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WITH a new leadership team and some big plans, Maccabi NSW Swimming Club is readying itself for an exciting relaunch.
WITH a new leadership team and some big plans, Maccabi NSW Swimming Club is readying itself for an exciting relaunch.
A recent management restructure has seen president Anthony Goodridge step back into a vice-presidential role where he can be more hands on with coaching and team management, while the administrative void at the top will be filled by Linda Grosz, formerly of Maroubra Swimming Club.
A gala opening day is being planned for Sunday, September 11 at the Moriah College pool, featuring races, games and raffles.
“We’re doing a very big opening, it’s going to be lot’s of fun,” Grosz said., adding that she sees a “huge future” for the club.
“I think it’s going to be a very busy year,” she said.
“We’ve gone from literally no-thing to a huge amount of events
happening.”
Those events include both Maccabi-run and non-Maccabi swimming carnivals, an MS Society charity swim and a target squad day to identify talent for the next Maccabiah Games.
Swimmers who don’t wish to compete are also welcome to come along each week and develop at their own pace, Grosz said.
She was full of praise for predecessor Goodridge, with whom she will work closely. “He’s an absolute champion,” she said.
“We’re using all his expertise as a swim squad instructor. He’s got his bronze licence and he’s a fantastic coach.
“His knowledge is invaluable.”
Goodridge, who runs a swimming school with his wife in Edgecliff in addition to coaching at Moriah College, returned the compliment.
“The committee now has a very diligent president in Linda Grosz,” he said.
“It was a great decision for me to step down as president and now I can do some of the more creative and dynamic things for the club, from where my strengths are, and that’s the swimming-coaching side of things, and the knowledge of what swimming’s about.”
Goodridge said he started his swimming school in October last year due to an “aching need in the Eastern Suburbs”.
“There is a need for really close attention, and that’s what my wife and I really set out to do – small class sizes and really trying to focus in on the kids and give them the attention they need, and we’re able to achieve that,” he said.
“Even in the mini squads, when I’m coaching there on Friday afternoons or Saturday, I’ve got no more than six kids in the water at a time.
“I’m able to look at each child and give them feedback all the time.”
With Jewish students making up around 80 per cent of his clientele, naturally he said he refers those who wish to compete to Maccabi.
GARETH NARUNSKY
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