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Swimming with Excellence

Locality: Hawthorn East, Victoria

Phone: +61 419 005 183

Address: 21 Cato Street 3123 Hawthorn East, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.swimmingwithexcellence.com/

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05.05.2022 Another 5 day lockdown commencing at midnight tonight. Hopefully, we will see everyone again from Wednesday 21 July. Stay safe everyone and see you soon.

01.05.2022 Term 3 Learn to Swim and Squads resume today. We are looking forward to seeing everyone back on deck.

25.01.2022 Meet Sue (H)! Sue is one of the dearest, most loved members of the SWE team! She has some amazing achievements to her name, not limited to but including representing Australia in swimming at the Mexico Olympics and running with the Olympic torch for the Sydney 2000 Olympics! Sue started teaching in 1971 and has managed swim schools, coached and taught for all that time, and now swims Masters! Sue loves travelling, gardening, music and photography and is learning new photography skills and Zentangles at the moment. Swimming for Sue gives a feeling of peace and freedom and her favourite stroke is breaststroke. You might not see Sue around all of the time, but when you do you’ll be glad to have met her!

25.01.2022 Meet Tom! Tom has been teaching swimming for about 5 years, on and off. He is studying a master’s in Translation this year, say Gutentag Tom, he speaks German very well! Tom spends his spare time reading, exercising and playing the Cello! When he grows up he wants to combine being a translator with a music career! Tom’s favourite thing about swimming is using a whole range of muscles in and his favourite stroke is breaststroke! He has a secret talent of making an elite loaf of bread and he also lived overseas for 4 years!

25.01.2022 It's always lovely to hear from our community. We are all patiently waiting for our reopening date and final guidelines. In the meantime, here are some of our messages we have received from families. I secretly caught (Z and C) "re-discovering" their swimmers in the wardrobe yesterday and watched them discuss how the smell of the pool triggered the fond memories / longing of swimming. Lick-lick-stick-stick-torpedo! They are SO looking forward to your re-opening. :) We c...an’t wait to get back to swimming My (5yo) daughter told me that the first thing she wants to do when lockdown ends is to learn to swim

24.01.2022 Williamstown Open Water!! What a great day out, well done to everyone who came down and gave it a go! We love seeing swimmers put themselves out of their comfort zone and find something new they enjoy! Great work to Izzy King and Daniel Suzor who competed in the 2.5km Swim Gabby King who swum the 1.25km swim. Henry Newton, Alice Newton, Olivia Chadder, Genevieve O'Callaghan, and Esteban Merizalde competed in the 400m Swim.

24.01.2022 Meet Ali! Ali has been swimming teaching since the start of this year and we are glad she completed her training with us at SWE! Her favourite thing about swimming is the freedom you get while you swim! In her spare time, Ali likes to sew and collect shoes, she has over 30 pairs! Ali is studying to become a Nurse, which has been her dream job since she can remember! Ali’s favourite dinner is a chicken schnitzel and she prides herself on eating an entire tub of PANA raspberry peanut butter ice-cream and she 10/10 recommends it! Ali also has a secret talent of doing a yoga handstand!

23.01.2022 Meet Jazz! Jazz has been putting the fun into swimming teaching for 4 years! She has always wanted to be a super teacher and we think she’s made it! Jazz is studying sports science and speaks (in her words) very bad french! You’ll have to put her to the test with that one! She loves having discos with her housemates, butterflies and easter eggs! Her favourite thing about swimming is doggy paddling around and she has a secret talent with self-timer photos and hurting her knees repeatedly! Keep your bananas and frogs from Jazz when you’re poolside, she might jump in the water to hide from them!

23.01.2022 Thank you to everyone who joined the SWE Zoom Dryland Sessions! Apologies to the Gold and Silver Squads we were rudely cut off by the time limit Great work today team! Looking forward to seeing everyone next week at 9am! Keep an eye on your emails for more information.

23.01.2022 Zoom Dryland tonight at 5.30pm see you all there! Link in the comments Zoom Dryland tonight at 5.30pm see you all there! Link in the comments

23.01.2022 Meet Dayanee! Dayanee has been a swimming teaching for a bit over a year and loves swimming because it takes her mind and stress away from her usual routine, so it is more of a fun activity! She loves Enchiladas and can speak Malay and a bit of Spanish and also is of Chinese and Indian blood! Currently Dayanee is studying a double degree of Primary Education and Business Management and wants to be a Primary School Teacher, and we think she will be perfect at it! Her secret talent is that she is great at giving advice at the most unexpected time with the most unexpected people. Dayanee, very impressively, represented Malaysia (her home country) in Triathlons for 5 years straight!

23.01.2022 SWE Annual General Meeting is tonight at 6.30pm please see your emails for more details.SWE Annual General Meeting is tonight at 6.30pm please see your emails for more details.

22.01.2022 Meet Taehee Kim (Ben)! Ben is a new member of the SWE team and joined just before we shut down due to the Coronavirus. Ben loves swimming and has been teaching for two years. His favourite stroke is survival backstroke, perfect to swim under the sun on a nice warm day! He is currently studying Environmental Science and Korean Studies and would like to work as a Korean/ English interpreter. He has had experience in this, working on a large movie set as an interpreter. As well as Korean, Ben can also speak German. A very talented young man. In Ben’s spare time he enjoys naps under the sun and eating Dwaeji Gukbap (a Korean Pork Soup). Willkommen to the team Ben, we can’t wait to see you in lessons!

21.01.2022 Unfortunately we have been advised closure of the aquatic centre will take place from Wednesday 18 March. Please check your email for more information. Susan and the team look forward to seeing everyone in a few weeks. Stay healthy and safe over the holidays

21.01.2022 Blueberry muffin bake time. Not as good as The Food Store, but it’s a start! Who else is baking? Send me your photos to share.

20.01.2022 9am Saturday morning! Zoom Dryland for Gold, Silver and Bronze squads! Remember your plastic cup! Lets see who can give our challenge a go! Follow the link below to join us Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7274364699?pwd=O2NnZP6ukso... Meeting ID: 727 436 4699 Password: 0ZgciA See you there!!

20.01.2022 Ringwood Encouragement Meet | Sunday 15 March 2020 | Aquanation, RIngwood The Ringwood Encouragement Meet was a great afternoon of racing for Alice Newton (11) on Sunday 15 March, swimming huge PB's and winning 5 medals. It was a great day of learning for Alice, we had some great discussions about her race plans. ... Alice has impressed the coaching team throughout term 1. As a recent addition to the Gold Squad group, Alice has been learning from the older swimmers and developing in many areas. The coaching team are thrilled to see Alice influence the culture of both Gold Squad and SWE Stars Swimming Club through her positive and honest work ethic. Alice's hard work at training is beginning to pay off! Ringwood Encouragement Meet 15 March 2020 Results; Alice Newton (11); 200 IM 3.08.44 (New PB -19.60) GOLD MEDAL 50 Fly 39.96 (New PB - 0.71) SILVER MEDAL 100 Breast 1.38.81(New PB - 4.58) GOLD MEDAL 50 Breast 45.92 (New PB -1.31) GOLD MEDAL 100 Free 1.19.12 (New Time) SILVER MEDAL Well done Alice, it is great to see you swimming so well! Stay on your path. SWE Coaching Team.

20.01.2022 Meet Sarah! Sarah has been swimming teaching for 7 years and did you know, she is a published author! Sarah loves teaching, she is studying a master’s in education, to be a sports teacher or be in a job where she can be outdoors all day! Sarah plays netball and during isolation has been learning to rollerblade again! Sarah’s favourite animals are a giraffe, because she is also tall, and a dolphin, because she wants to live under the sea like them! Her favourite thing about swimming is diving in the ocean and her favourite stroke is breaststroke! Ask Sarah to talk to you with a snorkel on! She has a hidden talent for it, she can also juggle!

20.01.2022 Congratulations to Sophie Watts who just raced her first Victorian LC State championships in the 50 freestyle, she swum a fantastic race in 32.61. Well done Sophie the SWE team are very proud of you!

19.01.2022 Thank you Harry for sending in your beautiful picture. We look forward to seeing you back in the pool soon. We have your goal noted to work on moving you from Yellow to Black cap once we are in the water again.

19.01.2022 Meet Emily! You might catch Emily on the desk greeting customers as well as teaching! Emily has been teaching for about 5 years now and loves the stroke butterfly the most! In her spare time you will find Emily indulging in Mexican food with her friends - burritos, nachos, tacos, the list goes on, but she balances that out with lots of exercising, playing waterpolo and swimming butterfly! She is currently studying a Master of Management and when she gets old and boring she wants to be a management consultant! Emily claims she doesn’t have any secret talents but watched two seasons of Gossip Girl in a week, that could be deemed impressive!

19.01.2022 Fabulous news to see we are starting to receive some media coverage as an industry. Keep sharing and spreading our news - we need to be back in the pool.

18.01.2022 #Repost challenge for you all, lets see who can do this one! Video yourselves giving this a go and send it to us!

18.01.2022 First day of Holiday Program. So good to see everyone and be back on deck.

17.01.2022 Jazz and her housemates exercising indoors over the weekend. Thanks for sending through Jazz.

17.01.2022 Susan is now setting up camp in her garden. Unfortunately and Adelaide Hills has been postponed! Who else is camping in the back yard? Send me your photos

17.01.2022 Metro District Junior Finals | Sunday 10 November 2019 | Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre Lucy Reed (8), Sophie Watts (12) and Lachlan Gumley (10) attended the Metro District Junior Finals on Sunday 10 November 2019, at MSAC.... These 3 swimmers competed a month ago at the Metro East Selection Trials in Nunawading. All 3 swimmers made it through from the Metro East Selection Trials, placing within the top 10 in their age groups of all the swimmers in the Metro East District. At MSAC on Sunday Sophie, Lucy and Lachlan swam the finals for these events representing Metro East against 40 swimmers in their age groups from other districts. Lucy, Sophie and Lachlan all did a fantastic job in their finals and enjoyed the great learning experience. It was fabulous to see the positivity of our swimmers and the great attitudes they carried into their races. A huge congratulations to Sophie Watts who has now qualified in the 50m Freestyle for the Victorian State Long Course Championships to be held in December 2019. Metro District Junior Finals: Sophie Watts (12); 100 Fly: 1.24.66 (-0.28 New PB) Place 17th 50 Fly: 35.25 (-1.39 New PB) Place 21st Metro East 4x50 Free Relay: 32.40 50 Back: 37.58 (-1.07 New PB) Place 15th 50 Free 32.39 (-0.43 STATE TIME) Place 22nd Lucy Reed (8); 50 Fly: 59.56 (NEW PB) 50 Breast: 1.05.15 Place 21st 50 Free: 48.03 (-0.89 New PB) Place 20th Lachlan Gumley (10); 50 Free: 37.25 Place 25th Well done team, it is always a great opportunity to see you all swimming so well! Keep up the good work.

16.01.2022 Very impressive!

15.01.2022 Woohoo, it has taken 6 months for swimming lessons to be mentioned and we have finally had one this morning. Very brief at the 45 minute mark, however it is still a mention. Let's hope we receive more mention very soon with the news we desperately need and want to hear. Please keep sharing for more media/social coverage.

15.01.2022 A great break down of some swimming specific Yoga!

15.01.2022 Metro East All Junior Selection Trials | Saturday 8 February 2020 | Ringwood, Aquanation Alice Newton (11), Lachlan Gumley (11), Anna Bowley (15), Caitlin Carpenter (14), Nathan Held (14), and William Bowley (13) all competed that the Metro East All Junior Selection Trials at the Ringwood, Aquanation pool on Saturday 8 February 2020.... After a big holiday break and only 2 weeks back at training, it was great to see our swimmers race so well over the weekend. On an even more impressive note new PB’s were created along with all the fantastic racing. A huge well done to everyone who competed. We are looking forward to seeing Anna Bowley and Nathan Held race the All Junior semi-finals at MSAC the end of March. Congratulations to our junior swimmer Alice Newton, who also qualified in 9th place for the semi-finals in her 50m Breaststroke! A huge achievement from all. Metro East All Junior Selection Trials 2020: Alice Newton (11); 50 Fly: 40.67 (-2.06 New PB) 50 Back: 43.39 (-2.69 New PB) 50 Breast: 47.23 (-0.24 New PB) FINAL 50 Free: 36.96 (New Time) Lachlan Gumley (11); 50 Fly: 46.89 (-6.27 New PB) 50 breast: 52.09 50 Free: 37.27 Anna Bowley (15); 50 Back: 38.87 (10th place) FINAL 50 Free: 34.44 Caitlin Carpenter (14); 50 Fly: 38.33 (-2.72 New PB) 50 Free: 32.81 (-2.06 New PB) Nathan Held (14); 50 Back: 38.32 (-0.81 New PB) 50 Breast: 43.33 (-0.42 New PB) FINAL 50 Free: 31.21 William Bowley (13); 50 Fly: 45.63 50 Back: 39.17 50 Free: 33.24 (0.24) Well done team it is great to see you all swimming so well! Keep up the good work. Next Up-Coming SWE Event; Northcote Swim Meet, Saturday 22 February 2020 (entries close Saturday 15 February 2020) at this stage this meet will be unstaffed, it’s another option if you can’t make the meets below. Victorian Sprint Championships 28 & 29 February 2020 (Entries close Monday 17 February 2020) Ringwood Encouragement Meet Sunday 15 March 2020 (Entries Close Sunday 8 March 2020) Metro East District Championships, Sunday 22 March 2020. (Entries close Sunday 15 March 2020) Any questions, or for assistance with competitions, please speak with one of the coaching team. Yours in Swimming, SWE Coaching Team

15.01.2022 SWE staff festivities about to start.

14.01.2022 Zoom Dryland Saturday 6 June for Gold, Silver and Bronze Squad swimmers, at 9am! See you all there! Link below in the comments.Zoom Dryland Saturday 6 June for Gold, Silver and Bronze Squad swimmers, at 9am! See you all there! Link below in the comments.

14.01.2022 Meet Amanda! Amanda has been swimming teaching for 10 months and is an absolute natural at it! Amanda loves Dogs, especially Bobby, her little pooch! Her favourite swimming stroke is Freestyle and she just can’t get enough of the water! When she isn’t teaching, you will find Amanda gardening, painting and completing puzzles and she has a secret talent of flower arranging! Amanda’s biggest achievement is being an ex-pat for 9 years! Say Goedendag to Amanda when you next see her, she can speak a little Dutch too!

13.01.2022 Keep on swimming

13.01.2022 Amazing somersaults Tommy. Thanks for sending your video to me. We are appreciating everyone's kind messages during these strange times. Keep sending us your photos and videos for us to post. We miss you all.

13.01.2022 Meet Mako! Mako is one of the newer members of the SWE team and we have loved having her on board so far. She loves swimming because it is a great stress reliever and has been swimming teaching for 10 months. Mako has lived in seven different countries so far and her biggest achievement is moving by herself to Melbourne from overseas! She is currently studying Geography and learning Spanish and can also speak Japanese! In Mako’s spare time she loves to draw and paint and eat mac and cheese and has a secret talent of playing the Ukulele! Say Konnichiwa to Mako when you next see her!

13.01.2022 Summer Holiday Program - BOOK NOW Monday 14 - 18 December 2020. AM & PM lessons and squads available. Monday 4 - 8 January 2021 - AM lessons and squads Monday 11 - 15 January 2021 - AM lessons and squads... Monday 18 - 22 January 2021 - AM lessons and squads TERM 1 2021 commences Thursday 28 January 2021 We can't wait to see everyone back - it has been way too long.

12.01.2022 Meet Dilshan! Dilshan has been swimming teaching for 3 years and he is such a joyous member of the SWE team! Dilshan has told us he is very fond of chocolates and loves dogs! His favourite thing about swimming is swimming in the sea and breaststroke is his go to stroke. Dilshan’s secret talent is cooking amazing Sri Lankan cuisine and his favourite is Kottu Roti, look it up if you don’t know what it is, yum! Dilshan can speak Sinhalese and his biggest achievement to date is driving 1000km straight from Sydney to Melbourne via Canberra!

12.01.2022 Meet Lucy! Lucy has been swimming teaching for almost 3 years and the majority of her time as a fabulous teacher has been with SWE! Lucy is a busy bee and is studying a double degree of Science and IT, she hopes to use this to get a job in technology risk, cybersecurity or a park ranger! Lucy loves swimming because it is relaxing and there are no distractions, she also spends her spare time walking and spending time with friends. A few random facts about Lucy, her favourite animal is a giraffe, her favourite dinner is chicken curry and naan, and has watched every reality prison show on Netflix!

12.01.2022 Continuing the end of year celebrations yesterday with our SWE Stars Swimming Club bbq. A massive turnout of our club members who had a great time in the park doing what we do best! Having FUN. Thank you to all who helped with the organisation and planning of the day. It takes a village to organise these events.

11.01.2022 Some more great ideas for dryland here if you are looking to mix your activities up #repost #fina

11.01.2022 Meet Bianca! Some of you may not know Bianca as she normally works Sundays, but Bianca has been teaching for about 6 years and we love having her and her smiley face as part of the SWE team! Her favourite thing about swimming and swimming teaching is when you see a child swim by themselves for the first time and how excited they are! Bianca is currently studying Speech Pathology at university and eventually hopes to work as a Speech Pathologist. In her spare time, you will find Bianca playing tennis or eating calamari and chips, yum! Fun facts about Bianca, she is a Great Aunt, she loves elephants and she has run 17km up Mt Stirling and Mt Buller! Impressive! Keep a look out for Bianca and say a big hello when you see her!

11.01.2022 Our young friend Jasper showing off his floating skills - very clever indeed! Please send your photos / videos to [email protected] so we can share what all our friends are doing over this break.

11.01.2022 Meet Andrew! Andrew has been swimming teaching for 14 years and is a seasoned pro. Andrew hasn’t always been a swimming teacher, he worked as an architect and aspires to be a voice actor! (Disney is waiting for you Andrew!) He loves baby pandas and Japanese food and when he isn’t teaching is found sketching and drawing! Andrew’s biggest achievement is that he has climbed to the top of Mt Kinabalu in Malaysia! (Equivalent of halfway up Mount Everest) If you spot Andrew in the water, ask him to show you his hidden talent of blowing ring bubbles underwater!

11.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzuNwxks7b4 Just sharing a bit of Teacher Tuesday humour and creativity from Andrew. Well done Andrew, maybe we will all be lining up for the clippers/scissors if this lockdown continues.

10.01.2022 It was so much fun whilst it lasted! We will be on deck tomorrow morning for our last session for 6 weeks. An email will be sent out to our community tomorrow with more information. What a ride! Dryland Zoom sessions for all squad swimmers will continue. Let's all stay in touch by sending in photos, pictures, paintings, news, etc - [email protected] so we can post to Facebook & Instagram. My new favourite word is "adaptable". Can't wait to see everyone again soon.

10.01.2022 Tuesday afternoon Dryland Zoom! At 5:30pm tonight for Bronze, Silver and Gold Squads! Looking forward to seeing you all there Tuesday afternoon Dryland Zoom! At 5:30pm tonight for Bronze, Silver and Gold Squads! Looking forward to seeing you all there

10.01.2022 Meet Imogen! Imogen has been a swimming teacher for just over 2 years and is possibly one of the smiliest teachers at SWE! Outside of swimming Imogen is a busy bee, balancing her fourth year of a Law/Arts degree, majoring in journalism and film studies, and spending her time playing netball, having coffee with friends and going to the movies! Imogen loves dogs too and has a half-corgi, half-jack Russell called Rafael! Her proudest achievement is when she travelled to Nepal and participated in an Engineers without Borders humanitarian trip as a student journalist!

10.01.2022 What a fabulous crew. A great afternoon of celebration. Loads of fun!

10.01.2022 The first Tuesday Zoom Dryland is tonight at 5.30pm zoom link below in the comments! See you there!!The first Tuesday Zoom Dryland is tonight at 5.30pm zoom link below in the comments! See you there!!

09.01.2022 Reminder: Zoom Dryland tonight at 5.30pm, look forward to seeing you all there! Reminder: Zoom Dryland tonight at 5.30pm, look forward to seeing you all there!

09.01.2022 Check your emails for more details! Don't miss out on the early bird discount!

09.01.2022 Goal setting sessions still available for Gold Silver and Bronze squad swimmers via Zoom, please email [email protected] to set a day and time that suits!

08.01.2022 Meet Millie (T)! Millie has been a swimming teacher for just over a year and we are super happy she is part of the SWE team! Millie loves animals and has had lots of different pets, including, dogs to rabbits to birds, to rats. Her favourite animal is a dolphin and she was lucky to pat one in WA when she was younger. When Millie completes her studies of Biomedicine, she wants to be a paediatrician, (a doctor for children) and we think she’ll be great at it! Millie’s biggest achievement for now is keeping her indoor plant alive for more than a month and her favourite hobbies are swimming backstroke, cooking and going for walks!

08.01.2022 Meet Hannah! Hannah has been teaching for just over 3 years and she is a strong part of the SWE team! Her favourite part of swimming is the social side, getting to chat with friends after each lap! Hannah loves Margarita pizza, but it has to have extra, extra cheese and spends her spare time playing Netball and completing jigsaw puzzles! She is currently studying Criminal Justice and wants to work in prisons as a Corrections Officer! Hannah has visited an impressive 33 countries, so if you want to know anything about world geography ask her! Also, if you need to know what time the Glen Waverley train runs, Hannah’s biggest achievement is knowing the timetable off by heart!

08.01.2022 We need all the help we can get to open our pools. Learn to Swim in Victoria is drowning! Can the media please help us on our desperate journey?

08.01.2022 Meet Harrison! Harrison has been teaching swimming for 3 years and is the most chilled out guy! Harrison’s favourite swimming stroke is Butterfly and his favourite things about swimming are racing and competing. He has swum across the Derwent River in Tasmania and when he was just 16 he won the Derwent River swim! Amazing achievement! Harrison loves dogs, and in his spare time he likes to go to the gym and catch up with his friends and finish the day with a yummy Spaghetti Bolognese!

08.01.2022 Keeping our community together! Missing our kids so much! It's too quiet at my place.....

08.01.2022 Welcome back! Term 1 commences today. See you soonWelcome back! Term 1 commences today. See you soon

08.01.2022 Remember Zoom Dryland Sessions Saturday morning; Gold and Silver at 8am and Bronze at 9am! See you there! Remember Zoom Dryland Sessions Saturday morning; Gold and Silver at 8am and Bronze at 9am! See you there!

07.01.2022 Fabulous last session this morning in our Holiday Program. Our goal was to "have fun". We have all enjoyed our week and a half back on deck. We miss you all and can't wait to see you all back for Stage 2 in 6 weeks.

06.01.2022 Our Strava challenge we are currently sitting at 958.04KM! Huge effort in just 3 weeks well done! Its not to late to join in our new goal is 2500KM by the end of September!

06.01.2022 The SWE Autumn Holiday Program, is coming up! Sign up today to secure your spot! 30 March - 3 April 2020The SWE Autumn Holiday Program, is coming up! Sign up today to secure your spot! 30 March - 3 April 2020

05.01.2022 Desperately waiting for restrictions to be lifted so we can come back and do what we love doing! Missing our swimming community so much.

05.01.2022 Zoom Dryland, tomorrow from hotel quarantine! Hope to see all Squads there at 9am! link Zoom Dryland, tomorrow from hotel quarantine! Hope to see all Squads there at 9am! link

05.01.2022 Happy New Year Looking forward to seeing everyone from Monday 4 January Enjoy your celebrations, safely.Happy New Year Looking forward to seeing everyone from Monday 4 January Enjoy your celebrations, safely.

04.01.2022 Swimming is still on here at SWE, until further notice!Swimming is still on here at SWE, until further notice!

03.01.2022 Let’s get behind our swim schools. We need to open now!

01.01.2022 Very exciting news delivered today. We will be in touch as soon as we have news from the school regarding our return date. On behalf of Susan and team, thank you for your patience, we can not wait to see everyone again - soon.

01.01.2022 Keep your immune system strong