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September 17, 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC2KJ6grN1k&w=420&h=315] Last weekend, Vietnam Television screened a 40 minute documentary about the Vietnam Swans on Channels VTV1 and VTV4. The program, Talk Vietnam, interviews National President, Phil Johns, in the studio as well as other key people on site […]
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September 16, 2012
Official Historian of the Vietnam Football League (1966-71), Stan Middleton has recently sent in some new photos of back then. Stan, a very serious fellow, writes… “Thought I would send some old footy photos from the VFL in 1967 at […]
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September 15, 2012
Last year, we ran the Swannie of September photo competition for the first time. Ken Rowe of Newman in outback Western Australia won it (see winning photo here). All you need to do is take a magic photo with a […]
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September 14, 2012
Details for the Vietnam Swans’ 2012 AFL Grand Final Party, Hanoi Critical information! Venue – Ballroom of the Intercontinental Hotel, 1 Nghi Tam, West Lake ,Hanoi Live telecast of the AFL Grand Final on Australia Network – Official Media Sponsor […]
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September 14, 2012
Former National and Saigon Treasurer for the Swannies, Danny Armstrong, was the man who established the Commonwealth Bank in Vietnam. Often, he would dryly and impartially observe: “Son, there are two types of banks: shite banks and Commonwealth Banks”. The […]
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September 13, 2012
A week’s a long time in football. However, who could forget Mr Taber’s call in this column last week, when he controversially predicted, “This could be the year where a team comes from below 4th to win the flag. I’ll […]
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September 12, 2012
This month’s issue of the Vietnam Economic Times’ Guide Magazine has given the Swannies’ Grand Final Parties a mega push. The Guide has included a piece in its “What’s on” section in the September 2012 issue. The Guide is published monthly and […]
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September 12, 2012
Irish John (Redmond) loves playing for the Swannies – and he also loves his Gaelic footy. Next month, the Asian Gaelic Games will be held in Kuala Lumpur. Below, John puts a call out for fellow Swannies to join him […]
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September 11, 2012
Last weekend, the Hanoi Oi’s Netballers and Vietnam Swans rised a sweat to raise money. They ran across mountains in Sapa to help kids swim in central Vietnam. Adrian “Ado” Enright explains. Sunday morning saw a huge representation of members […]
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September 10, 2012
Last month, in the lead up to the 2012 Asian Champs, Edo Davide the Man Mountain returned back home to the mountains of Italy. Edo was keen for some high altitude training in the Italian Alps – and to reconnect […]
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September 10, 2012
You will remember Dickie Knee, the famous hat-on-a-stick from Channel 9’s very popular Hey Hey it’s Saturday variety program that finished in 1999 after a 27 year stint. Well, last month, Dickie Knee, happened to be in Yangon, Myanmar (Burma). […]
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September 10, 2012
The Word magazine is the most widely circulated expat magazine in Vietnam – especially in Saigon and Hanoi. These two cities just happen to be where the Swannies are hosting our 2012 AFL Grand Final Parties. The good news is […]
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September 10, 2012
Yesterday, the Swannies website exploded amassing an amazing 1,506 hits for the day – a new record. This eclipsed the Swannies’ previous highest number of hits – 889 which was recorded last month. And, for any trivia buff out there […]
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September 9, 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpeBxnlAzlA&w=420&h=315] Utilising the Official Promo ad for the 2012 AFL Grand Final Series, Ross McRae – Ah McRae, you’ve done it again! – has adapted it to include some recent Swannies’ footage. Ross says that the video, which is […]
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September 9, 2012
Yesterday in Saigon, the Swannies again played one of our scratch matches between the Reds and the Whites. But this time we were playing with a difference. On the line yesterday were parmas, pints and plonk. The Boomarang Bistro, Home […]
