Club Activities

Wednesday Club Night

When entering the foyer tell the person on the front desk that you are with the Masters group and you will be able to enter without paying at the front desk. Pace Fitness members should not swipe their cards. Meet outside the Aquatic lounge 6:50pm, swimming starts at 7:00pm and concludes 8:15pm. Cost $8.00, please arrange to join the prepayment scheme to avoid handling cash pool side.

Except for the Christmas to New Year period, Public Holidays and times when the pool is required for State, National or International events we train every Wednesday night and other times as per the Training Schedule.

Training Schedule

Sunday 08:30am to 10:00am

Tuesday 7:30am to 9:00am

Wednesday 7:00pm to 8:15pm

Friday 5:30am to 6:30am

The above times are our intended regular times, please check the training schedule for the current month.

Social Activities

We have an active sub-committee who schedule events on a regular basis. One major event for the year is the annual presentation breakfast. There are awards presented, both serious and humorous. The annual breakfast also provides an opportunity to meet members who for one reason or another are unable to attend training times.

Swim Meets

The South East corner of the State there are enough clubs to ensure that there are regular opportunities to compete and meet socially, without having to travel too far. Every year there is a State Titles and Club Championship held, which alternates between a venue in the South East corner of the State and a venue in either Central or Northern Queensland. The State Titles is open to all masters swimmers, there are no qualifying times.

The National Swim Meet rotates around the State and Territory Capitals, with the host city being published several years in advance. There are no qualifying times for the Nationals and no requirement to have competed at the State Titles. In Queensland it is not uncommon for the State Titles to be held after the Nationals. For those of us who just go along to make up the numbers the Nationals can be a good excuse to do some travelling as well as an incentive to do some additional training.

The FINA World Masters Swim is held every two years. For this and other international competitions you must be at least twenty five. The World masters provides an opportunity to travel overseas and meet people from around the World.

In inter-club State and National swim meets, heats are seeded based on nominated times provided by the swimmers and not by sex or age group. The idea being to provide everyone with the best possible competition. There are in general no finals with placings within age groups being determined by heat times. The age for competition purposes is the age as of the 31 December of the year in which the swim meet is conducted. Age groups are generally five year bracket 25 to 29, 30 to 34 etc except for the lowest age group 18 and 24. Sanctioned swim meets may include 25 m 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m and 800 m events in all four strokes; Individual medley 100 m (short course), 200 m, 400 m and 800 m; 1500 m in freestyle, breaststroke and backstroke. The longer distance form stroke and medley, that is, more than 400 m being less common events.

Relay age groups are based on the sum of the ages of the team members and are in 40 year brackets, 72+, 120+, 160+ etc. Men's, Women's and mixed teams (two men and two women), teams swim freestyle or medley, giving a total of 6 possible relay events, for each age group and distance. Most relays are 4 x 50 m with 4 x 100 m and 4 x 200 m distances being rarely included in swim meet programmes and are not included in the State, National or FINA World Masters Swim programmes.

Endurance 1000 Program

The endurance 1000 program involves medium to long distance swims and is designed for all swimmers who enjoy swimming the longer distances. The Endurance 1000 program consists of a number of distances and strokes, which start with the 400 m. Points are awarded and the ultimate goal is to encourage swimmers to achieve maximum points in all events in a calendar year. Swims (distances 400 m and beyond) which are timed swims that can be undertaken either under competition conditions or supervised by another club member.

The 400 m and 800 m swims which are available for the four strokes and an individual medley, may be swum five times each in different calendar months to gain maximum points. Also points can be obtained for single half hour, three quarters of an hour, one hour or 1500 m swim in freestyle, backstroke or breaststroke. The points gained are supposed to be representative of the swimmers level of aerobic fitness (assuming average technique). Endurance 1000 program can provide a measure of a swimmer's progress in both fitness and technique. It is possible to fully participate in this program without leaving your home pool!

Postal Swims

There are other postal swims run by other Australian clubs with a variety of awards and levels of challenge. There are also International postal swims including the British one hour and United States Masters 5 km and 10 km swims. Over the years BSM members have achieved placings in both of these postal swims.

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