Molonglo Water Dragons
The Pan Pacific Masters Games were held in November on the Gold Coast, with over 12,000 athletes participating in 45 sports, including archery and equestrian to volleyball, water polo, and swimming. The swimming competition, run by Masters Swimming Queensland, was held from 6-10 November 2024 at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in Southport. Swimmers from […]
Once again the Molonglo Megasaurs marathon swimming team put their swimming and fundraising skills to the test and did us proud, swimming 54,600 metres and raising $7,246 to support people living with Multiple Sclerosis. In what has become a regular annual fundraising event for the Club, a team of 13 hardy swimmers swam in shifts […]
Two Water Dragons members recently received certificates (see photos) for their performances in the 2022 Masters Swimming Australia National Swim Series. Club captain, registrar and vice president, John Collis finished 4th in his 70-74 age group with 1977 points from three swim meets (the National Swim in Sydney, NSW Long Course Championships at the AIS […]
There is no doubt that what you practise in training sessions is what you are most likely to do in competition. Conversely it is very difficult to do what you do not practise. Veteran member, Gary Stutsel, 84, was an excellent example of this when he attempted to swim 100m breaststroke using a turn technique […]
It was great to see 10 swimmers and one volunteer represent us at round 9 of the 2023 NSW Pointscore. The last time we competed in this was in round 1 at Campbelltown. There were 16 events and 104 swimmers representing 20 clubs from Canberra, the South Coast, Sydney and beyond. Our swimmers came from […]
Six Molonglo Water Dragons and three Tuggeranong Vikings had great fun helping conduct the ACT Special Olympics swim meet on Saturday 2nd September. This competition attracted 32 swimmers from the ACT, Illawarra, South Coast and Sydney ranging in age from 10 to 56. They competed in 15 events between 1pm and 4pm at the Stromlo […]
Three longstanding Molonglo Water Dragon swimmers have gone to a great many lengths to prove that they can go the distance in the pool. Marg Larkin wears her polo shirt marking her completion of 2 million metres (that’s 20 thousand lengths of a 50m pool) earlier in the year. She is flanked by Geoff Llewellyn […]
MS 24 HOUR SWIM – CANBERRA 5-6 AUGUST 2023 Fifteen enthusiastic swimmers from the Club and friends from the Tuggeranong Vikings and Lifeline joined together as the Molonglo Megasaurs and participated in the MS 24 Hour Swim at the Australian Institute of Sport on 5-6 August 2023. We swam 57.55km and raised (at last count) […]
Congratulations to Mike Peedom (79) who contested all five freestyle events at the Australian Masters Swimming Championships. Mike, who swims at Queanbeyan on Sundays and AIS on Thursdays finished with a 3rd, a 4th and three 5ths even though he is his last year as a member of the 75-79 age group. Look out next […]
Early on it looked like that nameless group frequently listed on concert flyers (Many More) would be competing at the State Championships, however most seem to have sunk along the way and just three of our senior men ventured to Homebush for the 2023 Long Course Championships. Swimming on both Saturday and Sunday of the […]