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Swimming Wellington Annual Report 2017-2018 Season 1 | P a g e
ENDA
Wellington Swimming Association
118th Annual Report
2018-19
Our Values
Respect Excellence Teamwork
Our Purpose
To lead, support and provide opportunities for the development of swimming in the region resulting in more people taking part and reaching their potential
Our Vision
New Zealand’s top performing region
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Pages
Our Team
3
Club Abbreviations
4
Regional Awards
National Awards
5-8
9
Wellington Annual Awards 10-12
New Zealand Team Members 13
Chair’s Report 14-15
Management Report 14-16
Technical Officials’ Report 19-20
Regional Records 21-34
Index
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CHAIR Mark Berge (to October 2018) Paul Matson DEPUTY CHAIR Paul Matson (to October 2018) Chris Dyhrberg TREASURER Paul Matson (to October 2018) Murray Pugh BOARD MEMBERS Greg Forsythe (to October 2018)
Sam Rossiter-Stead (to September 2018) Allison Yannakis Brigid Borlase Tony Roddan
OPERATIONAL TEAM Martyn Newman-Hall Angus Pashley Catherine Myhill (to September 2018) Sharon Pippos SELECTORS Colin Sasse Robyn Prior AWARDS COMMITTEE Jim Drummond QSM (to May 2019) Lynne Keatley Pam Edwards
Our Team
Our supporters
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Abbreviations Club Name
AQA Aquajets Swimming Club BRK Breakers Swim Club CTN Carterton Swimming Club CAP FST
Capital Swim Club Featherston Swimming Club
GRT Greytown Swimming Club HAT Hataitai Swimming Club HUT Hutt Swimming Club KAP Kapiti Swimming Club MAR MAS
PIR
Maranui Swimming Club Masterton Swimming Club Pirates Swim Club
PCA Porirua City Aquatics RAU Raumati Swimming Club SZR SwimZone Racing
TWA TOD
Tawa Swimming Club Tornadoes Swim Club
UHT Upper Hutt Swimming Club WSC
Whanganui Swimming Club (to December 2018)
Swimming Wellington Club Abbreviations
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( * denotes deceased )
LIFE MEMBERS Wellington Wairarapa
1957 * Fred JS Adam HAT 1968 * Mr L J Fairbrother GRT
* G Hill * Mr T H Warburton GRT
* W Cowie * Mr D Pauling MAS
* Vic Allen 1971 * Miss M Keltie GRT
1961 * Jack D Hassall WN 1977 * Mr William (Bill) J Cooper MAS
* Norm Oldershaw HUT 1979 * Mr Ian McPhee CTN
1964 * John Penman KAR 1980 * Mrs Gaye Salter MAS
1965 * Arthur Haley PET 1985 * Mrs Phil Murphy QSM FST
1971 Roger Robins QSM HUT 1987 * Mrs Merle Sowry MAS
1975 * D (Billie) Fitzsimmons MBE WN 1991 * Mr Jack McLean MAS
1984 * Major W H (Bill) Dyson MBE MAR Mr Ken Wilton ONZM MAS
1986 * R (Bob) Stobbs PET 1996 Mr Russell Geange CTN
1993 Daphne McLay MAR 2004 Mr Stuart McGregor CTN
1995 * Carol Hawke UHT 2005 * Mr G Hosnell FST
* Ashley Hawke UHT 2008 Mr Robert (Bob) R Eagle CTN
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( * denotes deceased
( * denotes deceased )
HONOURS AWARDS Wellington Wairarapa
1977 * Les Martlew HUT * Mr H G Hughan CTN
1978 * R (Bob) Stobbs PET * Mr Doug G Finlayson MAS
1981 * Connor McBride VAR 1975 Mr Robert (Bob) R Eagle CTN
1983 * Doug Thomas UHT * Mr Ian B McPhee CTN
1984 * Ron Clark TWA * Mr William (Bill) J Cooper MAS
1985 * W Cameron White HUT Mr Ken M Wilton ONZM MAS
1986 * Jean Price WN * Mrs Gaye Salter MAS
Ken Mark MAR * Mr Graham Hinton MAS
* Ian Frew MAR * Mrs F Banks CTN
Fred Woodford MAR * Mr T Young CTN
* Ron Gridgeman NAE * Mr Mitch Tait MAS
1989 * Ethel Dighton BI Mr T Nelson GRT
* W (Bill) Matson ONZM RAU * Mrs J Pinfold MAS
* Max Mitchell UHT * Mrs Heather Mason MAS
* Ashley Hawke UHT * Mrs Merle Sowry MAS
1991 * Adrienne Frost MAR * Mrs Phil Murphy QSM FST
1992 * Carol Hawke UHT Mr Russell Geange CTN
* Adrian Doig RAU 1981 Mrs Lyndsay Wright QSM GRT
1993 * Ross Petherick MAR * Mr Jack McLean MAS
1997 Pam Edwards CAP Mrs J Connon ?
2001 Ian McDonald QSM HAT Mr D Daily MAS
* Barbara Neish UHT * Mr P Ray CTN
2002 Eileen Adams MSC 2011 Mrs Bev Regnault GRT
2003 Lynne Keatley WOA Mrs Robyn Prior MAS
* Ted Hazel CAP
2006 Vivien Morton MSC
2008 Kay Hudson SZR
2011 Henrietta Latham RAU
Heather Newall RAU
Deidre (Dee) Papps SZR
2015 Ruth Bucknell CTN
2016 Paul Matson RAU
Veronica Gould TWA
2017 Rhonda Graham PCA
2018 Graham Seagull PCA
Greg Forsythe CAP
Wellington Swimming Awards
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SERVICE AWARDS (* denotes deceased)
1960 Don K Garrett UHT Tom Lister * HUT Z (Harry) Purchase * HUT R (Bob) Stobbs * PET Vern Lister * PET John Plunkett WN Pat Cheeseman * PAE 1969 Doug Thomas * UHT W (Bill) McCarroll HUT Kath Martlew * HUT Mrs C Thornton F M Thornton Lyn A Randerson KAR Harry Schlatter KAR I Croft George Miller * BI F (Digger) Eadie * NAE Peter Stephens * BI W (Bill) Bol * UHT Leicester Frater * UHT E (Ted) J Hazeal BI Eddy B Quirke * UHT Ron Gridgeman * NAE Mrs N Robertson 1973 Connor McBride * VAR P Field * L (Pip) Piper VAR Lloyd Ridley * PET Joan Scadden * BI 1974 W Cameron White * HUT C S Charles * HUT Sid Shirley * HUT 1975 W (Bill) H Dyson * MAR Gary Martlew HUT 1976 Ken Mark MAR Ian Frew * MAR Fred Woodford MAR Jean Price * WN Bev Shirley * HUT 1977 Tay Wilson * MAR Eric Strachan WN 1978 Enid Staples RAU John Law CC R (Dick) James * WOA Peter Fitzsimmons WN 1979 Max Mitchell * UHT Ashley Hawke * UHT 1979 A (Dick) Perham * HUT Taeo Verhoeven * VAR John Underhill WN 1980 Ethel Dighton * BI Leslie Parkin HAT 1981 Mrs M Mason Vera Dyson MAR 1982 Carol Hawke * UHT Pat Harris MAR Josie Brown TWA W (Bill) Matson * RAU Adrian Doig * RAU J Brown 1983 Ross Petherick * MAR Joan Goulder * UHT 1984 Adrienne Frost * MAR Shirley Barrett HUT Evelyn Jackson * UHT Clive Hesketh MAR Stephen Perrott MAR Buck Hazelett John Avison * UHT Gary Grant TWA 1985 Robert Borgers MAR Paul Dyson MAR 1986 Joan McNamara * TWA Petra Burr HUT Peter Matthews CC
1987 Ian McDonald HAT Jack Simes * HAT John Watt * HAT G Coleman * HAT Jim Drummond QSM HAT Corrie van Dooren NAE Barbara Emmens NAE 1988 Eileen Adams CC Tom Berryman CC Chris Crawford HUT Con Abbot HUT Marie Doig RAU Joan Matson RAU Roy Walker * TWA Pat James * WOA 1989 Anne Torrance * UHT Elizabeth Goulder UHT Ron Abraas * MAR Noel Tock TWA Pam Edwards BI Margaret Grant TWA Daphne McLay MAR Dave Morgan MAR Leslie Nash HUT Pam Solomon BI Linda Percy HUT Mrs K Warren Chris Keeping HUT Maurie Bognuda HUT Alan McLay MAR Robin Semmens TWA Pat Semmens TWA R (Dick) Wilson TWA 1992 Sue Costley UHT Ian Whitta HUT Dave Barnes TWA Lynne Keatley WOA Eve Olsson TWA Susan Graham CAP Ron Graham CAP Chris McIlraith CAP Paul Matson RAU Ian Luttrell UHT 1995 Barbara Neish * UHT Paul Oliver MAR Veronica Simonsen MAR Fiona Pampalone MAR 1996 Wayne Fisher HAT Vivien Morton MSC John Neish UHT Donald Coley WOA Stephen Keatley WOA Maxine Raitt NAE Colleen Win NAE 2000 Danny Garrick WOA 2001 Jenny Garrick WOA Veronica Gould TWA Carol McDonald HAT Margaret Smith WOA Stan Smith WOA 2002 Anne Eastwood CAP Sonja Braddock CAP Murray Coulter CAP Graeme Foote CAP Janet Voss CAP Marianne Emmens UHT Karen Stent UHT 2003 Linda Clifford HAT Kay Hudson WSC Robert Mills WSC Dave Mulligan UHT Deirdre Papps WSC 2004 Rhonda Graham TASS Siegmund Wieser MSC 2005 Fiona Clark RA
2005 Karen Fugle MSC Ross Harvey RAU Henrietta Latham RAU Graham Seagull MSC Lynn Sherborne RAU Rick Stonnell HAT 2006 George Canales CAP Raylee Harley CAP Heather Newall RAU Francis Wevers TSW 2007 Helen Giacon RAU Christopher Gatfield * SCA Linda Pye SCA Andrew Palmer SCA 2009 Linda George MSC Ngaire Huggins TWA 2010 Mark Berge CAP Greg Forsythe CAP/KRI Nevill Sutton PCA 2011 Karen Bennington CAP Steve Hind CAP Gary Hurring CAP Robert Loo CAP Yvonne Mansell RAU Matt Meehan PCA Jill Roberts RAU Robina Scahill SZR 2012 Jacqui Forsythe KRI Lynda Kamstra KRI Nigel Lucie-Smith KRI Philippa Lucie-Smith KRI Gregg McCarthy TWA Sue Smart KRI Greg Szakats KRI Sarah Tait PCA 2013 Hugh Allan TWA Rachel Allan TWA Sandra Bednarek TWA Jane Bertschinger HAT Max Marshall HAT Sandra Turner CAP 2014 Catherine Barnes CAP Terence Burns CAP Catherine Cartys Squires HAT Lily Chapman CAP Roger Chapman CAP David Clareburt CAP Robyn Clareburt CAP Sally Kean CAP Jillian Kennemore CAP Stephanie Kozyniak CAP Angel Lin CAP Jan Robinson CAP Barbara Ryan CAP Gavin Sinclair CAP Penny Sinclair CAP Karen Thomas CAP Timon Wilkinson CAP 2015 Stacey Faith KSC Anna Kitching MAS Onolata Little PCA Trin Peterson CTN John Ross SZR Noel Stevens SZR 2016 Gillian Kalafetalis PCA Brent Harris PCA Chris Dyhrberg RAU Terry Laws PCA Robert Gibb HUT Dougal Dunlop MAR Robin Tapp MAR Alison Lane SZR 2017 Andy Wilkinson PCA Angelique Gordon-Stables UHT Ronald Watt MAR 2018 Craig Marsters SZR Mike Heath SZR Seuga Frost KAP
WELLINGTON SWIMMING AWARDS
Wellington Swimming Awards
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SERVICE AWARDS (* denotes deceased) 1961 Mr P Hammond * CTN Mr H Wolland CTN G Colquhoun * MAS Mr W Booth * MAS Mr H G Hughan * CTN Mr L Maguire * MAS Mr Doug G Finlayson * MAS Mrs M Ashford * MAS Mr J A B Lawrence * CTN Mr G Compton * CTN 1962 Mrs P Williams * FTN Mr Robert (Bob) R Eagle CTN 1963 Mr J Saba * GRT 1965 Miss H Smallwood GRT Mr P Hayman MBH 1967 Ian B McPhee * CTN 1968 Mr A H Dellar CTN Mr J A Rewi * GRT Mr J Langford GRT Mr D Terry GRT Mr K Gates GRT 1969 Mr William (Bill) J Cooper * MAS Mr Ken M Wilton MAS 1971 Mrs Gaye Salter * MAS Mr A Noble * MAS Mr W Scholfield * MAS Mr D O’Neale GRT 1973 Mr Graham Hinton * MAS 1974 Mrs F Banks * CTN Mr F Clark MAS Mr T Young * CTN 1975 Mr M Tait * MAS 1976 Mr G Herod * GRT Mr Kevin Prendivillle * GRT Mr T Nelson GRT Mrs I Bull * MAS Mrs B Herod GRT Mrs J Pinfold * CNT 1977 Mr Heather Mason * MAS Mrs Merle Sowry MAS Mr M Salter MAS Mr D Ardrey MAS Mr M Rei * FTN Mr B Adamson FTN Mrs Phil Murphy * FTN
1980 Mr Barry Styles MAS 1981 Mr Russell Geange CTN Mrs W Prendiville GRT Mrs Lyndsay Wright QSM GRT 1982 Mr J Paterson MAS Mrs M O’Brien CNT 1984 Mr Jack McLean * MAS Mrs M Wilkinson MAS 1985 Mr C Robinson FTN 1987 Mrs J Connon Mr D Daily MAS 1991 Mrs Maire McLean MAS Mr Fred Lindop MAS Mr Graham Hosnell * FTN Mrs Y Ray CTN Mr P Ray * CTN 1992 Mrs Dorothy Lindop MAS 1993 Mr D Hicks * MAS Mrs P Hicks MAS Mrs Bev Regnault GRT Mrs H Murphy 1998 Mrs Rosemary McFarlane MAS Mr Steve McFarlane MAS 2000 Mr Stuart McGregor CTN 2002 Mrs Margaret McGregor CTN 2006 Mrs Robyn Prior MAS Mrs Ruth Bucknell MAS Mrs Janice Slater GRT 2011 Mrs Addie Wyeth FTN Mr Doug Aplin MAS
Wairararpa Swimming Awards
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LIFE MEMBERSHIP 1984 Mrs D (Billie) Fitzsimmons MBE *
2005 W L (Bill) Matson ONZM *
2010 Ian McPhee *
NATIONAL SERVICE AWARDS ( * denotes deceased and denotes with honours )
1931 P Coira * 1935 N McCartney * Norm N Oldershaw * 1938 L H Joblin * 1940 W (Bill) H Gerrie * V L Allan * 1941 H H Look * V L Allan * D T Woodfield * 1942 J Blakeley * 1943 Fred JS Adam * 1945 N A Ingram * C E Claridge * Sid J Guppy * 1946 A S Laurie * J D Hassall * 1947 J Penman * C Jones * 1948 L J Fairbrother * H S Brooks * Fred Workman * 1949 R Pelham * D Pauling * E B Hughes * 1950 Eric Kershaw * Arthur Haley * 1951 Mrs E Cooper * 1952 W H Trapp * Dr E M Stammers * 1953 R (Dick)J Tuppen * Keith Spry * F Stains * 1954 M R Fitchett * R E Barnes * K Neill 1955 EGT Emerson V J Gotlieb * Mrs E M Wells E C Coleman * 1956 D B O’Neill F P Duffy * C M Drane * 1957 T H Warburton * 1958 B J Grigg M C Finlayson * H G Hughan * 1960 Mrs D Fitzsimmons * Mrs P Murphy * 1962 Miss M Keltie * 1964 Len Smith * 1968 L J Fair 1969 Doug G Finlayson * 1970 Peter F Stephens * )
1972 Ron E Stobbs * Roger J Robins 1973 Les Martlew * Ian B McPhee * 1975 Mrs P Cheesman * 1976 Jim H Drummond QSM * K Oliver * R D Clark * Ken M Wilton Robert (Bob) Eagle William (Bill) J Cooper * 1978 C F McBride * Mrs Gaye Salter * 1981 Graham Hinton * 1983 D Thomas * Mrs Merle Sowry * 1990 Max Mitchell * A Hawke * 1992 Mrs Joan McNamara * 1993 Tom Berryman Mrs E Dighton * Adrian Doig * Mrs Joan Matson W L Matson ONZM * Mrs Daphne McLay Mrs J Price * 1994 Mrs E Adams Mrs M Doig * Mrs A Frost * G Grant Mrs C Hawke * Mr Jack McLean * Mr Russell Geange 1995 I McDonald 1997 Mrs Barbara Neish * ) Mrs Pam Edwards 1998 John Neish 2001 Mrs Viv Morton 2004 Stuart McGregor 2006 Mrs Margaret McGregor 2008 Mrs Deidre Papps 2011 Mrs Kay Hudson Mrs Henrietta Latham Mrs Heather Newall 2015 Graham Seagull Greg Forsythe Jacqui Forsythe Mark Berge Matt Meehan Sandra Turner 2016 Paul Matson Barbara Ryan
National Awards
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Life Members Henrietta Latham Raumati Swimming Club Mark Berge Capital Swim Club Honours Awards Graham Seagull Porirua City Aquatics Greg Forsythe Capital Swim Club Service Awards Craig Marsters SwimZone Racing Mike Heath SwimZone Racing Seuga Frost Kapiti Swimming Club Opens Coach of the Year Gary Hollywood Capital Swim Club National Age Group Coach of the Year Aidan Withington Capital Swim Club Junior Coach of the Year Tyler Stevens SwimZone Racing Club Volunteer Coach of the Year Richard Peterson Porirua City Aquatics Coach of the Year Gary Hollywood Capital Swim Club Club Contributor of the Year Noel Stevens SwimZone Racing Swimmer with a Disability Mary Fisher Capital Swim Club Best Individual Performance Lewis Clareburt Capital Swim Club Selectors Trophy Lewis Clareburt Capital Swim Club Age Group Swimmer of the Year Chelsey Edwards SwimZone Racing
Swimmer of the Year Lewis Clareburt Capital Swim Club
Wellington Awards Evening 2018
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1973 Sally McKimm 1989 Peter Doig 2005 Damian Braddock
1974 Ian Bullock 1990 Simon Percy 2006 Kelly Bentley
1975 Rebecca Perrott 1991 Simon Percy 2007 Shane Patience
1976 Rebecca Perrott 1992 Toni Jeffs 2008 John Gatfield
1977 Rebecca Perrott 1993 T Jeffs & S Percy 2009 Natasha Hind
1978 Rebecca Perrott MBE 1994 Mandy Zuckerman 2010 Samantha Lee
1979 Rebecca Perrott MBE 1995 Jonathan Winter 2011 Gareth Kean
1981 Rebecca Perrott MBE 1997 Jonathon Winter 2013 Samantha Lee
1982 Margaret Hesketh 1998 Toni Jeffs 2014 Mary Fisher
1983 Barry Salisbury 1999 Toni Jeffs 2015 Mary Fisher
1984 Anna Doig 2000 Toni Jeffs 2016 Mary Fisher
1985 Anna Doig 2001 Damian Braddock 2017 Lewis Clareburt
1986 Fiona McLay 2002 Toni Jeffs 2018 Lewis Clareburt
1987 F McLay & K Sadlier 2003 Toni Jeffs
1988 Margaret Hesketh 2004 Toni Jeffs
Billie Fitzsimmons Aquatic Competitor of the Year Trophy
Mrs D (Billie) Fitzsimmons MBE was made a Life Member of Swimming Wellington in 1975 & Swimming New Zealand in 1984, She had significant involvement in the Wanganui East and Wellington Swimming Clubs, Wellington Swimming Centre and for many years represented Swimming NZ on the NZ Olympic & Commonwealth Games Association (now NZOC). Billie acted as Women’s Manager to the Perth Commonwealth Games and Munich Olympic Games Teams. Her aquatic connections extended to Wellington Ladies SLSC, Surf Lifesaving NZ and Water Safety NZ.
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Lewis Clareburt
Winner – Maori Junior Sportsman of the Year Winner – Victoria University Sportsman of the year Finalist – Emerging Talent at the Halberg Awards
Thomas Watkins Finalist – Emerging Sportsman at the Wellington Sportsperson of the Year Awards
Chelsey Edwards Winner – Upper Hutt’s Young Achievers Mayoral Award Finalist – NZ Swimming Alumni, Emerging Swimmer Award
Nicola Murray
Finalist – Administrator of the Year, Wairarapa Sports Awards
Raina Lindop Finalist – Volunteer of the Year, Wairarapa Sports Awards
There were no Swimming New Zealand Awards during the 2018-19 year.
Other achievements by our swimmers
and by our volunteers
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2018 Pan Pacific Championships Lewis Clareburt – Capital Swim Club 2018 Junior Pan Pacific Championships Chelsey Edwards – SwimZone Racing Thomas Watkins – Capital Swim Club
2018 Australian State Championships Jenna Rolston-Larking – Capital Swim Club Julia Borlase – Pirates Swim Team Lea Muellner – Capital Swim Club 2018 FINA World Short Course Championship Rebecca Moynihan - Raumati Swimming Club
New Zealand Team Members 2018 - 2019
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While not officially in the year of this report, it would be extremely remiss of me to not acknowledge Lewis Clareburt and his bronze medal performance at the FINA World Championships in July. The first world championship medal by a New Zealand male in 25 years. Congratulations Lewis, an amazing effort.
In addition, congratulations to Chelsea Edwards who also swam with distinction at the world championships. There have, of course, been others who have performed during the year and been rewarded with representative honours at international meets. All of these achievements are recorded in this report. Congratulations to you all.
These are examples of those who have achieved great things during the year but it is important to recognise all swimmers in the region for their achievements. A national title, regional title, national or Wellington records or having achieved a PB and therefore swum faster than you ever have before. I congratulate you all and hope you and many others continue to enjoy our fantastic sport.
Like many sports we are competing with a wide variety of interests and opportunities available to our current and potential swimmers. We need to ensure throughout the structure from club to national level the sport remains relevant and is an attractive option. In my work life I am leading a review of our organisation’s operating model to ensure a better experience and outcome for our customers. The same also applies for swimming and we need to give serious thought to what we are doing at all levels to improve the experience.
Through the good work of the SW team supported by the Events Committee, we are making changes to our events, when they occur and how they are run. I would though challenge us all to think out of the box. Given the time and dedication swimmers put into their sport we do need to get things right but it still must be enjoyable. Doing things right and it being fun are not mutually exclusive. People will vote with their feet if they are not enjoying it.
The cost of swimming is also a factor and this unfortunately continues to rise, not only for the individuals participating (or their parents/caregivers), but for those running it. Swimming Wellington, like many not for profit organisations, sporting or otherwise, does operate with a heavy reliance on grant funding and sponsorship to continue to be financially viable.
With this very much in mind, Swimming Wellington recognises the considerable and generous support we receive from charitable trusts, our sponsors and partners. The support and assistance provided is huge and is very much appreciated. The increased support we have received from our partners has contributed to the positive financial result this year after running deficits in recent years.
Thanks from the Board to Martyn and Angus for their excellent work across the year. Also to Cat who left during the year to take up an exciting opportunity and to Sharon for stepping in and providing support in the office as needed.
There have been a number of achievements during the year. The region hosted the highly successful AON SNZ National Age Group Championships in April. This is the first time this event has been held in Wellington for the past couple of years. Swimming New Zealand have committed to Wellington continuing to host the champs for the next two years.
Chair’s Report
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The introduction of a broader athlete development programme provides a pathway and opportunities for swimmers. It is certainly Swimming New Zealand’s role to support the high performance level but the region has a role to make sure there are opportunities for those at the next levels to improve their chance to advance to that elite level.
We have also committed to increasing our insights through engaging with those directly involved and key stakeholders. We need to continue to understand what is working, what isn’t, what is required in the future and effectively responding to this knowledge. Work has begun with changes for the regional meet calendar, planning for an open water event and improving the development programme based on the experiences this year to name a few.
There have also been challenges during the year. The closure of Naenae pool has had an impact on the scheduling of events during the year. This though is a relatively small impact compared to the impact on SwimZone who have overnight lost the use of their primary facilities to run their club. While this has had a huge impact, the club have responded well and perhaps there could be a silver lining of a new facility in the near future.
I also want to thank the outgoing Board for their work over the course of the year. It has been a pleasure to work with you all and you have brought a wide range of skills and capabilities to the table. Your dedication and the many voluntary hours provided to our sport goes unseen by most but cannot be undervalued. Special mention to Chris and Allison as this is the end of their journey with the SW Board. Chris having reached the end of the third term and Allison reluctantly stepping down due to family and work commitments.
It has though, been disappointing and frustrating that a significant amount of the Board’s and SW staff time has been consumed by matters that have not been about progressing the sport in the region.
Running our sport, relies almost exclusively on people volunteering their time. People’s motivation to do this will vary but this does not include any thought of personal gain or to deliberately do a poor job. The previous Board adopted the values of Respect, Excellence and Teamwork for very good reasons. It is imperative everyone consistently demonstrates these values if we want the best for swimming in Wellington. No matter your role, we are all here for one reason, for the swimmers. What we do needs to be all about providing swimmers with the environment and opportunities for them to do their best and above all enjoy it and have fun.
In conclusion my thanks to all our clubs, coaches, officials and all other volunteers for your time and effort. And again my congratulations to all swimmers for their own personal achievements in the pool this year and may you have many more successes in the future.
Paul Matson Chair, Swimming Wellington
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Membership Statistics at 30/6/19
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AQA 1 249 1 251
BRK 4 25 7 1 37
CAP 1 23 110 29 4 10 16 193
CTN 2 6 9 9 4 3 1 6 3 43
FST 1 16 2 1 2 22
GRT 9 12 1 1 1 24
HAT 123 123
HUT 1 12 1 277 9 1 1 302
KAP 2 7 4 23 1 3 1 5 1 47
MAR 3 9 5 74 1 92
MAS 3 1 6 23 5 4 9 3 54
PIR 7 1 178 1 28 2 15 15 247
PCA 5 279 83 8 4 20 18 417
RAU 1 19 69 1 3 14 2 30 11 150
SZR 7 3 74 80 30 5 20 219
TWA 1 3 53 62 1 12 2 62 13 209
TOD 2 1 3
UHT 3 9 7 1 4 24
49 7 521 636 17 453 9 147 23 385 104 103 2548
Management Report
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Entries to Swimming Wellington events
Long Course Championships
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2016 442 204 647 4503
2017 413 189 602 4137
2018 241 169 410 2838
2019 177 139 316 2337
Junior Championships
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In 2015 and 2016, 12 and unders were included in the Long Course Champs
2017 226 20 246 1428
2018 193 48 241 1504
Short Course Championships
Year Wgt
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2015 483 42 525 3533
2016 494 47 541 3910
2017 496 74 570 3930
2018 420 96 516 3553
Long Distance Championships
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2015 120 10 130 138
2016 119 12 131 131
2017 120 15 135 142
2018 51 0 51 59
Participation numbers at Nationals Club NZSC Juniors Div II NAGS Opens
BRK 3
CAP 24 11 6 37 16
CTN 1 1 5 3
FST
GRT
HAT
HUT
KAP 1
MAR
MAS 2 9 3 4
PCA 3 36 13 5 1
PIR 16 27 8 18 3
RAU 15 3 12 19 5
SZR 12 52 9 18 4
TWA 1 17 5 8 1
TOD
UHT 2 1
Total 161 61 105 30
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Top swimmers and top clubs
Winter Championships 2018 Age Female Male
9 years & under Vinnie Tat (PCA) Oliver Lei (PCA)
10 years Aria Bannister (WSC) Hunter Lloyd (RAU)
11 years Alina Wong (KWA) George Unstead-Joss (SZR)
12 years Lucy Abbott (PCA) Sam Kilduff (CAP)
13 years Hannah Huria (RAU) Deion-Gerard Cabuatan (SZR)
14 years Jenna Rolston-Larking (CAP) Sam Brown (CAP)
15 years Annabella Jencova (RAU) Bronson Lloyd (RAU)
16 & 17 years Julia Borlase (PIR) Atakura Julian (CAP)
18 years & over Ruby Heath (CAP) George Dorrington (CAP)
Overall Top Club
Mana Swimco Cup Top Club - most points overall Capital Swim Club 4,305.0
SwimZone Racing 2,303.5
Porirua City Aquatics 2,173.0
Eyeline Cup Most points scored by 12 & under Porirua City Aquatics 1,706.0
SwimZone Racing 1,282.5
Capital Swim Club 711.5
Tawa Trophy Best performing club Capital Swim Club
Summer Championships 2019 Age Female Male
9 years & under Sun Suri (PCA) Charlie Dickison (PCA)
10 years Bridie Quayle (WHA) Hunter Lloyd (RAU)
11 years Alina Wong (KWA) Noah Ireland Spicer (RAU)
12 years Millie Middleton (COAST) Monty Parkinson (AQZ)
13 years Hannah Huria (RAU) Finn Harland (PIR)
14 years Jenna Rolston-Larking (CAP) Jonas Lilley (CAP)
15 years Annabella Jencova (RAU) Joshua Amyes (TAS)
16 & 17 years Chelsea Edwards (SZR) Luan Grobbelaar (KWA)
18 years & over Bronagh Ryan (CAP) Zarhn Collins (AQZ)
Overall Top Club
Wellington Opens Top Club Trophy Top Club - most points overall Capital Swim Club 2,426
Porirua City Aquatics 1,998
SwimZone Racing 1,596
Records 2016 - 2017 2017 - 2018 2018 - 2019
Wellington records 105 95 103
Relays records 4 - 1
New Zealand records 2 7 1
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Hi all – a bit of a different approach this year. I’d thought I’d take the chance to answer the question that has always been on top of people’s lips – especially people new to swimming. The question is – why so many officials?
There’s no getting around it, swimming requires a lot of officials. While a club rugby game only needs a referee and a couple of volunteer touch-judges, swim meets require a minimum of around 30 officials for a 10 lane pool.
Why so many? Well there are two reasons – to follow FINA and SNZ rules and a matter of fairness.
While the FINA rule book is developed with the Olympics and World Champs in mind, FINA rules have a direct impact at a local level. SNZ has set minimum number of officials required for times to be considered valid to enter national meets. As a region we apply the same rules at most local meets so that when we run a meet that produces ‘approved’ times, these are good to enter any meet in New Zealand – including national meets.
But in my mind, fairness is the main reason that we need to run as many local meets as possible with at least the minimum number of officials. A referee can only see so much of the pool - it’s simply unfair for swimmers under the eyes of a referee to be ‘officiated’ while those on the far side are not. Having at least the minimum required number of officials ensures that all swimmers are officiated equally.
Fairness for the swimmers is also top of mind this year when SW confirmed that we needed at least two back-up timing button operators in each lane at electronically timed meets (i.e. at WRAC or Coastlands Aquatic Centre). This is to ensure that swimmers get valid times from every swim, even when a touchpad fails or another problem occurs – a fairly common occurrence – especially for younger swimmers.
So in short, to be fair to all swimmers and to ensure they are rewarded with valid times at the end of each swim, as a swimming community we must to commit to continue to identify, mentor, train, assess, appoint and roster the required number of officials to ensure fairness for our swimmers. That’s a big job and the pay is terrible (non-existent). It’s a major commitment on the part of the SW community but it seems fair enough to me.
On the training front we had another busy year with double the number of new qualified regional IOTs entering the official pathway compared to last year. However despite this, our total overall number suffered a bit if a dent due to Whanganui departing to join the Manawatu region and ongoing attrition. In total, 25 Wellington officials achieved new qualifications during the 2018/19 year:
• 16 x regional IOTs
• 2 x national IOTs
• 3 x regional judges of stroke
• 2 x regional starters
• 2 x national starters
SW continues to be well represented by officials at national meets. This year, the return of SNZ’s National Age Groups meet to the Capital was a highlight. This is New Zealand’s biggest meet annually with several hundred top age group swimmers competing. Packed seats and an international live-streaming audience made for great racing and plenty of excitement. WRAC’s new scoreboard also made a cameo appearance – when finally installed this should ensure SW meets rise to a new level in terms of presentation and audience participation. As usual Wellington officials happily stepped up to ensure there was a near full pool deck of officials for all sessions.
Last but by no means least – I’d like to thanks all those who supported one or more meets in a technical or volunteer capacity over the year. In particular:
• SW clubs’ officials coordinators – the ‘A’ team that deliver timekeepers and qualified and trainee IOTs for regional meets throughout the year – my heartfelt thanks for your efforts
• Everyone who TK’ed, or IOT'ed, JOS'ed, Marshalled, Recorded, Started or Ref’ed at a meet in Wellington this season. Not to mention everyone who manned a door, acted as runner or delivered food to technical officials – thanks to you too.
• My fellow RTOP members – Jacqui, Hugh, Barbara, Craig and Brent
• Pam, Noel and the team that wrangle and tame the various hardware and software components required to deliver electronic timing at WRAC and Coastlands
• Pool staff at all pools used by Wellington clubs – especially WRAC and Coastlands
• The events team at Swimming Wellington.
Greg Forsythe
Chair, SW Regional Technical Officials Panel
Technical Officials’ Report
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Club
Total qualified technical officials
2018-19
IOT JOS Starter Referee
2017-18 2018-19 Train Reg Nat Reg Reg Nat Reg Nat
Capital 18 15 1 6 9 1 5 1 4
Carterton 3 3 2 1 1 1
Featherston 2 2 2 1
Hutt 1 -
Kapiti 1 2 1 1
Masterton 3 3 1 2 1 1
Pirates 12 15 10 6 2 1 1 1
Porirua 18 13 3 4 9 1 4 2 2
Raumati 10 11 1 6 5 2 1 1 1 1
SwimZone 18 18 2 8 10 2 2 2 1
Tawa 15 14 2 7 7 4 1 1 1 1
Upper Hutt 1 1 1
Whanganui* 12 -
TOTAL 114 97 10 48 49 14 6 12 9 10
Technical Officials by club at 30/6/19
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Freestyle Club Date Time Swimmer Event Swimmer Time Date Club
50 CAP 18.04.18 23.75 Lewis Clareburt Open Toni Jeffs 25.43 02.08.02 CAP
CAP 18.04.18 23.75 Lewis Clareburt 18 Chelsey Edwards 25.88 17.06.19 CAP