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2025 Prize-giving
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

QEII Club
Jan 191 min read


Ben claims medals at New Zealand Open Water Champs
Amazing job from Ben who represented the club at the 2026 New Zealand Open Water Championships/ Epic Swim at Lake Taupō over the weekend. Just a second behind the winner, Ben claimed the Silver Medal🥈 in the 13-14 Years Men's race of the 2.5 KM NZ Open Water Championships!! His time of 33 minutes and 34 seconds was also the overall 3rd fastest in the race! 🙌 The following day, he took on the 5km Epic Swim where he finished 3rd 🥉in the 14-15 Years age group, and was the 6th
QEII Coach
Jan 141 min read


Last one, Fast one! The final meet of the year!
Amazing effort from our 14 strong team at the 2025 JASI Christmas Cracker as we wrapped up the year of racing over the weekend! 🎄 It was great to have so many swimmers giving their best, racing outside their comfort zone, taking new learning opportunities, supporting their teammates and racing faster than ever before!🏊♀️🔥 Congratulations to Joe (50m Free, 100m Breast and 200m IM), Ben (100m IM, 100m Fly and 200m Fly) and Scarlett (100m Free and 400m Free) who all added Di
QEII Coach
Dec 21, 20252 min read


Strong performances from Lena and John and Junior Champs
A big shout out to Lena and John who raced at the 2025 Canterbury West Coast Junior Champs in Rolleston this weekend. 🏊♂️🎉 Together they took home a bunch of personal bests and top ten finishes! Great to have tough racing and looking forward to you stepping up again in the months to come! 🤛 Big thanks also to Elizabeth, Scarlett, Joe and Sean who gave up part of their weekend to help the next generation of QEII and Canterbury West Coast swimmers. 🙏 🆕️ PB: Lena (50m Brea
QEII Coach
Nov 24, 20251 min read


More Personal Bests at the Triton Meet
It was great to be back in the water again following on from the recent Aquagym Challenge Meet as we tested ourselves at the 2025 Triton Meet! 🏊♀️ We had a smaller crew make the start line for this meet, but everyone involved did an exceptional job with 13 personal bests across the team as we continue to work towards those Division II times! 👏 A big shout out to Avalon and Cara who had 100% Personal Bests this weekend. 🙌 🥇Tilly: 100m Backstroke 🥇Cara: 50m Backstroke 🥈T
QEII Coach
Nov 17, 20251 min read


Medals for the team at Aquagym Challenge
Great racing from the team at the 2025 Aquagym Challenge Meet at Jellie Park last weekend!🎉🏊♂️ A big shout out to those who raced during the weekend and those who took part in the fundraising event at the Mashlands Community day on Sunday! The meet was a great hit out for the team to build upon the good work from the Hokitika away trip last month. 💛🖤 Special mention to Ben who had 100% PB rate for his six races over the weekend. 🔥 Congratulations to Elizabeth (50m Butte
QEII Coach
Nov 10, 20251 min read
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