Cumberland Championship Entries

28 January 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News
Entries for the 2006-2007 Cumberland District Open & Age Championships are due in with our Race Secretary by Saturday, 3rd February, 2007. The entries are to be on Multi-Entry Cards, which will be available on Saturday.

To compete at these championships you must have achieved the required qualifying time. The Entry Times should also be related to the course in which the meet is to be conducted with the appropriate constant added to the time.

Your Multi-Entry cards must be completely filled out including date and place that times were achieved. Entries must also include your registration number.

See Also
  • 2006-2007 Cumberland Open & Age Championships - Program of Events & Qualifying Times

  • Meet Entry Procedures

  • State, Metropolitan and Country Championship Procedures

  • Competitor Information

  • Schedule of Constants

  • Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Parking Arrangements

    • Speedo Sprint Series

    09 January 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The heats of the 2007 NSW Speedo Sprint Series will be held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Sunday, 11th February, 2007.

    For more than 25 years the Speedo Sprint Series (formerly Shell Age Series) has been an important entry-level meet and has been many swimmers first swimming meet outside their club races.
    Swimmers also get the chance to compete in the same pool that was used for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
    Due to it's timing, the meet, along with the Merrylands SwimFest, also provides good practice for School Swimming Carnivals.

    Our club has also had good results at the meet over the years with swimmers progressing to the finals in 4 out of the last 5 years.

    This heats session is only for the swimmers in our District (Cumberland). This year, the medalists from the State Championships are ineligible to compete and the top 3 swimmers from each event move through to the Finals on Sunday, 18th March.

    Entries for the Speedo Sprint Series close on Saturday, 20th January, 2007.

    See the posters on the notice board in the club room for details or visit the Swim Meets section of our website.

    If you have not attended a meet before and would like some more information or help on entering, just ask one of the Club Committee Members.

    See Also
  • 2007 NSW Speedo Sprint Series - Cumberland District Heats - Program of Events

  • 2007 NSW Speedo Sprint Series Finals - Program of Events

  • Meet Entry Procedures

  • How to complete a NSW Multi Entry Card

  • State, Metropolitan and Country Championship Procedures

  • Competitor Information

  • Sydney Aquatic Centre Parking Arrangements

    • Win a spot in the NSW ANZ Talent Pool

    08 January 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    ANZ, as a partner of the 12th FINA World Championships, is offering children aged between 8 and 12 years old the opportunity to win a place in the ANZ Talent Pool.

    The Talent Pool is a series of junior aquatic clinics, hosted by ANZ, and being held across Australia in the lead up to the Championships, which take place in Melbourne in March 2007.

    The first ANZ Talent Pool will be held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre, from 9am on Saturday 27 January 2007, and will feature the ANZ All Stars inlcuding former world swimming champion, Giaan Rooney, and vice-captain of the Australian men’s water polo team, Trent Franklin.

    Designed to give children the opportunity to have their very own World Championship experience, the Talent Pools offer a glimpse of the five aquatic disciplines of the World Championships - Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo and Open Water Swimming.

    On the day, children will have the chance to chat to Rooney and Franklin about their World Championship experiences, and will take part in 30 minute sessions for each discipline, all under the watchful eye of accredited coaches.

    By the end of the Talent Pool, children will have been introduced to the finer points of take-offs and diving techniques, dolphin wiggles and swim breathing, synchro kicks and basic body position and will receive a master class in Water Polo. This is courtesy of ANZ All Star and Men’s Water Polo team Vice-Captain, Trent Franklin.

    For your chance to win a place in the ANZ Talent Pool, go to the ANZ website http://www.anz.com/talentpools. All entries in the competition will require the consent of a parent or guardian.

    But hurry, entries close on Monday, 15th January, 2007.

    See Also
  • Melbourne 2007 - Win a spot in the NSW ANZ Talent Pool

  • ANZ Talent Pools

    • January School Holiday Training Times

    20 December 2006 Peter-Johnston Squad Training News
    Our last training session for 2006 is on Thursday, 21st December. Training then recommences on Tuesday, 2nd January.

    Most training sessions during the School Holidays will be held in the mornings to avoid the heat in the afternoons. If you are going away during the holidays please let us know when you will be away.

    Session times are listed on the Training Schedule page here.

    The normal training times will resume on Monday, 29th January, 2007.

    See Also
  • Training Schedule

    • Metropolitan Results

    19 December 2006 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Merrylands' swimmers swam well at the New South Wales Metropolitan Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on the weekend, swimming 5 new personal best times in the 5 events contested.

    Brittany Johnson took just over a second off her 100m Butterfly, almost two seconds off her 100m Breaststroke and 0.27 seconds off her 100m Freestyle time. Peter Johnston broke his 100m Breaststroke time by 0.41 seconds and shaved 0.07 off his 50m Breaststroke.

    Congratulations to both our swimmers on their results. The full results with splits are available here.

    See Also
  • 2006/2007 NSW Metropolitan Championships - Results
  • NSW Metropolitan Championships

    • NSW Metropolitan Championships

    12 December 2006 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The 2006/2007 NSW Metropolitan Championships will be held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Saturday 16th & Sunday 17th December, 2006.

    Our club will be represented by 2 swimmers at the meet, competing in 5 individual events.

    Our team will be competing in the following events over the two day meet:

    Brittany Johnson
    16yrs 100m Butterfly (Day 1 - Session 1 - 11:30am)
    16yrs 100m Breaststroke (Day 1 - Session 2 - 3:14pm)
    16yrs 100m Freestyle (Day 2 - Session 3 - 11:06am)
    Peter Johnston
    17yrs & Over 100m Breaststroke (Day 1 - Session 1 - 11:33am)
    Open 50m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Session 4 - 1:00pm)

    Times should be used as a guide only.

    Congratulations to the 2 swimmers for qualifying and good luck at the meet.

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

    Our club will also be represented in the Technical Official ranks by Glad Pye who will be a Presentation Officer at the meet.

    See Also
  • 2006/2007 NSW Metropolitan Championships - Program of Events
  • 2006/2007 NSW Metropolitan Championships - Qualifying Times
  • State, Metropolitan and Country Championship Procedures

  • Competitor Information

  • Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Parking Arrangements

    • Glad & Jim Pye Honoured

    09 December 2006 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Glad and Jim Pye, two long standing Life Members of Merrylands Amateur Swimming Club, were recognised for their service to the club at a special ceremony at Merrylands Swimming Centre this morning.

    Glad and Jim have been members of our club since it was formed in 1968. They have been tireless workers at all levels of swimming, from club through to national level, for nearly 40 years. Their service to our club in particular was recognised today with the naming of the Club Room at Merrylands Swimming Centre in their honour.

    In the presence of many current and former members of the club, family, friends and dignitaries, the "Glad and Jim Pye Club Room" was officially named by the Mayor of Holroyd, Councillor Dr John Brodie.

    Both very emotional, Glad and Jim, together with the Mayor, unveiled a new plaque on the club room to mark the event.

    The ceremony began with a high level of anticipation at the pool. In order to keep the naming of the club room a surprise for Glad and Jim, only a select number of members new what was going to be announced by the Mayor. However it didn't take long for all those present to realise we were there to honour two very well loved club members.

    Glad and Jim's respective achievements were recounted before the official unveiling, with a number of impressive achievements listed to rounds of applause. (Their full biographies can be found in the Life Members section of our website).

    The club would like to thank Glad and Jim for their years of service to our club and also thank the Staff and Councillors of Holroyd City Council for all of their support with this project.

    See Also
  • The Glad and Jim Pye Club Room

  • Mrs Glad Pye, Life Member - Biography

  • Mr Jim Pye, Life Member - Biography

    • Naming Plaque

    Australian Championships

    03 December 2006 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The 2007 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships begin at the Chandler Aquatic Centre in Brisbane today.

    The Championships will feature Australia's top swimmers from this year's Commonwealth Games along with the return of Grant Hackett.

    The Championships run until December 10 and will double as the selection trials for the 2007 FINA World Swimming Championships.

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

    See Also
  • 2007 Australian Swimming Championships Finals Program and Television Coverage

  • Swimming Australia

  • Melbourne 2007 FINA World Championships

  • Wide World of Sports

  • Fox Sports

    • Telstra Swimmer of the Year Competition

    27 November 2006 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    You could win a family trip to the 12th FINA World Championships in Melbourne and, if you are a Telstra customer, a private family swimming lesson with Grant Hackett, just by voting for your favourite swimmer in the Telstra People's Choice Award.

    The prize includes return economy class flights to Melbourne for 4 people, 3 nights accommodation in Melbourne and 4 tickets to the FINA World Swimming Championships in Melbourne. If the winner is a Telstra customer at the date they submit the entry and also at the draw date, they will also be awarded a private swimming lesson for their family (up to a maximum of 4 people) with Grant Hackett.

    Plus there are bonus prizes including Telstra Next G handsets and signed swimming memorabilia.

    To enter, pick your favourite swimmer from the Top five Australian FINA world ranked swimmers for 2006 (Leisel Jones; Jessicah Schipper; Jodie Henry; Lisbeth Lenton; Brenton Rickard) and either:
    • visit http://www.beinvolved.telstra.com/ and follow the competition entry prompts


      • OR

    • SMS the name of the swimmer of your choice followed by your full name to:
      1999 SWIM
    Entries close 11:59pm December 10th, 2006.

    Visit http://www.beinvolved.telstra.com/ for further details and competition terms and conditions.

    See Also
  • Telstra Swimmer of the Year Competition

  • Swimming Australia

    • Metropolitan Entries

    18 November 2006 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Entries for the 2006/2007 NSW Metropolitan Championships close on Saturday, 25th November, 2006.

    The entries are to be on Multi-Entry Cards.

    To compete at these championships you must have achieved the required qualifying time at an approved meet as detailed on the Qualifying Time Information page.

    The Multi-Entry cards must be completely filled out including date and place that times were achieved. Entries must also include your registration number.

    For more information on NSW meets read the Championship Procedures information in the Swim Meets Section.

    No late entries will be accepted.

    See Also
  • 2006/2007 NSW Metropolitan Championships - Program of Events
  • 2006/2007 NSW Metropolitan Championships - Qualifying Times
  • Qualifying Time Information

  • Winter Meet Entry Procedures

  • State, Metropolitan and Country Championship Procedures

  • Competitor Information

  • Schedule of Constants

  • Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Parking Arrangements