Masters Swimming Club, affiliated to AussiVIC, based on the Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria, Australia
13/04/2025
It's been 2 years since the last Broken Flipper - but it was worth waiting for!
After over 20 attempts at trying to win Geoff Ridgeway took out the event, which is a handicap event for coutas members swum at Point Lonsdale.
Magnificent work, Geoff!
Make sure you crack open a glass of your favourite red this evening!
21/12/2024
The 'coutas had a good day out at the Swimming Victoria open water event at Eastern Beach, Geelong!
09/12/2023
This morning at Eastern Beach, Geelong saw the first swim of the summer for several Coutas.
It was almost wetter out than in!
Great swimming was seen by those attending, including:
Mike Nicol, 1st in age group, Masters Swimming Victoria
Mark Stone, 2nd in the Open
Lauren Fleetwood, 3rd in the Open
Alan Collett, 3rd in age group, Masters Swimming Victoria
Geoff Ridgeway, 3rd in age group, Masters Swimming Victoria
Jodie Quinn, 3rd in age group, Masters Swimming Victoria
Kate Mathias, 4th in the Open
A great start to the open water season!
Hoping we will see as many members as possible at our AGM at Leisurelink, Waurn Ponds tomorrow, at 11am.
08/10/2023
Swimming is such good therapy … come along to our weekend squad sessions and improve your wellbeing!
Saturdays at 8.30am, at Kardinia Pool until the end of November when we’ll move to Sundays.
01/01/2023
HNY to all coutas - and our swimming friends, wherever you may be.
Some light reading for the first day of 2023 … many of us will relate …
‘Happy hormones’: Starting the year with nature’s caffeine of a cold water swim A short sharp shock to the system at the start of the day changes lives.
27/09/2022
Worth a listen ...
WR-Holder Sarah Thomas Explains What Actually Goes into Swimming 100 Miles SwimSwam sat down with Sarah Thomas, the world record-holder for the longest continuous swim (unassisted, non-wetsuited) done in current-neutral conditions (...
A reminder that it is our Annual General Meeting on Sunday at 11am after swim squad at Leisurelink.
05/09/2022
Known to many of us!
Good luck to Andrew and Cathy!
Swim tracker is here: http://cspf.co.uk/swim-routes/MzhlMmQyMTQyZWZlYjMwNjNiOTUwNmMzYzViZmQ4MzJqxdSASE-ypBBHpJPxebnQ-TRzyMeVviSWy0pguyyUox_5nmyOWa3O9FKZwY2yDPHHra926pwXYAVgWQupicoNQpA2uGjzSsXdiavf2keKptUcZyZ9M60Z8ygX7Y0CHa2J7blGVE_WmP54JgtnEx-MvcTvqGlW7ViRb0Af4xoANA
Shout out to Andrew and Cathy Snowdon who are about to take on the English Channel shortly! They are a duo and will need to take turns swimming for 1 hour each until they arrive on the shores of France! We wish them all the luck in the world for a safe and successful crossing. See them on the tracker here if you wish! http://cspf.co.uk/tracking
09/08/2022
A good interview with Dory Johns on ABC Canberra this afternoon - she's known to a few of us who have been on the English Channel journey or who have met her at the summer swims locally.
Dory has panic attacks in open water; she decided to swim the English Channel - ABC Canberra For her 60th Birthday, Dory wanted to swim the English Channel; she'd never swam in open water before.
01/08/2022
As already known by many of us!
The cold water swimming in winter that is - not the whiskey!
How to survive winter ocean swimming as an ‘iceberger’ Winter swims are easier than you’d think, once you get over the fear of the cold water.
04/01/2022
A good article about Chloe ... and her next journey (which a couple of us are intending to do too!) ...
What's next for the Queen of the Channel? - oceanswims.com In this feature, Suzie Ryan talks to Chloë McCardel about continuing on an Australian marathon swimming legacy and her next adventure.