Enterprise Cars Swim Team

31/07/2026

Good luck to our Enterprise Swim Team swimmers competing at the 2026 New Zealand Secondary School Swimming Championships in Auckland! 🏊‍♀️💗🖤

We’re so proud to see our swimmers representing their schools on the national stage and taking on some of the best secondary school swimmers from around New Zealand. From everyone back home, we hope you all swim your best, enjoy every moment, make some amazing memories, and most importantly, have fun!

A huge shout-out to our Enterprise swimmers:
💗 Breana Barclay
🖤 Charlotte Gray
💗 Maxwell Latu
🖤 Etienne Louw
💗 Sophie Phelps
🖤 Rio Sasamoto
💗 Lola Stewart
🖤 Kaeto Sasamoto
💗 Harrison Sheldrake
🖤 Brooke Williams
💗 Alyvia Williams
🖤 JC van Wyk
💗 Ruby Martin
🖤 Zyanja Rudge

You’ve all been swimming incredibly well so far, and we’re loving following your results. Keep up the fantastic work—we’re cheering every one of you on from Gisborne! 👏

📺 Watch the championships live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvOv1Ae-7XI

📊 Programmes, entries and live results:
https://au.swimify.com/competitions/2026-new-zealand-secondary-schools-swimming-championships-2026-07-30/events/1/1/entries

Go Enterprise! 💗🖤

31/07/2026

🏊 HBPB Swimming Service Award Recipient – Sonia Keepa 🏆

Congratulations to Sonia Keepa, from Comet Swimming and previously Enterprise Cars Swim Team, a deserving recipient of a HBPB Swimming Service Award.

This is a long-overdue recognition for Sonia, who has dedicated many, many years of service to swimming in the Hawke's Bay Poverty Bay region. Her commitment, leadership, and passion for our sport have made a lasting impact on clubs, competitions, and Technical Officials throughout the region.

As a qualified Referee, Sonia has officiated at club, regional, and national competitions, bringing professionalism, expertise, and a strong commitment to ensuring competitions are conducted to the highest standard.

Beyond poolside, Sonia has been a respected leader within the technical community in Gisborne and across the wider region. Through her role on the HBPB Technical Committee, she has helped strengthen and develop our technical programme, while generously mentoring and supporting the next generation of Technical Officials.

Sonia's knowledge, dedication, and willingness to share her experience have made her an invaluable member of our swimming community. Her leadership has helped build confidence and capability within our technical team, ensuring the future of officiating in our region remains strong.

Thank you, Sonia, for your many years of outstanding service and unwavering commitment to HBPB Swimming. Congratulations on this well-deserved—and long overdue—recognition!

22/07/2026

🔥 HBPB Winter Short Course Championships are nearly here! 🔥
14–16 August • HB Regional Aquatic Centre

Our pinnacle short course meet of the season is fast approaching, and the excitement is building. Two and a half days of fast racing, fierce competition and outstanding regional talent — this is where swimmers step up, chase PBs and qualifying times, and fight for regional medals, ribbons, age‑group titles, team points and team trophies.

Every race counts. Every finish matters. Whether you’re racing, supporting, or volunteering, this is the moment our whole community comes together. Let’s pack the pool, lift the atmosphere, and celebrate every swimmer who’s put in the mahi this winter.

💙 14–16 August
🖤 HB Regional Aquatic Centre
❤️ Medals, ribbons, age‑group titles, team points & trophies on the line

Bring the noise. Bring the pride. Bring your best.
Winter Champs 2026 — let’s go.

CHB Swim Club Comet Swimming Enterprise Cars Swim Team Napier Aquahawks Swim Club Trojans Swim Club Greendale Swim Club Heretaunga Sundevils Swimming

22/07/2026

🩷🖤 Comet Fastwater Meet Recap 🖤🩷

What a fantastic weekend at the Comet Fastwater Meet!

We saw an incredible number of personal bests, some fantastic performances, and it was especially exciting to watch several of our newer swimmers compete in their very first meet. We couldn’t be prouder of the effort, determination, and sportsmanship shown by all of our swimmers. 🏊✨

A huge thank you to Nicola Williams, Holli McDonald, and Brianna Latu for managing our team over the weekend. Your time, organisation, and support are so appreciated, and you all did an amazing job.

A special thank you also goes to our incredible team of officials—both qualified and those currently in training. Swim meets simply couldn’t happen without your dedication and willingness to volunteer your time.

To everyone who helped with timekeeping throughout the weekend, thank you! We had so many Enterprise whānau stepping up to help, and your support is truly appreciated.

We also have many promising swimmers who weren’t able to attend this competition, and we’d love to see even more of our team racing at future meets. Competitions are a fantastic opportunity to gain experience, build confidence, and have fun alongside your teammates.

Our next meet is the Hawke’s Bay Poverty Bay Winter Championships in Hastings. We’d love to have as many Enterprise swimmers there as possible! If you’re interested in competing, have a chat with Gary, Jonette , or Matt for more information.

Congratulations to everyone who competed, volunteered, coached, officiated, managed, and supported our team. Thank you for making it such a successful weekend—we’re incredibly proud of our Enterprise whānau! 🩷

22/07/2026

👏 Congratulations to Minako Sasamoto from Enterprise Cars Swim Team on achieving her Inspector of Turns (IOT) accreditation!

We're incredibly grateful to Minako for putting her hand up to support the technical side of swimming. Our sport simply couldn't happen without the dedicated officials who volunteer their time to ensure competitions are fair, safe and enjoyable for all swimmers.

By becoming an Inspector of Turns, Minako is helping to support not only Enterprise swimmers, but our wider swimming community across Hawke's Bay and Poverty Bay.

Please join us in welcoming Minako to the HBPB Swimming Technical Team and congratulating her on this fantastic achievement. We look forward to seeing her poolside at many meets to come!

02/07/2026

🌟 Congratulations, Lola Stewart! 🌟

A huge congratulations to Lola Stewart on being selected for the inaugural Swimming New Zealand National Youth Program squad! 🏊

This is an incredible achievement and reflects Lola’s hard work, dedication, and commitment, along with the support of her family and coaches. We’re proud to play a small part in her journey and can’t wait to see what she achieves through this exciting opportunity.

Congratulations, Lola – your Enterprise Swim Team whānau is so proud of you! 👏 🩷🖤

Announcement of the 2026/27 National Youth Programme Squads (Olympic Programme)

30/06/2026

🏊 School Holiday Training Schedule

Hi team,

As always, we’ll be training throughout the school holidays!

Training Times:
🔹 Pre Top: Tuesday & Thursday | 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
🔹 TOP: Tuesday & Thursday | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
🔹 Development: Monday, Wednesday & Friday | 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
🔹 Juniors & Seniors: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday | 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
🔹 Morning Training: No changes – 5:45 am – 7:00 am

Saturday Training:
✅ 4 July & 11 July: 7:00 am – 8:30 am
❌ 18 July: No training due to the Comet Fastwater Meet at Kiwa.

We encourage everyone to get involved in the Comet Fastwater Meet. It’s a great opportunity to gain some interclub racing experience without having to travel out of town.

If you have any questions, please see Matt, Jonette, or Gary.

02/06/2026

Congratulations Chantel Koia 👏

A huge congratulations to Chantel from Enterprise Cars Swim Team on achieving her Inspector of Turns (IOT) qualification — a fantastic milestone!
It’s great to see parents taking their first step on the Technical Officials pathway through the Inspector of Turns (IOT) qualification and beginning to build their skills and experience. Your commitment to supporting swimming in our region is really appreciated.
Thank you for everything you contribute, Chantel.

25/05/2026

🏊‍♂️ Looking ahead to later in the season…

We’ve attached details for two exciting away meets that Enterprise Swim Team will be attending as a club:
📍 Mt Maunganui – 27–28 June
📍 Hastings (HBPB Winter Champs) – 14–16 August

Our swimmers are training incredibly well and racing is such an important part of continuing to grow, improve, and build confidence in the pool.

HBPB Winter Champs will be a key meet for our season with 10 & under racing and relays across all age groups, so we’d love to see as many swimmers there as possible.

If you can, we really encourage families to try and make it along to at least one of these meets 🖤💗🏊‍♀️

20/05/2026

🔥 HBPB Winter Short Course Championships – Coming This August! 🔥

Get this one locked into your calendars now! Our region’s premier short‑course showdown is hitting HBRAC from 14–16 August, and you won’t want to miss it.

Open to competitive swimmers of all ages, this is where our athletes race for Age Group titles, medals, and ribbons — the ultimate mid‑season test of speed and skill.

Visitors are absolutely welcome with loads of chances to race finals and earn visitor ribbons. It’s the perfect meet to chase NZ Short Course qualifying times, smash PBs, and go head‑to‑head with swimmers from across the region.

Fast racing, big energy, and plenty on the line — see you poolside in August! 🏊‍♂️💥🏅