News stories
Catch up on all the news from our club, and check out what our swimmers have been getting up to recently in the pool and beyond.
Viking duo head north of the border for MSQ State LC Championships | 30 March - 2 April 2023
Two keen Vikings headed north to the humidity and sunshine in Central Queensland to compete at the MSQ State Long Course Championships held from 30 March to 1 April at the Mackay Aquatic Centre and then the MSQ State Open Water Swimming Championships held in the Pioneer River on 2 April 2023.
Vikings swim up a storm at Broulee Bay to Breakers Ocean Swim | 12 March 2023
The 1.4km Broulee Bay to Breakers Ocean Swim starts at Broulee Island (Shark Bay) and swims east and then south around the headland to the Broulee Surf beach and clubhouse. Due to the ocean conditions, the 2023 event saw the swim buoys being set so that the course was 1.6km.
Elizabeth Merenda awarded top female swimmer at the NSW SC Championships 2022
Vikings Masters assist at Special Olympics Meet - 3 September 2022
On Saturday afternoon, 3 September 2022, five Vikings members and one honorary member assisted with the running of the Greater Canberra Special Olympics Meet at the Stromlo Aquatic Centre.
We are the champions! Nationals 2022
Vikings win Nationals 2022 top point score trophy .... "Extra, extra read all about it, we’ve got the team and we’re proud to shout it. We’re rough, we’re tough, we’re hard to bluff, we won the Nationals by showing our stuff!"
And that is exactly what our Tuggeranong Vikings Masters swim team did at the National Championships 2022, held in Sydney from 20-23 April.
ACT Time Trials #1 2022 | 26 February 2022
Tuggeranong Vikings hosted the first ACT Time Trials for 2022 on Saturday, 26 February.
Postal Swims Participation 2021
if you are considering extending your swim sessions from training to a further pathway to enjoy swimming and extended fitness, then Postal Swims may be for you. Our club has strong Postal Swims participation.
FINA World Top 10 LC 2020
The sole meet in 2020 where many of us swam at Campbelltown in January last year resulted in some Fina Top Ten World Rankings!
Sri Chinmoy 10k National Capital Swim 2020
The National Capital Swim has always been a 9km swim down the full length of Lake Burley Griffin. At the request of some of our club members, the swim length was increased for 2020 to 10km, making it an official 'Marathon' Swim.
Masters Swimming Australia Coach of the Year 2019 Award
This national award recognises the huge amount of work that Greg has done in his coaching role within Tuggeranong Masters Swimming ACT as a club and acknowledges Greg's outstanding contribution to coaching and towards the development of coaching at all levels of Masters Swimming within Australia.