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January 5, 2013
The New Year may only be just five days in its infancy but already the Swannies in Saigon have had enough of life without footy.So, Saigon Vice Prez, Mega Bretta Jotta has been leading from the front foot and has made a booking […]
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January 4, 2013
The Flyer, Dave Kainey writes the report on last week’s 8th Annual Ryan Jeffery Golf Classic held in Melbourne on 28 December. Special thanks to Montgomerie Links, Danang, which sponsored two rounds of golf (won by the Hanoi President, Dan […]
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January 3, 2013
You will recall that the Vietnam Swans played HMAS Sydney IV on 31 October 2012 for the4th Phoenix Cup Perpetual Trophy (click here for match report). After the match, the Vietnmam Swans were presented with a framed HMAS Sydney jumper […]
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January 2, 2013
Photos of the Swannies’ annual golf, cricket and Celebration Soiree days in Melbourne on 28 and 29 December for 2012 are now available on the Swannies’ web album. To see the photos on each of these events, click on the […]
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December 31, 2012
The Vietnam Swans held our 2nd annual Celebration Soiree in the evening of 28 December 2012 at the Great Northern Hotel in Carlton, Melbourne. Again, it was a great success with more than 40 attendees. Several brought their children/babies along […]
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December 30, 2012
Unfortunately, the Sri Lankan cricket team was only good enough to last two and a half days of the 2012 Boxing Day Test match. This, of course, threw the Swannies’ plans of attending the fourth day’s play, yesterday, into turmoil. However, […]
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December 28, 2012
Given the unmitigated disaster of the Sri Lankans being smashed by an innings and two hundred runs – and there now being no fourth day’s play, the Swannies will move on. The Swannies will spend Day 4, 29 December, at […]
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December 27, 2012
Ross McRae Design has designed the poster with all the details for the Swannies Melbourne Summer Triple Header which kicks off tomorrow! Below is the very latest updated information – including some of the huge names that will be attending the Swannies Celebration […]
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December 26, 2012
On Christmas Eve, the Phnom Penh Post published an article, Eagles host Swans in AFL match to mark Australia Day. The article by H S Manjunath, and reproduced below, previews the big match on Australia Day, 26 January, 2013, between […]
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December 25, 2012
Natty Payne has only just arrived back in Australia but already he is creating waves. This time, he has photographed a Swannies Clothing Company in Merimbula, NSW! Unheard of. But makes sense given the escalating demand for Swannies’ merchandise. Meanwhile, […]
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December 23, 2012
Dave O’Shea loves his Mum nearly as much as his Swannies. Dave O’Shea’s Mum loves him nearly as much as her Swannies. Dave has just sent in this photo of his Mum and a couple of unidentifieds dressed in their Swannies […]
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December 21, 2012
The Swannies don’t often rehash yesterday’s news. Unless it’s timely and/or important. Given today is a special day (the Mayon calendar says today is the end of the world), we’ve decided to shamelessly relive the glory days. Who could ever […]
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December 21, 2012
Sunday, 9 December, the day after the Swannies Christmas Party in Saigon, National President, Phil Johns and Ross McRae, Gun Designer, met up with 10 students from the University of West Sydney. Leading the tour were Tim Hall and Colin […]
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December 19, 2012
Last week, former coach of the Swannies, Josh Little, who now lives in Melbourne, caught up with Garry West-Bail. Garry is the former CEO of Queensland Hockey and ongoing father of Melbourne Football Club champion, Rohan Bail. Garry is also […]
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December 18, 2012
On the weekend, Age journalist Jake Niall wrote an interesting article, Cricket – dropped, kicked. Jake was saying that “football remaining in the headlines beyond grand final day is proving detrimental to summer sport”. He adds, “the Kurt Tippett scandal, […]