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MSV Long Course Relay 2015

September 27, 2015 Belugas Admin

An enthusiastic contingent of 15 Belugas headed to the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre for another first – the club’s first ever representation at a relay meet! To add to the excitement of the occasion, our brand new t-shirts had come hot off the presses just the day before, so we were ready to step up and be noticed!

The Belugas team looking resplendent in their new kit!

We were able to enter 20 teams in 13 out of the 15 events – a great reflection of the depth and talent in the club.

The event got off to a thrilling start in the Men’s 4×200 relay, where the Belugas slowly but surely reeled in the opposition to grab first place in the 200-239 age category. New recruit Craig Humann put in a scintillating swim to anchor the team and finish ahead by a comfortable margin.

The victorious men’s 4×200 freestyle relay team: (L-R) Craig Humann, Raoul Mulder, Anthony Ferguson and Mike Whitburn.

There was plenty of further excitement and also a lot of fun during the day, with some brilliant swimming in the men’s, women’s and mixed freestyle and medley relay events. At the end of the day, the Belugas had chalked up a swag of personal bests, not to mention two 1st places, five 2nd places, and five 3rd places.

Congratulations especially to Camille Bradley, Doris Brown, Sandy Iuliano and Wayne Steel on a fantastic set of performances and for looking like seasoned pros at their first Masters outing. The Belugas finished in 5th place overall out of the 13 clubs competing.

See below for detailed placings and for some pics from the day. We can’t wait for the next meet!

MSV Relay Meet Results
Event	Team	Category	Place	Time
Men 800m Free Relay	200-239	Anthony Ferguson-Mike Whitburn-Raoul Mulder-Craig Humann	1st	11'00.94
Mixed 200m Medley Relay	160-199	Mike Whitburn-Raoul Mulder-Jaye Dowling-Tracy Cameron	4th	2'45.54
Mixed 200m Medley Relay	200-239	Wayne Mortensen-Doris Brown-Sue Cox-Paul Turner	4th	3'02.19
Mixed 200m Free Relay	160-199	Mike Whitburn-Jaye Dowling-Raoul Mulder-Sue Cox	4th	2'17.16
Mixed 200m Free Relay	200-239	Tracy Cameron-Duncan Howard-Vito Muré-Doris Brown	2nd	2'30.31
Mixed 200m Free Relay	200-239	Paul Turner-Sandy Iuliano-Wayne Steel-Camille Bradley	6th	2'44.81
Men 400m Medley Relay	200-239	Wayne Steel-Duncan Howard-Raoul Mulder-Vito Muré	3rd	6'40.18
Men 200m Medley Relay	200-239	Mike Whitburn-Duncan Howard-Paul Turner-Craig Humann	3rd	2'33.83
Men 200m Medley Relay	200-239	Wayne Steel-Vito Muré-Wayne Mortensen-Anthony Ferguson	6th	3'14.24
Women 200m Medley Relay	160-199	Jaye Dowling-Doris Brown-Sue Cox-Sandy Iuliano	1st	2'56.69
Men 200m Free Relay	200-239	Raoul Mulder-Craig Humann-Mike Whitburn-Vito Muré	2nd	2'09.69
Men 200m Free Relay	200-239	Paul Turner-Duncan Howard-Wayne Mortensen-Wayne Steel	5th	2'32.53
Mixed 800m Free Relay	160-199	Sue Cox-Jaye Dowling-Raoul Mulder-Anthony Ferguson	2nd	11'04.51
Mixed 800m Free Relay	160-199	Sandy Iuliano-Duncan Howard-Craig Humann-Doris Brown	3rd	12'17.63
Women 200m Free Relay	200-239	Sandy Iuliano-Doris Brown-Tracy Cameron-Camille Bradley	3rd	2'45.13
Men 400m Free Relay	200-239	Anthony Ferguson-Duncan Howard-Vito Muré-Craig Humann	4th	5'09.11
Mixed 400m Medley Relay	160-199	Mike Whitburn-Paul Turner-Jaye Dowling-Tracy Cameron	2nd	6'24.43
Mixed 400m Free Relay	200-239	Anthony Ferguson-Tracy Cameron-Vito Muré-Sue Cox	2nd	5'22.49
Mixed 400m Free Relay	200-239	Sandy Iuliano-Craig Humann-Doris Brown-Wayne Mortensen	4th	5'36.47

Click here to download full results from the meet.

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Club Awards Night

September 11, 2015 Belugas Admin

After our incredible first year, it seemed fitting that we should celebrate the only way the Belugas know how … with fine food, great company and plenty of laughter. Our friends Frank, Joey and Jeremy at Acustico promised to serve up a feast and they certainly didn’t disappoint!The awards ceremony was a great occasion to reminisce and regale, recognise the wonderful achievements of all the club members, welcome brand new members, and try out a rousing rendition of the new club song.Congratulations to everyone and especially the winners of the club’s coveted Golden Goggles, Golden Water bottle and Golden Fin awards!

Club champions:
Female: Tracy Cameron (1st), Jaye Dowling (2nd), Sue Cox (3rd)
Male: Raoul Mulder (1st), Anthony Ferguson (2nd), Vito Muré (3rd)

Best individual meet performance
Tracy Cameron
Mike Whitburn

Open water champions:
Female wetsuit: Sue Cox
Male wetsuit: Anthony Purcell
Male non-wetsuit: Paul Turner

Belugas award
Wayne Mortensen
Maureen Weir

Golden Goggles awards:
Janet Moloney – best new talent
Kate Mortensen – most determined
Camille Bradley – most courageous
Roy Solterbeck – most improved
Duncan Howard – best preserved

Golden Waterbottle Award:
Wayne Steel – most up for lane rope chat

Golden Fin Award:
Tim Walker – most inspiring

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Victorian Long Course Champs 2015

May 17, 2015 Belugas Admin

Eight Belugas plus our team mascot Finn ventured out to the Victorian Long Course Championships – our third meet outing, and first time competing at MSAC! There was a great buzz at the venue, and the new thrill of seeing our names and times come up on the giant electronic scoreboard.

chad_dive — Chad Nash (in ‘tiger’ togs) literally gets off to a flying start …

With a heady combination of solid training, high motivation, and mountains of sugary supplements, expectations were running high for some new club benchmarks, and the team didn’t disappoint. Once the dust settled on 29 appearances in 11 events, 18 new club records had been set, with numerous personal bests. OK, so nine of these were the first time anyone had swum in the event/age category, but the other nine did better existing club records! Well done to everyone for a fantastic set of performances: Anthony (1 club record), Jaye, Paul, Roy and Vito (2 records each), Chad and Tracy (3 records) and Raoul (5 records).

relay-boys — Men’s 4x50m relay team: Anthony Ferguson, Raoul Mulder, Roy Solterbeck and Chad Nash.

Amidst all the excitement there was heartbreak too, with Roy and Paul both DQ’d in the 200 IM for illegal turning manoeuvres (this after Roy had just shattered the existing club record time by over 4 seconds), and Paul managed a second disqualification in the 100 breaststroke when (in what can perhaps most kindly be described as a ‘brain snap’) he launched into an enthusiastic tumble turn at the 50m mark. Things seem to brighten up for Paul when he won a spot prize voucher, but in the process of collecting it he forgot to marshall for the 100 freestyle and so added a ‘no show’ to his tally for the night.

lc-trio — Winners are grinners … Vito Muré, Jaye Dowling and Paul Turner

Performance of the day belonged to Vito Muré, who pulled two remarkable swims out of his hat for the 50m and 100m freestyle, shattering his personal best in the 100 free by over 2 seconds with a sizzling 1’18. 23. Well done Vito!

A very big thank-you to Finn for coming to join us on the day, cheering the swimmers along, asking great questions about the proceedings and being excellent company throughout the long day.

Full results can be found here. We can’t wait for the next meet!

LC Championships points table
Name	Points
Raoul Mulder	39
Chad Nash	27
Tracy Cameron	22
Vito Muré	19
Roy Solterbeck	19
Jaye Dowling	18
Paul Turner	15
Anthony Ferguson	8

Blue Water Challenge 2015

January 31, 2015 Belugas Admin

The Boroughcouttas annual Blue Water Challenge was this year billed as an MSV inter-club challenge, so it seemed like a great opportunity to test ourselves against the opposition in an open water contest instead of in the pool. Jaye’s invitation to throw a club shindig at her family home afterwards sealed the deal for most of us, and about half of the Belugas membership headed for Queenscliff.

Jaye’s cousin Shane is unfortunately still a few years away from being eligible for Masters, so we adopted him as club mascot for the day. A scorching swim saw him finish 2nd in the Male 13-17 category, while Sue Cox also finished on the podium with 2nd place in the Female 40-49 age group.

Raoul Mulder, Duncan Howard and Paul Turner inspecting an impromptu ‘selfie’ at the finish line.

Beluga Sue Cox (right) with the other placegetters in the female 40-49 age category.

Now, we do fancy ourselves as open water ‘specialists’ a little bit, so it was very encouraging to see the Belugas finish in equal 5th place of the 27 clubs represented on the day! Everyone did sensationally well given the tough (choppy) conditions – results below.

Queenscliff 1.2km swim Results
Category	Name	Category Place	Time
Male 13-17	Shane Strahan	2/17	12'21
Female 18-29	Jaye Dowling	8/22	15'47
Female 40-49	Sue Cox	2/39	15'23
Male 40-49	Raoul Mulder	10/62	15'32
Male 40-49	Paul Turner	43/62	19'00 *no wetsuit
Female 50-59	Maureen Weir	19/49	20'28
Female 50-59	Kate Mortensen	45/49	27'46
Male 50-59	Duncan Howard	38/102	17'06
Male 50-59	Vito Muré	55/102	18'38
Male 60-69	Wayne Mortensen	18/52	17'00

Pier to Pub 2015

January 11, 2015 Belugas Admin

A New Year, and another annual ‘Grand Final’ of swimming (as some, but not all, like to describe it). This year Lorne didn’t turn on its typical sparkling summer day – it was mostly overcast, but the rain thankfully held off so we were able to sit and banter around our usual team table. Flat conditions meant that it was a fast swim this year. Once again members did the club proud, with 7 of the 12 Belugas coming in the top 50 finishers for their age category. Raoul Mulder and Anthony Ferguson’s traditional rivalry came down to a sprint on the beach and a wafer-thin 7-second margin, while Sue Cox and Anthony Purcell showed why they are true club legends, with an amazing 6th and 3rd placing in their respective age categories. Well done to everybody on a fantastic set of performances! P2P 2016 may seem like a long way off now, but we’ll be back training for it on Monday morning!

Top 3 finishers in the Pier to Pub 2015 Men’s Veteran Male category. L-R: Beluga Anthony Purcell (3rd) with Francis Christian (1st) and Tim Boness (2nd).

Pier to Pub Results
Category	Name	Category Place	Time
Master Female (40-49)	Sue Cox	6/265	15'31.6
Master Male (40-49)	Raoul Mulder	42/673	15'29.0
Master Male (40-49)	Anthony Ferguson	45/673	15'36.5
Master Male (40-49)	Paul Turner	330/673	20'17.5 *no wetsuit
Veteran Female (50-59)	Tracy Cameron	20/197	18'34.1
Veteran Female (50-59)	Maureen Weir	50/197	21'09.5
Veteran Male (50-59)	Anthony Purcell	3/622	13'20.6
Veteran Male (50-59)	Tim Walker	78/622	17'13.2
Veteran Male (50-59)	Vito Muré	167/622	18'53.3
Super Veteran Female (60-69)	Janet Moloney	18/68	23'17.9
Super Veteran Male (60-69)	Wayne Mortensen	65/326	19'30.4
Super Veteran Male (60-69)	Mike Whitburn	133/326	21'32.8