NZ Juniors Swimming Championships
Saturday 18th - 19th February 2012

Well done to all our swimmers who took part in the weekend.

NZ Individual Medals
100Fl - 11yrs Richard Sasse - Bronze
100Fl - 12yrs Madaleine Thomas Beck - Gold
100Fr - 12yrs Madaleine Thomas Beck - Bronze
200Fr - 11yrs Tom Berry - Silver
200Fr - 12yrs Madaleine Thomas Beck - Silver
50Fl - 12yrs Madaleine Thomas Beck - Gold
200Br - 11yrs Richard Sasse - Silver
400Fr - 12yrs Madaleine Thomas Beck - Silver
200Im - 11yrs Richard Sasse - Silver
50Fr - 12yrs Terrelle Onesemo - Bronze
200Fl - 12/U Madaleine Thomas Beck - Gold
200Fl - 12/U Richard Sasse - Gold

Top Ten NZ Finishes
400IM - 12/U Ruby Heath - 6th
400IM - 12/U Richard Sasse - 5th
400IM - 12/U Brendan De Greve - 10th
50Br - 11yrs Michael Schutz-Tala - 9th
50Br - 12yrs Terrelle Onesemo - 9th
50Br - 12yrs Partick Langley - 6th
100Fl - 10/U Phoebe McKnight - 7th
100Fl - 10/U Jonty Bamber - 9th
100Fl - 11yrs Ashleigh Rankin - 4th
100Fr - 11yrs Tom Berry - 6th
100Fr - 12yrs Terrelle Onesemo - 8th
200Fr - 11yrs Ashleigh Rankin - 8th
50Fl - 11yrs Ashleigh Rankin- 8th
50Fl - 11yrs Richard Sasse - 5th
200Br - 10/U Serah Otineru - 7th
200Br - 11yrs Michael Shultz-Tala - 7th
200Br - 11yrs Richard Sasse - 8th
200Br - 12yrs Terrelle Onesemo - 10th
200Br - 12yrs Brendan de Greve - 6th
400Fr - 12/U Tom Berry - 9th
200Im - 11yrs Ashleigh Rankin - 8th
50Fr - 11yrs Tsai Stevens - 9th
50Fr - 12yrs Patrick Langley - 7th
200Fl - 12/U Ashleigh Rankin - 8th
200Fl - 12/U Ruby Heath - 9th
100Br - 10/U Serah Otineru - 4th
100Br - 11yrs Michael Shultz-Tala - 7th
100Br - 11yrs Richard Sasse - 8th
100Br - 12yrs Terrelle Onesemo - 10th

Apologies for any errors or omissions - please contact your team manager to organise a correction..

Wellington Summer Swimming Championships
Friday 20th - 23rd Janurary 2012

Champs started well with a gold medal to Courtney Carson on the opening night in the 800Fr and more were to come... 27 Gold, 29 Silver and 35 Bronze.

A Wellington record was achieved by Alex in the 50 back for 14 year old girls, great work Alex who also went on to winher age group points

However our top medal taker for the weekend was our own wee dynamo Richard Sasse with 11 medals in all he also took out his age group points.

A snippet of the weekend was Max and Brooke achieveing their NAGS times, Kellys Juniors all having some amazing swims and on last count from Kelly this morning prior to racing we had 24 Junior National Qualifiers a great credit to Kelly and her swimmers fantastic work. Liam Carson kept getting PB after PB and not little ones either and to top it off he gained a medal in the 200 back way to go Liam. Kallum swimming times that had some coaches shaking their heads think how? New young swimmers like Alexander Unstead-Joss making finals in his first "real" meet. And it was especially nice to see new faces on the podium, especially that lovely smile of Tsai.

The senior boys were also making appearances in the medals with Lochie, Jared, Nicholas, Tom E and Seth all taking the podium with some gutsy swims especially when taking some of the best swimmers in their field in the country.

Disappointments were had by some as comes with the territory in competition, but all our swimmers held themselves in good steed and even when the going got tough they still kept smiles on their faces, and when the bodies and minds started to give up our swimmers kept taking the blocks and giving there best and thats all as parents we can ask.

We finished second to Capital in the points table and took out two individual age group awards with Alex and Richie so all in all a good weekend swimming.

A HUGE thanks to everyone who lent a hand and especially to Faye for co-ordinating the whole weekend, a MAMMOTH task and done with such calm and grace. With such long sessions and not much time in between it was nice to see those who didn't have the time or energy to head home in between picnicing in the park.

National Breaststroke Camp
Monday 16th January 2012

Congratulations to Tom Ward who will be attending The National Breaststroke Camp in Auckland 20-22nd January. Tom was selected for this camp from his performances at NZ Short Course Champs.

NZ Open Water Championships
Monday 16th January 2012

Congratulations to Courtney Carson who competed in the New Zealand Open Water Championships over the weekend. Courtney placed 8th overall in the 10 Km event and was the second New Zealander home in the 13-15 year age group, taking the silver medal. In the 5 km event Courtney was 9th overall and was again second New Zealnder home in the 13-15 year old age group. Awesome effort Courtney.

Nov/Dec and Final 2011 XLR8 Placings
Monday 2nd December 2011

*Nov/Dec XLR8 placings - well done swimmers keep up the good work
11: Ruby 10th, Richie 3rd, Tom B 8th
12: Michielle 10th
14: Alex 2nd, Bryony 7th

*2011 XLR8 final placings - well done swimmers
10 and Under: Richie 2nd, Ashliegh 10th
11: Maddy Thomas Beck 1st, Richie 5th
13: Alex 6th
14: Alex 1st, Lochie 9th

SZR Queensland Trip 2011
Monday 19 December 2011
Swimzone racing swimmers return from Queensland Swimming Championships buzzing!, Tom, Alex, Sean and Bryony returned from Australia early on Sunday morning after competing for 6 days at the Chandler Aquatic Centre in Brisbane. All four swimmers had some massive pbs during the week.

Tom had a top 10 finish in the 200 fly finishing the heats 9th (3rd visitor). Alex swam in the 200 IM, 800 Free and 100 Back finals, breaking a Wellington record in the 100 back to finish 6th. Sean swam a NAGs qualifying time in his 200 back. Bryony had a top 10 finish in the 200 Breast finishing the heats in 9th (3rd visitor).

These young swimmers represented our club in an outstanding fashion. They had an amazing time, at times sharing their warm up lanes with world record holders, Olympic and world champions. They got to meet and watch some of the worlds best swimmers including; Brenton Rickard, Jessicah Schipper, Emily Seebohm, Taewhan Park, James Magnussen, Ellen Gandy, Leisel Jones, Yolane Kukla and Libby Trickett.

The SZR team stayed at the Sleeman Sports Centre just a 2 minute walk from the Chandler Pool, they shared the facilities with a Japanese team. They got to see the work being done to upgrade the facilities for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The meet was attended by swimmers from many countries including; Japan, Korea, Great Britian, Norway, Singapore, China and Hong Kong. Many of New Zealands top swimmers were in attendance; Sophia Batchelor, Natalie Weigersma, Corey Main, Matt Stanley and Dylan Dunlop-Barrett. This meet was a wonderful opportunity for our swimmers who not only gained experience racing in a world class meet but they got to experience first hand the pressure and excitement of such a meet.

RESULTS
Top 10 New NAGs and Opens Times PBs

Alex 200 IM 10th,
400 Free 10th,
100 Back 6th
Wellington Record - 800 Free 10th
Alex 200 IM Opens
PB -Alex 200 IM, 100 Fly, 400 Free, 100 Free

Bryony 200 Breast 9th (3rd visitor)
Bryony 200 IM NAGs
PB - Bryony 200 IM, 100 Breast 13th, 200 Breast

Tom 200 Fly 9th (3rd visitor)
Tom 100 Back NAGs, 100 Breast NAGs.
PB - Tom 200IM,100 Fly 11th, 200 Fly, 100 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Back, 200 Free, 400 IM 13th

Sean 200 Back NAGs.
PB -Sean 100 back, 200 Back, 400 IM

Wellington HPU established
Sunday 17 December 2011
There has been a new HPU established in Wellington by Swimming NZ in conjunction with Swimming NZ, Wellington Swimming and Capital Swim Club - Please see memo HPU Wellington Memo from NZ Swimming.

This is a new initative and the Swimzone Racing board are set to discuss implications and how we can best facilitate our swimmers to follow NZ swimming Pathways

14 Strong Junior squad take on Auckland Junior Champs
Monday 28 November 2011

Junior National Qualifying times:
• Phoebe McKnight - 100 Breast and 100 Fly
• Tomai Weston – 100 Breast
• Jonty Bamber – 50 Fly, 100 Fly and 50 Free
• Brendan de Greve – 100 Fly

Medals – 12 in total:
• Ruby Heath – Bronze 200 Fly
• Jonty Bamber – Silver 100 Fly and Bronze 50 Fly
• Ryan Leman – Silver 200 Free and Bronze 400 free
• Ritchie Sasse – Gold 200 Fly, Silver 200 Breast and 100 Fly, and Bronze 200 IM, 100 Breast, 400 IM, and 50 Breast

Great Team effort with personal PB’s and Top 10 placings:
• Ruby Heath – 2nd 11yr 400 free, 2nd 11yr 400 IM, 6th 200 IM, 9th 100 Free [11yr]
• Phoebe McKnight – 7th 100 Fly [10yr]
• Michellie Sasse – 7th 200 Fly [12yr]
• Tomai Weston – 6th 200 Breast [10yr]
• Jonty Bamber – 9th 50 Free, 100 free, 200IM [9yr]
• Tom Berry – 2nd 11yr 400 Free, 7th 200 Free, 9th 200 Back and 10th 100 Back [11yr]
• Brendan de Greve – 5th 200 Fly, 6th 200 Breast and 9th 100 Breast [12yr]
• Ryan Leman – 5th 200 Bck, 6th 50 Back and 100 Back, and 8th 100 Free [12yr]
• Ritchie Sasse – 1st 11yr 400 IM and 8th 100 Back

Courtney Carson takes 1st Place in the Auckland Harbour Crossing for her Age Group
Sunday 13November 2011

Courtney Carson took place in the Auckland Harbour Crossing today. A 2.8km swim across the harbour.

Courtney did a fantastic job and won her Age Group in a time of 44.08 minutes. She was also 6th Women Overall and 31st swimmer home out of a field of 1076 swimmers. At 14 that is quite an achievement. A NZ Open Water Champion in the making!

Swimzone Racing Under 12s Holding 1st Place
Wednesday 9 November 2011

SZR are holding 1st place with one meet to go in the Wellington Signature Meet Points for the U12 competition. Well done team. 2011 -12 Points Table. We are also in fourth place in the Over 13 age group only 2 points behind Raumati in third with one meet to go the UH Signature Meet.

Sept/Nov XLR8
Sunday 6th November 2011

Well done swimmers keep up the good work
10 and Under: Phoebe 6th, Aragon 6th
11: Ruby 7th, Richie 3rd
12: Michielle 6th, Jake 7th and Josh 10th
14: Courtney 5th, Tom E 10th.

SZR Sprint Meet
Sunday 6th November 2011

SZR Sprint Meet was run last night with some great racing and some amazing parents.

Our Mix n Match Relay got off to a slow start with some teething problems but once underway there was some great races. Especially the 12 - 14 yr old race which was so close and won in the end by Jacob Farr and Terrelle Onesemo by a whisker .04 of a second and only .1 of a second between the first three teams. Richie Sasse and Georgiana Forsythe took out the Under 11 and Taryn Kean and Kyle Barnes piped Dominic and Emma by .32 to take out the 15 and over.

Well done also to George Dorrington, Ruby Heath, Maggie Burns, Devlin Forsythe, Emily McGill and Jared Green for taking top age group points in the 50 metre sprint races overall.

Thanks to all who helped out from our club great food guys as always and thanks to all officials from the other clubs your help was very much appreciated.

June/July XLRB
Monday 26th September 2011

Club League final results. SZRS take out the league and are 2011 Champions, with our younger SZRZ team coming in a fantastic 4th. Also in an amazing 12th place our third team SZRR. Fantastic results all round. Final Results

July/Aug XLR8
Sunday 25th September 2011

JULY/AUG RESULTS

10 and Under: Richard Sasse 1st, Phoebe Turner 8th
11: Ruby Heath 6th
12: Sean Aitchson 2nd
14: Alex Pampalone 1st, Courtney Carson 7th

YEAR TO DATE RESULTS

10 and Under: Ashleigh Rankin 7th, Richard Sasse 1st, Tom Berry 10th
11: Madaleine Thomas-Beck, 1st, Richard Sasse 5th
13: Alex Pampalone 5th
14: Alex Pampalone 2nd, Lochie Berg 9th

BI MONTHLY WINNER LIST

Last Club League finished
Sunday 25th September 2011

Last Club League meet last night and wow Swimzone you rock, some fabulous racing and great team spirit. Hope you have all enjoyed this format and next year you will be back for more. No official results released yet but all our teams have done exceptionally well. Thanks to the parents for support, and officiating.

1st: SwimZone Racing S - 2670
2nd : PCA Black 1875
3rd : Raumati 1418.5

First Weekend of Wellington Winter Champs Down
Sunday 4th September 2011

We off to a great start PB's a plenty and medals and top ten finishes for lots of swimmers. A special mention to our 12 year old boys who have been making some clean sweeps on the podium what a fantastic sight and to Courtney Carson who had a battle on her hands in her 400fr and came out on top and a fantstic swim Kahu Salzmann in her 400IM an amazing PB way to go Kahu....there are many many more too many to mention

Also to our two new IOT's Lynette Sadlier and Nicky Sullivan its great to see more parents getting invloved and all our current IOT's and our new and training IOT's make it possible for us to offer racing oppourtunities to our swimmers on a regular basis so parents please consider training. Also Craig Masters took another step up and qualified as a National IOT way to go Craig. The end of the pool really is a great place to view the meet from so come on parents give it a go its not as hard as you imagine!!.

Click here for the current Medal Table. If there are any errors please let me know as those results sheets become a blur after a while.

Lots of sleep, good food and a week of attending to those details - TURNS baby TURNS at swimming this week sure that Kelly, Frank and John will making sure you are all ready to fire next weekend as well.

SC NAGS off to great start.
Saturday 6th August 2011

Medal Table attached showing medals, top Ten finishes and rankings after heats.

Day Four
Well Swimzone finished SC NAGs off with a bang tonight in the finals.
Lochie started the night off with a 4th place and a Pb in the final of the 200 IM. Then Callum swam an awesome 50 Free to snatch the bronze medal from lane 1!!! Alex won the 200 Backstroke taking 2 seconds off the Wellington record. Then the breastroke boys fired up with Tom winning a bronze medal in the 50 Breast in a new Wellington Record and Oli winning the silver medal in the 50 breast in a new Welllington Record.
The icing on the cake came in the Regional relays where all three of the relays our swimmers were in won medals. Alex - Bronze, Oli - Silver, Tom - Silver.
Fantastic swimming guys. Pip and I have really enjoyed working with you over the 4 days.

Day Three
Alex - 1st 400 Free
Courtney - 5th 400 Free
Bryony - 8th 200 Breast
Tom W - 2nd Reserve 200 Breast 17 and over
Callum - 2nd Reserve 400 Free
Tom E - 8th 100 Fly, 10th 100 IM
Dom, Oli, Tom and Lochie - 6th 4 X 50 Medley Relay
Nic, Tom, Jared and Tyler - 8th 4 x 50 Medley relay

Day Two
Alex - 100 Free 5th, 50 Back 2nd+ Wellington record, 800 Free 1st, 4 x 50 Regional Relay 5th
Tom W - 17 and over 100 Breast 8th
Oli - 100 Breast 3rd + Wellington Record
Seth - 100 Breast 1st
Jared - 50 Back 3rd
Dom - 4 x 50 Regional Free Realy - 3rd
Callum - 1st reserve 100 Free
Tom E - 2nd Reserve 100 Free
Courtney - 800 Free 5th

Day One
Some fantastic swimming from our Swimzone swimmers in the finals on Day One at SC NAGS. Callum and Jared started it off with 7th and 10th place respectively in the 50 Fly. Alex and Courtney placed 1st and 7th respectively in the 200 Free with Alex taking 2 seconds more off the Wellington Record she set in the heats. Lochie had an unexpected swim in the final of the 200 Free as 1st alternative, he place 9th bettering his PB from the heats. Callum, Tom E and Lochie placed 6th, 4th and 7th respectively all in PBs. Alex placed 2nd in the 100 Back and set a new Wellington Record and Jared place 6th in his 100 Back bettering his PB from the heats. The SZR 4 x 50 Free relay of Dom, Lochie, Tom E and Callum finished the night off with a 6th place. Awesome effort swimmers!!!

Great start this morning with Jared, Callum, Tom E, Alex, Lochie and Courtney progressing to the finals tonight.
Finals tonight
Jared - 50 Fly and 100 Back- first time under 60 this morning in the heats - awesome!
Callum - 50 Fly and 200 Fly - 2 pbs this morning in the heats
Tom E - 200 Fly - 3 second pb in the heats
Alex - 200 Free and 100 Back - Wellington Record in the heats of the 200 Free
Lochie - 200 Fly -8th qualifier for tonight
Courtney - 200 Free - 3 second pb in the heats
Way to go swimmers!
Remember warm up starts at 3.15 pm tonight!

New Zealand Swimming Competition Booklet Released.
Saturday 30th July 2011
The NZ Swimming Competition booklet is now live on the Swimming NZ website.
2012 Swimming NZ Competition Booklet

New Zealand Divison II
Wednesday 23rd July 2011
Div II has concluded with Swimzone team members achieveing many top 8 finishes and performing exceptionally in finals. We are very proud of you achievements. That commitment and hard work has certainly paid off. Well done team and thanks to John and Frank for preparing them so well for this event. Also a special well done to all new NAGS qualified swimmers, onwards and upwards!

Swim Wellington Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 19th July 2011
The Swimming Wellington Annual General Meeting to be held on;

Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Pelorus Trust Sports House, Hutt Park, Seaview
Starting @ 7pm

Notices of motion and Nominations should be received by the Operations Manager Operations@swimwn.co.nz by Friday 29 July 2011 5pm.

Premiership Points Update
Tuesday 19th July 2011
The latest standings in the Premiership Points competition run by Wellington Swimming. We are currently placed 2nd in the 12 and under division behind Karori Pirates and fifth in the 13 and over competition.

Registrations must be up to date to Enter any future meets.
Friday 15th July 2011
Race Secretary won't be accepting ANY entries for future meets from swimmers who don't have a current registration - this means you have filled in the registration form and paid the relevant registration fee. Please also note that there is a unique account for registration fees payment on the form.

Updated Queensland Champs eligibility report
Tuesday 12th July 2011
Queensland Champs updated eligibility report on line. This report is slighlty different than you are used to so please see some explainations below.

• The report lists all swimmers who meet the age criteria the club has set for its trip i.e.those who will be aged 13 years or over on 1 March 2012.
• It shows each swimmer's best LC time swum within the qualifying period for each event.
  'NT' indicates that the swimmer doesn't have a LC time for that event which was swum within the qualifying period.
• Times highlighted in blue indicate the swimmer has met the qualifying time for that event.
• Times marked with an * indicate the swimmer has not met the qualifying time for that event.
  

Richie Sasse top Under 10 swimmer in XLR8 yet again!!
Wednesday 6th July 2011

Richie Sasse still holding number one position on the XLR8 rankings for 2011 Under 10 year old boys. Richie has held this spot since Janurary 2011 awesome achievement. Way to go Richie!!

Ashleigh, Tom B, Alex, and Lochie all feature in the top ten in NZ for their age groups year to date. Way to go Swimzone!

Swimzone Racing Members who hold a Wellington Top Ten rankings for XLR8 2011 to date are....

Under 10 - GIRLS: Ashliegh (2), Phoebe (6), Zoe (9), BOYS: Richie (1), Tom B (2), Aragon (4)
11 Year Olds - GIRLS: Maddy (1), Ruby (3), Ashleigh (4), Tayla (8), Paris (9), BOYS: Brendan (4)
12 Year Olds - GIRLS: Michellie (5), Kahu (7), Jamie (8) Jamye Lee (9), BOYS: Jake (3), Sean (4), Bevan (7), Trent (8)
13 Year Olds - GIRLS: Alex (1), Courtney (6), BOYS: Tom E (5)
14 Year Olds - GIRLS: Courtney (1), BOYS: Lochie (1)

Well done all of you, an achievement to be proud of.

Oli Lusk breaks another Wgtn Record
Saturday 2nd July 2011

Oli Lusk broke his own record by .10 off a second to set the mark at 1.07.30 for the 100 breaststroke for 15yr old boys. Well done Oli

Club League Thank You
Sunday 19th June 2011

Breakers and Hutt would like to thank Greg Forsythe for coordinating AND
all officials who were involved last night at Club League 2.

Particular thanks also to those officials who took on training roles, which
included Ross Leman, Swimzone (Chief TK) and Terry Laws, PCA (Marshall).

Special thanks to Lynda Kamstra (Karori Pirates) for her help on MM and to
Henrietta and Sarah for their advice also.

We hope you had an enjoyable Meet.

Kind regards,

Rosie Gibson & Robert Gibb
For Breakers and Hutt Swim Clubs

Survey Results
Sunday 19th June 2011

Please see attached the 2011 survey results for your interest.

6 Centre Meet Team
Sunday 12th June 2011

Please see below the team selected for the 6 Centre Swim Meet in Palmerston North 26th June. Can you please advise your swimmers and pass on our congratulations?

At the same time can you please also ask the parents of those swimmers to consider volunteering for the roles of Team Manager, Assistant TM, 1 x IOT, or timekeeper (3). The tasks are not onerous as all the necessary bookings etc have been done and they are welcome to travel on the bus with the team. Can I have any volunteers email me directly at mhnewall@paradise.net.nz as soon as possible please?

Once I have a volunteer for the role of Team manager more information will be sent out.

Here is the team:

Capital
Gemma Burns
Macy Burns
Florance Cox
Matthew Oxley
Stefan Prince
Praneesha Ramritu

Karori
Abigail Dorrington
George Dorrington
Jacob Farr
Devlin Forsythe
Liam Neal
Rachel Smart

Raumati
Louis Regnault
Ballad Woodley-Hanan

SZR
Tom Berry
Brendan de Greve
Ruby Heath
Alex Pampalone
Michellie Sasse
Richard Sasse

Tawa
Meghan Allan
Kyle Barnes
Nick Gillum
Callum Sinclair
Katie Trott
Nicola Trott

Wellington Region Pool Space
Thursday 9th June 2011
Swimming Wellington along with all the aquatic sports in the Wellington Region are working hard to support the building of another 50m pool at the Wellington Aquatic Centre. This will have far reaching effects on the available of pool space for all aquatic sports and in particular training facilities and meet facilities.

Please visit this site and support a new additional facility
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Splash-in-WRAC-Wellington-Needs-50m-Pool/131326090269627

Queensland Trip Information Evening
Sunday 5th June 2011
Dear Mako, Hammerhead, Orca and Marlin swimmers and families,

Re: QUEENSLAND STATE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS

On Friday June 10th at 6:30 PM at Pelorous Trust House Seaview (right before SZR Prize Giving) we will be holding an important information meeting about the SZR Queensland State Championships Trip.

We would encourage all of you to come and hear about this exciting event the club is planning.

We are hoping to send a large team of our swimmers to the Queensland State Championships in Brisbane Australia in early December 2011. The meet is from Sat Dec 10th to Friday Dec 16th. To be eligible for the Swimzone team, swimmers need to be aged 13 years or over as of March 1 2012 (ie the cub will only be sending swimmers from the Mako, hammerhead, Orca and Marlin teams) and reach a qualifying time set by Queensland Swimming for the event.

This meet is a fantastic swim meet with some of the fastest age group swimmers in the world attending. Last year 1569 swimmers attended and they were from all the australian states, as well as France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Japan, New Caledonia and 61 swimmers from New Zealand. The finals are fast but the qualifying times are roughly somewhere between NZ div 2 and div 1 times depending on the event and age group - so some of you will have already qualified and it is well within reach of many of you with a bit of hard work and determination!

At the meeting we will be giving introductory information on the goals of the trip, the cost of the trip, accommodation, travel etc.

This meet will be an amazing opportunity for swimmers to experience a world class age group swim meet. We see this as a development opportunity for our swimmers. It is on the Swim New Zealand age group and youth calendar as it is seen as a worthwhile meet to attend for swimmers aiming to make New Zealand teams and attend future international competitions. Our Orca and Marlin swimmers will benefit from the experience to swim with, race against and be inspired by very fast swimmers. They will also gain valuable experience of international competition. As the qualifying times are achievable it also provides a great motivation and a nice stepping stone for our Mako and Hammerhead swimmers who have (or are near to) Div 2 times and are trying to make the jump to Div 1 and qualify for NAGS in 2012. Qualifying for this meet will mean they are closer to those Div 1 times and being at the meet will give them more really competitive opportunities to get those NAGS times earlier in the year than they might otherwise achieve them. It will also be a fantastic team building event which all of these swimmers will remember for the rest of their lives.

So come along before the prize giving and find out more about it! Even if you think this might be beyond your reach this year please come and hear about what is planned. We want as many of you to qualify and attend the swim meet as possible so that this is a really significant club event that motivates you all to swim faster and get us closer to the clubs goal of being the top club in Wellington and one of the top 5 clubs in the country!

See you there!

Lynette Sadleir SZR Development Co-ordinator and John Ross Head Coach

Prize Giving
Thursday 27th May 2011
REMINDER - Prizegiving will be held at 7.00 pm on Friday 10 June at Pelorus House. ALL swimmers welcome, prize winners will be notified shortly. Please see attached flier for details

New Policies
Thursday 27th May 2011
Club Policies Draft - Please find the following club policies. Club memberswe welcome your comment prior to ratification at the next board meeting.

Individual Swimmer Funding
National and Out of Town Meets
Local Meets
Fee Schedule
Merchandise

Prizegiving
Thursday 26th May 2011
Prizegiving will be held at 7.00 pm on Friday 10 June at Pelorus House. ALL swimmers welcome, prize winners list will be published shortly.

Team Manager Applications 2011/2012
Sunday 15th May 2011
The board is calling for all people interested in undertaking a team manager (club based teams manager not a meet manager) please follow this link for more information

Alex gets Silver in Australia
Saturday 23rd April 2011
ALEX GETS SILVER IN 100 BACK IN AUSSIE!! Alex took 1 sec off in the heats and 2 more in the finals hitting a time of 1.05.58! Way to go Alex!!

An amazing swim by a very talented young lady we are all very proud of you Alex.

Alex top ten Finish in Australia
Thursday 21st April 2011
Alex, Tom and the rest of the Wellington Swimmers as swimming their hearts out in Australia. To see their results visit the live results site in Australia.

Alex Pampalone finished 10th in the 200 Back Finals and in the prelims for the same event broke a Wellington Age (13) record (2:26.94), Way to go Alex.

Other records broken by Wellington Swimmers - Cameron Jones 8th 200 Fly in a Wellington Age (14) record (2:13.96). Cameron Jones 10th 100 Free in a Wellington Age (14) record(55.40).Callum Sinclair 3rd 800 Free in a Wellington Age (13) record (8:59.40), Cameron Jones wins silver in the 100 Fly in a NZ and Wellington Age (14) record (57.80). Callum Sinclair wins Gold in the 200 Breast in a NZ and Wellington Age (13) record (2:28.54).

Alex and Tom off to Aussie
Saturday 16th April 2011
Swimzone Racing would like to wish Alex and Tom all the best as she jets off to Australia today to compete in the Australian Age Group Champs. Alex is representing not only Swimzone but Wellington Swimming as part of the Swim Wellington Team and also New Zealand as part of the Swim NZ Virtual Team. Tom is representing Swimzone racing and has chosen to travel apart from the Wellington Team this time.

Good luck also to the rest of the Swim Wellington team and the other Swim NZ Virtual Team members do us proud in Aussie.

We will be watching out for the results and hope you all (especially Alex and Tom) go over and show those Aussies how its done!!

Unfourtunately Lochie Berg who was also chosen to represent Wellington Swimming at this meet is unable to attend due to sickness. Bad luck Lochie but sure there will be more to come for you in the future.

Club League lots of Fun, Colour and Great Swimming
Sunday 10th April 2011
Swimzone Racing entered three teams for the Swim Wellington Club League this year. Each team was given and colour and a team support person (coerced from our older swimmers - thanks guys for your hard work) they cheered and swum and had a great time. Our SZR "S" team won round one but had PCA "Bk" were nipping at their heels and we will have to be on our toes for the next round now all the cards are on the table!

We hope to see more colours, cheering and great results from all involved - go team SZR

Volunteer Needed
Thursday 14th April 2011
The Wellington Carnival Committee are looking for assistance. They are in charge of the Wellington region swim meets and are looking for somebody in particular to help purchase food for the regional and national meets (Wellington champs and any National meets). If you are interseted in offering your time please contact Henrietta Latham on 04 5600381 or 0275021854 for further details.

Need for Speed Meet Success
Sunday 3th April 2011
Swimzone Racing helds its first Need for Speed meet and it went of with great success, thanks to both Noel and John for your fabulous organising. Thanks to all the officials that gave their time. It was fantastic to see all the children learning what racing was all about and to see some amazing swimming. Results are now live

Swimzone Racing Member Survey
Sunday 27th March 2011
Dear Swimzone Racing families,

Last year multiple meetings were held with parents to explain the new team management structure. At each meeting it was promised that the club would be seeking your opinion as to how you feel the changes we have implemented have impacted the club.

To this end, your Swimzone Racing (SZR) board are conducting an online survey of all SZR families to get feedback on various aspects of the club. We strongly encourage you to take the time to fill in the survey as we really want your opinion on how the club is going and how we could be better. The survey should take about 15 min if you just opt for ticking the boxes. It will take longer if you write comments (which we would love!) but we understand your time is precious and we will be very happy if you only have time to tick boxes!

Each family has been sent an email with a unique link to the survey for the family. Each family will be able to fill in the online survey once. The email will come from lsadleir@xtra.co.nz and the subject heading is Swimzone Racing Family Survey.

We are hoping for responses from every family in the club so please don't let us down!

The survey is for parents of swimmers. If you are a swimmer and you received an email that means your email is the email the club has for your family. Could you please get your parents to follow the link on the email so they can answer the survey for your family. We are looking at the possibility of putting a survey together for swimmers in the near future to get swimmers feedback.

If you are not able to do the survey electronically and wish to respond via a hard copy please email Lynette Sadleir at lsadleir@xtra.co.nz.

If your family does not get an email could you please let Lynette know and she will endeavor to figure out what went wrong!

Swimzone huge medal count at Div III
Sunday 20th March 2011
Well done to all our swimmers at Div III. Some great results and lots of medals. It is wonderful to see so many smiling faces on the podium and many more on pool side. Well done to everyone who took part.

Success for Swimzone Swimmers Nationally
Saturday 19th March 2011
Alex Pampalone named in the 2011 Top Age Group Squad
The 2011 Top Age Group Squad (LC) has been selected from LC performances at the NZ Age Group Champs (Mar 1-5, 2011), using a combination of both top FINA point scores in the six different stroke categories (50-100-200 Fr, 400-800-1500 Fr, 100-200 Bk, 100-200 Br, 100-200 Fly, 200-400 IM) and the XLR8 program (the swimmer must have swam the XLR8 program to be eligible). This camp targets top 12 female and male swimmers between 13-14 years (age as of May 13, 2011) from across the country.
Tom England named to attend the North Island RAGD Camp
The 2011 North Island RAGD Camp has been selected from XLR8 performances between November 1, 2010 to March 5, 2011. The swimmers must have competed at either NZ Juniors or NZ Age Group Champs if qualified. This camp targets the top 16 female and male swimmers between 12-14 years (age as of June 30, 2011) from North Island clubs/regions. Swimmers selected to the Top Age Group Squad (LC) are ineligible for selection to the NI RAGD Camp.

Well done to both these swimmers!

Applications for the Short Course Championships
Friday 18th March 2011
Applications for Technical Officials for the 2011 NZ Division II Competition, State Insurance 2011 NZ Short Course Championships and the State Insurance 2011 NZ Secondary Schools Championships are being taken now

SNZ - Aussie Age Virtual Team
Friday 11th March 2011
SNZ has named the Virtual Team for the 2011 Australian Age Group Championships. Selection was based on performances from the Mayfair Pools 2011 New Zealand Age Group Championships.

Our very own Alex Pampalone has made the team swimming a fantastic 400fr. The other Wellington swimmers to make the team are Callum SIncalir (Tawa), Ted Taylor (Karori) and Cameron Jones (Capital) well done to them all.

Alex will not only be in the NZ Virtual team but will also be competing for the Wellingotn Team at the Australian Age Groups along side Lochie Berg from Swimzone who was also selected to represent Wellington

Swimzone Three First Place Rankings in XLR8 Jan/Feb 2011
Thursday 13 January 2011
Lochie Berg, Maddy Thomas-Beck and Richard Sasse finished the two months of Jan/Feb 2011 at the top of the table for their age groups. That makes three first places for Swimzone Racing the most by any club over the period.

Adding to this success Swimzone swimmers were also present in the top ten of their age grooups with Ashleigh Rankin ; third, Tom Berry; tenth, Alex Pampalone; fifth, and Courtney Carson; tenth, Well done guys amazing results for yourselves and the club.

What a start at NAGS for Swimzone Racing
Tuesday 1st March 2011F
Our elite swimmers hit the pool today rearing to go and ready to push themselves to the limits, all the training has been done, no more preparation time left, it is now up to the swimmers, their focus and drive will be all they need to reach their goals. We couldn't have hoped for a better start, 3 medals in day one (2 gold and 1 silver) plus a handful of top ten finishes. Hopefully a sign of more success to come.

Well success did come and what a fantastic meet for Swimzone 18 medals plus 17 other top ten finishes. Well done team and to top it all off we finished in the Top 10 clubs in New Zealand just awesome.

Well done John on the success of your young team big things are out there for this lot!

Some great swims from our team:- Some of the highlights mentioned were:
Lochie's 200 breast finish -out touching the others to claim the gold
Alex's 800 free - she was the only 13 year old in her heat because of the seeding and she was determined to get the gold. Second place was 14 seconds behind her.
The Breastroke boys - Oli, Seth and Tom W in the medals every race!
Callum making the final of the 200 free after being dqed in the 400
Tom England going under the minute in the 100 free
Tom Ward Pbing (twice) in his 200 Breast after not doing a pb in that event since 2009!

More results below...

NAGS Streaming Live!
Monday 28th February 2011F
It’s a pleasure to advise that the National Age Group Championships being held in Wellington from tomorrow 1 March to Saturday 5 March will be streamed live to the SNZ website. You will be able to watch the races from you computers or phones, the next best thing to being there!

This URL will take you straight to the action: http://www.r2.co.nz/20110301/

We hope you enjoy this opportunity, which has been made possible because of kind support from the Perry Foundation

Division II Cancelled
Saturday 19th February 2011F
Division II Competition has been cancelled due to the catastrophic events in Christchurch. Please read the full press release on NZ Swimmings website. We are awaiting further advice from Swimming NZ.

Success for Swimzone Racing at NZ Junior Nationals
Saturday 19th February 2011FFriday 11th February
Our Junior team have experienced success across the board nationally at the NZ Juniors . We started by looking sharp,thanks to the board who provided great towels purchased from Ministry of Swimming the green looked amazing poolside and we stood out. Ministry of Swimming also outfitted the kids in great t-shirts and warm up caps, thanks for the great sponosrship and support, also thanks to our anonomus supplier of individually named swim bags. The swimmers loved them and were all very excited and appreciative so big thanks to who ever you are they were really appreciated!

Thanks to all parents who helped out being officials, or in any other capacity throughout the weekend. Thanks also to our fantastic team managers who did an outstanding job all weekend you had kids inspired and eager, they really looked like a team and watching the support they gave each other from the pool deck was fantastic.

Well done Kelly on coaching the squad to such success not only nationally but also at a personal level for the swimmers. Swimzone ended up the 6th best performing team nationally. Medals and top ten finishes were shared amoungst 10 different swimmers so that is a credit to the club having outstanding performances across a range of swimmers this will set our club up for the future.

Everyone now needs a well deserved rest to recharge batteries and relax, for a wee while at least!!

Fastlane - Swimming NZ
February 2011FF
Link to Swimming NZ newsletters Fastlane.

Swimzone Racing NZ Junior Team Third Largest in NZ
Friday 11th February 2011FFriday 11th February
Well Done Kelly Glimer on Coaching our Junior Elite swimmers. Swimzone Racing have the third largest team at NZ Junior Nationals only behind North Shore Swimming-AK - 35, Howick Pakuranga-CO - 24 swimmers, Swimezone Racing - 23. And we are the largest team in the Central/South competition. Race Hard, Race Fair, Be Proud and Stand Tall you should all be proud of your achievements!

Our NZ Junior Team:

Swimming New Zealand heap praise on award winner Gareth Kean
Friday 11th February 2011Friday 1th February
Swimzone Racing would like to congratulate Gareth Kean from Capital Swim Club for winning the Westpac Emerging Talent recipient at the Halberg Awards in Auckland. Well done Gareth, Gary Hurring and the Capital Swim Club, an achievement for New Zealand Swimming gaining recognition for our sports people at the top level of sport is a rare occurance in a country dominated by rugby and netball. A huge thank you to Gareth himself for the times you have taken to inspire and encourage our swimmers at Swimzone Racing.

To read more about Gareths award visist Swimming NZ

Swimming NZ Merchandise
Wednesday 9 February 2011*
Merchandise for the 2011 events is now available on the Swimming New Zealand online shop. Please click here to be taken to the shop.

Wairarapa SC Champs
Monday 7 February 2011*
Oh my hot does not describe it, 35 degrees in the heat of the day and still 33 at 6pm at night. The pool complex would have been close to 40 degrees. Numerous gallons of water consumed, and thank goddness for the outdoor pools being open so the kids could cool off a bit and have a bit of fun on dive boards and slides at the end of their swimming. Many a parent dabbled their feet in the toddler pool.

The swimming was up and down but some fabulous times were acheived, Jaymee Lee's 400IM coming to mind and medals being shared around between the boys and the girls (Kahu got her first swimming medal with a fab swim) with young and older team members all getting a turn on the dias. Ben de Vries was having a right royal battle taking on Issac Foote of Masterton and playing ping pong with the gold and silver medals.

Our late entry relay teams both boys and girls did fantastically, Trent Hunter, Nick Berry, Ben de Vries and Todd Hurley in the 200 free, Stacey Sturm, Bryony Thorne, Ashliegh Rankin and Megan Lensink in the 200 free, and Jamie Sullivan, Kahu Salzmann, Jayme Lee Hunter and Kaitlyn Ingram in the 200 IM all taking 3rd place, thanks to all who took part in a relay it was great to see such team spirit.

Another highlight was the time trial between Jayme Lee and Bryony in the 100 breast who both managed to achieve the times they were chasing for national events. The last event of the weekend saw Jamie S line up in the champion of champions 50 free race after completing a spectaular swim in her 50 free race to gain her Junior time. She was a tiny flash in pink with the the other swimmers all older and rather a lot taller than her, but she represented the club fantastically and put it all in the pool with all parents and kids screaming for her on her sideline.

A fun weekend, lots of Junior and Div II times achieved, some great battles in the pool ending with very tired kids and parents but thats whats its all about!

Officals Co-Ordinator Wrap Up
Wednesday 30 January 2011*

Hi everyone

Thank to all parents who volunteered for Wellington Champs. We not only had swimmers qualifying in the pool but also had 3 parents qualifying for pool deck duties:

Robina Scahill – as Regional Referee
Trish Keenan – as IOT
Lynley Ball – as IOT

Congratulations to these parents. Now these 3 parents have qualified it leaves gaps for other parents to help out at these meets.

At these champs around 50% of swim families volunteered for duties. The club would like to see a higher percentage of parents helping out at these meets. We don’t want to get like other clubs do and tell parents what session they’ll be helping out and then they it’s up to them to organise a replacement if unable to help. Our current system is preferred but we need more parents volunteering. We look at a ratio of 2 sessions per swimmer (ie parents helping out) at Wellington Champs.

A few highlights from my perspective

• Bayley Rose’s 100m free and yelling to the time keepers – I got second
• Trish Keenan running down pool side with a smile “a mile wide” – “I’ve qualified”
• Tom lending Michael his cap and goggles to race as had misplaced his
• Terrelle really disappointed with her 200m back and racing one hour later and taking the gold in the 50m breast

One question I do have – what does Lochie Berg eat for breakfast? The guy is a “fish”.

One statistic that hasn’t been advertised – is that 12 and unders – Swimzone Racing – easily won on points at the meet.

Ross

Junior National Squad Team Manager
Wednesday 26 January 2011*
Applicatons for Expressions of interest for the Junior National Squad team manager are open. Please read the following if you are interested in appling for the position. Applicatons close 31st Janurary 2011.

Wellington Champs Wrap Up
Wednesday 26 January 2011*
Session One - Courtney Carson wins the 13yrs and under girls 800fr the first event of the Wellington Summer Champs. She recorded a fantastic PB. Her seed time was 10:06.54 and record a 9:53.81 in her swim. Lochie Berg also had success winning the 14yr old boys 1500fr, he did an amazing PB, entering the race with a seed time of 18:10.65 and recording a final time of 17:13.26. Well done guys amazing start to the weekend for Swimzone we are all looking forward to getting there and in the pool tomorrow and recording more, medals, top ten finishes and pb's for the whole of the Swimzone Racing Team!

Session Two and Three -A great day for Swimzone with Medals, top ten placings and some amazing PBs - Nicholas Berry WOW!. But Nic wasn't the only one to pull an amazing swim out of the bag many PB's were acheived, more qualifiers for NAGS, Div II and Juniors appeared but far two many to lis,t but here are the medal winners to date below.

Session Four and Five - More fabulous swimming by our Swimzone Racing team, more NAGS, Div II and Juniors Times achieved with new team members for our National Meet Teams. Its lovely to see all the hard work paying off. Some swimmers have impressed with Callum Brigden and Lochie Berg both coming to mind smashing PB's left right and centre well done boys the hard work and braving the sun, rain and wind at Wainui is paying off! Everyone should be proud of themselves putting all the effort into the pool truely is awe inspiring. Also big thanks to all those parents who have put their hands up to help in one or more of all 7 sessions is like seven meets so thanks from the board for giving the kids your time; they couldn't do it with out you. One more day to go!

Session Six and Seven - Well its all over. Lots of tired swimmers today, but they still managed to do some amazing swims, It was nice to see some internal competition between the sexes with twelve year old girls and boys tussling it out event after event. Medals again were coming thick and fast and it was great to see so many top ten places today even with tired bodies and minds. I am sure not only swimmers but Mums, Dads, Caregivers and support crews will SLEEP WELL TONIGHT - Next step National Events!!

Apologies for any errors or omissions below please let me know of them and I will correct.

Wellington Champs Information
Wednesday 19 January 2011*W
IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!
Scratching Rule: $30 Fine for a no show or late scratching. You must scratch from a heat the session prior to the swim and from a final within 15mins after the final is posted!

All swimmers MUST wear a SWIMZONE RACING swim cap if they wear a cap, no other caps allowed so if you don't have one contact your managers or coaches!

Wellington Summers Officals List. Please check to make sure you know when you are working. Session Report (a guide only) and Seating Plans Available.

OFFICIALS INFOMATION

Hi everyone

Just a reminder if you’re time keeping or an IOT you need to wear white tops and black shorts or trousers if possible.

All volunteers will need to sign in at the main entrance to pool (North end) for the relevant session. The main entrance will be used as the main entrance for the weekend champs.

Time keepers also need to sign in with the Chief Time Keeper (on pool deck) at least 30 minutes before racing starts.

Swimmers’ entry passes will be picked up by Team Managers and handed out to swimmers.

Door volunteers need to be ready to be on door duty by 2.30 pm for the afternoon session.

Good luck to all swimmers. Parents – enjoy the racing.

Go SZR - Ross

Swimzone have success in XLR8 Nov/Dec 2010
Thursday 13 January 2011
Maddy Thomas-Beck finished the two months at the top of the table taking 1st place for 11yr old girls, with Michellie Sasse 10th in the same age, Ashliegh Rankin finished 6th in the 10yr old girls section. Richie Sasse just missed out on taking top place but finished an impressive 2nd in the 10yr old boys section and Tom Berry finished 8th in the same age group, Ryan Leman rounded out Barracudas success with 9th in the 11yr old boys.

Also Maddy Thomas-Beck, Jake Anderson and Richie Sasse had success in gaining a top 10 placing for 2010 overall. Maddy finishing 3rd, Jake 4th in the respective 11 year old age group and Richie 10th in the 10yr old boys.

Well done guys and well done Kelly for coaching these future stars to success!

NSW Age Groups
Thursday 13 January 2011
Maddy who has left our shores for Australia for the next few years (but is still a member of Swimzone Racing) competed in the NSW U12 Age Group Champs, Kelly flew over and joined her in Aussie for some moral support and did a fantastic job motivating Maddy to some fantastic times. Maddy broke the Wellington Record for the 100 Fly in a time of 1.11.24.

The following are the rest of her results for the event. Awesome job Maddy you did us proud.

-5th in the Girls 11yr 200m IM (2:45.16)
-5th in the Girls 11yr 100m Free (1:05.92)
-7th in the Girls 11yr 50m Free (30.89)
-8th in the Girls 11yr 200m Free (2:28.99)
-3rd (Bronze Medal) in the Girls 11yr & Under 200m Fly (2:42.72)
-2nd (Silver Medal) in the Girls 11yr 100m Fly (1:11.24)

Manawatu Summer Champs
Wednesday 12 January 2011
A team of Swimzone Racing swimmers attend the Manawatu Champs and with patches of sunning weather and wind the weekend was enjoyed by all. Oli lusk, Nicholas Sasse, Jared Green, Jack Ross, Antonio Puka, Kallum Sullivan, Richard Sasse, Sean Aitchson, Bevan Angus, Brendan de Greve, Michellie Sasse, Jayme-Lee Hunter, Jamie Sullivan, Megan Lensink, Rianna de Greve all made qualifying times for finals. Oli lusk, Nicholas Sasse, Jared Green, Jack Ross, Richard Sasse, Sean Aitchson, Bevan Angus, Brendan de Greve, Michellie Sasse, Jayme-Lee Hunter all also attained medals in various events throughout the weekend. Along with in the pool acheivement, there was lots of fun and laughter at the hotel with trampolining, music and duck hunting amoungst the kids escapades.

Wellington Champ Entries Due to Close
Tuesday 4 January 2011
Wellington Champs Entries Close on 9th January. Please go to the meets page and enter on line so you don't miss out. If you need a reminder what the events are that you have qualified for follow this link to the eligibility reports.

For 2010 news click here