Our home page is where you will see all of the latest announcements.
The side menu will take you to to links such as the Newcastle Competition Draw, Coaching and Refereeing resources and our hall of fame. There are also links to meeting minutes for Newcastle WP and Lake Macquarie WP as well as referral to other sites and important forms.
Next General Meeting - Monday 19 July 2010 7pm at Swansea Pool Club House Rear gate Next Annual General Meeting - Monday 2nd August 2010 7pm at Swansea Pool Club House Rear gate All members encouraged to attend. Please contact the exec by E-mail on enquiries@lakemacquariedolphins.org.au if you have any questions or would like to nominate for a position.
Ordering Swimmers - Vicki Grubb is Uniform Coordinator for 2009/10. She is present pool side on training days. To register your interest in ordering a uniform item or swimmers please download the uniform order form from our library. You can e-mail Vicki at Uniforms@lakemacquariedolphins.org.au or speak with her at the pool.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
*** Saturday 20 February 2010*** A DOLPHIN FOR ME, A DOLPHIN FOR ME.... is this what we will hear tomorrow echoing out of Lambton pool. With Lake Macquarie in four out of the five Grand finals tomorrow there is a very good chance.
Saturdays finals started for the Dolphins with a diffcult game for our Junior girls against Raymond Terrace. Unfortunately Raymond Terrace were too big for our girls this time and we went down 16 - 3. Our next challenge was for our Junior Boys who faced Easts. Our boys cruised to a 13 -1 victory and now face the formidable Central Junior Boys in what will be a hard fought Grand final tomorrow. Next our youngest Dolphins stepped up. The Under Fourteens smashed Central 14 to 8 and for our youngest team they now face Raymond Terrace in their Grand final. This will be an exciting game and our Junior Dolphins are definately able to win this game but they will need oru loudest support. Eat well young Dolphins.
Then the seniors stepped up. Boosted by the great performances of our juniors the Women jumped in first led by their great leader Karla Stewart. Karla talked strategy prior to the game to prepare the team. Facing a team that they had not beaten (and not even come closed to beating) throughout the season the women started strong scoring three goals in the first 2 minutes without reply. From this lead they went on to win 14 - 12 in a very convincing win. They will now go on to play Central in the Grand final. If the women recover from yesterday's Herculian effort things will shape up well for a very close grand final.
The Men were also facing a formidable opponent in Cessnock in their Final. Having last met Cessnock and been defeated by over 20 goals, the men were not feeling confident. However they started with a 3 - 1 win in the first quarter and never looked back leading all the way. The final score was a comfortable but tense 11 - 9 win. Kyle's advice to hold the ball with a few seconds to go and a 1 goal lead was ignored by the number five Joel Wales - but as the result was a goal Kyle is now changin this advice to "hold the ball or score" The men now face a stong Central team in the Grand final. This should be a very tough and entertaining game. The mens number 12 may even be forced to enter the defending end of the pool!!
I hope to see all of our Dolphins friends and families there tomorrow to support all of these teams. We have done an amazing job to have so many teams in the Grand Finals and every player should give a huge thank you to their family and friends who put in a huge effort to let us all play and train throughout the season. Thank you also to all of the players and mums and dads who have helped out with referring and table duty. You have been truly so supportive.
So to end... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH DOLPHIN FOR ME A DOPLPHIN FOR ME. IF YOUR NOT A DOLPHIN YOUR NO GOOD TO ME. CENTRAL ARE POORER CESSNOCK AND ALL. WE'RE THE MIGHTY YOUNG DOLPHINS THE PRIDE OF THEM ALL.
Go DOLPHINS!!
The Dolphinman.
*** Tuesday 2 February 2010*** Country Club Congratulations to our teams from country club. Our Mens Team defeated the Woy Woy men in the grand final to take out the championship. Our A grade women went through the ruond games undefeated however ewre not succesful in their grandfinal finishing a very respectable second. Our womens and mens B Grade teams also did very well finishing 4th and 5th respectfully.
Mens A Grade Team - special mention A special mention to our mens A grade who have now won three tournmanents this year including the Newcastle Premier League, the Wyong Cup and NSW Country Club. A huge effort for this team. An inspiration to us all.
2009/10 Season Sponsors Thank you again to all of our sponsors.
We encourage all members to support these business who do so much through their financial contributions to our club.
ADMAC RM Group Ballingers Financial Planning Impact Building Charlestown Law Firm Purnells Trophies Reed Bicklaying Bryants Building
2008/09 season Maybury Pumbing Complete Garage Doors
Shortly Lake Macquarie will be arranging for t-shirts with this years sponsors on the back. There will be a small cost to members. Thanks to our sponsors these costs will be kept to a minimum. These sponsors have also assisted us in gaining important financial benefit to purchase new equipment such as balls and make repairs to our existing equipment.
***Thursday 17 September 2009 ***
We have had a great response to registrations this year with numbers higher then last year already. Thursday night training has kicked off with a bang and it has been fantastic to see our members here together.
DRAW
The draw has been completed and is able to be viewed through our website (Click on Newcastle Comp) Sunday games start this weekend. Please refer to the draw for your game times. Can all coaches/managers please confirm their team numbers prior to each game to ensure that we are able to avoid any forfeits. Players should be ensuring that their coaches are aware of any dates when they are not available to play well in advance.
RULES
There have been new competition rules developed for this season. These rules cover everything from games time to judiciary matters to the role of team captains. It is very important that all members read these rules. There have been changes implemented to the way in which teams may speak with a referred and new duties for Captains of the team which everyone needs to be aware of, particularly if you are a coach or a manager of a team.
A GRADE
The A Grade competition has kicked off in its new format on a Tuesday (Men) and Wednesday (Women) night at Raymond Terrace pool. These have been reported to be very good nights with a high level of competition. Our female juniors and women B grade have a great opportunity to get extra water time through playing in an extra game of a Wednesday night without having to fall out of B Grade. Please speak to Ellie or Nicole about this if you are interested.
CLUB SHIRTS
The club will be developing club shirts this year. We are asking for sponsors for the back of the shirt with spots available for $250 or $500 depending on the size of your add. If you have a business or know of a business interested in this please speak to Club President Glen Boyko. Shirt will be of a polo shirt design and will be provided at a small cost to all members. The more sponsors we get the less cost we will have to pass onto our members. Orders for these shirts will be taken in the near future.
UNIFORMS
The club in cooperation with Purnell Trophies as put together a number of items that are part of the Uniform for our club. Order forms will be handed out at training tonight and will also be available to down load off the web. Swimmer orders can now be put onto these forms as well. These items are available for order throughout the year. Completed forms and money should be returned to Vicki Grubb.
CHOCOLATE DRIVE
Everyone has been very busy selling their chocolates and hopefully not getting too much fatter in the process!! Tonight (Thursday 17 September) is the night for the return of this money. If you have forgotten to return this money please do so by the games on Sunday. All money should be returned to Nicole Johansen.
REUNION
The Lake Macquarie Dolphins Reunion Ball has been mover to a later date (2010) to allow us to ensure that this is a spectacular event. If anyone has any ideas, suggestions or is able to help with this project please speak with Andrea Maybury or Shannan Johansen. If you know of anyone who has been a previous member of Lake Macquarie please make sure to give them the heads up that this event will be occurring in early 2010. Details will continue to be updated on the web site.
REPRESENTATIVE TRIALS
Dates for Newcastle Rep Trials have been included in the draw. Please ensure that you take note of these dates and the venue.
HALL OF FAME
As most of you would be aware our website has a hall of fame. Lately this has been a little out of date and we are encouraging members to send an e-mail with details of their achievement to enquiries@lakemacqauriedolphins.org.au so that this can be updated.
*** Sunday 13 September 2009 ***
Reminder that all players who are playing in Round 1 of the Sunday comp which starts on the 20 September 2009 must be registered by Tuesday at the latest. If you need to arrange a way to pay your rego or send through your form please contact Nicole on 0404 053 703.
***Tuesday 25 August 2009*** A new executive has been voted in. Congratulations to our new president Glen Boyko, vice-president Phil Grubb, secretary Andrea Maybury and treasurer Karla Stewart. More details about new coaches and commitee members can be seen on the Contacts page. Minutes from the AGM and subsequent general meeting can be located in the Library as can all other relevant forms.
Registration Day - date to be announced Swansea Pool Club House Click here for the Rego Form
If you would like to direct debit and submit your rego form via e-mail or post please e-mail the registrar through enquiries@lakemacquariedolphins.org.au to get banking details.
The last day for registration will be to be announced in order to play round 1. It is preferable if players register either prior to or at rego day.
Training All training is on Thursday night 6:30pm - 8:00pm starting soon and possibly Tuesday nights until the sharks swim club starts again
