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Some fantastic racing from our small team down in Dunedin at Moana Pool for the 2026 South Island Short Course Championships! A massive congratulations to Cara, Elizabeth, Jack, Joe, and Scarlett for stepping up and taking on the best in the South Island! 👏 It was a weekend of tough competition, but our swimmers stepped up to make plenty of finals, create great memories, and gain valuable race experience. Now, we turn our focus to the big dance in just a couple of weeks! A h

We are super excited to welcome Jason to the coaching team at QEII as Assistant Coach! Some of you may have already seen Jason on pool deck at meets in Christchurch with the Triton team where he has been coaching for the last four years. Jason is known for his positive energy and keen attention to detail helping develop confident and competitive swimmers. Jason has completed his New Zealand Foundation Development Coach course as well as SURGE Strength Dryland Training certifi

Great job to our team racing at the North Canterbury Ribbon Meet in Rangiora over Friday and Saturday! It was an awesome weekend of racing, highlighted by some massive personal bests across the board. A special shout-out to Stella and Lewis for stepping up and competing in their very first meet—it’s fantastic to have you racing with us! 🥇Elizabeth: 50m Free 🥇Ben: 200m Free 🥇Ben: 200m IM 🥇Scarlett: 100m Fly 🥈Wilbur: 200m Free 🥈Macie: 200m IM 🥉Lewis: 100m Free 🥉Elizabet

Throughout this year we have continued to experience growth both in terms of overall membership and competitive swimming. This is due in part to the efforts of you as the swimmer and your supporters, parents and committee members and that of the head coach. We want to take this opportunity to thank you personally and recognise the efforts that have been put in to make these changes a possibility. Taking into consideration a number of aspects including age, commitment, ability

Incredible performance by our team of 14 swimmers at the Timaru Open Meet at the Caroline Bay Aquatic Centre last weekend! Having the team travel and stay together made the trip extra special. A massive thank you to Sean and Rebecca for traveling with the team and supporting our athletes every step of the way. Highlights from the Meet: First Meet Success: A big shout-out to Holly, who smashed her very first competition with incredible performances in Breaststroke! Personal Be

Some more good swimming from the team who competed at the 2026 Dragons Meet last weekend at Parakiore! Backing up from SCWC Short Course Champs the weekend prior, we had some strong racing in different events with lots of medals and more Division II qualifying times! Big welcome to Raphe who raced at his first meet! 🥇Chloe: 200m Breast 🥇Jack: 100m Fly, 100m Breast 🥇Raphe: 50m Free, 100m Free, 100m Fly 🥈Chloe: 200m Free 🥈Elizabeth: 100m Back, 100m Breast 🥈Joe: 200m Breas

Awesome job from our team of swimmers racing at the 2026 Swim Canterbury West Coast Short Course Championships held at Parakiore last weekend. 🙌🎉 We had 13 amazing swimmers from our team representing our club with some strong swims, big personal bests, 18x medals and a heap of national qualifications!👌 Huge congratulations to Chloe (Girls 15-16 Years 50m Freestyle) and Jack (Boys 15-16 Years 100m Individual Medley) who claimed gold medals and regional titles! Big welcome t

A massive well done to our incredible team of seventeen swimmers who competed at our very own QEII Ruth Woolley Memorial Meet at Parakiore over the weekend! 🎉🙌🥇 The team lifted for our home meet, delivering a number of awesome swims, a heap of personal bests, and incredible qualifying marks. It was great to see the team lift for finals (or swim offs!) as well as cheering loudly as their teammates raced, grabbing a sneaky butterfly relay victory by the smallest of margins a

All the best to Max who is racing at New Zealand Champs this week in Auckland. Max kicks off his schedule with the 50m Backstroke on the first day, followed by 50m Breaststroke and 50m Butterfly later in the meet. 🔥💛🖤

Amazing job from our team of four racing at the Ashburton Splash in the weekend. Back racing short course again, the team performed extremely well with a big haul of personal bests at an awesome 85% personal best rate! Big shout out to Macie and Sophie who scored nine personal best from their nine races over the weekend while also notching up their first 400m Freestyles - well done girls! ✨️🎉 Big congratulations to Scarlett who qualified for New Zealand Short Course Champs f

Big congratulations to the entire team who competed at the Wharenui Winter Olympics held at Parakiore in the weekend. 🎉✨️ We had an excellent set of results with 21 personal bests from our small team at a rate of 88% showing off our consistency and hard work in the lead up to this meet!👏🏊‍♂️ We had two swimmers who went under qualifying marks for the upcoming New Zealand Championships in Auckland next month. Max who qualified for the 50m Backstroke and 50m Butterfly, and C

All the very best to Ben who kicks off his 2026 New Zealand National Age Group Championships with the 1500m Freestyle today! ✨️🏊‍♂️ Ben is waving the flag for QEII as we return to the meet for the first time since 2019! Good luck Ben we are all cheering you on back home!💛🖤

Big congratulations to members of our team that raced for their schools at the 2026 Canterbury Secondary Schools Swimming Champs at Parakiore yesterday. 🏊‍♀️🎉 Big shout out to Chloe and Elizabeth who claimed medals as well as the @avonsidegirlshs relay team that took out the silver medal in the 4x50m Freestyle relay featuring all four swimmers from QEII!! Avalon - Marian College Chloe - Avonside Girls' High School Elizabeth - Avonside Girls' High School Gemma - Cashmere Hig

Amazing effort from our team (Cara, Elizabeth, Joe and Scarlett) who competed at the 2026 New Zealand Division II Meet held at Moana Pool in Dunedin last weekend. 🎆🙌 Racing over 400 swimmers from quite literally all over the county including a team Fiji, the team stepped up with some big performances, personal bests, top ten finishes, and lots of learnings. The team ended up in 40th position with 132 points - a stella job from a team of only 4 swimmers!🎉 Super excited to s

Great job from the team at the 2026 South Island Champs held at Parakiore in the weekend. Small team but with a PB percentage of 71% we had 10 new personal bests over the weekend 👌 Great to have another long course racing opportunity with heats and finals. Big shout out to Ben who claimed the gold medal in the 14-15 years 1500m Freestyle and a silver medal in the 800m Freestyle! 👏🥇🥈 🥇Ben: 1500m Freestyle 🥈Ben: 800m Freestyle 🆕️ Cara (50m Breast, 50m Fly, 100m Free), Be

Big congratulations to Ben who claimed third place in both the 1km and 3.5km at the 2026 New Zealand Secondary Schools Open Water Championships at Rotorua today. 🥉🥉🎉 Representing Shirley Boys, Ben finished the 3.5km race in a time of 44:05.51 before an hour later taking bronze in the 1km in a time of 13:59.75. 🏊‍♂️👏 Ben added to his national medal haul in 2026 after collecting medals at New Zealand Open Water Champs earlier in the year. 🔥

Some big results from the team stepping up at the 2026 Waitaha Summer Meet held at Parakiore in the weekend!!! 🎉🥳 A huge shout out to Tayla, Sophie, John, Avalon, Macie, Leah and Maddie racing in a long course pool for the first time. A big difference as we found out but these guys handled the switch like pros and lifted their game!🙌 Stoked with a mega 52 personal bests from our 14 swimmers showing off all the hardwork since returning to the pool.🔥🔥 Special congratulatio

Awesome job from the ten swimmers representing the club at the 2026 Canterbury West Coast Long Course Championships held at Parakiore over the weekend. 🎉🙌 For the majority of our team, this was the first long course meet they had raced at so we had plenty of learning opportunities in the "long pool". The team did a fantastic job of stepping up and already looking forward to our next long course meet. Congratulations to Ben who won the Gold medal in the 13-14 Years 400m Free

In the world of swimming, there’s a common misconception that "more is always better." While staring at a black line for hours builds the engine, the rest is what actually tunes it. Without proper recovery, you aren't training; you’re just breaking yourself down. Training creates stress → rest allows adaptation. Without enough rest: Technique degrades Speed plateaus Injury risk rises (especially shoulders, lower back, hips) CNS (nervous system) fatigue builds up Swimming

We were super excited to hold our first club prize-giving in a number of years just before the end of the year to recognise the hard work and achievements of those at our club. 👏🎉 Over the year, we attended sixteen swim meets, with an exciting twelve new members joining the competitive team and collectively the team setting a fantastic 335 personal bests. A big congratulations to all who won awards, or who were recognised for their accomplishments and contributions througho