Swimming With The Spit
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The first copy of ‘Swimming With The Spit’ has arrived and it looks stunning! Many congratulations to Tanya, Kate, Leigh, Ian, Iain, Nancy and all the other contributors. Here’s a…
Cocktail Party!
Tickets are now on sale for our 100th Season Cocktail Party and fund-raiser for the Centenary Book. Buy your tickets here! TRYBOOKING
Harry Hay Trophy
Fairfax archive, Mr Harry Hay swimmer, New South Wales, 4 January 1932, nla.pic-vn6265250 Come and celebrate the last day of the Spit season tomorrow. If you haven’t yet won a…
Brett Hill Trophy
Most of us Spit Club members can’t imagine swimming more than a few metres of butterfly. But we relish the opportunity to watch more able bathers battling it out for…
Arthur Kerslake Trophy
Spit Club swimmers in the 1939-1940 season – Arthur Kerslake on the left This week’s trophy race is for the coveted Arthur Kerslake trophy. It is awarded to the swimmer…
Who wants to win the Gergaynia Beckett Trophy tomorrow?
Tomorrow we have the Gergaynia Beckett Trophy race – a 50m freestyle handicap for all girls. The boys can battle it out for the Spit Digger’s Cup. Gergaynia captained the Australian Ladies’…
Spit Swimming Club 1983
Here’s a wonderful bit of film shot by John Harkness in 1983. Can you spot any familiar faces? And who needs goggles anyway! [wpvideo 2UA6uucu]
The Spit Club’s first Olympian
Edna Davey – 1928 Olympian Women were banished to the sidelines of most Australian sports in the 19th century but they began to make their mark as competitive swimmers at…
Learning to swim at Balmoral Baths
My father’s first year at Balmoral Infants’ School, 1957. Dad is four from the left in the third row. “We were thrown in from the timber catwalk at Balmoral Baths…
Spit Club History
We are working on the centenary history of the club and we are interviewing past members and others. We will be holding a workshop on oral history training for any…