). Congratulations to all swimmers who competed. |
| 7 Jan 2008: | Ebony Ebenwaldner wins Lorne Pier to Pub again.CONGRATULATIONS EBONY!! Our coach, Ebony Ebenwaldner, has won the Superfish category of the 2008 Lorne Pier to Pub, one of the world's most prestigious open water swims. This was Ebony's 2nd win, the previous being in 2004. |
The FINA Australian World Masters Championships were held in Perth from 15 to 25 April. We had 9 Casey Seals swimmers competing,
with 5 supporters sharing the experience.
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