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2012 Swimming NZ Awards

Fri, 04 May 2012 16:36:00 +1200

State Insurance 2012 Swimming NZ Awards:

PERFORMANCE SWIM CLUB OF THE YEAR - North Shore Swimming
NATIONAL SWIMMER OF THE YEAR - Lauren Boyle
RELAY TEAM OF THE YEAR - Women's 4 x 200 Fr - Lauren Boyle & Penelope Marshall
INTERNATIONAL LONG COURSE SWIMMER OF THE YEAR - Glenn Snyders
MOST OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE IN AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION - Lauren Boyle
NZ SWIMMER OF THE YEAR - Lauren Boyle

Paralympics in London

Fri, 04 May 2012 16:13:00 +1200

News Flash:
6 April: Gary Francis reports that Rebecca Dubber and Aine Kelly-Costello have qualified for London Paralympics in their 100 Back at the qualifying meet currently being held in London. Aine did a 2 second pb! Daniel Holt did a 1 second pb in his 50 Free B Final and nearly qualified in a time of 25.48. However, hoping he will do so in the 100m free and 400m free events yet to come.

Swimming NZ Regional Age Group Development Camps

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:09:00 +1200

CONGRATULATIONS to the following AGE GROUPERS who made the Swimming NZ Regional Age Group Development Training Camp to be held in Rotorua 4-6 May:

Scott Fairbairn
Oliver Wu
Yeonsu Lee
Ruth Palmer
AND Cameron Stanley has been selected as one of the Coaches

2012 NZ Swimming Annual Awards sponsored by State Insurance

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:52:00 +1200

State Insurance 2012 Swimming NZ Awards:

NSS Swimmers make NZ International teams

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:28:00 +1200

NSS Swimmers make International NZ Teams

Congratulations to the following swimmers who have been selected to represent NZ in International teams:

OCEANIA: (28 May to 2 June)

Ben Gillies (Chloe and Grace Francis and Danielle Koni were also selected but unavailable)

TRANS TASMAN: (1 to 7 July)

Mat Myers - 400 and 1500 Free

Hayley Edmond - 200 and 400 IM

Monique King - 400 and 800 Free

Tirol Palmer - 100 and 200 Back

USA OPENS: (7 to 11 August)

Shaun Burnett

Mitchell Donaldson

Roy Pearce

Samantha Richter

NSS 2nd at NZ Juniors

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:28:00 +1200

Well done to all our NZ Juniors who competed on 17th & 18th Feb in Hamilton - NSS was the 2nd placed club based on points earned! This was an awesome result considering the training time our Juniors spend in the pool! For more results see our March Newsletter which will be posted 1 March. Full results on Swimming NZ website.

QEII 635 points
NSS 367 points
Kings 324 points

NSS 1st NAGs Team 2012

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:21:00 +1200

WE ARE READY!
Message from the 2012 Nags team.

WELL DONE TO OUR NAGS 2012 TEAM - THE TOP NZ SWIMMING CLUB AT AGE GROUPS! A TEAM EFFORT (46 STRONG) MADE THIS POSSIBLE. POINTS WERE AS FOLLOWS:

NORTH SHORE SWIMMING - 2254
HOWICK PAKURANGA - 1919.5
CAPITAL SWIM CLUB - 1287

NSS 1st at NZ Opens/Olympic Trials

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:11:00 +1200

NEW ZEALAND OPENS/OLYMPIC TRIALS POINTS RESULTS:

FIRST: NORTH SHORE SWIMMING - 1298 POINTS

SECOND: CAPITAL SWIM CLUB - 864 POINTS

THIRD: HOWICK PAKURANGA - 365

Confirmed NSS Olympic Swimmers

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:06:00 +1200

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 6 CONFIRMED NORTH SHORE SWIMMERS WHO HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE LONDON OLYMPICS SWIMMING TEAM 2012 (Half the team!! And two more to hopefully be confirmed in June).

DANIEL BELL - 100m Backstroke (4 x 100m Medley Relay - Fly)
LAUREN BOYLE - 200m Freestyle and 400m Freestyle and 800m Freestyle and 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Team
MELISSA INGRAM - 200m Backstroke
PENELOPE MARSHALL - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Team (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay)
HAYLEY PALMER - 50m Freestyle (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay)
GLENN SNYDERS - 100m Breaststroke and 200m Breaststroke (4 x 100m Medley Relay - Breast)

Awaiting Fina Confirmation (11 June)
STEVEN KENT - 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay
CARL O'DONNELL - 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Free

We are so proud of you and appreciate all the hardwork and preparation you have done to reach this goal and we wish you continued success!

Swimming NZ Awards

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:55:00 +1300

News Flash:

Congratulations to Glenn Snyders, Lauren Boyle, Rebecca Dubber and Trudy Wotherspoon who have made the finals for the SNZ awards.

New Coach - Danyon Loader

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:46:00 +1300

News Flash:

Dear Parents and Swimmers

We are very pleased to welcome a new coach to our team – Danyon Loader! He just happens to be New Zealand’s greatest Olympic swimmer.

We are very excited to have him join our coaching team and work with our swimmers. He will be attempting to visit as many programmes as possible over the next couple of weeks to get the feel and flavour of our club.

Don’t be shy of this swimming legend and please make him feel welcome. Danyon’s permanent coaching role will be announced along with our new squads in April.

Kind Regards
Thomas Ansorg
Head Coach

NSS 3rd at Auckland Juniors 2011

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:14:00 +1300

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR JUNIOR SWIMMERS WHO HELPED OUR CLUB TO COME 3RD PLACE ON THE WEEKEND OF 28 NOVEMBER AT AUCKLAND JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. This was an amazing result considering North Shore did not do any relay events! See the November Newsletter for medal results.

Landslide win to NSS at Ak Age Groups 2011

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:10:00 +1300

WELL DONE TO OUR AGE GROUPERS - NORTH SHORE SWIMMING WAS TOP CLUB AT THE DECEMBER 2011 AUCKLAND AGE GROUP SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS. 2nd place was almost 1200 points behind!

North Shore Swimming: 1532 points
Capital Swimming: 387
Roskill Swimming: 358

Open Water Swim - Orewa Dec 2011

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +1300

NORTH SHORE SWIMMING would like to thank OREWA SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB for all their help (and the use of their facilities) to keep our club members and the public safe in the water on December 17 at our OPEN WATER SWIM day. More on this day in our January Newsletter out 5th January 2012

AUT/Millennium Awards

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:15:00 +1300

Award for Excellence at the AUT/Millenium awards - 7 December 2011

NZ REPRESENTATIVE TEAMS
Hayley Palmer 14th FINA World Champs July 2011
Rebecca Dubber Pan Pacific Paralympics Championships, Edmonton, Canada Aug 2011
Daniel Holt Pan Pacific Paralympics Championships, Edmonton, Canada Aug 2011 & IBSA World Champs
Aine Kelly-Costello Pan Pacific Paralympics Championships, Edmonton, Canada Aug 2011

Gary Francis (Coach) Pan Pacific Paralympics Championships, Edmonton, Canada Aug 2011

NATIONAL TITLE HOLDERS
Daniel Holt NZ Open Champs, April 2011 400 Free, 100 Fly
Rebecca Dubber NZ Open Champs, April 2011 400 Free, 100 Back
Hayley Palmer NZ Open Champs, April 2011 50 Free
Hayley Edmond NZ Age Group Champs, March 2011 200 IM, 400 IM
Pascale Howell NZ Age Group Champs, March 2011 200 Fly
Hayley Kim NZ Age Group Champs, March 2011 50 Free
Hauwai McGahan NZ Age Group Champs, March 2011 50 Back
Charlotte O’Hara NZ Age Group Champs, March 2011 50 Breast, 100 Breast
Sophie Wotherspoon NZ Age Group Champs, March 2011 200 Back
Yeonsu Lee NZ Junior Championships, Feb 2011 100 Free
Ruth Palmer NZ Junior Championships, Feb 2011 100 Back
Oliver Wu NZ Junior Championships, Feb 2011 200 Back
Samantha Richter NZ SC Championships, Aug 2011 50 Fly
Mat Myers NZ SC Championships, Aug 2011 1500 Free, 400 Free
Grace Francis NZ SC Championships, Aug 2011 100 Breast

HP Swimmers from NSS that also need to be acknowledged:
Daniel Bell
Lauren Boyle
Mitchell Donaldson
Chloe Francis
Melissa Ingram
Steven Kent
Carl O'Donnell and
Glenn Snyders
These swimmers were National Title holders, record breakers and in NZ Rep teams along with:
Jessie Blundell
Shaun Burnett and
Penny Marshall

Melissa Ingram breaks NZ Records 2011

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:39:00 +1300

Well done Melissa!!!! We are so proud of Melissa once again - Melissa grabbed silver in the women's 400 Freestyle, along with a PB and breaking the NZ SC Womens Record!!! Can't wait to see the medals on your return.
Melissa Ingram took out the women’s 200m backstroke in an exciting final, holding off China’s Yanxin Zhou by just 1/100th of a second after the hometown swimmer was roared on by a partisan local crowd.
Her winning time of 2:03.00 took virtually a second off her previous New Zealand record set at the World Cup in Singapore last year, achieved off the back of her peak form at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Harbour Sport Excellence Awards - Toni Bayliffe!

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:36:00 +1300

Massey University Harbour Sport Excellence Awards 2011
At the Harbour Sport Excellence Awards dinner on 18th November, Toni Bayliffe received the Auckland University of Technology Sport Acknowledgement Award.
This was awarded to people that have made a significant and lengthy contribution to sport including records of Toni's that she made swimming that stood for 7 years after her retirement! She has also been working for NSS for over 11 years!

Harbour Sport Excellence Awards 2011

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:33:00 +1300

Congratulations to the following swimmers who have been nominated for the Harbour Sport Excellence Awards in the following categories (presentation dinner 18 November):
Sportsman of the Year - Glenn Snyders
Sportswoman of the Year - Lauren Boyle
Junior Sportsman of the Year - Daniel Holt
Junior Sportswoman of the Year - Rebecca Dubber and Aine Kelly-Costello
Club of the Year - North Shore Swimming
Maori Sports Performer of the Year - Hayley Palmer

XLR8 Bi Monthly Awards

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:28:00 +1300

November Junior Athlete News:
Following on from Scott Fairbairn's (Age Group) success being awarded the 12 yr old male bi-monthly Swimming New Zealand XLR8 Programme Award for July/August - Yeonsu Lee (also in Age Group) makes it two in a row by winning the XLR8 Award for Sept/October for 12 yr old girl!!! This award is presented to athletes who have shown versatility, all round ability and long term development on a points earned basis as laid out in the programmes guidelines.
Yeonsu is also to be given an Award for Excellence at the AUT/Millennium awards presentation on December 7th. A tremendous achievement and a justifiable reward for all the hard work Yeonsu has put in.
Well done to Scott and Yeonsu for setting a high standard and becoming young role models!

State Harbour Crossing 2011

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:20:00 +1300

State Harbour Crossing 2.9km - 13th November

Congratulations to our brave swimmers who did NSS proud last weekend in the Ocean swim - Bayswater to Viaduct. Almost 1300 swimmers took part, less than 1200 finished! Some awesome results below (See the State Harbour Crossing Website for full details). If we have missed anyone - please let us know!!

Steven Kent was 3rd Elite Male in a time of 36 minutes 12 seconds.
Daniel Bell was 12th Elite Male in a time of 40.36

Lauren Boyle was 3rd Elite Female in a time of 40.25
Jessie Blundell was 4th Elite Female in a time of 41.11

Matt Myers was the 1st Male Overall (Non Elite) in a time of 38.26 (7th including the Elite!!)
Jackson Cropp was 3rd Overall in a time of 40.19
Ryan Lockwood was 33rd (3rd in 12-14 Age) in a time of 44.30
Tristan Petty was 49th (14th in 15-19) in a time of 46.03
Scott Fairbairn was 82nd (6th in 12-14 Age) in a time of 49.31
Hayden Worsfold was 90th (8th in 12-14 Age) in a time of 50.09
Finn Pethers-Boak was 136th (15th in 12-14 Age) in a time of 53.02

Lucy Blundell was the 2nd Female Overall (Non Elite) in a time of 42.15
Claudia Brick was 5th Overall (4th in 15-19 Age) in a time of 43.29
Tessa McNair was 8th (3rd in 12-14 Age) in a time of 44.36
Pascale Howell was 14th (5th in 15-19 Age) in a time of 47.03
Madeleine Dubber was 30th (7th in 12-14 Age) in a time of 50.46
Ela Grimwood was 79th (11th in 12-14 Age) in a time of 56.29