Mandurah Mannas Member Spotlight

Meet some of the
Mandurah Mannas Members!

Life Members

Wayne Cable

Wayne has been a member of Mandurah Mannas since 2005. He regularly swims at Doddi's Beach, coaches at the pool and competes in open water events.

A quiet achiever whose native habitat is the open water.

Graeme McAuslane

Graeme has been a member of Mandurah Mannas since 1994. He regularly swims at Doddi's Beach and coaches at the pool, but no longer competes in pool and open water events.

Graeme has a unique ability to encourage and help swimmers of all abilities to improve.

Ivan Wingate

Ivan has been a member of Mandurah Mannas since 2002. He regularly swims at Doddi's Beach and competes in pool and open water events.

Ivan is working on breaking a life-time bad habit of getting involved.

Pauline Wingate

Pauline has been a member of Mandurah Mannas since 2002. She regularly swims at Doddi's Beach and competes in pool and open water events.

As Pauline says "You do not have to be elite at anything, just the fact that you are participating is rewarding."

Des Seery

Des has been a dedicated member since 2009, serving the club in various roles. His contributions include committee involvement, coaching, officiating, and supporting the club in countless ways, making him an integral part of its success.

Deb Bloor

Deborah (aka Deb) has been a member of, and actively involved in, our Club for twenty-six years. Over that time she has contributed outstanding and significant service to our Club. Since 1995, Deb served eighteen years on the management committee in a broad range of positions.

Steve Crake

Steve's service to the club commenced very early in his membership in positions such as Vice President, then President. Steve was instrumental when the new MARC facility was being built and competes in both Masters pool competitions as well as Open Water swim events on a regular basis.

Members and their stories

Barb Pellick

Barb has been a member of Mandurah Mannas since 2006. She regularly swims at Doddi's Beach, coaches and competes in open water events.

Barb is always willing to chat about and share her knowledge of swimming, as she says "Swimming is her passion".

Honoured Legacy Members

Rod Baker 1928 - 2018

Rod joined Mandurah Mannas in 1998. He regularly swam at Doddi's Beach and competed in pool and open water events into his late eighties.

As 90yr old Rod would say, "Swimming is just a matter of breathing in, breathing out, relaxing arms and legs".

Ken Phillips 1945 - 2017

LIFE MEMBER

Ken was an active member of Mandurah Mannas from 1998 until his passing in 2017. He regularly swam at Doddi's Beach and competed in pool and open water events.

Ken was an authority on all things swimming and always prepared to volunteer whenever needed.

Gerry Green 1944 - 2025

Gerry is a founding member of Mandurah Mannas. He regularly swims at Doddi's Beach and the pool.

Gerry is the rock upon which our club is built.

Meet some of the Mandurah Mannas Members!