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This event was held on Sunday 20th October at St Hilda's School pool in Mosman Park. Here is the story and the photos....
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This Carnival took place at Challenge Stadium on Sunday 22nd September. Read about Somerset's success here...
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The Lions Eye Institute is currently working on a study looking at sun exposure and eye health. Of particular interest to swimmers, they are examining the effects of protective eye wear, such as sunglasses and goggles, on eye health.They are looking to re...
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You may have swum with him, but did you know that Tony Casella was a published author of some renown? We found out when he donated a signed copy of his latest novel to our raffle at the 1500m carnival recently, so he was pestered for details which he has...
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We had a wonderful morning on August 4th. The sun shone, the pool sparkled, long swims were swum, aerobic points were gathered and records were broken. Read all about it here...
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This carnival was held on 23rd June 2013. As usual, a bunch of Seahorses travelled down to Mandurah, and as usual a great time was had by all. Read the story and see the pics here...
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Somerset is the inaugural winner of the State Endurance1000 Trophy which has replaced the State Aerobics Trophy. After a short 2 year break as the top aerobics club in the state, we have once again achieved this title. We were 6th nationally. Congratula...
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The 2013 Masters Swimming WA LiveLighter State Championships were held on 25-26 May at Challenge Stadium. Nine Somerset Seahorses represented the club. Read the story and see the photos here.
Yvette Ballard was also snapping away in the spaces between a...
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This year, as we did last year, Somerset ran a sausage sizzle outside Bunning’s Cannington store as a fund raiser. Using some of the knowledge we gained last year, we served sizzling sausages on bread rolls with onions and sauce all day, and made a ...
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The Australian Masters National Championships were held on 17 - 20 April at Olympic Park in Sydney. Somerset was represented by Helen Urquhart and Eunice Chellew. Eunice put together this report for us:
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The 2013 Melville Carnival was a great success for Somerset Seahorses. You can read about it here.
Prior to the Carnival, a dinner was held on Thursday 4th April at the Balmoral Hotel in Victoria Park. We also farewelled our President Peter Houwen, who i...
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Somerset organises this event every year for Masters Swimming WA. It is one of the major fund raising activities of the Club. As always, this year it was a highly successful event, with participation from 235 Masters swimmers representing 12 clubs. Stephe...
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These awards were presented at the February Council of Clubs meeting.
Somerset was awarded the Kay Cox Award, Improvement Factor - Runner Up. This award is based on the number of Somerset swimmers at BACC events, points scored by them and the total numbe...
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Lots of Seahorses went to Busselton for the annual Jetty swim. Read the story and see the photos here....
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Ever wondered what its like to be on the beach at the start of the Rottnest Channel Swim? A number of Somerset Seahorses were there this year, as well as our competitors, and they sent us stories and pictures. It was stirring as you will see here.
Peter ...
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Murray Corp is a witty and prolific writer. Read all the latest from your favourite swimming correspondent:
Murray swam in the Swim Thru Rottnest on 7 December 2013. Here
Murray swam and ran in the 2013 Anaconda Adventure Race in Augusta on 3 November ...
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This iconic event takes place in Busselton. This year, three Seahorses, Roberta Richardson, Michelle Loftus and Bruce Layman, took part and completed the course. Amazing achievement!
Bruce Layman completed the course in 10 hours 34 minutes and 11 seconds...
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The Cocos Island Lagoon swim is held in November and a small group of Somerset Seahorses have booked and/or shown interest in hot-footing it up to Cocos Islands for the 8km swim. To date, Murray and Sue Corp, Liz O’Neill and her husband, Julie O’Lough...
