Fujitsu Duel in the Pool 03 April 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News The World’s top two swimming nations, Australia and USA go head to head in the third Duel in the Pool at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre tonight. The competition begins at at 6:30pm with tickets still available through Ticketek. Channel Nine's Wide World of Sports will show delayed coverage of the meet from 9:30pm. See Also Swimming Australia - 2007 Fujitsu Duel in the Pool Ticketek
How do you rank? 31 March 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News 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 2006/2007 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 2006/2007 Season Rankings - Open Top 10 Club Races Results
On the blocks for the Winter Season 28 March 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News Our 2007 winter seson will begin on Saturday, 14th April, 2007 and this year will feature a new event. As usual the Mystery Medley and the Graded Races 800m & 1500m Freestyle will be on the program but this season will feature a new 25m Freestyle Sprint Challenge. Ever thought that you would be pretty good in a 25m race if you ever got the chance to swim one? Well the 25m Freestyle Sprint Challenge is your chance to prove it! It's just you and the other competitors against the clock to see who is the fastest over 25m Freestyle. There are no points involved but you will have bragging rights for the next 12 months, so go for it. 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 5 weeks until the pool closes on May 13th. 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 Results 24 March 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News The Cumberland Sprint Meet was held in excellent weather conditions at the Hawkesbury Oasis Leisure Centre this afternoon. Merrylands' team of 4 swimmers took home 7 medals from the 12 events contested with a number of personal best times swum. Anthony Ventra won the Gold Medal in the 13yrs 50m Freestyle equaling his PB and also won the Gold in the 50m Breaststroke and 50m Backstroke. Mitchell Burt took home 2 medals in the 13yrs events, winning Bronze in the 50m Freestyle and Silver and the 50m Backstroke, equaling Anthony's first place time. He also swam 3 new P.B.s in the Freestyle, Breaststroke and Butterfly. Peter Johnston won 2 medals in the 15yrs & Over events, taking home the Bronze medal in the 50m Freestyle and the Silver in the 50m Breaststroke in a new personal best time. Also swimming in the 15yrs & Over events, Rachel Johnston narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing 4th in the 50m Freestyle, in a time equal to the 3rd place swimmer and also finished 4th in the 50m Backstroke. 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 3 Silver 2 Bronze 2 See Also Cumberland Sprint Meet - Results
12th FINA World Championships 21 March 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News More than 1 billion people around the world are expected to tune in to the 12th FINA World Championships, which began in Melbourne on Sunday. Channel Nine's Wide World of Sports' is treating fans to 17 hours of live coverage during prime time as well as 10 hours of highlights. The swimming events will be held in the Rod Laver Arena in the deepest temporary pool ever constructed. Every swimming final will be broadcast live from March 25th with Ray Warren joined in the commentary team by sports veteran Ken Sutcliffe and former swimming greats including Nicole Livingstone, Giaan Rooney and Duncan Armstrong. But it's not just swimming events on show - diving, water polo, open-water swimming and synchronised swimming are also on offer with highlights packages on Nine and Fox Sports from March 19-24. For full details of the events and television coverage see the schedule here. For even more coverage, BigPond is showing live video coverage, results and highlights of all five disciplines through their BigPond Sport website and Omega has live timing and official results on their Omega Live Timing website. See Also Finals Program & Television Coverage BigPond Sport - Swimming Wide World of Sports Omega Live Timing 12th FINA World Swimming Championships Website FINA Website
Cumberland Sprint Meet 20 March 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News The Cumberland Sprint Meet will be held this Saturday at the Hawkesbury Oasis Leisure Centre. The Sprint Meet is all 50m events and also a selection meet for the Cumberland Development Squads - you must compete at this meet to be eligible for selection in the squads. This meet is only open to Cumberland swimmers and is a Post Entry meet which means you enter on the day. The Hawkesbury Oasis Leisure Centre is located on the corner of Church & Drummond Streets, South Windsor. See the meet program here for more details. See Also Cumberland Sprint Meet - Program of Events Swimming Cumberland Inc.
Speedo Sprint Series Finals Results 18 March 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News David Wang and Anthony Ventra each went home with a medal after today's Speedo Sprint Series Finals. David and Anthony were an integral part of the Cumberland 13yrs & Under Freestyle Relay Team, swimming the 2nd and 3rd legs. When David hit the water for the 2nd leg, the team was in seventh place but by the 100m mark they were up to third as Anthony took over. By the 150m they had slipped to fourth but were, only 0.8 seconds behind second place which was more than made up in the final leg with the team taking home the silver medal. In the Individual events, both David and Anthony's best results were in the 50m Breaststroke. David finished 12th, in 38.28, equalling his personal best time with Anthony only 0.04 seconds behind in 13th in a new P.B. of 38.32. Congratulations to both David and Anthony on their results and it was also good to see Glad Pye back in action on the Presentation Table following recent shoulder surgery. The full results with relay splits are available here. See Also Speedo Sprint Series Finals - Results
Speedo Sprint Series Finals 13 March 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News David Wang and Anthony Ventra will represent the club at the Speedo Sprint Series Finals on Sunday at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. Our largest team since 2003 will contest 7 events at the meet, with Anthony and David both also being selected in the District Freestyle Relay Team. Anthony Ventra 13yrs 50m Freestyle (Session 1 - 10:14am) 13yrs 50m Breaststroke (Session 1 - 11:55am) 13yrs & Under 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay (Session 1 - 12:23pm) David Wang 13yrs 50m Freestyle (Session 1 - 10:14am) 13yrs 50m Breaststroke (Session 1 - 11:55am) 13yrs & Under 4 x 50m Freestyle Relay (Session 1 - 12:23pm) 13yrs 50m Backstroke (Session 2 - 3:08pm) Times should be used as a guide only. While this will be Anthony's first appearance at the finals, it will be David's 5th in 6 years, his best result being silver in the 50m Breaststroke in 2005. David and Anthony will be competing against the top 3 swimmers from each district from across the state at the meet. Unlike previous years where the swimmers contested Preliminary Finals in the morning, with the top ten moving through to the Grand Final that afternoon, this year the events will be run as Timed Finals. We wish both Anthony and David the best of luck at the finals. See Also Speedo Sprint Series Heat Results Speedo Sprint Series Heats - Results Speedo Sprint Series Finals - Program of Events 2005 Speedo Sprint Series Final Results
Duel in the Pool 06 March 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News Club Members have the opportunity to witness the World’s top two swimming nations, Australia and USA go head to head in a unique fast paced format. The third Duel in the Pool will be held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on April 3rd, 2007 at 6:30pm. Club Members can purchase discounted tickets to the Duel in the Pool for $15 per adult, $13 per concession and $40 per family (2 Adults & 2 Children). This offer is only available through the club and only a limited number of tickets are available on a first come first serve basis. Your only opportunities to purchase tickets for the 2007 Duel in the Pool as part of this special offer will be after club races on the 10th & 17th March. Tickets will posted out to the club in the week leading up to the event. See Also Swimming Australia - 2007 Duel in the Pool
Merrylands SwimFest Results 05 March 2007 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 from Swimming NSW 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. “Real Estate...made easy” See Also Merrylands SwimFest
