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October 26, 2009
Following the match between the Vietnam Swans and HMAS DARWIN on 29 September 2009, the ship’s Commanding Officer, Commander C.E. Smith CSM, RAN has written to the Vietnam Swans National President, Phil Johns, in a letter dated 2 October 2009, […]
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October 24, 2009
Today in Hanoi, the Vietnam Swans teamed up with Australia Education International (AEI) to help celebrate Fun Australia 2009. Leading the charge for the Swannies were Willy and “Crazy Dan”. Willy has just filed the report below on a day […]
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October 22, 2009
Vietnam Swans National President, Phil “Fabbo” Johns, emailed this Swannies update (see below) to the party faithful last week. Dear Swannies and Supporters The AFL Grand Final Wrap The 2009 AFL Grand Final went off with a bang all over […]
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October 20, 2009
Thanks to the generous support of Crown Relocations, the Vietnam Swans now have training tops for our players as part of our membership package. The tops carry our distinctive Aussie Ruler on the front who is about to kick the […]
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October 18, 2009
Thanks to Evan Murphy, the HMAS DARWIN’s photographer, we have now received a number of photos from our match against the DARWIN on 29 September 2009. To see more photos, click onto the Vietnam Swans Web Album.
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October 17, 2009
In Vietnam, more children die from drowning than road accidents. Float International is wanting to introduce a pilot project that delivers swimming lessons to children in Vietnam. Vote before 31 October 2009 and help Reduce Child Drowning – Vietnam win […]
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October 16, 2009
You will recall that just three days after the 2009 AFL Grand Final, the Vietnam Swans played a match against the crew of HMAS DARWIN in Saigon. Just as when we played the HMAS ANZAC a year earlier, it was […]
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October 16, 2009
Following Typhoon Ketsana, which recently slammed into the Philippines and Central Vietnam, the Australian Chamber of Commerce (Auscham) has established an appeal for the victims in Vietnam. For full details about the tragedy and the appeal, click on the poster. […]
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October 14, 2009
The Swannies have just unveiled the artwork for our new stubby holders. The stubby holders are sponsored by Corsair Marine International. Corsair Marine has just finished exhibiting in the United States (Annapolis) Sailboat Show where its 24ft sailboat, the DASH […]
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October 13, 2009
It’s been some time since we have heard publicly from, father-to-be, Willy in Hanoi. But that’s because he’s been flat chat on the Auskick front! Willy reports that the Auskick program at the Hanoi International School has been “unbelievable to […]
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October 10, 2009
A Vietnam Swans hat has been seen outside the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, in the United States. According to its website, The Naval Academy was founded in 1845 by the Secretary of the Navy, George Bancroft, in what is […]
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October 5, 2009
In the last week, natural disasters in Indonesia, Samoa, the Philippines and central Vietnam have been devastating. What is not so widely known is that every day, Vietnam’s children suffer a tragedy. On average, 40 children per day drown in […]
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October 5, 2009
Yesterday, Nick Shiells and Phil Johns met up with Andrew. Andrew is from Brunswick in Melbourne and is here in Vietnam on holidays. Andrew loves the footy and when he found out about the Vietnam Swans, he decided he needed […]
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October 4, 2009
Now that Bruce McAvaney is aware of the existence of the Vietnam Swans (see Bruce McAvaney meets Angry Dave), it’s important that the Swannies brush up a little on our statistics. So let’s start on a high and talk about […]
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October 2, 2009
Last Friday, 25 September 2009, Tim Harcourt from Austrade had the following article, “Australia kicks on globally”, published in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald about the role of footy overseas. The article also makes reference to the Vietnam Swans. […]
