Merrylands SwimFest & Masters BPS Meets
What a great day last Saturday. Our 2nd time running both meets on the same day was a great success again. Thank you to everyone who organised the meets, worked on the day setting up, roles during the meets and packing up. We received a lot of positive feedback about the meets and especially how our club was able to provide people for almost all of the roles to run the day. Congratulations to everyone on a job very well done. As Young Mr Grace would say “you’ve all done very well”!
Also a big thank you to our club sponsors, Club Merrylands, Starr Partners & Merrylands Swimming Squad. We appreciate the kind support provided by these organisations in sponsorship of the meets and during the season. Thank you also to Engine & Fashion Fish Design who kindly donated fantastic prizes for the raffle held on the day.
The overall club point scores for the meets were:
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Masters BPS
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SwimFest
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1st
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Ryde
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Ripples St Marys
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2nd
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Warringah
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Mounties
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3rd
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Manly
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Merrylands
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Masters BPS Meet achievements
The meet was Round 3 in the Masters Branch Pointscore program and Merrylands swimmers achieved a total of 193 points, finishing 4th on the combined team point score table (2nd in the Mens & 8th in the Womens). Congratulations to the team who swam representing our club. Brendan Kirkpatrick finished 1st & Peter Johnston equal 1st in the individual point score for their age groups.
SwimFest achievements
A total of 33 (5 gold, 15 silver and 13 bronze) medals were won by Merrylands swimmers. A fantastic overall result. Congratulations to everyone who swam and to those who also won medals and swam PB’s. Gold medals were won by Unish Shrestha (50m Breaststroke) who just pipped Joseph Assi by 0.02 seconds, Katie Hope (50m Backstroke), Matthew Vicic (50m Freestyle & 50m Butterfly) & the Merrylands team (Summer Shrestha, Nevah Shrestha, Niushka Shrestha & Matthew Vicic) in the 12 & Under relay.
If you had taken photos during the day we would appreciate you sharing these with the club. Please send an email to swim@merrylandsasc.asn.au and we will provide you with a link so you can upload them to the photo gallery on the club website.
Speedo Sprint Finals – Today
Good luck to Matthew Vicic, Daniel Vicic & Joseph Assi who are competing in the Speedo Sprint Finals at SOPAC today. May the whale be with you all.
Club Photo – Saturday 21st March, 2020
We have booked Saturday 21st March, 2020 to take the club photo. This will occur immediately after club races. Please bring/wear your club uniform on the day. Thank you to Joey Andres Photo who are kindly providing their services to take the club photo again this year. We greatly appreciate the kind offer from Joey and if you have a special event please consider Joey as your photographer for the event.
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Upcoming Events
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MEET/EVENT
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MEET/EVENT DATE
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ONLINE ENTRY CLOSING
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MASC 50metre Backstroke
25metre & 200metre (Open)
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Saturday 29th February
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Closed
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NSW Speedo Sprint Series Finals
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Saturday 29th February
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MASC 200metre Freestyle (Senior)
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Saturday 7th March
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Thursday 5th March
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SNSW Junior Metropolitan C/Ships
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Saturday 7th March &
Sunday 8th March
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Closed
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SNSW State Open C/Ships
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Friday 13th March &
Sunday 15th March
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Tuesday 3rd March
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Whales Challenge # 3
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Saturday 14th March
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Thursday 12th March
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MSW 5 to 8 Years Meet
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Saturday 14th March
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Tuesday 3rd March
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MASC 1500metre Freestyle (Open)
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Saturday 21st March
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Thursday 19th March
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Club Photo
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Saturday 21st March
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MSW Sprint Meet
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Saturday 21st March
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Tuesday 17th March
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MASC 400metre Freestyle (Senior)
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Saturday 28th March
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Thursday 26th March
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End of season Breakfast
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Saturday 28th March
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SNSW Junior State C/Ships
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Saturday 28th March &
Sunday 29th March
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Tuesday 17th March
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McCredie Park 40 Year Anniversary
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Sunday 5th April
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Thursday 26th March
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Club AGM
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Monday 25th May
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Annual Presentation
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Saturday 30th May
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Sponsors
We again thank our major sponsors who provide fantastic support to our club. If you know of a business or organisation who may be interested in providing sponsorship or support to our club please let Graham know.
Raffle prize sponsors for the Merrylands Masters BPS & SwimFest Meets
Photography