How do you rank?

How did your performances at club during the summer season compare to those of other swimmers? Are you in the Top 10? Did you swim consistently through out the season or did you gradually improve?

The 2007/2008 Season Rankings will give you the answers.

Rankings are available for all events in 2 age categories; Open and 12 & Under.

See the Club Races Results for the Top 10 and Full Lists.

See Also
  • 2007/2008 Season Rankings - Open Top 10

  • Club Races Results
  • Cumberland Sprint Meet Results

    The Cumberland Sprint Meet was held in brilliant conditions at Merrylands Swimming Centre on March 29th.

    Merrylands' team of 16 swimmers took home 10 medals from the 56 events contested with 10 personal best times swum.

    Anthony Ventra won three Gold Medals at the meet, taking out the 14yrs 50m Freestyle, 50m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly.

    Amber Johnson won 4 medals in the 15yrs & Over events, taking home the Bronze medals in the 50m Breaststroke and 50m Butterfly and the Silver in the 50m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke.

    Peter Johnston won the Gold medal in the 15yrs & Over 50m Breaststroke while Chantel Teakle-Jones won Gold in the 11yrs 50m Breaststroke and Ryan Bartolo took home Bronze in the 11yrs 50m Butterfly.

    Tanya Cleland, Belinda Sloane, Chantel, Taysha Wilson and Logan Woodcock all swam new personal best times.

    As the host club, thank you to all our members who helped run the meet - whether it was running cards, collecting entry fees, officiating or helping setup and pack up - you all did a great job.

    Congratulations to all our swimmers on their results. Club results are now available, the full results will be posted once they are available.

    Medal Tally

    Gold 5
    Silver 2
    Bronze 3

    See Also
  • Cumberland Sprint Meet - Results
  • State Masters Results

    The NSW Masters State Championships were held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on the weekend.

    Merrylands was represented by Peter Johnston swimming in the 50m, 100m & 200m Breaststroke and 50m Freestyle.

    Peter won 4 medals in the 25-29yrs age group finishing with silver in the 50m and 200m Breaststroke and Bronze in the 100m Breastroke and 50m Freestyle.

    Overall the club finished in 35th place with 34 points.

    Medal Tally

    Gold 0
    Silver 2
    Bronze 2

    See Also
  • NSW State Masters Championships - Results
  • Wentworthville Invitational

    Merrylands will send a team of 20 swimmers to tomorrow's Wentworthville Invitational Carnival at Wentworthville Memorial Swimming Centre. Our club will contest a total of 78 individual events and 4 relays.

    Our team consists of:
    Ryan Bartolo
    Mitchell Burt
    Ethan Burton
    Tanya Cleland
    Erin Cooper
    Angela Gardner
    Jacqueline Gardner
    Jessica Grubba
    Amber Johnson
    Peter Johnston
    Zeta Peterson
    Paige Scurrah
    Belinda Sloane
    Lachlan Stewart
    Chantel Teakle-Jones
    Rebecca Tuivawa
    Timothy Tunks
    David Wang
    Taysha Wilson
    Logan Woodcock

    Warm-Up is at 10am for an 11am start. We will be sitting at the top of the hill, about half way along the pool. Teresa Johnson will be dropping off a couple of the club’s shelters just after 10am for everyone to sit under. Some help setting up and taking these down at the end of the meet would be appreciated.

    Good luck to all our swimmers competing at the meet.

    See Also
  • Wentworthville Invitational Carnival - Program of Events
  • Winter Season Hits the Water

    Our club's Winter Season hit the water this morning with approximately 20 swimmers taking the plunge in the steamy conditions at Merrylands Swimming Centre.

    The highlight of the morning was the hotly contested Freestyle Knockout Skins, with Anthony Ventra, Erin Cooper and Chantel Teakle-Jones winning their respective heats in this new event.

    Next week's special event is the 200m Mystery Medley.

    The Winter Season Program is available for download from the Club Races page.

    See Also
  • Club Races
  • Get Ready for the Winter Season
  • Get Ready for the Winter Season

    The 2008 winter season begins on Saturday, 5th April, 2008. This year our winter competition will features three new events as well as some old favourites.

    In addition to the Mystery Medley and 25m Freestyle Sprint Challenge, a 3x50m Knockout Freestyle Skins, 2x50m Handicap Relay and 2x50m Random Relay have been added to this season's program.

    In the Knockout Skins, 4 swimmers go head to head over three 50m sprints with only a 2 minute gap between each one. The catch is the last swimmer to touch the wall in each 50m is knocked out until it is just one-on-one in the final heat.

    The Handicap Relay consists of teams of 2 swimmers who are given a time handicap to give all teams a chance of winning the race, while the Random Relay also consists of teams of two swimmers picked by the race committee to create teams of similar speed to also give all teams a chance of winning the race.

    If you do another sport during winter, don't worry, most weeks we are finished by 8am so you will have plenty of time to have a swim, so come and join us.

    The season will run for 6 weeks until the pool closes on May 11th.

    The Winter Season Program is available for download from the Club Races page and the Winter Race By-Laws are available on the Governing Documents page.

    See Also
  • Club Races

  • Governing Documents
  • Cumberland Sprint Meet

    Merrylands Swimming Centre will host the Cumberland Sprint Meet this Saturday.
    With the changes to Area Boundries which will occur over the next few months, this will be the last ever Cumberland meet.

    The Sprint Meet is all 50m events and also a selection meet for the Area Development Squads. This meet is only open to Cumberland swimmers and is a Post Entry meet which means you enter on the day.

    Our club is also hosting this meet so we need a small number of volunteers to help on the day. If you are able to help out please speak to a member of the club committee.

    See the meet program here for more details.

    See Also
  • Cumberland Sprint Meet - Program of Events
  • The End of Cumberland
  • Swimming Cumberland Inc.
  • Olympic Trials

    The 2008 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships begin at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre today.

    The Championships will feature Australia's top swimmers as the fight for Olympic selection with the championships also doubling as the selection trials for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

    Club members can purchase discounted tickets to the meet here.

    Nine's Wide World of Sports be showing live and delayed coverage of the finals sessions on the eight-day program.
    See the Finals Program and Television Coverage for full details.



    See Also
  • 2008 Australian Swimming Championships Finals Program and Television Coverage

  • Club Ticket Offer

  • Ticketek - Club Ticket Offer - Finals Tickets

  • Ticketek - Club Ticket Offer - Heats Tickets

  • Swimming Australia

  • 2008 Beijing Olympics

  • Wide World of Sports
  • The End of Cumberland

    There has been much discussion and debate over the past two years as Swimming NSW has undergone a process of reviewing and re-organising the current Metropolitan District (Area) Associations and their boundaries.
    This process has culminated in what will effectively signal the end of the Cumberland Area in its current form in May this year.

    Swimming Cumberland will change name to Swimming Metro South West on May 8th with the following Clubs from the old Cumberland Area being the Founding Members:
    Atlantis Macquarie Fields Penrith
    Blacktown City McCredie Park Penrith RSL
    Camden Merrylands Prairiewood
    Campbelltown Mount Annan Ripples St Mary's
    Holsworthy Mounties Swimfit Macarthur
    Inswim Myswim Toongabbie
    Liverpool Narellan All Stars Wenden
    Macarthur Indoor Nepean Wentworthville RSL

    They will be joined by two Clubs from the old Western Suburbs Area:
    Bankstown Sports Revesby Workers

    The remaining six clubs in the north of the current Cumberland Area, these being Hawkesbury, Riverstone, Riverstone Dolphins, Swimwest, Windsor, Wizards will join the existing Castlereagh Area clubs, and become known as Swimming Metro North West.

    There is a competition open to everyone in the new Metro South West Area, to come up with a new logo for the Area. Competition will finish on 17th April 2008, at General Meeting for a final decision at AGM. Feel free to enter this competition and make this new emblem the best in NSW.

    Throughout the history of the Cumberland Area, our club has had a number of Age Champions, Champions, Medalists, Finalists and Record Holders and has made a valuable contribution to the success of the area's relay teams, squads and administration.
    The 8th May will mark the end of an era for swimming in NSW however it will also signal the start of a new chapter with the formation of Metro South West.

    See Also
  • Swimming Cumberland

  • Club Representative Photos

  • Jim Pye - Swimming Cumberland Life Member

  • Glad Pye - Swimming Cumberland Life Member

  • 2007 Cumberland Development Squad Members

  • 2006 Cumberland Development Squad Members

  • 2005 Cumberland Development Squad Members

  • 2004 Cumberland Development Squad Members

  • 2003 Cumberland Development Squad Members

  • 2002 Cumberland Development Squad Members

  • 2001 Cumberland Development Squad Members

  • 2007-2008 Cumberland Open & Age Championships - Results

  • 2006-2007 Cumberland Open & Age Championships - Results

  • 2005-2006 Cumberland Open & Age Championships - Results

  • 2004-2005 Cumberland Open & Age Championships - Results

  • 2003-2004 Cumberland Open & Age Championships - Results

  • 2002-2003 Cumberland Open & Age Championships - Results

  • 2001-2002 Cumberland Open & Age Championships - Results

  • 2000-2001 Cumberland Open & Age Championships - Results

  • 2007 Cumberland Open & Age Short Course Championships - Results

  • 2006 Cumberland Open & Age Short Course Championships - Results

  • 2005 Cumberland Open & Age Short Course Championships - Results

  • 2004 Cumberland Open & Age Short Course Championships - Results

  • 2003 Cumberland Open & Age Short Course Championships - Results

  • 2002 Cumberland Open & Age Short Course Championships - Results

  • 2007 Cumberland Sprint Meet - Results

  • 2006 Cumberland Sprint Meet - Results

  • 2004 Cumberland Sprint Meet - Results

  • 2003 Cumberland Sprint Meet - Results

  • 2002 Cumberland Sprint Meet - Results

  • 2001 Cumberland Sprint Meet - Results

  • 2008 Cumberland 5 to 8yrs Meet - Results

  • 2005 Cumberland 5 to 8yrs Meet - Results

  • 2003 Cumberland 5 to 8yrs Meet - Results

  • 2002 Cumberland 5 to 8yrs Meet - Results

  • 2008 New South Wales Speedo Sprint Series - Cumberland Area Heats - Results

  • 2007 New South Wales Speedo Sprint Series - Cumberland District Heats - Results

  • 2006 New South Wales Speedo Sprint Series - Cumberland District Heats - Results

  • 2005 New South Wales Speedo Sprint Series - Cumberland District Heats - Results

  • 2004 New South Wales Speedo Sprint Series - Cumberland District Heats - Results

  • 2003 New South Wales Speedo Sprint Series - Cumberland District Heats - Results

  • 2002 New South Wales Restricted Age Series - Cumberland District Heats - Results

  • 2007 Cumberland 12 & Under Meet - Results

  • 2005 Cumberland 12 & Under Meet - Results

  • 2004 Cumberland 12 & Under Meet - Results

  • 2002 Cumberland 12 & Under Meet - Results

  • 2001 Cumberland 12 & Under Meet - Results

  • 2000 Greater West Games - Results

  • 1999 Greater West Games - Results

  • 2002 Cumberland Metropolitain, Country and State Qualifying Meet - Results

  • 2001 Cumberland Metropolitain, Country and State Qualifying Meet - Results

  • 2007 Cumberland Short Course Meet - Results

  • 2006 Cumberland Short Course Meet - Results

  • 2005 Cumberland Short Course Meet - Results

  • 2004 Cumberland Short Course Meet - Results
  • Merrylands SwimFest Results

    The Results of the Merrylands SwimFest are now available.

    Thank you to everyone who attended the meet and for your patience as we worked to overcome technical problems with the timing equipment. Unfortunately with the timing equipment hired from, and run by Swimming NSW on the day, the problems were out of our club's control. We hope that despite the technical problems you had an enjoyable day and achieved some good results.

    Thank you to all the members of our club and other volunteers who worked at the meet, we couldn't have run it without you and you did a great job under the circumstances with the meet only finishing 20 minutes later than expected.

    The results of the meet are now available in the SwimFest section of our website. All medallists who had to leave before their results were finalised will receive their medals in the mail.

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    See Also
  • Merrylands SwimFest