Welcome to the home website of the Whangarei Amateur Swimming Club - we are one of the largest swimming clubs in Northland, and offer a great pathway for young swimmers from learn to swim right through to elite national swimmers.

Based at the Whangarei Aquatic Centre, the club has its own clubrooms poolside, which the Elite and Junior Squads use prior to trainings for land-based exercises.

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WASC NZ Junior Qualifiers
The qualifying period for the 2012 NZ Junior Champs is now up, and the club is very pleased to announce that ten swimmers have qualified to represent the club (and Northland)  at the championships in Hamilton on 18-19 February.

The following swimmers will be competing at NZ's premier championships for swimmers 12 year and under:
Ellie Eastwood - 10 events
Callum Prime - 8 events
Samantha Bailey - 6 events
Laura Martin - 5 events
Ariel Kelman - 3 events
Nikkayla Kelman - 3 events
Hayley Donovan - 3 events
Josh Nilson - 2 events
Courtney Matich - 1 event
Kennedy Boswell-Smith - 1 event

The team of 10 is easily the biggest from WASC for a great number of years and is evidence of the work the committee has put in to provide a competitive swimming pathway within the club. It is also the biggest preresentation out of all Northland clubs.

A special congratulations to Ariel and Kennedy
who have qualified for the first time. Kennedy left it especially late, qualifying in the last possible carnival, but she is there now and is looking forward to her first big national championships.


WASCies Do It Again!
26 WASC swimmers did the club proud at the 2012 Northland Age Group Champs in Dargaville.

In a fantastic display of all round swimming, our squad members brought home 35 gold, 34 silver and 29 bronze medals (as well as 2 relay medals). This total of 100 medals almost doubled last year's haul of 57 medals at the same championships (and we had exactly the same number of swimmers!).

In a show of real depth, the club had the best PB rate of all the major Northland clubs with 63%, and a heap more national qualifying swims were recorded.

Here's a list of achievements from the championships:
Ellie Eastwood
8 gold medals, 2 silver medals, 2 more NZ Junior qualifying swims and broke 6 race records and 1 Northland age group long course record
Maddy Eastwood
7 gold medals and 3 silver medals
Callum Prime
3 gold medals, 3 silver medals,1 bronze medal and another NZ Junior qualifying swim
Sam Bailey
3 gold medals, 1 silver medal, 2 bronze medals, 2 race records and more NZ Junior qualifying swims
Holly Duckmanton
2 gold medals, 6 silver medals, 1 race record and another two qualifying swims for the NZ Open Champs
Tom Stevens
2 gold medals, 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal on not much recent training!
Hayley Donovan
2 gold medals and 1 silver medal on not much recent training!
Sean Collier
2 gold medals, 4 bronze medals, 1 race record and qualifying swims for both NAGS and the Queensland Champs
Laura Martin
1 gold medal, 3 silver medals, 1 bronze medal, 13/14 PBs and 3 more qualifying swims for NZ Juniors. A break-through weekend showing the value of hard training!
Nikkayla Kelman
1 gold medal, 1 silver medal, 3 bronze medals and 11/13 PBs showing more good training form
Cameron Ludgate
1 gold medal, 1 silver medal and 4/10 PBs
Courtney Matich
1 gold medal and 1 silver medal
Alysha Donovan
1 gold medal, 4 bronze medals, 5/9 PBs and a highlight of the weekend solo swim!
Poai Niha
4 silver medals, 7/10 PBs and another Div 2 qualifying swim
Ariel Kelman
3 silver medals, 2 bronze medals, 4/10 PBs and another NZ Junior qualifying swim
Katie Nilson
3 silver medals, 4 bronze medals and now only a whisker away from qualifying for Queensland!
Simon Parker
1 gold medal and a big help in the Crawford Woodman relay
Maddy Brooke
1 silver medal,1 bronze medal, 8/9 PBs and very close to qualifying for NZ Juniors
Kennedy Boswell-Smith
2 bronze medals, 8/8 PBs and again very close to Nz Junior times
Paige Brown
1 bronze medal, 8/9 PBs and getting closer and closer to NZ Junior times
Rachyl Edge
1 bronze medal and 4/7 PBs
Josh Nilson
7/11 PBs
Tamara Kelman
6/7 PBs
Tyler Nicholas
3/5 PBs
Teegan Farr
5/8 PBs
Kohu Kawiti
3/5 PBs with a few injuries!

Thanks to Our Sponsors
The Whangarei Swimming Club would like to express gratitude to our sponsors who supported us to put on such a successful Spring Carnival recently.

A really big thank you to MERCURY ENERGY who have come onboard as the naming rights sponsor of the club's two carnivals in 2011 - its great to have their support, especially as their colours are very similar to ours!

Also thanks to local companies DONOVAN GROUP, NORTHLAND WASTE and FLETCHER EASY STEEL, who sponsor the club.

And last but not least, we also salute our lane sponsors - DIVE HQ, CARTRIDGE WORLD WHANGAREI, MATICH TRANSPORT, OMAK MEATS, MIZONE and A'FARE - who have also been very supportive.

Without all our sponsors we would not be able to put on such a successful carnival, so please support them wherever and whenever possible.


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