News Archive
  •  April 3, 2010

    The Vietnam Swans have advertised in Auscham‘s (Australian Chamber of Commerce’s) Quarterly e-Journal. The objective of the advertisement is to recruit new players, increase the exposure of the Club – and to promote our sponsors: Linfox, Pest Free, Jim Beam, […]

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  •  April 2, 2010

    Southern Dragons and Vietnamese Australians, Pee (front left) and Johnny (front right) attend last week’s training session in Saigon. The Southern Dragons is an Aussie Rules Club in Melbourne with one special difference; it is made up predominantly of Vietnamese […]

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  •  April 1, 2010

    Below are the action items arising from the Committee Meeting of the Vietnam Swans in Saigon on 30 March 2010 re the upcoming ANZC Weekend match between Hanoi and Saigon in Vung Tau. Joe to sort goal posts, line marking, […]

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  •  March 29, 2010

    The Vietnam Swans in Hanoi held a Committee Meeting on Friday 26 March. Below are the minutes. Agenda Item 1 – National Perspective. Willy emphasised that the Vietnam Swans have been making some enormous gains at the national level and […]

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  •  March 28, 2010

    Last weekend, the Lao Elephants hosted a match against the Vietnam Swans in Vientiane, Lao. On Friday, 19 March 2010, the Times ran an article titled, ‘Phants gear up to boot Swans out of the park. Then, on Thursday 25 […]

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  •  March 26, 2010

    On 14 March, 2010, teh Vietnam Swans held a particularly special footy clinic in Saigon. Collingwood’s Nathan Buckley and Essendon’s Gary O’Donnell attended. And so did the kids of KOTO. KOTO is a not-for-profit restaurant and vocational training program that […]

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  •  March 24, 2010

    Last Monday, Swannie Phil Murphy (from Hanoi) was in Melbourne where he dropped into Waverley – home of the AFL’s Hawthorn Hawks – for a very special reason. Below, he writes: Attached is a photo of Mr Mike Warren, Community […]

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  •  March 22, 2010

    Swans ruckman, Dave “Angry” Hadley, who starred in the match against the Lao Elephants on the weekend, writes the match report. The Vietnam Swans had a very successful tour of Laos, both on and off the field.  It was great […]

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  •  March 21, 2010

    An absolutely fantastic weekend of footy in Lao has drawn to a close. The Lao Elephants may have the wood over us at the Asian Champs but, elsewhere, it’s a different story. Yesterday the Vietnam Swans were victorious booting 14.9.93 […]

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  •  March 19, 2010

    National President, Phil Johns sends out an update on what is happening in the Land of Swannies. Dear Swannies, Sponsors and Supporters A b-i-g week just finishing. A mega month about to be unleashed… 1. AFL Superstars Nathan Buckley and […]

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  •  March 19, 2010

    Snakes, from the Lao Elephants, has just forwarded the schedule re this weekend’s big clash between the Elephants and Swannies. Gents, Our thoughts here for the game are: 12 per team on the field 12-15 minute quarters (maybe wait and […]

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  •  March 18, 2010

    Indeed, it has been a big week for the Swannies bumping into AFL stars. Earlier in the week, of course, we had Nathan Buckley and Garry O’Donnell join us in Saigon for a footy clinic. And it hasn’t stopped. Tonight, […]

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  •  March 16, 2010

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19saXKau61s&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1] If you’re a hard core Swannie and think that Buckley and O’Donnell have had a fair run already on the Swannies Blog, then check out our latest You Tube offering. Last October and November, the Vietnam Swans ran a […]

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  •  March 16, 2010

    The photos of the O’Donnell / Buckley footy clinic held last Sunday have started to flood in. Jo Armstrong, David Carter and Tracy McIntyre have all very kindly forwarded photos which can be found on the Vietnam Swans online Web […]

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  •  March 15, 2010

    [Stop Press: See a bunch of photos, courtesy of Ross McRae by clicking here] Yesterday at RMIT in Saigon, Gary O’Donnell and Nathan Buckley assisted the Vietnam Swans run a footy clinic. Nathan Buckley, “fresh” who had been coaching a […]

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