Club Night

For swimmers, it is an environment where members are gradually introduced to a swimming environment where they can chose how far they want to progress in the sport.  Not everybody has aspirations to be an Olympian, they just want to get in and enjoy themselves with family and friends.

For parents, it is an environment where members are introduced to the “behind the scenes” running of a swimming club. There is no pressure on you to commit more than you are able.  Some people just want to be a timekeeper for their club for example, and that is OK.  

For people aspiring to be a Technical Official, you are encouraged to “learn by doing” in a “non-threatening” environment. We are fortunate to have a couple of Swimming Queensland accredited referees in the club who are only too willing to encourage and instruct in the Art of Officiating. We also have an accredited official in a couple of other Technical Official roles.

There is no pressure on you to commit to wanting to referee at the Olympics, but it is an environment where you can learn to be a competent official.

Club nights are generally held on a Friday night at 6:00pm, commencing in October and running through to March the following year.  Occasionally, club night is shifted to another night to allow any swimmers travelling to a meet that has Friday night events.  Advance notice is given of these changes.

Club nights may also be canceled due to inclement weather (our duty of care to our swimmers).  We endeavour to make up missed events in the following weeks.

Events are conducted in each of the four strokes for 12.5m, 25m, 50m.  We usually include a distance event (or two) 100m, 200m etc on the night as well.  Swimmers are not required to swim all strokes.

All nominations for club night is through your account on Swim Central.

If you are a registered Masters Swimmer only, you do not have access to Swim Central. In this case, just turn up on the night and we will slot you in.

The following points will help in nominating for club night:

• Log into your account at Swim Central.
• Click Events top left hand corner (This will bring up a calendar with little dots under dates.)
• Click on the Friday nights eg 9th Oct, which will then bring up a little drop box that says Gympie Goldfins week 1.
• Click this link, then in bottom right hand corner will be a nominate button. Once you click this, if its asking for your admin pin, click the padlock on the top of the page and that will be your 4 digit pin that you selected when signing up.
• Confirm your pin so it unlocks your Child’s profile and it then will bring up list of races in which you can nominate, (each race has age group, stroke and distance). Swimmers are allowed to do 5 races providing its in their age group!
• If you have any trouble please contact us and we can help you out.

All members who meet the qualifying times and participation requirements are eligible to nominate for OPEN CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS.

Events swum for OPEN club championships will be counted as one (1) or two (2) of your club night events to make up the five (5) allowable. Club night points will be awarded for these events.

All members who meet the qualifying times, participation requirements and age requirements are eligible to nominate for AGE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS. Club Night Points WILL NOT be awarded for AGE CHAMPIONSHIPS. Only championship points of 5, 3 and 1 will be awarded for each age event.

No child or swimmer is allowed to control the stopwatches on club nights or at meets unless requested and he/she is over 14 years of age.