Entries for the 2021 Metro South West Area Short Course Championships close on Tuesday, 8th June, 2021. The Championships will be held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th June, 2021.
This is the main meet of the winter season for many of our swimmers and all swimmers who qualify are expected to compete.
Please speak to your coach if you have any questions about your events.
We are looking at organising a social activity of Lawn Bowls at Club Merrylands before the presentation on Saturday, 29th May from 3pm to 5pm. Members will be able to attend at no cost.
If you are interested in attending, please complete this form by 6pm on Wednesday, 26th May, 2021 so we can determine whether it will go ahead.
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Twenty two members have received awards in the 2021 Swimming Australia Junior Excellence Program. This is our club's highest number of recipients since the programs inception in 2006 - a fantastic effort by our swimmers!
The Australian Junior Excellence Program, recognises rewards and encourages junior swimmers who, through their development of aquatic skills and fitness, achieve a high standard of swimming excellence.
Congratulations to the following members who have received awards this year:
Silver
Chloe Ton
Lucas Alvarez
Matthew Vicic
Summer Shrestha
Bronze
Daniel Vicic
Joab Hada
Joseph Assi
Leo Zhu
Lisa Shrestha
Niushka Shrestha
Thayne Bris
Unish Shrestha
Blue
Aisha Abdelraheem
Ameena Abdelraheem
Avani Pradhan
Ceylin Uysal
Chevelle Fehir
Jorja Matthew
Nevah Shrestha
Ren Jie Hum
Ruby Shrestha
Shreya Shrestha
The full list of recipients can be found on the Junior Excellence page on the Swimming Australia website, while all our club's previous recipients can be found in the Development section of our website.
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On Saturday, 22nd May, we will be running our first ever Short Course club races in the indoor pool at Guildford Swimming Centre.
Starting at 5pm (warm-up from 4:45pm), these races are being held primarily to give swimmers an opportunity to qualify for winter swimming meets, however all members are welcome to attend and participate.
Swimmers may enter up to 5 events which may include:
- A maximum of 1 - 400m event in event 13
- A maximum of 2 - 200m events (one in event 2 and/or one in event 21)
The standard 25m Break Times apply (i.e. if you have broken the 25m for a stroke on a Saturday morning during summer, you may not swim 25m in that stroke).
The entry fee is $4 per event, however pool entry is free for all swimmers and spectators (the higher event entry fee is required to cover the pool hire costs).
Entry is completed via our website and close on Friday, 14th May at 8pm.
What events should I enter?
Swimmers should consider entering events they wish to qualify for at Area, Metropolitan or State Championships - this means primarily 100m events for most swimmers, and the 200m IM. If you already have a qualifying time, consider 200m or 400m events.
As a guide, the 2019 qualifying times for the Area Championships are here.
The qualifying times for the 2021 Metropolitan and State Championships are available on our website here.
If you are unsure what you should enter, speak to your coach.
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Congratulations to our swimmers on their results at the McCredie Park Meet today.
Our team swam 32 new personal best times and took home 10 medals.
Well done everyone!
Medal Tally
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Sixteen swimmers will represent Merrylands at the McCredie Park Anniversary Meet at Guildford Swimming Centre today.
Our team consists of:
Aisha Abdelraheem
Ameena Abdelraheem
Lucas Alvarez
Ren Hum
William Johnston
Vanessa Ozols
Alison Sakurovs
Nevah Shrestha
Niushka Shrestha
Ruby Shrestha
Unish Shrestha
Chloe Ton
Ethan Ton
Daniel Vicic
Matthew Vicic
Leo Zhu
Best of luck everyone!
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This season's Presentation Evening will be held on Saturday, 29th May, 2019 at Club Merrylands.
Due to the COVID-19 restrictions in place at the time of the presentation, we may be required to limit the number of attendees. All attendees must pre-register to attend. We are looking at options to live stream the presentation if we need to limit the number of people who can attend.
Award selection must be completed by Saturday, 24th April, 2021.
For more information, to pre-register and to complete your award forms, see the Presentation section.
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Merrylands had some great results at the Metro South West 5-8yrs Meet today, along with some very happy young swimmers.
Our team took home some big smiles along with 6 medals, a stack of ribbons, 7 PBs (and one less tooth).
The meet was a great learning experience for our team, with some swimming their first 100m Individual Medley or 50m Breaststroke at a meet, or doing their first tumble turns in a race. Well done to the whole team on their swims.
Thank you to Emily and Alison for officiating at the meet, and to those members who came along just to support the kids!
Medal Tally
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Merrylands will be represented by a team of 5 swimmers at the Metro South West 5-8yrs Meet this weekend.
The club will be represented by:
Gabriella Assi
Ethan Ton
Jay Shrestha
William Johnston
Lillian Zhu
Thanks to Club Merrylands for their support of our 8yrs & Under swimmers through free membership.
Have a great time kids!
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Our State team had masterful performances at the NSW State Masters Championships on the weekend.
We had 4 swimmers compete at the Championships and achieve fantastic results.
Kylee Murray competed in 4 events and won bronze medals in the 100m Backstroke, 50m Butterfly and 200m Individual Medley. Kylee's performances in the 100m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle were the fastest she has swum in over 2 years.
Leanne Tovkach also competed in 4 events and picked up a bronze medal in the 50m Breaststroke. Leanne achieved all time personal bests in the 100m Freestyle and the 50m Freestyle where she took over a second off her personal best time.
Brendan Kirkpatrick competed in 5 events and earned himself 3 gold medals and 2 silver medals. Brendan flew into 2 new all time personal best times, getting closer to the 29 mark in 50m Butterfly with a 30.26 and dropping 1.5 seconds in his 100m Butterfly time.
Alison Johnston competed in 5 events and picked up gold medals in every swim. Alison achieved an all time personal best in the 200m Backstroke.
Peter Johnston was unfortunately unwell so did not compete at the meet but he was excitedly checking live results all weekend from home.
As a team Merrylands came 2nd in our division for the pointscore.
Congratulations to our swimmers on their results!