Orroroo Swimming Club - Public Page

16/03/2026

Ten swimmers travelled to the Crystal Brook Open Carnival on Saturday 14 March and represented the club with great enthusiasm and team spirit.

It was a successful day in the pool, with our swimmers bringing home 7 medals across the day, with tough competition from teams across Adelaide, the Riverland, Barossa, Mount Barker, Whyalla, Clare, Port Pirie, and other local clubs — a total of 18 clubs. Everyone swam strongly, supported each other, and showed great sportsmanship throughout the carnival.

Medal results:
🥈 Silver
Hayden Laskey – Mixed 10 & Under 25m Freestyle HCP

Stacey Shackleford – Scratch 30 & Over 25m Freestyle

🥉 Bronze
Levi Bowman - Scratch boys 8 and under 25m breaststroke.

Lara Gibb – Mixed 11–14 50m Freestyle HCP

Libby Gibb – 30 & Over 25m Freestyle HCP

Hannah Bowman – Scratch 30 & Over 25m Freestyle and Scratch 30 & Over 25m Breaststroke

A big thank you to Team Manager Nat Laskey for keeping everything running smoothly for our swimmers on the day. Special mention also goes to Fred Laskey, timerkeeper in Lane 5 for the day.

Well done to all our swimmers for their efforts and for representing Orroroo Swimming Club so proudly. We look forward to the 2026–2027 swimming season.
🏊‍♀️
Stacey Shackleford

16/02/2026

Late Post!!

It was another great day on Sunday 1/2/26 at the JAMESTOWN OPEN!!

They had SO MANY entries but still managed to pull off a successful, smooth sailing day of competition 😎.

Orroroo was very proud of their 7 representatives who were quite speedy on the day smashing out PBs left, right & centre.

Sophie and Charlie were our medal winners and a big congratulations to them both! Telia & Nat also made it to finals but alas ‘no cigars’.

The water looked really beautiful and by midafternoon the thought of accidentally falling in was looking quite attractive to many spectators. ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ there may, or may not, have been a few reports of sunburn the next day.

Thank you Sam Gibb for doing the lion's share of the timing!

Your Team Manager for-a-day.
Megan.

16/02/2026

FANTASTIC DAY AT THE BOOLEROO CENTRE OPEN

Orroroo was well represented on Sunday (15/2/26) with 15 swimmers, all swimming their hearts out for our proud little club!

It was the perfect day weather wise and a very well run carnival.

Thanks to the Gibb family (& Trish & Casey) we had a lovely gazebo to gather under and cheer loudly from!

Thanks also to our capable Team Manager: Anna Hooper and our dutiful volunteers who took it in turns to help me with the timing all day: Sam & Libby Gibb, Sam & Abbie Kuerschner and Keeley😎.

Our swimmers won 11 medals all up and I’d say it’s been MANY YEARS since we’ve had such a haul?

Here’s our medal breakdown….

GOLD 🥇
Fletcher Bowman: 50m breaststroke HCP.

SILVER🥈
Stacey Shackleford: 25m Freestyle.

BRONZE 🥉
Lara Gibb: 25m Freestyle HCP.

Telia Goehring: 50m Freestyle HCP.

Phoebe Hooper: 50m Backstroke scratch.

Hannah Bowman: 25m Freestyle HCP AND 25m Freestyle scratch.

Then of course our ‘Golden Oldies’ 🤣 Nat Laskey/Libby Gibb/Hannah Bowman & Stacey Shackleford: in their Medley relay.

❤️Congratulations Orroroo🖤. Megan.

12/01/2026

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 💙 𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗡𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗛 𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗧 𝗦𝗪𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

On behalf of the Port Pirie Amateur Swimming Club, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to everyone who played a part in making the 2026 SA Country Championships such a success.

We knew early on that, as a small club, this was something we simply couldn’t do alone. Hosting this event as part of the Upper North District Swimming Association — comprising Crystal Brook Swimming Club, Jamestown Swim Club, Orroroo Swimming Club - Public Page, Booleroo Centre and Gladstone Swimming Clubs — required countless meetings, hours of planning, and an enormous investment of time and energy.

It was the collective efforts of our wonderful friends across the district, the coming together of our clubs, and the passion, commitment and tireless work of a truly amazing organising committee that made this Championship possible. We genuinely could not have done it without the UNDSA — we really were Stronger Together 💪

Across four fantastic days, we witnessed excellent swimming, incredible sportsmanship and a strong sense of community, and we are immensely proud of what we were able to achieve both in and out of the pool.

Thank you to our volunteers, officials, swimmers, families and supporters, across all of our clubs — your dedication and support made all the difference. This is something we can all be incredibly proud of 💙

11/01/2026

Let’s Go Orroroo!! ❤️🖤

Make a BIG splash at the 2026 Jamestown Open Swimming Carnival!

Dive into the action on Sunday, 1st February, at the Jamestown Pool! 🏊‍♂️ NEW to the program is an 8 & Under medal category for Event 4 freestyle and Event 15 backstroke!

Entries close Friday, 23rd January at 5 PM. Mark your calendars, bring your A-game, and join us for a day of fun and friendly competition poolside by the Belalie Creek.

Enter online now
https://sa.swimming.org.au/events/2026-jamestown-open

04/04/2025

That’s a wrap on the 24/25 season!

With well over registered swimmers from dolphins to adults, this season was another great step forward for OSC. While we couldn’t run our Under 5s group due to coaching availability, it was fantastic to see strong numbers and continued growth in our club — including three adult swimmers joining in!

Despite tricky weather and a long weekend, we successfully hosted two home carnivals — a huge thank you to all the volunteers who made them happen and for their incredible efforts.

Our Friday night carnival swimmers showed awesome resilience, regularly facing much larger teams. And still, we managed to hold our own saw our swimmers achieving some amazing personal bests!

We also had a strong showing at the Booleroo Open Carnival, with several swimmers bringing home 6 medals in total — an awesome achievement!

Also big thanks to outgoing position holders and those that have picked up the mantle. Your efforts are massively appreciated and our club couldn’t function without you!

Congratulations to our 24/25 Award Winners:

Scratch Race Winners
• 10 & Under: Jack Ellbourn
• 10 & Under R/U: Ricky Ellbourn
• 13 & Under: Henry Ellbourn
• 13 & Under R/U: Phoebe Pycroft
• 16 & Under: Charlie White
• 16 & Under R/U: Peppa White

Handicap Race Winners
• 10 & Under: Lara Gibb
• 10 & Under R/U: Jack Ellbourn
• 13 & Under: Phoebe Hooper
• 13 & Under R/U: Fletcher Bowman
• 16 & Under: Charlie White
• 16 & Under R/U: Jack Pycroft

Club Champion
• Winner: Jack Ellbourn
• Runner-Up: Charlie White

First-Time Competition Swimmers – Well done to all of you!
• Ricky Ellbourn
• Jack Ellbourn
• Henry Ellbourn
• Levi Bowman
• Fletcher Bowman
• Ebony Bowman
• Hannah Bowman
• Kenzie Laskey
• Sophie Kuerschner
• Ella Bennett
• Hayden Laskey
• Henley White

A big thank you to all our families, swimmers, and volunteers for another fantastic season. Bring on 25/26 — we can’t wait!

— Shane Hooper
OSC President

12/03/2025

11/11/2024

Reminder swim club training starts tomorrow 🏊‍♀️
Dolphin's @ 4.00pm with Megan (and a couple of keen parents)
Seniors @ 5.00pm with me (and a couple of parents for crowd control 🤣)
Don't forget to register and busy bee too during trainings 😁

05/11/2024

Another change of plans for next weeks training, due to work commitments from both Morgan and myself, the amazing Megan Goehring will be taking the Dolphins with a change of time of 4.00pm, and any swimmers who are able to (or almost can) swim a lap will remain the same being 5.00pm. Please message if you would like to confirm which group is suitable for your little swimmers 😁 Also please make sure you are registered and have a pool season pass. See you all Tuesday!!

04/11/2024

Unfortunately the Pool is unable to open this week, so all training is cancelled. Start Tuesday 12th November .
And below is the program for the season.😀

30/10/2024

Following the AGM held on 24th April 2024 and a special meeting on the 2nd September 2024 we wish to thank and congratulate the following members for stepping up and assuming responsibility for the positions they have accepted. The club is looking forward to a big season ahead! 🖤❤️🖤❤️
Club President: Shane Hooper
Vice President: Anna Hooper
Nominations Officer: Anna Hooper
Club Secretary: Jessie White
Club Treasurer: Sam Gibb
Public Officer: Shane Hooper
MPIO Officer: Megan Goehring
Child Safety Officer: Megan Goehring
Swimming SA Representative: Jessie White
COACH: Jess White and Morgan McCallum
Canteen Manager: Emma Malycha (with trainee role to be filled - let me know if your keen 😊)