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Maitland swimmers stroke their way to victory at regional meet
03 Mar 10 | More than 800 students took part in the Hunter School Sports Association’s Secondary Regional Swimming Carnival at Maitland yesterday.
02 Mar 10 | Maitland swimmers Maddi Elliott, Matthew Roberts, Hayley Bard and Sam Parker have added more medals to their ever-growing collections.
15 Jan 10 | Teamwork will be the key to success for Kurri Kurri’s Y Valley Aquatic Club when its swimmers take to the pool for the 2010 NSW State 10-Under-12 Years Age Championships this weekend.
Swimmer rules pool with golden strokes
13 Jan 10 | Matthew Roberts swept the pool at the NSW State Age Championships last week. The 16 year old won gold in the 50 metre and 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke and 100m butterfly.
Roberts has medals in sights for 2010
03 Jan 10 | This time last year Matt Roberts had returned from his first major international meet at the Pacific School Games in Canberra with three gold medals, a silver and a NSW State age record.
18 Dec 09 | Lochinvar lapper Matthew Roberts has returned home from the World School Games in Qatar earlier this week as the sole male on the Australian team with a medal draped around his neck.
Flying high
01 Dec 09 | Over a 14 hour period on any given day, Matt Roberts has swum countless laps of the pool during two training sessions, attended school and demolished a stack of Weet-Bix.  | CommentsComments (2)
World beater
20 Oct 09 | Ann Campbell was 57 when she took the plunge into competitive swimming. Three years later the late bloomer has more than found her rhythm in the pool, taking on the world and winning at the 2009 World Masters Games last week.
Maddie’s golden dash from pool to the track
15 Oct 09 | Seconds after winning her sixth gold medal in the pool at the inaugural Australian Youth Paralympic Games Maddie Elliott slipped out of the water, donned her running shoes and made a mad dash down the road to the athletics track.
Golden girl scoops the Perth pool
24 Sep 09 | She may not have the size and she may not have the stature but Maddie Elliott has swimming talent and she has turned it into gold.
22 Jul 09 | Maitland-based swimmer Matthew Roberts has eclipsed the record of one of Australia’s most decorated athletes. Roberts, 15, bettered the time of five time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe at the NSW Country Short Course Championships at Homebush on the weekend.
Roberts, Harkin shift back for short course
16 Jul 09 | Fresh from a taste of international competition and his first Australian swimming cap Matthew Roberts will shift to the shorter version of the sport this weekend.
Elliott laps it up with pools of success
18 Jun 09 | Maddie Elliott has a bundle of energy and when she jumps in the swimming pool she sure knows how to use it.
Humble Norris joins Hall of Fame
19 May 09 | These days Justin Norris looks at the pool with a different view as he coaches his 4-year-old daughter Sabre, and thousands of other young children, in the art of swimming.
Lane and Lawrence take out titles again
05 May 09 | Maitland Swimming Club captains Olivia Lane and Joel Lawrence made it back-to-back titles when the club celebrated the 2008-2009 season on Friday night.
Elite selection
28 Apr 09 | Lochinvar athlete Matthew Roberts can add another feather to his already impressive swimming cap after being selected in the Australian Flippers squad.
Brotherly rivalry inspires Parker in the pool
08 Apr 09 | Hunter Valley Grammar School student Jamie Parker today begins his campaign to swim at the School Sport Australia Swimming Championships in Perth in September.
Siena scores a first for Iona school
26 Mar 09 | For these six young swimmers it will be the buzz of a lifetime.

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