Waihi Swimming Club

30/08/2026

📣 Meet Reports! Hamilton Aquatics Chocolate Meet, 9 August. Lots of chocolate and lollies! Layla, Abby, Eadie, Beau and Olive attended, all getting PBs . Beau had the Swim of the Day doing a 31 second PB in his 200m freestyle. Olive and Eadie’s first swim meet, they had a great time and swam really well.

Shortcourse Showdown, Baywave, 14-16 August. Layla, Abby, Beau, and Elise competed. A large swim meet, it is the last qualifying meet for Aims Games and NZ Short Course nationals. Most notable swims were
Beau Macduff Silver medal 10/U 200m Freestyle
Abby Cooper Silver medal 10/U 200m Breaststroke
Layla Cooper 8th in Open Women’s 800m Freestyle
Elise swam 100% pb’s bettering her qualifying times for Aims Games.
Some great swims, lots of fun and lots of lessons learned. Congratulations swimmers!

21/08/2026

08/08/2026

Super stoked to see this, date 4/8/26. Thank you HDC 🙏🏼👍🏼👏🏼

03/08/2026

In Waihi Swimming Club AGM news… A big shout out to Shane Rush for being Club President since 2019, and our Starter since, well, ages ago! We think he’s a bit of a legend, thanks heaps Shane! We also farewelled Stacey, Delwyn & Gina - 10 committee years between them, thank you 🙏 We are stoked to welcome Clint B as the new Club President, and Whitney, Bianca and Abe on to the Committee, to join Joel and Casey. What a swim team! Thank you all for standing up to support Waihi Swimming Club 💙💙💙

09/07/2026

Mid winter swim time!

☀️❄️ Weather is looking mint for the Polar Plunge!

Join us beachside at 12.30pm on Saturday 11 July for costumes, chaos and one of Waihī Beach’s favourite winter traditions.

Spot prizes and best dressed prizes for:
❄️ Individual
❄️ Under 12
❄️ Group
❄️ Corporate

To be in to win, make sure you register on the day — look out for our amazing Rego Team on The Deck.

The Deck will be open 12–4pm with a Polar Plunge menu, including hot food and mulled wine. Please note, social membership is required to purchase alcohol: https://form.jotform.com/261378163091862

Thanks to The Sauna Project, Bachcare and The Surf Shack for their local support.

Costumes on, courage up — we’ll see you beachside!

Koha/gold coin donation if possible to support lifeguarding.

30/03/2026

Congratulations to these guys at the Waikato Junior Champs - 15 swims, 12 pbs 💪🏼👏🏼 So proud to have this great little team represent Waihi, well swum and thanks heaps Dan!

24/03/2026

More 2026 prizegiving pics- nicely swum everyone!

24/03/2026

Prizegiving 2026 - Congratulations to all our Club Champs swimmers on some great swims, PBs, ribbons, cups and awards 👏🏼 Some of the WSC trophies date back to 1955 and are pretty special. Thank you all for your support of Waihi swimming this season 💙💙💙