Metropolitan Results

05 March 2006 Peter-Johnston Latest News
Two Merrylands swimmers swam personal best times at this weekend's NSW Metropolitan Championships.

Brittany Johnson put some disappointing swims on Saturday behind her to come back on Sunday and break her 100m Freestyle time by almost 1.3 seconds, finishing in 1:05.33.
Peter Johnston also broke his P.B. taking almost 2 seconds off his time in the 100m Breaststroke to touch in 1:19.97.

Our other swimmers were also very close to their entry times. The full results are now available.

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

    • NSW Metropolitan Championships

    27 February 2006 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The 2006 NSW Metropolitan Championships will be held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Saturday 4th & Sunday 5th March, 2006.

    Our club will be represented by 5 swimmers at the meet, competing in 9 individual events with this year's team featuring a mixture of new and experienced swimmers.
    Anthony Ventra will compete at his first Metropolitan Championships after qualifying at the Cumberland Championships earlier this month. David Wang returns to our Metropolitan team having missed last year's short course season due to injury and Peter Johnston also returns to the long course team having last competed at the long course championships in 2003.
    Todd Jenkin, competing in his third long course championships will contest 3 events at the meet while Brittany Johnson, competing in only her second long course championships will be our only female representative.

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

    Anthony Ventra
    12yrs 100m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Session 4 - 1:33pm)
    David Wang
    12yrs 100m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Session 4 - 1:33pm)
    Todd Jenkin
    17yrs & Over 100m Breaststroke (Day 1 - Session 1 - 11:44am)
    Open 100m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Session 3 - 10:38am)
    Open 50m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Session 4 - 1:00pm)
    Peter Johnston
    17yrs & Over 100m Breaststroke (Day 1 - Session 1 - 11:44am)
    Brittany Johnson
    16yrs 100m Butterfly (Day 1 - Session 1 - 11:41pm)
    16yrs 100m Breaststroke (Day 1 - Session 2 - 3:29pm)
    16yrs 100m Freestyle (Day 2 - Session 3 - 11:30am)

    Times should be used as a guide only.

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

  • Competitor Information

  • Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Parking Arrangements

    • Merrylands SwimFest Results

    26 February 2006 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.




    It's our Club... That's the difference!
    Merrylands Bowling & Sports Club


    See Also
  • Merrylands SwimFest

    • Speedo Sprint Series Heat Results

    20 February 2006 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    David Wang finished third in the 12yrs 50m Breaststroke at the Speedo Sprint Series Heats yesterday, narrowly missing out on qualifying for the Finals Series.

    David took almost 2 seconds off his 50m Breaststroke time to finish in 39.98, just 3/10ths behind 2nd place. The top 3 swimmers were separated by less than a second. He narrowly missed out on qualifying for the finals in the 50m Freestyle as well finishing third again. David also finished fourth in the 50m Backstroke.

    All of our other swimmers broke at least one P.B. with our swimmers breaking their times in 34 out of 45 events.

    The following 8 swimmers finished in the top 10 in at least one of their events:

    Mitchell Burt
    Amber Johnson
    Sarah Pearn
    Andrew Stanford
    Greg Stanford
    Jayden Stephens
    Anthony Ventra
    David Wang

    Congratulations to all our swimmers on their results.

    See Also
  • 2006 Cumberland District Speedo Sprint Series Heats - Results

    • Speedo Sprint Series Heats

    17 February 2006 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The Cumberland District Speedo Sprint Series Heats will be held this Sunday at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre. Warm-Up is at 12:00pm for an 1:00pm start.

    Merrylands will be sending a team of 13 swimmers to the meet to compete in 45 individual events. Our team consists of:
    Dylan Baker
    Jasmina Barakat
    Mitchell Burt
    Amber Johnson
    Sarah Pearn
    Andrew Stanford
    Greg Stanford
    Matthew Stanford
    Jayden Stephens
    Kristi Stephens
    Lachlan Stewart
    Anthony Ventra
    David Wang

    David Wang and Anthony Ventra should both go close to making the finals of the series in the 50m Breaststroke, having both finished in the top 10 in the 100m Breaststroke at the Cumberland Championships last weekend.

    The top 2 swimmers from each event at the district heats will progress to the series finals at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Sunday, 12th March, 2006.

    Good luck to all of our swimmers competing at the meet especially the 5 swimmers who are attending their first Speedo Sprint Series. All swimmers are asked to wear a club cap when they compete.
    Those swimmers attending the meet for the first time should read the Competitor Information and State, Metropolitan and Country Championship Procedures.

    And don't forget you money for your Speedo Sprint Series T-Shirt!

    See Also
  • 2006 Cumberland District Speedo Sprint Series Heats - Program of Events

  • 2006 Speedo Sprint Series Finals & Grand Finals - Program of Events

  • Competitor Information

  • State, Metropolitan and Country Championship Procedures

  • Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Parking Arrangements

    • Cumberland Championship Results

    13 February 2006 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Merrylands swimmers won medals in two events at yesterday's Cumberland Championships.

    Todd Jenkin won the bronze medal in the 17yrs & Over 50m Breaststroke, breaking his long course P.B. to finish in 33.59. Our other medalist was the Boys 11-12yrs 4x50m Medley Relay. The team consisting of Greg Stanford, Anthony Ventra, David Wang and Mitchell Burt took over 6 seconds off their entry time to finish 2nd, four hundredths of a second in front of 3rd place. All 4 swimmers in the team also swam under their PBs.

    Our other swimmers also performed well, with 13 finalists out of the 22 events contested.

    Our finalists were:

    Anthony Ventra
    12yrs 100m Breaststroke (8th)
    David Wang
    12yrs 100m Freestyle (5th)
    12yrs 200m Individual Medley (9th)
    12yrs 100m Breaststroke (6th)
    Todd Jenkin
    17yrs & Over 50m Breaststroke (3rd)
    Open 100m Breaststroke (5th)
    Peter Johnston
    17yrs & Over 50m Breaststroke (9th)
    17yrs & Over 50m Butterfly (10th)
    Brittany Johnson
    16yrs 100m Breaststroke (4th)
    16yrs 100m Butterfly (6th)
    Boys 11-12yrs 4x50m Freestyle Relay
    David Wang, Greg Stanford
    Mitchell Burt, Anthony Ventra    		 (4th)
    Boys 11-12yrs 4x50m Medley Relay
    Greg Stanford, Anthony Ventra
    David Wang, Mitchell Burt    		 (2nd)
    Womens Open 4x50m Freestyle Relay
    Brittany Johnson, Greta Guajardo
    Rachel Johnston, Amber Johnson    		 (6th)

    Our swimmers also swam 21 personal best times with another 6 unofficial PBs swum in the relays. Mitchell Burt (100m Backstroke, 100m Breaststroke), Anthony Ventra (100m Breaststroke) and Amber Johnson (100m Backstroke) all swam two PBs in one event, breaking both their 50m and 100m times in their 100m events.

    The swimmers who swam PBs were:

    Greg Stanford
    50m Backstroke (Relay Leg)
    50m Freestyle (Relay Leg) (Unofficial)
    Mitchell Burt
    100m Backstroke (50m & 100m)
    100m Breaststroke (50m & 100m)
    50m Freestyle (Relay Leg) (Unofficial)
    Anthony Ventra
    100m Breaststroke (50m & 100m)
    100m Freestyle
    50m Breaststroke (Relay Leg) (Unofficial)
    50m Freestyle (Relay Leg) (Unofficial)
    David Wang
    100m Freestyle
    200m Individual Medley
    100m Breaststroke
    50m Freestyle (Relay Leg)
    50m Butterfly (Relay Leg) (Unofficial)
    Todd Jenkin
    50m Breaststroke
    100m Breaststroke
    Peter Johnston
    50m Freestyle
    50m Butterfly
    Amber Johnson
    100m Backstroke (50m & 100m)
    Brittany Johnson
    100m Breaststroke
    Butterfly
    Rachel Johnson
    50m Freestyle
    50m Freestyle (Relay Leg) (Unofficial)

    Our club finished 19th overall with 67 points.

    Congratulations to all our swimmers on their great results.

    The full results with split times are available here.

    See Also
  • Cumberland Open & Age Championships

  • 2005/2006 Cumberland Open & Age Championships - Results

    • Cumberland Open & Age Championships

    09 February 2006 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The 2006 Cumberland Open & Age Championships will be held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre this weekend. Merrylands will have a team of 10 swimmers competing in 19 individual events and 3 relays over the two days of the Championships.

    Our team consists of:

    Mitchell Burt
    12yrs 100m Backstroke (Day 1 - Session 1 - 9:37am)
    12yrs 100m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Session 4 - 1:25pm)
    Anthony Ventra
    12yrs 100m Freestyle (Day 1 - Session 1 - 10:27am)
    12yrs 100m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Session 4 - 1:25pm)
    David Wang
    12yrs 100m Freestyle (Day 1 - Session 1 - 10:27am)
    12yrs 200m Individual Medley (Day 1 - Session 2 - 1:43pm)
    12yrs 100m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Session 4 - 1:25pm)
    Todd Jenkin
    Senior 50m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Session 3 - 9:54am)
    Open 100m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Session 4 - 3:42pm)
    Peter Johnston
    17yrs & Over 50m Freestyle (Day 1 - Session 1 - 9:58am)
    17yrs & Over 50m Backstroke (Day 1 - Session 2 - 2:01pm)
    17yrs & Over 50m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Session 3 - 9:54am)
    17yrs & Over 50m Butterfly (Day 2 - Session 4 - 3:01pm)
    Amber Johnson
    13yrs 100m Backstroke (Day 1 - Session 2 - 3:25pm)
    Greta Guajardo
    14yrs 100m Backstroke (Day 1 - Session 2 - 2:13pm)
    14yrs 100m Freestyle (Day 1 - Session 2 - 4:31pm)
    Brittany Johnson
    16yrs 100m Breaststroke (Day 1 - Session 1 - 11:16am)
    16yrs 100m Butterfly (Day 1 - Session 2 - 4:24pm)
    Rachel Johnston
    17yrs & Over 50m Freestyle (Day 1 - Session 1 - 10:00am)
    11/12yrs Relays
    Boys 11/12yrs 4x50m Freestyle Relay
        David Wang, Greg Stanford,
        Mitchell Burt, Anthony Ventra    		 (Day 1 - Session 1 - 11:47am)
    Boys 11/12yrs 4x50m Medley Relay
        Greg Stanford, Anthony Ventra,
        David Wang, Mitchell Burt    		 (Day 2 - Session 4 - 3:35pm)
    Open Relays
    Womens Open 4x50m Freestyle Relay
        Brittany Johnson, Greta Guajardo,
        Rachel Johnston, Amber Johnson    		 (Day 1 - Session 2 - 4:41pm)

    Times should be used as a guide only.

    Congratulations to the 10 swimmers for qualifying and good luck at the meet.

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

    See Also
  • 2006 Cumberland Open & Age Championships - Program of Events & Qualifying Times
  • State, Metropolitan and Country Championship Procedures

  • Competitor Information

  • Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Parking Arrangements

    • Merrylands SwimFest Entries

    05 February 2006 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The entries for our annual swimming meet, the Merrylands SwimFest Swim Meet close on Saturday, 11th February, 2006.
    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 Sunday, 26th February. This year's meet will again feature electronic timing and anti-wave lane ropes.

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

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

    The 2006 Merrylands SwimFest Swim Meet is proudly sponsored by:
  • Merrylands Bowling & Sports Club
  • Merrylands RSL Club


    • and supported by:
  • Starr Partners Merrylands





    • It's our Club... That's the difference!
    Merrylands Bowling & Sports Club


    See Also
  • Merrylands SwimFest Swim Meet

  • Merrylands Bowling & Sports Club

  • Merrylands RSL Club

    • 2005 Telstra Swimming Assistance Fund

    30 January 2006 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Merrylands Amateur Swimming Club is proud to be announced as a recipient of the 2005 Telstra Swimming Assistance Fund.

    Through the fund the club has received some much needed equipment that will be used as part the club's Learn to Swim, Club Races and Training programs. 99 grants were awarded from 269 applications across the country.

    The club has also received a "Green" Award as part of Swimming Australia's GoClub program.

    We thank Telstra and the Swimming Foundation for their support.



    Telstra  The Swimming Foundation

    Telstra & the Swimming Foundation

    See Also
  • Telstra

  • Swimming Foundation

    • Australian Championships

    27 January 2006 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The 2006 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships begin at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre on Monday.

    The Championships will feature Australia's golden girls from last year's World Championships – Jodie Henry, Libby Lenton, Alice Mills, Leisel Jones, Giaan Rooney, Jessicah Schipper and host of emerging new stars along with the return of Ian Thorpe.

    The Championships will be held from January 30th to February 3 and will double as the selection trials for the 2006 Commonwealth Games and 2006 Pan Pacific Championships teams.

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

    See Also
  • 2006 Australian Swimming Championships Finals Program and Television Coverage

  • Swimming Australia

  • Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games

  • 2006 Pan Pacific Championships

  • Wide World of Sports

  • Fox Sports