Swimming

Appealing for support

By Rachel Rodger • Mar 5th, 2010 • Category: Swimming

Organisers of a Colac Swimming Club reunion hope to see a flood of support for the milestone event in the coming weeks. The 50-year reunion is one of the biggest events the club has organised and it needs the support of former members to make the two-day [...]



Young swimmer wins state gold

By Rachel Rodger • Feb 17th, 2010 • Category: Swimming

Colac district swimmer Adam Vesey is only small but he continues to make a big splash in the pool. Vesey’s swimming stature grew further at the weekend when he added a state gold medal to his impressive swimming resume. Vesey, son of Greg and [...]



Sports went swimmingly

By Ben Martin • Feb 15th, 2010 • Category: Swimming

Teachers and students have hailed Colac Secondary’s College first swimming sports as an amalgamated school a success. Red house will go down in history as the school’s first winner, led by new captains Darcy Oborne and Lucy Vesey. Green and Yellow house were a close second and third, followed by [...]



Hectic training diary pays off for swimmer

By Rachel Rodger • Jan 29th, 2010 • Category: Sport, Swimming

Travel is part of life for Apollo Bay swimmer Mia Matthews since civic leaders closed the pool in her town. Matthews, 12, makes the trek to Colac up to three times a week to train with Colac Swimming Club. But her travels reached a new level last weekend [...]



Junior swimmer set for big future

By Rachel Rodger • Jan 27th, 2010 • Category: Swimming

Adam Vesey is on track to becoming one of Colac’s top swimmers after winning four medals at a country swimming carnival. The 11-year-old’s performance broke new ground for a Colac Swimming Club member after he left regional Victoria’s biggest competition at Warrnambool with two silver and two bronze medals. [...]



Colac swimmer stuns coaches with progress

By Rachel Rodger • Jan 22nd, 2010 • Category: Sport, Swimming

Colac swimmer Josh Hansen bobbed up and down on the spot when he attempted breaststroke only a few months ago. But this weekend the 14-year-old will spearhead a Colac relay team in that same event at the state’s biggest country swimming carnival. Josh is among 14 Colac [...]



Colac’s swim star breaks through

By Rachel Rodger • Jan 18th, 2010 • Category: Sport, Swimming

Former Colac swimmer Tristan Read was a relieved and happy man after winning Torquay’s Danger 1000 at the weekend. Read almost failed to show for the one-kilometre ocean race at Torquay’s Front Beach but a change of heart erased the disappointment of his Lorne Pier to Pub swim the previous weekend. [...]



Colac contingent happy with Pier to Pub effort

By Brett Worthington • Jan 11th, 2010 • Category: Sport, Swimming

Colac swimmers say they are pleased with their effort in Saturday’s 30th Pier to Pub swim race at Lorne. Stan Kluzek contested his 10th 1.2 kilometre open-water race. “I had a clear run, it all went well, I didn’t get boxed in at all,” Kluzek said. [...]



Olympian won’t give mate a free pass

By Rachel Rodger • Jan 8th, 2010 • Category: Swimming

Olympic star Daniel Kowalski would be happy for Colac’s Tristan Read to win Lorne’s Pier to Pub. But there’s no way the former Australian swimmer will give his mate an easy ride when the two top Superfish hopefuls do battle tomorrow. Kowalski, 34, said he wanted Read to perform well [...]



Final shot at Superfish title

By Rachel Rodger • Jan 8th, 2010 • Category: Swimming

Tomorrow is make or break in the eyes of Colac swimmer Tristan Read. Colac’s best swimming export concedes this is his last real chance to win the elusive Pier to Pub title he desperately wants. Read, 36, knows the pain of twice finishing runner-up in Lorne’s famous 1.2-kilometre ocean [...]