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Good luck in Season 2023-24. We hope you have a successful and fun year of swimming in Central Victoria.

All Junior Squad Announced


4th March 2024 by the Vice-President

After some fierce competition at the 2024 CVS All Junior Qualifying Meet, held at the Bendigo East Pool on February 18th, the selection of the squad to represent Central Victoria's clubs has been finalised.

The best eight swimmers in each of the 76 Qualifying events will swim in the SV Country All Junior Semi-finals at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre on Saturday March 16th against the best young swimmers that regional Victoria has to offer. From the Semi-finals the best ten will proceed to contest the Finals on the next day. We've got a really strong team this year so I have great hopes for plenty of individual and team success. The squad will be guided by our coaches John Jordan, Anne Sherman, Tyson Jelbart, Vanessa Laidlaw and Alanna Bullen. Managing the team on the day will be Nicole Rykers, Brooke Williams and Emma Brown. Many thanks to Sue Dullard for getting the Qualifying Meet organised and run, the squad selection and liasing with SV our coaches and our Team Managers.

2024 SV CVS Country All Junior Squad by Event

2024 SV CVS Country All Junior Squad by Name

Junior Rep Squad Celebrates Success in Melbourne


28th October 2023 by the vice-President

Today our team of young swimmers aged 8 - 11 years put in an exceptional performance to finish in second place overall at the 2023 SV Country Junior District Competition. This is the best performance by our group of future "champions" in many, many years.

There are too many wonderful individual and team performances to mention here. The full results are below. Many thanks to Sue Dullard (Bendigo Hawks) for pulling everything together ahead of the Competition, our Coaches Tyson Jelbart (Bendigo Hawks) and Alanna Bullen (Kangaroo Flat), our Team Managers Sue Dullard and Karen Pascoe (Bendigo Hawks) and Marley Addlem and Sebastian Mansfield (Bendigo East). Marley and Seb have both represented our District at this competition in the past so it was especially pleasing to see them giving something back to our latest group of future stars. Here is an excerpt from Tyson's report to the District committee.....

I would like to thank all Clubs and the District who participated/helped contributed to the team who swam down at MSAC on the weekend. Thank you for the opportunity of coaching this team once again. From last year to this year, I have seen a shift in the Clubs. We really brought our best team possible to this Meet and our results showed! Before I give a summary on results and highlights of the day I'd like to say a huge thank you to Karen Pascoe (BHA), Marley Addlem (BDE), Sue Dullard (BHA) and Seb Mansfield (BDE) who were all actively helping and supporting our team throughout the day.

Our team swam phenomenally, our team came away with 2nd overall at this meet. I'm not 100% sure, but it's close to our highest ranking yet! We saw 55.6% individual PBs achieved compared to entry times - that's 70 PBs out of 126 swims. Our team individually came away with 13 Gold, 6 Silver, 5 Bronze and 26 other swims that placed in the Top 10 to give our team points.

The Boys Most Valuable Swimmer (MVS) of the Meet with 84 points was Bailey Stone from Bendigo Hawks Aquatic. The Girls MVS, with 88 points each, was shared between were Sophie Lee of Kangaroo Flat and Adele York of Bendigo Hawks Aquatic. The most outstanding swimmer of the Meet was Lauren Davenport from Bendigo East Swim Club, not only having both individual success and also contributing strongly to our Relay success. She swam above and beyond for the District knocking off a total of 8 seconds from her entry times. The Best Teammate of this Meet was Duke Thurgood of Bendigo East. While only being nine years old, his maturity shone through, helping get his Relay team together and really encouraging those around him on the day. As a team we had seven Relays finish the Top 3 and four other Relays scoring us points.

Hoping to have all those eligible back on the team for next year!!

2023 SV Country Junior District Competition - Full Results

2023 SV Country Junior District Competition - Team Scores

Junior Rep Squad Selected


12th October 2023 by the vice-President

Today the team of young swimmers who will represent our District at the Swimming Victoria Country Junior District Competition was selected.

Our very talented squad of 38 swimmers aged between 8 - 11 years will compete against the best Regional Victoria has to offer at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre on Saturday 28th October. This Competition is the premier swim meet for junior swimmers in Victoria. For some it will be their first swim in Victoria's best pool in front of a huge crowd in the stands. For others it will be a good preparation for perhaps their first Country Championships later in the season. Either way it will be a wonderful experience for them all and one which will stand them in good stead as their young careers progress.

On behalf of the District 15 Executive Committee, I say congratulations to each and every swimmer. I know that you will give your very best on the day and we will all be proud of your achievements, as you should be too. Finally, thank you to our Squad Coach, Tyson Jelbart of Bendigo Hawks Aquatic for taking charge of the team on the day, Marley Addlem of Bendigo East (herself, once a member of this team) and Karen Pascoe of Bendigo Hawks Aquatic for taking on the responsibility of Team Managers and Sue Dullard for selecting, preparing and submitting the team.

CVS Country Junior District Squad - By Name

CVS Country Junior District Squad - By Event

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About Central Victoria Swimming


Central Victoria Swimming Inc. is Swimming Victoria's District 15. Stretching from Gisborne in the the south to Swan Hill in the north, this is a large District comprising eleven clubs across a geographical region that is roughly aligned with the Loddon and Campaspe river valleys.

The Clubs that form District 15 are:- Bendigo East, Bendigo Hawks Aquatic, Castlemaine, Echuca, Gisborne Thunder, Kangaroo Flat, Kerang, Maryborough, Nyah Two Bays/Swan Hill, Rochester and Tongala.

Representative teams always compete at important Swim Meets such as the SV Country Junior District Competition, SV Country Inter-district Competition and the SV Country All Junior Competition.

The Central Victoria Championships are held each year in March. All District 15 clubs are eligible to compete with trophies being awarded to the Clubs with the highest Boys, Girls and Overall aggregate points as well as the best performed 13/U and 14/O swimmers. [TOP]

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