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Australian National Championships Melbourne – Results 2013

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An Outsider’s View of Synchronised Swimming By Elizabeth Miller

Leaving for Claremont pool, camera and notepad in tow, I was not sure what to expect as I prepared to sit through my first West Coast Splash Synchronised Swimming training session. West Coast Splash is a fairly new organisation that has grown quickly in Perth, Western Australia. The sport had been described to me as [...]

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WA athletes head to Melbourne

West Coast athletes are headed to Melbourne for the 2013 Australian Open and Age Group Championships held 4-7 April. The event is the largest national competition of the season.   National team members Debbie Tsai and Aoife McCann will compete in the Open Duet competition, with their routine choreographed to music from the movie Moulin [...]

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Sun Smart State Championships Display WA’s Synchro Talent

SynchroWA staged the Sun Smart State Championships at Challenge Stadium on Saturday, March 2. West Coast Splash participated in the event with 18 swimmers, ages 10 to 18, competing in the solo, duet, team and combination categories. Mary Andreotta managed the event; Alexandra Miller, Dee McCann, Hilary Tsai and Ann Ferries judged. Bridget Ammon and [...]

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Synchro WA breaks Australian record

Synchro WA broke its own record for Australia’s biggest ever synchro routine during the Sun Smart Big Sync Event at Claremont Pool on February 24th. Fifty-seven participants—ranging from girls brand-new to the sport to Australian national team members—joined together to learn and successfully swim a one-minute routine. They bested the 2010 record by 14 swimmers. [...]

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International synchronised swimming event comes to Perth

Perth held the first Sun Smart International Synchronised Swimming Club Championships at Challenge Stadium on Sunday, 17 February. Athletes, judges and officials from Perth, Sydney, the Gold Coast, the Philippines, Singapore, Great Britain and New Zealand participated in the event.   The event, organised by SynchroWA, saw competitors ages 8 to 22 competing in the [...]

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Sun Smart Synchro WA 2013 Calendar of events

  Sun Smart Synchro WA 2013 Calendar of events – Click here to download as a PDF

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Sun Smart Synchro in the Wheatbelt

SynchroWA brought synchronised swimming to the Wheatbelt over the Australia Day weekend as part of its Sun Smart Regions in Sync programme, sponsored by Healthway. National team members Debbie Tsai and Aoife McCann, along with coach Marsea Nelson and parent Hermann Tsai, taught three free sessions at the Koorda Swimming Pool, giving local residents the [...]

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Synchro in the Wheatbelt

SynchroWA is bringing synchronised swimming to the Wheatbelt as part of it’s Regions in Sync programme, sponsored by Healthway. National team members Debbie Tsai and Aoife McCann, along with coach Marsea Nelson and parent Hermann Tsai, will teach free sessions at the Koorda Swimming Pool over Australia Day weekend, giving local residents the opportunity to [...]

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US coach joins West Coast Splash

West Coast Splash is pleased to welcome Marsea Nelson to its coaching roster. Marsea previously coached nationally-ranked age group athletes in the state of Virginia, and she comes to Perth to help take the competitive program to the next level. As a swimmer, Marsea was a junior national champion, and her coaching accomplishments include winning [...]

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