With Sunday our first GSI Meet for the summer season, I thought it would be good to make contact and advise on any happenings that maybe useful to you.
- Duel in the Pool Meet – Sunday 9th Oct – please advise on your availability asap, if not already done so.
Meet commences at approximately 11 am with Officials invited to attend from 9am. We are most fortunate to have Sandy Frame, Chair of the SV Tech Committee and Sharon Rich, Manager, Member & Community Development at Swimming Victoria in attendance for the meet and prior to. Sandy will run a couple of workshops, as well as be present during the meet to conduct an assessment and Sharon is available for all officials and will speak with us prior to the meet and during as required. Actual format to be finalised in coming days. Please use this opportunity to make yourselves known to both Sharon and Sandy on the day.
- New Officials polos – badges if required
As advised at our AGM, our Major sponsor has had a rebranding and is now ENGIE. Our trailer has been updated, new advertising banners are on their way and we are also updating our Officials Polos. Please find attached the sizing chart. and the polo, which is the first in the link, disregard the second. Note that the polos are a small sizing and the same as used by SV Officials. In ladies I am normally a size 14 or Ladies M but in EVO I am size XL ladies, so expect to go up two sizes! Please forward your size request via return email asap. Note: an Official Polo will be supplied to current, active GSI Officials, that are qualified as Marshall and above. If you require a Technical Official badge and/or clipboard, please also make contact.
- GSI Council Meeting – Tuesday 11th October, Latrobe Motel and Convention Centre at 6pm onwards with official meeting commencing at approximately 7:30pm as per usual.
Please note the change of time and venue. Sal Cumming, SV Club Development Officer, will be in attendance and available for a chat between 6 and 6:30pm and then to speak with us all from 6:30-7:30pm. Items up for discussion with Sal are as follows: Junior Dolphins, Club rebate, Growing your club, upcoming meets at Morwell, Warragul and Moe. Please make the most of this opportunity for yourselves and club.
There will be a lot more opportunities for Officials this coming season. As advised at our previous Council Meeting, if each Club could please provide a point of contact to me and then liase with club members to organise workshops etc, Alan Harlow, Myself and soon Noelle Brajkovic will be able to assess and present to more local officials. With 2017 Countries hosted by Gippsland, we hope to have a very strong contingent of locals assisting.
Please distribute this information to anyone interested in becoming an official in your club, the Duel in the Pool will be a great introduction and for delegates and other interested club members and executives, our Council Meeting will be well worth attending.
Kind regards,
Jackie
Jacqueline Madden
President | Gippsland Swimming Inc.
p: (03) 5143 2353 | m: 0448 568 655
w: www.gippslandswimming.org.au
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