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December 8, 2011
Last Saturday, 3 December, 2011, the Swannies in Saigon held our Awards and Presentations for 2011. A co winner of the award for the Most Improved Player in Saigon was Trent Mears. And he wasn’t even there to collect it! […]
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December 8, 2011
The Saigon Times on 2 December 2011 reported on the Swannies win in the recent Indochina Cup with a story titled, Vietnam Swans defend title in Laos by Michael Smith. Below is an extract. The Vietnam Swans took out the […]
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December 7, 2011
Two days after the victorious Indochina Cup, Swannie, Tim Riordan, flew out of Saigon for a posting in the Middle East, complete with broken nose! Tim has just filed this report about the Swannies. To the Swannies I had a […]
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December 6, 2011
Katharine Murphy reports in today’s “Age” newspaper that the ABC “will hold onto its prized international television service – and keep it in perpetuity”. Below is an extract from the article. HE ABC will hold onto its prized international television […]
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December 5, 2011
It has just been announced today by the Federal Government that the ABC will run the hotly contested Australia Network service for the next ten years. This is good news for those wanting to see AFL coverage. Below is an […]
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December 5, 2011
Courtesy of Ross McRae, we now have photos available of the weekend’s Best and Fairest and Christmas party in Saigon. You can view the full set of 90 photos in Ross McRae’s Web Album or in the Vietnam Swans’ Web […]
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December 5, 2011
Yesterday, Auscham held their Annual Christmas Party in Saigon in association with the Vietnam Swans, KOTO and the Saigon Australian Cricket Club. The party was held back at the (tick, tick) Boom-arang Bistro which is where the Swannies were the […]
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December 4, 2011
Last weekend, the Swannies went Back to Back with the Indochina Cup. Yesterday, our Skipper, Luke “Dukesy” Creamer went Back to Back with the Swannies’ Best and Fairest, narrowly nudging out Heath “Heater” Ellis. In third position was the Saigon […]
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December 3, 2011
Danny Armstrong retired after the Swannies won last year’s Indochina Cup. Now living in Shanghai, he flew in for this year’s ICC and to see off his mate, Dezza and another Club Legend, Dan Kindness. Game 1 Game 1 was […]
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December 2, 2011
Nat Payne played in the first two matches of last weekend’s Indochina Cup. In the third, the Grand Final against Thailand, injury prevented Nat from taking the field so he coached from the boundary line. Below he shares some amazing […]
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December 1, 2011
The Vietnam Swans are pleased to confirm details for the 2011 Annual Awards, Presentations and Christmas Party in Saigon (Hanoi – see details below for 10 December). They will be held on Saturday, 3 December at the Boomarang Bistro, District […]
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November 30, 2011
Edoardo Bozzola is unusual. He’s an Italian, married to a Melbournian, and lives in Hanoi working for Piaggio. He’s also a basketballer who doesn’t look much shorter than 7ft. On the weekend, Man Mountain Edo found himself playing footy for […]
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November 29, 2011
Dave O’Shea has been known to sleep with the footy. Last weekend, he played for the Swannies in the Indochina Cup held in Vientiane, Lao. This was his first ever tour with the Swannies. When told that he would be […]
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November 28, 2011
National President, Phil Johns does a quick follow up after the Swannies victory at the 2011 Indochina Cup which was played between the Lao Elephants, Thailand Tigers, Cambodian Eagles and the Swannies. Dear Swannies, Sponsors and Supporters The Vietnam Swans […]