Recent Posts by Marayke

About: Marayke

Competition has started… but I’m still waiti

Hi everyone, I have spent the past few days watching in awe at the performances of my aussie team mates as they tear up the pool in Eindhoven. So many aussie swimmers are doing personal best times, and it’s...

Flying the flag at the opening ceremony

Today was one of the proudest days in my swimming career, which is amusing seeing as I didn’t actually get in a pool. At a special team meeting before the ceremony I was named Australia’s flag bearer for the...

Opening ceremony photos

With Mum and her aunt trude, who lives 20 mins away from the pool. Great to have local support!...

Friday the 13th: A crazy day!

Thursday 14th Hi everyone, appologies for not posting over the past few days… been a bit busy. We have been in Holland for a week now, and are settling in very nicely. Each day the team trains either once...

Training training and more training!

Hi everyone, It’s been a busy couple of days here in Eindhoven for the swim team. On monday my roomie Esther I and I got to see the competition pool for the first time. We had been training in...

Holland photos

My green and gold toe nails complete with mini aus flag- great way to amuse myself during boring downtime at the hotel! Day trip to Amsterdam On the train to Amsterdam Our hotel Our accommodation -hotel Konigshoff (translates to...

Singapore photos

Arrival at Chengi airport, Singapore On the plane to Amsterdam with Teigan Checking in for the flight to Amsterdam Million dollar photo- Chengi airport had a competition to win a cool mil in cash....

Journey to Amsterdam

I am sitting writing this from my hotel room in Holland, still amazed that I am actually here after a whirlwind past week. The days before I left were a crazy rush of last minute shopping, packing, training,work,more training...

Journey from Brisbane to Holland, via Singapore

At Schipoll airport, Holland, boarding the bus to our hotel in Amsterdam Our first glimpse of Holland! On the plane with Teigan Meeting up with the team at Singapore airport A million dollar photo- the cash catch and grab.Chengi...

IPC world swimming Championships broadcast live

I am really excited to hear that you will all have the chance to watch our races over in Holland. The IPC world swimming championships will be broadcase live on the internet. Even more exciting is that ABC2 will...