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March 19, 2011
Swannie, David Hadley, who has spent a lot of time with the KOTO Kids, writes about KOTO founder, Jimmy Pham, who was recognised earlier in the month with a Young Global Leader award from the World Economic Forum. The Vietnam […]
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March 18, 2011
The Saigon Prez, Dez, gives his update. Gents, after another challenging week in good old HCMC, plus no footy action on the box this weekend, there is surely only one option which will help quench that footy thirst. And that […]
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March 18, 2011
Below is a message from one of the organisers of tomorrow’s Christchurch fundraiser in Hanoi, Eric Backhouse. A quick reminder that the Christchurch Earthquake Fundraiser is on tomorrow at 2pm in Jaspas, Level 4, Hanoi Towers. I’m sure you have […]
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March 18, 2011
CHRISTCHURCH fundraiser tomorrow, Hanoi Tomorrow in Hanoi, the community will come together at 2.30pm, JASPAS (4th Floor, Hanoi Towers) to raise money for the victims of the recent Christchurch Earthquake. Tickets are VND300,000 and are available at the door. You […]
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March 16, 2011
It’s been a long time between footy reports on the Swannies Blog, but tonight, it’s back to business. The Guangzhou Scorpions have just confirmed that they can and will tour Saigon for a footy match against the Vietnam Swans on […]
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March 15, 2011
Last Wednesday, 9 March 2011, there was a reunion of the Australian Diggers from 2Comp Ord / 2AOD who were based in Vung Tau and their Vietnamese employees from back in the late 1960s. The leader of the return tour […]
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March 15, 2011
***UPDATE: The Tokyo Goannas will hold a fundraiser on Friday evening, 18 March 2011 in TOKYO, JAPAN (not Vietnam). WHAT: Tokyo Goannas Japan Earthquake Appeal WHERE: Paddy Foley’s Irish Pub, Roppongi WHEN: Friday, March 18th TIME: From 6:00 PM COVER: […]
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March 14, 2011
The Tokyo Goannas have written to all Asian Footy Club Presidents requesting support for the Japan Earthquake Appeal following last Friday’s catastrophic tsunami. Below is the email from Goannas’ President, Andrew Peyton. Dear all, We have established an easy way […]
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March 13, 2011
In the latest catastrophic natural disaster, Japan has been smashed by an earthquake and a tsunami. Japan’s Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, has described the catastrophe as an “unprecedented national disaster“. This morning, the Vietnam Swans wrote to the Tokyo Goannas […]
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March 13, 2011
A few weeks ago, Frank Tierney and sons Luke and Ryan travelled to Saigon on a holiday. While they were here, they had a training run with the Swannies. Below is an excerpt from an article that was published in […]
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March 12, 2011
Last Tuesday night in Saigon, the Swannies put on a farewell party for our outgoing National Treasurer and General Director of the Commonwealth Bank, Danny Armstrong and his family. Saigon Prez, Dez says that there was a “huge turnout on […]
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March 12, 2011
The Saigon Times, in an article by Michael Smith that was published today on 12 March 2011 says that “Saigon raises nearly USD100,000 for Christchurch earthquake”. Below is an excerpt. Organisers announced that a total of US$97,000 was raised for […]
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March 11, 2011
The New Zealand Chamber of Commerce on 8 March wrote to the Vietnam Swans to thank us for our support of their fundraiser in Saigon which has so far raised USD97,000. Below is the letter written by Linden Hughes. Dear […]
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March 10, 2011
So far, the The Christchurch Earthquake fundraiser in Saigon has raised a staggering USD97,000!! It’s an extraordinary result. But, of course, the scale of Christchurch’s disaster is even more extraordinary. Kiwi and Swannie, Ross Munn (the incoming General Director of […]
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March 10, 2011
It is an unbelievable story. But it’s true. Last November, 2011, die-hard Swannie, Shagga, met up with the Australian Prime Minister, Ms Julia Gillard in Hanoi. While Julia maintains it was a private conversation and therefore remains confidential, the Swannies […]
