State Age Results

21 January 2008 Peter-Johnston Latest News
Amber Johnson swam two new personal best times at the NSW State Age 13-18yrs Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre last week.

On Wednesday morning in the 100m Backstroke, Amber took 0.41 seconds off her PB to finish in 24th place in a time of 1:13.25.

Amber then returned on Friday morning to contest the 200m Backstroke where she finished in 28th place in 2:41.01, breaking her PB by 0.16 seconds.

Congratulations to Amber on her results and thank you to those members who came along to support her. The full results with split times are available here.

See Also
  • 2008 NSW State Age Championships - Team

  • 2008 NSW State Age 13-18yrs Championships - Results

  • 2008 NSW State Age 10-12yrs Championships - Results

    • NSW State Age Championships

    14 January 2008 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Amber Johnson will be Merrylands' sole representative at the NSW State Age 13-18yrs Championships which start at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre today.

    This will be Amber's first State Championships since 2004, competing in both the 14yrs 100m and 200m Backstroke events.

    Amber Johnson
    14yrs 200m Backstroke (Day 3 - Wednesday)
    14yrs 100m Backstroke (Day 5 - Friday)

    Congratulations to Amber for qualifying. You can follow her progress over the week at http://www.nswswimming.com.au/.

    On the weekend, Rebecca Tuivawa, a Second Claim Member of our club, competed at the 10/U-12yrs Championships, representing McCredie Park Aquatics. Rebecca swam in the 12yrs 100m Backstroke and 100m Butterfly events, breaking her PB in the Backstroke by 0.85 and her Butterfly PB by 2.56.

    See Also
  • 2008 NSW State Age 10-12yrs Championships - Results

  • 2008 NSW State Age 13-18yrs Championships - Program of Events

  • 2008 NSW State Age 13-18yrs Championships - Qualifying Times

  • State, Metropolitan and Country Championship Procedures

  • Competitor Information

  • Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Parking Arrangements

    • Cumberland Championship Entries

    10 January 2008 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Entries for the 2007-2008 Cumberland District Open & Age Championships are due in with our Race Secretary by Saturday, 12th January, 2008. 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
  • 2007-2008 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

    • On the Blocks to Beijing

    03 January 2008 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Sports fans will be treated to the perfect appetizer to this year's Olympic Games when the country's best swimmers go head to head as they vie for selection on the Australian swim team to compete in Beijing in 2008.

    The 2008 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships will be held in Sydney from Saturday, 22nd March until Saturday, 29 March, 2008.

    All of Australia's big names will be on pool deck battling it out to gain selection on the most hotly contested team of them all. See Hackett, Jones, Lenton, Henry, Monk, Schipper, Welsh and many more!

    Club Members will be able to purchase discounted finals tickets to the World Cup for $22 per adult and $15 per concession/child or $65 per family (2 Adults, 2 Children). As usual, this offer is only available through the club.

    This year you can purchase your tickets directly from Ticketek here (you must use this link to get the discounted prices) or by calling Ticketek on 132 849. The password for phone and box office sales is ‘Dolphin’. This must be quoted to receive the discounted prices.

    Swimming NSW is also giving you the chance to win a trip for two people to see Australia's top swimmers battle it out at the Championships. The prize includes accommodation at the Novotel Sydney Olympic Park for 2 nights, finals tickets for two people to the Championships on two nights, two tickets to the Sydney Royal Easter Show, a Samsung NextG mobile phone handset and a Speedo gift pack. Click here for more details on how to enter.



    See Also
  • 2008 Australian Swimming Championships - Program of Events

  • Ticketek - Club Ticket Offer - Finals Tickets

  • Ticketek - Club Ticket Offer - Heats Tickets

  • Swimming NSW Competition Details

  • Swimming NSW Competition - Terms & Conditions

    • January School Holiday Training Times

    20 December 2007 Peter-Johnston Squad Training News
    Our last training session for 2007 is on Thursday, 20th December. Training then recommences on Wednesday, 2nd January.

    Training sessions during the School Holidays will be held in the mornings or late afternoon 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, 28th January, 2008.

    See Also
  • Training Schedule

    • Metropolitan Results

    19 December 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Merrylands' team of 4 swimmers swam well at the 2007/08 NSW Metropolitan Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on the weekend, with PBs in 3 out of 6 events, 3 top 20 finishes and 2 State qualifying times.

    On Saturday morning Anthony Ventra and David Wang competed in the 14yrs 100m Breaststroke, finishing in 13th and 16th places respectively, in times just outside their PBs.
    Next up Peter Johnston improved his ranking in both his events. Swimming in the 100m Breaststroke, Peter finished in a time just outside his PB. Later in the session, he took 0.05 off his PB in the 50m Breaststroke.

    Also swimming on Saturday morning, Amber Johnson took 2.25 seconds off her 100m Backstroke to finish just outside the top 10 in 11th place.
    Amber backed-up on Sunday morning to swim the 200m Backstroke, breaking her PB by 2.96 seconds and improving her ranking by 10 places.
    Both of Amber's swims qualified her for the State Championships in January.

    Swimming for McCredie Park, second claim member Rebecca Tuivawa also swam 2 new personal best times.

    Congratulations to all 5 swimmers on their results.

    The full results are now available here.

    See Also
  • 2007/08 NSW Metropolitan Championships - Results

  • 2007/08 NSW Metropolitan Championships Team

    • 2007/08 NSW Metropolitan Championships Team

    NSW Metropolitan Championships

    11 December 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The 2007 NSW Metropolitan Championships will be held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th December, 2007.

    The club will be represented by 4 swimmers at the meet, competing in 6 individual events.

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

    Anthony Ventra
    14yrs 100m Breaststroke (Day 1 - Session 1 - 9:38am)
    David Wang
    14yrs 100m Breaststroke (Day 1 - Session 1 - 9:38am)
    Amber Johnson
    14yrs 100m Backstroke (Day 1 - Session 1 - 10:30am)
    14/15yrs 200m Backstroke (Day 2 - Session 3 - 11:24am)
    Peter Johnston
    16yrs & Over 100m Breaststroke (Day 1 - Session 1 - 10:07am)
    Open 50m Breaststroke (Day 1 - Session 1 - 11:15am)

    Times should be used as a guide only.

    Rebecca Tuivawa, a Second Claim Member of our club, will also be competing at the Championships, for McCredie Park Aquatics. Rebecca will be swimming in the 12yrs 100m Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly events.

    Congratulations to the 5 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/.

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

  • Competitor Information

  • Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Parking Arrangements

    • FINA Swimming World Cup

    11 October 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    On the back of the extremely successful Duel in the Pool, Sydney’s next big international swim meet is about to descend on Australia and all roads lead to the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.

    The 2007 FINA / Arena Swimming World Cup, presented by Telstra is coming to Sydney on 2 and 3 November 2007.

    All of Australia’s big names are expected to be on pool deck to battle it out with some of the biggest names in international swimming as they compete for international ascendancy leading into Beijing next year. See Hackett, Jones, Lenton, Monk, Mills and many more!

    Club Members will be able to purchase discounted finals tickets to the World Cup for $22 per adult and $15 per concession/child or $65 per family (2 Adults, 2 Children). As usual, this offer is only available through the club.

    This year you can purchase your tickets directly from Ticketek here (you must use this link to get the discounted prices) or by calling Ticketek on 132 849. The password for phone and box office sales is ‘Dolphin’. This must be quoted to receive the discounted prices.



    See Also
  • 2007 FINA/ARENA Swimming World Cup - Program of Events

  • Ticketek - Club Ticket Offer

    • Telstra Swimmer of the Year Competition

    10 October 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    You could win the ultimate entertainment package or equipment for our club just by voting for your favourite swimmer in the Telstra People's Choice Award.

    The major prize includes a Sony LCD TV, Notebook computer, Sony Walkman, PlayStation 3, $500 voucher for BigPond Movies, $500 voucher for BigPond Music, plus, if you're a Telstra customer you'll win $1,000 cash!

    Plus there are bonus prizes including Telstra Next G handsets and BigPond Music and Movies vouchers.

    But that's not all. This year the swimming club named in the greatest number of entries will receive $2,500 worth of equipment, and a visit from one of the 2007 People's Choice nominees.

    To enter, pick your favourite swimmer from the Top eight Australian FINA world ranked swimmers for 2007 (Kate Brookes-Peterson; Matthew Cowdrey; Leisel Jones; Lisbeth Lenton; Brenton Rickard Jessicah Schipper; Craig Stevens; Eamon Sullivan) 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 and our club name to:
      1999 POOL
    Don't forget to put our club name on your entry and you can enter as many times as you like.

    Entries close 11:59pm November 3rd, 2007.

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

    See Also
  • Telstra Swimmer of the Year Competition

  • Swimming Australia

    • NSW Short Course Development Meet

    30 September 2007 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Anthony Ventra and Amber Johnson both took home top three ribbons from the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre today as they represented Cumberland at the NSW Short Course Development Meet.

    Amber finished with two individual ribbons after finishing third in both the 50m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke. In the Freestyle, Amber took just under half a second off her P.B. to win her heat in 30.35 and finish third overall. While in the Backstroke, Amber maintained her ranking going into the event to again finish third in 34.48, just 0.07 seconds outside her personal best time.
    Amber's other two individual swims resulted in two new PBs as she took over 3 seconds off her 50m Breaststroke time and almost 3/4 of a second off her 50m Butterfly.

    Meanwhile, Anthony finished second in the 50m Breaststroke and also swam new personal best times in the 100m Individual Medley, 50m Freestyle and 50m Backstroke. Anthony's 100m IM was a new personal best by over 3 seconds while in the 50m Freestyle he swam under 28 seconds for the first time and took over 1 second off his 50m Backstroke PB.

    Amber and Anthony also combined to make up half of the Cumberland 14yrs & Over Team in the 4x50m Freestyle Relay, finishing in a very close second place.

    Congratulations to both Amber and Anthony on their performances.
    The full results with splits are now available.

    Medal Tally

    Gold 0
    Silver 2
    Bronze 2

    See Also
  • 2007 Cumberland Development Squads Announced

  • 2007 NSW Short Course Development Meet - Results