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October 14, 2012
Click on the below You Tube clip for some moving image coverage of the 1909 VFL Grand Final between South Melbourne and Carlton. According the blurb accompanying the clip, this moving image is “the earliest known surviving film of Australian […]
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October 12, 2012
The boys started watching the footy on the roof top of Pepperonis in Hanoi. Micky Francis, the Hanoi Swans’ first Club President was the manager of Pepperonis and he had to work when the footy was on. So he got […]
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October 11, 2012
Breaking news! A mid week match between the Vietnam Swans and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has been confirmed for Wednesday, 31 October, 2012 from 5pm-6pm at RMIT University in Saigon. HMAS Sydney, a guided missile frigate, will be the […]
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October 11, 2012
Last weekend, the Saigon Gaels Gaelic Football Club challenged the Swannies to a game of International Rules Football. Key drivers for the tournament were the Swannies/Gaels double act of Irish Brian (Farrell) and Irish John (Redmond) who just can’t get […]
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October 10, 2012
In the week prior to this year’s AFL Grand Final, the AFL coaches voted Richmond’s Trent Cotchin the Wingman Champion Player of the Year and Sydney’s John Longmire as the Allan Jeans Senior Coach of the Year. Another award presented […]
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October 9, 2012
The hits just keep getting bigger with the Swannies and this Christmas back in Melbourne is set to reach even higher heights. Again, the Swannies will be holding the following annual events: Friday, 28 Dec – Vietnam Swans’ 8th Annual […]
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October 9, 2012
Soon after the weekend in July when the Cambodian Eagles and Hanoians descended upon Saigon for a three way competition, John Shoulders suffered a mishap at training at which he injured his knee. And so it was that last night, […]
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October 8, 2012
Next month, on 10 November, the 6th Annual Indochina Cup will be held in Hanoi, the birthplace of the Cup in 2007. Last week, the Word magazine, a platinum sponsor of the Swannies’ AFL Grand Final Parties in Hanoi and […]
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October 8, 2012
Congratulations to Matthew Luke who wins a Swannies’ Club shirt for being the Swannie of September! Matthew is a well connected young man. Not only is he the nephew of Club treasurer, Rowan, his Dad (Cameron) just happens to own […]
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October 7, 2012
Last weekend, the Vietnam Swans hosted Grand Final Parties in both Hanoi and Saigon. Below is a summary of a couple of very successful events: 201 attendees in Saigon– 33 per cent (54) more than last year (which is particularly […]
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October 6, 2012
The much anticipated International Rules match between the Reds and Whites will happen this afternoon at RMIT in Saigon. Irish John Redmond gives us a preview of the big match and in the process clearly demonstrates that the brilliance of […]
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October 5, 2012
AIS, the Australian International School, is a National Sponsor of the Swannies and it has just sent its regular newsletter out to students and their families. The newsletter includes lots of photos of the Vietnam Swans’ AFL Grand Final Party […]
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October 5, 2012
You will recall that recently, the Hanoi based Swannies and the Hanoi Oi’s netballers, led by Ado Enright ran in the Sapa Half marathon (see Swannies & Oi’s conquer Sapa Half Marathon in run for kids to swim). Their goal was […]
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October 4, 2012
He was opinionated. He was controversial. He was straight talking. Since 2007, former Hanoi President, Daryl Taber has been writing the highly anticipated Taber Talk column each year during the AFL Finals’ Series. In last week’s Grand Final Edition, he […]
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October 4, 2012
Last month, AFL Grand Final month, the Swannies’ website achieved an all time high recording 13,281 hits in September 2012. Compared with last year’s September tally of 8,528 hits, this represents a 56 per cent increase. The previous all time […]
