Photos from the 2012 Swim Thru Perth are now available for viewing. Thanks to Gary Bradley for being the photographer on the day.

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Claremont Masters Swimming Club was the proud organiser of Australia’s oldest open water swimming race, the 93rd 2012 Xstrata Nickel Swim Thru Perth held on Sunday 22nd January in the picturesque Swan River. Ideal weather conditions and a new circuit course for both the 1.6km and 4km events made for a fast and enjoyable race.

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Hi Gropers!!! Claremont had a wonderfully successful meet at Nationals.  As well as clearly winning the overall pointscore, we were awarded 3 relay trophies for best performance across 3 different relay age groups. Every single swimmer played a huge part in our win.  I am almost reluctant to forward this medal tally, as it is certainly not [...]

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Claremont Masters Swimming Club was the proud organiser of Australia’s oldest open water swimming race, the 92nd 2011 Xstrata Nickel Swim Thru Perth held on Sunday 23 rd January in the picturesque Swan River. In addition to the traditional 4km race starting at Barrack St, swimmers also took to the water in the all new 1.6km Xstrata Nickel Dash with all swimmers finishing on the banks of Matilda Bay in front of the UWA Water Sports Complex.

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I’ve been asked to share with you my experiences of being a first timer at the National Masters Swimming Championships held in Launceston this week (April 6th-10th 2010). I’m sitting here on the plane back to Perth wondering where to start, so maybe I’ll start with the trip to Launceston. School holidays and the Easter [...]

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