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Blair Evans in the Dive Master Eco C-Infinity Diamond Back One Piece on location at The Ville To celebrate the launch of our new Holo Gram collection Funky Trunks and Funkita are giving our Australian customers the chance to win 3 nights of luxury accommodation at The Ville Resort [https://www.the-ville.com.au/] in Townsville for 2 people. You could be living the life up north and swimming in the incredible pool where the Holo Gram collection was photographed. Keep reading below to see how thi

Holly Barratt will be competing in her custom APEX Performance suit and dome cap at the ISL Funkita F-Teamers Holly Barratt (Rockingham SC) and Imogen Clarke (Loughborough SC) have been invited to compete in the International Swimming League (ISL) which kicked off last week. The ISL is a new, innovative swim league designed to drive competitive swimming into an era of professionalism and commercialism to promote the sport and its athletes. The competition has already been backed by many coache

Funkita F-Teamers are ready for World Champs. With FINA World Championships around the corner, kicking off on July 12th and running through July 28th, our F-Team divers have been put to the test to earn a spot on their national teams. With 5 Funkita divers from 4 different countries heading to Gwangju next month it will be a truly international event. Olympian Melissa Wu has made the Australian team once again! From our home Down Under two Funkita veterans, and synchro partners, qualified fo

Blair Evans is gearing up for more racing! The dual Olympian will be vying for a spot on the World Champs team. Blair Evans Club: UWA West Coast Swimming Club Racing In: 200m Individual Medley 400m Individual Medley Previous Achievements: 2018 Commonwealth Games, Bronze Medallist 2016 Olympic Games 2012 Olympic Games, Silver medallist 2011 World Championships (LC), Silver medallist 2010 Commonwealth Games, Gold medallist 2010 Pan Pacific Championships, Silver and Bronze medallist 2

Our Aussie F-Teamers are gearing up for World Champs Trials. World Champs Trials is around the corner and with a spot on the Aussie team heading to South Korea next month on the line there's going to be some seriously high-calibre racing happening! Taking place in Brisbane over the 9-14th of June, our Funkita athletes will be donning their dome caps and racing their hearts out. As we head into the Olympic year, qualifying for this event will be essential for swimmers looking to get some serious

Katie Shanahan took home 6 Junior Titles racing in her APEX Predator Speed. Last weekend our UK F-Teamers headed back to Tollcross International Swimming Centre, just weeks after firing up for British Champs, this time going head to head at the Glasgow International Swim Meet. Aimee went Alba Wild at Glasgow International. Aimee Willmott went two for two as she took gold in both the 200 and 400 IM. The 400 IM was particularly impressive for her, touching the wall 7 seconds clear of the rest

Aimee Willmott has scored a spot on her 5th World Champs Team. Following on from fantastic results at British Champs, Team GB have announced their swimmers for two major international events: the FINA World Champs and World Uni Games. Leading into the 2020 Olympics swimmers are looking to get some serious international racing under their belts so qualification for these teams has been key for their Olympic prep. The World Champs team from Great Britain is 25 swimmers strong and includes 4 Funk

F-Teamers Honey Osrin, Sophie Freeman and Laura Stephens smashed out some fantastic results at British Champs. The British Champs were a big one for our UK F-Teamers. As the qualifying event for World Champs, World Junior Champs and European Junior Champs the pressure was on but they rose to the challenge, winning so many medals we lost count. There were a number of impressive results from our swimmers, but our junior athletes really held their own against some tough competition with 3 making

Imogen Clark brought the heat to the FINA Champions Swim Series. The first ever FINA Champions Swim Series kicked off in Guangzhou, China over the weekend and two F-Teamers made the cut for this top dog event: Imogen Clark (GBR) and Jack McLoughlin (AUS). The Champions Series is a new initiative from FINA to give elite swimming stars the opportunity to shine with only the best of the best invited to compete in the fiercely competitive event. There are no heats in this event, only finals with j

F-Teamer Emily scored big at Aussie Age Champs in Adelaide. Adelaide was on fire last week with the country's best coming together to determine exactly who the next wave of Australian champions will be. Our Funkita F-Teamers made sure Australia knows who to look out for, winning a massive 24 medals. Gabi brought the heat to Age Champs in her Fire Matrix APEX. Two athletes who achieved extraordinary results at the meet are Gabi Peiniger and Emily White. In addition to bringing home some impre

Our Funkita F-Teamers are ready to race at Australian Age Champs. The 2019 Australian Age Swimming Championships is around the corner and we're excited to see our Funkita F-Teamers get racing! We have 8 athletes competing at the event this year: Jaime Krueger, Lucinda MacLeod and Sophie Healy in the 14 year old age group, Emily White, Stefanie McCarthy and Crystal Edwards in the 15 year old age group as well as Gabi Peiniger in the 16 year old age group. In the lead up to the event one of our

Olympic F-Teamer Aimee Willmott joined fellow F-Teamers Katie Shanahan and Iona MacLeod at Scottish Age Champs. Long course season is underway in the UK with the Scottish National Age Group Swimming Championships having taken place last week, from March 27-31. Our junior Scottish Funkita F-Teamers got racing and came home with an impressive haul, but with the British Swimming Championships around the corner there's no rest for them now. Katie dominated in her APEX Predator at the Age Group Ch