The 2025 Merrylands SwimFest Swim Meet will be held at Merrylands Swimming Centre on Saturday, 15th February, 2025.
Entries are open, and will close on Saturday, 1st February, 2025. This is our club's carnival so all club members are expected to attend.
For more information visit the Merrylands SwimFest section of our website.
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Our last training session for 2024 will be held on Thursday, 19th December, while our last week of club races will be held on Saturday, 21st December.
Club Races start at 7am as usual, and will include Novelty Events after the regular races.
Club Races will resume on Saturday, 6th January, 2025 with Training resuming on Monday, 6th January.
Our Christmas Party will be held on Saturday, 21st December in conjunction with the Club Races from 7am to 9:30am. All squad members are encouraged to attend the club races and novelty events. We would love to see you there. Enter online here.
Are going to be away at all in December or January?
If you will be away, then please complete the form below to indicate your last day of training and your first day back.
Training Break Form
The Committee and Coaching Staff hope you have enjoyed the first part of the season. Have a Merry Christmas and keep training hard as school carnivals and the Merrylands SwimFest approaches.
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Merrylands' team of 36 swimmers raced hard for club pride at the Inter-Club Cup at Wentworthville Memorial Swimming Centre yesterday. We had swimmers aged from 6 to 72 and everyone united to earn points for the club.
Our team put in a valiant effort and came away with 40 new personal best times. We had 55 top-3 swims, including 19 first-place finishes!
Congratulations to Parramatta City Swim Club's 54 swimmers who retained the cup this year and thank you to McCredie Park Aquatics Club for hosting.
Thank you to our parents for assisting with timekeeping and our technical officials for supporting the meet.
Merrylands will be represented by a team of 37 swimmers this afternoon as we take on Parramatta City and McCredie Park for the 2024 Cumberland Inter-Club Cup.
This year is the 10th running of the cup, and it will be the first time McCredie Park will host it at Wenworthville Swimming Centre.
We wish all our swimmers the best of luck for the meet. Many are swimming in their first swim meet outside of club races. Have a great time, and may the whale be with you!
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Merrylands team of 11 had fantastic results at the Metro South West Championships on the weekend. As a team Merrylands achieved 18 new personal best times, 1 Gold Medal, 3 Silver Medals, 6 top-10 Finishes and had a 100% PB rate in the 100m Freestyle.
Damien Chan had amazing results with 6 new personal bests from 3 events with all his 50m splits being new best times. Damien picked up a trio of silver medals in the 100m Freestyle, Backstroke and Breaststroke.
Leo Zhu won a Gold Medal in a tight finish in the 100m Breaststroke, in a new personal best time. Leo also achieved top 10 finishes in the 50m Breaststroke and 200m Individual Medley and his first sub-27 second swim in the 50m Freestyle.
Gabriella Assi took over 5 seconds off her 100m Freestyle, an event she had only qualified for a week before.
Joseph Assi achieved a new personal best in his 100m Freestyles and his 50m Breaststroke was close to his personal best.
Laura-Belle Casey earned a ribbon in the 50m Breaststroke coming 5th and also swam her second-fastest 200m Freestyle.
Tomas Dlesk swam a speedy 100m Freestyle and took almost 3 seconds off his time.
Patrick Hannan had a tidy 100m Backstroke and achieved a new personal best time by just 0.01 of a second.
Coralie Havea continued to improve her racing skills and came away with a new personal best in the 100m Freestyle.
William Johnston achieved new personal bests in the 50m Backstroke and 50m Freestyle and picked up top 10 ribbons for both swims.
Alison Johnston came away with a ribbon with a 4th place in the 50m Freestyle.
Lastly, Jay Shrestha took a whopping 7 seconds off his 100m Breaststroke.
Congratulations to all our swimmers on their wonderful results and thank you to Peter, Alison and all the parents for their support over the weekend.
The Whales Challenge returns for this season with the first round on Saturday, 2nd November from 7am to 9am.
The Whales Challenge is a 3 meet intra-club series where our members are divided up into two teams - the Maroon Team and the White Team - and compete for their team. Swimmers must wear their club cap in their team colour while competing to get points for their team.
What do you need to do to participate?
Enter here
Where: Merrylands Swimming Centre
When: Saturday, 2nd November at 7am
Cost: From 50 cents per event (plus transaction fee).
Pool Entry: Normal pool entry applies.
Entries close: Thursday, 31st October at 8pm.
Merrylands will be represented by 11 swimmers at the Metro South West Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre this weekend.
Our team is competing in 24 individual events over the 2-day meet, and consists of:
Gabriella Assi
Joseph Assi
Laura-Belle Casey
Damien Chan
Tomas Dlesk
Patrick Hannan
Coralie Havea
William Johnston
Alison Johnston
Jay Shrestha
Leo Zhu
Congratulations to all our swimmers on qualifying. We wish the whole team well for the meet.
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The Inter-Club Cup is back for 2024, this year hosted by McCredie Park Aquatics Swimming Club at Wentworthville Swimming Centre. Can we win back the cup this year?
When: Saturday, 9th November, 2024 @ 3:00pm
Where: Wentworthville Swimming Centre
Cost: $4.50 per event (plus transaction fee).
Pool Entry: Free for all competitors and spectators.
Entries Close: 5th November, 2024 @ 5pm
Full Program: Program
Enter the meet via Swim Central using the button below.
So what are you waiting for? Enter today!
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Join us for our Spring Racing Carnival as Club Races return to Merrylands Swimming Centre on Saturday, 21st September, 2024.
Join us for some fast and furious racing with some fun events mixed in. For week 1 we have the 25m Freestyle Sprint Challenge where any swimmer may enter regardless of having achieved the 25m break time.
The pool will open at 7.00am for setup and races will commence at 7.15am. Races will be done in around 90 minutes so what are you waiting for? Enter today!
The wait is over! Training is back at Merrylands Swimming Centre from Monday, 16th September.
All swimmers must renew their club membership before 30th September. If you haven't been training, you must complete a new enrolment form. The steps to follow are detailed below.
Training will continue through the School Holidays (with the exception 2-8 October). If you are going to be away, please complete the Training Break Form to advise when you will be away.
Instructions
- Complete your Club Membership renewal.
- Complete your Squad Enrolment (only if you aren't currently training or want to change your sessions)
- Purchase your Squad Multi-Session Pass and any new equipment you need
- Download a copy of your Membership Card
Changes this season
- An increase in the cost of some sessions occurred in September.
- Update to the Conditions.
What isn't changing
- Swimmers must have renewed their club membership for the 2024/2025 season before commencing training.
- Swimmers will continue to be booked into sessions, and must be cancelled through the booking system if you can't attend.
- Squad Fees continue to be paid via a multi-session pass.
- Pool Entry must be paid on entry to the centre.
- You may be required to show your Club Membership Card when paying pool entry or topping up a Pool Entry Card.
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