Molonglo Water Dragons
(that’s right, 1000 km) Molonglo Water Dragons’ (MWDs’) four million metres swimmers! Pictured above in their million metre polo shirts are MWD’s four million metre plus swimmers, namely left to right John Collis, Chris Hayhoe, Marg Larkin and Geoff Llewellyn. These four swimmers between them have swum at least half way around Australia and received […]
Saturday 26 February 2022 Lakeside Leisure Centre, Tuggeranong On what turned from a cloudy, cool summer’s afternoon into a wet and windy evening, the Tuggeranong Vikings organised a well run set of time trials in preparation for the National Championships to be held in the Sydney Olympic Pool in April. Starting at 3pm and finishing […]
Club Captain and Vice-President, John Collis, was presented with the Batty Grant Award at the Campbelltown Swim held on Saturday 29th January. The award commemorates the involvement with Masters NSW by Betty Grant who was a long time stalwart of Trinity Club. It is for members of the Masters Swimming NSW (and ACT) Branch who […]
29 February 2022 Four Water Dragons entered the recent Saturday swim meet at the Gordon Fetterplace Swim Centre, Campbelltown. Three, Marg Larkin (60), John Collis (70), and Timothy Mather (77) all ventured up the Hume, car sharing with John at the wheel. Fellow entrant Gary Stutsel (83) did not swim due to health concerns. Our […]
Geoff Llewellyn, 88, completed the last of the 62 Endurance 1000 program swims on Thursday the 10th June. Is Geoff the first in Australia to complete the 2021 Endurance program?
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 […]