Blacktown Masters Swimming Club

Another very successful Nationals for Blacktown Masters as we show again that we are one of Australia’s premier clubs!

For the FOURTH year in a row, we are taking home the Visitors’ Trophy for the highest scoring interstate club, and with it we claimed the overall top pointscore in 3 different relay age groups.

Every single one of the 24 swimmers who competed in Brisbane are coming home with a medal, and some extremely impressive PBs as well.

Now for some well-deserved rest before we reset for the rest of the year.

Best of luck to the 24 Blacktown swimmers competing at Nationals this week!

Last night we held a farewell for our wonderful coach Aaron, who is moving up to Queensland at the end of the month.

Aaron has been with our club for several years and his impact to the culture of our club and to Masters swimming in NSW cannot be understated. Aaron has always been a Blacktown boy from his junior days and our community is losing a good one. It has been a privilege to be able to learn from Aaron and he will sorely be missed.

You can take the boy out of Blacktown, but you’ll never take Blacktown out of the boy.

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At our carnival yesterday we awarded club president Mark McDonald his Unsung Heroes award.

Mark joined our club as a 22 year old in 2009 and before becoming our president in 2020, he served on our committee as Club Captain and Race Secretary. Mark is also the current Vice President of and in 2025 completed his Masters swimming referee qualification.

If you’re looking for Mark on a weekend, chances are you will find him in the pool competing in a carnival or completing a swim as part of the MSA E1000 program - he will talk your ear off about how ‘enjoyable’ and ‘not that hard’ an 800 butterfly is!

Mark is also an avid swimming traveller and has competed in Nationals in almost every state, and is looking forward to his 10th Nationals in Brisbane in a couple of months! If all goes to plan, Worlds in Budapest next year will be his first foray into international swimming 🌍 🏊‍♂️

His enthusiasm and leadership of Blacktown has seen Blacktown become a big presence at MSNSW and MSA carnivals, with our club proudly winning the Visitors trophy at the last 3 Nationals carnivals, and winning the MSNSW Relay meet for the past 4 years in a row.

We were very happy to be able to have the chance to acknowledge all the hours marks has put into our sport at a club, state and national level. Congratulations!

Come and join us!

Get to know the Blacktown Beavers! And don't forget to enter their carnival! 💛

Get your entries in for our carnival!!

We will have the touch pads in the pool this year, and lots of yummy cakes to nibble at throughout the day 🍰 🧁

Friendly reminder that entries for the upcoming Blacktown IPS meet will close this Friday at 12pm. Get your entries in via Swim Central!

A big contingent from Blacktown Masters hit the water today at the 2025 Open Water championships. This is the first year that Swimming NSW has held a 2.5km classic open to the public, and a big thank you must be said for allowing us to get involved - we loved it!

Special congratulations to our very own Beavers Aaron and Kim for placing second respectively in the male and female categories.

We are looking forward to the ocean swimming season getting into full swing and hitting the ocean in the new year!

Memberships for 2026 are now available - come and join us at Blacktown!

Come and make a splash with MSA and join a masters swimming club today and join in the fun!! The 12 month 2026 membership are now open from the 1 December 2025.
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Beavers hit the surf!

Blacktown doubled up this weekend with members swimming at on Saturday and at on Sunday.

Congratulations in particular must go to Patrick and David for their first race out in the ocean!

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