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November 9, 2011
The prospectus for the 5th Annual Indochina Cup, to be played on Saturday 26 November 2011, in Vientiane, Lao, was released yesterday by the host team, the Lao Elephants. Key points of the prospectus are: 14 players on the field; […]
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November 7, 2011
Australia Network televises the AFL into Vietnam and Asia. It’s also the Official Media Sponsor for the Vietnam Swans AFL Grand Final Parties. Tonight, Katharine Murphy reports in The Age newspaper on the latest news coming from the disaster prone […]
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November 6, 2011
Tommy’s Sports Bar in Vung Tau has shifted premises and this morning, at 8am, it was officially opened at 3 Le Ngon Han Street (100m from the Rex Hotel) with some lucky ceremonies and a live band. The live band […]
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November 5, 2011
The Swannies’ website has just recorded its highest ever number of monthly hits – 9,270 for October 2011. This number eclipsed the previous highest month of September last year which had 8,849 hits. Interestingly, the Swannies’ website has scored 8,000 […]
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November 4, 2011
Thank gawd it’s Friday! Fridays always get us thinking about where we should go for a weekend escape… China Beach would be perfect – but you’ve been to Hoi An before and the drive from Danang Airport is a bit […]
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November 2, 2011
Today, with less than four weeks before the 5th Indochina Cup in Vientiane, Lao, the Hanoi President, Dan Hopkins, announced that training would return to the grass at the UN International School (UNIS) on next Saturday, 5 November 2011. There […]
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November 2, 2011
For the Swannies, when it comes to diet and fitness, if it’s not Matty Nattylotto (sic) approved, it’s not going down. Last Sunday, Matt Natalotto proved our point by topping the 40-49 age group in Saigon’s Bitexco Vertical Run. Overall, […]
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November 1, 2011
Today is Melbourne Cup Day which is the race that stops a nation. Over the weekend, when Qantas management decided to ground its entire fleet, the headlines screamed that Qantas was “The airline that stops a nation”. Well, sit back, […]
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October 31, 2011
Mark Greenshields is a broker with Aussie Home Loans. He is a current sponsor of the Vietnam Swans and, last Saturday, he renewed his sponsorship of the Swannies for our 2012 Season. Mark brought his family to Vietnam last year […]
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October 30, 2011
On Friday 28 October 2011, ABC news ran a story by Monique Ross, on Asian floods expose child drowning epidemic. The Vietnam Swans are proactively involved in raising funds and awareness on child drownings in Vietnam. An extract from the […]
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October 30, 2011
Three weeks ago, on 11 October 2011, the Vietnam Swans played a twilight match against the Royal Australian Navy for the Phoenix Perpetual Trophy. Ryan Post, from the Australian Navy, has written to thank the Swannies (and to express his […]
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October 28, 2011
It has just been announced that the Vietnam Swans will play Melbourne’s Southern Dragons on 7 January, 2012 at RMIT University in Saigon. The Southern Dragons is a footy club in Melbourne that is mostly made up of players of […]
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October 27, 2011
The Vietnam Swans players love living and working in Vietnam. The Club therefore believes that it is important to give something back to the same community. Aussie Rules and swimming have a lot in common. For example, while both sports […]
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October 27, 2011
In November 2003, the then Hanoi Swans hosted a tri nations tournament between Hanoi, Hong Kong and Thailand. Last month, the then Hanoi President, Mick Francis, explained on this website the philosophy behind hosting the tour: “We wanted the visiting […]
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October 26, 2011
As promised, here’s some more photos of Dezza and Fleur being spotted in Tokyo dressed in their Swannies’ gear. On the left we have the Saigon Prez in his Swannies’ jumper, somewhere in Tokyo. On the right, we have Fleur, […]
