Swimming SA

MC Relay nominations are open! 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

Calling all our multiclass athletes, get your relay nominations in on Swim Central ahead of the SC Relay Champs.

📅 Nominations close Wednesday 29th July
🔗 Nominate now on Swim Central: https://swimcentral.swimming.org.au/bounce?returnUrl=%2Fevents%2F8540b9a9-667b-f111-ab0e-0022489524fd%2Fdetail

🏊 Ready to start your coaching journey?

The 2026/27 SwimmingSA Development Coach Course calendar is now available! Get prepared for the summer season ahead by ensuring your club has a development qualified and licenced coach.

Step 1: Complete the online pre-requisite course
Step 2: Complete the Development Course
Step 3: Apply for your licence

Whether you're taking your first step into coaching or looking to build your coaching knowledge and skills, now is the perfect time to get started.

📅 Step 1: Upcoming Pre-Requisite Coach Courses:
📍 Online – Available Now
https://swim.org.au/education/swim-australia-introduction-to-coaching/

📅 Step 2: Upcoming Development Coach Courses:
📍 Immanuel College – 23 August 2026
📍 Immanuel College – 3 October 2026
📍 Murray Bridge – 8 January 2027
Register today - https://swimcentral.swimming.org.au/learning/courses/7f41c7af-7cce-f011-bbd3-7c1e522b2f11/enrol

Take the first step towards becoming a qualified swim coach and help inspire the next generation of swimmers.

ASCTA SA

🌊 Officials nominations for Winter Waves close this week! 🌊

Club leaders - if you haven't checked your allocations yet, now's the time. Nominations close Wednesday 15 July, 9:00am.

📋 View the roster and allocations here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQwLfGe4ajoxjlVvSUW8w2yYNsERY9Z9kt8UHtZAFlXzjWmZS33xmluHN0LBH_fUYwpjEY20s-K1p-5/pub

❄️ Dive on in this winter!

Club Carnival entries are closing this week — don’t miss your chance to race. Enter now via Swim Central.

PURR - https://swimcentral.swimming.org.au/bounce?returnUrl=%2Fevents%2F2c5e75d7-2f5b-f111-bec7-000d3ad02d8f%2Fdetail

STP - https://swimcentral.swimming.org.au/bounce?returnUrl=%2Fevents%2F094f78cb-3756-f111-bec7-000d3ad0ad5a%2Fdetail

MARI - https://swimcentral.swimming.org.au/bounce?returnUrl=%2Fevents%2Fc42a45eb-3e64-f111-a826-000d3ad0ad5a%2Fdetail

Handling Complaints With Confidence 🎙️

Every sporting club will face a complaint at some point, whether it's about bullying, discrimination, selection or misconduct. Knowing what to do when it happens makes all the difference.

Join CLUBMAP and SIGPA for a free special webinar giving club leaders, committee members and volunteers the practical tools to receive complaints with confidence, respond fairly and support everyone involved, including how to refer matters under the National Integrity Framework.

📅 Monday 20 July
🕖 6:30PM (ACST)

Register now to secure your spot 👇
https://clubmap.com.au/learn/webinars?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Complaint%20Management%20webinar%20-%2087&utm_content=Complaint%20Management%20webinar%20-%2087+CID_694ac85f443d8c2a62df0932ea00614d&utm_source=email%20campaigns&utm_term=CLICK%20HERE%20FOR%20MORE%20INFO%20AND%20TO%20SAVE%20YOUR%20SPOT

The countdown is on. One week out from Winter Waves 2. 😎

Power Plays. Wildcards. The Chase. The Drop.
400+ players. Three days. One game.

📍 SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre
📅 Friday 17 - Sunday 19 July

🌊 SA REPRESENTED AT THE NEXT WAVE INVITATIONAL 🌊
Right now, a group of South Aussies are at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra taking part in the 2026 Next Wave Invitational Competition Camp, running July 3-9.

🚩 Officials: Hardy Huang is one of just 6 technical officials from across Australia (all under 23!) given the opportunity to independently run this 6-day competition at the AIS. Max Richardson is there as Mentor Official, supporting the team as they build their experience and confidence on a national stage.

🏊 Athletes: Isaac Allan (Immanuel, coached by Rian Pate) and Fred Hassell (Kent Town, coached by Jason Dunlop) are among 64 of the nation's top emerging age-group swimmers, immersed in a national team environment built around high-quality racing, team culture and high-performance behaviours. Coached by Rian Pate and Jason Dunlop respectively, who are both there supporting the boys through this experience.

Really looking forward to hearing about the learning outcomes from the group and seeing how they bring that experience back to SA. Full story to come once they're home, so stay tuned!

📍 AIS, Canberra
📅 3-9 July 2026

📅 Date change alert!

We've got a couple of updates to the 2026/27 events calendar:

🌊 Open Water Championships: now Sunday 29 November 2026
🏊 Gawler Open Carnival: now Sunday 6 December 2026

Please update your calendars!

Officials Spotlight: Violet Greenham 🌟

Violet Greenham from Gawler Swimming Club, will be officiating at two School Sport Australia Games this year in Melbourne (July and November)!

Officials like Violet are the quiet heroes of our sport, making sure every race runs fair and every swimmer gets a fair go. So proud to see young officials stepping up and representing SA on the national stage.

Go get 'em, Violet! We'll catch up with her when she's back for the full story.

🌊 South Australia's next generation of aquatic leaders has been announced!

Congratulations to our SwimmingSA reps Tom Wiggett, Connie Jackson, Corben Powell and Louisa Beaumont, selected for the inaugural Youth SAAIL Group – Emerging Aquatic Leaders Program 👏💙

We're incredibly proud to see SwimmingSA members recognised in this outstanding group and look forward to watching them grow as future leaders within our sport and the wider aquatic industry.
Congratulations to all recipients, we can't wait to see what you achieve!

Read their stories and meet all 14 emerging leaders on our website: https://sa.swimming.org.au/news-articles/south-australias-next-generation-aquatic-leaders-announced

SA Recreation and Sport