Swim Rotorua

31/10/2026

A special moment for Ariel!

31/10/2026

Competition Preview – 2026 Youth Olympic Games

26/10/2026

Coaches Report - North Island Showdown - Labour weekend

What a weekend!
Swim Rotorua had great numbers attend the North Island Showdown at the Rotorua Aquatic Centre, 35 swimmers ranging from many different squads entered which was great to see.

Junior Academy - Cara, Yosef, Lucy, Lochlan, Essie, Trizea, Monique, Carter

Rising Stars - Hollie, Rosie, Ava, Sam, Ruah, Yaseen, Alek, Dillon, Tara, Finnian, Arya, Eilonwen

Development - Ragnar, Ruby, Chris, Mateo, India, Kaea, Esther, Rebecca

Performance - Anaru, Noah, Zack, Yasin, Culainn, Symi, Giselle

100% PB swimmers:

Lucy 11Y
Essie 10Y
Rosie 11Y
Ruah 11Y
Tara 11Y
Eilonwen 11Y
Ragnar 11Y
Ava 11Y - & making the finals in 100 Free!

Notable PB’s and top placings:

Cara 9Y - PB in 100 Breast
Yosef 7Y - was 1 of our first time racers and achieved 2 great PBs in 50 Free & Fly
Trizea 10Y - PBs in 50 Free & Back
Carter 10Y - PB in 100 Free
Sam 8Y - PB in 100 Breast
Yaseen 9Y - 1 of our first time racer 2 great PBs in 50 Free & Fly
Alek 12Y - 2 PBs in 50 Back & Breast
Dillon 13Y - 2 PBs in 50 Free $ Breast
Arya 11Y - PB in 50 Back
Ruby 13Y - 2 PBs 50 Breast & 100 Free
Chris 10Y -5/6 PBs 1st 50 Fly, 3rd 50 Back & Breast and making it through to the finals in 100 Free & 100 Breast
Mateo 11Y - 4 PBs taking off 3.71s in his 100 Breast
Kaea 13Y - PB 50 Free
Anaru 16Y - 3rd 50 Back and going through to finals in 100 & 200 Free
Noah 15Y - 1st 50 Back, Breast & Fly, 200 & 400 IM, 100 Fly, 2nd 100 & 400 Free (and scholarship recipient)
Zack 18Y - 1st 50 & 100 Breast
Yasin 13Y - 4 PBs and making it through to the finals in all his events
Symi 15Y - 3rd 100 Fly
Culainn 15Y - 2nd 200 Back, 3rd 200IM
Giselle 14Y - 1st 100 Back, 2nd 50 Back & 200 IM

A big thank you to everyone that helped out on the day:
Time keepers - Paul, Carl, Bernice, Tony, Corey, Garry, Lucy, Ella, Carla, Helena
Team managers - Annadel, Thinus
Officials - Wendy, Jacqui
Coaches - Tara, Leo

Many thanks to Swimming Bay of Plenty for the continued initiative of this meet, the scholarships it funds, the fun luge activity and all the effort that goes in putting events of this calibe together.

21/10/2026

21/10/2026

Wishing Ariel and Aidan safe travels as they head off to the Dakar 2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games, representing Team New Zealand.

We're extremely proud and look forward to supporting you all the way! 🧡



John Paul College Rotorua - JPC

20/10/2026

Saturday 17th October 12 Swim Rotorua athletes attended the 2nd Classic meet held in Greerton.

Hollie 12y - 1st 50 Back, 2nd 50 Free, 3rd 100 Free

Alek 12y - 2nd 100 Back

Finnian 11y - 3rd 50 Breast

Chris 10y - 1st 100 Back & 100 IM, 2nd 100 Breast & 100 Free

Cara 9y - 3rd 100 Back

Sam 8y - 1st 100 Free, 2nd 50 Free & 100 Breast, 3rd 50 Breast

Ruah 11y - Just missing out on 2 x 3rd places, gaing 3 PBs and taking off 2.93s in her 50 Back

Jane 11y - Great PB taking off 1.88s in her 100 Back

Joshua 9y - 3rd 50 & 100 Free & 50 Back

Trizea 10y - 2nd 50 & 100 Breast, 3rd 50 Back

Lucy 11y - Was our first time racer and secured 100% PBs

Lochlan 9y - Was our first time race and secured 100% PBs

Relay teams were awesome
10/u
Chris, Sam, Trizea, Joshua 1st place
11/12
Hollie, Finnian, Ruah, Alek 4th place

Thanks to Tony for time keeping and parents for supporting.

16/10/2026

swimmers

13/10/2026

Thanks to Swimming New Zealand for the recognition. The coaches and club really do appreciate being acknowledged. Our club is immensely proud of our swimming program, especially the growth in our learn to swim pathways endorsing swimming as not only an essential life skill but also having many new juniors stepping into competitive swimming.

We also acknowledge many of our high performing swimmers and in this case Ariel and Noah for their National achievements this year. Whatever your goals in the pool Swim Rotorua has a place for you.

11/10/2026

Term 4 Timetable

01/10/2026

NZ SHORT COURSE CHAMPS – DAY 5 HEATS

The final morning of racing in Christchurch is complete, with Noah Lomas and Amelia Steiner finishing off the heat sessions for Swim Rotorua.

Noah Lomas
Noah opened the morning with a 24.24 in the 50m Freestyle, 5th in his age, just 0.03 outside his entry time, before finishing his championships with a 2:17.99 in the 200m Individual Medley.

That brings Noah’s racing for the week to a close after a busy five days of racing at national level, he is now off to the 5 day national camp.

Amelia Steiner
Amelia started with a 30.41 in the 50m Freestyle Multi-Class before producing a strong 2:44.55 PB in the 200m Individual Medley Multi-Class, taking 0.57 seconds off her previous best and qualifying for tonight’s final.

Amelia will be back in action tonight for the final session of the championships, with two more opportunities to finish the week strongly.