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Whales Challenge
The Whales Challenge is a 3 meet intra-club series.
For the Whales Challenge, members are divided up into two teams and compete for their team. The Teams are named after two of the club's former State Champions, who later in their
swimming careers went on to represent Australia.
Swimmers must wear their club cap in their team colour while competing to get points for their team.
Entries are submitted as usual for a normal Saturday morning. Teams will be posted on the club notice board.
Maroon "Turner" Team
The Maroon "Turner" Team is named after Darren Turner. In 1977, Darren became Merrylands' first
State Champion when he won the Boys 10yrs & Under 100m Backstroke at the NSW State Winter
Championships. He also finished with Bronze in the 100m Freestyle at the same meet. During his time at the club, Darren set 21 club championship records, and also won the 50m Backstroke
at the NSW Shell Age Series.
After leaving Merrylands, Darren went on to become one of the world's best open water swimmers, winning the 1989 Australian Marathon Swimming Championships, and representing Australia on
the 1989 Australian Marathon Swimming Team Tour of the USA.
White "Emery" Team
The White "Emery" Team is named after Mitchell Emery. Mitchell won the 10yrs 100m Breaststroke at the
2001 NSW State Age Short Course Championships and also finished with silver in the 50m
Breaststroke. Mitchell also won the 50m Breaststroke at the Shell Age Series, and set 11 club championship records.
Mitchell started playing Water Polo while at the club, and went on to become one of Australia's top Water Polo players, representing Australia at the 2015 FINA World Championships and 2016 Rio
Olympic Games.
2023/2024 Scoreboard
Score after Round #2: 16/12/2023
White 1 vs 1 Maroon
Points
Round |
White |
Maroon |
Winner |
Round 1 - 28/10/2023 |
1,043 |
1,247 |
Maroon |
Round 2 - 16/12/2023 |
1,263 |
1,177 |
White |
Round 3 - 16/03/2024 |
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2023/2024 Teams
Maroon "Turner" Team
Abdelraheem, Ameena (C)
Assi, Darla
Assi, Joseph
Brancatisano, Grace
Chan, Damien
Chan, Johnson
Darwich, Harper
Davis, Kyran
Edwards, Margaret
Farshad, Alireza
Hannan, Luke
Hum, Ren Jie
Jambazian, Christian
Jambazian, Stefan
Jambazian, Varant
Johnston, Anna
Johnston, Ian
Johnston, Leah
Johnston, Peter
Johnston, William
Krga, Nikolai
Mackie, Connor
Mansour, Gabriel
Massoud, Ishaq
Okorovik, Max
Oliver, Timothy
Palise, Ella
Palise, Lily
Shrestha, Lisa
Shrestha, Unish
Sokullu, Tansel
Terry, Samantha
Tovkach, Leanne
Urbonas, Nojus
Vicic, Daniel
Vicic, Sophia
Wilson, Ian
Youssef, Emily
Zhao, Titus
Zhu, Le
Zhu, Leo
White "Emery" Team
Abdelraheem, Aisha
Assi, Gabriella
Brancatisano, Daniel
Casey, Laura-Belle
Chan, Marcus
Darwich, Hudson
Dlesk, Tomas
Hannan, Lara
Hannan, Patrick
Havea, Coralie
Jambazian, Sevana
Jambazian, Talia
Johnston, Alison
Johnston, Eden
Johnston, Jude
Johnston, Patricia
Krga, Anastasia
Mackie, Caleb
Mackie, Harrison
Mansour, Zena
Massoud, Zakriya
Murray, Kylee
Okorovik, Nina
Opano, Eevi
Palise, Liam
Shrestha, Jay
Shrestha, Niushka
Terry, Lucas
Urbonas, Jokubas
Vicic, Matthew (C)
Vozenilkova, Petra
Wood, Glenda
Zhu, Lillian