St Paul's Swim Club

St Paul's Swim Club St Paul's Swim Club exists to promote and encourage swimming at all levels, while maintaining a competitive atmosphere. St Paul's swimming club is open to all.

We welcome new members from learn to swim to competitive swimming.

09/09/2026

Rise and Grind for August

A huge shoutout to our top 5 swimmers in each squad for their attendance in August.

One thing that gets you further ahead, and it's not one perfect session you did that month, or the one where you hit your target times while feeling good, it's showing up and doing the small things right, day after day and sticking to what you said you were going to do.

Set a goal for September, even just a few weeks and see if you can keep coming in for these sessions. If you can't make one day, look to see where you can pick up the extra session.

Well done, see you all poolside.

NZ Secondary Schools Championships 2026What a meet from our St Paul's Swim Club swimmers at this year's event. With 62 p...
20/08/2026

NZ Secondary Schools Championships 2026

What a meet from our St Paul's Swim Club swimmers at this year's event. With 62 personal bests from 117 individual swims.

Two new club records went up as well, with Alexander Copocean breaking the 17-18-year 200 backstroke and John Park breaking the 17-18yrs 50 breaststroke, both backing it up with a second-place finish on the day.

Charlie Alderton had a strong performance, improving in all seven of his events and finishing with two firsts and five seconds. Max Cryer wasn't far behind him, going a best time in six of his seven swims and taking almost 8% off the 200 IM he swam at this meet last year.

This meet also marked the end of the road for 10 of our senior swimmers, and a good number of them chose to finish on some of their best times of the whole season. That's a positive way to go out, along with some of them picking up medals as part of their school relay teams. This says everything about the standard this group has built over the years.

Proud of every one of you. Keep building and aiming for your goals.

On Sunday a team of 28 SPC swimmers will take part in the fun and always anticipated Chocolate Meet. It's amazing how fa...
08/08/2026

On Sunday a team of 28 SPC swimmers will take part in the fun and always anticipated Chocolate Meet. It's amazing how fast swimmers go for a bar of chocolate. The coaching team have been working hard on a number of skills so far this term and can't wait to see swimmers implementing them in their races. Make the most of each opportunity you have. Let's get out there and have some fun and win plenty of bars of chocolate.

Just want to thank all our volunteers in advance for your help on the day. These meets can't run without our amazing parents' help

June - Swimmer of the MonthHarley has had an outstanding month of training, showing great commitment and consistency thr...
07/08/2026

June - Swimmer of the Month

Harley has had an outstanding month of training, showing great commitment and consistency throughout July. His full commitment to the Junior Juggernaut training week over the holidays set him up for some excellent sessions towards the end of the month. Harley continues to learn what he is capable of when he challenges himself and embraces the harder sessions. Keep trusting the process, keep seeking out new challenges, and enjoy the rewards that come from your hard work. Well done on a fantastic month.

02/08/2026

Rise and Grind. July.

As July comes to an end, I have been reflecting on what our swimmers have achieved over the past month. More than the kilometres swum or the sets completed, I have been impressed by the choices they have made. They have continued to turn up through the cold mornings, dark evenings, and tough sessions, understanding that improvement does not happen overnight.

One of the greatest lessons sport teaches us is delayed gratification. We live in a world that wants instant results, but swimming reminds us that real progress takes time. Every session is an investment, and while you may not see the return tomorrow, those small investments continue to build until one day the results speak for themselves.

The swimmers who keep improving are rarely the ones chasing shortcuts. They are the ones who trust the process, stay consistent, and understand that doing hard things is part of becoming better.

To all of our swimmers, thank you for continuing to invest in yourselves this winter. Keep turning up, keep enjoying the journey, and trust that the work you are doing now will give you opportunities later that you simply cannot earn any other way.

Our swimmers are off to Auckland this week for the NZ Secondary School Championships at the Sir Owen G Glenn National Aq...
29/07/2026

Our swimmers are off to Auckland this week for the NZ Secondary School Championships at the Sir Owen G Glenn National Aquatic Centre for four days of racing.

This week they swim for their schools instead of the club, and that is something to be proud of. It also means a few of them will be racing the same people they train with every morning, and some will end up in a relay with swimmers from other clubs.

You have done the work to be there, so give each of your races all you have and grow as an athlete while you are up there.

Proud of the effort you have all done to get to this event.

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Dr Tonia Jarrett, a much-loved member of the St Paul's Swim Club f...
26/07/2026

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Dr Tonia Jarrett, a much-loved member of the St Paul's Swim Club family.

Tonia was part of our club for more than ten years, watching her daughters Lani and Lily come all the way through our Learn to Swim programme and into squads. She started as a parent helper and went on to become a valued committee member who gave so much to help our club grow. Anyone who spent time on poolside will remember her there. She made time for the club whenever she could, all while raising her family and working as an emergency doctor at Waikato Hospital.

Tonia's care for others went well beyond our pool. Known professionally as Dr Tonia Nicholson, she served the New Zealand Resuscitation Council for more than 20 years and was recently awarded the Sir David Hay Medal, their highest honour, for a lifelong contribution to resuscitation and emergency care. Her work helped save lives here and around the world. That was Tonia. Generous with her time and always putting others first.

Tonia was farewelled by family and friends on Friday. Our thoughts are with Lily, Lani and Tom, and everyone who loved her. We are so grateful for everything she gave to our club.

In lieu of flowers, and in Tonia's wish, please consider donating to the Cancer Society of NZ.

https://www.cancer.org.nz/donate-now/

🌟 A New Chapter for our Junior SquadsWe have given our junior programme a fresh look and, more importantly, a much clear...
13/07/2026

🌟 A New Chapter for our Junior Squads

We have given our junior programme a fresh look and, more importantly, a much clearer pathway. Over the years our squad names had become a bit of a mystery to anyone outside the club, and families were often unsure where their swimmer sat or what came next. So we have fixed that.

Our learn to swim levels are now our Sharks, starting at Reef Sharks and moving up through Tiger, Mako and Great White as swimmers grow in confidence and skill.

From there the squad pathway is simple. Junior Skills is the entry point into squad swimming, where the focus is on technique and confidence with no competition and no pressure. Swimmers then move through Junior Academy, Junior Development and Junior Performance as their skills, training and love of racing build.

What has not changed is how we do things. We do not just put kids in squads, we work out where each swimmer will thrive and build from there. Every swimmer has a place in this club.

If you have been thinking about squad swimming for your child, or you are wondering where your swimmer fits in the new structure, come and talk to us. We would love to point you in the right direction.

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13/07/2026

Rise and Grind | June 2026

Anyone who has done a June morning at the pool knows what these swimmers have been through this month. Getting out of a warm bed while it is still dark and frosty outside takes something, and the swimmers on this list did it again and again when it would have been so much easier to roll over and go back to sleep.

I always tell our swimmers that the sessions nobody sees are the ones that end up making the difference come race day, and June is where you find out who actually believes that. So well done to everyone named here, you have earned this.

🏆 Swimmer of the Month | June 2026Our Swimmer of the Month for June is Corne.What stood out this month was his consisten...
13/07/2026

🏆 Swimmer of the Month | June 2026

Our Swimmer of the Month for June is Corne.

What stood out this month was his consistency, not just in turning up but in the way he went about every session, sticking to his processes and giving honest effort right through. The thing I really want to highlight though is his willingness to push hard in the sets he finds difficult. It is easy to work hard at the things that come naturally, and every swimmer has parts of training they would rather avoid. Corne went after his hard stuff anyway, and that willingness to face the things you find difficult is one of the most important qualities an athlete can build. It is also one of the hardest.

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