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ANNUAL REPORT 2020

ContentsIn Appreciation 2

Office Bearers 4

Life Members 5

Directors & CEO 6

Executive Leadership 10

President’s Report 12

Chief Executive Officer’s Report 14

Member Organisation Reports 18

A message from Sport Australia 30

A message from the Australian Olympic Committee 32

A message from Commonwealth Games Australia 33

Commercial Operations 34

Business of Swimming 36

Sport Sustainability & Growth 38

High Performance 44

Awards 48

Retiring Dolphins 50

Results & Records 52

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Swimming Australia respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.

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LIFE MEMBERS

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INDUCTED NAME STATE

1957 Mr Horrace Bennett* VIC

1959 William Berge Phillips OBE* NSW

1964 John Morrison MBE* NSW

1967 Mr HB Ive* VIC

1969 Dr DA Dowling OBE* QLD

1973 William Harrison MBE* TAS

1974 Sydney Grange AO OBE MVO* NSW

1975 Mr JF Howson OBE* WA

1980 Mr TM Herraman OAM* SA

1980 Arch Steinback OBE* QLD

1982 Mr Roger Smith AM* TAS

1985 Mr William 'Bill' Slade MBE* VIC

1986 Roger Pegram OAM MBE* NSW

1991 Judge Peter Bowen Pain AM* SA

1992 Stuart Aldritt* NSW

1996 Mr CB Rickards* TAS

1996 Bruce Conway FCPA NSW

1996 Tom Brazier WA

1997 Evelyn Dill-Macky AM NSW

1997 Greg Lalor AM* QLD

1997 EJ 'Joe' King AM* QLD

1999 Terrance Gathercole AM* NSW

1999 Geoff Hare OAM VIC

2001 Mr W Willis* QLD

2003 John Devitt AM NSW

2003 Forbes Carlile MBE* NSW

2004 Don Talbot OBE* NSW

2005 Don Blew AM TAS

2005 John Carew* QLD

2006 Tony Woodhouse VIC

2007 Colin Davis* TAS

2007 John Keppie OAM QLD

2009 Peter Graham OAM SA

2009 Margaret Pugh OAM QLD

2010 Cliff Harris OAM NSW

2011 Ursula Carlile NSW

2011 Lynne Bates AM NSW

2014 Patrick Troy NSW

2015 David Urquart QLD

2018 Laurie Lawrence QLD

2018 Janice Cameron OAM* QLD

2019 Dawn Fraser AC MBE QLD

2020 Harry Gallagher OAM QLD

2020 Susan O’Neill AM QLD

2020 Chris Fydler OAM NSW

DIRECTORSMr John Bertrand OLY AO (term ended 22 October 2020)

Ms Abi Cleland

Mr Bruce Havilah

Mr Graeme Johnson (term ended 22 October 2020)

Ms Nicole Livingstone OLY OAM (term ended 22 October 2020)

Mrs Tracy Stockwell OLY OAM

Mr Andrew Baildon OLY

Mr Kieren Perkins OLY OAM (elected President 4 Nov 2020)

Ms Melissa Fein (commenced 10 July 2020)

Mr Greg Hartung (commenced 23 October 2020)

Mr Michael Cox (commenced 23 October 2020)

Mr Tony Shaw (commenced 23 October 2020)

AUDIT, RISK & INTEGRITY COMMITTEEAbi Cleland, Chair

Greg Hartung (from December 2020)

Uvashni Raman

Bruce Havilah

Hayden Opie

TECHNICAL SWIMMING COMMITTEETracy Stockwell OLY OAM, Chair

Michael Cox (from December 2020)

Karen Macleod

William Ford

Ryan Arblaster

Erin Collis

Ben Ramsden (until October 2020)

Darren McLachlan (from March 2020)

Damian Van de Berg

Matthew Kennedy

HIGH PERFORMANCE COMMITTEETracy Stockwell OLY OAM, Chair

Graeme Johnson (until October 2020)

Tony Shaw (from December 2020)

Alex Baumann OLY

Patrick Murphy OLY

Michael Bohl

Leigh Russell (until 25 November 2020)

NOMINATIONS & REMUNERATION COMMITTEENicole Livingstone, Chair (term ended October 2020)

Melissa Fein, Chair (commenced November 2020)

Andrew Baildon OLY

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DIRECTORS & EXECUTIVE

Swimming Australia’s current Board of Directors and Executive team collectively have high levels of experience within sport at all levels, governance, finance, risk, integrity and other qualifications and experience that ensure best practice governance is adhered to within our sport. A brief background on each Director and the Interim CEO is found below.

Kieren Perkins OAM is a four-time Olympic medalist and former world record-holder in three events. He is widely regarded as one of the world’s greatest long-distance swimmers.

Post his athletic career Kieren was a Director of Performance Global Pty Ltd and former Partner of RogenSi, a global consulting and training company. In 2009 Kieren joined NAB and was appointed Head of Private Clients and Business Development for NAB Private Wealth. In 2020, Kieren was appointed Executive

Direct, Personal Bank managing 1200 staff looking after NAB’s retail customer contact centres.

Kieren has served on multiple Boards in corporate, Government and Not for Profit capacities including The Australian Sports Commission, the ANZCA Foundation, NFP Online, and the Starlight Children’s Foundation. He is currently a board member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.

Kieren was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 1992 for services to sport, Young Australian of the Year in 1993 and made an honorary Doctor of Philosophy by Queensland University in 2001.

Kieren Perkins OAM PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN


Andrew Baildon was a member of the Australian Swim Team for over a decade, serving as team captain in 1993 and 1994. He is a dual Olympian, representing Australia in 1988 (Seoul) and 1992 (Barcelona). Andrew was a multiple medalist at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, where he became the first swimmer in the Commonwealth to break the 50 second barrier for the 100m freestyle, and the 1994 Commonwealth Games. He was also a medalist in 4 Pan Pacific Championship Games.

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Communication (Business) from Bond University and is the Managing Director of the Baildon Group, which owns and operates a number of Superfish Swim Schools and Jetts 24x7 Gyms in Queensland. He has been a developer, trainer and campaigner of Learn to Swim and Drowning Prevention programs since 1996.

He was part of the bid and organizing committees for the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and Team Attache for the Australian Commonwealth Games team.

Abi Cleland is a Non-Executive Director of Orora, Computershare, Sydney Airports and Coles. She is Chairman of fintech start-up UnoHomeLoans (backed by Westpac). Previously Abi was on the Investment Committee of the Lazards PE Fund and was a Non-Executive Director at the online media company AIBM (Business spectator and Eureka) prior to selling to News Corporation.

From late 2012 until December 2017 Abi built a successful boutique management and advisory business (Absolute Partners), focused on growth, digital and technology

disruption, working with CEO/senior executives and Boards at large companies and entrepreneurial businesses. Clients have included Westpac, Caltex, News, Aussie Farmers Direct, Netwealth.com.

Prior to starting Absolute Partners Abi held senior executive positions, in Australia and offshore, in Strategy, M&A, Digital and P&L roles at ANZ, Amcor, Incitec Pivot and 333 Management after starting her career at BHP.

Abi has an MBA at Melbourne University and Commerce and Arts Degrees from Monash University.

She is also Chair of Swimming Australia’s Audit, Risk & Integrity Committee.

Abi ClelandDIRECTOR

Andrew BaildonDIRECTOR

Michael Cox was elected to the board in October 2020. He served as President of Swimming Queensland 2014–2020, Treasurer Swimming Queensland 2010–2014, President North End Aquatic 2007-2008,

President Super Centre Aquatic 2005-2007, Treasurer Gold Coast Swimming 2002–2005, President Surfers Paradise Swimming Club 1999–2002. He commenced officiating 1998 and attained Level 3 Starter in 2012, Level 2 Referee in 2011, and Level 2 Assessor in 2015.

Michael holds a Bachelor Business (Accounting) USQ.

Michael CoxDIRECTOR


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Tony Shaw is a Performance Accredited Coach. He was an Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association (ASCTA) board member for 39 years, including 7 years (2013 – 2020) as President. He is also a life member of ASCTA, a former Chair of ASCTA NSW and former director of Swimming NSW. He is a member and former Head

Coach of SOPAC Swimming Club.

Tony has 41 years coaching experience, and has placed swimmers on all major senior - Olympic, Commonwealth, World Championship, Pan Pacific and Junior – Teams.

Tony has owned a private swim school in NSW since 1978, and is a Director of Holsworthy Aquatic Centre. He was awarded the Australian Sports Medal Sydney 2000.

Tony ShawDIRECTOR

Melissa Fein’s 20-year career has been focused on building brands. She is currently the CEO of Initiative Australia, a global communications agency aimed at building brands through culture. Initiative was awarded Campaign Asia’s ‘Australian Media Agency of the Year’ in 2019.

Melissa started her career at NewsCorp in sport, then moved into integrated marketing for MTV (ViacomCBS) in the US and Australia before launching MindShare’s ESP in Australia (the global entertainment and sports partnerships group). She later led Network Ten’s strategic, creative content, digital and social

integration division “Generate”, before becoming CEO at Ensemble Australia, a content and creative agency.

Melissa is on the board of the Media Federation of Australia, on the Pride in Diversity Council and is a member of Advertising Week’s Advisory Council. Melissa also mentors a number of women in media. In 2020 Melissa was recognised as Campaign Asia’s APAC ‘Business Leader of the Year’ and named in the top 10 ‘Women in Power’ list by the media, marketing & advertising industry publication ‘B&T’.

Melissa is an avid recreational swimmer competing in open water swimming events and has a passion for high performance sport.

Melissa FeinDIRECTOR

DIRECTORS & EXECUTIVEDIRECTORS & EXECUTIVE

Tim Dempster joined Swimming Australia in October 2014 as a CPA qualified finance professional with extensive experience across the sport and media industries.

As Chief Operating Officer for Swimming Australia, Tim leads the Swimming Business portfolio that comprises Finance, Technology and

Events. Tim also performs duties for the Board as Company Secretary and overseas the governance of the Audit, Risk & Integrity Committee, Swimming Australia Foundation and Hancock Prospecting Swimmers Support Scheme. He was appointed Interim CEO in November 2020.

Other former roles include senior finance positions at The Big Issue, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and the Seven Television Network.

Tim DempsterINTERIM CEO

Tracy Stockwell OAM is a former American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic gold medalist, five-time world champion, and former world record-holder in three events. By the time of her retirement in 1984, she had set five world records and sixty-three American records. She is a member of the International Sports Hall of Fame and a recipient of the United States Congressional Medal of Honour.

After completing her degree in Broadcasting at the University of Florida in 1984, Tracy moved to

Australia with her husband, Olympic medalist Mark Stockwell. She was the Executive Officer of the Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS) from 1992 to 1995 and later was appointed to the QAS Board serving as Chair in her last five years on the Board. Tracy was a founding member and past president of Womens Sport Queensland. She was awarded an OAM in 2008 for her service to sport as an administrator and proponent of sporting opportunities for women.

Tracy is a Director of the Stockwell Group of Companies and the Stockwell Foundation. She is Chair of Swimming Australia’s High Performance Committee.

Tracy Stockwell OAM DIRECTOR

Greg Hartung AO has played a central role in the development of Australian sports policy over several decades. He was the inaugural Chief Executive of the Australian Sports Commission and later a Commissioner and Chair of the ASC. He was instrumental in the development of the Australian Sports Foundation and in the evolution of successful programs and entities such as Aussie Sports and the Australian Coaching Council. He led the Confederation of Australian Sport in its role as the key advocacy group for sport based in Canberra, and separately supported a number of individual sporting organisations in representations to Government.

Most recently Greg served as

President of the Australian Paralympic Committee for 13 years through its most successful period before and after the Sydney 2000 Games. He also served as Vice President of the Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee. He was a Governing Board member of the International Paralympic Committee and Vice-President for four years and served on a number of Commissions of the International Olympic Committee.

A graduate of the Universities of Sydney and Queensland, Greg is currently Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra. Outside of sport, Greg pursued a successful career as both a Political Correspondent and sports Journalist in Australia, the UK and New Zealand. In business, he owned and operated a political information and publishing business across Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra.

Greg Hartung AODIRECTOR

Bruce Havilah was a competitive junior swimmer and competed in state level events in New South Wales. He continues to compete in open water and Masters’ events.

Bruce served as a police officer and prosecutor in NSW between 1987 and 1991. He was admitted to practice as Barrister in NSW and in WA in 1994, and to the High Court in 1995. Bruce is the founder and Principal of Havilah Legal, a boutique legal practice with broad experience in commercial and litigation disputes in multiple jurisdictions with more than 20 years of experience.

He advises both for profit and not for profits entities and particularly enjoys working for registered charities, indigenous and sporting organisations. He regularly volunteers his time to advise in corporate governance matters and to volunteer in judicial and employment inquiries.

He has a background in Corporate Governance, holding a Graduate Diploma of applied Corporate Governance with the Governance Institute where he is a member.

Bruce was President of Swimming WA from 2005-2006. He is a member of various Professional and Sporting associations, keeping abreast of the legal and governance issues facing sports around the globe.

Bruce HavilahDIRECTOR

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Alex Baumann has served as Swimming Australia’s Chief Strategist for High Performance since February 2018. He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the High Performance Olympic, Paralympic and Open Water programs including coaching and technical Leadership, oversight of the daily performance and competition environments, performance support, innovation, athlete and coach development

Alex is one of Canada’s greatest swimmers, winning gold medals at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in both the 200m and 400m individual medley races in world record times. He also won five gold medals and two silver medals at the 1982 and 1986 Commonwealth Games. He was twice named World Male Swimmer of the Year (1981 and 1984), and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Alex moved to Australia in 1991, holding various positions within the Queensland Government and serving as Director for the Queensland Academy of Sport before becoming CEO of Queensland Swimming in 1999. In 2006 he returned to Canada as the Chief Executive Officer of Own the Podium (OTP), Canada’s high performance sport program, where he achieved great results both with the athletes in the pool, and in raising funding for high performance sport.

Alex was appointed as the Chief Executive of High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) in February 2012, where he was instrumental in rolling out the HPSNZ Strategic plan to 2020. New Zealand achieved great performances culminating with its best ever Olympic team performance in Rio in 2016 with 18 medals in 9 different sports, of which 4 were Gold. At the Rio Paralympics New Zealand won 21 medals in 3 different sports, including 9 Gold.

Alex Baumann CHIEF STRATEGIST, HIGH PERFORMANCE

Tim Dempster joined Swimming Australia in October 2014 as a CPA qualified finance professional with extensive experience across the sport and media industries.

As Chief Operating Officer for Swimming Australia, Tim leads the Swimming Business portfolio that

comprises Finance, Technology and Events. Tim also performs duties for the Board as Company Secretary and overseas the governance of the Audit, Risk & Integrity Committee, Swimming Australia Foundation and Hancock Prospecting Swimmers Support Scheme.

Other former roles include senior finance positions at The Big Issue, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee and the Seven Television Network.

Tim Dempster CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Sam Eustice joined Swimming Australia as our Chief - Commercial Operations, in April 2019. He is responsible for leading our corporate partners squad, developing our commercial strategy, new asset development and revenue generation.

Sam has had an extensive career in sport, and was previously the General Manager Corporate Sales, Partnerships & Community at the Carlton Football Club (AFL). During his time at Carlton FC, Sam secured corporate partnerships for the next 15 years

– a good effort considering the clubs consistently poor on field effort over the last few years!

Prior to this, Sam was the Chief Operating Officer of the Gold Coast Suns (AFL), promoted from his initial role with the Suns as the General Manager Commercial Operations. During his time, Sam grew revenue from $1.5m gross to $10.5m, building commercial properties from the ‘ground up’. He has also held roles at Cricket Australia (Commercial Marketing Manager), George Patterson Y & R Advertising and Communications (Partner – Business Director), and BMW Australia heading up Brand and Sponsorship.

Sam Eustice CHIEF COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS


Lydia Dowse is the Head of Integrity & Risk at Swimming Australia responsible for child protection, anti-doping and anti-corruption as well as dispute resolution. She is also a current Director of Bowls Australia and Cricket Victoria, and is Deputy Chairperson of the National Sports Tribunal Advisory Group.

Lydia began her career as a sports lawyer, acting for the Australian Olympic Committee, before moving into sports administration. Lydia has held senior roles

in football (soccer) and AFL football in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth. She has also worked for the Victorian and WA State Government’s events agencies, bidding for and negotiating with event holders to bring major events to those states.

Lydia was a former Board member of Netball Australia and the Australian & New Zealand Sports Law Association and a member of the Appeals Tribunal for Hockey Australia selection trials for Rio 2016.

She has taught part-time to sport management and sports law students at four universities - Melbourne University, University of Technology Sydney, Edith Cowan University and Deakin University.

Lydia Dowse HEAD OF INTEGRITY AND RISK

As National Head Coach, Rohan Taylor is responsible for leading the strategies to improve performance on the international stage, oversight of international level coaches and swimmers in their daily training environment, and leading the team as Team Director at all senior national and international events.

Rohan has recently taking over from Jacco Verhaeren as Head Coach/Team Director for the upcoming Tokyo Campaign. Rohan will work with coaches and athletes in their home programs in preparation for the trials by providing support in the areas of Daily

Performance Servicing and Guidance around camp and competition support/targets. In addition, Rohan will work parallel with the Olympic Leadership Team and Staff preparing the Olympic Campaign that will support our athletes and coaches to perform when it matters.

Rohan was previously The Victorian/Tasmania Technical Director Swimming Australia from 2017. Prior to that Rohan was the HP coach at Carey Aquatic and Nunawading Swimming Club 2000-2016 representing Australia at the 2008 and 2016 Olympic Games as well as numerous World Champs, Pan Pacific Champs and Commonwealth Games since 1999 which included coaching Leisel Jones to Olympic Gold in 2008.

Rohan Taylor NATIONAL HEAD COACH / TEAM DIRECTOR

Matthew Kennedy commenced with Swimming Australia in January 2019 as Chief Sport Performance. He is responsible for the sport sustainability and growth squad spanning industry partnerships, coaching and officiating development, member relations and services, and the ongoing enhancement of a strategically aligned, efficient and effective delivery model across the federated structure of the sport; in line with Sport Australia’s ‘one management’ principles.

Previously, Matthew was CEO at Tennis Victoria from 2011-2018. He worked for the International Cricket Council (2000 - 2010) and was its Global Development Manager first based out of London and then Dubai. Before that Matthew was with the Victorian Cricket Association for seven years, as its Community Cricket Manager.

Matthew holds a Bachelor of Business Degree in Sport Management (1992), and a post-graduate Diploma in Sports Law (2008) and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (2018).

He is a Director at Music Victoria (since 2015).

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The word unprecedented has been used a lot this year, and it is certainly an apt description of the global pandemic that has so dramatically impacted all of our lives.

For swimming this has been felt by every level of our community, from the learn to swim industry, through to our clubs, Member Organisations and our elite programs. Everyone has been impacted by some form of restriction, and while we acknowledge this has been vital from a public health perspective, the disruption has been challenging and the significant economic impact will be felt for years to come.

Over five million Australians are active swimmers, and we know the economic value of swimming is over $3.7 billion annually. It is clear swimming in Australia is important and we, along with all our Member Organisations, will need to work together in 2021 to help our industry bounce back from COVID and ensure we grow our sport.

One of the biggest challenges has been the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. I was proud to see our athletes and coaches being the first in the world to speak up and share their concerns about the risk of the Games not being a level playing field as COVID impacts differed worldwide – they showed great

leadership. The notion of fair play is at the heart of any Olympics and Paralympics. Although there has been a delay, and the games may look a little different than usual, I am confident this will not take away from the achievements of all the athletes who trained hard to get there.

We have had some significant movements across the organisation this year with President John Bertrand AO, CEO Leigh Russell, and Head Coach Jacco Verhaeren all departing Swimming Australia this year.

Through John and Leigh’s partnership at the helm of our sport, we have undertaken a large amount of work to move forward in trying times, including developing a new strategic plan, commencing our first ever National Coaching Framework, and begun work on a National Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. John and Leigh also made considerable inroads into building trust between athletes and the organisation, with Leigh passionately championing our athlete leaders in developing their leadership skills.

Jacco’s departure has undoubtedly left us well prepared for a successful Tokyo campaign, his skill and guidance has developed a world’s best high performance program and although it would have been great to have him stay on for one

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more year to see the fruits of his labour, we understand that family comes first and he has left the team in great hands with Rohan Taylor in charge.

I would like to express our sincere thanks firstly to John for his service as President over the last seven years. He is undeniably one of the most passionate Australians I know and his service and guidance to swimming has been invaluable. Thank you to Leigh for bringing diverse insights and leadership to swimming and Jacco for ensuring we always aspire to do better. I know you will continue to cheer us on loudly in Tokyo next year from wherever you may be watching.

It is important to acknowledge the loss of Don Talbot this year. Don had a huge impact on swimming in Australia for generations, and a significant impact on me personally. I consider myself fortunate to have been on the team during Don’s leadership, and the lessons learned have helped me personally in life well beyond the pool. Vale.

COVID has also created some changes to our commercial arrangements but also presented new opportunities. As we look ahead to 2021 and position ourselves for a new broadcast partner, we also look to modernise and embrace the 21st

century. We recognise a shift in our community and how they are wanting to engage with us. It is incumbent upon us to recognise the impact on how live sport looks and move to a more sustainable model – it is exciting and will produce more opportunities for our fans to view live content into the future.

Finally, I would like to acknowledge our wonderful partners and our Patron Mrs Gina Rinehart, who have been on the journey with us through this challenging year – swimming cannot operate without your backing and passion. We are incredibly grateful for your support and proud to have you involved in swimming.

Tokyo 2021 is on the horizon, with a shorter turnaround to Paris 2024 the next three years will be incredibly exciting. There is a lot to look forward to and I thank our athletes, coaches, member organisations, technical officials, volunteers, our dedicated parents, our staff and swimming’s fans for their contribution to our wonderful sport in this challenging year.

Kieren Perkins OAM, President Swimming Australia

“Tokyo 2021 is on the

horizon, with a shorter

turnaround to Paris 2024

the next three years will

be incredibly exciting.”

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If 2019 was the year of transformation for Swimming Australia, 2020 was slated to be the year of consolidation and focus on our strategy of winning when it matters and our aspiration of inspiring the nation. As we well know though, 2020 ended up being the year of managing the unexpected, for every sport, business and indeed, every individual across the nation. Little did we know that the bushfire trauma that kicked of 2020 would only be the beginning of an extremely challenging year.

Shortly before our second national event of the year was scheduled to commence, it became apparent that this thing called ‘COVID-19’ was upon us and decisions needed to be made about whether we could in fact hold our National Championships. At the time, cancelling this event felt like a monumental decision, but of course on reflection, it was just the first of many difficult decisions that needed to be made across the course of the pandemic. In mid-March, our business operations reverted to a full work from home model, and more than nine months later, most of us have still not returned to a pre-COVID operating environment.

Through this period of time, all Swimming Aus staff were impacted by a period of Stand Down and/or a reduction of hours. We are mindful that this had a significant impact on staff and their families. Wellbeing and looking after our people were a huge focus this year. Equally, we’ve been focused on the wellbeing of our athletes and coaches as they too have experienced a year that was not only unexpected, but like no other year in their lives.

We’ve played a significant role in supporting the

sport system, lending support and demonstrating leadership, closely working with the AOC, the CGA, PA, Sport Aus and the AIS to ensure united and consistent responses to not only COVID, but to current funding challenges and collective advocacy for sport. In a first, sport leaders have joined forces to provide a stronger representation on collective issues and to support each other through tumultuous times. Kindness, empathy and collegiality are fragments of this period of time that I hope stay with the industry for many years to come.

Despite the obvious financial, strategic and performance challenges that we have faced this year, there are many significant highlights of 2020 to share with you.

• The McKeon family and James Magnussen have special connections to different parts of the NSW South Coast most significantly affected by last summer’s bushfires, and the Dolphins rallied around the communities of Wollongong, Cobargo, Moruya and Ulladulla, providing clinics, raffles, appearances and an

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athlete leader led social media campaign of support to the bushfire appeal. We were incredibly proud of the ways the Dolphins found to play their part and get behind Aussies who were hurting.

• The spirit and values of our athlete leaders and the entire team again shone through when it was obvious that the Olympics and Paralympics were in jeopardy, and that our international swimming community in other countries were being deeply impacted by COVID. Showing a strong commitment to solidarity but equally sending a clear message to the world that we wanted the Olympics to go ahead only if it could be considered an equal playing field, this was a first of its kind message, with many more that followed. Soon, it was apparent that when it counted, we were indeed global sporting citizens who were facing into unprecedented challenges together. While postponing the Olympics and Paralympics was devastating - being so close to our dreams but so far - our athletes and coaches have demonstrated their resilience, grit and determination at resetting, adjusting and getting on with it. The goal is still the goal.

• The coming together of our key leaders across the nation to produce collaborative and meaningful COVID safe guidelines for a safe return to the pool. This required many hours of advocacy behind the scenes to ensure that the rules generated at a Government level through

a public health response lens made as much sense as they possibly could at the sport and industry levels.

• As pools began to re-emerge from the COVID shut-down, we developed a ‘Come Back Campaign’ starring the amazing Dawn Fraser and our athletes and coaches. We’ve received such great feedback and responses from this campaign, the goal of which was to encourage and inspire people back to the community sport they love. While it is early days, fears about a significant drop in membership seem to have been abated by the fact that sport has emerged as a key driver of reigniting community spirit and connection as step by step, we return to activity.

• Our partnership with Amazon Web Services moved from strength to strength, with key projects really taking shape and giving us confidence that what we are working on will make a lasting impact on the sport. With forward thinking, a can-do attitude and incredible innovation, we have developed a great approach that will hopefully bear fruit in the not too distant future. Our first project is completed with improvements now underway due to the extension of time with the postponement of Tokyo.

• We were also so thrilled to welcome onboard our long term partner, MLC. Together we launched the MLC Flippers program which directly impacts young athletes aspiring to be

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stars of the future. We held a first of its kind virtual launch watched across the country, led admirably by Dolphin Duncan Armstrong OAM, proving the show can and will go on.

• We welcomed our inaugural General Manager of Coaching & Development and commenced work on the first National Coaching Blueprint. This work will have great impact on our coaching pathway and accreditation. In the same vein, we have resourced and commenced work on our first national diversity & inclusion strategy, designed to offer solutions and support to ensure our sport is genuinely a sport for all.

• Swimming’s CRM system, Swim Central, has made incredible strides this year and is now a product that is customer focused, where improvements are made in short time frames that benefit the whole of sport. Significant investment from Swimming Australia has been secured for this process to continue and project governance completely overhauled. This project is a collaboration between all Member Organisations and takes a lot of heavy lifting from everyone around the country.

• The postponement of Tokyo threw the usual processes into disarray and required considerable effort for plans to be realigned and adjusted. Significant work went into ensuring that preparation for Tokyo would not be compromised, balanced with the realities that we now also needed to look ahead post Tokyo into a shortened Paris cycle. This has required incredible work from the high performance team, while at the same time ensuring as much as possible that our athletes and coaches remain focused on our goals and have little distraction on the (longer than anticipated) road to Tokyo.

As CEO I have been so proud to lead a group of people that have continued to work, rise to the challenges, serve our athletes, coaches and programs and prepare for the future while navigating their own reality. We had to find new ways to work, engage and achieve and I’d like to pay a special mention this year to the people of Swimming Australia, our Member Organisations and our partners. This has not been an easy year for anyone. In some ways, it has allowed us to focus on what is really important and the kind of positive impact we can make on others. When it all boils down, sport is actually uniquely positioned to make the most of this difficult time, as we are used to running lean, being creative with what we have, focusing on simple and clear goals, and playing our part in enriching and inspiring the nation through good and bad times.

Welcomes and goodbyes

In July, we farewelled our Head Coach of the past 6 years, Jacco Verhaeren. Jacco played a significant role in reshaping strategy, structure and culture,

working across the country with our athletes and coaches. He returned home this year to the Netherlands to begin the next chapter of his life with his family, and we welcomed Rohan Taylor as the new Head Coach. In a smooth transition, Rohan hit the ground running and is busily preparing for 2021.

This year we acknowledged the incredible contribution our President John Bertrand AO had made over the past nine years. We also acknowledged and farewelled two long standing Board directors, Dolphin Nicole Livingstone OAM and Graeme Johnson, after incredible service to swimming in Australia. Each director has played a significant role in contributing to the vision, strategy and collective effort that sport governance requires.

In late 2020 we also welcomed new board members Melissa Fein, Greg Hartung, Michael Cox and Tony Shaw.

In a year of change, I have also made the decision to step down as CEO of Swimming Australia*. It has been a tremendous privilege to lead Australia’s most successful Olympic sport. But saying that is also only part of the story for me. Swimming also has millions of participants, which brings the opportunity for enormous impact. Swimming is etched into the psyche of the nation, and I have been proud to serve in a sport that has such a rich history and promising future. Thank you for your support, friendship and encouragement. I will be cheering very loudly for all of our incredible Dolphins in 2021.

If there is a silver lining to a pandemic, it has highlighted the importance of community, and the role that sport plays in our world. Sport, and indeed our sport of swimming, has a special place in people’s lives, plays a strong role in health & wellbeing, and serves to strengthen community connections and opportunities for people. Sport at all levels is important to our Australian way of life, and while many things were paused, cancelled or adjusted this year, I’ve got no doubt that Swimming will be back, bigger and better than ever in 2021.

At Swimming Australia we are firmly looking forward, and continuing to adjust and make the most of the opportunities of a new world. In 2021, we look forward to getting back to doing what we love to do – to win when it matters, inspiring the nation, and of course, hearing the community behind us with the rallying cry – ‘Go Australia’!

Leigh Russell

*Tim Dempster (Chief Operating Officer) commenced as Interim CEO on 26 November.

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2020 ANNUAL REPORT


The emergence of the COVID-19 virus early in the year and the measures taken by Government to slow down its spread resulted in the cancellation of Swimming Queensland’s final swim meet of the 2019/20 season.

The formation of the Queensland Aquatic Industry Alliance early in the piece to represent the various stakeholders associated with the swimming pool and aquatic industry, including Swimming Queensland, proved crucial to the viable reopening of swimming pools and aquatic centres across the State. It in turn facilitated the subsequent early return to competition through the creation of the Swimming Pool and Aquatic Centre Industry COVIDSafe Plan. Remarkably, Swimming Queensland was able to hold the Queensland Short Course Championships in September and actually accommodate more swimmers at the event than in the previous year. This outcome could not have been achieved without the excellent relationship with Queensland Government health authorities made possible through the Alliance.

In recognition of the critical importance of being able to continue supporting Queensland coaches during the shutdown, Swimming Queensland set up a workplace platform to stay connected with them. We also established work groups to post

specific information for them and to ensure they stayed in touch with their swimmers, and provided sport science and athlete development material. Interactive online workshops were delivered, along with parent online sessions providing advice on do’s and don’ts during COVID restrictions and updates on return to competition.

At the January Australian Open and Age Open Water Championships, the only national championship meet able to be held in 2020, Queensland swimmers won 18 titles. As competition resumed towards the end of the year, our swimmers very quickly began to shine, as evidenced by Thomas Neil breaking the world junior 400m Freestyle record at the Queensland Short Course Championships and Kaylee McKeown setting a new world record in the Women’s 200m Backstroke in November.

Kevin HasemannCEO

Erin CollisPresident

SWIMMING QUEENSLAND SWIMMING TASMANIA

We are pleased to present this report for the year ending 2020, which with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in March forced the closure of all pools and our office, was a different year from that of previous years.

Firstly, we would like to thank the Swimming Tasmania Board made up of Karyn Edwards, Adam Ferguson, Kevin French, Glenise Gale, Geoff Howell and Tracey Rowell for their efforts in focussing on the governance of our sport and working towards the outcomes of our strategic plan.

Financially, due to strong financial leadership from the Board and GM, the organisation continues to be in a good position despite the cancellation of events resulting the loss of our usual income from mid-March. We remain cautiously optimistic for the future even though we have decided not to increase fees which usually incur a CPI rise for the coming year and have also reduced the STAS registration component by 25% for the coming year. We were extremely fortunate to receive a Tasmanian Government COVID-19 Sport and Recreation Grant to cover staff salaries for six months.

Our Open and Age Long Course Championships continue to be our most successful event and we were extremely fortunate given the approaching circumstances that we were even able to run this event. The influx of interstate swimmers continues to provide great competition for our swimmers. The major challenge for future events is having sufficient officials to run the event as this year again we were fortunate to have the services of several officials from interstate. With the re-scheduling of some interstate events due to COVID-19 our next year’s championships may be smaller than what we have experienced in recent times.

Launceston Aquatic Club won the J W Harrison Trophy for Club of the Year, the Hobart Aquatic Club won the Jubilee Shield and the Burnie Amateur Swimming Club won the Bill and Judy Moore Trophy for the Regional Club of the Year. The Bill and Shea Henderson Trophy for Young Leadership was won Sandy Bay’s Jardene Ralph. The winners of the Eastern Shore Sharks Scholarships were Isabella Muldoon (Launceston Aquatic) and Lachlan Clues (Hobart Aquatic). Our joint Swimmers’ of the Year were breaststrokers Morgen Hawkins (South

Esk) and Matilda Smith (Sandy Bay). Peter Tonkin OAM was named Coach of the Year, Glenise Gale OAM Official of the Year and Kevin French Volunteer of the Year.

Congratulations to Life Members Susan Cure and Glenise Gale who were awarded Orders of Australia (OAM) in the 2020 Australia Day Honours List for their service to swimming. This is a fantastic and well-deserved recognition of over 60 years of involvement and service to our sport as swimmers, administrators and technical officials.

Peter Tonkin OAM (LAC) was recognised in the 2020 ASCTA Awards receiving an ‘Outstanding Contribution to Swimming Australia’ award.

Thank you to Rohan Taylor and Wayne Lawes for their efforts in mentoring both our coaches and athletes. It is very obvious from the achievements of our swimmers listed in this report that their input is showing results.

Cripps continue to be our principal sponsor and we thank them as well as the WIN Network, Motors Hobart and the Tasmanian Government for their support.

A big thank you to Australian Longline and Bjango for their generous support in permitting us to purchase radios to be used by our Technical Officials, enabling better communication on pool deck during events in both Hobart and Launceston.

We would also like to acknowledge Swimming Australia President John Bertrand, CEO Leigh Russell, and Director Bruce Havilah for their invaluable support.

Jamie McIntyreExecutive Officer

Susan CurePresident

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SWIMMING VICTORIASWIMMING NEW SOUTH WALES

2020 was arguably one of the most disruptive and challenging periods in our sport’s history. In what seems a long time ago, the season commenced with the continuing drought affecting most of our state’s regions and particularly our western members, this was compounded in late 2019 and early 2020 by the worst bushfire season in our memory causing personal distress and loss to many of our members and numerous carnivals at all levels throughout the State to be cancelled. Then in late March 2020, like most of the nation, all pools in NSW were closed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This had a devasting impact on our swimming industry and related communities. It is only now that nearly all of our pools are open again and our clubs and regions are starting to meet again with some regularity.

Whilst NSW represents over 40% of the registered members of Swimming Australia, NSW followed the national trend of overall membership falling slightly this year with NSW contributing approximately 28,000 members to the national membership. We believe the drop can be attributed to several factors, the most significant being the cancellation of the Optus Junior Dolphins program which offered free membership for children 7 & Under.

Throughout the year, with the assistance of Ron McKeon (NSW Head Coach), we continued to improve the connection of squads around the state with our three Performance Hubs, headed by Simon Cusack (Northern Metropolitan Hub), Adam Kable (Sydney Olympic Park Hub) and Shannan Rollason (ACT Hub). All squads have benefitted from new younger members joining and we are confident that this model will enable more NSW Swimmers to represent us on National Teams.

We were pleased to see improved performances by NSW athletes at National & International competitions over the course of the year. These improvements were achieved at both the National Age & National Club Championships in April and NSW topped the Medal Tally at the Australian SC Championships in October, which was a fantastic result for our State. At the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju and the World Para Swimming Championships in London, NSW athletes, achieved many outstanding results and as a result of these performances, Swimming won

Program of The Year at the 2019 NSWIS Awards.

In July last year, Swimming NSW was excited to acquire Swim League Australia. Swim League has been a revolution since it was founded three years ago and is now the fastest growing and non-traditional swimming competition in Australia. Swimming NSW had long been searching for a new competition format that would attract fresh interest for swimmers who are looking for an alternative to traditional full weekend swimming meets, so acquiring Swim League Australia was a perfect solution. We hope that it will provide a point of entry for swimmers into our sport and also a place for swimmers to extend their swimming careers.

An exciting addition to our Performance capability came during the year with the purchase and installation of an industry leading, dive-start biomechanical analytics system. In partnership with NSWIS and following a generous contribution from Hancock Prospecting, the system was installed at SOPAC to benefit all high-performance athletes and development teams in NSW.

Whilst the achievements of the 2019/2020 have been dwarfed by the larger social challenges presenting to our communities today, it is important to recognise the astounding contribution of our volunteers, members and their families who have continued to provide the amazing support to our meets, clubs, areas, coaches and of course our swimmers during this difficult time.

Mark HeathcoteCEO

Chris Fydler OAMPresident

There is no question that 2020 was a year like no other. We achieved some wonderful highs and were challenged by some unforeseen lows. But what has shone through is the spirit of our amazing swimming community and that is something to be celebrated.

A consistent theme in previous years has been our ability to listen, learn and deliver what our community ask, something that we continued to prioritise in 2020.

Our commitment to improve was evident at our long course Championships where, for the first time ever, we live streamed both our 2020 Victorian Age and Open LC Championships, allowing swimming fans to follow the action from the comfort of their own homes, attracting viewers from around the world.

And speaking of action, for the second year in a row, our Victorian Open LC Championships played host to Round 1 of the World Para Swimming Series, which again brought some of the world’s best para swimmers to Melbourne.

To provide greater opportunities for our open water swimmers, we launched the Victorian Open Water Championships Series (VOWCS), a new, reinvigorated way of delivering our Open Water Championships. Swimming Victoria Event Strategy Manager, Ashlea Keramidopoulos, was thrilled with the success of the series. “The VOWCS was very well received by the open water swimming community. With the introduction of 1.2km and 2.5km as championship distances, we’ve seen a lot more interest from younger swimmers, which is great for Victorian open water swimming.” Keramidopoulos said.

Out of the water, we celebrated some outstanding achievements. Our very own Rohan Taylor was appointed as the new Australian Dolphins Head Coach and Technical Official, Sally Whitehouse and MLC Aquatic’s Gabriella Peiniger received Victorian Sport Awards.

At the start of 2020 we saw great resilience from our regional clubs when devasting bushfires affected many parts of Victoria. In a trend that would continue in the months to follow, it was the strength of the community that prevailed in response to this adversity.

Then in March, when COVID hit, the whole swimming community was forced to adapt. Although we couldn’t be at the pool, we found new ways to connect, train and learn. Webinars and Zoom meetings became the new normal and we ran online sessions for swimmers, coaches, officials, clubs and parents.

Our focus on mental health became more important than ever and we enlisted the help of Psychologists, Megan Davis and Anthony Klarica to deliver workshops for our swimmers, coaches, officials and staff to provide support during this time.

Swimming Victoria CEO, Jason Hellwig has been blown away by the spirit of the Victorian swimming community. “Throughout the pandemic, we’ve seen how powerful community can be and what has been truly inspiring is the amazing things that our swimming clubs are doing for their swimmers. Many of these stories have been shared via Workplace, an online community set up to support our clubs.” Hellwig said.

“When we reflect on 2020 it is these stories that we will remember, and it is the sense of community that we have built that will make us stronger in years to come.”

Jason Hellwig CEO

Susan Smith President

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SWIMMING NORTHERN TERRITORYSWIMMING WESTERN AUSTRALIA

The 19/20 season sure had the most trying times put in front of all the Members of the Swimming Community. The sudden stop of the Long Course season at the beginning of 2020 saw many events cancelled, including WA SunSmart Junior Long Course Championships, also the cancellation of Hancock Prospecting Australian Age, and Open Swimming Championships that were to be hosted in Perth for the first time in a few years.

At the start of our 19/20 season in November 2019, a major highlight for WA Swimming was the crowning of Brianna Throssell as the WAIS Athlete of the Year and Eamon Sullivan’s induction into the WA Hall of Champions. The WA Sporting Industry fittingly recognised these two athletes for their contribution to their country and this wonderful sport. The International Swimming League (ISL) started this year with several Western Australian swimmers taking part with Rockingham’s Holly Barratt competing in the final of the ISL held in Las Vegas for the London Roar.

The partnerships with the Western Australian government as part of the Asian Engagement through Sport Strategy continued this year. The Asia-Pac Super Splash kicked off December 2019 with a Welcome Function at the City of Perth. The Asia-Pac Super Splash itself attracted significant interest from the State Government and from the Australia-China Business Council which sets the event up for success into the longer term.

First year of the implementation of the SWA Strategic Plan 2019-2024 began to address some of the more significant strategic ‘structural changes’ that will benefit the sport over the longer term. The metropolitan Zones were established, and this structure began to see a move to more autonomy amongst the Membership in operational areas.

However, during the periods of lockdown (even though short compared to the rest of the Country) Swimming WA, like many other states, held our awards - Westpac Swimmer of the Year, virtually. This award ‘week’ was a representation of the culmination of an enormously successful 2019/20 swimming season. The 2020 Westpac Swimmer of the Year Awards were split over five days during which various award finalists announced in the morning with the winner that evening. There were

interviews with many of the award winners and presenters in what was extremely entertaining week for the Western Australian public.

Congratulations to the 2020 Lyn McClement medallist Brianna Throssell (UWA/West Coast Swimming Club). An incredible 2019/20 season saw her claim two Gold, and two Silver medals at the 2019 FINA World Championships and break the World Record in the 4x200m Freestyle Relay, Brianna was a run-away winner, capping off a dominant season.

Open Water Swimming continues to develop in strength to strength, with Nicholas Rollo (Perth City) and Jack Wilson (North Coast) both being selected in the Australian Team to represent the country at the 2020 FINA World Marathon Series Round 1 in Doha, Qatar. The event held in February 2020 doubled as the Olympic Qualification event for the Australian team with the top 2 Australian men being selected to take part in the Olympic Qualification event in Fukuoka, Japan.

As we now look toward 2021 and the Tokyo Olympics, the Association will continue to move towards the pathway of the Strategic Plan 2019-2024 to continue to grow and develop the swimming community within WA.

Kirsty ReadA/CEO

Helen HullPresident

In my inaugural year as Executive Officer of Swimming Northern Territory, I have been humbled by the commitment, passion, and resilience of the swimming community in the Northern Territory.

The 2019/20 season has had many challenges, not only with Swimming NT, but the broader swimming community. Swimming Australia continues to go through a range of administrative and structural changes that impact on all stakeholders, specifically the state and territory associations.

12 Months of Progress, ‘A snapshot’

• Kinetica and Swimming Australia conducted a national strategic one model seminar to the Swimming NT board, staff, and club delegates.

• Completion of the NT strategic plan – Enrich and Inspire Towards 2032.

• In response to the proposed 25% increase in pool fees by Darwin City Council, Swimming NT and club delegates were successful to have a moratorium placed on any increase to pool charges for 2020.

• Significant increase in participation at all NT events compared to previous years.

• Partnership with Charles Darwin University to support identified athletes in Darwin region on Strength and Conditioning, Nutrition, and Sport Psychology

• Coaching Scholarships awarded to each NT club to upskill coaches to coach – Learners With Disabilities.

• Successfully secured Federal Government Grant Funding for Social Inclusion and Physical Activity Project within remote communities

• Sport psychology seminar delivered in coach resilience and athlete development

• Elite physiotherapy – Injury prevention seminars delivered to all club athletes

• Technical Officials workshop at the NT Open and Age Championship delivered by Ken Jones (National Assessor)

• Coach education workshop delivered by Brandon Ward, ASCTA CEO

Finance

The cost of swimming unfortunately continues to rise, not only for the individuals participating (or their parents/caregivers) but also for those running it.

Swimming NT, like many not-for-profit organisations, does operate with a heavy reliance on grant funding and partnerships to continue to be financially viable.

Securing income in a shrinking funding sector is a constant challenge.

The increased support we have received in securing grant funding from the Federal Government as well as our official partners has contributed to a positive financial result this year, after running deficits in recent years.

Financially, due to strong financial leadership from the board and staff, the organisation continues to be in the strongest financial position it has been in for many years.

Conclusion

Our focus has always been about progressing swimming in the NT – evident by the healthy turnaround in numerous areas.

No matter your role, we are all here for one reason: the swimmers. What we do needs to be all about providing swimmers with the environment and opportunities to do their best, and above all, enjoy it.

Ravin Du PlessisExecutive Officer

Garry LambertPresident

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SWIMMING SASWIMMING SA

“What a year it has been, or has not been,” may be a relevant comment to start with. The COVID19 virus has made and impact on the world like many of us would not have experienced in living memory. That impact has been felt in all facets of life and particularly on the administration, conduct and management of all sport at all levels of competition.

On behalf of the Board, I thank our hard-working CEO and staff for shouldering the impact with courage, commitment, foresight, and tenacity. We are proud to say that SwimmingSA, through collective efforts and sacrifice have been genuine industry leaders in their contribution to observing and implementing the restrictions placed upon us and in assisting authorities to develop a pathway back to some semblance of normality.

So just what is the ‘normal’ of the future. Health authorities advise that that situation is still some way off so the task of creating an environment that is safe while still enabling athletes to compete in their chosen sport is a challenge for us all.

Staff have been able to keep club administrators abreast of the latest developments from Health Authorities and from sport’s governing bodies by promulgation of information in a timely manner and we thank all Club Presidents, Coaches and their teams for sticking with us throughout the year and doing your best for the sport.

As we are all aware the pandemic continues to impact the Tokyo Olympics, Paralympics, and other international competitions. National titles had to be abandoned and we missed seeing SA Athletes thrive in the national arena, but as we review 2020 and look forward to 2021 the soon to be released updated SSA Strategic Plan is about the future. 2021/22 Australian Championships will be upon us before we know it, soon to be followed by Paris (2024) and Los Angeles (2028), and our Olympians for 2032 are presently in the formative years of their swimming careers and goals. By embracing this plan and working together, the future is all but ensured.

On the national front, the situation (like our own) is uncertain, but Swimming Australia is working toward a return to normality as soon as is practicable and within health guidelines. Both the national body and SwimmingSA have taken a

financial hit during the pandemic and staff in both organisations have had to make personal sacrifices, as have many people around the nation.

There have been changes within the Swimming Australia hierarchy. John Bertrand AM has completed his term as President and Kieren Perkins has been elected to that role. Given the impact of the COVID pandemic, CEO, Leigh Russell has also decided to relinquish her role and a successor will be identified in due course. One behalf of Swimming SA, I thank Mr. Bertrand and Ms. Russell for their commitment, dedication, and leadership during their term of office.

Participation is our primary goal. We have long believed that the true champions will emerge as athletes commit and dedicate themselves to the aspirations and goals they set in conjunction with their coaches and support “crews”.

As previously said, we are all here for the betterment of the sport and to provide and avenue for committed and dedicated athletes to meet the challenges and objectives they have set themselves and give of their best. It is timely for all to update themselves on the SwimmingSA Values and Behaviours as they will guide us all to achieve best practice in the conduct and governance in our sport.

Our membership numbers remained relatively stable with a marginal decrease in overall membership numbers. Our number of clubs remain stable but in addition to COVID-19, changes to coaching requirements and changing community landscapes, at least 4 clubs have found it challenging to reaffiliate for the 2020/21 season.

The ‘Swim Central’ technology platform continues to develop, and Swimming Australia have created a committee to drive and have oversight pf the project. Again, SwimmingSA have been leaders in this respect.

Sincere thanks go to our sponsors, partners, athletes, coaches, officials, volunteers, and sub-committee representatives for their ongoing support and commitment. Together with athlete parents and carers, you are an important and integral part of the swimming community.

Our thanks also go to the Office of Recreation. Sport and Racing for their input and guidance, particularly during these difficult and uncertain times. The management and staff at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre have stood with us during this awkward period and their support is appreciated, as is the advocacy of Sport SA on behalf of all sporting organisations in our great State.

We often reflect on the national emblems that are depicted on our coat of arms; the Kangaroo and the Emu as neither can take a backward step. Let us take a leaf from this book and move forward together to the success we all strive for.

Finally, we encourage all athletes to commit to your goals and give your best. We wish you every success for this season and beyond.

Stay strong and go well. Go South Australia!

Michelle Doyle CEO

Peter Graham OAM Chairman

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2020 ANNUAL REPORT


2020 ANNUAL REPORTASCTA ASCTA

The 2019/20 year has been like no other due to the impact of COVID-19. Through this time of uncertainty and upheaval, ASCTA demonstrated leadership and innovation by pivoting and providing unparalleled service and benefits to members and the wider aquatic community.

As a result of COVID ASCTA Swim Australia:

• Hosted 15+ on-line town hall style meetings to keep the aquatic community informed;

• Ran more than 40 webinars with 12,000+ attendees to provide extensive professional and personal development for coaches, teachers and swim schools;

• Advocated to State, Territory and Federal Government for the re-opening of learn to swim and for associated stimulus packages;

• Actively participation in the Queensland and Victoria Aquatic Industry Alliance established to present a united front to Government on behalf of all of industry;

• Developed and widely distributed a comprehensive reopening plan for swim schools which became an internationally adapted template;

• Partnered with State and Territory Swimming Associations to produce easy to understand infographics for pools, clubs and swim schools to convey the current restrictions in a timely fashion;

• Distribution of the Swimming Australia Come Back campaign to all Swim Australia swim schools for use with their clients.

Our annual ASCTACON20 national convention was cancelled due to COVID, so instead we ran an online AGM and awards presentation to celebrate the achievements of our coaches, teachers and swim schools. This included the presentation of ASCTA life membership to Dr Ralph Richards, former ASCTA CEO, Swimming Australia Coaching Director and author of many swimming related publications including the former Silver and Gold coaching courses.

On 30 June 2020 ASCTA had 5835 coach/teacher members plus 487 swim schools. This is down by 643 on last year, primarily due to the impact of COVID on late membership renewals and the new membership numbers dropping with no courses being run.*

As a registered RTO, ASCTA provide qualifications and accreditation for the aquatic community. In 2019/20 762 courses were run with 4112 students - down from 4500 in 2019 with courses not running in the last quarter due to COVID. Our qualifications include Swim Australia Teacher, Babies and Toddlers, Learners with a Disability, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse, Adults and Adolescents, Competitive Swimming, Pool Lifeguard, Aquatic Survival Skills, Pool Plant Operator, CPR, First Aid, Aquatic Supervisor and Aquatic Trainee. ASCTA now have approx. 15,000 teachers who hold a current accreditation.

Our international influence and presence continues to thrive with ASCTA President, Tony Shaw, and Director, Chris Myers, on the Board of the World Swimming Coaches Association and CEO, Brendon Ward, President of the International Federation of Swim Teacher Associations.

State ASCTA Branch conferences were cancelled in all States this year due to COVID. ASCTA Branches contributed vital support to State Swimming Associations to deliver services for members, in particular for coach development.

Communication with members increased substantially with extensive social media, journal publications, a fortnightly e-splash newsletter, and fortnightly Swim Updates for our swim schools. We also launched our very own on-line community, ASCTA Connects, just before COVID kicked in. This has had active engagement from more than 2000 members and includes a comprehensive resource library that members can contribute to, rate and share with others.

Each November, swim schools participate in SwimSafer Week aimed at getting more people involved in swimming. The campaign includes lead-up advertising, promotional resources, and SwimSafer 365 Days messages. This year our

campaign featured in more than 211 media outlets with an estimated reach of 24.3m. Survey results identified that 55% of Australian families do not have kids in learn to swim and the biggest barrier was affordability. As such, we launched Swim It Forward where tax deductable donations can be made to the Australian Sports Foundation to pay for swimming lessons for families. Swimsafer.org.au has more details and a link to donate.

In 2020 we honoured former coach Harry Gallagher (Dawn Fraser’s coach) as a Swimming Australia Life Member, continued the coach recognition scheme (Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum) and introduced a new teacher recognition scheme (Emerald, Sapphire, and Diamond).

Advocacy and representation included the Australian Water Safety Council, Royal Life Saving Society, State Education Departments, Fair Work Commission, COVID related matters, and Safe Sport.

Members were supported via our Employee Assistance Program, access to legal support for industrial relations, and throughout formal complaints. Through our Insurance partner more than 1200 members have accessed comprehensive insurance at very competitive rates.

We celebrate and promote our membership of Swimming Australia and are proud to contribute significantly to competitive swimming and the essential life skills associated with learn to swim and water safety.

* Note ASCTA General membership is provided free to everyone who completes the Development course/accreditation and Swim Australia swim teachers courses for the remainder of that financial year.

Brendon Ward CEO

Joanne Love President


2020 ANNUAL REPORT

2020 was a disrupted year for the ASA, with GM Brenton Rickard taking an extended leave of absence and resigning in July. President Bronte Campbell also took a leave of absence leading into the Olympics, however, returned to the role once the Olympics were postponed. The ASA is currently looking for a new GM.

The ASA continues to represent the elite swimmers of this country with the sport’s governing body while assisting with athlete wellbeing and transition. Another key role of the ASA is to maintain engagement with the retired swimmers in our sport. This year saw several retired swimmers volunteering their time to help mentor and guide current swimmers with their careers in and outside of the pool.

The ASA wants to congratulate the athlete swimming community on its response to the challenges of COVID-19. Through adversity athletes have found a way to train and remain motivated. Moving into another Olympic year next year, adaptability and resilience are more important than ever.

ASA

Bronte CampbellASA President

2020 ANNUAL REPORT


The start of 2020 has been an extraordinarily tough time for Australians, including all of us committed to sport..The impact of bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic have been confronting for communities, where we all know sport plays such an important role.

At the Australian Sports Commission (ASC), comprising Sport Australia and the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), our energy is focused on supporting our partners through these times as we continue to advocate the importance of sport to our economy, productivity, health, wellbeing and culture.

We believe whole-heartedly that when we get through this challenging period, sport will play a prominent role in lifting the nation’s energy and spirits again.

Times such as these can also make us more appreciative of what we do have and of the success we have achieved.

Success in sport is always hard fought. But it’s a

fight Australian high-performance sport welcomes as it continues to achieve success.

Last year the wonderful Ash Barty won the French Open and became our first female No1 tennis player since her idol, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, in 1976. Javelin-thrower Kelsey Lee-Barber set personal bests throughout the year and took the title at the IAAF World Championships in Doha. Dylan Alcott added three more Grand Slam quad wheelchair singles trophies to the cabinet and Sailing duo Matt Belcher and Will Ryan claimed the men’s 470 World Championship. In the pool, our swimmers won seven gold medals at the FINA World Championships, placing Australia fourth on the medal tally.

This year our inspiring women’s cricket team won a fifth World T20 title, drawing a record crowd of 86,174 to the MCG. How fitting that this historical moment fell on International Women’s Day. These results are a testament to the tenacity and passion of athletes, coaches, sports staff and sporting organisations, which know we have all the skills and abilities to achieve success.

I am proud too of the service our organisation provides to Australian sport each year, on behalf of the Australian Government.

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“Times such as these can also make us more appreciative of what we do have and of the success we have achieved.”


The ASC, through Sport Australia and the AIS, delivers 25,000 grants a year.

The AIS, funds and prepares our Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games to represent us at the highest level in international competition.

In the past few years, we have enhanced our support to athlete wellbeing and engagement, a move that is essential, especially in the current environment.

Sport Australia invests in sports participation programs, from our national Sporting Schools program for younger children through to the Better Ageing program aimed at Australians aged 65 and over.

So many of these grants fuel aspirations. Our Local Sporting Champions program supports 9,000 children a year to reach for their sporting dreams.

Our Women Leaders in Sport program and the AIS Talent program provide opportunities for women to progress their professional development in all roles across sport.

We continue to work with sports to modernise traditional governance structures in Australian

sporting organisations and we continue to encourage environments that are inclusive, diverse, safe and welcoming, making sport the benchmark for a more equitable society.

This was to be the year of the 2020 Olympics and Paralympics in Tokyo. Instead, it has been postponed to 2021, with the Olympic Games to be held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 and the Paralympics from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

We have already witnessed a great deal of positivity from athletes who now need to re-set. I’m confident, as a united sport system, we will do the same.

John Wylie AM Chair, Sport Australia

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COMMERCIAL OPERATIONSSam Eustice, Chief Commercial Operations

Partnerships

A special thank you to our Patron, Mrs Gina Rinehart and Principal Partner, Hancock Prospecting for the unparalleled support to the Australian Dolphins Swim Team and Swimming Australia. The generous support has allowed our athletes to focus on their performance in the pool and we were delighted to confirm that direct swimmer financial support was increased, ahead of the Tokyo 2021 Games.

High performance centres around the country and our sport science departments have all benefited from the dedication and substantial role that Mrs Rinehart plays.

This approach to athlete support is replicated across the other sports that Mrs Rinehart is Patron of at a national level - Rowing, Volleyball and Artistic Swimming - making her the largest non-Government supporter of Olympic and Paralympic sports in Australia’s history.

Hancock Prospecting remain committed to the sport and its athletes, and it is this commitment which has been seen over the course of the partnership, with Mrs. Rinehart taking her patron duties most seriously and enthusiastically.

In a challenging and disruptive year for our athletes, the AIS is the backbone to our sport and enables a united and collaborative system that supports our athletes to continue to achieve success, both in and out of the pool.

Sport will play a prominent role in lifting the nation’s

energy and spirits again and together with Sport Australia we continue to encourage all Australian’s to commit to daily activity, build our community and connect to our 20k iSwim app users.

As Australians made their way back into the water and Swimming Australia’s athletes resumed training, we were delighted to welcome MLC as a new long-term partner. MLC is focused on supporting our young ‘dream builders’, those aspiring to be Olympic champions of the future. The MLC partnership will play a vital role in fostering, identifying, and discovering the next generation of Australian swimmers via national clinics, camps and competitions.

Our partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to provide depth and modernisation to our high performance sport business operations with key projects in data analytics and AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology to assist our coach decision making leading into Tokyo 2021.

As Swimming Australia’s Nutrition and Australian Junior Excellence program partner, Bio Island, in conjunction with all states and territories, enables junior swimmers to receive merchandise and live recognition messages of their achievements via Swim Central. A digital strategy aimed to engage junior swimmers and their parents/guardians, we introduced the JXtra series to motivate and maintain wellness during the COVID-19 period.


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Our partnership with arena continues to inspire the nation and will do so for another year, led by world champion ambassadors, Mitch Larkin, Emily Seebohm, and the Campbell sisters, Cate and Bronte, in addition to newly appointed junior ambassadors. We jointly launched the new Dolphins fan range, allowing fans to be seen in the same products they see our Australian Dolphins wearing on pool decks around Australia and the world.

Whilst we ultimately did not travel to Tokyo in 2020, we would like to acknowledge the Nagaoka City Council for their support and readiness to host our athletes prior to the postponement of this year’s Olympic and Paralympic games.

We thank all our valued partners and suppliers for the ongoing belief, resilience and investment provided to our sport at all levels during a challenging period and to the Australian Dolphins as they focus on the road to Tokyo 2021 and beyond.

Communications and Fan Engagement In a difficult and challenging year for our athletes, the Dolphins swim team led the way as the first sporting team in the world to send a unified message sharing concerns about a level playing field for the Olympics and Paralympics during a pandemic. The message started a domino effect with other international sporting teams following suit with similar messages

With pools shut around the country, with grassroots swimmers and high-performance athletes alike unable to train, our Dolphins engaged with swimming fans digitally through sending messages of support and sharing their dryland workouts to encourage the community to continue with their training.

Digital engagement during the pandemic has been a crucial means of staying connected to our participants and fans and there has been a shift in the way content is consumed – becoming more about the message and the sentiment.

We pivoted our content strategy to best serve our community and service our partners in trying times, an example being the creation of the JX Xtra series adding value to parents, pathway swimmers and our nutritional partner Bio Island. We also kept our community updated with government restrictions and updates on our events through a centralised hub on our website so there was one source of truth for swimming related information.

Another exciting innovation is the further development of our Swim TV digital hub for live and on-demand viewing of Australian Swimming Events. Providing a central platform for swimming consumption to connect and strengthen the community through the ability to view more swimming, more often. We thank the Member Organisations for their on-going support of this vital project for the sport of Swimming.

In partnership with the Member Organisations to reconnect to the Swimming Community, a national campaign was developed to encourage Swimmers to “Come Back” to swimming.

With the support of Swimming legend Dawn Fraser AC, MBE, Australian Olympic and Paralympic Dolphins and Olympic Program Head Coach Rohan Taylor, the message was that “we have missed you” and it was time to come back to reignite the sport at all levels.

Acknowledging that not all states were able to re-open at the same time, a tailored version was provided for all member organisations wanting to use the campaign at the appropriate time.

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The Business of Swimming squad has continued to focus attention in 2020 on providing operational support across the organisation to deliver high quality events, build organisational capability and leverage data and insights for intelligent decision making.

FinanceWith the developing COVID-19 Pandemic, Swimming Australia took an unprecedented step of shifting to a full working from home model in the middle of March. Our IT and Finance systems seamlessly met the challenge of supporting a remote workforce.

We are continuing to realise the potential of our new finance system with improved data quality, enhanced reporting and analysis of information which allowed delivery of operational efficiencies and improved decision making in 2020. This capability was further enhanced during the year with the successful integration with partner application Expense Manager. Plans for 2021 include improved functionalities within both the finance system (fixed asset module activation) and Expense Manager (accessible budgeting introduction).

With thanks to investment from Sport Australia, we are currently working with Swimming Tasmania to provide a finance shared service opportunity. In the months ahead there is the potential to expand this to our other member organisations who are interested in leveraging similar efficiency and easier ways of working across the system.

ITWe have continued to invest in cyber security, performing external audits and penetration test across our core assets. We have implemented specific measures across process, software, hardware and team member reinforcement to minimise risks. We recognise the ever-changing threats in this space and the need for a coordinated affordable, secure, and manageable approach to cyber security.


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BUSINESS OF SWIMMINGTim Dempster, Interim CEO/Chief Operating Officer

The Technology team have provided support to our partnership with Amazon Web Services across the portfolio and with the delivery of key High Performance technology and data analytics projects. The foundational components of the system, including integration and automation of data has been completed, allowing teams to visualise data and dashboards in near real time.

Significant progress has been made with Swim Central (our membership, events, and results system) with further development, enhancements and significant upgrades occurring in 2020.

Continued investment from Swimming Australia and an enhanced governance focus has allowed the delivery team, working closely with Member Organisation representatives, to continue to deliver enhancements and efficiencies to Swim Central through a clear method of prioritisation, stronger focus on change management, a new way of working through agile, a continuous improvement mindset and a goal of optimising the product for the future.

Achievements in 2020 have included a new user experience for Parents and Swimmers with new functionality released across login and dashboards, purchasing memberships, profile, family administration, event entries and race results. The team built new functionality to enable club administrators to take advantage of government vouchers, which has supported membership renewals before and during the season. Where possible, this process has been fully automated, which has saved manual checking. The method in which club administrators now create membership products for purchasing has seen 60% of its complexity being removed, saving hundreds of hours across the network.

The delivery team is currently working with Member Organisations to produce the product roadmap for 2021 which will continue to have stronger focus on the Club Administrator user group.

The Technology team have led the development and product roadmap for Swim TV, a product which will enable paying customers to watch and stream key swimming events through our digital offering. The product has undergone a new platform build, customer validation of the design, prototyping and will be delivered via an intuitive user experience design.

The team has also supported the iSwim mobile application via timely updates and testing, ensuring compatibility with wearable technology in the consumer market.

EventsWe started the year positively delivering the Open Water Swimming Championships at Brighton Beach in Adelaide with 444 athletes.

In a year like no other, 2020 has certainly provided some challenges for our Australian Championship event programme. The difficult decision was made just a few weeks’ out from Australian Age Championships and Australian Club Championships to cancel the April events in Perth due to COVID-19.

When the AOC postponed the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Swimming Australia followed suit and postponed its Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Trials to June 2021.

Swimming Australia also cancelled the 2020 State Teams Championships due to COVID-19, but look forward to this event returning to Canberra in 2021.

With no international competitions staged in 2020, Swimming Australia made the decision to cancel the annual Hancock Prospecting Swimming Australia Awards event.

In the 2020 COVID environment with restrictions and border closures affecting many states, in a good news story for the sport, a decision was made to hold the Hancock Prospecting Australian Short Course virtually. The event was staged in five different cities – Melbourne, Hobart, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney – and had 572 participants which was a 50% increase on participation from 2019.

It was a true collaborative approach for event delivery with our Member Organisations assisting on the ground and over 100 technical officials across the nation watching over proceedings, all of whom had their briefings delivered virtually.

Due to the virtual format of the competition a new results system was developed to centralise the national results and they were delivered to people within seconds of a race finishing in the last city it was being swum in.

The feedback received by our stakeholders was incredibly positive and all the athletes were very grateful for a high quality racing opportunity in a year that did not provide many opportunities to compete. There were some outstanding performances in the pool, with many World and Australian records set.

See page 52 for results.


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SPORT SUSTAINABILITY & GROWTHMatthew Kennedy, Chief Sport Performance


Member OrganisationsWith support from Sport Australia under its ‘One Management’ project, 2020 saw a continued focus on ‘One Strategy’ alignment of the local planning of our member organisations (MOs). Swimming Tasmania and Swimming Northern Territory both released their new strategic plans in October, with further freshly aligned MO plans under development.

Swimming Australia worked collectively with MOs through a range of initiatives in response to the impact of COVID-19, and to plan for the sport’s return. These included the development of a national return to swimming guidelines including input from broader government and industry stakeholders and a promotional ‘comeback campaign’ that could be tailored to each state/territory environment. Swimming Australia commends the efforts of all MOs, an in turn their members, through this extremely challenging time.

Coach development and accreditationThere have been some significant changes in Swimming Australia Coach Development over the course of 2020, all in line with the national Strategic Plan including:

• the appointment of the newly created role of General Manger - Coaching Development

• the development of a ‘draft’ Coaching Blueprint strategic framework, now in public consultation before finalisation

• the initial stages of the formation of a new National Coaching Advisory Group (NCAG).

Additionally, as of 1 July 2020, Swimming Australia is now responsible for all Coach Education workshop delivery, representing the final stage of the transition of all previously outsourced Coach Accreditation administration and management back under the auspices of the national sporting body. We acknowledge the support and efforts of the Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association (ASCTA) in regard to this required modification.

We recognise that with coaches such key drivers and influencers of the success of community swimming, the national distribution of accredited coaches is important to provide quality coaching throughout Australia. During 2019-20, Swimming Australia worked closely with ASCTA to deliver a number of workshops to support the Swimming Australia Coach Education Courses.

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Swimming Australia Accredited Coaches

Development Advanced Performance TOTAL

NSW/ACT 390 125 20 535

NT 12 3 0 15

QLD 326 134 19 479

SA 50 17 3 70

TAS 26 3 1 30

VIC 259 69 7 335

WA 78 38 2 118

INT/OTHER 15 12 0 27

TOTAL 1156 401 52 1609

Coach Education Courses and Workshops Snapshot 2019-20 Total

Development Coaching Course enrolments 131

Development Workshops delivered 13

Development Course Workshop participants 100

Advanced Coaching Course enrolments 44

Advanced workshops delivered 8

Advanced Course workshop total participants 53

Performance Coaching Course enrolments 17

Performance Workshops delivered 3

Performance Course workshop total participants 9

Elective workshops delivered 2

Elective workshop total participants 5

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OfficiatingWith the development of swimming’s officiating workforce a strategic priority, a fundamental review was completed which confirmed the need for transformation. As a result the Swimming Australia Technical Swimming Committee (TSC) set a new vision and strategy that has been endorsed by the Board.

The vision is to deliver a high quality officiating service across Australia that is trusted, respected, uniform, modern and long term sustainable. Implementation is focussed on ‘Attracting’ new officials, ‘Developing’ them, building a strong ‘Community’ and extensive ‘Automation’ (ADCA).

Widespread event cancellations and the temporary COVID stand-down of the Manager of Officiating (part-time) role delayed implementation, yet pleasing progress is being made including with the delivery of the first ever national officials development webinar in November. Over 100 attended with 78% rating it as ‘extremely valuable’.

Diversity and Inclusion 2020 saw a review and implementation of Swimming Australia’s Inclusive Swimming Framework. This work was overseen and actioned by a cross-squad project team of leaders, a wider Diversity and Inclusion Group of Action (DIGA) and a Member Organisation Group of Action (MODIGA). Under the newly enhanced Framework, initial focus areas include exploring the development of policies or guidelines across inclusive swimwear and community swimming access for Trans and Gender Diverse participants, and examining the development of a Reconciliation Action Plan.

Sport Australia ‘Move IT AUS’ programFunded by Sport Australia, delivery of this major program included the establishment of many key partnerships with community organisations and some of our MOs, including The Aqua English Project, Belgravia Leisure and Centre for Multicultural Youth to assist with delivering programs that reduce barriers to participation in swimming for people with a disability and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The program also included the provision of community swimming grants which, along with the program partnerships, have enabled activity delivery in more than 80 locations. Due to COVID-19, completion of the program has been extended into 2021.

Community Impact StudySport Australia funding enabled Swimming Australia to work with management consultants SBP (Sport Business Partners) and Street Ryan to conduct a study on the broader economic, health and social benefits of competitive and social swimming. The report released in August revealed that swimming provides a total economic and community impact of over $3.7 billion per annum in Australia, which includes a community health impact of $135 million per year and a $4.35 billion lifetime health contribution.

GOswim / Belgravia Leisure partnership We continued to work with Belgravia Leisure to oversee delivery of the GOswim program which focuses on fun, activity-based learning and promotion of lifelong swimming.

Whilst the program was unable to be delivered in Term 2 and Term 3 in several locations due to COVID-19, 55 centres across the country delivered the program to more than 65,000 participants in 2019/20.



Bio Island Australian Junior Excellence (JX) programIn 2020, central delivery of the Bio Island JX program continued to recognise and celebrate the achievement of more than 13,500 swimmers aged 9–13 via real time online recognition of achievements and the provision of merchandise for swimmers who met allocated times for gold, silver, bronze and blue awards.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Swimming Australia worked with the Bio Island Team to deliver a range of social media content pieces called JXTRA which showcased athlete and specialist advice on swimming, nutrition, training and wellbeing. JX participants across the country were also profiled via social media throughout the year.


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ParticipationSport Australia’s national AusPlay survey provides data on the number of people participating in sport and physical activity. At 5 million Australians, swimming’s recreational numbers remain very significant, and are growing.

At club level, there are 78,000 members nationally.

Member organisation

Number of clubs

Swimming members

Non-swimming members

Total members

NSW (incl. ACT) 328 19,728 7,301 27,029

NT 8 406 234 640

QLD 245 14,244 5,024 19,268

SA 44 2,649 1,804 4,453

TAS 13 697 287 984

VIC 139 8,055 6,228 14,283

WA 78 4,930 6,322 11,252

TOTAL 855 50,709 27,200 77,909

2019 2018 2017

Adult participation

(15+)

3,242,200 (15.6%) 3,128,200 (15.3%) 2,918,000 (14.5%)

Organised

participation (children)

1,757,400 (36.3%) 1,654,700 (34.5%) 1,497,100 (31.8%)

TOTAL 4,999,600 4,782,900 4,415,100

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AUSPLAY NATIONAL SWIMMING PARTICIPATION DATA FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN

ATHLETES CLASSIFIED IN 2019-20

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National classification Key classification events that occurred in 2019-20 included State based classification in Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia; along with a Paralympics Australia regional Victoria classification road trip. Classification that would normally occur at National Age Championships was not delivered due to the cancellation of the event.

Sporting SchoolsThe Sport Sustainability and Growth squad continues to support the Federal Government’s Sporting Schools program, which has currently been granted a funding extension until the end of 2021. Swimming continues to be a popular choice for schools to use the program funding to contribute towards the delivery of school swimming programs.

Pacific Partnership ProgramSwimming Australia has supported Oceania Swimming Association with the Pacific Sport Partnership (PSP) program oversight since February 2016. The PSP program aims to increase levels of regular participation of Pacific Islanders in quality sport activities, along with improving health related behaviours and inclusion. In 2019-20, the ‘Just Swim’ program was delivered in Vanuatu and Fiji. This program will cease at the end of 2020 with changes to the funding and program model which may enable these countries to form local partnerships to apply for continued funding.

In submitting this annual summary, I wish to recognise the outstanding efforts of all staff members of our small Sport Sustainability and Growth squad who by their individual and collaborative efforts have driven and implemented all of the above positive developments, and more, throughout a very trying 2020.

Classification Number of athletes

Physical 71

Vision 14

Intellectual 33

Hearing 31

Transplant 1

Not eligible 8

TOTAL 158

School term Number of school

programs

Number of participants

Term 3, 2019 65 8,502

Term 4, 2019 519 77,218

Term 1, 2020 271 32,240

Term 2, 2020 0 0

TOTAL 855 117,960

* Participation by adults (aged 15 and over) is gathered by asking respondents whether they had

participated in any physical activities for sport, exercise or recreation within the last 12 months.

** Participation by children is limited to outside of school hours and to organised sport or physical

activity.

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Olympic Program January saw the return of the FINA Champions Series, with Nunawading swimmer, Matt Temple invited to attend the events in Shenzen (January 14 and 15) and Beijing (January 18 and 19). Matt took home Gold in the 100m Butterfly in Beijing and Silver in Shenzen.

The National Event Camps returned across January, February, and March 2020 at various locations across Australia. Each weeklong camp was assigned a Head Coach who set the overall philosophy and direction for the camp, with logistical support and preparation being conducted by High Performance Unit. The camps were as follows:

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The National Event Camps were the last national events held before all activities were put on hold due to the Coronavirus enforced lockdown. The lockdown saw most squads locked out of their training environments, the adoption of innovative home training routines and ultimately the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.

In June National Head Coach Jacco Verhaeren announced that he would be departing the role in September to head back to his native Holland for family reasons. Jacco started in the role in 2013 and leaves behind an incredible legacy for Australian Swimming. He has improved the systems and strategies behind the team including overhauling the selection process, campaign structure and team

leadership. He will be replaced by long time team coach and coach leader, Rohan Taylor.

In July, on what would have been day one of the Olympics, athletes from around the country participated in a virtual time trial. Held in pools across the country, the event gave athletes the opportunity to reconnect and race in a unique format.

August saw the sad passing of legendary coach, Gennadi Touretski. Gennadi, although best known for working with Alex Popov, worked in Australia for a decade from 1992 - 2002. While here, he left his mark on Australian Swimming through his work with Michael Klim, Ian Thorpe, Nicole Livingstone, Matt Dunn and Sarah Ryan.

In September, Australian Dolphin team member Maddy Gough (TSS Aquatics) set a new national record in the 1500m Freestyle, coming home in a time of 15:31.19 to post the fifth fastest time in history.

October saw the Dolphins return to competitive action through the inaugural ‘National Relay Blitz’. The event saw athletes split into teams/relays to face off against each other to win cash and prizes. As borders have remained closed, the event took place virtually with events held across a weekend across the country. The Blitz provided an opportunity to bring our athletes and coaches together for race practice, foster engagement and ignite the competitive nature of everyone.

Susie O’Neill AM and Chris Fydler OAM as well as Dawn Fraser’s coach Harry Gallagher OAM were all granted Life Membership of Swimming Australia at

the Annual General Meeting held in October.

While the majority of Australian athletes opted not to compete at ISL 2020 in Budapest, Hungary due to concerns over Covid, Dolphin stalwart Emily Seebohm represented her Energy Standard team, helping them to reach the ISL 2020 Finals.

In November, Australia was saddened to hear of the passing of one of Australia’s greatest ever coaches in Don Talbot AO, OBE. Revered around the world, particularly in his beloved Australia and Canada and the USA, Talbot passed away peacefully on the Gold Coast aged 87. His involvement in Swimming spanned more than 50 years from coaching John and Isla Konrads in Sydney in the 1960s through to being head coach of the Dolphins at the 2001 FINA World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan where the team finished on top of the medal tally, beating the USA. A life member of Swimming Australia and ASCTA, Talbot is regarded by many as the Australian Swim Team’s greatest ever National head coach who has left an enormous legacy.

November also saw Australian Dolphin team member Kaylee McKeown (USC) set new National Records in the 100m Backstroke (58.11) and 200m Backstroke (2:04.49) at a Brisbane Long Course preparation meet. Both records were previously held by Emily Seebohm from the London Olympics (100m Back) and 2017 World Championships (200m Back). Kaylee became the first Australian woman to break the 2:05 barrier in the 200m Backstroke and recorded the third fastest time in history for the event.

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Camp Dates Location Head Coach Number of athletes

Distance 29/1/20 – 4/2/20 Brisbane Vince Raleigh 16

Women’s 200m Free 22/2/20 – 29/2/20 Noosa Dean Boxall 8

Men’s 100m Free 23/2/20 – 29/2/20 Adelaide Peter Bishop 8

Men’s 200m Free 23/2/20 – 29/2/20 Adelaide Craig Jackson 8

Backstroke 23/2/20 – 29/2/20 Gold Coast Glenn Baker 11

Butterfly 23/2/20 – 29/2/20 Gold Coast Michael Bohl 15

Breaststroke 23/2/20 – 29/2/20 Sunshine Coast Chris Mooney 17

Women’s 100m Free 1/3/20 – 7/3/20 Canberra Simon Cusack 7


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Open Water ProgramThe 2020 Australian Open Water Championships were held at Brighton Beach in Adelaide January 25 – 27. Australian Dolphins, Kareena Lee (Noosa) and Nic Sloman (Noosa) successfully defended their 10km National Titles. From the Championships, four male athletes were selected to compete at the FINA Marathon Swim World Series Event in Doha, Qatar in February. This meet served as the next phase in the Open Water Selection for the men’s Olympic 10km Qualification (noting that Kareena Lee has already filled the female Olympic qualification spot based on her results at the 2019 FINA World Championships). The World Junior Open Water Team was also selected following the conclusion of the National Championships, with 8 athletes selected to compete.

The Doha World Series Event was held on February 15 in Qatar. There were 10 Australian’s competing, with the top 2 male finishers progressing to the Olympic Open Water Qualification race. Hayden Cotter (Belgravia) finished in 7th place, with Bailey Armstrong (Kawana Waters) coming in 16th place to earn selection for the qualification race. Unfortunately, due to Covid 19, the Olympic Qualification race was postponed meaning the qualification process will start again at the 2021 Australian Open Water selection trials.

In March, fourteen of the best young Open Water Swimmers descended on Lake Ainsworth on the New South Wales North Coast to take part in an Open Water Development Camp.

Para ProgramFebruary saw the return of the World Para Series to Melbourne, running alongside the Victorian State Championships from February 14 - 16. The event again provided the opportunity for our para

swimmers to compete on the international stage in our own backyard against the world’s best Para athletes. A preparation camp was held leading into the event to help with the athlete’s preparations. Australia finished atop the medal tally, with our athletes coming home with 16 Gold, 17 Silver and 19 Bronze.

In October, Dolphins team members Katja Dedekind and Col Pearse were awarded scholarships as part of Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship and Mentoring Program.

Also, in October, the Para Program held a relay camp, the first national team camp since the onset of Covid on the Gold Coast at Runaway Bay. The camp saw 12 athletes train under the watchful eye of Para National Coach Brendan Burkett and compete at the Gold Coast leg of the National Relay Blitz virtual relay event.

Pathways ProgramIn September, the MLC National Flippers Squad was announced at an event on the Gold Coast. The event doubled as the official launch of new sponsor MLC and saw 38 athletes announced as part of the squad. The development program will include a series of webinars for athletes, coaches, and parents across the final quarter of 2020 before a development camp on the Gold Coast in January 2021. The program aims to provide a great foundation to develop and nurture athletes and coaches on their journey to the Dolphins team.

Also, in September, records were broken at the Qld State Short Course Championships with Lani Pallister (Cotton Tree) breaking Kylie Palmer’s 12-year-old record in the 800m Freestyle with a time of 8:11.71. Not to be outdone, rising star Tom Neill (Rackley) set a new World Junior Short Course Record in the 400m Freestyle, finishing in a time of 3:38.00

In October, Youth Transition Swimmer, Brendon Smith was announced as a recipient of a scholarship as part of Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship and Mentoring Program. Brendon also jetted off to Budapest to compete at the 2020 International Swimming League. Brendon, one of only two

Australians to compete at ISL 2020, represented the New York Breakers, gaining valuable international racing experience.

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SWIMMING AUSTRALIA AWARD WINNERS 2020

With so little competition in the water this year due to COVID, we did not hold our usual Swimmer of the Year Awards and have no athlete winners to announce. Swimming Australia did however call for nominations of those who have contributed to swimming during this period and may have also gone above and beyond to support the sport during the pandemic.

Swimming Australia called for nominations from Member Organisations in three categories:

• The 2020 Volunteer of the Year – this award is for the people who always volunteer to assist and work hard for the greater good of the sport. In 50 words or less, tell us how your Local Legend has been a star in your swimming community this year.

• The 2020 Club of the Year – this award recognises the club that is demonstrating a commitment and passion for supporting their swimmers and the sport, with criteria including club culture, governance, membership, fundraising, diversity and inclusion. If your club has found innovative ways to remain connected to swimmers during the pandemic, this can be included in the club overview.

• The 2020 Roger Smith Technical Official of the Year - this award is to recognise an individual who has attained a level of excellence in the field of technical officiating and whose performance sets them apart from their peers. Factors to consider in completing the nomination include:

• Level of officiating and participation at club, regional, state, national and international levels

• Achievements over the period

• Contribution to the development of Technical Officials

• Contribution to the sport of swimming.

The winner of the Club of the Year and Volunteer of the Year were selected based on the nomination criteria by a Swimming Australia panel.

The winner of the Roger Smith Technical Official of the Year was determined by a selection panel of members of the Swimming Australia Technical Swimming Committee (TSC), with the TSC having the right to add any additional nominee(s) at its discretion.

Swimming Australia congratulates our worthy winners for 2020:

Club of the Year – South Esk Swimming Club (TAS)

Volunteer of the Year – Helen Harding (Southside Penrhos Wesley Swimming Club, WA)

Roger Smith Technical Official of the Year – Bill Ford (NSW)


Club of the Year: South Esk Swimming Club (TAS)

Volunteer of the Year: Helen Harding (Southside Penrhos Wesley Swimming Club, WA)

Roger Smith Technical Official of the Year: Bill Ford (NSW)


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Katherine Downie #P270Katherine ‘Kat’ Downie debuted for the Dolphins swim team at the 2012 Paralympics in London where she competed in an incredible eight events and snagged two gold medals – the Women’s 4x100 Freestyle (34 points) and the 4x100 Medley Relay (34 points). A year later she won silver and bronze at the 2013 IPC World Championships in Montreal in the 200m individual Medley and the 100m backstroke, respectively. Kat went on to be selected for another four international teams – 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 and 2018 Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships – where she claimed multiple medals.

Ben Treffers #696Ben first represented Australia as part of the 2008 Junior World Championship team in Mexico where he nabbed gold and silver in the 50m and 100m backstroke, respectively. He secured his Dolphins pin number through his first senior team selection at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai. With backstroke as his speciality stroke, he went on to win gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the 50m event and then a bronze in the same race at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan. In his final competition at a home Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, he was once again on the podium winning silver in he 50m backstroke.

Jared Gilliland #745An individual medley swimmer, Jared first represented Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Swimming for Brisbane Grammar, he went on to compete at two World University Games while completing his tertiary studies at QUT in 2015 and 2019 in Gwangju and Naples, respectively.

Hayley Baker #760Hayley was awarded a place on her first Dolphins team at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, competing in the 200m backstroke. Hayley made the move to Canberra in 2017 to train with Swimming Australia’s National Training Centre program and in her last meet as a Dolphins, she swam in front of a home crowd at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the 100m and 200m backstroke.

Logan Powell #P294Debuting at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, Logan competed in three events – making the final in two. In 2018 he was selected to compete at both the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast and the Pan Pacific Para Championships in Cairns. He claimed a bronze in the 100m backstroke at the Commonwealth Games and picked up silver medals in both the 400m freestyle and 100m backstroke at the Pan Pacs.

Rohan Bright #P299Rohan debuted for the Dolphins in front of a home crowd at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast when he competed in the 200m individual medley and the 50m freestyle. In the same year he went on to be selected for the team competing at the Pan Pacific Para Championships in Cairns where he swam the 200m individual medley, 100m backstroke and the 50m freestyle.

Mitchell Kilduff #P274Mitchell debuted at the London 2012 Paralympics where he swam an impressive 5th in the 200m freestyle. He went on to represent Australia at multiple international competitions, including the 2014 Pan Pacific Para Championships in Pasadena where he won a gold medal in the 100m butterfly and claimed two silvers in the 100m freestyle and 200m individual medley respectively.

Mackenzie Brazier #808Mackenzie competed in numerous international Open Water World Cup Series events before she was awarded her Dolphins pin at the 2019 FINA World Championships when she competed in the 5km event. During the 2019 World Cup Series she achieved several top 20 finishes that saw her finish an impressive 15th on the World Cup Series point score.

Simon Huitenga #730An open water swimmer, Simon first gained senior team representation in 2013 when he competed in the 10km event at the 2013 FINA World Swimming Championships in Barcelona. During his career he competed at 18 World Cup Open Water events, earning a ranking of 20th in the 2017 World Series. He went on to compete at a further two FINA World Championships and a Pan Pacific Championships.

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Open Men

5km Matthew Robinson Kawana Waters 56:19

5km Time Trial Nick Sloman Noosa 54:39

10km Nick Sloman Noosa 1.55.49

5km Multi Class Joshua Alford S14 Tuggeranong Vikings 1.04.19

Open Women

5km Madeleine Gough TSS Aquatic 58:08

5km Time Trial Kareena Lee Noosa 56.33

10km Kareena Lee Noosa 2.02.28

Age Boys

5Km

Daniel Ebzery 14 Years Uni of QLD 1.03.52

Kai Robertson 15 Years Revesby Workers 1.03.05

Bailey Krstevski 16 Years Wests Illawarra 1.00.19

Ruben Rees 17 Years Miami 58.46

Nicholas Middleton 18 Years Revesby Workers 58.11

Jack Wilson 19 Years North Coast 56.22

7.5Km

Robert Thorpe 16 Years Carlile 1.31.50

Ruben Rees 17 Years Miami 1:28.48

10Km

Logan Kaye 18 Years Manly 2.01.18

Hayden Cotter 19 Years Belgravia 1.55.58

Age Girls

5Km

Hayley Andrejic 14 Years Townsville Tourist 1.07.25

Abbey Connor 15 Years Revesby Workers 1.06.34

Jacqueline Davison-McGovern 16 Years Yeronga Park 1.05.36

Sara Tazaki 17 Years Miami 1.05.31

Chloe Gubecka 18 Years Kawana Waters 1.01.18

Francis Shires 19 Years Sydney Uni 1.01.21

7.5Km

Finella Gibbs-Beal 16 Years Noosa 1.35.00

Sara Tazaki 17 Years Miami 1:39.32

10Km

Chloe Gubecka 18 Years Kawana Waters 2.04.41

Mackenzie Brazier 19 Years Kawana Waters 2.02.35

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EVENT SWIMMER CLUB TIME

MEN

50m Freestyle Ashton Brinkworth UWA West Coast 21.30

100m Freestyle Jack Cartwright St Peters Western 47.24

200m Freestyle Alexander Graham Bond 1:41.40

400m Freestyle Elijah Winnington St Peters Western 3:37.71

800m Freestyle Samuel Short Rackley 7:38.97

1500m Freestyle Nick Sloman Noosa 14:42.71

50m Backstroke Bradley Woodward Mingara Aquatic 24.08

100m Backstroke Mitch Larkin St Peters Western 50.48

200m Backstroke Mitch Larkin St Peters Western 1:50.04

50m Breaststroke Samuel Williamson Firbank Aquastars 26.41

100m Breaststroke Matthew Wilson SOPAC SC 56.89

200m Breaststroke Zac Stubblety-Cook Chandler 2:03.94

50m Butterfly Matthew Temple Nunawading 22.75

100m Butterfly Matthew Temple Nunawading 49.32

200m Butterfly Matthew Temple Nunawading 1:52.25

100m Individual Medley Mitch Larkin St Peters Western 53.26

200m Individual Medley Mitch Larkin St Peters Western 1:53.28

400m Individual Medley Thomas Hauck All Saints GC 4:11.08

MULTI CLASS

50m Freestyle Benjamin Hance S14 USC Spartans 23.32

100m Freestyle Jacob Templeton S13 USC Spartans 53.04

200m Freestyle Alexander Tuckfield S9 SLC Aquadot 2:01.41

400m Freestyle Liam Schluter S14 Kawana Waters 4:03.29

50m Backstroke Oscar Stubbs S13 SOPAC SC 29.15

100m Backstroke Benjamin Hance S14 USC Spartans 53.81

50m Breaststroke Jake Michel SB14 Carina Leagues 30.00

100m Breaststroke Matthew Levy SB6 North Sydney 1:21.25

50m Butterfly Ricky Betar S14 Auburn 26.53

100m Butterfly Benjamin Hance S14 USC Spartans 55.48

150m Individual Medley Ahmed Kelly SM3 Melbourne Vicentre 2:58.40

200m Individual Medley Ricky Betar SM14 Auburn 2:07.77

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WOMEN

50m Freestyle Cate Campbell Knox Pymble 23.68

100m Freestyle Emma McKeon Griffith Uni 51.17

200m Freestyle Emma McKeon Griffith Uni 1:51.83

400m Freestyle Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western 3:54.58

800m Freestyle Lani Pallister Cotton Tree 8:10.12

1500m Freestyle Lani Pallister Cotton Tree 15:28.33

50m Backstroke Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans 1:58.94

100m Backstroke Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans 55.68

200m Backstroke Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans 26.00

50m Breaststroke Chelsea Hodges Southport Olympic 29.86

100m Breaststroke Chelsea Hodges Southport Olympic 1:05.00

200m Breaststroke Jenna Strauch Bond 2:19.64

50m Butterfly Emma McKeon Griffith Uni 25.33

100m Butterfly Emma McKeon Griffith Uni 55.67

200m Butterfly Laura Taylor TSS Aquatic 2:05.75

100m Individual Medley Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans 59.14

200m Individual Medley Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans 2:03.68

400m Individual Medley Meg Bailey Hunter 4:33.50

MULTI CLASS

50m Freestyle Katja Dedekind S13 USC Spartans 27.39

100m Freestyle Katja Dedekind S13 USC Spartans 59.81

200m Freestyle Madeleine McTernan S14 St Hilda’s 2:09.83

400m Freestyle Katja Dedekind S13 USC Spartans 4:30.66

50m Backstroke Katja Dedekind S13 USC Spartans 30.33

100m Backstroke Katja Dedekind S13 USC Spartans 1:05.00

50m BreaststrokeAshley Van Rijswijk SB14 Wagga Wagga

35.31

100m Breaststroke Paige Leonhardt SB14 Uni of QLD 1:14.50

50m Butterfly Taylor Corry S14 Nelson Bay 29.57

100m Butterfly Paige Leonhardt S14 Uni of QLD 1:05.51

200m Individual Medley Katja Dedekind SM13 USC Spartans 2:26.56













RESULTS 2020 ANNUAL REPORT

Commonwealth Records

100m Backstroke 57.93 Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans Brisbane 13.12.20

Australian Records


200m Backstroke 2:04.49 Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans Brisbane 15.11.20

All Comers Records



World Records


Commonwealth Records


200m Individual Medley 2:03.68 Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans Brisbane 28.11.20

Australian Records

1500m Freestyle 15:38.01 Madeleine Gough TSS Aquatic Brisbane 30.08.20

800m Freestyle 8:11.71 Lani Pallister Cotton Tree Brisbane 25.09.20





200m IM 2:03.68 Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans Brisbane 28.11.20


Australian All Comers Records






400m Freestyle 3:54.58 Ariarne Titmus St Peters Western Brisbane 28.11.20

Long Course Records

Short Course Records

Short Course Records (continued)


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200m IM 2:03.68 Kaylee McKeown USC Spartans Brisbane 28.11.20


100m Butterfly 55.67 Emma McKeon Griffith Uni Brisbane 29.11 20

MEN

Junior World Record

400m Freestyle 3:38.00 Thomas Neill Rackley Brisbane 27.09.20

Australian Records

100m Breaststroke 57.00 Samuel Williamson Firbank Aquastars Melbourne 27.11.20

100m Breaststroke 56.89 Matthew Wilson SOPAC Brisbane 28.11.20

Australian All Comers Records



100m Butterfly 49.32 Matthew Temple Nunawading Melbourne 27.11.20

100m Breaststroke 56.89 Matthew Wilson SOPAC Brisbane 28.11.20

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