Waitaha Swim Club

02/09/2026

Competition Update – Pay-Per-View Livestream Introduced for NZ Short Course

31/08/2026

Waitaha swimmers participated in the South Island SCM Championship held in Dunedin! 🏊‍♀️

This competition was open to swimmers aged 12 and over and consisted of prelims and finals.

Although the long journey and demanding schedule made it a challenging event, all of our swimmers gave their best and delivered fantastic performances.

A special congratulations to our medalists, Sebastian, Deborah and Ryan! 🎉

We would also like to congratulate our finalists, Eunji, Elle, and Daniil. Your outstanding results are a wonderful reflection of your hard work, dedication, and determination.

We are incredibly proud of you! 🥇🥈🥉

We would like to sincerely thank Coach Shona and all the parents who made the long journey to support our swimmers.

We are also grateful to Lucy and Olivia for their hard work as team managers, Chris for taking care of the IOT, and Alice for preparing delicious food.

Thanks to everyone’s help and support, our swimmers were able to focus on the competition and enjoy a wonderful experience.

Well done, everyone! 👏

29/08/2026

Heading to New Zealand Short Course next month? We’ve got some awesome education sessions on offer for parents and coaches during the championships!

Check them out in the graphic below and make sure to save the dates in your calendar 📅

🔹 Parents Session – Sunday 27 September, after morning session
🔹 Coach Development Session – Monday 28 September, after morning session
🔹 NYP-CAP Session – Tuesday 29 September, after morning session

📍 Venue details to be confirmed closer to the championships

For more information, contact Wayne Goldsmith:
📧 [email protected]

24/08/2026

Wishing all our Waitaha swimmers competing at the South Island SCM Championships in Dunedin this weekend the very best of luck! 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

We’ll be cheering you on and hoping for lots of great swims and fantastic results! 🙏

Swim strong, enjoy the experience, and give it your all!

23/08/2026

22/08/2026

What a weekend for Waitaha!

Our Waitaha swimmers had a fantastic North Canterbury Ribbon Meet, with strong swimming, 36 PBs, a relay win and plenty of team spirit!

🌟 A special congratulations to Aiden, our biggest improver of the weekend, taking an incredible 33.00 seconds off his 400m Freestyle PB! Well done, Aiden!

🥇 Congratulations to our Mixed 10 & Under 4x50m Medley Relay team — Dudley, Alice, Aiden & Yaya — for taking 1st place! Fantastic swimming! 👏

It was also wonderful to have our Have a Go swimmers join us. It was lovely to see our future Waitaha swimmers enjoying their first racing experience and being part of the team! 💙

A huge thank you to our coaches Huia and Shona, and to all our parent helpers and team managers for their support and encouragement.

A special thank you to Jenny for looking after our Have a Go swimmers — we really appreciate your help! 🙏

Team Managers: Jane, Jo & Euving

We couldn’t do it without all of you! 💙

Well done, everyone!

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🎉 Celebrating Our PBs! 🎉

As this was a PB Ribbon Meet, we’d like to celebrate all our swimmers who achieved new PBs!

As swimmers, we know how challenging it can be to improve your PB, even by just 0.01 seconds. Every improvement is a valuable achievement — a result of hard work, dedication and the determination to push yourself and win the battle against yourself.

👏 Congratulations to all our PB swimmers! 👏

🏊‍♀️ Alice — 100 Back (-9.03) | 200 IM (NT)

🏊‍♀️ Lilian — 50 Back (-0.53) | 200 Free (-18.50) | 100 Breast (-4.12)

🏊‍♂️ Matthew — 50 Breast (-3.90)

🏊‍♀️ Madeleine — 50 Breast (-0.40) | 50 Back (-0.30) | 50 Fly (-4.98)

🏊‍♂️ Owen — 100 Free (-4.43) | 50 Breast (-1.98) | 100 IM (NT)

🏊‍♂️ Alexander — 100 IM (NT) | 100 Breast (NT)

🏊‍♂️ Dudley — 50 free (-0.21)

🏊‍♂️ Eli — 50 free (-1.08) | 50 Back (NT)

🏊‍♂️ Taiwa — 50 Back (-1.43) | 50 Free (-0.85) | 100 Breast (-1.94)

🏊‍♀️ Yaya — 50 Free (-0.88) | 100 Breast (NT)

🏊‍♂️ Jun — 50 Fly (-0.37) | 200 Fly (-2.07) | 50 Back (-0.16) | 400 Free (-3.67)

🏊‍♀️ Jessica — 100 Breast (-3.24)

🏊‍♀️ Winnie — 50 Back (-2.75) | 100 Back (-9.49)

🏊‍♀️ Maia — 200 Free (-18.20)

🏊‍♂️ Aiden — 400 Free (-33.00)

🏊‍♀️ Deborah — 200 Back (-5.25) | 100 Free (-2.96) | 100 Fly (-1.72) | 400 Free (-5.77)

Every PB counts. Every improvement matters. Every achievement is worth celebrating!

Well done, Waitaha swimmers!

18/08/2026

Congratulations to our swimmers moving up! 🏊‍♀️

A huge congratulations to the following swimmers who have qualified to move up to the next squad level! 👏

🌟 Waiau Squad
- Winnie Rongonui

🌟 Waitaki Squad
- Seranya Lim
- Maia Sisson
- Willa Dickens

🌟 Rangitata Squad
- Rufina Kim
- Hayoung Park

Moving up a squad is a fantastic achievement and a reflection of your hard work, commitment and dedication.

We’re incredibly proud of you all and can’t wait to see what you achieve in your new squads!

Well done, swimmers! Keep up the great work and enjoy the next step of your swimming journey!

17/08/2026

16/08/2026

Competition Update – Dates & Venue for 2027 NZ Championships & NZSS Championships

11/08/2026

🏊‍♀️ Wondering which meets to enter?🏊‍♂️

Here’s a list of the meets our club is targeting through to the end of October!

Take a look at the meets that are suitable for your squad level, and have a chat with your coach about which events and races you should be aiming for.

🏊‍♂️North Canterbury Ribbon Meet
Fri, 21 Aug 2026 Sat, 22 Aug 2026

🏊‍♂️South Island Short Course Chmpionships
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 Sun, 30 Aug 2026

🏊‍♂️Selwyn Spring Classic
Sat, 12 Sep 2026 - Sun, 13 Sep 2026

🏊‍♂️NZ Short Course Championships
Sun, 27 Sep 2026 - Thurs, 1 Oct 2026

🏊‍♂️Greymouth Best Time Meet
Sun, 11 Oct 2026

🏊‍♂️Triton Meet
Saturday, 17 Oct 2026

🏊‍♂️Aquagym Challenge
Sat, 31 Oct 2026 - Sun, 1 Nov 2026

📌 Event details, qualifying times and meet programmes can all be found on the Swimming Canterbury West Coast website.

Good luck with your preparations, and we look forward to seeing our swimmers out there racing! 💪