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November 18, 2010
National President Phil Johns, emails the Vietnam Swans. Dear Swannies and Friends This morning, the sad news came through that Dave Kainey’s mother, aged 72, had finally succumbed to her battle with cancer, “having fought hard”. Details for the funeral […]
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November 17, 2010
On 27 November, 2010, the 2010 Indochina Cup, netball style, is on at the Australian International School in Thao Dien St, District 2, Saigon from 9am – 1pm. Teams include: the Saigon Shooters, Hanoi Oi’s, Lao Mahouts, Thailand Tigers and […]
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November 15, 2010
Vung Tau was a mega footy boot camp of a weekend. We kicked off at the Dog Track for a training session. Then it was off to Tommy’s 3 Sports Bar to have a look at the Swannies Shrine (lots […]
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November 14, 2010
Yesterday The Age wrote an article about Barry Peterson, the man who inspired the movie Apocoalypse Now… “BARRY Petersen, a 75-year-old Australian dying of cancer in Bangkok, has one of those lives that seems untrue. Yet it is not. He […]
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November 13, 2010
This afternoon, the Swannies hit Vung Tau for a training session at the Dog Track. And it was awesome. Even though lots of Swannies seem to be travelling at the moment, sixteen of us were there training plus representatives of […]
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November 12, 2010
The 2010 Indochina Cup Poster has just been released. Mega Massive.
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November 11, 2010
The Saigon Geckos Rugby Club, last weekend, won the Angkor 10’s in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was a stunning victory for the Geckos. Congratulations to the Geckos from all at the the Vietnam Swans. Club President Chris “Pago” Paget below […]
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November 11, 2010
Today, at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month, a minute’s silence shall be observed in Commonwealth countries to mark the anniversary of the official end of World War I in 1918. Red poppies are typically […]
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November 9, 2010
Dear Swannies, Sponsors and Supporters Auscham has launched a flood appeal for Central Vietnam in which 140 people have so far lost their lives and countless more have had theirs changed irrevocably. If you can make a small difference, please […]
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November 7, 2010
The Organising Committee for the 11th Annual Asian Championships has just released a library of photos of all matches. The photo library can be found by clicking here. The Swannies also have our own on line photo album. It can […]
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November 4, 2010
Saigon Prez, Dez and an edited extract of his Weekly Update. Thanks to everyone who came to training last night at Parklands. It was a good turn out for our first mid week training session and I hope we can […]
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November 2, 2010
The Vietnam Housewares Sale is back on again in Saigon at The SNAP Cafe 32 Tran Ngoc Dien, District 2. It starts at 8am on Saturday 6 November 2010 and goes until 2pm. The Swannies are hosting the sale which […]
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November 1, 2010
President of the Saigon Geckos Rugby Club, Chris “Pago” Paget, writes to the Vietnam Swans to congratulate the team for their victory on the weekend at the 2nd Touch Rugby World Cup. I would like to congratulate the Vietnam Swans […]
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October 30, 2010
This afternoon, the Vietnam Swans took out the Jon Ellwood Memorial Trophy for the 2nd Touch Rugby World Cup Tournament hosted by the Saigon Geckos Rugby Club. The Vietnam Swans, comprising Derrin, Fleur, Cheryl, Rozza, Matt Nattalotto, Chris, Heath and […]
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October 30, 2010
Hi. I’m Troy McClure. You may remember me from such nature films as ‘Earwigs: Eww!’ and ‘Man vs. Nature: The Road to Victory.’ Actually, just joking. Last week it was Troy Lanigan who sauntered into Saigon. You may remember Troy […]
