Ashburton Swim Team

12/06/2026

01/06/2026

And that’s a wrap on the 2026 Neptune King’s Birthday Meet! 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️

What a fantastic team trip it was. The weekend was filled with great swimming, outstanding results, plenty of team bonding, and lots of fun as everyone got behind and supported one another.

It was truly an awesome weekend for Team Ashburton, with many swimmers recording Top 10 placings and some fantastic performances in the pool.

Here are the results for sessions 3&4

Elliot
🥇 800 Free PB
🥈 200 Back
🥈 200 Free
🥉 100 IM

Will
🥈 200 Free PB
🥈 50 Fly
🥉 50 Free PB
4th 100 IM
🥉 Skins event earning $$

James
🥈 200 Back
6th 200 FreePB
8th 50 Fly PB
8th 100 IM PB
🥈 Skins event $$

Erin
🥇 100 Breast
5th 50 Free PB
7th 50 Fly PB
7th PB PB

Jessie
🥈 400 IM PB
5th 100 Breast PB

Jonathan
🥉 200 Free PB
6th 100 IM PB
8th 50 Free PB

Isabelle L
🥉 100 Breast
6th 100 IM PB

Sophie
4th 200 Free PB

Molly
🥉 50 Fly PB
4th 100 IM PB
5th 200 Back
6th 800 Free PB

Isabelle M
🥈 400 IM PB
5th 200 Free PB

Elena
5th 100 IM PB
7th 200 Free PB
8th 50 Fly PB
10th 50 Free PB

Marbeau
4th 100 Breast PB
9th 50 Fly PB

Paige
9th 200 Free
10th 100 IM

Elizabete
10th 50 Free PB
10th 50 Fly PB
10th 100 IM PB

Mariadne
10th 100 Breast PB

Swimmers to record 💯 PBs
Jonathan
Elena
Isabelle M

Awesome results everyone🤩

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this trip such a memorable experience for our team.

Special mentions:

* Camp Mum Anna for all her hard work and support throughout the weekend.
* Camp Dads Greg and Alan, who also took on van-driving duties and helped keep everything running smoothly.
* Bailey, for bringing both young and old together, creating so much fun, and helping make the trip such an enjoyable experience for everyone. You were an awesome part of the team.
*Thanks also for poolside support, coaches Jeff and Bailey and managers Greg and Anna
* Richard and Tamara McKernan, who represented Team Ashburton as timekeepers throughout the meet.

These trips are about much more than results. They are about teamwork, friendship, support, and creating lasting memories, and this weekend certainly delivered all of those.

Thank you to all our swimmers, parents, and supporters for making it such a successful and enjoyable trip.

Well done, Team Ashburton! We are incredibly proud of you all. 💚❤️

30/05/2026

Neptune Kings Birthday Meet 2026 👑 Sessions 1 & 2

A huge day for Team Ashburton down here in Dunedin today with swimmers notching up some great top 3 & top 10 placings earning themselves quite a few medals and ribbons for their efforts🤩

Results so far for top 10 placings are:-

Elliot
🥇 400 Free
🥇 200 Fly
🥉 100 Fly
🥉 200 IM PB

Jessie
🥉 200 Fly
4th 1500 Free 1:12:52s PB
9th 200 Breast

Jonathan
4th 400 Free PB
7th 200 IM PB
8th 100 Free PB

Marebeau
4th 100 Fly PB
7th 50 Breast PB
10th 200 Breast PB

Isabelle L
🥈 200 Breast
6th 50 Breast

Sophie
4th 50 Breast
5th 100 Free

Erin
🥇 200 Breast PB
🥈 50 Breast
🥉 100 Free
4th 400 Free PB

Molly
4th 200 Breast PB
4th 50 Breast PB
8th 200 IM

Elena
🥉 200 Breast PB
6th 50 Back PB
7th 200 IM PB
10th 100 Free PB

James
🥇 100 Fly
🥉 400 Free PB
6th 200 IM

Isabelle M
🥉 1500 Free
7th 400 Free
9th 100 Fly PB

Will
🥇 100 Fly
🥈 200 IM
🥈 100 Free PB
6th 50 Back

What a superb effort it was from everyone today🙌🙌🙌

To end the night before heading to bed the team was treated to pizza and cheesecake 😋

Rest up team as we head in to another two sessions tomorrow. Best of luck everyone💚

29/05/2026

Fun afternoon for the team before the seriousness of racing starts tomorrow.

The WHOLE team, coach and manager included, made it up Baldwin Street, very impressive team💪

Then some fun entertainment with Laser Tag and Mini Golf ⛳️

Team now resting up for a busy two days of racing down here in Dunedin 🏊🏻‍♂️🏊🏻‍♀️💦💚

29/05/2026

Neptune Kings Birthday Meet 2026💦

Best of luck to all of our swimmers heading to Dunedin this weekend.

Priorities have been meet, Lolly Shop ✅, Subway for lunch ✅. Team now on our final leg to Dunedin.

We look forward to being joined by Elliot, Molly and Isabella later in the day.

Have a great team trip guys, swim well and have fun 🤩 💦🏊🏻‍♀️🏊🏻‍♂️💚

23/05/2026

2026 QEll Ruth Woolley Memorial Meet🏆

Congratulations James on a couple of good swims today🙌🙌

James scored two top three placings, notching up -

🥈 100 Fly
🥉 400 IM with a huge 34s PB🤩

Awesome effort James, well done💪👍🙌🏊🏻‍♂️💦💚

22/05/2026

Best of luck to James who is competing at the QEll Ruth Woolley Memorial Meet this weekend. Swim well James💪🏊🏻‍♂️💚

18/05/2026

https://bigswim.org.nz/b-tait

Coach Bailey is bringing her cap and goggles out of retirement to help raise money for this worthy cause.
Please click on the link to help support Bailey if you can and maybe do a lap or two with her, she’ll love the company.
We wish you all the best Bailey for your goal of 50km, in the month of June💚

Why not dive in for Coastguard's Big Swim this June to help save more lives on the water? Or show your support by making a donation.