Vikings Swim Club

🏊💙 Good luck to all of our Vikings swimmers competing in the SCWC Short Course Championships this weekend at Parakiore!

You've all put in the hard work at training - now it's time to race, have fun, and give it your best. Whether you're chasing personal bests, finals, or medals, we're proud of every one of you.

Swim fast, race hard, and enjoy!

💙💛 LET'S GO VIKINGS! SWIM FAST! 💛💙

⚔️New squad and training timetable⚔️

With our maintained growth over the last 2 months, Vikings are happy to announce our new updated training timetable and squad structure!

Get in touch if you have any inquiries or questions

🏊‍♀️ SCWC Short Course Championships - Training Update 🏊‍♀️

As we head into the SCWC Short Course Championships this weekend, please see the training updates for all squads from Friday 3 July through to Monday 6 July.

SCWC Short Course Championships
✅ Squads 2 & 3: Training will run as usual on Friday (PM) and Saturday (AM).
Please refer to the updated training schedule below for full details.

If you have any questions, please contact Nat at [email protected].

Let's go, Vikings – swim fast! 🏊💙

🏊‍♂️ Friday Training Update 🏊‍♀️

Please note the following training update for this Friday:

📅 Friday 26 June
❌ 4.00pm – 5.30pm training session cancelled due to an event being held at Parakiore.

This update has also been loaded to our Vikings App for reference.

If you have any questions, please contact Nat at 📧 [email protected].

🏆 𝗦𝗖𝗪𝗖 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 🏆

This is a final reminder that entries for our 2026 Short Course Championships close tonight (Wednesday 24th June) at 11:59pm.

Get your entries in quick!💨

We’re also on the hunt for volunteers! If you’re available to assist with officiating, timekeeping, or as a general hand, please let us know via the form on our events webpage.

Wowee – what a Battle of the Ages! 💙💛

What a weekend! So many smiles, so many PBs, plenty of ribbons, some seriously fast relay racing, amazing team spirit, and lots of loud cheering from the sidelines and the end of the lanes. The pool was buzzing all weekend long!

A massive thank you to everyone in our club who helped make Battle of the Ages 2026 such a success.

To Ange, Glenys, and Deb, the amount of work that happens behind the scenes before a meet even starts is huge, and we are incredibly grateful for everything you did to make the weekend happen. Thank you also to our committee for all the planning, preparation, and behind-the-scenes work leading up to the meet.

To all of our lane race and catering sponsors, raffle donors, families, supporters, volunteers, marshals, warm-down lane marshals, ribbon table helpers, raffle sellers, food preparation teams, food servers, and everyone who jumped in wherever needed – thank you. It truly takes a village to run a swim meet, and once again our Vikings community showed what it's all about.

A special shout-out to our Mini Vikings helpers Maggie, Emma, and Leila, who looked fantastic in their Vikings hats while helping on the raffle desk and handing out food. You girls were absolute superstars!

To our coaches, George and Hannah – thank you. We’re so lucky to have you both. From the structured dryland warm-ups, to race prep, pacing for new races, , you were everywhere all weekend & doing what you do best. The way you were guiding, encouraging, and talking the swimmers through their races, and getting the very best out of them was awesome to see. Thank you for everything you bring to the club, every single day.

And to Todd, thank you for joining us and seeing all the Vikings in action. It was neat to have you back on pool deck!

A huge thank you also to our officials and timekeepers. Swim meets simply don't happen without you. We know it can be a long day poolside, and we are so grateful for the time you give to our sport. The success of a meet really does rest on the shoulders of all officials and volunteers.

We were lucky enough to have Cameron Long join us for a few sessions to capture all the action. There are some great photos coming - watch this space! 📸

A big thank you to all the other clubs who joined us – we hope you all had a great time racing back at the Selwyn Aquatic Centre. It was so good to be back there and everyone close to the action.

Most importantly, thank you to our swimmers. You raced hard, supported your teammates, celebrated each other’s successes, and represented Vikings with pride. Whether you came away with a PB, a ribbon, a towel, or simply gained valuable race experience, you should all be proud!

That's a wrap on Battle of the Ages 2026 - see you all again next year. 🏊‍♂️💙💛🏆

Swimming Canterbury West Coast

👊🏼 Battle of the Ages Swim Meet 👊🏼

Best of luck to our 26 swimmers competing at the Battle of the Ages Swim Meet this weekend!

Wishing you all a great weekend of racing, strong swims, and plenty of personal bests. Enjoy the experience, support one another, and have fun.

A huge thank you to everyone who has helped make this meet possible – from our generous business donors, to the Vikings Committee, and our wider Vikings families.

A special shout-out to our swimmers for selling raffle tickets, and to Glenys McKenzie and Ang Cochrane for the hours they've spent behind the scenes helping pull this meet together, co-ordinating races, officials, and volunteers has been greatly appreciated.

Thank you also to Debbie Rahurahu for her ongoing support, answering questions and uploading meet information so quickly.

We truly appreciate the time, energy, and support that so many people give to make events like this possible. Seeing swimmers from all clubs out there giving their best, racing their hearts out, supporting one another, and representing their clubs with pride makes it all worthwhile.

Let’s go Vikings - and let’s go everyone racing this weekend! 💙💛 💙💛