State Age Short Course Entries

26 August 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
Entries for the 2005 NSW State Age Short Course Championships close on Monday, 29th August, 2005.

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 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 NSW meets, read the Championship Procedures information in the Swim Meets Section.

No late entries will be accepted.

See Also
  • 2005 NSW State Age Short Course Championships - Program of Events
  • 2005 NSW State Age Short Course 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

    • Cumberland Short Course Championship Results

    21 August 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Merrylands' four swimmers performed well at this weekend's Cumberland Short Course Championships despite a disrupted preparation.

    All of our swimmers swam at least one personal best time with a total of 8 PBs from 15 swims. We also had finalists in 9 events. All of this after only one full week of pool training over the last 7 weeks due to the closure of Wentworthville Pool.

    Our first PB of the meet didn't come until Session 3, when Peter Johnston took over a second off his time in the Open 200m Breaststroke. But from then on, our swimmers swam personal best times in 7 out of the remaining 10 events.
    Amber Johnson took just under a second off her 50m Breastroke time and broke her 100m Freestyle time by over 3 seconds. Todd Jenkin broke his 50m Freestyle time to go under 27 seconds for the first time while Peter Johnston went under 32 seconds for the first time in the 50m Butterfly.
    Brittany Johnson did PBs in all three of her events, breaking her times in the 50m Freestyle, 50m Butterfly and finishing off the meet with a 3.5 second PB in the 200m Individual Medley.

    Our finalists at the meet included:

    Brittany Johnson
    50m Freestyle (8th)
    50m Butterfly (6th)
    200m Individual Medley (8th)
    Todd Jenkin
    50m Freestyle (10th)
    50m Breaststroke (5th)
    100m Breaststroke (6th)
    Peter Johnston
    50m Freestyle (10th)
    50m Breaststroke (9th)
    50m Butterfly (7th)


    Congratulations to all 4 swimmers on their performances. The full results are now available.

    See Also
  • 2005 Cumberland District Open & Age Short Course Championships - Results

    • Cumberland Short Course Championships

    13 August 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Four swimmers will represent Merrylands at the Cumberland Open & Age Short Course Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre from August 20-21, 2005.

    Our team will contest 17 events over the two days and will consist of:

    Amber Johnson
    Brittany Johnson
    Todd Jenkin
    Peter Johnston

    Congratulations to all 4 swimmers for qualifying and good luck at the meet.

    See Also
  • 2005 Cumberland District Open & Age Short Course Championships - Program of Events & Qualifying Times
  • State, Metropolitan and Country Championship Procedures

  • Competitor Information

  • Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Parking Arrangements

    • Cumberland Short Course Entries

    23 July 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Entries for the 2005 Cumberland District Open & Age Short Course Championships close on Monday, 1st August, 2005.

    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
  • 2005 Cumberland District Open & Age Short Course Championships - Program of Events & Qualifying Times
  • Qualifying Time Information

  • Multi-Entry Card Information

  • Winter Meet Entry Procedures

  • State, Metropolitan and Country Championship Procedures

  • Competitor Information

  • Schedule of Constants

  • Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre Parking Arrangements

    • 2005 World Swimming Championships

    21 July 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    The swimming events at the XI FINA World Championships begin in Montreal, Canada on Sunday, 24th July, 2005. The Championships run until Sunday, 31st July and, as usual, Channel Nine's Wide World of Sports will be showing each day’s entire finals program.

    The coverage will begin on Saturday July 23 with two hours (2pm-4pm) of highlights of diving, water polo and open water swimming as well as a preview to the pool events.

    Then from Monday July 25 until Friday July 29 each day’s finals will be seen starting at 9am and finishing at 11am. There will also be a half-hour highlights package each afternoon from 4.30pm.

    The following Saturday and Sunday will see the action start an hour earlier at 8am with the last day’s action on Monday August 1 starting at 8:30am.

    A two-hour highlights package will also be shown at 2pm on Saturday July 30.

    Fox Sports will have two hours of coverage every day from Monday July 25 starting at 12 noon.

    For full details of the events and television coverage see the schedule here.

    See Also
  • 11th FINA World Swimming Championships - Finals Program & Television Coverage

  • 11th FINA World Swimming Championships Website

  • FINA

    • NSW State Open Short Course Championships

    08 July 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Todd Jenkin was Merrylands' sole representative at the NSW State Open Short Course Championships which began earlier tonight at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre.

    Todd, competing in the championships for the first time, finished just 0.05 seconds outside his personal best time in the Open 50m Breaststroke.

    Congratulations Todd for qualifying and on his swim.

    See Also
  • 2005 NSW State Open Short Course Championships - Results

    • Farewell Kristen

    02 July 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Merrylands swimming pool was alive on Friday 1st July where young and old, new and retired members and friends of Merrylands Swimming Club came together to farewell a long time coach and friend, Kristen Sunner.

    Swimmers from Kristen’s early days as a coach at McCredie Park, to swimmers from the beginning at Merrylands and to swimmers and families of the present were all there to celebrate Kristen’s time as coach.

    All the swimmers joined in a photo with Kristen to mark the memories. We all enjoyed a lovely meal, thanks to the Cheryl and everyone who brought along a plate of food.

    Speeches were made and presents distributed. Kristen summed up her coaching career and Todd, Brittany, Amber and Greta made a lovely speech on behalf of all the swimmers and club members. Kristen was presented with a Merrylands club shirt signed by all the swimmers, past and present as a momento.

    The night was a lot of fun with lots of jokes told and stories swapped. It was really good to see a lot of old members return to join the party, to show just how much impact one person can have on so many lives. Everyone had an awesome night; a big thank you to Cheryl for putting on the evening. On behalf of everyone I would like to thank Kristen for all her time spent with the club and her dedication to all swimmers young and old. She will be missed greatly and has left a big gap to fill.

    See Also
  • Club Coach Resigns

    • Metropolitan Results

    30 June 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Merrylands' 4 swimmers performed well at last weekend’s NSW Metropolitan Short Course Championships.

    Todd Jenkin, Troy Tomkinson and Peter Johnston all finished in the top 20 in at least one of their events with Todd breaking one P.B. and Troy breaking two. Brittany Johnson and Peter were only fractionally outside their entry times.

    The full results are now available.

    Congratulations to all 4 swimmers.

    See Also
  • 2005 NSW Metropolitan Short Course Championships - Results

    • NSW Metropolitan Short Course Championships

    19 June 2005 Peter-Johnston Latest News
    Merrylands will represented by 4 swimmers at next weekend’s NSW Metropolitan Short Course Championships.
    With some swimmers no longer competing, having left the club, injured or not qualifying, this year's team will be our smallest since 2000.
    The team will contest a total of 11 events over the two days of the championships and will be the final team overseen by Kristen Sunner before she finishes up as club coach at the end of June.

    The team consists of:

    Todd Jenkin
    16yrs & Over 100m Breaststroke (Day 1 - Session 2 - 2:54pm)
    Open 50m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Session 4 - 2:36pm)
    Troy Tomkinson
    16yrs & Over 100m Butterfly (Day 1 - Session 1 - 11:04am)
    16yrs & Over 50m Freestyle (Day 1 - Session 2 - 1:42pm)
    16yrs & Over 100m Individual Medley (Day 2 - Session 3 - 9:00am)
    Open 50m Butterfly (Day 2 - Session 3 - 10:21am)
    16yrs & Over 50m Backstroke (Day 2 - Session 3 - 10:52am)
    Peter Johnston
    16yrs & Over 50m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Session 4 - 2:29pm)
    Brittany Johnson
    14/15yrs 50m Breaststroke (Day 2 - Session 3 - 9:34am)
    14/15yrs 100m Individual Medley (Day 2 - Session 3 - 11:22am)
    14/15yrs 50m Butterfly (Day 2 - Session 4 - 2:23pm)

    Times should be used as a guide only.

    Congratulations to all 4 swimmers for qualifying. Swimmers can collect their Competitors Passes this week.

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

    See Also
  • 2005 NSW Metropolitan Short Course Championships - Program of Events
  • 2005 NSW Metropolitan Short Course 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