Speedo Sprint Series Finals

14 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
The Speedo Sprint Series Finals are on at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre this Sunday. David Wang will represent our club at the finals for the 4th year in a row in the 50m Breaststroke.

David will be competing against the top two swimmers from each district from across the state in the Preliminary Finals on Sunday morning. The top ten swimmers from the Preliminary Finals then progress to the Grand Final later that day.

We wish David the best of luck at the finals.

See Also
  • Speedo Sprint Series Heat Results

  • 2005 Cumberland District Speedo Sprint Series Heats - Merrylands Results

  • 2005 Speedo Sprint Series Finals & Grand Finals - Program of Events

    • Australian Championships Move To Melbourne

    14 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Swimming Australia has announced that Melbourne will host the Australian Swimming Championships in 2006 & 2007.

    Sydney has hosted the Championships for the past three years but next year they will move to The Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre which will also be used for the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2007 World Championships.
    Holding the Australian Championships, which also double as the selection trials for the events, at the centre will give the Australian team the best possible preparation for the meets.

    With the Championships moving to Melbourne, this year's Championships are your last chance for at least a couple of years to see the Australian Swimmers in person. Finals tickets for the meet are still available through Ticketek and can be purchased via http://www.ticketek.com.au/ or at the door. Ticket prices range from $20.00 - $10.00 for adults and $10.00 - $5.00 for concessions.

    However Swimming Australia will still have events in Sydney and they are in negotiations over the possibility of running one of the World Cup events in Sydney in November this year.

    Source: Wide World of Sports

    See Also
  • 2005 Australian Championships

  • Australian Championships Move To Sydney

  • 2002 Australian Championships

  • Swimming Australia

    • Development Squad Changes

    13 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    This season will see some changes made to the State and District Development Squad programs.

    Swimmers will now only be eligible for one squad and NSW Swimming will take over control of the District's A Squads (the Challenge Squad in the Cumberland District).

    The District B, C and D squads (currently the Cumberland Target, Achiever and Novice Squads) will also undergo changes with changes to the selection criteria, athlete eligibility, and focus of the different squads. Swimmers will also need to apply for selection in the squads.

    Cumberland is yet to decide on the new structure of their District Squads however the changes will come into effect this season. Application forms and more information will be available once the squad structure is finalised.

    More information can be found on the NSW Swimming website.

    See Also
  • NSW Swimming - Swimming Development

  • NSW Swimming - District Development Program

    • Swimming Australia Junior Sport Policy

    12 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Some major changes will occur over the next 12 months to the way swimming competitions are conducted, as a result of Swimming Australia’s new Junior Sport Policy.

    The Policy addresses a number of areas, one of which is keeping swimmers involved in the sport for the long term. Currently there is an estimated 30% dropout every year and the view is that younger swimmers are being pushed too hard, too early, creating a situation where swimmers are dropping out of the sport at an early age.

    To change this trend, the approach to competition will be changed, with and emphasis on fun and development. The changes are expected to include:

    10yrs & Under
    • No State Championships
    • Regional/District Championships for 10yrs only (no 10yrs & Under)
    • No “Championship” events at Regional/District for 9yrs & Under where medals are to be presented
    • Recognition of participation at all State run or sanctioned events
    • Modified rules - no disqualifications, meets no longer than 4 hours, no one-start rule

    11-12 Years
    • State, Regional/District Championships for 11yrs (no 11yrs & Under)
    • Championship events no longer than 400m
    • Not eligible for Open Water events

    13yrs & Over
    • No Change

    These changes are supported by the Australian Swimming Coaches & Teachers Association and it is proposed that the policy will be implemented from 1st October, 2005. The full policy can be viewed on the Swimming Australia website.

    See Also
  • Swimming Australia - Junior Sport Policy

    • Cumberland Sprint Meet Cancelled

    10 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The 2005 Cumberland Sprint Meet which was due to be held at the E.G. Whitlam Centre on Saturday, 19th March has been cancelled due to a lack of Technical Officials.

    The Sprint Meet was due to be held following the completion of the 5-8yrs Meet, which will be held at the Whitlam Centre on the same day, however Cumberland had insufficient officials to fill all the positions required to run the meet.

    This is not the first time that Cumberland has had trouble getting officials to work at the Sprint Meet. The last two seasons the meet has been held at the Prairiewood Leisure Centre with the bare minimum of officials. This season it had been planned to hold the meet at Merrylands Swimming Centre and our club had offered to provide a good number of officials to work at the meet to ensure it's smooth running. However, Cumberland decided to move the meet to the Whitlam Centre to enable it to be run in conjunction with the 5-8yrs Meet.

    The Sprint Meet was to form part of the selection criteria for some of the Cumberland Development Squads but now that will not be the case. The selections will based on performances at the other selection events that have already been held this season.

    Our members have achieved some good results at the meet over recent years and hopefully it will make a return to the calendar next year.

    See Also
  • Successful Sprint Meet

  • 2001 Cumberland Sprint Meet Results

  • 2002 Cumberland Sprint Meet Results

  • 2003 Cumberland Sprint Meet Results

  • 2004 Cumberland Sprint Meet Results

    • Australian Championships

    09 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The 2005 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships kick off at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre this Saturday.

    The Telstra Trials will feature dual Olympic champion Grant Hackett, triple Olympic medallist Matt Welsh; the golden girls of Athens and Indianapolis – Jodie Henry, Libby Lenton, Alice Mills, Leisel Jones, Giaan Rooney, Brooke Hanson, Jessicah Schipper and Sophie Edington and host of emerging new stars.

    The Trials will be held from March 12-19 and will double as the selection trials for the 2005 World Championship team.

    If you missed out on purchasing tickets through the club, Finals tickets for the event are on sale through Ticketek and can be purchased via http://www.ticketek.com.au/. Ticket prices range from $20.00 - $10.00 for adults and $10.00 - $5.00 for concessions.

    Nine's Wide World of Sports and Fox Sports will also be showing live coverage of every finals session on the eight-day program.

    Nine will show live coverage on five nights and a late-night highlights on the three nights that Fox Sports take over the live coverage.
    See the Finals Program and Television Coverage for full details.

    See Also
  • 2005 Australian Swimming Championships Finals Program and Television Coverage

  • Swimming Australia

  • Ticketek

  • Wide World of Sports

  • Fox Sports

    • Cumberland Championship Results

    06 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    David Wang has taken home the Bronze Medal in the 100m Breaststroke at today's Cumberland Championships.

    After turning in fourth place at the 50m mark, David finished strongly over the last 25m to move into third and finish in 1:31.35, just 3/10ths of a second ahead of the fourth place swimmer.

    Our other swimmers also performed well with 12 finalists out of the 18 events contested and 9 PBs.

    Our finalists were:

    David Wang
    11yrs 100m Freestyle (6th)
    11yrs 200m Individual Medley (6th)
    11yrs 100m Breaststroke (3rd)
    Todd Jenkin
    16yrs 100m Breaststroke (8th)
    Open 100m Breaststroke (5th)
    Peter Johnston
    17yrs & Over 50m Freestyle (9th)
    17yrs & Over 50m Backstroke (5th)
    17yrs & Over 50m Breaststroke (7th)
    17yrs & Over 50m Butterfly (5th)
    Brittany Johnson
    15yrs 100m Freestyle (6th)
    15yrs 200m Individual Medley (9th)
    Rachel Johnston
    17yrs & Over 50m Freestyle (10th)

    Congratulations to all our swimmers on their great results.

    The full results are now available.

    See Also
  • Cumberland Open & Age Championships

  • 2005 Cumberland Open & Age Championships - Results

    • Cumberland Open & Age Championships

    02 March 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The 2005 Cumberland Open & Age Championships will be held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre this weekend. Merrylands will have a team of 8 swimmers competing in 25 individual events over the two days of the Championships.

    Our team consists of:

    David Wang
    11yrs 100m Freestyle (Day 1 - 10:58am)
    11yrs 200m Individual Medley (Day 1 - 3:37pm)
    11yrs 100m Breaststroke (Day 2 - 3:28pm)
    Todd Jenkin
    16yrs 100m Breaststroke (Day 1 - 11:24am)
    16yrs 100m Freestyle (Day 2 - 4:35pm)
    Open 100m Breaststroke (Day 2 - 5:06pm)
    Troy Tomkinson
    17yrs & Over 50m Freestyle (Day 1 - 10:04am)
    Open 100m Backstroke (Day 1 - 12:18pm)
    Open 100m Butterfly (Day 2 - 3:03pm)
    Open 100m Freestyle (Day 2 - 3:45pm)
    17yrs & Over 50m Butterfly (Day 2 - 4:12pm)
    Peter Johnston
    17yrs & Over 50m Freestyle (Day 1 - 10:04am)
    17yrs & Over 50m Backstroke (Day 1 - 3:00pm)
    17yrs & Over 50m Breaststroke (Day 2 - 10:05am)
    17yrs & Over 50m Butterfly (Day 2 - 4:12pm)
    Amber Johnston
    12yrs 100m Backstroke (Day 1 - 9:45am)
    12yrs 100m Freestyle (Day 1 - 10:41am)
    12yrs 200m Individual Medley (Day 1 - 2:45pm)
    Greta Guajardo
    13yrs 100m Backstroke (Day 1 - 4:34pm)
    13yrs 100m Freestyle (Day 2 - 10:57am)
    13yrs 100m Butterfly (Day 2 - 4:05pm)
    Brittany Johnson
    15yrs 100m Freestyle (Day 1 - 11:37am)
    15yrs 200m Individual Medley (Day 1 - 3:26pm)
    15yrs 100m Breaststroke (Day 1 - 5:18pm)
    Rachel Johnston
    17yrs & Over 50m Freestyle (Day 1 - 10:06am)

    Times should be used as a guide only.

    Congratulations to the 8 swimmers for qualifying and good luck at the meet.

    You can follow the team's progress over the weekend at http://www.cumberlandswim.com.au/.

    See Also
  • 2005 Cumberland Open & Age Championships - Program of Events & Qualifying Times
  • State, Metropolitan and Country Championship Procedures

  • Competitor Information

  • Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Parking Arrangements

    • Merrylands SwimFest Results

    27 February 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The Results of the Merrylands SwimFest are now available.

    Thank you to everyone who attended the meet. We hope you had an enjoyable day achieved some good results.

    Thank you to all the members of our club who worked at the meet, we couldn't have run it without you.

    Thank you also to Jan Fathers, Denis Browning and Leo Repeti from Cumberland and Pat Troy and Ken Howard from NSW Swimming for their work at the meet.

    The results of the meet are now available in the SwimFest section of our website, don't forget to give us your feedback and we hope to see you all again next year.


    Merrylands Bowling & Sports Club


    See Also
  • Merrylands SwimFest

    • NSW State Open Championships

    14 February 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Troy Tomkinson will be our club's sole competitor at the 2005 NSW State Open Championships. The Championships will be held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre from Friday 18th to Sunday 20th February 2005.

    Troy will be competing in the following events as he attempts to qualify for his 5th straight Australian Age Championships.

    Troy Tomkinson
    100m Backstroke (Day 1 - 0:00am)
    100m Butterfly (Day 3 - 0:00am)
    50m Freestyle (Day 3 - 0:00am)

    Times should be used as a guide only.

    Congratulations to Troy for qualifying. You can follow his progress over the weekend at http://www.nswswimming.com.au/.

    See Also
  • 2005 NSW State Open Championships - Program of Events

  • 2005 NSW State Open Championships - Qualifying Times