Mandurah Mannas Swimming Club

Welcome to our new members Gareth, Karen and Alexis. Thank you for (re)joining the Manna family, and we hope you enjoy swimming and socialising with us. What a fitness, friendship and fun-filled month it has been since the last Prattle. Congratulations to our Port to Pub swimmers, who all enjoyed successful crossings. How good is it to see the smiles, hugs and euphoria when they touch the sand in Thomsons Bay? A special mention to Jodi and Glenda, our new celebrities, for ra

Like many other nights of revelry, this night of revelry was enjoyed by a group of sophisticates, artists and hoodlums …. until things went horribly wrong. It was the night of Friday 16th April, at The Star Club (Deb and Paul’s new home), a large group of swanky flappers, bootleggers, and gangsters enjoyed a night of mystery and intrigue. The dimly light Star Club was filled with the sounds of Jazz, and an abundance of 1920’s memorabilia, set up by our wonderful hosts. As the

One of the Club's Annual Awards is the "Service Award", which is made to a member who has given outstanding service to the Club. For 2020, Hazel Cockram is the deserving recipient. Hazel is in her fifth year as the Club Registrar. Much of Hazel's work is behind the scenes and essential to our Club's smooth running. She endeavours to make time to meet and welcome each new member to the Club. She has kept up to date with the changes to the role over the years. As you can imagin

Aerobic Swims - To time or not! Some say that ”Timing Swims” is too competitive and leads to too much compulsive focus on comparative performance. Here are some alternate thoughts about the benefits. Firstly, knowing your time on a set distance and stroke provides a baseline comparison of your progress and helps to develop personal achievement goals. In itself, this can motivate your own commitment to training and maintain a desired level of fitness. Secondly, many of the vet

How exciting to see so many new Club records set and existing records broken this year. Updating the Club Records has certainly kept new Club Recorder Kirk extrodinarily busy. Thank you Kirk for providing us with a copy of the lastest Club Records. Click this link to view the latest Club Records.

Starting this Sunday, we will be running a Sunday Training and Vorgee Endurance 1000 swim session. The sessions will take place between 9:00 to 10:30 am, followed by a well-earned coffee and chat. Sunday training is an excellent option for those who find weeknights hard to attend or who would like to work on improving their swimming technique and speed. Vorgee Endurance 1000 is a program for swimmers who want to improve or maintain their aerobic fitness by regularly swimming

A big thank you to Club Photographer Ivan for all his hard work over two days capturing the action at the 2021 MSWA State Championships. Ivan's passion for swimming technique and coaching comes through in his photographs, which we present in five collections: General Fun, Freestyle breathing, Diving, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly.