Club News
QNS Annual Open Water Swim
The annual North Mackay Sinkers Masters Open Water Swim (OWS) was held on Sunday 3 November 2019. With 41 registrations received, the day dawned with perfect conditions greeting swimmers across the three distances. This year swimmers included good numbers of…
Heather – Master Volunteer
We hope you enjoy reading a little background on one of our wonderful volunteers – Heather Butler of the Albany Creek Masters. Thank you for the time you have generously given to Masters Swimming Queensland over many years! Heather became…
Bob McCausland’s 90th Tribute
Bob McCausland was born on 25 Sep 1929 – This is his 90th birthday tribute: Experiencing life for nine decades means that one has seen and experienced a lot during one’s lifetime. We’re all here today to celebrate with, and…
Toowoomba Tadpoles Swim 1500m in July 2019 Postal Report
Dear fellow swimmers The Toowoomba Tadpoles Swim 1500m in July Postal was a great success again this year. Numbers were up significantly on last year with 91 swimmers from 21 clubs around Australia who submitted their times. That was made…
Brisbane Southside Masters in Hyōgo
On 4 August 2019, a team of nine swimmers from Brisbane Southside Masters (BSM) competed in the 8th Hyōgo Prefecture Masters Swimming Tournament in Kobe, Japan. The team attended as guests of the Kobe Swimming Association (KSA), who established a…
MSQ Clubs make their mark on the MS Swimathon
Masters Swimming Queensland (MSQ) is highly regarded in providing swimming opportunities for adult swimmers with established clubs throughout Queensland providing training for fitness and health outcomes. Regional, State and National swimming competitions, open water swims and of course, friendship &…
Nudgee College Masters Fund-raise for Important Research
On Thursday 30th May, the Nudgee College Masters Swimming Club hosted a morning to raise money for cancer research. They have been holding this morning tea annually for some years now. Cancer is a problem that touches most people at…
Generosity – a little goes a long way
Recently, at Fitlab in Toowoomba, 22 June in fact, 20 women who had been through breast cancer treatment held a fund raiser, Calories for Cancer, to raise funds for a programme, Fight Back with Fitness, which they had all been…
Noosa Masters 20 Year Memberships
Congratulations to Tony Frost and Barrie Bedding on their 20 Year Memberships with QNA Noosa Masters. Barrie Bedding (Introduction by Bob Morse) Our Club was started at Tewantin School Pool in the early 90’s by two dedicated women, our…
Age is no barrier
Hervey Bay Humpbacks President, Peter McMonagle, was the May recipient of the Monthly Senior Sportsperson award for the Fraser Coast. Another member, Kym Lingard also received this award a couple of months ago. Humpbacks are certainly in the news lately!…
