Oceania Swimming Championships Preliminary: Female Open 50 Free 0:28.88 Final: Female Open 50 Free 0:28.72
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA SWIMMING INC P.O. BOX 5549 BOROKO NCD PNG MOBILE: (675) 71858270 PHONE/FAX: (675) 3258573, EMAIL: [email protected] NEWS BULLETIN ISSUE 3– 2ND QUARTER 2012 Executive Members: President: Elizabeth Wells MBE Vice President: Bruce Mead Secretary: Monica Liria Treasurer: Sarenah Pini Registrar: Barbara Skelton Property: Lois Nakmai __________________________________________________________________________________ CTO: Kathleen Maskelyne __________________________________________________________________________________ Papua New Guinea Dear Affiliated Members his life; he trained hard and enjoyed it. He Swimming Inc set best times and challenged himself to major and support rd As we approach the 3 quarter of 2012 do better at every swimming meet. sponsors: competitions have been in the forefront of May and June with the Oceania Wise words spoken by a retired athlete of Championships taking place in Noumea, our sport, this is what makes real champions in our sport, that desire to get New Caledonia from May 29 to June 2 supported by NGCB and PNGSFOC and June the best out of ourselves, a never give up 8-9 the Boroko Amateur Swimming Club attitude and a commitment to continue to hosted their NGCB Dolphin Sprints in the learn and develop always knowing that, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea. that little extra put in could be the winning stroke in competition or administration. We also welcomed Australia Olympic swim stars Greg Fasala, Geogie Parkes who flew How much more meaningful life would be into Port Moresby on invitation from BASC if we all did this. Greatness comes from a and Kieran Perkins on invitation from SP vision and then doing the work to achieve Brewery and PNGSFOC. the desired results is the reward at the end. Greg Fasala and Georgie Parkes were invited as the guest speakers at the BASC Having the commitment, focused Fundraising dinner and while in the country connection, confidence, positive images, they conducted a swim clinic for our mental readiness, distraction control and budding young stars and their coaches who ongoing learning will empower you to participated in the annual Sprint excel and become the person and/or PNG Sports competition. athlete you really want to be. Federation Olympic Committee At the close of May, Papua New Guinea And in saying that, as we journey down Swimming Inc saw athletes Ryan Pini the road of further developing our sport (Sportsman of the Year), Judith Meauri on the international stage we take this opportunity to wish our two athletes Olympic Solidarity (Junior Sportswoman of the Year) and Stanford Gore Kawale (Junior Sportsman of travelling to London to compete in the the Year)represented as finalists for their Olympic Games 2012 all the best in their efforts in 2011 at the prestigious SP sports competition event. awards dinner held at the Crowne Plaza in PNG Sports Our female athlete 20 year old Judith Foundation Port Moresby. Meauri will spend four weeks training in In-Kind Guest speaker at this event Australian Australia under Coach Shawn Crowe at sponsors Olympian, Kieran Perkins spoke on the Acacia Swim Club while 30 year old Ryan importance of having a passion for sport, Pini will head to China to undergo another willing to work hard and not give up; being a bout of High Altitude Training with Coach Coca Cola Amatil true champion of your sport with a desire Rick Van der Zant. Both will depart for (PNG) Limited and commitment to work hard to achieve. London on 22nd July. PNGSI is affiliated to: It is very challenging for athletes to train, We wish them great success at these PNGSFOC develop and maintain that over years. Games; carry the name of PNG Swimming Perkins mentioned he was not a very with pride and be great ambassadors of FINA talented swimmer but he worked hard to our sport. Oceania develop himself and get to where he was Swimming Enjoy Swimming on…….. Association and do what he did. Swimming was a part of Aquatic PNGSI SANCTIONED EVENTS Excellence Squad M embers June 8-9 BASC Dolphin Sprints Port Moresby 2011/2012 July 14 BASC Carnival 4 Port Moresby July 19 LASC Carnival C6 LAE July 27-Aug 12 London Olympic Games Great Britain July 27-29 Huon Gulf Championships Lae 12-14 YEARS August 11 BASC Carnival 5 Port Moresby BSP GOLD KUNDU INTERMEDIATE GOLD August 16 LASC Carnival A7 LAE TARGET Jocelyn Flynn Stanford Gore Kawale Millie Knight Sept 7-9 TNT National Short Course Champs LAE Tegan McCarthy Peter Kunda Sept 22-28 Australian Swim Camp Brisbane Judith Meauri Ashton Kunda Ian Nakmai Ryan Maskelyne September 22 BASC Carnival 6 Port Moresby Ryan Pini Shanice Paraka October 13 BASC Carnival 7 Port Moresby Peter Pokawin James Runnegar Sam Seghers October 18 LASC Carnival B8 LAE Savanah Tkatchenko INTERMEDIATE SILVER Barbara Vali Nov 8 & 24 LASC Club Champs Round 1 and 2 LAE Alastair Blake Ruth Bunena November 9-10 BASC Club Championships Port Moresby BSP SILVER KUNDU Ben Cross TARGET November 24 BASC AGM Port Moresby Angus Dubar Colin Akara Dec 12-16 FINA World Short Course Champs Istanbul, Turkey Bobby Akunaii Kimberley Ila Marcus Blake Leonard Kalate Jeankapa Koupa Jenixon Lim Australian competitions sanctioned by PNGSI Aika Livingstone Caitlin Mendoza Nathan Tukana Olive Meraudje June 24 RACQ Nth QLd Games Mackay Jodi Mileng Jasmine Mileng August 4- 5 Brisbane Short Course Championships Chandler Sheldon Plummer August 25-26 Qld Short Course Championships Chandler Hector Smith Bethani Tukana September 16 McDonald’s Multi Class Championships Chandler Juanita Vava October 6 Brisbane Open Water Meet TBC Georgia-Leigh Vele October 13-14 Qld LC Qualifying Meet 1 Chandler October Sat 27 McDonald’s Open Water Swim Champs Kawana Waters, Sunshine Coast The 2012 PNGSI Year book is November 17-18 Qld LC Qualifying Meet #2 Chandler 9-11 YEARS now in circulation and if you December 15-21 McDonald’s Qld Championships Chandler JUNIOR GOLD Ethan Liew have not yet received one 2013 you can email Gairo Puana January 26-27 Brisbane Sprint Championships Chandler Natasha Sagon [email protected] or E bony Tkatchenko PNGSI Registrar Barbara February 9-10 McDonald’s Qld Sprint Championships Chandler Savannah Tkatchenko Skelton on email: Feb 23-24 Brisbane Junior Metropolitan Champs Chandler Catherine Vali [email protected] March 22-24 Brisbane Senior Metropolitan Champs Chandler JUNIOR SILVER m.au or your Club Secretary. March 30-31 Qld Long Course Qualifying Meet #3 Chandler Kristian Atherton Adam Green Raila Ila Chase James Chelsea Johns Websites: Stay in the know Javana Johnson Tanguy Langelet FINA WEBSITE: www.fina.org ASCTA: www.ascta.com Swim Ed: www.swimed.com SAL: www.swimming.org.au Ryan Liew Vladimir Liria WSCA: www.swimmingcoach.org USA Swimming: www.usaswimming.org Gil Nott Megan Nott PNGSI Website can be found at: www.oceaniasport.com Click on ‘swimming’, Scroll down - Click on ‘Papua New Emmanuel Nuna Guinea Swimming Association’, click on a subject in the left hand menu box titles to receive content. Ramia Takin Jeremiah Tkatchenko OCEANIA SWIMMING ASSOCIATION Website can be found by either looking it up on Google or yahoo search Matthew Vali engines by typing in "oceania swimming association" or you can find it on the SportingPulse website which is Luke Vava www.sportingpulse.com Nolan Vava Nancy Wiseman ON THE COMPETITION BOARD Individual Meet Results of our Swimmers Stanford Gore Kawale age 16 years Preliminary: Male Open 50 Fly 0:27.56 Personal Best Preliminary: Male Open 200 Free 2:09.17 Personal Best Final: Male Open 200 Free 2:09.90 Preliminary: Male Open 100 Free 0:56.81 Personal Best Final: Male Open 100 Free 0:57.95 Preliminary: Male Open 100 Fly 1:02.81 Personal Best Final: Male Open 100 Fly 1:03.15 Preliminary: Male Open 50 Free 0:26.23 Personal Best Preliminary: Male Open 200 Breast 2:33.01 Final: Male Open 200 Breast 2:29.16 Judith Meauri age 20 years Preliminary: Female Open 50 Fly 0:32.74 Final: Female Open 50 Fly 0:32.39 Preliminary: Female Open 200 Free 2:25.99 Final: Female Open 200 Free 2:24.24 Preliminary: Female Open 100 Free 1:03.34 Final: Female Open 100 Free 1:03.04 Preliminary: Female Open 400 Free 5:21.35 Personal Best Oceania Swimming Championships Preliminary: Female Open 50 Free 0:28.88 Final: Female Open 50 Free 0:28.72 The 2012 Oceania Championships took place from May 28-June 2 Ian Nakmai age 20 years in Nouméa, New Caledonia. Preliminary: Male Open 50 Fly 0:28.54 Preliminary: Male Open 100 Breast 1:12.03 Papua New Guinea was represented by swimmers Ryan Pini, Final: Male Open Male 100 Breast 1:09.91 Peter Pokawin, Stanford Gore Kawale, and Samuel Seghers, Ian Preliminary: Male Open 50 Breast 0:31.67 Nakmai and Judith Meauri. Final: Open Male 50 Breast 0:31.74 Preliminary: Open Male 50 Free 0:26.04 Personal Best The championships featured competitions in Swimming – pool Final: Open Male 200 Breast 2:47.55 events, Open Water and Synchronized swimming. Ryan Pini age 30 years The pool events were held from May 29 through to June 1 in the Preliminary: Male Open 50 Fly 0:25.40 Nouméa suburb of Dumbéa. Final: Male Open 50 Fly 0:24.41 Preliminary: Male Open 100 Back 1:01.58 101 swimmers from 14 nations and 2 additional teams took part Final: Male Open 100 Back 0:58.43 in the pool events. Swimmers were from American Samoa, Preliminary: Male Open 50 Back 0:27.84 Final: Male Open 50Back 0:26.95 Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Hawaii, Marshall Islands, Preliminary: Male Open 100 Free 0:52.97 Micronesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tahiti and Tonga.