News Archive

Congratulations to the 43 Vikings Who Have Qualified for the State Championships

Forty Three Vikings have made the times for the upcoming NSW State Championships in January. Congratulations to all - this is no mean feat and you should all be proud of yourselves. The list of names follows:

Craig Townsend from Mind Over Matter will present a motivational session on Thursday, 6 January 2005 at 12.00 noon - 2.00 pm for Squads 4 & 5 (again called Isa and Vidar) at the Vikings Town Centre Club (across from the pool in the downstairs function room). To confirm numbers, please email Sylvia Mansell asap if you will be attending.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to all Vikings Swimmers, Families and Supporters

TVSC would like to wish its extended family a very happy, restful, safe and highly enjoyable Christmas. For those who are taking a break, travel safely and we look forward to seeing you back at training in the New Year, fresh and invigorated. For those who will be in Canberra during the Christmas and holiday break, don't forget that training will continue as usual, albeit with a few changes to times (see below). Looking forward to seeing you around the pool in 2005!

Seventy three Vikings swimmers rounded off the year at last weekend’s annual Canberra Christmas Classic meet at the AIS. There were a lot of tired swimmers – it’s been a long year with lots of changes for TVSC – but there were still some impressive results. JEREMY HUNTLEY had some brilliant Backstroke swims, including his first Australian Open time in the 50 and just missing the same in his 100 and 200. Congratulations also to RACHEL DE FEYTER who qualified for her first State Championships with a mighty swim in her 100 Free. Others to pick up State times were JUSTIN TRABINGER (200 IM), SEB TAZREITER (100 Fly), MICHAELA LEONARD (100 Back) and SRECKO ANTOSKI (200 Breast). 100 percent PBs were swum by RACHEL DE FEYTER (on fire!), ASHLEIGH MANSELL (love the Breaststroke!), CHEYENNE PETERS (nice IM!), LIZZY PHILIPPA (nice ice-cream?), DANIEL STEEMSON (great 50 Fly!) and LAURA WOOD (nice PB in 100 Breast!). Well done team. Looking forward to more of the same in 2005! You can find results for Boys, Girls and TVSC Swimmers at our Local Meets page.

Medals, National Times and Lots of Finalist Ribbons at NSW Age Distance Championships

Our Vikings Team performed brilliantly at the NSW Age Distance Championships on the weekend. NATASHA COSSETTO, true to recent form, pulled out a brilliant swim in her 400 IM event to win a Silver Medal and achieve a National qualifying time. This followed hot on Tash’s great swim the previous day to claim a Finalist ribbon in the 800 Free, the first time she had swum this event. ADAM BINGHAM also showed improvement in his 1500 swim, winning a Silver medal and qualifying for both the National Age and Australian Open Championships as well as unofficially breaking the ACT Resident’s Open Record. Others to achieve Finalist ribbons were JESS HANCOCK (7^TH, 800 Free), KRYSTEN MANSELL (10^th, 800 Free), MARTIN POLLOCK (8^th, 1500 Free, 7th 400 IM), MATT D’ARCY (9^th 1500 Free), DAVID POLLOCK (8^th, 400 IM), MATT POLLOCK (7^th, 400 IM). Mighty Meet Vikings! Looks like all that hard work at training is paying off! Full Results can be found at our State & National Results page.

Another way in which TVRU&ASC supports sport and the community in the Tuggeranong Valley is through their Viking Sport Scholarships. These scholarships provide financial aid to athletes for Year 11 and 12 to assist them successfully combine their studies whilst continuing in their chosen sport. One TVSC member has been chosen each year for the last couple of years so our club has been very lucky in this regard. If you are, or your child is, a member of TVSC and you/they will be continuing to Year 11 next year you are invited to apply for this scholarship. More information and forms can be acquired from Tim D'Arcy by e-mail or phone (0409 313696). Entries must be lodged with TVSC by Wednesday, 1 December.

22 TVSC swimmers will travel to Sydney this weekend for the NSW State Age Distance Championships. The swimmers will be mixing it with the State's best in 800 and 1500 Freestyle and 400 IM. This is by far the largest team we have sent to the Championships. Good Luck Vikings!

TVSC Rising Stars Achieve Impressive Results at Vikings' Development/Intermediate Meet

55 of our newer and developing swimmers took to the AIS waters this weekend, many of them for the first time, at the TVSC Development and Intermediate Meet which formed the second meet of the ACT Swimming Summer Series. Perfect PB rates were achieved by WILLIAM BARKER, TAYLOR and CHELSEA BRODIE, RACHEL DE FEYTER, TAMSIN DE MEILLON, NIC DUNCAN, JOSH LEONARD, DANIEL PHILIPPA and REBECCA PHILIPPA with many others just missing out on this feat. There were a huge number of ribbons won by our swimmers - you can check out all the results for Boys, Girls and TVSC Swimmers at our Local Meets Results page. Well done Vikings!

Our team of talented Vikings were very impressive at the recent Telopea meet held at the AIS. Special congratulations go to our hard-working and talented NATASHA COSSETTO who achieved her first National qualifying time in her 200 IM swim. This is a well deserved result for Tash and we feel not the last event she will get to swim in Brisbane next April. There were plenty of medals and plenty of PBs achieved as well as quite a few new State and Country times swum. Well done team! Results for Boys, Girls and TVSC Swimmers can be found at our Local Meets page.

Ten TVSC swimmers have been included in the recently announced 2004 SC National Age Top 20 Short Course Rankings. Well done Vikings – you should be justifiably proud of your achievements. The list is put together from results of major meets throughout the Winter short course season. The names and events of our clever swimmers are listed below: You can access the list of Rankings for Boys here and Girls here.

BEN TRABINGER	20th, 13 & U. 200m Free
HAYDN MARSH	5^th 14 yrs 50 Fly and 100 Fly, 18^th 200 IM, 14^th 400 IM.
MATT D’ARCY	12^th 14 yrs 50 Fly, 14^th 100 Fly,
BEN GRADY	15^th, 15 yrs 50 Free
JEREMY HUNTLEY	20^th, 15 yrs 100 Back
ADAM BINGHAM	10^th, 16 yrs 100 Free, 8^th 200 Free, 4^th 400 Free, 16^th 50 Fly, 6^th 200 Fly
ELLE PATTENDEN	16^th, 12 yrs 50 Breast
CHRISTIE JONES	20^th, 12 yrs 100 Breast
LAURA HUDSON	20^th, 13 yrs 100 Breast
NATASHA COSSETTO	10^th, 13 yrs 200 IM, 17^th 400 IM

Fifty Vikings swimmers took part in the BG October Meet on 23-24 October with awesome results. Many new State and Country times were achieved but the highlight was the achievement by four swimmers, two of them first-timers, of new National qualifying times. Congratulations to TEAGAN HORE (200 Back), DAVID POLLOCK (100 Breast), MATT D'ARCY (100 & 200 Fly) and MARTIN POLLOCK (100 Breast) on their performances. The rest of the team weren't too shabby either, with a huge 83 percent PB rate. Well done Vikings!! The results for Boys, Girls and TVSC Swimmers can be found at our Local Meet Results page.

We have now received the Program of Events (click here) for the upcoming Narooma Meet. This meet is a highlight of our Calendar for our swimmers and will take place on 4 and 5 December. Entries will close on Friday, 12 November. We should also remind those who wish to take part that there are still some Vikings cabins available for accommodation. Bookings will close on Saturday, 30 October with any cabins remaining to be released after that date. Therefore you MUST get yourself organised THIS WEEK if you wish to participate. A reminder also to those who have already booked, you must pay your deposit as soon as possible to secure your booking. If you wish to make a booking you must contact Beth Bingham ([Ph. 62921135 or 0416 048505, or e-mail) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. This is going to be a memorable weekend, so make sure you are not disappointed - book now!! You can find more information on the trip here.

Forty Vikings swimmers (the majority of our senior squad, plus a few) have qualified for the NSW Age Distance Championships to be held at SOPAC on 27 and 28 November. This is an awesome achievement by the swimmers and our club and all should be proud. The Distance Championships, a TVSC targeted meet, are a great opportunity for our swimmers to try some longer events whilst competing against some tough competition. All the hard work put in at training this Spring should bring some impressive results. The details of the meet can be found here. Entries close on 5 November so make sure you don’t miss out. The names of our qualifying swimmers are listed below:

The Summer Long Course season is almost upon us with entries for some upcoming meets closing on 1 October. Head Coach, Dan Ronan, has requested that all swimmers (and parents if applicable) please use current season times when compiling entries for meets. This means that, for all meets after 1 October, LONG COURSE ONLY times will be used. Our Race Secretary will, from 1 October, be using the long course data base for all entries. This will apply for all meets (except for the Summer Development/Intermediate series, where, if your BEST TIME since 1 October 2003 is faster than the Break time for the Series, entries will be rejected). The only exception applies to those events which have qualifying times at general and State and Country level meets – in this case, if a short course converted time allows the swimmer to compete where their long course time would not have, then that time may be used. Don’t forget that for most meets (apart from Championship events) it is unnecessary to add your time to the entry card as the Team Manager program used by our Race Secretary will do this automatically from our data base.

Results have been released for the recent Kippax Winter Development Series. Several Vikings swimmers finished in Top 10 placings for their age group with LOUISE SCHMIDTCHEN finishing 3^nd overall in the Girls Series Point Score. Louise was also first placed 12 year old girl over the series. Well done Louise. Others to finish in the Top 10 for their age groups are listed below: Way to go Vikings! The points were scored for PBs achieved over the Winter Series. A lot of hard swimming went into the five-meet series and we are proud of you. To view the complete series point score, please click here.

Please note that the Long Course Summer Series commences on 17 October with the Ginninderra Meet to be held on 17 October. For the Summer Series, Intermediate break times have been included for those swimmers who have broken the Development break times. This gives competitors the opportunity to continue in the series and continue scoring points after breaking the Development times. When swimmers break the Intermediate Break times they will then qualify for the ACT Championships to be held in March. Please click here for the Program of Events for the first meet. TVSC entries close on Friday, 1 October. The second series will be hosted by Tuggeranong Vikings on 14 November. Please stay tuned to this site for the Program of Events.

Three swimmers won medals and 8 others achieved Top 10 Finalist placings at the NSW SC State Age Championships on the weekend. HAYDN MARSH had a great meet, winning a silver and bronze medal in his 100 and 50 Butterfly events. Haydn also broke the ACT Resident’s Record in his 50 Fly Swim. ADAM BINGHAM also brought home a Silver medal in his 100 Free swim and NATASHA COSSETTO, on the boil this weekend, won her first State medal, winning Bronze in her 200 IM swim. Tash also scored a perfect PB rate in all of her huge swims. SRECKO ANTOSKI, KAHLIA COSSETTO, MEL QUIGGIN and MEAGAN RAMSAY also achieved 100 percent PB rates with several swimmers just missing out on this achievement. Well done team! The full list of Finalists can be found listed below and Full Results and Results for TVSC Swimmers can be found at our State and National Results page.

There were PBs aplenty at the TVSC Development Meet held on 12 September. Congratulations to all the swimmers who took part. Of particular note were the following swimmers who all swam perfect PB rates - SRECKO ANTOSKI, CHELSEA BRODIE, JOSHUA BROWN, CONNOR CALMAN, DOM GARLICK, STEPH GARLICK, RYAN HORE, TEAGAN HORE, LAWRENCE JACOBSEN, REBECCA LEE, AMY McMAHON, GRACE McMAHON and MITCHELL SMEE. Well done Team! There were lots of ribbons won by our swimmers, too many to list here unfortunately. Results for Boys,. Girls and TVSC Swimmers can be found at our Local Meets page. TVSC would like to thank all the ACT Officials and TVSC parents who turned out to assist on the day. Thanks also to those senior swimmers who came along to assist. It was a great group effort.

TVSC Club Captain, ADAM BINGHAM, has been selected as a late addition to the NSW Swimming State of Origin Team to take on the Queensland team in Sydney this weekend. Adam will join fellow ACT-resident swimmers Katie Bird and Joshua Taylor (AIS) as our representatives in the strong NSW team. A new innovation this year, the meet has some unusual events, such as 300m and 75 metre Freestyle and 150 Form strokes. Congratulations on your selection Adam, and good luck for the competition. Go Blues!

42 members of the Tuggeranong Vikings Swim Club have qualified for the NSW State Age Championships to be held in Sydney on 17-19 September. Good luck to all of you and congratulations on achieving this great feat. We would like to send special congratulations to our first time State qualifiers, SRECKO ANTOSKI, MOLLY KAMENZ, CARLA PAPAS AND JUSTIN TRABINGER. Well done, and we hope you enjoy the experience. The list of clever Vikings is listed below:

9-12 Years (8-9 January 2005)
Srecko Antoski		Dylan Appelqvist	Rachel De Feyter
Nick D'Arcy		Michaela Leonard	Ryan Leonard
Meagan Ramsay		Ben Trabinger	Justin Trabinger
Lachlan Grimm
13-18 Years (12-16 January 2005)
Bart Badalassi	Stephanie Banham		Adam Bingham
Kate Bingham	Kahlia Cossetto		Natasha Cossetto
Matt D'Arcy	Nic Duncan		Rebecca Gillespie
Ben Grady	Alannah Grimm		Thomas Hamers-Smith
Jessica Hancock	Teagan Hore		Ben Huntley
Jeremy Huntley	Niall Jacobsen		Christie Jones
Tessa Lane	Krysten Mansell		Bethany Miles
Daniel Philippa	Carla Papas		Trent Pattenden
Martin Pollock	Bianca Pitts		David Pollock
Jono Rousseau	Matt Pollock		Melanie Quiggin
Josh Wood	Seb Tazreiter		Stewart Thompson

Dylan Appelqvist	Steph Banham	Adam Bingham
Kate Bingham	Kelsey Boundy	Tim Cameron
Kahlia Cossetto	Natasha Cossetto	Stephanie Cossetto
Matt D’Arcy	Nic Duncan	Rebecca Gillespie
Ben Grady	Alanna Grimm	T. Hamers-Smith
Jessica Hancock	Teagan Hore	Laura Hudson
Ben Huntley	Niall Jacobsen	Christie Jones
Molly Kamenz	Tessa Lane	Krysten Mansell
Haydn Marsh	Tegan Mason	Carla Papas
Elle Pattenden	Trent Pattenden	Bianca Pitts
David Pollock	Martin Pollock	Matthew Pollock
Melanie Quiggin	Meagan Ramsay	Jono Rousseau
Seb Tazreiter	Stewart Thompson	Ben Trabinger
Josh Wood

SHAUN PHILIPPA (9^th, 8 & U.)	DANIEL STEEMSON (5^th, 11 yrs)
CHELSEA BRODIE (2^nd, 9 yrs)	ELIZABETH PHILIPPA (3^rd, 12 yrs)
AMY BROWN (9^th , 9 yrs)	KAREN HART (5^th, 12 yrs)
TESS APPELQVIST (10^th, 9 yrs)	LIDIA NARDI (7^th, 12 yrs)
RYAN HORE (3^rd, 9 yrs)	DOMINIC GARLICK (7^th, 12 yrs)
ASHLEIGH MANSELL (9^th, 10 yrs)	SAMANTHA BALDWIN (3^rd, 13 & O.)
MONIQUE MURPHY (10^th, 10 yrs)	SOPHIE THOMPSON (4^th, 13 & O.)
NATHAN LUMLEY (3^rd, 10 yrs)	KATHERINE CYMBALAK (8^th, 13 & O.)
LAWRENCE JACOBSEN (6^th, 10 yrs)	AMY McMAHON (8^th, 13 & O.)
CHEYENNE PETERS (4^th, 11 yrs)	DANIEL PHILIPPA (4^th, 13 & O.)
TAYLOR BRODIE (6^th, 11 yrs)	PETER WALTON (7^th, 13 & O.)

SRECKO ANTOSKI	8^th in 11 yrs 50 Breast, 10 in 100 Breast
ADAM BINGHAM	2^nd in 16yrs 100 Free, 8^th in 100 Fly, 10^th in 50 Fly.
NATASHA COSSETTO	3^rd in 13 yrs 200 IM
MATT D’ARCY	6^th in 14 yrs 100 Fly, 9^th in 50 Fly
BEN GRADY	5^TH IN 15 YRS 50 Free
JEREMY HUNTLEY	9^th in 15yrs 100 Back
CHRISTIE JONES	7^th in 12 yrs 100 Breast
HAYDN MARSH	2^nd in 14yrs 100 Fly, 3^rd in 50 Fly, 9^th in 200IM
BEN PATTENDEN	9^th in 10 yrs 100 Breast
ELLE PATTENDEN	9^th in 12 yrs 50 and 100 Breast
BEN TRABINGER	9^th in 11 yrs 200 IM and 100 Back

SRECKO ANTOSKI	DYLAN APPELQVIST	BART BADALASSI
STEPHANIE BANHAM	ADAM BINGHAM	KAHLIA COSSETTO
NATASHA COSSETTO	MATT D'ARCY	NIC D'ARCY
REBECCA GILLESPIE	BEN GRADY	ALANNAH GRIMM
LACHLAN GRIMM	THOMAS HAMERS-SMITH	JESS HANCOCK
TEAGAN HORE	LAURA HUDSON	BEN HUNTLEY
JEREMY HUNTLEY	CHRISTIE JONES	MOLLY KAMENZ
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