Maribyrnong Mantas Swimming Club
  formerly Maidstone Swimming Club (est 1967)

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Mantas' News Archive
4 February 2012 38 Mantas' swimmers competed in the Metro West District Sprints at MSAC. What a performance - 25 gold, 13 silver and 10 bronze to top the medal table. And 8 District records! And 89 PBs over 130 swims. Cartier Vasta collected 4 gold and set four District records! Kyle Micallef collected 3 gold and a bonze and set two District records. John Ooi collected 3 gold and a silver. Emma Handley and Emily Yang each collected gold in record breaking times as well. Emily also collected two silver. Paris Vasta collected two gold and a bronze and a silver. Vivianne Phung collected a gold, two silver and a bronze. Gold and two bronze were won by Khoa Le, and Charllee achieved a gold. Five others collected silver and/or bronze medals. In the Multi-Class section of the event, Mantas were the only shows, and Meghan Kyne collected 4 gold, Ben Morrison two gold and two silver, and Michael Van Wilgenburg two gold and a silver. A magnificent effort team! More ...
28 January 2012 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore swam in the Boroughcoutas Masters Swimming Club's Queenscliff Blue Water Challenge - a 1.2km ocean open water swim off Queenscliff beach. Bradley won the Boys 14-17 years division in a time of 14:10, and was 6th overall. All good preparation for the National Open Water Titles, Bradley!
26 January 2012 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore, competed in the Williamstown SLSC Australia Day Swim at Williamstown Beach. Bradley won the 12-17 years section of the 2km swim in a time of 24:47.9, and 2nd overall. Hans Van Wilgenburg, father of Manta Michael, won the Veterans Plus division of the 1km swim in a time of 17:10.5 Great swim by all!
21 January 2012 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore swam in the Portsea 2012 Swim Classic - a 1.5km open water swim on the front beach at Portsea. Bradley came 2nd in Boys Junior section in a time of 13:27 and 8th overall. Congratulations again Bradley!
15 January 2012 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore swam in the Sorrento SLSC 2012 Bay Swim - a 1.8km ocean open water swim on the front beach at Sorrento. Bradley came 1st in Boys 12-17 years section and 2nd overall in a time of 20.00. Congratulations Bradley!
14 January 2012 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore swam in the Jan Juc SLSC 2012 Danger 1000 - a 1km ocean open water swim on the front beach at Torquay. Bradley came 1st in Boys 15-17 years section in a time of 12:17, and swam again in the Male Open 18-29 section in a time of 12:59 and came 6th. His Boys 15-17 time was the fastest of the day overall competitors in all sections.. Congratulations Bradley!
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13-15 January 2012 Twelve Mantas (Emily Camenzuli, Emma Handley, Mark James, Khoa Le, Charlee Liddell, Tim Ma, Ben Morrison, John Ooi, Vivianne Phung, Paris Vasta, Quang Vu and Emily Yang) competed in 35 swims (preliminaries and finals) in the Swimming Victoria Open/MC Championships at MSAC. Emily Camenzuli won a bronze medal in the Feale 1500m freestyle. There were also 4 other Victorian Championships top ten placings over the three days (three to Ben Morrison,and one to John Ooi). And in 11 cases out of 35 entries Mantas' swimmers bettered their entered times! In the teams list, Mantas' Girls finished 27th (12th Victorian) out of 67 clubs/countries (46 Victorian), the Boys finished 30th (10th Victorian) out of 85 clubs/countries (55 Victorian), and the team was 33rd (14th Victorian) overall out of 103 clubs/countries (64 Victorian). More ...
7 January 2012 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore swam in the GMHBA Lorne SLSC 2012 Pier to Pub 1.2km ocean open water swim off Lorne Beach. Coming off a long injury induced lay-off from swimming, Bradley came fourth in Boys 12-16 years swim in a time of 13:43 and 9th in the Open swim in atime of 12.45. Well done Bradley!
2 January 2012 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore, and Life Member Rachel Winterton swam in the Pt Lonsdale SLSC 2012 Rip View Classic 1.4km ocean open water swim off Pt Lonsdale. Bradley came 1st in Boys 12-16 years section and 6th overall in a time of 13:07. Rachel came 19th in the Female 17-29 section in a time of 16:57. Congratulations Bradley and Rachel!
28 December 2010 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore swam in the Anglesea SLSC 2011 Rock2Ramp 1.2km ocean open water swim off Anglesea beach. Bradley came second in Boys 12-17 years section and 6th overall in a time of 16:29. Congratulations again Bradley!
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26 December 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore swam in the Pt Leo SLSC 2011 Swim Classic 1.2km ocean open water swim off Pt Leo. Bradley came in second in the Male 12-18 years section, but was awarded first as the first swimmer across the line did not swim around the required buoys. Bradley also came in 6th overall in a time of 7:54.8. Congratulations Bradley!
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17 to 22 December 2011


18 Mantas swimmers put in 135 individual appearances and made up 4 relay teams between them at the 2012 Swimming Victoria Age Championships at MSAC. They collected 9 gold medals (three each to Khoa Le and John Ooi, and one each to Emily Camenzuli and Paris Vasta, and a relay gold to the 12yo girls medley team of Tarnee Dixon, Charlee Liddell, Vivianne Phung and Paris Vasta) and 5 silver medals and 3 bronze medals over the six days. In 93 swims, our swimmers bettered their entered times.
The club congratulates you all on a great team effort. More ...
17 December 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore swam in the the Brighton Beach Funky Trunks Splash (4km), Dash (1.2km) & Bash (200m) event. Brad won both the 4km and 1.2km events for the Boys 12-17yo section, and came 3rd in both in the Open section. One second separated each of the first three swimmers in the Open 4km section. Another great effort Brad!
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11 December 2010

43 Mantas swimmers took part in the Annual Christmas Duck at MAC. Swimmers chose their stroke to compete in over a 50m SC knockout handicap event. After a series of closely fought heats and semi-finals, the final eight were Catherine Huynh (breaststroke), Aaron Andres (freestyle), Justin Huynh (freestyle), Vivianne Phung (freestyle), Kyle Rodger (freestyle), Mei Mei Hong (breaststroke), Michelle Kim (breaststroke) and Chloe Rose Anastasio (breaststroke).
In a very tight finish, 6yo Justin held off a charge by Mei Mei about a body lenght in front of Vivianne just visibly in front of Aaron who was half a body length in front of Catherine who in turn was half a body length in front of Kyle and then came Chloe Rose and finally Michelle!
The Mayor of Maribyrnong, Cr. John Cumming, then presented major prizes to Justin (who just happens to have his birthday on Christmas Day!), and to Vivianne and Kyle who each won a semi-final to get into the final.
And then over 100 swimmers and their families adjourned to Canning St Tea Gardens for the rest of the prizes and the Christmas BBQ and a photo shoot - a successful day despite a coolish wind at the BBQ.
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3 December 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore swam in the the 10km event at the New South Wales Open Water Swimming Championships at Penrith Lakes. As in the Victorian Open Water Champioships, Bradley was plagued by bad weather. Bradley was leading when the 10km swim was abandoned at about the 9km mark. He was awarded the gold medal for the event. Officially, the results were called from the last time point - the 7.5 km mark. At that stage, Brad was coming second. Well done Brad for once again triumphing depsite the elements!
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26/27 November &
3/4 December 2011		 Twenty-one Mantas swimmers made 93 appearances at Swimming Victoria December Qualifying Meet at MSAC. Paris Vasta won the Girls 12 years LC 200m IM, and picked up two thirds. John Ooi won Boys 13 & Under LC 400m Freestyle, and picked up a second. Tarnee Dixon picked up two seconds and two thirds. Vivianne Phung picked up two seconds and Khoe Le one. There were 26 other top ten placings, and in 58 out of 93 swims, Mantas attained PBs. Well done all in your preparations for the Age Championships! More ...
12/13/19/20 November 2011


34 Mantas swimmers put in 162 individual appearances and made up 10 relay teams between them at the 2011 Metro West District Championships at Wyndham. They collected 22 gold medals (Four to Khoa Le, three each to Paris Vasta and Ben Morrison, two each to Marcus Grillo, Cartier Vasta and Kyle Micallef and one each to Tarnee Dixon, Meghan Kyne, John Ooi, Michael Van Wilgenburg, Quang Vu and Emily Yang) and 21 silver medals and 23 bronze medals over the four days. In 84 swims, our swimmers bettered their entered times. Mantas also broke 5 Metro West records (two to Khoa and one each to Marcus, Paris and Cartier).
The Club congratulates and thanks all the swimmers who contributed to the meet in particular the relays. The club camaraderie was very evident at the meet and is a credit to the club. More ...
13 November 2011 8 Mantas competed as part of the Metro West team swimming 34 individual and relay events between them in the SV Metro 7-10 Finals at MSAC. Cartier Vasta gained a first and a third placing and was part of a first-placed relay team, Kyle Micallef achieved a second placing and a third placing and was part of first-placed and second-placed relay teams, Rose Hong gained a third placing, Patrick Phung was part of a first-placed relay team and Tahlia Micallef was part of a second-placed relay team. There were 14 PBs across the group. Great performance all - the club is proud of your efforts! More ...
12 November 2011 Two Mantas swimmers (Meghan Kyne and Patrick Francis swimming with Melbourne West region) swam in 3 individual events each and relays at Ballarat-Grampians Special Olympics Regional Games at the Ballarat Aquatic Centre. Meghan came second in the Female top division of the 100m backstroke and 100m IM and third in the 100m freestyle. Patrick came third in the Male 2nd division 200m freestyle. Congratulations to both swimmers!
12 November 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore swam in the the 1.5km 2XU Open Water Swim at Kialla Lakes near Shepparton. Bradley came first in the 16-34yo Age group and was first overall in the Open category in a time of 00:17:10 Congratulations again Bradley!
5-6 November 2011 Eleven Mantas swimmers (Emily Camenzuli, Emma Handley, Khoa Le, Tim Ma, Bradley Moore, Ben Morrison, John Ooi, Vivianne Phung, Chelsea Rodger, Paris Vasta and Quang Vu) put in 24 appearances at the 2011 Swimming Victoria LC Distance Competition at MSAC. They collected two first placings (Khoa Le in the Male 16yo 400m Freestyle and Bradley Moore in the Male 16yo 800m Freestyle), seven second placings (three to Paris Vasta, two to Emily Camenzuli and one each to Ben Morrison and John Ooi) and five third placings (one each to Emily Camenzuli, Emma Handley, Khoa Le, Tim Ma and Paris Vasta). And in 11 cases out of 24 entries Mantas' swimmers bettered their entered times! A great showing - congratulations to all! More ...
30 October 2011 Two Mantas (John Ooi and Emily Yang), competed in 5 events between them in the Melb Vicentre/Traralgon October LC Meet at MSAC. John obtained a first placing in the Boys 12-13 yo 100m Freestyle and a third placing in the Mixed 800m Freestyle in a PB. Emily gained a first placing in the Girls 13 and Under 200m Freestyle in a PB. Well done to both of you! More ...
22 October 2011 Three Mantas (Michael Van Wilgenburg, Meghan Kyne and Patrick Francis) competed in the Melbourne Inner East Special Olympics Regional Games meet at Carey Grammar Aquatics Centre. Michael came first in the Mens Division 1 50m Backstroke and second in the 50m Freestyle. Meghan came second in the Womens Division 1 100m Backstroke, 100m Individual Medley and 100m Freestyle events and achieved strong PBs in all three events, while Patrick came first with a PB in the Mens Division 3 100m Backstroke and minor placings in his other events Well done all! More ...
15-16 October 2011 Mantas Male Captain, Bradley Moore, competed in the Swimming Victoria Open Water Championships at Hazelwood. Bradley came 2nd in the Boys 16yo km swim on the Saturday (and 6th in the Open Division), and 1st in the Boys 16yo 10km swim on the Sunday (and 3rd in the Open Division). The 10km swim was abandoned at about the 8km mark when fog temporarily covered the course. Congratulations on a great effort, Bradley! More ...
16 October 2011 34 Mantas swimmers put in 122 appearances between them at the Joint Maribyrnong Mantas/Essendon District Aquatic LC Meet at MSAC. They collected 9 gold medals (three to Khoa Le, and one each to Emily Camenzuli, Tarnee Dixon, Emma Handley, Kyle Micallef, Ben Morrison and Vivianne Phung) and 4 silver medals and 7 bronze medals on the day. In 40 swims, our swimmers bettered their entered times, and in another 47 swims Maribyrnong swimmers set times for an event that they had not contested for a while, or in most cases where our younger swimmers were having their first attempts at various distance/stroke combinations.
The Club congratulates and thanks all the swimmers who contributed to the meet. And also to all the parents and carers and family of all the swimmers who assisted in numerous roles both before and during the meet to make the meet a success. Take a bow everyone. More ...
15 October 2011 12 Mantas competed in 39 events between them in the Metro West 7-10 Competitions Heats at Wyndham. Kyle Micallef achieved two first placings and a third, Cartier Vasta gained a first and three thirds while Patrick Phung won two thirds and Ingrid Freeman one third. There were 27 PBs across the group. And eight swimmers (Karan Bharathi, Ingrid Freeman, Charles and Rose Hong, Kyle and Tahlia Micallef, Patrick Phung and Cartier Vasta) have all qualified for the finals at MSAC on November 13th. All the best at the finals! More ...
8-9 October 2011 Mantas' Bradley Moore competed in 4 events at the Wyndham October LC Meet at Wyndam. Bardley obtained a silver in the Open 1500m freestyle and a bronze in the Open 200m freestyle and three PBs across meet. Well done Bradley! More ...
2 October 2011 Four Mantas (Louise Adams-Newey, Tarnee Dixon, Charlee Liddell and Bradley Moore), competed in 12 events between them in the Surrey Park LC Meet at MSAC. Tarnee obtained two first placings and a third placing, Bradley a second and a third, and Charlee a second placing. There were seven PBs across the group with all swimmers getting at least one PB. Another strong performance! More ...
25 September 2011 Two Mantas (Louise Adams-Newey and Bradley Moore) competed in 7 events between them at the Bayside Swimming Club LC Meet at MSAC. Bradley gained a first placing in the Open 400m Freestyle and a third placing in the 14 years and over 200m Backstroke. More ...
24-25 September 2011 Seven Mantas (Emily Camenzuli, Marcus Grillo, Emma Handley, Khoa Le, Radu Mustata, Cartier and Paris Vasta) competed in 34 events between them in the MAC Squad trip to the Burley Griffin LC Meet at the AIS in Canberra. Khoa collected three gold medals, and Emma and Paris each two gold medals. Paris also collected three silver medals, Khoa two, and Emily and Marcus one each. Emily and Marcus also collected two bronze medals each. And there were 11 PBs across the group. Congratulations all. More ...
17-19 September 2011 Manta, Emily Camenzuli, was selected as a member of the Swimming Victoria State Team to take part in the 2011 SAL State Teams Short Course Championships at the AIS ain Canberra. Emily came third in the Girls 13-14 years 800m Freestyle, and 8th in the Girls 13-14 years 400m Freestyle. Well done, Emily, More ...
10-11 September 2011 Eleven Mantas swimmers (Emily Camenzuli, Emma Handley, Mark James, Khoa Le, Tim Ma, Bradley Moore, Ben Morrison, John Ooi, Vivianne Phung, Paris Vasta and Emily Yang) made 37 appearances over two days at the Swimming Victorian 2011 Open and Multi-Class Short Course Championships at MSAC. Ben Morrison featured in top ten placings (5th through 8th) in all seven Multi-Class events he swam in. There were also 12 PB peformances. More ...
26-28 August 2011 Fifteen Mantas swimmers made 108 appearances over three days at the Swimming Victorian 2011 Age Short Course Championships at MSAC. Maribyrnong swimmers collected two gold (Vivianne Phung in the Girls 11 & Under200m IM, and Emily Yang in the Girls 12 years SC 50m Freestyle), 12 silver (3 each to Paris Vasta and Emily Yang 2 to Emily Camenzuli and one each to Vivianne Phung, Marcus Grillo and Khoa Le) and 6 bronze (2 each to Emma Handley and Emily Yang, and one each to Khoa Le and Vivianne Phung). There were also 27 other Victorian Championships top ten placings. In 81 out of the 104 swims, Mantas swam PBs - almost all Mantas attained at least one PB. In the teams list, Mantas' Girls finished 8th out of 41 clubs, the Boys finished 18th out of 50 clubs, and the team was 12th overall out of 59 clubs. A great team effort, but a special mention for Emily Yang with her 6 medals in total! More ...
21 August 2011 Nine Mantas (Gus and Inrid Freeman, Jasmine, Catherine and Justin Huynh, Michelle and Evan Kim, and Bea and Noah Rodriguez) competed in 32 events between them at the Essendon Aquatic Encouragement meet at Victoria University. Gus came in third in the 11-12 years 50m Backstroke. For the Huynh family and Evan Kim, it was their first competitive meet. Well done all! More ...
14 August 2011 Four Mantas (Tarnee Dixon, Emma Handley, Charlee Liddell and Tim Ma) competed in 14 events between them at the Nunawading August SC meet at MSAC. In a tough two division meet (13 and under, and 14 and over), Tarnee's efforts were a stand out with five swims all PBs by 3 secs or more. More ...
13 August 2011 Four Mantas (Louise Adams Newey, Bradley Moore, Chelsea Rodger and Adrian Vu) competed in 13 events between them at the North West Aquatic August Last Chance SC meet at Wyndham. Bradley came in first in the Open 200m Backstroke, second in the Open 400m Freestyle and third in the 200m freestyle. There were 6 PBS across the group. Well swum all! More ...
7 August 2011 Ten Mantas (Emily Camenzuli, Mei and Rose Hong, Khoa Le, Charlee Liddell, Kyle Micallef, Ben Morrison, John Ooi, Patrick Phung and Emily Yang ) competed in 29 events between them at the Surrey Park Swimming Club August SC meet at MSAC. Khoa came in first in the Open 400m IM and Emily Yang came first in the 12 and Under 200m IM. And Emily Camenzuli came third in the Open 200m Butterfly. In 19 swims, Mantas bettered their entered times. A good prelude to the State SC Championships in a couple of weeks! More ...
7 August 2011 Manta Adrian Vu competed in 3 events at the 21st Western Region Carnival meet at MAC. Adrian collected a silver and two bronze medals. Good work out Adrian! More ...
6 August 2011 Mantas Hannah Del-Re, Bea and Noah Rodriguez, competed in 14 events between them at the Wyndham Encouragement Meet meet at Wyndham. Noah collected two silver and a bronze medal, and Hannah collected a bronze. Thre wer another four top eight places among the group, and Hannah clocked 4 significant PBs across her swims. Well done all! More ...
30 July to 5 August 2011 Three Mantas, Emily Camenzuli, Emma Hnadley and Kyle Micallef, represented their schools and the Victorian team at the 2011 School Sport Australia Swimming Championships meet at MSAC. They completed 10 events between them. Emma won gold in the Girls 13-14 years 200m Breaststroke in a PB and silver in the 100m Breaststroke. All other placings were top 10 placings, and there were 5 PBs across the group. Great swims - your have done your schools and State (and Mantas!) proud!
And congratulations to fellow squad member, Paris Vasta, who swam in 10 events and collected two silver medals. More ...
31 July 2011 Mantas siblings, Bea and Noah Rodriguez, competed in 10 events between them at the Melton Swimming Club July SC meet at Melton. Noah collected a silver and three bronze medals. Well done both! More ...
24 July 2011 Manta, Louise Adams-Newey, competed in 5 events at the Firbank Aqustarrs SC meet at MSAC, and included a PB among her results. More ...
17 July 2011 Thirty-Two Mantas competed in 120 events between them at the Maribyrnong Mantas and Essendon Aquatic SC Meet meet at MSAC. Charlee Liddell won three gold medals and a silver medal. Emily Camenzuli, Emily Yang, Khoa Le and Ben Morrison each won two gold medals. And Tarnee Dixon, Marcus Grillo, Emma Handley, Tim Ma and Michael Van Wilgenberg each one gold. Maribyrnong swimmers collected a total of 36 medals - 16 gold, 13 silver and 7 bronze. There were also another 28 final ten placings between the group. And in 64 cases out of 120 entries Mantas' swimmers bettered their entered times! In another 18 swims Maribyrnong swimmers set times for an event that they had not contested for a while, or in most cases where our younger swimmers were having their first attempts at various distance/stroke combinations. Congratulations to all our medal winners - very well deserved! More ...
16 July 2011 Manta, Bradley Moore, competed in 2 events at the Melbourne Vicentre July SC meet at MSAC. Bradley came third in the Mixed 800m Freestyle in a PB. Good work, Bradley! More ...
9 July 2011 Three Mantas (Mark James, Charlee Liddell and Bradley Moore) competed in 10 events between them at the Eltham Swimming Club July SC meet at MSAC. Charlee came in first in the 11 and Under 100m Backstroke and Butterfly events and earned a third in the 11 and Under 100m Freestyle. And Bradley won the Open 200m Backstroke. There were 4 PBs between three. Well done all! More ...
2 July 2011 Fifteen Mantas competed in 53 events between them at the North West Aquatic July SC meet at MSAC. Khoa Le came in first in the Open 200m Breaststroke and Individual Medley events. And Emily Yang won the 12 and Under 50m Butterfly. Patrick Phung came second in the 10 and Under Breastrole and Freestyle events while Kyle Micallef came second in the Backstroke in the same age group. Emily Yang came second in the Open 200m Freestyle and was third in the Open 200m Butterfly. John Ooi came third in the Open 400m Freestyle ans 200m Backstroke events. Patrick Phung also came third in the 10 and Under 100m Backstroke and Individual medley events. There were 30 PBs between all the team. Congratulations all! More ...
26 June 2011 Mantas, Radu Mustata, competed in 3 events at the CA Tritons SC meet at MSAC. More ...
25 June 2011 Three Mantas, Louise Adama-Newey and Ana-Nicol and Radu Mustata, competed in 9 events between them at the Nunawading JX Spectacular meet at MSAC. It was Ana-Nicol's debut competitive meet. Louise came in as the second 12yo in the Girls 12-13 years 50m Butterfly. There were 5 PBs between the three swimmers. More ...
19 June 2011 Two Mantas, Patrick Francis and Radu Mustata, made their club and competition swimming debuts and competed in 5 events between them at the Ringwood SC Meet meet at MSAC. Patrick bettered his Special Olympics entry time in the Multi-Class 50m Backstroke event, and came second in that event and also in the Multi-Class 50m Freestyle. Radu established times for himself in the Boys 12 years 100m Freestyle, Backstroke and Breaststroke events. Welcome to the world of competitive swimming boys, and all the best for the season! More ...
18 June 2011 Twenty-two Mantas' swimmers put in 85 appearances between them in the Metro West SC Meet at MSAC. They collected 8 gold, 13 silver and 10 bronze and another 27 final 10 placings in a great group performance. Emily Yang won the Girls 12 years 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke and the 100m and 200m individual medleys, Kyle Micallef the Boys 9 and Under 100m backstroke and 100m individual medley while Patrick Phung won the Boys 9 and Under 100m butterfly and 200m individual medley. More ...
11 June 2011 Four Mantas (Emily Camenzuli, Tarnee Dixon, Emma Handley and Charlee Liddell) competed in 13 events at the ascta(V)/Firbank Aquastars Open SC Nationals Last Hit Out meet at MSAC - a meet desinged to chase PBs for the National Open SC Championships. Emily chopped 28 sec off her entry time in the 400m Individual Medley. Tarnee sliced 14 secs off her 100m Backstroke entry time. and 9 secs of her 100m Individual Medley entry time, and took a significant 2 secs off her 50m Freestyle Time. Charlee bettered her entry times in all five events that she competed in with 13 secs off her 100m Butterfly entry time, 10 secs off her 100m Backstroke entry time, and a few secs off the rest. Well done girls! More ...
5 June 2011 Manta, Charlee Liddell, competed in 4 events at the Bayside SC Meet meet at the Bayside Aquatic Centre, Mentone. Charlee bettered her entry times in three events that she competed in with a mammoth 47 secs off her 200m Individual Medley entry time, 14 secs off her 100m Butterfly entry time, and a few secs off her 100m Freestyle and set a new time for her 200m Backstoke. Great improvement over the last 9 months in your short course times Charlee! More ...
29 May 2011 Three Mantas (Tarnee Dixon, Louise Adams-Newey and Adrian Vu) competed in the Melbourne Vicentre Urban SC meet at MSAC. Tarnee came first in the Girls 13yo and under 100m Butterfly and second in the Girls 13yo and under 100m Freestyle, and in these two events and two others collected massive PBs. Louise made a top ten finish in the Girls 13yo and under 50m Butterfly and clocked two PBs in her three events. Adrian also made a top 10 finish in the Boys 14 and over 50m Breaststroke and also clocked two PBs in both his events. A great start to the SC season - well done all! More ...
29 May 2011 Three Mantas (Ben Morrison, Meghan Kyne and Patrick Francis) competed in the Echuca-Campaspe Special Olympics Regional Games meet at Echuca Aquatics Centre. Ben came first in the Mens Division 1 50m Backstroke and 200m Freestyle, and second in the 50m Breastsroke. Meghan came first in the Womens Division 1 200m Individual Medley and second in the 100m Backstroke and 50m Freestyle and achieved PBs in all three events, while Patrick came first with a PB in the Mens Division 2 50m Backstroke, second with a PB in the 100m Freestyle and 3rd in the 50m Freestyle. All three swimmers were part of mixed relays that came second. Conratulations to all three swimmers.! More ...
18-23 April 2011 Nine Mantas swimmers (Emily Camenzuli, Marcus Grillo, Emma Handley, Keziah Hillas Khoa Le, John Ooi, Rebecca Renda, Natalie Roberts and Nathan Smith) swam in 26 events at 2011 Swimming Australia National Age Championships at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre at Marion in Adelaide.
The highlight swim of the team was from Emma Handley who won bronze in the Girls 14 years 200m Breastsroke. Emma took alomost 8 secs off her PB in the heats and then shaved another 1.46 secs off that PB in the final.
Both Natalie Roberts and Marcus Grillo made a final each (both in the respective 16 years 200m Breastroke). Both Emma Handley in the Girls 15 years 100m Breaststroke and Nathan Smith in the Boys 15 years 200m Butterfly swam PBs and just missed out on places in the finals by 0.09 and 0.36 sec respectively. There were three other PB swims across the team - Keziah Hillas chipping further off that Girls 15 years 800m Fresstyle time, and John Ooi in the Boys 12-13 years 100m and 200m Freestyle events. Congratulations to the team on their achievements at the National Age Championships, and particularly to Emma on her attaining a National medal! More ...
16-17 April 2011 Two Mantas swimmers (Meghan Kyne swimming with Melbourne West region and Ben Morrison swimming with Melbourne North region) swam in 4 individual events and a relay each at 2011 Special Olympics Victoria State Games at the Wyndham Leisure and Events Centre. Ben came first in the Male top division of each of the 50m, 100m, 200m and 400m Freestyle events. Meghan came first in the Female top division of the 100m IM and 100m Butterfly, and third in the Female top division of the 50m Backstroke. Ben was part of a winning 4 x 50m Freestyle relay team, while Meghan was part of a second placed relay team. Congratulations to both swimmers! More ...
2-3 April 2011 Ten Mantas (Tarnee Dixon, Charlee Liddell, Kyle Micallef, Patrick and Vivianne Phung, Chelsea Rodger, Stephen Truong, Adrian Vu, Alice Webb and Emily Yang) competed in the Metro All Juniors Finals at MSAC. Charlee collected silver in the Girls 11yo 50m Butterfly, Kyle collected silver in the Boys 9yo 50m Freestyle and bronze in the Boys 9yo 50m Backstroke, Emily collected silver in the Girls 12yo 50m Backstroke and bronze in the Girls 12yo Butterfly and Vivianne collceted bronze in the Girls 11yo 50m Backstroke. Tarnee, Charlee, Kyle, Patrick and Vivianne also appeared in other finals. There were 27 PBs over the 47 appearances by Mantas! Well done to all - it was a great performance. More ...
1-8 April 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Ben Morrison competed in the 2011 SAL National Open and Open Multi-Class Championships at SOPAC. Ben swam in three events (50m, 100m and 400m Freestyle) and also competed in a 200m freestyle time trial for S14 swimmers. Ben swam PBs in all three formal events including taking 9 secs of his 400m Freestyle PB. At the end of the meet, he is ranked 7th in Australian S14 class swimmers - well done Ben. More ...
20 March 2011 Six Mantas (Keziah Hillas, Khoa Le, Bradley Moore, Ben Morrison, John Ooi and Nathan Smith) competed in 12 events at the Bayside Last Blast Meet at MSAC. Keziah Hillas came second in the Female Open 800m Freestyle, but importantly knocked over 2 seconds off her best time and has now qualified for the National Age Championships in Adelaide. Congratulations Keziah!
John came second in the Male Open 800m Freestyle and Khoa came third in the Male Open 200m IM while Nathan did similarly in the Male Open 400m IM. More ...
19 March 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore competed in the the Hampton LSC Point to Point 1.2km bay swim from Green Point to Hampton beach. Bradley came first in the Boys 12-17 years and was second in the overall category. Well done Bradley! More ...
12-13 March 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Ashleigh and Lachlan Rich representing Williamstown Life Saving Club competed in the 2011 Victorian State Life Saving Championships at Lakes Entrance. Ashleigh was first in the Girls Under 13 years surf race and won 4 other silver medals and 2 bronze, and was named Under 13 years Female Champion Water Competitor for 2011. Lachlan won silver and bronze medals. Well done both, but congratulations to Ashleigh on her outstanding achievement. More ...
13 March 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's John Ooi competed in the the Eaglehawk Scratch Meet at Bendigo. John came first in the Boys 12-13 years 50m Backstroke and Breaststroke eventsand second in the Boys 12-13 years 50m Butterfly and Freestyle events. Well done John! More ...
12 March 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore competed in the the Indented Head Yacht Club/Point Lonsdale SLSC Wreck2Reef Open Water Swim Classic at Point Lonsdale bay beach. Bradley came first in the Boys 14-17 years and was also first also in the overall category. Congratulations again Bradley! More ...
5-6 March 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore has won a bronze medal at the Australian Open Water Championships at Penrith. Bradley was third Australian home in the Male 15 years 10km swim. Bradley also competed in the Male 15 years 5km swim and came 17th (15th Australian across the line.)
Andrew Roberts also competed in the Open 10km swim and came 15th (12th Australian across the line) Congratulations Brad on bringing home the club's first Nataional medal of the season. More ...
6 March 2011 3 Mantas' swimmers (Keziah Hillas, Rebecca Renda and Nathan Smith) competed in the Haileybury Waterlions JX and Qualifying LC Meet at MSAC. Keziah collected a silver in the Open 800m freestyle and whittled away at her time for the event so that she is now only 0.27 secs off a National qualifying time rather than 0.62 secs!! More ...
5 March 2011 14 Mantas' swimmers competed in the Melbourne Vicentre Gresham LC Meet at MSAC. Marcus Grillo collected 2 gold (13 and Over 200m Breaststroke and 15 and Over 100m Breaststroke), and Ben Morrison ( Open MC 50m Backstroke) and Emily Yang (11-12 years 100m Backtroke) collected a gold each. The team also collected 7 silver and 6 bronze over the meet. And there were 19 PBs from 50 swims. Yet anothre great team effort! More ...
27 February 2011 24 Mantas' swimmers competed in the Metro West District Sprints at MSAC. What a performance - 18 gold, 12 silver and 11 bronze to top the medal table. And 9 District records! And 62 PBs over 87 swims. Kyle Micallef collected 3 gold and a silver and set three District records. John Ooi collected 4 gold and set two District records. Rebecca Renda collected three gold and a silver and set two District records. Ben Morrison collected three gold. Emma Hnadley collected a gold and two bronze and set a District record. Patrick Phung collected a gold and a bronze and set a District record. Natalie Roberts collected a gold, two silver and a bronze. Marcus Grillo collected a gold and a bronze. Khoa Le collected a gold. Seven others collected silver and/or bronze medals A magnificent effort team! More ...
27 February 2011 Mantas John Ooi and Keziah Hillas swam in 3 events at the Casey Tigersharks LC Meet at Casey RACE at Cranbourne. John came first in the boys 13 and under 400m freestyle, and came 5th in 100m backstroke Keziah came 6th in the girls 800m freestyle More ...
19 February 2011 Manta Meghan Kyne, swimming with Melbourne West region, swam in 3 individual events at the Melbourne Eastern Ranges Special Olympics Regional Games at Knox LeisureWorks at Boronia. Meghan came first in the female top division of the 200m IM in a PB and 4th in the top division 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke. More ...
19 February 2011 Thirteen Mantas (Tarnee Dixon, Emily Lavcanski, Charlee Liddell, Kyle Micallef, Patrick and Vivianne Phung, Lachlan Rich, Chelsea Rodger, Gary Tran, Stephen Truong, Adrian Vu, Alice Webb and Emily Yang) competed in the Metro West All Juniors Heats at Melton, and Tarnee, Emily, Charlee, Kyle, Patrick, Vivianne, Lachlan, Chelsea, Stephen, Adrian, Alice and Emily, all qualified for the Metro All Junior finals at MSAC on April 2 and 3. Also, the team collected 10 gold medals (Charlee in 50m fly, Kyle in 50m back, breast and free, Patrick in 50m fly, Vivianne in 50m back and free, and Emily in 50m fly, back and breast), 5 silver medals (Kyle in the 50m fly, Patrick in 50m back and free, Vivianne in 50m fly, and Stephen in 50m breast) and 3 bronze (Tarnee in 50m fly, Charlee in 50m free and Lachlan in 50m fly) on the day. There were 31 PBs over the 44 appearances by Mantas! Well done to all the team - the club is proud of your efforts. More ...
12-13 February 2011 Five Mantas (Charlee Liddell, Kyle Micallef, Vivianne Phung and Emily and Joanna Yang) swam in 14 events at the Swimming Victoria Sprint Championships at MSAC. Emily collected a bronze in the Girls 12yo 50m freestyle and made the finals of the Girls 12yo 50m backstroke and butterly events. Vivianne made the finals of the Girls 11 and under 50m backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly events. And Charlee made the final of the Girls 11 and under 50m butterfly. There were 9 PBs across the group at the meet. Well done all.
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6 February 2011 Manta Meghan Kyne, swimming with Melbourne West region swam in 3 individual events at the Southern-Westernport Special Olympics Regional Games at the Casey ARC. Meghan came first in the female top division of the 50m backstroke in a PB and 4th in the top division 50m freestyle also in a PB. While swimming in a 200m IM, a mature SV referee had a senior moment and thought she was handling a 200m butterfly event instead, and instructed Meghan to do six more laps butterfly at the end of the 2 x 25m butterfly leg of the IM. Meghan obliged and had completed 150m butterfly before we could get to her lane to bring the absurdity to a halt. The referee went bright red and looked for a hole in the ground to swallow her up. She instructed Meghan to do 2 x 25m freestyle to finish off, and that she wouldn't disqualify her! More ...
29 January 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Kyle Micallef and Emily and Joanna Yang swam in the Metro East District Sprint Meet at MSAC. Kyle won gold in the Boys 9 and Under 50m freestyle and 50m Backstroke and a top eight placing in two other events, Emily won gold in the Girls 12 years 50m Backstroke and Girls 11-12 years 100m Breaststroke, silver in the Girls 11-12 years 100m Backstroke, and bronze in the Girls 11-12 years 100m Butterfly, while Joanna achieved two top eight placings. Great start to the sprint season by all.
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29 January 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore swam in the Boroughcoutas Masters Swimming Club's Queenscliff Blue Water Challenge - a 1.2km ocean open water swim off Queenscliffe beach. Bradley came 1st in Boys 14-17 years section and 2nd overall in a time of 11:43. Congratulations Bradley!
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26 January 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Emily and Mary-Anne Camenzuli, Keziah Hillas, Bradley Moore, Lachlan Rich, and Natalie and Andrew Roberts competed in the Williamstown SLSC Australia Day Swim at Williamstown Beach consisting of 1km, 2km and Nipper events. Natalie, Andrew and Bradley won their divisions in the 2km swim while Keziah and Emily gained second or third placings in the 2km event. Mary-Anne was seond in her divison in the 1km swim, and Lachlan was 3rd in the under 14yo Nipper swim Great swim by all!
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26 January 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Ashleigh Rich competed in the SV Open Water 5km time trial as part of the Great Australia Day Swim at Brighton Beach. Ashleigh came 1st in the 12-17 Age Category in a time of 1:20:11 (5th Female overall and 20th overall out of 142 competitors). Well done Ashleigh!
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13-16 January 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Ashleigh Rich with her Williamstown Life Saving Club cap on, was selected in the Victorian Life Saving Development Team (top 4 Male and Female Juniors U13, U14 & U15 age groups) to travel to Tasmania for the 2011 Southern States Challenge at Burnie pool and Penguin Beach. Ashleigh collected a personal 1st and 2nd as well as being part of two winning relays in the Pool Rescue Competition, a personal 2nd and further 1sts in relay and team events on the beach, and then a personal 2nd in the Ironwoman and a part of a winning Board relay team in the Surf Carnival. Well done Ashleigh!
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15 January 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Andrew Roberts, Bradley Moore and Rachel Winterton swam in the Jan Juc SLSC 2011 Danger 1000 - a 1km ocean open water swim on the front beach at Torquay. Bradley came 1st in Boys 15-17 years section in a time of 12:28, and swam again in the Male Open 18-29 section in a time of 12:06 and came 9th. Andrew Roberts came second in the Male Open 18-29 section in a time of 11:36. Rachel came 7th in the Female Open 18-29 section in a time of 15:01. Congratulations Bradley, Andrew and Rachel!
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14-16 January 2011 Six Mantas (Emma Handley, Keziah Hillas, Ben Morrison, Rebecca Renda, Natalie Roberts and Nathan Smith) competed in 24 swims (preliminaries and finals) in the Swimming Victoria Open/MC Championships at MSAC. Ben Morrison won a bronze medal in the Male MC 100m freestyle. Ben had 6 other final 10 results as well. Natalie and Keziah both achieved a final 10 placing as well. And Emma and Rebecca both clocked national times.
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9 January 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore swam in the Sorrento SLSC 2011 Bay Swim - a 1.8km ocean open water swim on the front beach at Sorrento. Bradley came 2nd in Boys 12-17 years section (after being sent on an errant 200m extra detour by officials!) and 7th overall in a time of 21.38. Congratulations Bradley!
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8 January 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Rachel Winterton swam in the nib Lorne SLSC 2011 Pier to Pub 1.2km ocean open water swim off Lorne Beach. Coming off a long injury induced lay-off from swimming, Rachel came 30th (out of 362 swimmers) in the Female Open section in a time of 16.30. Well done Rachel!
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2 January 2011 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore, Natalie Roberts and Rachel Winterton swam in the Pt Lonsdale SLSC 2011 Rip View Classic 1.4km ocean open water swim off Pt Lonsdale. Bradley came 1st in Boys 12-16 years section and 11th overall in a time of 14:12. Natalie came in 4th in the Girls 12-16 years and 11th overall in a time of 15:31. Rachel came 15th in the Female 17-29 section in a time of 17:10. Congratulations Bradley, Natalie and Rachel!
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28 December 2010 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore swam in the Anglesea SLSC 2010 Rock2Ramp 1.2km ocean open water swim off Anglesea beach. Bradley came second in Boys 12-17 years section and 5th overall in a time of 15:17. Congratulations again Bradley!
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26 December 2010 Maribyrnong Swimming Club's Bradley Moore swam in the Pt Leo SLSC 2010 Swim Classic 1.2km ocean open water swim off Pt Leo. Bradley came first in Boys 12-18 years section and 9th overall in a time of 17:50.4. Congratulations Bradley!
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17-22 December 2010 Nineteen Mantas swam in the 2010-2011 Victorian State Age Championships. They collected a total of 24 medals (13 gold, 9 silver and 2 bronze), with John Ooi winning 6 gold and a silver, Khoa Le 3 gold and a silver, Nathan Smith 2 gold, Emily Camenzuli a gold and a silver, Natalie Roberts a gold and 4 silver, Marcus Grillo a silver and a bronze, Vivianne Phung a silver and Bradley Moore a bronze.
There were also 30 other Victorian Championships top ten placings over the six days. And in 87 cases out of 140 swims in heats and finals, Mantas' swimmers bettered their entered times! And 15 out of our 18 individual swimmers swam at least one PB!
Congratulations to all the team - a fantastic effort by all!

In the teams list, Mantas' Girls finished 11th out of 54 clubs, the Boys finished 6th out of 60 clubs, and overall, the team was 9th overall out of 72 clubs. The club is proud of the great team performance.

And special congratulations to John Ooi on being declared the 12 years Male Age Champion of the Meet.

Mantas would like to congratulate their MAC National training squad colleague, Lushavel Stickland (Footscray Swimming and Water Polo Club), on winning eight gold medals at the meet - a truly phenomenal performance.

 And congratulations to Lushavel Stickland on being declared the Girls 12 years Age Swimmer of the Championships.
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22 December 2010 Today's headlines from the sixth and final day of the 2010 SV Age Long Course Championships at MSAC:
* John Ooi collected his sixth gold of the meet in the Boys 12 years 400m Individual Medley
* Khoa Le collected silver in the Boys 15 years 200m Individual Medley
There were another 2 finals placings and the team is holding 8th place in the list of clubs' points scores.



 Mantas would like to congratulate their MAC National training squad colleague, Lushavel Stickland (Footscray Swimming and Water Polo Club), on her eighth gold medal performance of the meet in the Girls 12 years 400m Individual Medley event.

 Congratulations to John Ooi on being the Boys 12 years Age Swimmer of the Championships.
Similarly, congratulations to Lushavel Stickland on being the Girls 12 years Age Swimmer of the Championships.
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21 December 2010 Today's headlines from the fifth day of the 2010 SV Age Long Course Championships at MSAC:
* John Ooi collected gold in the Boys 12 years 400m Freestyle
* Khoa Le collected gold in the Boys 15 years 200m Breaststroke
* Emily Camenzuli collected silver in the Girls 13 years 400m Freestyle
* Natalie Roberts collected silver in the Girls 16 years 200m Individual Medley
There were another 9 finals placings and the team is holding 8th place in the list of clubs' points scores.
 Also, Mantas would like to congratulate their MAC National training squad colleague, Lushavel Stickland (Footscray Swimming and Water Polo Club), on her gold medal performance in the Girls 12 years 400m Freestyle event.
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20 December 2010 Today's headlines from the fourth day of the 2010 SV Age Long Course Championships at MSAC:
* John Ooi collected gold in the Boys 12 years 200m Individual Medley
* Natalie Roberts collected gold in the Girls 16 years 200m Breaststroke
* Khoa Le collected gold in the Boys 15 years 400m Individual Medley
* Marcus Grillo collected siver in the Boys 16 years 200m Breaststroke
* Vivianne Phung collected silver in the Girls 11 years and Under 200m Breaststroke
There were another 3 finals placings and the team is holding 8th place in the list of clubs' points scores.
 And Mantas would like to congratulate their MAC National training squad colleague, Lushavel Stickland (Footscray Swimming and Water Polo Club), on her two gold medal performances in the Girls 12 years 50m Freestyle and 200m Individual Medley events.
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19 December 2010 Two Mantas (Bradley Moore, and Andrew Roberts) swam in the Swimming NSW Open Water Championships at Penrith. Bradley came third in Boys 15 years 10km, while Andrew was 5th in the Open section. Well done guys!
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19 December 2010 Today's headlines from the third day of the 2010 SV Age Long Course Championships at MSAC:
* Khoa Le collected gold in the Boys 15 years 100m Breaststroke
* Nathan Smith collected gold in the Boys 14 years 200m Butterfly
* John Ooi collected gold in the Boys 12 years 800m Freestyle
* John Ooi collected gold in the Boys 12 years 200m Breaststroke
* Natalie Roberts collected silver in the Girls 16 years 400m Individual Medley
There were another 5 finals placings and the team is now 8th placed in the list of clubs' points scores.
 Again, Mantas would like to congratulate their MAC National training squad colleague, Lushavel Stickland (Footscray Swimming and Water Polo Club), on her gold medal performance in the Girls 12 years 200m Backstroke event.
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18 December 2010 Today's headlines from the second day of the 2010 SV Age Long Course Championships at MSAC:
* John Ooi collected gold in the Boys 12 years 200m Freestyle
* Emily Camenzuli collected gold in the Girls 13 years 800m Freestyle
* Natalie Roberts collected silver in the Girls 16 years 100m Breaststroke
* Marcus Grillo collected bronze in the Boys 16 years 100m Breaststroke
There were another 3 finals placings.
 Again, Mantas would like to congratulate their MAC National training squad colleague, Lushavel Stickland (Footscray Swimming and Water Polo Club), on her gold medal performance in the Girls 12 years 200m Freestyle event.
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17 December 2010 Today's headlines from the first day of the 2010 SV Age Long Course Championships at MSAC:
* Nathan Smith collected gold in the Boys 14 years 100m Butterfly
* John Ooi collected silver in the Boys 12 years 100m Freestyle
* Natalie Roberts collected silver in the Girls 16 years 200m Butterfly
* Bradley Moore collected bronze in the Boys 15 years 1500m Freestyle
There were another 8 finals placings and the team is currently 9th placed in the list of clubs' points scores.
 Also, Mantas would like to congratulate their MAC National training squad colleague, Lushavel Stickland (Footscray Swimming and Water Polo Club), on her two gold medal performances in the Girls 12 years 100m Backstroke and 100m Freestyle events.
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12 December 2010 34 Mantas swimmers took part in the Annual Christmas Duck at Victoria University pool. Swimmers chose their stroke to compete in over a 50m SC knockout handicap event. After a series of closely fought heats and semi-finals, the final six were Charlee Liddell (backstroke), Mary-Anne Camenzuli (freestyle), Khoa Le (freestyle), Keziah Hillas (freestyle), Emily Camenzuli (freestyle) and Chelsea Rodger (backstroke).
In a very tight finish, Khoa (last off the blocks) won by a body length followed by Emily by a hand in front of Charlee followed half a body length later by Mary-Anne by a finger in front of Keziah and then Chelsea whose backstroke hand was in the air over the pool edge before Mary-Anne and and Keziah touched, but in a split second, had them both touch before her hand came down to the tiles! All six finished in a little over two second window - where are the touch pads when you need them!
The Christmas Duck was folowed with a photo shoot involving 40 members, and then around 100 swimmers and their families adjourned to Canning St Tea Gardens for the Christmas BBQ - a successful day despite a shower or two.
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3-4 December 2010 19 Mantas swimmers put in 48 appearances between them on the second weekend of the SV Qualifying Competitions at MSAC. Nathan Smith collected a first ribbon (14 years 100m Butterfly) as did John Ooi (12 years 200m Individual Medley) and Khoa Le (15 years Individual Medley). Emily Camenzuli collected one second ribbon (Open 800m Freestyle) as did Andrew Roberts (Open 1500m Freestyle). Emily collected two third ribbons (13 and Under 400m Freestyle and 13 years 100m Butterfly), while Natalie Roberts (16 years and Over 200m Individual Medley), John (13 and Under 400m Freestyle) and Nathan (14 years 200m Individual Medley) each collected a third ribbon.
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27-28 November 2010 20 Mantas swimmers put in 53 appearances between them on the first weekend of the SV Qualifying Competitions at MSAC. Khoa Le collected two first ribbons (15 years 100m and 14-15 years 200m Breaststroke) and Marcus Grillo (16 years and Over 200m Breaststroke) collected one. Emily Camenzuli collected one second ribbon (13 and Under 400m IM) as did Natalie Roberts (16 and over 400m IM). Marcus (16 and Over 100m Breaststroke), Natalie (16 years and Over 200m Butterfly) and Nathan Smith (14-15 years 220m Butterfly) each collected a third ribbon.
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27 November 2010 Two Mantas (Bradley Moore, and Andrew Roberts) swam in the 1.5km Edithvale SLC Club to Club Open Water Swim at at Edithvale/Aspendale. Andrew and Bradley came first in their sections, while Andrew was seond overall, and Bradley 5th. Another great performance guys! More ...
21 November 2010 2 Mantas swimmers(Vivianne Phung and Rebecca Renda) put in 4 appearances between them at the CA Tritons LC Meet at MSAC. Vivianne collected a third placing in the Girls 11 and Under 100m Breaststroke. And there were 4 PBs or new times set between the girls. More ...
21 November 2010 23 Mantas swimmers put in 82 individual appearances between them at the fourth day of the Metro West District Championships at Wyndham Leisure & Events Centre. They collected 10 gold medals (two each to Khoa Le, John Ooi and Nathan Smith and one each to Emma Handley, Marcus Grillo, and Emily and Joanna Yang), 13 silver medals (three to Emily Camenzuli, two each to Marcus Grillo, John Ooi, Natalie Roberts, and Emily and Joanna Yang) and 7 bronze medals (two each to Andrew and Natalie Roberts and one each to John Ooi and Natahn Smith) on the day. Khoa Le set new records in the Boys 15yo 100m Breastsroke and 200m Individual Medley events while Marcus Grillo set a new record in the Boys 16yo 100m Breaststroke. Another great effort by all. More ...
20 November 2010 4 Mantas swimmers(Emma Handley, Keziah Hillas, Bradley Moore and Rebecca Renda) put in 10 appearances between them at the Nunawading LC Meet at MSAC. Emma collected a third placing in the Girls 13 and Under 200m IM. And there were 5 PBs among the group. More ...
20 November 2010 9 Mantas swimmers (Tarnee Dixon, Rebecca Hockey, Meghan Kyne, Charlee Liddell, Kyle Micallef, Ben Morrison, Patrick and Vivianne Phung and Lachlan Rich) put in 35 individual appearances between them at the third day of the Metro West District Championships at Wyndham Leisure & Events Centre. They collected five gold medals (four to Kyle Micallef and one to Ben Morrison), seven silver medals (three to Meghan Kyne, two to Ben Morrison and one each to Patrick and Vivianne Phung) and five bronze medals (two to Meghan Kyne and one each to Tarnee Dixon and Patrick and Vivianne Phung) on the day. The race of the day for Mantas was the Boys 9yo 100m freestyle where over the last forty metres, Kyle Micallef and Patrick Phung put in a gut-wrenching stroke-for-stroke mad dash to the finish line. Both broke the Metro West record for the event, and Kyle prevailed by 0.24 secs! Kyle had a similar struggle with a Swimmers boy and result without the record in the Boys 9yo butterfly. There were many PBs. A great effort by all. More ...
14 November 2010 23 Mantas swimmers put in 20 individual appearances between them and formed four female medley relays and one male medley relay team at the second day of the Metro West District Championships at Wyndham Leisure & Events Centre. They collected four gold medals (Marcus Grillo, Andrew and Natalie Roberts, and Nathan Smith), one silver medal (Khoa Le) and 2 bronze medals (the female relay A team of Emma Handley, Natalie Roberts, Emily Camenzuli and Mary-Anne Camenzuli, and the male relay team of Andrew Roberts, Nathan Smith, Marcus Grillo and Khoa Le) on the day. The wins of Marcus, Natalie and Andrew set new Metro West records for those events. An even better day at the championships - well done all. More ...
14 November 2010 Maribyrnong Manta Kyle Micallef put in 4 individual appearances and two relay appearances in the Metro 7-10 Competitions Finals at MSAC as part of the Metro West team. He collected a 1st placing badge (9yo 50m freestyle) a third placing badge (9yo 50m backstroke) and was part of the winning Metro West 9yo boys 4 x 50 freestyle relay team, as well part of the second placed Metro West 9yo boys 4 x 50m medley realy team. A superb effort Kyle - well done! More ...
13 November 2010 21 Mantas swimmers put in 23 individual appearances between them and formed four female freestyle mixed age relays and one male freestyle mixed age relay team at the first day of the Metro West District Championships at Wyndham Leisure & Events Centre. They collected one gold medal (Marcus Grillo), 2 silver medals (Khoa Le and Natalie Roberts) and 3 bronze medals (Nathan Smith, the female relay A team of Emily Yang, Emily Camenzuli, Rebecca Renda and Mary-Anne Camenzuli, and the male relay team of John Ooi, Nathan Smith, Marcus Grillo and Khoa Le) on the day. Great start to the championships everyone. More ...
13 November 2010 Two Mantas swimmers (Meghan Kyne swimming with Melbourne West region and Ben Morrison swimming with Melbourne North region) swam in 3 individual events and a relay each at Ballarat-Grampians Special Olympics Regional Games at the Ballarat Aquatic Centre. Ben came first in the Male top division of each of the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle events. Meghan came second in the Female top division of the 50m backstroke, 100m IM and 50m freestyle. Meghan was part of a winning relay team, while Ben was part of a second placed relay team. Congratulations to both swimmers! More ...
13 November 2010 Two Mantas (Bradley Moore, and Andrew Roberts) swam in the 1.5km 2XU Open Water Swim at Kialla Lakes near Shepparton. Andrew came first and Bradley second overall in a field of 91 contestants. Andrew took out the Male Open 16 to 34 years title, and Bradley similarly the Male Under 16 years title. Great perforamnce guys! More ...
6 November 2010 Eleven Mantas swimmers (Emily Camenzuli, Emma Handley, Keziah Hillas, Khoa Le, Bradley Moore, Ben Morrison, Rebecca Renda, Ashleigh Rich, Andrew and Natalie Roberts and Nathan Smith) put in 25 appearances at the 2010 Swimming Victoria LC Distance Competition at MSAC. They collected eight first placing ribbons (Natalie Roberts in the Girls 16yo 400m IM, 200m breaststroke and 200m butterfly, Ashleigh Rich in the Girls 12yo 1500m freestyle, Nathan Smith in the Boys 14yo 200m butterfly, Emily Camenzuli in the Girls 13yo 800m freestyle and Khoa Le in the Boys 15yo 400m IM and 200m Breaststroke), one second placing ribbon (Andrew Roberts in the Mens 18 and over 1500m freestyle) and two third placing ribbons (Ben Morrison in the Mixed MC 400m freestyle and Emily Camenzuli in the Girls 13yo 200m butterfly). There were also 10 PBs durimg the meet (3 to Rebecca, 2 each to Emma and Emily, and one each to Bradley, Khoa and Andrew). What a fantastic performance - congratulations to all! More ...
23 October 2010 Two Mantas swimmers (Meghan Kyne swimming with Melbourne West region and Ben Morrison swimming with Melbourne North region) swam in 3 individual events and a relay each at Melbourne Inner East Special Olympics Regional Games at the Carey Pool. Ben came first in the Male top division of each of the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle events. Meghan came first in the Female top division of the 50m backstroke and 100m IM (both PBs), and 2nd in the 50m freestyle. Both their relays came home second. Congratulations to both swimmers! More ...
23-24 October 2010 Mantas' Ashleigh Rich swam in 2 events at the Wyndham LC Meet at the Wyndham Leisure Centre. Ashleigh came home 5th (1st 12 yo) in the Open 200m backstroke, and 4th (1st 12 yo) in the Open 800m freestyle. Well swum Ashleigh! More ...
23 October 2010 11 Mantas swimmers (Tarnee Dixon, Keziah Hillas, Connie Huang, Charlee Liddell, Kyle Micallef, Bradley Moore, Ben Morrison, John Ooi, Natalie Roberts, Gary Tran and Alice Webb) put in 32 appearances between them at the Surrey Park LC Meet at MSAC. They collected four major placings - a second (Natalie Roberts in the Open 200m breaststroke) and three thirds (Natalie Roberts in the Open 400m IM, John Ooi in the 12 and under 100m backstroke and Bradley Moore in the Open 1500m freestyle) on the day. There were 6 other top ten placings. In 11 swims, our swimmers bettered their entered times. More ...
17 October 2010 24 Mantas swimmers put in 98 appearances between them at the Joint Maribyrnong Mantas/Essendon District Aquatic LC Meet at MSAC. They collected 9 gold medals (three each to Marcus Grillo and Khoa Le, two to Ben Morrison and one to Emily Yang) and 5 silver medals and 5 bronze medals on the day. In 37 swims, our swimmers bettered their entered times, and in another 15 swims Maribyrnong swimmers set times for an event that they had not contested for a while, or in most cases where our younger swimmers were having their first attempts at various distance/stroke combinations.
The Club congratulates and thanks all the swimmers who contributed to the meet. And also to all the parents and carers and family of all the swimmers who assisted in numerous roles both before and during the meet to make the meet a success. Take a bow everyone. More ...
17 October 2010 Three Mantas (Keziah Hillas, Bradley Moore, and Andrew Roberts) swam in better conditions today on the second day of the 20th Annual Hazelwood Sauna Swim and SV Open Water Championships at Hazelwood Pondage. All three Mantas won the gold medals in their respective age groups over the 10km - Keziah in the girls 14 years, Bradley in the boys 15 years, and Andrew in the male open event. Congratulations all three on such a great effort! More ...
16 October 2010 Seven Mantas (Keziah Hillas, Bradley Moore, Ashleigh and Lachlan Rich, Andrew and Natalie Roberts and Nathan Smith) braved the elements and swam in the 20th Annual Hazelwood Sauna Swim and SV Open Water Championships at Hazelwood Pondage. All seven Mantas managed top eight finihses, with a gold to Natalie Roberts in the female Open 5km event, silver to Ashleigh in the girls 10-12 years 3km event and to Andrew Roberts in the male Open 5km event. Nathan got bronze in the boys 13-14 years 5km event. Bradley was 6th in the boys 15-16 years 5km event, Keziah was 8th in the girls 13-14 years 5km event, and 10yo Lachlan came eighth (2nd 10yo) in the boys 10-12 years 1km event. A really superb effort by all, especially considering the conditions! More ...
10 October 2010 Five Mantas (Kyle Micallef, John Ooi, Gary Tran, Viktoria Tsiatsias and Gary Tran) competed in 13 events between them at the MLC Aquatic 2010 LC Meet at MSAC. Kyle came home third in the 10 and under 50m butterfly. There were three other top 10 placings, but also five other top three virtual placings: Kyle was the first 9yo home in both the 12 and under 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke events, John was the first 12yo home in both Open 200m freestyle and 200m IM events, Viktoria was the third 13yo home in the Open 200m backstroke, and Kyle was the third 9yo home in the 10 and under 50m butterfly. Another fine effort by all! More ...
9 October 2010 Maribyrnong Swimming Club heartily congratulates Samantha Hamill, a former junior member from our Maidstone Swimming Club days, on winning a silver medal in the 400m Individual Medley at the 2010 XIX Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Samantha had "a tough day at the office" which started with swimming in the 200m butterfly final in which she came fourth - 0.80 secs behing the winner and only 0.11 secs behind the bronze medallist. About 20 minutes later, she was on the blocks for the 400m IM final and missed gold by 0.62 secs even though she was mowing down the eventual winner from Scotland.
Samantha was "home" training at MAC over the Christmas period last year, and still holds Metro West records she created while with Maidstone as well others while at Sunbury after Maidstone.
9 October 2010 Two Mantas (Kyle Micallef and Lachlan Rich) competed in 8 events between them at the Metro West 7-10 Competition Heats at Wyndham. Kyle came home first the 9yo 50m freestyle and the 50m backstroke, second in the 50m butterfly and fourth in the 50m breaststroke, and qualifies for the finals in all four strokes at MSAC on November 14th. Lachlan qualified for the finals in the 10yo 50m butterfly. Good luck in the finals boys ... Well done both of you! More ...
9 October 2010 Seven Mantas (Tarnee Dixon, Ashleigh and Lachlan Rich, Adrian Vu, Alice Webb and Emily and Joanna Yang) competed in 28 events between them at the Melbourne Vicentre Classic LC Meet at MSAC. Emily collected a gold medal in the 10-11 years 50m butterfly, and Tarnee and Lachlan both collected silver in the 11 years and under 100m butterfly. There were another 13 top ten finishes between the group. Well done all! More ...
3 October 2010 Two Mantas (John Ooi and Vivianne Phung) competed in 7 events between them at the 2010 ascta(V) & Warrnambool Swimming Club LC Meet at MSAC. John collected two first placings, a second placing and a third placing - all them PBs! In her first LC meet, Vivianne (a 10yo) swam in three 10-13yo events, and was the first 10yo home in two events and the second 10yo home in the other. Well done both of you! More ...
18-20 September 2010 Natalie Roberts and Nathan Smith have won selection in the Victorian State Age Team for 2010-2011. As part of this team they swam at the Swimming Australia 2010 State Teams Championships at the AIS in Canberra. The MSC is proud of their selection and congratualtes them on their achievement. SAL Meet performances ...
17 September 2010 Eleven Mantas swimmers (Natalie Roberts, Khoa Le, Marcus Grillo, Mary-Anne Camenzuli, Ben Morrison, Andrew Roberts, Bardley Moore, Emily Camenzuli, Emma Handley, Emily Yang and John Ooi) have been selected in Swimming Victotia's 2010 Target 2012 High Performance Squads. Congratulations to all - the club is quite honoured by your selection.More details ...
19 September 2010 Two Mantas (Rebecca Renda and Charlee Liddell) competed in 9 events at the Bayside Long Course Meet at MSAC. The meet was for the most part divided into just two age groupings: 13 and Under, and 14 and Over, with large fields in the younger division, and small numbers in the older group. Rebecca achieved a 3rd placing in the 400m IM, as well as two 4ths and a 6th. Charlee, a 10yo, was the 2nd 10yo in the 200m IM, 3rd 10yo in 50m freestyle and collected a 4th and two 5ths as a 10yo in other events. A good start to the long course season girls! More ...
27-29 August 2010 Twenty Mantas swimmers competed in 89 events over three days at the Victorian 2010 State Short Course Championships at MSAC. Maribyrnong swimmers collected three gold (Natalie Roberts in the Girls 200m breaststroke, Nathan Smith in the Boys 200m butterfly and John Ooi in the Boys 12 years 400m freestyle), 11 silver and 9 bronze. There were also 23 other Victorian Championships top ten placings. In 70 out of the 89 swims, Mantas swam PBs - very Manta attained at least one PB. In the teams list Mantas' Girls finished 10th out of 50 clubs, the Boys finished 11th out of 48 clubs, and the team was 12th overall out of 61 clubs. The club is proud of the great team performance. More ...
15 August 2010 Two Mantas swimmers (Tarnee Dixon and John Ooi) competed in 3 events at the Eltham SC Meet at MSAC. Details...
14 August 2010 Twenty-two Mantas swimmers competed in 88 events at the Nunawading August SC Meet at MSAC. This was a pretty tough meet with basically just two age divisions: 13 years and Under, and 14 years and Over for most events. Natalie Roberts collected a first placing in the 14 years and Over 200m breaststroke, and a second placing in the Open 400m Individual Medley. Emily Yang scored a second placing in the 13 years and Under 100m butterfly, while Marcus Grillo collected a second placing in the 14 years and Over 100m breastroke, and also a third placing in the 200m breaststroke. There were also 28 other top ten placings. In 49 swims, Mantas bettered their entered times. A great work-out coming into the State Age SC titles. More ...
8 August 2010 Three Mantas swimmers (Alesha and Lauren Kendall and Charlee Liddell) competed in 14 events at the North-West Aquatic SC Meet at Wyndham. Charlee collected 2 first placings (10 years and Under 100m freestyle and 100m Individual Medley), and a third placing (100m backstroke). The girls also bettered their entered times in 6 events . Great swimming girls! More ...
7 August 2010 Eight Mantas swimmers (Stacey Cockram, Emma Handley, Rebecca Renda, Ashleigh Rich, Viktoria Tsiatsias, Alice Webb and Emily and Joanna Yang) put in 30 appearances between them at the Melbourne Vicentre August SC Meet at MSAC. They collected 4 gold medals (3 to Emily and 1 to Emma) and 3 bronze (1 to Emma and 2 to Ashleigh). There were 12 other final 10 placings, and in 18 events, the girls bettered their entered times. More kudos girls! More ...
1 August 2010 Seven Mantas swimmers (Khoa Le, Rebecca Renda, Bea and Noah Rodriguez, Nathan Smith, Gary Tran and Adrian Vu) put in 29 appearances between them at the 20th Western Region Swimming Carnival at the Maribyrnong Aquatic Centre. They collected 3 gold medals (Khoa, Rebecca and Nathan), 6 silver and 5 bronze between them. Khoa set a meet record for the Men's 100m Breaststroke, as did Nathan in the Men's 100m Individual Medley. Well done Mantas! More ...
31 July 2010 17 Mantas swimmers put in 71 appearances between them at the Surrey Park July SC Meet at MSAC. They collected 2 gold medals/first placings (Khoa Le and John Ooi) and 2 silver medals/second placings and 6 bronze medals/third placings on the day. There were also another 20 final ten placings between the group. In 35 swims, our swimmers bettered their entered times. Another great effort Mantas! More ...
25 July 2010 34 Mantas swimmers put in 144 appearances between them at the Joint Maribyrnong Mantas/Essendon District Aquatic SC Meet at MSAC. They collected 6 gold medals (one each to Marcus Grillo, Khoa Le, Ben Morrison, Natalie Roberts and 2 to Andrew Roberts) and 8 silver medals and 12 bronze medals on the day. In 71 swims, our swimmers bettered their entered times, and in another 34 swims Maribyrnong swimmers set times for an event that they had not contested for a while, or in most cases where our younger swimmers were having their first attempts at various distance/stroke combinations.
The Club congratulates and thanks all the swimmers who contributed to the meet. And also to all the parents and carers and family of all the swimmers who assisted in numerous roles to make the meet a success. Take a bow everyone. More ...
4 July 2010 Thirteen Mantas' swimmers (Stacey Cockram, Tarnee Dixon, Emma Handley, Keziah Hillas, Alesha Kendall, Monica Lavcanski, Bradley Moore, Ben Morrison, Rebecca Renda, Ashleigh and Lachlan Rich, Chelsea Rodger and Alice Webb) put in 44 appearances between them at the Monash SC Meet at the Monash pool. They collected 15 first placing ribbons (Tarnee, 2 to Emma, Keziah, Monica, Bradley, Ben, 3 to Rebecca, 3 to Ashleigh,and 2 to Lachlan), 12 second placing ribbons and 10 third placing ribbons between them. In 19 cases, swimmers bettered their entered times. And all swimmers cracked it for at least one major placing. Well done all - you may quite a splash on behalf of the club. More ...
3 July 2010 Mantas' Tarnee Dixon swam in the Wyndham City Swimming Club Short Course Meet at the Wyndham pool. Tarnee competed in four events and claimed two PBs, and a silver medal in the Girls 9-10 years 50m freestyle. Well done Tarnee! More ...
26 June 2010 Mantas' Ashleigh and Lachlan Rich swam in the Melton Swimming Club Short Course Meet at the Melton pool. Ashleigh competed in five events and claimed two PBs and a bronze medal in the Girls 12-13 years 100m backstroke. Lachlan swam six events for three PBs and a bronze in the Boys 10-11 years 50m butterfly. Great effort Ashleigh and Lachlan! More ...
26 June 2010 Mantas' Bradley Moore competed in the Melbourne Vicentre Short Course Meet at MSAC. Bradley swam in four events and achieved PBs in all events. And won a bronze in the Male Open 200m backstroke. Well done Bradley! More ...
20 June 2010 Five Mantas' swimmers (Emily and Monica Lavcanski, Bea and Noah Rodriguez and Isabella Ragusa) swam in the Essendon District Aquatic Encouragement Meet at Victoria University Pool. Monica picked up gold in the Girls 12-13 years 100IM and Girls years 11-12 50m butterfly and silver in the Girls years 12-13 years 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke and 50m freestyle events. Isabella won gold in the Girls 12-13 years breaststroke, and Emily won silver in the Girls 7 and under 25m freestyle. Noah and Bea swam well and were up against some big fields of over 60 swimmers. For Emily, Bea and Noah, it was their first competitive swim meet and a great start. Well done all! More ...
19-20 June 2010 Three Mantas' swimmers (Ben Morrison, Andrew Roberts and Natalie Roberts) swam in the Victorian Open and Multi-Class Short Course Championships at MSAC. Ben collected a bronze in the MC 50m freestyle in a new PB. He also came in 5th in the MC 50m backstroke and MC 50m breaststroke, and swam a PB in the MC mixed 100m freestyle. Natalie came 6th in the Open 800m freestyle in a PB, and Andrew came 5th in the Open 1500m freestyle also in a PB. Great work all especially, Ben! More ...
19 June 2010 A great night for all who attended our social evening at the Altona Tenpin Bowling Complex where once again we were made to feel very welcome. This was the second time our club ran this event and the total attendance of 40 was fantastic. With 5 bowlers per each of seven lanes, including 10 parent bowlers, the fun began. The remaining 5 parents cheered and supported the players. The spares, strikes and occasional misses began rolling off the ball. This all came to a sudden stop when the hot food and drinks hit the tables. The games resumed and some excellent results were achieved - Monica Lavcanski outscoring all other swimmers and siblings, and Paul Rodger topping the parents. The games arcade was also a hit, especially the game with the chocolate bar reward!
Many thanks to Lorraine for organizing this event.
5-11 June 2010 Three Mantas' swimmers (Nathan Smith, John Ooi and Emily Yang) put in 12 appearances between them representing their schools in the Victorian State team at the School Sport Australia Swimming Championships in Brisbane. Nathan Smith collected a silver medal in the Boys 13-14 years 200m butterfly. All also attained a number of final 10 placings as well. More ...
13 June 2010 Thirteen Mantas' swimmers put in 46 appearances between them in the Surrey Park SC Meet at MSAC. They collected 6 second placings ( 3 to Rebecca Renda, 2 to Lauren Kendall and one to Bradley Moore) and 6 third placings ( 2 to Rebecca Renda, 2 to Keziah Hillas, and one to each of Khoe Le and Viktoria Tsiatsias. Also there were another 23 final 10 placings, and in 25 of the 46 swims, Mantas' swimmers betterd their entered times. Well done all (particularly to Rebecca Renda with her 5 top-three placings) in a meet with some tough and/or long distance swims. More ...
12 June 2010 Twenty-two Mantas' swimmers put in 89 appearances between them in the Metro West SC Meet at MSAC. They collected 5 gold, 10 silver and 10 bronze and another 38 final 10 placings in a great group performance. Tarnee Dixon won the Girls 9-10 years 50m butterfly, Connie Huang the Girls 12 years 100m breaststroke, Andrew Roberts the Boys 200m backstroke, Nathan Smith the Boys 14 years 100m butterfly and Emily Yang the Girls 11 & Under 100m backstroke. A special mention for Vivianne and Patrick Phung who made their first ever appearances as competitive swimmers - Vivianne picked up two bronze and Patrick a silver and a bronze - and he squeezed in a piano exam in as well! Congratulations to all. More ...
5 June 2010 Eight Mantas' swimmers (Alesha and Lauren Kendall, Monica Lavcanski, Ashleigh and Lachlan Rich, Chelsea Rodger, Viktoria Tsiatsias and Alice Webb ) competed in 34 events between them in the North-West Aquatic Qualifying SC Meet at Wyndham. Alice finished first in the Girls 12 years and Under 50m backstroke, Monica first in the Girls 12 years and Under 50m breaststroke, Viktoria second in the Girls 11-12 years 100m breaststroke,and Monica third in the Girls 12 years and Under 50m butterfly. And there were another 18 top eight finishes among the group - everyone was up there! It was Chelsea's first interclub swim meet, and the first under Mantas' colours for most of the other seven swimmers who attained 21 PB's between them. Congratulations - fantastic effort by all. More ...
22 May 2010 Mantas' Alice Webb made her debut under Maribyrnong Mantas' colours at the Nunawading JX Spectacular at MSAC and performed well producung some PBs and a final 10 placing. Well done Alice. More ...
16 May 2010 At the Essendon District Aquatic Encouragement Meet at Victoria University, Mantas' Tarnee Dixon collected gold in the Girls 11 & under 50m backstroke, 100m individual medley and 25m butterfly, and silver in the 50m freestyle as well as one other final eight placing. Well done Tarnee - a great start to the season! More ...
15 May 2010 Mantas' Nick Lavery made his debut at competitive swimming at the North-West Aquatic Encouragement Meet at Wyndham and performed admirably. Congratulations Nick, and may this be the beginning of successful competition for you! More ...
21 and 22 April 2010 At the the 2010 Australian Special Olympics IX National Games in Adelaide, Mantas' Ben Morrison won gold in the Mens 200m freestyle, silver in the Mens 50m freestyle, silver in the Mens 400m freestyle and bronze in the Mens 100m freestyle - a fantastic performance Ben! More...
9 and 10 April 2010 On the final two days of competition at the 2010 Australian Age Championships at SOPAC in Sydney, Mantas' Natalie Roberts competed in the Girls 15yo 200m Breastroke. Natalie was seeded 4th for the event but managed to come in 3rd fastest in the heats to qualify for the final. Unfortunately, with girls doing PBs all over the pool, Natalie came in 6th in the final. Mary-Anne Camenzuli was seeded 15th in the same event but swam well to finish 13th in the heats. Disaster struck Mantas again in the Boys 14yo 400m IM when Nathan Smith was disqualified in the heats. Natalie Roberts finished 22nd in the Girls 15yo 200m breaststroke. And Emily Camenzuli came 18th in the Girls 12-13yo 400m IM. More...
8 April 2010 On the fourth day of the 2010 Australian Age Championships at SOPAC in Sydney, Mantas' Natalie Roberts competed in the Girls 15yo 400m IM. Natalie was seeded 5th for the event but managed to come in 2nd fastest in the heats to qualify for the final. Unfortunately, disaster struck in the final when Natalie was disqualified. Mary-Anne Camenzuli was seeded 17th in the same event with a time of 5.16.74 and produced a PB in the heats with a time of 5:15.95 to finish 11th overall - missing the final by just 0.13 of a second. More...
7 April 2010 On the third day of the 2010 Australian Age Championships at SOPAC in Sydney, Mantas' Natalie Roberts competed in the Girls 15yo 100m breaststroke. Natalie was seeded 16th for the event at 1.15.99, but managed to come in 12th fastest in the heats with a PB of 1.15.80. Mary-Anne Camenzuli was seeded 19th in the same event with a time of 1.17.82 and had to produce a PB in the heats with a time of 1.16.92 just to maintain ranking. Nathan Smith was seeded 21st in the Boys 14yo 200m butterfly at 2.20.75 but produced an excellent PB of 2.17.95 to finish 14th overall. Emily Camenzuli in her first Age Championships was seeded 16th in the Girls 12-13yo 800m freestyle but finished 13th overall. Great personal efforts by all - well done! More...
6 April 2010 Mantas' Natalie Roberts was the first Mantas' swimmer to compete at the 2010 Australian Age Championships at SOPAC in Sydney. Natalie competed in the Girls 15yo 200m butterfly on Day 2 of the meet. Natalie was seeded 13th for the event at 2.24.14, but managed to come in 9th fastest in the heats to make the final. In the final Natalie swam a PB of 2:23.19 to come in 6th overall, 5th Australian and 1st Victorian - great performance Natalie! More...
22 March 2010 The Maribyrnong Mantas Swimming Club congratulates its long serving valued member Rachel Winterton on being awarded her PhD degree from the School of Sport and Exercise Science (Faculty of Arts, Education and Human Development) at Victoria University. Her thesis is entitled "Feats of Fancy" and "Marvels of Muscle": A Social History of Swimming in Late Colonial Melbourne.
Rachel started as a junior swimmer in the early 1990's and has continued through to now being an active senior swimmer who won individual gold, relay silver and relay bronze medals at this season's Metro West District Championships. She is also the Girl's Captain, Club Registrar, Club Newsletter Editor and Vice-President of the Club Committee. Well done Dr. Rachel Winterton on achieving this academic milestone while still being a key stalwart of the club. Best wishes for your future career.
20-21 March 2010 Six Mantas' swimmers (Tarnee Dixon, Emily Yang, Connie Huang, Emma Handley, Stacey Cockram and Zoë Coates) competed in the Metro All Juniors Finals at MSAC. Emily Yang picked up silver medals in both the Girls 11 yo 50m freestyle and butterfly events, and obtained a top 10 placing in the final of her 50m backstroke event, And Tarnee (Girls 10 yo 50m butterfly), Connie (Girls 12 yo 50m breaststroke) and Zoë (Girls 14 yo 50m breaststroke) all made the finals. Well done to all the girls. More ...
20-21 March 2010 Two Mantas' swimmers (Ben Morrison and Meghan Kyne) competed in the Special Olympics Victorian State Games at Nunawading. Ben collected gold medals in the Male 1st Division 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle events, but importantly finally conquered his long time nemesis in the 50m freestyle. Meghan collected silver in the Female 1st Division 50m butterfly, and bronze in the Female 1st Division 50m freestyle. Ben now goes onto the National Special Olympics in Adelaide in April. This event also serves as the selection trials for the Australian Special Olympics team for the International Special Olympics in Athens in 2011. Go Ben!
27-28 February 2010 Thirteen Mantas' swimmers (Emily and Mary-Anne Camenzuli, Bill and Zoë Coates, Stacey Cockram, Emma Handley, Rebecca Hockey, Connie Huang, Andrew and Natalie Roberts, Lachlan and Madeleine Russell, and Emily Yang) competed in the Metro West District Sprints at Werribee. Zoë Coates picked up gold in the Girls 14 yo 50m breaststroke and Natalie Roberts did likewise in the Girls 15 yo event. There were another 14 silver and bronze medals won by Mantas swimmers. Great effort team! More ...
28 February 2010 Mantas' swimmer Andrew Roberts competed in the 2010 Jalna Big Bay Swim, a 3.2km open water swim across the top of Port Phillip Bay from Sandridge beach at Port Melbourne to the tourist pier at Williamstown. Andrew was first home in a time of 35 mins 21.15 secs pipping swimming legend Daniel Kowalski by nearly 18 secs. Andrew was part of a leading bunch, and over the last bit found top gear and left the field behind. Andrew won the overall event and the 18 to 29 yo category. Congratualtions on a magnificent swim Andrew from all at Mantas.
26 to 28 February 2010 Mantas' swimmer Ben Morrison competed in the Australian National Multi-Class (formerly SWD) Age Championsips at the AIS in Canberra. Ben picked up a bronze in the Boys 17-18 yo 50m freestyle (and was the first Victorian to touch). Ben also came 5th in the Boys 16-18 yo 400m freestyle, 4th in the Boys 17-18 yo 100m freestyle, 6th in the Boys 17-18 yo 50m backstroke and 5th in the Boys 17-18 yo 100m backstroke. Congratulations and well done Ben! More...
20 and 21 February 2010 Mantas' swimmer Andrew Roberts competed in the Australian National Open Water Championsips at Nagambie. Andrew was the 7th Australian (and the first Victorian and only the second 18 yo and under) across the finish line in the Mens 10km event. In the Mens Open 5km event, Andrew was the 10th Australian (and second Victorian and third 18 yo and under) home. A great effort Andrew! More...
20 February 2010 Seven Mantas' swimmers (Tarnee Dixon, Emily Yang, Connie Huang, Madeleine Russell, Emma Handley, Stacey Cockram and Zoë Coates competed in the Metro West All Juniors Heats at Melton, and Tarnee, Emily, Connie, Emma, Stacey and Zoë all qualified in all four strokes for the Metro All Junior finals at MSAC on March 20 and 21. Also, Emily finished first in all strokes for Girls 11 yo, Connie first in breaststroke for Girls 12yo, Emma first in breaststroke for Girls 13yo, and Zoë first in breaststroke Girls 14yo. Well done to all the girls - the club is proud of your efforts. More ...
13 and 14 February 2010 Four Mantas' swimmers (Zoë amd Bill Coates, Emma Handley and Sam Williams) competed in a total of 10 events at the 2010 Victorian Sprint Championships at MSAC. In tough competition, they finished in the top ten placings in 5 events, and also clocked some PBs. Well done all.
7 February 2010 Mantas' swimmer Meghan Kyne competed for the new Melbourne West Special Olympics region in the SOV Southern/Westernport Regional Aquatics meet at Casey ARC. She came in first in the Female division 1 100m individual medley and collected two other top three placings as well.
7 February 2010 Nine Mantas' swimmers (Emily and Mary-Anne Camenzuli, Zoë amd Bill Coates, Emma Handley, Connie Huang, Natalie Roberts, Nathan Smith and Sam Williams) competed in a total of 24 events at the Surrey Park Long Course Meet at MSAC. Connie Huang came in first in the Girls 12 and under 200m individual medley Natalie did likewise in the Female Open 200 freestyle. There were 7 other top three place finishes by Mantas swimmers but overall in 20 of the 24 events Mantas finished in the top 10 positions.
6 February 2010 Ten Mantas' swimmers (Emily and Mary-Anne Camenzuli, Zoë and Bill Coates, Stacey Cockram, Emma Handley, Ben Morrison, Natalie Roberts, Nathan Smith and Sam Williams) competed in a total of 36 events at the Melbourne Vicentre Long Course Meet at MSAC. Ben Morrison came in first in both the 50m freestyle and 50m backstroke SWD events. Natalie did likewise in the Female Open 400 freestyle, while Mary-Anne Camenzuli came first in the Female Open 200m medley. There were 6 other top three place finishes by Mantas swimmers but overall in 30 of the 36 events Mantas finished in the top 10 positions.
15 to 17 January 2010 Three Mantas' swimmers (Zoë Coates, Natalie Roberts, and Ben Morrison) put in a total of 9 events (including 7 finals) at the Victorian State Open/SWD Championships at MSAC over the 3 days. Ben Morrison appeared in 6 finals and achieved PBs in five. He just missed out on a medal in the Male 100m SWD freestyle - he was the third Victorian to touch but under the complicated time adjustmensts for different disabilities, he was finally placed fourth. Natalie was placed in the final of the Female 400 individual medley.
After the completion of this meet, the combined club points score for 12/under, Age, Open and SWD meets were released. Maribyrnong finished as the 11th strongest Victorian club - 7th if one excludes the school based clubs. Great effort - congratualtions to all Mantas who took part in these meets - you have done the club proud! More ...
6 to 10 January 2010 Eight Mantas' swimmers (Emily and Mary-Anne Camenzuli, Zoë and Bill Coates, Natalie and Andrew Roberts, Olivia Del Grosso and Nathan Smith) put in a total of 44 events (including 25 finals) at the Victorian State Age Championships at MSAC over the 5 days. Natalie Roberts picked up gold in the Girls 15 years 200m breaststroke, silver in the Girls 15 years 100m breaststroke and a bronze in the Girls 15 and under 400m individual medley. Nathan Smith picked up gold in the Boys 13 years 100m butterfly, silver in the Boys 13 and under 200m butterfly and bronze in each of the Boys 13 and under 200m individual medley and 400m freestyle events. Mary-Anne Camenzuli picked up a silver in the Girls 15 years 200m breaststroke. Of note, in 29 of the 44 appearances, Mantas bettered their PBs- great effort by everyone. More ...
19 and 20 December 2009 Five Mantas' swimmers (Emily Camenzuli, Emma Handley, Jesse May, Daniel Nguyen and Emily Yang) put in a total of 35 appearances at the Victorian 12 and Under Championships at MSAC over the weekend. Emily Camenzuli picked up gold in the Girls 12 years 200m butterfly, silver in the Girls 12 and under 400m freestyle and a bronze in the Girls 12 years 200m individual medley. Emily appeared in another 3 finals. Emma appeared in 4 finals, Jesse in 1 final amd Emily Yang in 3 finals. Of note, in 26 of the 35 appearances, Mantas bettered their PBs- great effort by everyone. More ...
13 December 2009 Mantas' swimmers had their annual fun "Christmas Duck" event and BBQ at Laverton. Over a series of handicap sprints in the stroke of each swimmer's choice, swimmers compete for contributions for their family Christmas dinner. Emma Handley swimming butterfly brought home the turkey - well done Emma.
5 and 6 December 2009 Mantas' swimmer Andrew Roberts swam as part of the Swimming Victoria Open Water Swim team in the 2010 NSW Open Water Championships at Penrith, NSW in which strong teams from New Zealand, Queeensland and South Australia also competes. Andrew finished 3rd in the Boys 17-18 5km event, and 2nd in the 10km event for the same age group - congratulations Andrew.
5 and 6 December 2009 The Eight Mantas' swimmers (Emily and Mary-Anne Camenzuli, Bill and Zoë Coates, Keziah Hillas, Ben Morrison, Natalie Roberts and Nathan Smith) added another 29 appearances in the second weekend of the Swimming Victoria December Competitions at MSAC. Natalie Roberts continued her winning ways picking up another three first placing ribbons in the girls 15 years 200m freestyle, 100m breaststroke and 200m IM. She also collected second placing ribbons in girls 15 years 400m freestyle and girls 14-15 200m butterfly. Nathan Smith collected another two first placing ribbons in the boys 13 100m fly and boys 13 and under 200m backstroke. And Mary-Anne Camenzuli picked up a second placing ribbon in the girls 15 years 100m breastroke and third placing ribbons in the 200m and 400m freestyle. Younger sister Emily picked up a third placing ribbon in the girls 12 years 200m freestyle. There were another 7 final eight placings among the group. Congratulations team on your great efforts over the two weekends. Full report here.
28 and 29 November 2009 Eight Mantas' swimmers (Emily and Mary-Anne Camenzuli, Bill and Zoë Coates, Keziah Hillas, Ben Morrison, Natalie Roberts and Nathan Smith) put in a total of 24 appearances in the first weekend of the Swimming Victoria December Competitions at MSAC. Natalie Roberts picked up gold in the girls 14-15 years 200m breaststroke and girls 15 and under 400m IM. Nathan Smith collected a gold medal in the boys 13 and under 200m fly and Keziah Hillas won a bronze in the girls Open 800m freestyle. There were another 8 final eight placings among the group. Well done.
28 November 2009 Three Mantas' swimmers (Ben Morrison, Meghan Kyne and Tom Harris) swam for the Melbourne North team in the Special Olympics Ballarat Regional Acquatics Games held at the Ballarat Leisure Centre. Ben came home first in the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle male divison 1 events - yet another great effort Ben. Meghan finished first in the 50m freestyle and in the 100m IM in the female division 1 events. And Tom picked up a second in the 100m freestyle in the male division 2 and third in both the division 1 50m fly and 50m freestyle. Tom and Ben were part of winning relay teams. Well done to you all!
22 November 2009 Ten Mantas' swimmers (Emily and Mary-Anne Camenzuli, Bill and Zoë Coates, Olivia Del Grosso, Emma Handley, Keziah Hillas, Ben Morrison, Nathan Smith and Sam Williams) put in a total of 32 appearances in the 2009 CA Tritons Long Course Event at MSAC. Nathan Smith collected three gold medals (boys 13 and under 200m free, 100m fly and 200m IM) as well as a bronze in the 100m free and Mary-Anne Camenzuli won a gold in the girls 14-15 100m breaststroke. Emma Handley picked up silver in the girls 12 and under 200m fly and 100m free and a bronze in the 100m breaststroke. Emily Camenzuli collected a silver in the girls 12 and under 100m breaststroke. There were another 10 final eight placings among the group. Congratulations all!
21 and 22 November 2009 The Metro West District Championships were completed over the weekend. The added performances this weekend meant that the 22 Mantas swimmers who participated over the four days of the championships collected in total 51 medals (14 gold, 20 silver and 17 bronze) and there another 31 final eight placings. Mantas swimmers also set 5 new Metro West records.
This was a great performance for the club and the best for many a year - hearty congratulations to all who took part!
Full meet details here
15 November 2009 The highlight of Day 2 of the Metro West District Championships (13yo, 14yo, 15yo, 16yo, 17yo and 18+yo and Relays) was the Boys Open Medley Relay team (Andrew Roberts - Back, Dylan May - Breast, Bill Coates - Fly and Sam Williams - Free) who screamed home to not only win, but also smash the District Record time previously set in 2007. Congratulations on a fantastic result boys!
Also Alexandra Samarin (16yo Breast), Dylan May (16yo Breast) and Mary-Anne Camenzuli (14yo IM) set new District Records - well done.
Eighteen Mantas swam in Day 2 events and collected 31 medals (11 gold, 12 silver and 8 bronze) - another great day for the club!
Meet details to date here
14 November 2009 The highlight of Day 1 of the Metro West District Championships (11yo, 12yo and SWD) was Mantas' Jesse May "flying" finish to win the Boys 11yo 100m Butterfly and wiping over 6 seconds off the Metro West District Record time. Jesse came from about a half a body length behind with a couple of metres to go, and "gave it his all" and flew over those last metres to eventually win by about a half a body length to great acclaim from those watching. Congratulations on a superb effort Jesse.
Six Mantas swam in Day 1 events and collected 18 medals (3 gold, 8 silver and 7 bronze), but of note, none did worse than 6th in the course of the afternoon.
Meet details to date here
24 October 2009 Two Mantas' swimmers (Ben Morrison and Meghan Kyne) swam for the Melbourne North team in the Special Olympics Inner East Regional Acquatics Games held at the Carey Pool. Ben came home first in the 400m, 200m and 100m freestyle male divison 1 events and second in the 50m freestyle - great effort Ben. Meghan finished second in the 50m butterfly and third in the 50m freestyle in the female division 1 events.
17-18 October 2009 Five Mantas' swimmers (Natalie and Andrew Roberts, Keziah Hillas, Zoë Coates and Nathan Smith) swam in the 2009 Victorian Open Water Championships at the Hazelwood pondage run by the Traralgon Swimming Club. All competed in the 5km event, and Andrew also competed in the 10km event. Andrew won gold in both events in the Boys 17-18 category - congratulations Andrew. Natalie won bronze in the Girls 15-16 category. There were a number of other final 8 finishes between the group. More ...
3 October 2009 Three Mantas' swimmers (Emma Handley, Rebecca Renda and Ben Morrison) swam in the Wyndham City 21st Annual Long Course meet. Between them, they competed in 17 events and each won a gold medal. Also they collected three bronze medals as well as 8 other final 8 finishes between the group. Well done Emma, Rebecca and Ben. Full report here.
August 2009 The Moonee Valley City Council has announced that Avondale Heights resident and Maribyrnong Mantas club member, Natalie Roberts, has been awarded the 2008/2009 Dick Reynolds Youth Sports Scholarship. This is an annual award of the Council and "provides a deserving and lasting acknowledgement of the life and contribution made by the late Dick Reynolds to our local community and to sport." See the full Council announcement here and a press report in the "Moonee Valley Leader" here.
19-21 September 2009 Congratulations to Mantas' Natalie Roberts on her selection to the 2009 Victorian State Team. The team travelled to Canberra to compete in the Australian State Teams Age SC Championships at the AIS on September 19 to 21. Natalie competed in a number of events and picked up a silver medal in the Girls 13-14 years 400m Short Course Individual Medley. Another pat on the back for Natalie!
12-18 September 2009 Four Mantas' swimmers (Natalie and Andrew Roberts, Keziah Hillas and Nathan Smith) swam for the Victorian Secondary Schools team in the School Sports Australia Championships held at the Challenge Stadium in Perth. Between them, they competed in 24 events including relays over the week, and struck some stiff competition. Natalie picked up a silver medal in the Girls 15-16 200m Breaststroke and a bronze in the Girls 15-16 400 Individual Medley. Andrew won bronze in both the Boys 13-19 1500m Freestyle and and 800m Freestyle events. There were a number of other final 8 finishes between the group.
18-19 July and 5-6 September 2009 Seventeen Mantas' swimmers entered for the Victorian Short Course Open, Age and SWD Championships held on 18-19 July and 5-6 September. Just about all swimmers achieved at least one top 16 placing in events and contributed to the team points total that placed the team 16th overall out of 74 teams in the Age Championships. The Mantas collected 13 medals including 2 gold (Natalie Roberts and Nathan Smith), 5 silver and 6 bronze. Congratulations everyone! Full report here. See also a report in the 6th October edition of the "Footscray, Yarraville and Braybook Star" here.
28-30 August 2009 Mantas' Natalie Roberts competed in a number of events at Swimming NSW's 2009 State Age Short Course Championships at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre as part of Swimming Victoria's Target 2012 Gold Squad. She picked up a gold medal in the Girls 14 years 400m Individual Medley, a silver medal in the Girls 14 years 200m Butterfly and a bronze medal in the Girls 14 years 200m Breaststroke, as well as two final 8 placings in other events. A fantastic effort Natalie!
29-30 August 2009 Mantas' Keziah Hillas competed in a number of events at Swimming Queensland's 2009 Heritage Qld Short Course Championships at the Brisbane Aquatic centre as part of Swimming Victoria's Target 2012 Silver Squad. She picked up a silver medal in the Girls 13 years 800m Freestyle, as well a final 8 placing in another event. Congratulations Keziah!
21-23 August 2009 Mantas' Mary-Anne Camenzuli competed in a number of events at Swimming SA 13-18 years Short Course Championships in Adelaide as part of Swimming Victoria's Target 2012 Bronze Squad. She picked up bronze medals in the Girls 14-15 years 400m Individual Medley and the Girls 14 years 200m Backstroke, as well as a number of final 8 placings. Congratulations Mary-Anne!
8-12 August 2009 Mantas' Ben Morrison competed in a number of SWD events at the 2009 Telstra Australian Short Course Championships in Hobart. Ben swam well against some tough competition. Well done Ben!
31 July to 9 August 2009 Mantas' Male Captain Don Taylor competed in a number of swimming events at the 2009 World Police and Fire Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Don picked up bronze medals in the 200m Individual Medley and 100m Butterfly, as well as other final 8 placings in the Master(A) division. Great effort for the club's senior gentleman!
 
 
 

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