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Masters Swimming Australia has launched a new range of Official AUSSI merchandise and an online Swimming Superstore to ensure our members are highly visible at the upcoming World Masters Championships and future events.
This new service is a commercial arrangement with Swimmeroo.com, a specialised Swimming and merchandise company, based on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland.
Swimmeroo have developed a distinctive range of licensed clothing, some of it full on green and gold Australiana, as well as a stylish navy and gold range, all featuring the AUSSI logo. The first products to be available will be a variety of mens t-shirts in combed cotton or thermalcool moisture management material, ladies tops in cotton/spandex, cotton polo shirts, sun hats, bathers, swim caps and pins. The range will be further expanded after the Championships.
The on-line store is accessible now via the "On-line Merchandise Store" link as part of the top banner on each page of the Masters Swimming Australia website. The store includes our own AUSSI department, as well as a whole range of racing and training swimwear, equipment and the World Masters online range. When purchasing through the AUSSI on-line store, royalties will be paid to Masters Swimming Australia on all merchandise, whether AUSSI branded or not. For telephone enquiries, please call 07 5440 5400, Monday to Friday 9am-5pm (Queensland time zone).
Swimmeroo.com holds the commercial merchandising rights for the World Masters Championships, allowing the sale of AUSSI merchandise through a dedicated AUSSI area of the “Swimmeroo Superstore” at the event. However, Gareth Sykes of Swimmeroo warns: "because of the time available and the huge variability of the potential entry numbers, we will only be able to have so much of the AUSSI stock made up. We'll try to offer as great a range as possible, but it may be wise to order in advance on-line to secure the design and size you are after. We will of course be selling to all competitors and it would not surprise me if some of the visitors were keen to grab AUSSI merchandise as a souvenir, so it may pay to be prudent."
Swimmeroo.com is owned by re-located Brits, Suki Brownsdon and Gareth Sykes. Suki swam at four Olympic Games and represented Great Britain over a 16 year period and Gareth has swum for Great Britain at the World and European Championships. Both have held Masters World records and will be competing in Perth for Coolum Peregian. Their companies have previously operated merchandise programmes for the British Olympic Association, Manchester Commonwealth Games, Australian Rugby Union, Millennium Stadium and various other high profile events. This partnership marks a shift in their company's focus, from all the high profile games played with balls, back to their old domain of the swimming pool. We look forward to a successful ongoing relationship between Masters Swimming Australia and Swimmero.com. |
