2009 Annual Report.pdf - Wide Bay Regional Swimming Assoc.

and this AGM have been held at the Gympie Civic centre. Delegates voted to keep the forums in Gympie
being central to the region. Thanks go to Gayle who has managed the bookings, catering and advertising of
the forums. A special thanks go the delegates who attend. It is important that the region involves delegates
in the decision making process and keeps them informed of progress.
Sincere thanks to Kevin Hasemann and the staff of Swimming Queensland for their ongoing support of the
Wide Bay region.
Special thanks also go to Gareth & Suki Sykes from Swimeroo for their ongoing support of Wide Bay
Swimming. The shirts for squads were great and our championship tees were well received again.
Our presentation evening capped off a great season with a really enjoyable dinner held at the Boat Club in
Hervey Bay. Paralympian Marayke Jonkers was our guest speaker. Special thanks to SQ for the gifts given
to swimmers. Samantha Hamill was awarded WB swimmer of the year.
Points score – Winners of our divisional points score were Div. 1 Coolum; Div. 2 Kingaroy. Div. 3 Kawana
Waters; Div 4 Nanango; Div 5 Bribie Island; Div 6 Cooloola Coast Crocs. Overall winner was Kawana
Waters and overall handicapped winner was Burpengary.
Our trial of the 1800 number had mixed results. While limited calls were received website hits were
significantly increased around the time of the screening of the ads. Our sincere thanks go to John Wallace,
Brett Mills and SQ for their contributions to the venture.
Membership across the region is down slightly on last year and interestingly Burnett Fraser and Sunshine
Coast both have 44% membership. The South Burnett has 12%.
My heartfelt thanks go to each committee member. It is a time consuming job taking on a role on the WB
committee The Management Committee has worked hard and had lots of fun as we meet, plan and
implement things across the region through out the season.
Donna Clark is leaving the Wide Bay committee this year. Donna has given so much of her time to
swimming. She was the first person in Wide Bay to use Meet Manager and has helped person after person
from clubs in side our region and some outside too. One of Donna’s highlights during our trip to NZ last year
was to spend some time with the SNZ officials in their recording room. While Donna shifts her focus she
assures us she will keep in contact and help where needed.
As our season draws to a close the planning for the next 12 months of swimming is almost complete and
with the support of each club in the region there is no reason why the next season will not be as good as the
past. The one thing that has really improved a lot over the past few seasons is the friendship and willingness
to assist the neighboring clubs in and around our region. I really believe that forums help this process as
delegates discuss the achievements and problems facing club committees. We have some amazing
volunteers in the Wide Bay region. Congratulations everyone on another successful season.
Michele Watson
President
WBRSA