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Congratulations to our Swimmers of the Season for Summer 2002/03 - Michael Thompson takes out the John Walker Trophy for the boys, whilst Jessica Hancock wins the White Family Trophy for the girls. Both swimmers are rapidly developing Representative qualifiers with big futures!! |
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Teresa Donnelly and Bethany Miles kick off the 2003 School Sports season by becoming the first Brindabella swimmers to be selected in an ACT Schools team this year - this time in triathlon! Both competed in the Australian Schools Championships in Brisbane in April. Teresa was also given the honour of being team captain. This is Bethany's first season in triathlon - testament to the superior all-round athletic abilities of Brindabellans! |
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Congratulations to Luke Harvey, who has been selected in the NSW Swimming 12 Years 200m IM Squad for 2003. In this squad, Luke will attend a variety of training events this year with swimmers from all over NSW. |
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Take a bow Timothy Cameron, for an awesome performance at the Western Australian Country Championships in January. Timothy won silver in the 200m fly and bronze in the 50m fly, 100m fly and 100m breast (while supposed to be on holiday!!). |
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Congratulations to the following twenty-three Brindabella swimmers who qualified for NSW Summer Country 2003:
| Timothy Cameron (11 years) |
100m Back, 100m Breast, 100m Fly, 200m IM |
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| Kahlia Cossetto (11 years) |
100m Back, 100m Breast |
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| Natasha Cossetto (12 years) |
100m Back, 100m Free, 100m Fly, 200m IM |
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| Emma Dixon (14 years) |
100m Back, Open 50m Breast, 100m Breast, 100m Free, 200m IM |
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| Simon Eggins (15 years) |
100m Breast |
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| Tiffany Grace (13 years) |
100m Free, 14&U 400m Free |
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| Thomas Hamers-Smith (15 years) |
100m Breast, Open 200m Breast, 100m Fly, Open 200m Fly, 200m IM |
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| Jessica Hancock (12 years) |
100m Free |
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| Luke Harvey (13 years) |
100m Fly, 100m Free, 200m IM |
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| Teagan Hore (12 years) |
100m Back, 100m Breast |
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| Katrina Lewis (14 years) |
100m Free, 14&U 400m Free, MD 50m Free, MD 100m Free, MD 50m Back, MD 50m Fly, MD 50m Breast |
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| Sam Lewis (15 years) |
100m Breast |
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| Krysten Mansell (14 years) |
Seventeen Events! - Open 50m Back, 100m Back, Open 100m Back, Open 200m Back, 100m Breast, 100m Fly, Open 200m Fly, Open 50m Free, 100m Free, 14&U 200m Free, Open 200m Free, 14&U 400m Free, Open 400m Free, Open 800m Free, 200m IM, Open 200m IM, Open 400m IM |
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| Bethany Miles (14 years) |
100m Back, 100m Breast, 100m Fly, Open 200m Fly, 100m Free, 14&U 400m Free, 200m IM |
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| Ben Nolan (14 years) |
200m IM |
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| Bianca Pitts (12 years) |
100m Back, 100m Free |
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| Melanie Quiggin (12 years) |
100m Back, 100m Breast, 100m Fly, 100m Free, 14&U 400m Free, 200m IM |
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| Lyndsay Saywell (10 years) |
100m Back, 100m Breast, 100m Fly, 100m Free |
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| Lainee Sutton (13 years) |
Nineteen Events! - Open 50m Back, Open 100m Back, Open 200m Back, Open 50m Breast, 100m Breast, Open 200m Breast, 100m Fly, Open 200m Fly, Open 50m Free, 100m Free, Open 100m Free, 14&U 200m Free, Open 200m Free, 14&U 400m Free, Open 400m Free, Open 800m Free, 200m IM, Open 200m IM, Open 400m IM |
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| Nyree Sutton (16 years) |
Open 50m Back, 100m Back, 100m Free |
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| Michael Thompson (15 years) |
100m Breast |
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| Stewart Thompson (13 years) |
200m IM |
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| Maddie White (13 years) |
100m Breast |
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Congratulations to ex-Brindabella Head Coach Jaan Murphy who, in his new role coaching in Sydney, coached his first State Champion at the NSW State 9-12 Years Championships. |
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Congratulations to Katrina Lewis on her awesome performances at the International Paralympic Council World Championships in Argentina in December. Details of Katrina's results are as follows:
- 50m Free - PB and fourth place
- 100m Free - 1:07.54 (PB) and bronze medal
- 400m Free - 5:01.61 (PB) and silver medal
- 100m Back - 1:22.93 (PB) and seventh place
- 100m Fly - 1:22.96 sixth place
- Freestyle leg of the Australian 4x100m medley relay team - gold medal
This is an outstanding performance from a youngster who has been swimming only two years, and who is still only fourteen. Katrina, Brindabella salutes you!! |
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Congratulations to the following twenty Brindabella swimmers who qualified for NSW Summer State Age:
| Dylan Appelqvist (10 years) |
100m Back, 100m Breast, 100m Free |
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| Sri Barber (10 years) |
100m Back, 100m Fly, 100m Free, 200m Free, 200m IM |
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| Timothy Cameron (11 years) |
100m Breast, 200m Breast, 100m Fly, 200m Fly, 200m IM |
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| Kahlia Cossetto (11 years) |
100m Breast |
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| Natasha Cossetto (12 years) |
100m Back, 200m Back, 200m IM |
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| Emma Dixon (14 years) |
100m Breast, 200m Breast |
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| Sonja Falez (17 years) |
100m Breast, 200m Breast, 50m Fly, 100m Fly, 200m Fly, 50m Free |
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| Tiffany Grace (13 years) |
400m Free |
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| Thomas Hamers-Smith (15 years) |
100m Breast, 200m Breast |
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| Jessica Hancock (12 years) |
100m Free, 200m Free, 400m Free |
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| Luke Harvey (12 years) |
100m Back, 200m Back, 100m Breast, 200m Breast, 100m Fly, 100m Free, 200m Free, 200m IM |
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| Teagan Hore (12 years) |
100m Back |
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| Katrina Lewis (14 years) |
EVERY MD EVENT!! - 50m Back, 100m Back, 50m Breast, 100m Breast, 50m Fly, 100m Fly, 50m Free, 100m Free,
200m IM |
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| Krysten Mansell (14 years) |
100m Back, 200m Back, 100m Fly, 200m Fly, 50m Free, 100m Free, 200m Free, 400m Free,
1500m Free, 200m IM, 400m IM |
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| Bethany Miles (14 years) |
200m Breast, 200m Fly |
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| Melanie Quiggin (12 years) |
100m Back, 200m Back, 100m Breast, 200m Breast, 100m Fly, 200m Fly, 200m Free, 400m Free, 200m IM |
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| Lyndsay Saywell (10 years) |
100m Back, 100m Fly, 100m Free |
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| Lainee Sutton (12 years) |
100m Back, 200m Back, 100m Breast, 200m Breast, 100m Fly, 200m Fly, 50m Free, 100m Free,
200m Free, 400m Free, 200m IM, 400m IM |
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| Nyree Sutton (16 years) |
50m Free |
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| James Thorp (12 years) |
100m Back, 200m Back, 100m Fly, 200m Fly, 400m Free, 200m IM |
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Did Brindabella's intrepid undercover reporters find Jasmine and Sharmane in the Hyperdome's Santa Photo display this Christmas?? |
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Talented all-rounder James Thorp was recently announced as one of only four ACT primary school winners of the Excellence in School Sport Award. Congratulations James! |
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Congratulations to Katrina Lewis, who has been awarded an ACT Academy of Sport Scholarship, which provides financial assistance as well as use of ACTAS facilities. As Katrina is off to Argentina in December for the IPC World Championships, this is a very timely boost! Katrina also qualified for the able-bodied 400m free for Summer Country - an awesome achievement for a swimmer who has come so far in a couple of years. |
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Thirty-nine swimmers, along with parents, managers and coaches, took part in the 2003 "We Can't Be Beaten" Thredbo pilgrimage. A full-filled weekend from start to finish, apart from three two-hour training sessions (including a 2km time trial!). Most swimmers managed to stay awake long enough not to drown, but not much longer. A highlight was karaoke on Saturday night - at least that ensured that none of our stars would give up their day jobs. I promised not to name names here to ensure that the more embarrassing moments remain part of Club folklore, but Sonja's team did particularly well, whilst Thomas's team easily accounted for the mini-Olympics.
The Club would like to especially thank Mr Peter Freney, our guest coach for the weekend, from whom our swimmers learned a great deal. Thanks too to the superlative organisational skills of Jenny Thorp, ably assisted by Development Coach Greg, Rod Saywell, Steve Cossetto, Sylvia Mansell and Jenny Bowen-Smith. This year once again proved this is an absolute highlight of the Club's year and an event not to be missed (not so sure about the three two-hour sessions though!! - Editor). We'd like to thank also our valued sponsors for the weekend - KLa Accounting, Bars Fix Cars, Bogar Enterprises, Capital Golf Pro Shop, Inkline Advertising and Wiffens. |
