Welcome to the Wharenui Sports Centre, the home
of the Wharenui Swim Club in the heart of Christchurch.
We appreciate the support
of our Sponsors
The Wharenui Swim Club is one of the largest
swim clubs in New Zealand with a proud history of swimming successes
and innovations. Our team spirit is found throughout all levels of
the club, from the "Learn to Swim" programme up to the top squads.
In addition to the pool facilities and swimming
club, Wharenui features a popular Stadium. The Wharenui Stadium allows hire for sports teams and
fitness centre training including Netball, Basketball, Volleyball
and Badminton.
You can also learn to swim at Wharenui. We offer
special baby/infant/pre-school swimming lessons as well as classes
for school children (including holiday programmes) and adults.
The Wharenui Swimming Club, one of the oldest
swimming clubs in New Zealand has turned out both Commonwealth and
Olympic champions. If you aspire to achieving goals in swimming, the
Wharenui Swimming Club, which has been built on years of tradition
and excellence is the place to be. Qualified and dedicated coaches
will help you achieve your goals. You can compete locally,
nationally or internationally. Or join the Masters Swimming Club
programme keep fit and improve your swimming.
Keep in touch with us by logging on to this site
regularly.
Messages - Urgent messages relating to specific areas (eg Swim club, Learn to Swim, Waterpolo, etc) will appear when you access those specific areas on the website
Congratulations to Matthew Hutchins for Breaking the 16yr National Age Group Short Course Record for the 200m free with a time of 1:48.53 (record yet to be ratified).
More information about the Commonwealth youth games team can be found
here.
Martin Harris
Head Coach
Congratulations Wharenui Girls - XLR8 Winners by Age Group March/April 2011
- Nicky Pio - 13yrs
- Cassandra Forrest - 12yrs
- Kyra Forrest - 10 & under
Click for more details.
Congratulations to Claire Burgess on being selected for the 2011 Youth Squad Camp team May 27th to 29th 2011.
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Congratulations to our winners at the 2011 State Insurance Swimming Awards on Sat 9 Apr 2011
- Marlene Morrison - Volunteer of the Year
- Lesley Huckins - Technical Official of the Year
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Exciting appointment for Wharenui Fury coach Rory Hamilton.
Our water polo and mini polo coach Rory Hamilton has just been appointed as one of two
assistant coaches for the New Zealand boys under 16 program for the 2011 season.
Rory will be busy targeting the Trans Tasman series in Brisbane in July and other camps
and tournaments during the year.
Congratulations Rory!! We are lucky to have you as the coach of the "Fury"
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Congratulations to Matthew Hutchins on being selected for the Youth Commonwealth games team for NZ (Isle of Man) Sept 7th to 13th 2011
Congratulations to Jordan Rahurahu on being selected for the
South Island Age Group Development Camp team – June 24th – 26th 2011.
Click for more details.
Congratulations to Nicky Pio on being selected for the 2011
Top Age Group Squad (LC) - May 13th - 15th 2011
Click for more details.
Congratulations to Nicky Pio, Aimee Browne, Claire Burgess &
Matthew Hutchins on being eligible for the SNZ Aussie Age
virtual team.
Click for more details.
Well done to our team on coming 4th equal with Aquagym.
Matthew Hutchins
is mentioned in this swimming NZ article.
Click for full meet results.
Well done to our team on winning the Hollander Challenge Cup
and Duncan Memorial Shield at the Canterbury Champs.
Click to view acknowledgement.
Read more about the September / October winners.
Results.
| 50m Back |
29.47 |
32nd |
| 100m Back |
1.03.79 |
23rd |
| 50 Fly |
27.61 |
30th |
| 50 Free |
25.34 |
36th |
Martin Harris
Head Coach
More details are available on the swimming club page.
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We have started an exciting new water polo club at Wharenui.
Photos from the 21st Mar registration day can be found on the Water polo page.
Click to
download a registration form. You can also contact us for more information on:
Ph: (03) 383-0458
Mob: (027) 488-9180
Email:
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Come along and have a great time. Click for
more details on how to register.
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