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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.
2022/2023 Scoreboard
Score after Round #3: 11/03/2023
White 1 vs 2 Maroon
Points
Round |
White |
Maroon |
Winner |
Round 1 - 22/10/2022 |
881 |
707 |
White |
Round 2 - 10/12/2022 |
803 |
816 |
Maroon |
Round 3 - 11/03/2023 |
1,011 |
1,030 |
Maroon |
2022/2023 Teams
Maroon "Turner" Team
Abdelraheem, Aisha
Assi, Gabriella
Chan, Damien
Davis, Kyran
Edwards, Margaret
Festo, Aiden
Hannan, Luke
Havea, Coralie
Hope, Katie
Jambazian, Sevana
Jambazian, Varant
Johnston, Peter
Johnston, Anna
Johnston, Emmanuelle
Johnston, Ian
Johnston, Leah
Krga, Anastasia
Mackie, Connor
Massoud, Ishaq
Murray, Kylee
Oliver, Timothy
Palise, Liam
Sakurovs, Alison
Shrestha, Lisa
Terry, Samantha
Vergara, Carlos
Vicic, Matthew
Zhu, Leo
White "Emery" Team
Abdelraheem, Ameena
Assi, Darla Valentina
Assi, Joseph
Casey, Laurabelle
Choi, Ryan
Evans, Cameron
Hannan, Patrick
Hum, Ren Jie
Jambazian, Talia
Johnston, William
Johnston, Eden
Johnston, Hannah
Johnston, Patricia
Johnston, Jude
Krga, Nikolai
Mackie, Caleb
Mackie, Harrison
Palise, Ella
Palise, Lily
Shrestha, Jay
Shrestha, Ruby
Tovkach, Leanne
Vicic, Daniel
Wilson, Ian
Wood, Glenda
Zhu, Lillian