After a promising start to the season, we have unfortunately once again come to a standstill. We missed out on our ‘competitive’ visit to the Bondi Icebergs, we were to host the South Coast Winter Swimming Championships on 18 July (postponed until 22 August) and our chances of going to Orange to compete in the Australian Championships in September are also up in the air. 

The biggest disappointment is the cancellation, for the second year in a row, of our annual visit to Tradies, hosting the residents and carers from CRAM Foundation, our major charity. We currently have a raffle for a fully installed Actron Air Conditioner(donated by Coral Air), which we were to draw at the CRAM event on 1 August but that has now been put back to the 12 September. Hoping everyone who has already purchased tickets will understand the situation that we are in. Thank you for your support with the knowledge that all funds are going to CRAM Foundation.  

Although we are unable to swim together at Coalcliff on Sunday mornings, we do have some members taking the plunge every Sunday to keep up their Winter Swimming routine. Hopefully we will be back on the ‘blocks’ soon!