Local triumph at Merrylands 10 March 2011 Peter-Johnston Media Articles MERRYLANDS Swimming Club’s Brittany Johnson produced another fine display to claim two gold medals in her home pool on Sunday. At the AquaBlitz Toongabbie hosted carnival at Merrylands pool, the 21-year-old state representative won the 200m individual medley and 100m breaststroke. The wins come after she claimed three gold medals at the SwimFest carnival at the same pool in February. The Merrylands club won 18 medals at the carnival, but its good news wasn’t limited to that. Swimmers Madelaine Hudson and Hayley Baker achieved times that qualified them for the Metro South-West Championships.
Metro South West Sprint Meet 08 March 2011 Peter-Johnston Latest News The Metro South West Sprint Meet will be held at Blacktown Aquatic Centre on Saturday, 26th March, 2011. The Sprint Meet is the final Long Course meet of the summer and is all 50m events with club relays. The meet is also a selection meet for the Area Development Squads. This meet is only open to Metro South West swimmers. While Post Entries will be accepted for this meet (enter on the day), there is a surcharge per event for Post Entries, so all swimmers are encouraged to enter before the closing date. Pre-Meet entries close on Saturday, 12th March. See the meet program here for more details. See Also Metro South West Sprint Meet - Program of Events Swimming Metro South West Inc.
Toongabbie Results 07 March 2011 Peter-Johnston Latest News Sixteen members competed at the AquaBlitz Toongabbie Meet held at Merrylands Swimming Centre yesterday. Our team won 18 medals at the meet, with a number of new personal best times also swum. Brittany Johnson led the way with 2 gold medals, the first in the 200m Individual Medley, and the second in the 100m Breaststroke. Additionally, Brittany took home silver in the 50m Breaststroke, where she finished just a head of Katie Hope who took home the bronze. Katie also won bronze in the 50m Butterfly and silver in the 50m Freestyle in a new personal best time. Steven Nguyen and Peter Johnston also won 3 medals each. Steven finished 2nd in the 50m Freestyle and 3rd in the 50m Butterfly. Steven finished 3rd in the 50m Breaststroke as well, this time just behind Peter who took 2nd. Peter won the silver in the 100m Butterfly in a new personal best time, and finished with the bronze medal in the 50m Freestyle, this time just 0.15 seconds behind Steven. Madelaine Hudson won two medals at the meet - her first for the club - finishing 2nd in the 12yrs 50m Backstroke and third in the 12yrs 50m Freestyle. Three other members also won their first medals for the club with Mathew Edsall winning bronze in the 100m Backstroke, Wesley Latukefu winning bronze in the 9yrs 50m Breaststroke and Juliette Mamo wining bronze in the 11yrs 100m Breaststroke. Miriam Webber was our final medallist at the meet, with a bronze medal in the 50m Backstroke in a new personal best time. On top of the medals and personal best times, Madelaine Hudson and Hayley Baker both achieved qualifying times for the Metro South West Championships. Congratulations to all our swimmers on their results. Medal Tally Gold 2 Silver 6 Bronze 10
Masters/Adult Squad Training Times 27 February 2011 Peter-Johnston Squad Training News The training times for the club's Masters/Adult Swimming Squad will change to a 5:45pm start from Tuesday, 1st March, 2011, due to the 7pm pool closing time in March. Session times are listed on the Training Schedule page here. See Also Training Schedule
Metro South West Entries 27 February 2011 Peter-Johnston Latest News Entries for the 2011 Metro South West Area Championships have been extended by the club and will close on Saturday, 5th March, 2011. The Championships will be held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th March, 2011. This will be the first time in 3 years that the championships have been held at SOPAC, having been held at Blacktown Aquatic Centre for the last two years. To compete at these championships, you must have achieved the required qualifying time. The entries are to be on Multi-Entry cards which must be completely filled out including the date and place that times were achieved. Entries must also include your registration number. For more information on Championship meets, read the Championship Procedures information in the Swim Meets Section. No late entries will be accepted. See Also 2011 Metro South West Area Championships - Program of Events 2011 Metro South West Area Championships - Qualifying Times Meet Entry Procedures State, Metropolitan and Country Championship Procedures Competitor Information NSW Championship Entry Times (Schedule of Constants in Seconds)
Carnival kids make splash at SwimFest Merrylands 23 February 2011 Peter-Johnston Media Articles IT was Merrylands’ carnival, but neighbours AquaBlitz Toongabbie and McCredie Park did their best to crash the annual SwimFest on Saturday. About 250 swimmers from clubs across NSW revelled in temperatures of more than 30C at Merrylands Pool. Mount Pritchard was the undisputed winner, while other clubs could argue over different standings. AquaBlitz Toongabbie and Merrylands finished second and third in the club point score, while McCredie Park (Guildford) came second in the medal tally. The Toongabbie club could thank Ashton Andree-Evarts, who won three gold medals in the boys 11-year-old group. Ashton has swum at the state championships before, and it showed. He won the 50m backstroke in 38.07secs, the 50m freestyle in 32.99secs and 50m butterfly in 38.02secs. The Toongabbie club swims at Seven Hills, and race secretary Kate McGuiness said the school carnival season was an incentive to swim well. “A lot of the kids use this for the school carnivals coming up,” she said. “A lot are school champions and are off to zone.” While Merrylands describes itself as a small club, club coach Peter Johnston said his swimmers did well. “We had a lot of newer, younger swimmers competing this year. “A few of them had never competed before or this was their first carnival. So it was a good opportunity for them.” State representative Brittany Johnson led the way with three golds. The 21-year-old won the womens opens 50m butterfly in 31.44sec, the opens 200m individual medley in 2min 35.85sec and opens 100m breaststroke in 1:22.98. The club was also boosted by strong performances from two teenage girls who hadn’t swum with the club this year. Katie Hope, who transferred from the Wentworthville club this year, won the 14-year-old girls 50m breaststroke in 39.96sec. Teammate Stephanie Hindle, in the same age category, hadn’t trained since September due to a shoulder problem. Yet that didn’t stop her winning the 50m butterfly in 32.84sec. “We’ve got four of them (in that age group) and it pushes them along,” Johnston said of the girls.
Merrylands SwimFest Results 19 February 2011 Peter-Johnston Latest News The Results of the Merrylands SwimFest are now available. Thank you to everyone who attended the meet. We hope that 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. The results of the meet are now available in the SwimFest section of our website. We would like to thank the sponsors of the meet for their continued support. The 2011 Merrylands SwimFest Swim Meet is proudly sponsored by: Starr Partners Real Estate Merrylands Merrylands Bowling & Sports Club TransPacific Major Sponsors Starr Partners Real Estate Merrylands Merrylands Bowling & Sports Club TransPacific See Also Merrylands SwimFest Swim Meet Starr Partners Merrylands Merrylands Bowling & Sports Club TransPacific
North Sydney Masters Results 17 February 2011 Peter-Johnston Latest News Three swimmers travelled to North Sydney on Saturday evening for the North Sydney Masters Sensational Summer Sprints Meet at the North Sydney Olympic Pool. Ian Wilson, Alison Sakurovs and Peter Johnston all competed at the meet which was the second round of the NSW Branch Pointscore for 2011. Alison's best results were 3rd in the 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly. Ian's best result was 4th in the 50m Backstroke while Peter finished 1st in the 50m Freestyle. As a club, we finished in 18th place on 64 points. Congratulations to our swimmers on their results, with a couple of PBs also swum.
Merrylands SwimFest 16 February 2011 Peter-Johnston Latest News Over 250 swimmers will attend this year's Merrylands SwimFest at Merrylands Swimming Centre on Saturday, 19th February, 2011. Thirty Four clubs from in and around Sydney will be represented at the meet with swimmers from as far away as Laurieton in attendance, making this year's meet the biggest since 2008. A full timeline and list of clubs competing can be found in the Merrylands SwimFest section of our website. Please note that the timeline should be used as a guide only. Visiting clubs are reminded to bring their own chairs and shelter as there is limited seating and cover at Merrylands Swimming Centre. We would like to thank the sponsors of the meet for their support. The 2011 Merrylands SwimFest Swim Meet is proudly sponsored by: Starr Partners Real Estate Merrylands Merrylands Bowling & Sports Club TransPacific Major Sponsors Starr Partners Real Estate Merrylands Merrylands Bowling & Sports Club TransPacific See Also Merrylands SwimFest Swim Meet Starr Partners Merrylands Merrylands Bowling & Sports Club TransPacific
Speedo Sprint Series Heat Results 07 February 2011 Peter-Johnston Latest News Merrylands' team of 12 swimmers swam extremely well at the Speedo Sprint Series Heats. with new personal best times swum in 28 out of 34 events. For 8 of the swimmers this was their first Speedo Sprint Series and for many, their first meet at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. Despite this, they managed to overcome their nerves and put into practice what they have been learning at training and club over the past months to take huge chunks of time off their PBs. Isaac Adamson, Jessica Adamson, Emily Allen, Emily Evans, Anthony Farrugia, Haley Sharp, Carl Sorensen and Taysha Wilson all swam particularly well - swimming new personal best times in all their events. Fady Farid achieved the club's best results at the meet, finishing 8th in the 50m Breaststroke, 50m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly. Congratulations to all our swimmers on their performances. A big thank you to Vicki Baker and Peta Tunks, our Team Managers for the day, and Peter Johnston and Steven Nguyen, the coaches of the team.