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Stephen Fryer of Nelson South Swimming Club and Marlene Ingram of Kaikoura were made Life Members of Swimming Nelson Marlborough (SNM) at the regional association’s 2013 Annual General Meeting recently.

Brent Cheyne of Nelson South was recognised with an Honours award for his service as SNM Treasurer, past Chair and board member for many years.

A big thank you to the Trillian Trust and the Mainland Foundation for grants to support our upcoming South Island meets. The Trillian Trust provided nearly $4000 for medals and ribbons...

The NZ Community Trust has approved a grant of $2100 to Swimming Nelson Marlborough towards the purchase of a new starter box.

Tim Loach, the head coach of Nelson South Swimming Club, has been named by Swimming New Zealand as a finalist for the 2013 Club Coach of the Year Award.

Sam McKenzie (13), of Nelson Swimming Club, won the 50m freestyle to capture his second gold medal at the National Age Group championships in Wellington, having won the 100m freestyle the day before.

Sam McKenzie of Nelson Swimming Club won the gold in the 13-year-old boys for the 100m Free at the National Age Groups Championships, shortly after winning silver in the 50m Fly.

Sara Gane of Blenheim Swimming Club won silver in the 200m Breast for 14-year-old girls.

Thirty-two swimmers from the Blenheim, Motueka, Nelson, Nelson South and Waimea swimming clubs beat all other South Island regions for points per swimmer at the South Island Country and Town Competition in Timaru last weekend.

Eleven-year-old Daniel Trevurza of Motueka shaved an impressive 2.4 seconds off his time and finished 4th in New Zealand in the 50m breastroke at the NZ Junior Championships held last weekend in Wellington.

Ellie Rukuwai (15) of Nelson South won the coveted Marie Saul Cup for Best All-Round Swimmer, collecting four golds, four silvers and three bronze medals while leading Nelson South to a sweep of the club trophies at the annual Swimming Nelson Marlborough Age Group Championships at ASB Aquatic Centre in Richmond.

Sam McKenzie of Nelson won five gold medals in freestyle and butterfly events while Nelson-Marlborough girls dominated the breaststroke events at the Wellington long course summer championships held recently.

Nine-year-old Joshua Amyes of Motueka, swimming in his first regional competition, went home with five gold medals and the Life Members Cup for most points accumulated by a country club swimmer at the Swimming Nelson Marlborough 2013 Country & Town Championships hosted by Nelson South Swimming Club at Hampden Street pool.

Twelve Nelson-Marlborough open records and 32 age group records were broken at the New Zealand Short Course Championships this week in Wellington, in the biggest assault on the regional record book in recent memory.
Kaiori McGuinniety of Nelson South Swimming Club led the record-breaking rampage with 13 new records.

Nelson-Marlborough’s top young swimmers won bronze in the regional 200m medley relay in the girls’ 15 & Under age group at the New Zealand Short Course Championships being held in Wellington.

Blenheim's standout swimmer Sara Gane has continued her dominance in the breaststroke in the 14-year-old age group, claiming gold in both the 50m and 200m events at the New Zealand Short Course Championships being held in Wellington. Gane sliced 2.73 seconds off her personal best in the 200m event, finishing 2.5 seconds ahead of her nearest rival. Gane will get a chance to sweep the breaststroke events when she competes in the 100m race on Thursday.

Swimming Nelson-Marlborough has been confirmed as the host for two South Island swimming meets to be held next winter. The SI Secondary Schools meet and the SI Champs will both be run at the new Stadium 2000 facility in Blenheim.

Sam McKenzie of Nelson Swimming Club sliced more than a second off his personal best time to win gold in the 50m butterfly in the boys 13 & under age group at the South Island Championships held over the weekend in Timaru.

At the start of this year's Winter Meet, Sara Gane picked up an engraved cup for winning, for the third year in a row, the Belsham Trophy as the region’s top swimmer.

The prize is won by the swimmer who comes closest to the winning time in an event at the NZ Open Championships, at which New Zealand’s Olympic athletes compete. Sara first won the trophy in 2009-10 as a 12-year-old.

Toby Lloyd (14) of Blenheim Swimming Club was the best overall boy at the annual Swimming Nelson Marlborough Winter Meet, held over the weekend at Stadium 2000 in Blenheim. Ten-year-old Cassandra Hagan of Nelson Swimming Club won the cup for best overall girl for most points, while Nelson South Swimming Club again captured the team title.

At a Special General Meeting held in Wellington on Saturday 28 July, the membership approved the new constitution proposed by the Review undertaken during the past year. For more details, click the link to the SNZ website.

The Board of Swimming New Zealand has called a special general meeting (SGM) for Saturday 28 July to consider adopting the new constitution ...

Swimming Nelson Marlborough's Annual General Meeting will be held on Sunday 29 July, 2012 at the Richmond Town Hall, Cambridge Street, Richmond, at 10.00a.m.