Molonglo Water Dragons
From the 21-23 May veteran sun-lover, club vice-president and registrar, John Collis braved the warmth and sun to compete in the Great Barrier Reef Masters Games GBRMG). This was no mystery to John who attended high school in Cairns and has competed in these Games twice before. In 2017 John, who was at the young […]
If you are interested in long distance or open water swimming the following information from Greg Gourley may interest you. Greg was voted Masters Swimming Australia’s Coach of the Year for 2020. He is proposing training sessions on Friday mornings at 7:30, either at Tuggeranong or Stromlo Pool. If you are keen to improve your […]
Only one club member contested the comeback NSW State Championships on the 10th and 11th April after the first break in 45 years (in 2020 due to Covid). Swimming at the Sydney Olympic Pool, Homebush, with our sister club Tuggeranong so he could compete in relays, club Vice President John Collis came away with three […]
The first of a series of Time Trials planned for the ACT was run by the Tuggeranong Vikings on Saturday 27 March. This is a new type of meet that doesn’t require a lot of officials and runs smoothly with less stress on all involved. A key to this is a self-marshalling system where your […]
The Sri Chinmoy Lake Swim is swum each year over three distance options: 5km, 2.5km and 500m. Age groups are under 50 50-59, 60-69, and 70 and over for the 2.5km and 5km and under 13, under 17, and 17 and over for the 500 metres swim. The 34th annual swim was held last Sunday […]
80 year old Gary Stutsel was the only Molonglo Water Dragons swimmer to contest the Masters Swimming NSW Short Course Championships held at the Woy Woy Pool on the weekend of the 12th and 13th October. Gary swam with the Tuggeranong Vikings team and competed in three of the five relay events contested by the […]
On a clear sunny Canberra Sunday afternoon 46 swimmers, 8 non-swimming officials and about a dozen non swimming supporters met at the Gungahlin Leisure Centre. The workers arrived before 1.30pm to set everything up with the able assistance of Lachlan and his staff at the Centre. As it was winter there was hardly another person […]
Two years ago Molonglo Water Dragons President John Collis was awarded Male Swimmer of the Meet at the 2017 Great Barrier Reef Masters Games. John had swum three first places, each in record time, plus a second and a third to score better than any other male. John returned to Cairns recently for the 2019 […]
Once again, the Molonglo Megasaurs, a guns-for-hire subset of the Molonglo Water Dragons lashed out on the weekend of 4-5 May to swim for 24 hours non-stop to raise funds for MS Australia. A hardy team of 15 swimmers lined up to swim their weekend away, raising $2,345 to support people living with Multiple Sclerosis […]
NON-BPS (UNSANCTIONED) MEET OPEN TO ALL MASTERS SWIMMING MEMBERS AND OTHER ACT or NSW SWIMMERS AGED 18 or over DATE Sunday, 16 June 2019 VENUE The Gunghalin Leisure Centre 71 The Valley Avenue, Gunghalin, ACT Indoor Heated Pool with anti-wave ropes. Pool is NOT surveyed but all times recorded by MSNSW swimmers are eligible for […]