Thank You and Farewell - Andrew McCrindell and Jamie Turner

With a new committee elected at our recent AGM, it would be remiss of us not to acknowledge two departing members who have served for the good of our club for a significant number of years.

Andrew McCrindell and Jamie Turner - who have been members of Ryde Masters Swimming Club for 22 and 26 years respectively - are both moving out of the Sydney area, and as such have stepped down from their long-held President and Vice President roles.

Andrew and his wife are taking a sea change in the New Year, moving to the Coffs Harbour region to be closer to family, where Andrew is looking forward to continuing to pursue his passions of swimming, dragon boating, scuba diving, and outrigging. After 14 years on the Ryde Masters Swimming Club committee - 12 as our President - and as one of our accredited Club Coaches since 2020, we wish Andrew all the best and will miss him greatly!

Jamie has already made her move to Melbourne to be closer to family, and has found a great new home with the Doncaster Dolphins! For at least 20 of her 26 years with the club she has been on the committee, in a number of roles including Treasurer, Club Captain, and most recently, Vice President for the past 14 years. Jamie was also one of our accredited Technical Officials, qualifying as a Marshall, Check Starter, Starter, and Chief Timekeeper, and very much enjoyed being able to converse with fellow swimmers and get to know members from all over the state and country at Masters Swimming events. We already miss her dearly at training and meets, but know that she is being well looked after at Doncaster!

THANK YOU, Andrew and Jamie, for everything that you have done!

You will always be RAMS to us!