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Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games is a unique, friendly, world class, multi-sports Games, which is held once every four years. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies are to compete in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games to date. It is also the largest international multi-sport event to be staged in Delhi and India, eclipsing the Asian Games in 1951 and 1982.

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Mare Nostrum - Barcelona & Canet

Mare Nostrum is a series of swimming meets with three meets around the Mediterranean Sea in June annually. The Mare Nostrum Tour is one of the most prestigious among the swimming meetings all over the world.

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2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships - California, USA

The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course swimming event first held in 1985. The meet is considered to be one of the toughest international swimming competitions outside of the Olympic Games, World Championships and European Championships, due in part to the presence of swimming power-house nationals like Australia and the United States

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Swimming New Zealand praises efforts of Southland swimmer

Swimming New Zealand has praised the contribution of Southland’s Natalie Wiegersma who has announced her retirement from the sport.

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Olympic Veteran Motivates New Zealand Swim Team on Departure

The 16-strong New Zealand swim team flew out of Auckland last night for their final preparation camp ahead of the London Olympics.

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Snyders Misses Out on Final After NZ Record

North Shore’s Glenn Snyders could not convert his New Zealand record in the morning into a place in the final on the opening day of swimming at the London Olympics.

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The New Zealand Swimming Trust Grants

The New Zealand Swimming Trust grants have reached a new level!

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State New Zealand Swim Championships – Day 3 Wrap

While there were two more Olympic qualifying times set, it was a remarkable performance from an untried group of four men that brought the house down on the third night of finals at the State New Zealand Swimming Championships in Auckland tonight.

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State New Zealand Swimming Championships – Day 3 Heats

There’s a battle within a battle looming for the third day of finals tonight at the State New Zealand Swimming Championships in Auckland.

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State New Zealand Swim Championships - Day 2 Wrap

Twenty-year-old Matamata swimmer Matthew Stanley rewrote the record books for a second straight night at the State New Zealand Swimming Championships in Auckland tonight, which doubles as the Olympic Trials.

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State New Zealand Swimming Championships – Day 2 Heats

Wellington swimmer Gareth Kean showed his class to dip under the qualifying time for the London Olympics on the second day of the State New Zealand championships in Auckland today.

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State New Zealand Swim Championships – Day 1 Wrap

A blink proved the difference in the agony and ecstasy that was the opening night of finals at the State New Zealand Swimming Championships in Auckland tonight, which doubles as the Olympic Trials.

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State NZ Swimming Championships – Day 1 Heats

North Shore swimmer Glenn Snyders was the first under the Olympic Games qualifying time on the opening morning of heats at the State New Zealand Swimming Championships today.

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Howick Pakuranga star adds to golden times in age group swimming

Thirteen year old Counties Manukau swimmer Paige Schendelaar-Kemp has claimed her fifth gold medal on the third night of finals at the Mayfair Pools New Zealand Age Group Swimming Championships in Wellington tonight.

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NSW Swimming Championships - Day 3 Wrap

Wellington 20 year old Gareth Kean sounded a warning shot across the bows of Australia’s best on the final night of the New South Wales Swimming Championships in Sydney tonight.

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NSW Swimming Championships - Day 3 Heats

Wellington backstroker Gareth Kean booked another showdown against Australian’s best on the final night of the New South Wales Swimming Championships in Sydney.

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NSW Swimming Championships - Day 1 Wrap

Swimming High Performance breaststroker Glenn Snyders picked up where he left off last year with a winning performance across the Tasman tonight.

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NSW Swimming Championships - Day 1 Heats

Lucky 13 New Zealand swimmers are through to finals on the opening day of the New South Wales Swimming Championships in Sydney.

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Olympic swim hopefuls splash out across the Tasman

New Zealand Swimming’s Olympic hopefuls splash out for their first litmus test on progress towards London at the New South Wales Championships in Sydney this weekend.

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Three more swimmers qualify for world championships

London Olympian Matthew Stanley had to dig deep to edge out Howick Pakuranga teenager Ewan Jackson in an exciting 400m freestyle final at the State New Zealand Short Course Swimming Championships in Wellington tonight.

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Team Parkinson's New Zealand

Parkinson’s New Zealand

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I FINA Youth World Swimming Championships - Brazil

The I FINA World Youth Swimming Championships, more commonly referred to as the 2006 Youth Worlds, is being from August 22–27 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is the first time the event is being held. Participants have to be 17 years or younger on the 31 December 2006.

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2007 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships - Hawaii

The Junior Pan Pacific Championships comprises full strength teams from the Pacific Rim including USA, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. This is the 2nd Junior Pan Pacific Championships. Countries from all over the Pacific will send elite swimmers under 18 who have not represented their countries in international competition nor attended their country's' Olympic Trials.

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2007 SNZ Youth Development Squad - American Tour

SNZ Youth Development Squad - American Tour

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Lauren Boyle, State Insurance Swimmer of the Year

On Saturday night, at the State Insurance 2013 Swimming New Zealand Awards, Lauren Boyle was announced as the swimmer of the year for her performances in 2012.

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SNZ Education Course Success

Here at SNZ we are incredibly proud of the quality of our education courses delivered on learn to swim and water safety in our community. We offer a wide range of courses from our entry level course Swim Teacher Award to the NZ Certificate in Swim Teaching courses and a schools programme assisting teachers about aquatics.

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2016 Legends Relay

The Swimming New Zealand Legends Relay is back in 2016 with some of New Zealand’s past swimming greats once again coming together to raise funds for a great cause.

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