News Archive
  •  July 1, 2007

    The redraw for the Asian Champs is scheduled to take place in Bangkok on Monday, 9 July. You may recall that the Organising Committee had earlier done a draw based on seedings. However, a number of clubs registered their interest in a new […]

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  •  July 1, 2007

    Judging by the photos, Bluescope Beasley is arguably the best looking Swan in the team. Is expected to use his attacking style of play off the field which will render swooning women in his gaze helpless. At just 36 years of age, […]

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  •  July 1, 2007

    Last night Jody Condra, an American, won the Jim Beam Raffle. Jody’s not an ordinary American because he lives in Kentucky, just half an hour’s drive from fellow Swans supporter, Will Sandman. More importantly, he’s just one hour’s drive from the Jim Beam […]

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  •  June 30, 2007

    Last night, the Swans invited Saigon’s Acting Austrade Commissioner to draw the winning ticket at the Office. With a drum roll, he drew his own ticket. Redraw!!  He tried again and drew the winner of the first draw, Kerry Armstrong! Redraw!! Ah-mazing […]

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  •  June 28, 2007

    They talk about the good, the bad and the ugly. With the Jim Beam Swanettes, we’ve certainly seen the beautifully good. In the side photo, are Jim Beam’s Andy Wall (a Swannie from Singas) and Thien (who makes it all […]

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  •  June 28, 2007

    During the week, the Swans IT Guru, Adam Hurley, took advantage of Micky J flying to Australia where he could use his credit card to purchase a new domain name. (Mick will fly on or off the field to help […]

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  •  June 28, 2007

    Do you sometimes wonder what the Swans are doing or what’s on the Swans’ site? If you are, you have a few options. If you want to receive the hard hitting news first hand, you could: actually read this blog, come along […]

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  •  June 27, 2007

    The Mighty Mr Ed who left Vietnam a week ago has arrived back in Tasmania. Ed reports that it’s “all great Down Under – except for the -4 temperatures on arrival. Got through shearing, lots of beers with the boys and […]

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  •  June 26, 2007

    Last weekend, the Elgar Park Dragons (the new footy team in Melbourne with predominantly players of Vietnamese descent) entered a state of shock when they were beaten convincingly by Whitefriars – and that was despite the fact that their “away” match […]

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  •  June 25, 2007

    Last week, the Melbourne contingent of the Swans comprising Micky J, Greg Banova and Dave Rehn got together outside Princes Park in Melbourne to meet new recruit, Max Sharples. Max was mighty because he brought the footy with him which allowed everyone […]

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  •  June 25, 2007

    In today’s edition of Timeout magazine, which comes as an insert in the Vietnam Investment Review, is a double page spread on the Vietnam Swans and their upcoming debut appearance at the 8th Annual Asian Championships. A scanned copy is […]

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  •  June 25, 2007

    By now, we’ve become familiar with the idea of the Swans blog punching through various barriers – 100 hits, 300 hits, 500 hits, 1000 hits, 1500 hits and so on. But this evening, if you were looking outside of your […]

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  •  June 25, 2007

    Rod Marsh and Ian Botham When Botham took guard in an Ashes match, Rod Marsh welcomed him to the crease with the immortal words: “So how’s your wife and my kids?” Botham replied, “My wife’s fine and your kids are […]

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  •  June 24, 2007

    Sure enough, Kerry returned last night to claim and collect her mega bottle of Jim Beam after winning it the previous night in absentia. Kerry said that she was “very excited to win the Jim Beam because I never win anything!” […]

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  •  June 24, 2007

    The Elgar Park Dragons, the predominantly Vietnamese Aussie footy team in Melbourne, today had a write up in “The Age”.  The article mentions how this team is really opening up footy to Asians in Australia. The Elgar Park Dragons and […]

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