Ginninderra Swim Club

23/08/2026

Huge congratulations to all 6 of our GSC athletes representing at NSW Senior State SC Championships over the past 3 days at SOPAC. Everyone swam incredibly well resulting in 6 medals, 9 top 10 places and a pb rate of 72%!!

Gabby- 3x🥇 50 Fly, 100 Free, 50 Free MC
2x🥈 200 & 400 Free MC
1x 🥉 200 IM MC
Anika- 14’s 5th 400 IM
6th 200 Fly
7th 100 IM
Izzy- 14’s 5th 200 Fly
6th 400 IM
Jake- 15’s 5th 200 Breaststroke
9th 100 Breaststroke
Stella- 15’s 8th 200 Fly
8th 400 IM
Alex swam incredibly well, right on his pb’s

Special shout out to our 4 girls who ranked 24th overall out of over 70 clubs!
Well done to everyone, we’re always so proud of our GSC reps and for qualifying to swim at this level 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks also to our Head Coach Jasper for supporting our team ⭐️ 🐟

10/08/2026

The road to Nationals starts now! 🇦🇺

The dates and venue are locked in for the 2027 Australian Age Championships!

Let’s go GSC! 💪💙

🔥🔒 Brisbane is locked in!

Read full announcement 👉 https://www.swimming.org.au/articles/brisbane-aquatic-centre-to-host-aus-open-and-aus-age-champs

Brisbane | Visit Queensland, Australia | Sleeman Sports Complex

09/08/2026

Well done to all our Ginninderra swimmers on their fantastic participation and performances at this weekend’s 2026 ACT Winter Short Course Championships!

It was great to see such a strong level of competition, with plenty of interstate swimmers in the mix. Gold star ⭐️ to all our swimmers for your effort and determination! Special shout out also those who helped out with the fundraising initiative! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

A very special thank you to our amazing GSC parents who helped make the weekend such a success. From volunteering across the many roles needed to run the meet, to contributing raffle prizes and an incredible selection of delicious baked goods—your generosity and support helped deliver another successful hosting and fundraising event for the club. Three cheers to each and everyone of you! 🎉🎉🎉

And a big thank you also to Coaches Jasper and David, who had an exceptionally busy weekend supporting, encouraging and guiding our swimmers through their races. 🙌

Last but certainly not least, a huge thank you to and all the officials from across the region who gave their time and expertise across the weekend. This event simply would not have happened without you!

Congratulations again to everyone who raced, volunteered, baked, donated, cheered and helped out. Another fantastic weekend of racing and another wonderful display of the GSC community in action!

Greatness. Strength. Confidence. 🐬💙🩵

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07/08/2026

This weekend, Ginninderra Swim Club is proud to be hosting the 2026 ACT Short Course Championships at the AIS.

Whether you’re racing, volunteering or coming along to support family and friends, we’d love to see you poolside and enjoy everything happening throughout the weekend!

What’s on?
🌭 BBQ
🎟️ Lucky Squares
🍷 Lucky Door Prize – Win a bottle of wine!
🎁 Raffle featuring loads of fantastic prizes, including 6 bottles of wine
🤫 Silent Auction – Bid on a pair of ASICS GT-1000 Kids Running Shoes (US3)

A huge thank you to our generous prize sponsors for helping make this weekend even more exciting:
💙 AMANZI
🩱 Funky Trunks & Funkita
🍷 MADA Wines
🦖 National Dinosaur Museum
🚀 Questacon
💪 Elite Supplements Wagga Wagga
🤸 Flip Out Majura
🍔 Grill’d Belconnen

A very special thank you also to our GSC families who have generously donated raffle prizes, including the Young, Hegarty, Deery and Kitty families. Your generosity and support help make weekends like this possible. 💙💛

Every sausage sizzle, raffle ticket, lucky square, silent auction bid and raffle prize purchased helps support Ginninderra Swim Club and our swimmers.

Best of luck to everyone competing this weekend, and thank you to all the volunteers, officials and supporters who make these championships possible. We look forward to seeing you at the AIS!

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27/07/2026

Congratulations to Jovern on his selection to the 2026 Swimming NSW Regional Development Squad!

The Regional Development Squad is part of Swimming NSW’s athlete pathway, bringing together promising regional swimmers for a development camp in September, where they’ll work with experienced coaches and support staff while continuing to build their skills both in and out of the pool.

A special shout-out as well to Coach Jasper, who has also been selected as part of the program. It’s fantastic to see both swimmer and coach recognised for their hard work and commitment. 💙💛

25/07/2026

Good luck to our GSC team in Melbourne!

Tonight marks the start of the 2026 School Sport Australia Swimming Championships, with the Opening Ceremony kicking off an exciting week at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre (MSAC).

A huge congratulations to our GSC swimmers proudly representing the ACT:

Anzac, Ivy, Jocelyn, Anika, Isabelle, Steve, Jovern, Jake, Lijane, Alexis, Raymond, Ian and Bayden.

From tomorrow, they’ll take on the best school-aged swimmers from across Australia, representing both the ACT and GSC with pride.

The championships will run from 26–30 July, and you can catch all the action live on SSATV.

Good luck to the entire ACT team and Go GSC! 💙💛



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24/07/2026

Congratulations to GSC swimmer Ava T on being selected as one of Swimming NSW’s 2026 Regional Participation Scholarship – Athlete Recipients!

The scholarship recognises and supports regional swimmers to access more competition and development opportunities at Swimming NSW events at SOPAC — a fantastic achievement for Ava and well deserved! 🏊‍♀️👏

Congratulations also to Bruce Whitby, our Canberra Technical Official scholarship recipient. It’s great to see our region represented both in the pool and among the dedicated officials who help make our sport possible.

Well done, Ava and Bruce! 💙💛

Swimming ACT

22/07/2026

Nafanua (Nua) Hamilton is about to make her Commonwealth Games debut representing Samoa in Glasgow! 🇼🇸

Swimming gets underway from 24 July, and it’s going to be a busy week for Nua, with six individual events and two relays on her program!

🏊‍♀️ 100m Freestyle
🏊‍♀️ 200m Freestyle
🏊‍♀️ 400m Freestyle
🏊‍♀️ 200m Backstroke
🏊‍♀️ 200m Breaststroke
🏊‍♀️ 200m Individual Medley

You can catch the action live on Seven and 7plus.

What a special moment for Nua and the Hamilton family. We’ll all be cheering you on from home — go Nua!!! 💙💛

19/07/2026

Congratulations to all our GSC superstars ⭐️ who swam at the Development and Distance meets at the AIS today! Loads of PB’s, ribbons and big smiles from our team!
Thank you to our coaches Courtney and Liana for supporting our crew at the Development meet and Coach Jasper at the Distance meet. As always, thank you to our parents for supporting your children to participate 🏊‍♂️🏊🏻‍♀️🙌

18/07/2026

The results are in… Congratulations to our 26 swimmers who competed last weekend at the 2026 NSW SC Country Championships.
Ginninderra finished 8th overall out of 71 clubs throughout regional NSW and the ACT. (Second overall in the ACT).
This was an incredible result given our smaller number of swimmers who attended the event. Our overall score of 1,961 points was the most on average per swimmer for NSW Country SC in the club’s history.
5 of our swimmers contributed largely to this result-
Grayson Zhang- 353 points (7🥇, 1🥈 & 3🥉)
Anika Watterson- 260 points (4🥈& 3🥉)
Felix Pejcinovic- 245 points (7🥇)
Special shout out to Felix on breaking the boys 11 years 100m backstroke record, in a time of 1:10.13!! 🎉🎉🎉
Prescott Zhao- 210 points (6🥇)
Jovern Loh- 201 points (3🥇, 1 🥈 & 1 🥉)
Congratulations kids and again to all our swimmers, there were lots of exceptional swims, plenty of Pb’s, medals and ribbons.
Thank you Coach Jasper and Coach David for all your hard work and preparation for our athletes resulting in these outstanding results! 🏊‍♂️🏊🏻‍♀️🏊‍♂️🏊🏻‍♀️