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May 17, 2012
Tomorrow, Friday 18 May, the Club shall get the chance to say hoo-roo to Timmay Clements and Asha Phillips who are about to leave Vietnam’s shores to honk on in Hong Kong. 5pm, Hogs Breath Cafe The Collingwood Vs Essendon […]
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May 16, 2012
Ross McRae’s report on the Supercoach League includes the stellar news that the Swannies’ Dave O’Shea scored 2,622 points on the weekend. This ranked Dave 5th out of 352, 000 other coaches! Ex-Supercoach here, Why ‘ex’? Just this weekend, new […]
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May 14, 2012
Bill Slape, who managed the Hellfire Pass Memorial Museum in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, suffered a fatal herat attack on the weekend while swimming. A service will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 15 May from 1pm at Christ Church Bangkok, 11 Convent Road. […]
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May 14, 2012
Last weekend, the Swannies were out in force in both Hanoi and Saigon promoting Australian education as part of an Australian Education Trade Fair sponsored by Austrade and Study in Australia. On Saturday, the Swannies in Hanoi went to the […]
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May 13, 2012
Last night, the Bombers absolutely caned the West Coast Eagles at Melbourne’s Etihad Stadium. There were at least four Swannies in attendance, namely, Josh Little (former coach), Dez Limbrick (former Saigon Prez), Dave “Angry” Hadley (Ed’s note: yep, that’s Hadley […]
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May 12, 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f41twgXDj6U&w=560&h=315] Stephen “Spielberg” Drummond has just released an unedited version of the pre match formalities at the recent ANZAC Friendship Match. And the pre match comes up very well on video! There is Matty Townsend, the consummate MC; welcomes […]
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May 11, 2012
Saigon Prez, Sammy (Davis Jnr) Conroy delivers a broadside to the Swannies’ teachers by claiming, “It hasn’t just been a big week in education”. Judging by the amount of honking that can be heard from one end of the country […]
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May 11, 2012
The Bairnsdale Advertiser on 27 April 2012, published an article titled, Aussie Rules rules the day in Vietnam. The article looks at the 2012 ANZAC Friendship Match, the history of footy in Vietnam during the war and the Vietnam Swans […]
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May 10, 2012
This weekend, Austrade is hosting the Australian Education Showcase in Hanoi and Saigon. The Swannies will be there in both cities demonstrating Australia’s signature sport and, in the process, helping to differentiate the Australian education product. As part of the […]
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May 9, 2012
Vietnam Veteran, Barry Schwind, has written to the Vietnam Swans to congratulate all for the 2012 ANZAC Friendship Match. His email is reproduced below. I had the absolute pleasure of attending the ANZAC Friendship Match on 21st April last and […]
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May 8, 2012
Zaiya is an acclaimed Australian artist in the style of Rhianna, Adele and Katie Perry. Zaiya originals are produced by Tom Nicholls (Celine Dion, Kylie Minogue, Meredith Bro and Tine Arena). Zaiya will be performing this week in HCMC: Thurs-Fri […]
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May 7, 2012
At Kev McMillan’s funeral in Canberra today, Swannie, Dan Kindness represented the Club. For those of us who weren’t able to attend, Dan describes for us what happened. The service was completely packed with many people having to stand and […]
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May 7, 2012
Kev McMillan’s funeral will be held today in Canberra after he lost his battle with cancer last week. Kev was a great friend of the Swannies and the Club will be represented at the funeral by one of the key […]
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May 6, 2012
Last month, the Vietnam Swans website recorded 11,974 hits – a record. This was 2,025 hits (20 per cent) more than the previous record – which had only been set the previous month. April’s result was an impressive 65 per […]
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May 6, 2012
The Age Newspaper has reported today that Pies put their shirts on move into rag trade. Cameron Houston reports that, The Magpies will become the first major Australian sports team to make its own kit, after severing a long-term sponsorship […]