Nepean Twilight Meet Results

Fourteen swimmers and their supporters travelled to Glenbrook on Saturday afternoon for the Nepean Twilight Meet, and took 10 medals home with them.

Brittany Johnson won 5 medals at the meet, 4 of them gold. Amber Johnson and Peter Johnston both took home 2 medals each, a silver and a bronze. Fady Farid was our 4th medallist at the meet, finishing 2nd in the 25m Backstroke.

A number of swimmers also swam new personal best times with Hayley Baker, Emily Evans, Fady Farid, Philo Farid, Amber Johnson, Jack Sloane and Lachlan Stewart all breaking their times in at least one event.

Congratulations to our swimmers on their results. Thank you to Vicki Baker for transporting the club shelters to the meet.

Medal Tally
Gold 4
Silver 3
Bronze 3

Merrylands SwimFest Entries

The entries for our annual swimming meet, the Merrylands SwimFest Swim Meet close on Saturday, 6th February, 2010.
This is our carnival so please make sure you support it either as a swimmer or an official.

The meet will be held at Merrylands Swimming Centre on Saturday, 20th February. This year's meet will again feature electronic timing and anti-wave lane ropes.

This year, entries for the meet can be submitted online, with payment via credit card. Instructions and more details on Online Entries can be found here.
If you are unable to enter online, you can still submit entry cards on a Saturday morning.

For more information visit the Merrylands SwimFest section of our website.

We would like to thank the sponsors of the meet for their support.

The 2010 Merrylands SwimFest Swim Meet is proudly sponsored by:
  • St George Bank Greystanes

  • Merrylands Bowling & Sports Club

  • TransPacific


  • and supported by:
  • Starr Partners Real Estate Merrylands


  • Major Sponsors

    St George Bank

    Merrylands Bowling & Sports Club

    TransPacific

    St George Bank Greystanes Merrylands Bowling & Sports Club TransPacific

    Supporting Sponsors

    Starr Partners Merrylands

    “Real Estate...made easy”

    Starr Partners Real Estate Merrylands


    See Also
  • Merrylands SwimFest Swim Meet

  • St George Bank Greystanes

  • Merrylands Bowling & Sports Club

  • TransPacific
  • Starr Partners Merrylands
  • Metro South West Entries

    Entries for the 2010 Metro South West Area Championships close on Saturday, 6th February, 2010. The Championships will be held at the Blacktown Aquatic Centre on Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th February, 2010.

    To compete at these championships, you must have achieved the required qualifying time (where applicable).

    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
  • 2010 Metro South West Area Championships - Program of Events

  • 2010 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)
  • Central Coast Masters Results

    Five members travelled to Gosford for the Central Coast Masters Meet on Saturday. The meet, held at Gosford Olympic Pool, was first round of the NSW Masters Branch Pointscore for 2010.

    Brittany Johnson, David Johnson, Peter Johnston, Steven Nguyen and Ian Wilson represented the club at the meet, with Brittany, David and Steven all swimming at their first masters meet.

    Brittany and Peter both finished first in all of their events, while Steven finished in first place in two of his events. Ian finished 1st in the 50m Backstroke, and David Johnson finished 3rd in two of his events. Our Mens 120-159yrs relay team also finished in first place. A number of new PBs were also swum.

    As a club, we finished in 12th place on 157 points. On the Average Pointscore we finished in 4th place with an average of 31.4 points per swimmer.

    Congratulations to all our swimmers on their results and thank you to Teresa and Amber Johnson for their support as Timekeeper and Team Manager.

    Central Coast Masters Meet

    Five members will travel to the Central Coast for the first round of the NSW Masters Branch Pointscore on Saturday, 16th January, 2010.

    The meet will be held at the Gosford Olympic Pool and Merrylands will be sending it's biggest team of Masters swimmers to the meet since the club affiliated with Masters Swimming NSW in 2008.

    The club will be represented by Brittany Johnson, David Johnson, Peter Johnston, Steven Nguyen and Ian Wilson.

    Good luck to our members competing at the meet.

    See Also
  • Masters Swimming NSW Branch Pointscore - Round 1 - Gosford City Seagulls Meet - Program of Events

  • 2009 Gosford Masters Meet - Report

  • Masters Registration

  • New Masters Competition
  • Nepean Twilight Entries

    Entries for the Nepean Twilight Meet close on Saturday, 16th January, 2010.

    The meet will be held at Glenbrook on Saturday, 30th January. Last year our team of 15 swimmers took home 23 medals from the meet, with a large numner of personal best times also swum.

    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
  • 2010 Nepean Twilight Meet - Program of Events

  • 2009 Nepean Twilight Meet - Report

  • Meet Entry Procedures

  • How to complete a NSW Multi Entry Card

  • Competitor Information
  • Speedo Sprint Series Entries

    Entries for the 2010 NSW Speedo Sprint Series close on Saturday, 16th January, 2010.

    For more than 30 years the Speedo Sprint Series has been an important entry-level meet and has been many swimmers first swimming meet outside their club races.

    Due to it's timing, the meet, along with the Merrylands SwimFest, also provides good practice for School Swimming Carnivals.

    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
  • 2010 NSW Speedo Sprint Series - Metro South West Area Heats - Program of Events

  • 2010 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 Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Parking Arrangements
  • NSW State Age 10/U-12yrs Championships

    Timothy Tunks will represent Merrylands at the NSW State Age 10/U-12yrs Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre this weekend.

    This will be Tim's first ever State Championships and he will compete in both the 50m Freestyle and 100m Breaststroke events at the meet.

    Timothy Tunks
    10yrs & Under 50m Freestyle (Day 2 - Session 3 - 9:00am)
    10yrs & Under 100m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Session 3 - 9:55am)

    Times should be used as a guide only.

    Congratulations to Tim on qualifying and good luck to him at the meet. You can follow Tim's progress over the weekend at http://www.nswswimming.com.au/.

    See Also
  • 2010 NSW State Age 10/U-12yrs Championships - Program of Events

  • 2010 NSW State Age 10/U-12yrs Championships - Qualifying Times

  • State, Metropolitan and Country Championship Procedures

  • Competitor Information

  • Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Parking Arrangements
  • State Age 13-18yrs Results

    Amber Johnson swam a new personal best time in her 50m Freestyle at the NSW State Age 13-18yrs Championships on Tuesday.

    Our team competed in 5 individual events at the six day meet which concludes at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre tonight.

    This year was the first time that Amber had contested the 50m Freestyle event at a State Championships since 2002, and she took 0.17 seconds off her best time to finish in 30.00. Amber also swam the 100m and 200m Backstroke events, but was just outside the times she swam at the Metropolitan Championships in December.

    Anthony Ventra also competed in the 50m Freestyle, swimming his second fastest time ever to finish just 0.09 outside his PB in 26.87. In the 100m Breaststroke, Anthony was just outside the PB he swam at the Metropolitan Championships in December.

    Timothy Tunks will swim at the 10yrs & Under to 12yrs Championships next weekend.

    See Also
  • 2010 NSW State Age 13-18yrs Championships - Team
  • 2002 NSW State Age Short Course Championships - Team
  • NSW State Age 13-18yrs Championships

    Merrylands will be represented by 2 swimmers at the NSW State Age 13-18yrs Championships which start at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Monday, 4th January, 2010.

    Our team will compete in 5 individual events over the six day meet.

    Amber Johnson will be competing in three events at the meet with her first event, the 16yrs 50m Freestyle, on Tuesday. This meet is the first time Amber has qualified for a Freestyle event at a State Championships since she made her debut as a 9 year old back in 2002 at the State Age Short Course Championships. At subsequent State and Metropolitan Championships, she has only been able to qualify for Backstroke events, narrowly missing out on qualifying for other Freestyle events on a number of occasions.
    Amber will also compete in both the 16yrs 100m and 200m Backstroke events later in the week.

    Anthony Ventra will also be swimming at the meet and will compete in the 16yrs 50m Freestyle and 100m Breaststroke.

    Anthony Ventra
    16yrs 50m Freestyle (Day 2 - Tuesday Heats (Session 3) - 10:55am)
    16yrs 100m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Tuesday Heats (Session 3) - 12:04pm)
    Amber Johnson
    16yrs 50m Freestyle (Day 2 - Tuesday Heats (Session 3) - 10:51am)
    16yrs 100m Backstroke (Day 3 - Wednesday Heats (Session 5) - 9:56am
    16yrs 200m Backstroke (Day 6 - Saturday Heats (Session 11) - 10:49am

    Times should be used as a guide only.

    Congratulations to Amber and Anthony for qualifying and good luck to them at the meet. You can follow our team's progress over the week at http://www.nswswimming.com.au/.
    Timothy Tunks will swim at the 10yrs & Under to 12yrs Championships in mid January.

    See Also
  • 2010 NSW State Age 13-18yrs Championships - Program of Events

  • 2010 NSW State Age 13-18yrs Championships - Qualifying Times

  • State, Metropolitan and Country Championship Procedures

  • Competitor Information

  • Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Parking Arrangements

  • 2002 NSW State Age Short Course Championships - Team