JUNIOR
COMPETITION
COACH’S REPORT
I would like to thank everyone who took part in the Sunday
morning Nipper activities, our amazing Age Managers,
the Water Safety team, those helping with the BBQs or
simply coming along to cheer on the competitors. Without
you, these would not be the huge success they are.
Our first competition of the year was Waverley Shield at
North Bondi. A huge number of Bondi Nippers achieved
great results across all the Age Groups in both the beach
and water areas. It was an especially exciting day for the
Under 8s in their first competition but the results achieved
were incredible. Well done.
It was awesome to see Bondi represented in nearly every
relay or team race on the day. It shows an incredible
culture and team spirit within the Club.
Once again unfortunately, the Sydney Branch water
competition was unable to be held at North Bondi but
our sand competitors stayed and competed in conditions
unseen before, running on tracks whilst cyclonic sized
waves were washing through the running tracks. A
few lanes had near perfect conditions but most were
covered in water making it very difficult. Despite this Bondi
achieved great results across the weekend.
The NSW State Championships saw some outstanding
individual results but most importantly, an awesome
display of team spirit.
The last minute changes are something that we have
learnt to live with in recent times, some challenging
conditions, movement of competition areas, changes
of programming with huge delays. Our team spirit was
evident again with the kids enjoying and supporting
each other’s achievements across the whole competition.
Congrats to all.
None of this would be possible without the tireless efforts
of our Competition Manager, Kate Cooke, the Coaches,
our Water Safety team, Paul Wallace coordinated
everything and our Officials who gave up many hours of
their time making it possible for our competitors to shine.
Thank you from all involved and I know the Nippers team
appreciate your efforts very much.
It’s fair to say that there has been a brilliant vibe going
around which we hope to build on next year.
Michael ‘Sticks’ Walker
Junior Coach
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