Liz van Welie Aquatics Swimming Club

Liz van Welie Aquatics Swimming Club Liz van Welie Aquatics Swimming Club is based at the Liz van Welie Aquatics Centre, 79 Pyes Pa Road, Tauranga. It provides competitive pathway for all.

Liz van Welie Aquatics Swimming Club is the competitive not-for-profit club that provides a swimming pathway in events following learn to swim. The club is based out of the Liz van Welie Aquatics Centre with Head Coach Matt Teokotai-White and Sam Knapp

Liz van Welie Aquatics provides squads at all levels 6 days per week with a focus and philosophy of long term athlete development. Technique and process are the highest priority - outcomes follow.

🏆 NEXT MEET: CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND CHAMPS! 🏆Our next meet is Central North Island Champs (CNI)! 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️This is a fantast...
04/10/2026

🏆 NEXT MEET: CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND CHAMPS! 🏆

Our next meet is Central North Island Champs (CNI)! 🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

This is a fantastic meet for our age group swimmers, with heats in the mornings and age-group finals in the afternoon — a great opportunity to race, gain experience and compete against some great swimmers from across the region! 💪🔥

📅 When: Labour Weekend — Friday 23 October to Sunday 25 October
📍 Where: Rotorua Aquatic Centre
💰 Entry: $10.50 per event
⏰ Entries close: Sunday 18 October at 11:00pm

👉 Enter now through Fast Lane!

Get your entries in and get ready to race! 🏊‍♂️💙

Day 5 Staying AliveUp first this morning was the splash and dash. Camryn led it out for the team making a small shift up...
01/10/2026

Day 5 Staying Alive

Up first this morning was the splash and dash. Camryn led it out for the team making a small shift up the ranks into 9th, Pbing and crossing the rubicon into tonights C final where she made another small shift moving from 8th to 6th with another PB - joining the 100% PB club. Harry attacked his 50 with some super long underwaters but couldn't quite close out the race in PB time. Likewise Fletcher tried some adapted skills that almost helped him hold rank and left him a mere 0.04 off of PB. Logan got off to a sharp start and held things well to claim a small PB leaving him sitting in the 100% PB club. Zandré (also a member of the 100% PB club) finished off the 50 freestyle in yet another 4th with another big time shift.

The 200 IM saw some sore tired swimmers getting up to force their bodies to do just a little bit more of each stroke. Gabriella demonstrated another of her strong last 50s moving up the ranks and adding another PB to her ledger. Rylee and Mackenzie both settled for 11th in their respective age groups. Alyssa and Fletcher pushed their way up the rankings while McKenna held her rank well. Matthew repeated his plan from his 400 IM attacking hard in the second half claiming our second 4th of the morning. Zandré finished off our medleys with another great swim claiming a 9 second PB to move 10 spots up in the rankings and claiming a spot in the B final where he found another 2 seconds of speed.

The meet finished with reverse distance events with Mckenna claiming a 44 second PB and the age group Bronze - finishing her first meet as a 13 year old with Bronzes in the 400, 800 and 1500 Freestyle. Lucas claimed a 9 second PB to move up to 6th in the 800 finishing the meet in the 100% club. Fletcher racing his 3rd race of the morning and his 14th race of the week, went out bravely and faded as his body met the proverbial wall.

A fantastic week of hard racing has come to an end, a tired team now gather for the last dinner before a well deserved season break.

So long farewell auf wiedersehen.

50 Free (3/5)
- Camryn; 26.71; 26.57 PB; 9th 6th C final.
- Logan; 25.32; PB; 29th
- Harry; 25.20; 27th
- Fletcher; 25.78; 8th
- Zandre; 23.84, PB; 4th

200 IM (3/7)
- Rylee; 2:40.22; 11th
- Gabriella; 2:38.84; PB; 20th
- McKenna; 2:39.78; 10th
- Mackenzie; 2:33.22; 11th
- Alyssa; 2:34.72; 8th
- Matthew; 2:27.84; PB; 4th
- Fletcher; 2:21.44; 5th
- Zandré; 2:12.13; PB; 6th

1500/800 (2/3)
- McKenna; 18:44.88; PB; BRONZE
- Lucas; 9:13.11; PB; 6th
- Fletcher; 9:11.66; 5th

Day Four NZSC 2026Day 4 got off to flying start with 3 of our bravest souls attacking their 200 Butterflys with vigour. ...
30/09/2026

Day Four NZSC 2026

Day 4 got off to flying start with 3 of our bravest souls attacking their 200 Butterflys with vigour. Mackenzie led the attack with a 3 second drop to claim the silver and qualify for the B final. In the final she made a pacing adjustment - which is still a work in progress. Young Matthew followed with a 2 and a half second PB to move up the ranks to 5th. Logan carried on the attack grabbing a 6 second PB to move from 10th to 6th in his age group. In the C final Logan replicated his heat swim with an identical finishing time and stroke counts.

The 50 Backstroke was a little patchy with Rylee, McKenna, Harry and Fletcher all mere fingernails off of PB although a miss timed turn, an extra deep start and some lane rope hugging may have undone some solid shifts. Fletcher despite being 0.09 off his PB still demonstrated his prowess claiming the age group Bronze. Mitch carried on his Backstroke form; PBing and claiming the Age Silver. He also qualified for his third A final of the meet where he backed up well to hold his Open rank.

Today saw the last of the breaststroke events with "fresh" swimmers Alyssa, Max and Tom swimming great PBs and Alyssa claiming another top 10 time - 7th in her age group. Mackenzie fought hard and pushed early but the 200 Butterfly caught up with her and she finished 0.45 off of PB and 8th in her Age group.

The last event of another long morning was the 200 Freestyle. Rylee, Matthew, Fletcher and Zandré kept the PB party rolling with McKenna, Fletcher and Zandrè all claiming top 10 spots. Zandré just missed the age group medals but qualified for the B Final where he worked on controlling the front end speed to attack the back end. Matilda finished her meet demonstrating a high understanding of the pre and post race processes and holding all of her swims within 1% of her AIMs Games times. Harry still mid recovery after sickness earlier in the week gave it a bold nudge but there is more recovery on the way. Mitch raced his 200 aware of the limitations of his shoulder and moderated his pace to finish 8th before scratching the final - an in emergency break glass moment.

Due to yesterdays technical malfunction the 4 x 50 male relay was rerun this morning. The lads (Harry Mitch Fletcher Zandré) got up and raced it well with 3 of the 4 cracking the 25 mark and placing 11th overall.

Tonights 4 x 50 medley relay saw the girls put together a solid swim to hold their entry ranking. The boys lifted their ranking with a strong swim comfortably taking out their heat.

200 Butterfly
- Mackenzie; 2:26.28, PB, SILVER
- Matthew; 2:36.44, PB, 5th
- Logan; 2:15.25, PB, 6th

50 Backstroke
- McKenna; 32.90, 16th
- Rylee; 32.57, 15th
- Fletcher; 29.11, BRONZE
- Harry; 28.15, 12th
- Mitch; 25.25, PB, SILVER

100 Breaststroke
- Alyssa; 1:17.86, PB, 7th
- Mackenzie; 1:18.46, 8th
- Max; 1:12.85, PB, 19th
- Tom; 1:09.19, PB, 12th

200 Freestyle
- Rylee; 2:21.08, PB, 15th
- Matilda; 2:21.68, 16th
- McKenna; 2:15.51, 10th
- Matthew; 2:14.07, PB 11th
- Harry; 2:04.92, 22nd
- Fletcher; 2:01.35, PB 5th
- Zandré; 1:54.21, PB, 4th
- Mitch; 1:54.92, 8th

3 x Medals (2S 1B)
Top 10s 11
11/20 pbs (55%)

Day Three NZSC 2026The crew worked well through the day 3 hump. The PB percentage dropped a bit however the top 10 finis...
29/09/2026

Day Three NZSC 2026

The crew worked well through the day 3 hump. The PB percentage dropped a bit however the top 10 finishes and medal counts continued to climb.

The morning started with some hard fought placings in the girls 200 Backstrokes with Rylee continuing her fantastic PB run sneaking into the top 10 alongside McKenna. Matilda took on her 200 with a little much gusto and fought the good fight before finishing just off PB. Gabriella then stepped up and in similar fashion to her 400 IM yesterday built into an impressively strong finish to claim her 1st top 10 spot. Lily still in the recovery process from her knee injury then delivered a well structured even swim - great stuff. Matthew demonstrated the importance of the back end with a 3 second PB to claim 6th.

The big lads then stepped up with the obvious intention to win; Fletcher led from start to finish to claim the clubs first National title and a spot in the B final. In that final he pushed well finishing just outside his heat time. A mere 2 races later Mitch cracked the 2:00 barrier for the first time to claim the clubs second national title. The biggest highlight of the day was the ensuing final where he squeezed another second and a half claiming the open Silver - his first national open medal. Great great stuff.

The butterfly boys - Logan and Zandré got up with 2 from 2 PBs. Logan emulating Mitch cracked the 60 barrier.

Sprinting can be a game of fine margins, that proved to be the case today with Alyssa holding a top 10 spot a mere 0.03 off PB while both Tom and Max were both in cooee of their entry times.

The morning finished with the 400 Freestyle. McKenna demonstrated she knew how to pace like the big boys pulling a 2:20.73 / 2:17.76 to claim her second bronze of the meet along with a 16 second PB. The distance boys finished the morning with Matt carrying on his great form with another stonking 6 second PB to finish in 9th. Jack and Lucas fought hard paced swims to claim good PBs. Fletcher and Flynn took their 400s well with both finishing outside their times - Fletcher still retaining his top 5 ranking. The last 400 of the day saw Zandré joining the medal ranks claiming the Age Bronze with a massive 13 second PB sneaking into the B final where he dropped another 1.4 seconds in a nice consistent swim.

Camryn, Gabriella, Lily and Alyssa finished the night with a great job in the 4 x 50 relay. Alyssa and Lily pulled off the fastest changeover with a TO of 0.01. Unfortunately the boys swam so fast they broke the timing system and their relay will be reswam tomorrow.

200 Back (5/8)
- McKenna; 2:30.20; 6th
- Rylee; 2:32.10, PB; 10th
- Matilda; 2:35.45; 12th
- Gabriella; 2:32.17; PB; 10th
- Lily; 2:36.65; 22nd
- Matthew; 2:27.71; PB; 6th
- Fletcher; 2:08.25; PB; GOLD
- Mitch; 1:59.12; PB; GOLD

100 Fly (2/2)
- Zandré; 1:00.45; PB; 11th
- Logan; 59.70; PB; 9th

50 Breast (0/3)
- Alyssa; 36.52; 9th
- Tom; 31.27; 11th
- Max; 32.96; 19th

400 Free (5/7)
- McKenna; 4:38.49; PB; BRONZE
- Matthew; 4:40.07; PB; 9th
- Jack; 4:40.08; PB; 22nd
- Flynn; 4:44.58; 24th
- Lucas; 4:31.47; PB; 14th
- Fletcher; 4:19.93; 5th
- Zandré; 4:05.41; PB; BRONZE

4x medals (2G, 2B)
12x top-10
12/20 pb’s (60%)

Day Two NZSCThis morning was a shorter sharper session that saw the LVW team lift the bar a notch crossing the 80% pb ma...
28/09/2026

Day Two NZSC

This morning was a shorter sharper session that saw the LVW team lift the bar a notch crossing the 80% pb mark. The first event was the blue ribbon classic - 100 Freestyle. We stormed up the rankings with 7 out of 8 PBs and 4 of the crew finishing with top 10 rankings. It was great to see Zandré working a well timed drive into the finish and almost pilfering a medal in the process. Harry joined the PB party with a well constructed aggresive swim and Matilda backed up another swim from her fanatstic AIMs games finishing just off PB. After PBing in the morning Camryn continued the shift from age group swimming qualifying for the C Final where she took on the field fighting hard into the last 25.

The 400 IM continued the PB party, led by Gabriella Farmilo who set the tone with a commanding 10 second PB. McKenna and Rylee backed up well with Mckenna claiming 6th while Rylee was left rueing a slight miss timing in her breaststroke to freestyle turn that overshadowed an otherwise great swim. Mackenzie righted the PB train with a strong heat swim to finish 5th and backed that up with another 4 second PB to finish 3rd in the B final.

Lucas led off the lads in the unseeded heats smashing a 10 second PB to sneak into the top 10. Matthew Yardley then claimed his first National medal with a 16 second PB where he swam over the top to out touch two other swimmers for 2nd. Fletcher then asked the lads to hold his towel and knocked out a 13 second PB moving from 9th to 5th in NZ.

Zandré finished the morning with a strong 50 Fly again PBing and moving up the ranks and come within 0.11 off claiming a medal in his second tight finish of the morning.

The night finished with spirited fights in the 4 x 100 medley relays. The girls; McKenna, Alyssa, Mackenzie and Camryn made a 2 second shift to claim 11th. While the boys; Mitch, Tom, Logan and Zandre made a 4 second shift to finish 9th.

100 Free (7/8)
- Matilda; 1:05.00; 20th
- McKenna; 1:02.54; PB; 12th
- Camryn; 58.53; PB; 8th
- Matthew; 59.42; PB; 8th
- Logan; 55.75; PB; 28th
- Harry; 54.29; PB; 19th
- Fletcher; 55.23; PB; 4th
- Zandré; 52.27; PB; 5th

400 IM (6/8)
- Gabriella; 5:39.62; PB; 15th
- Alyssa; 5:29.03; PB; 10th
- Rylee; DQ
- McKenna; 5:40.03; 6th
- Mackenzie; 5:15.96; PB; 5th. Final 5:11.10
- Lucas; 5:05.76; PB; 9th
- Matthew; 5:15.45; PB; SILVER
- Fletcher; 4:56.32; PB; 5th

50 Fly (1/1)
- Zandré; 26.11; PB; 5th

1x medal
11x top-10
14/17 pb’s (82%)

Day One NZSC 2026A wintry southern blast couldn't dent the spirits as the LVW hit the water in the brand new Parakiore S...
27/09/2026

Day One NZSC 2026

A wintry southern blast couldn't dent the spirits as the LVW hit the water in the brand new Parakiore Sports Centre today. The senior swimmers led by example in the water with Mitch making an Open A final in his 100 Back, Mackenzie and Alyssa making B and C finals respectively in the 200 Breaststroke and Zandre making Open C final in the 100 IM.

The session started with some solid 100 Backstrokes with Fletcher executing a fast finish to claim the Silver in a PB. Mitch claimed age group Bronze on his way to 6th in the A final tonight. Rylee and Matthew claimed some solid pbs with both moving up the ranks - Matthew into 8th and Rylee just missing top 10 in 11th. McKenna and Matilda backed up well from AIMs games with both close to PB with McKenna claiming 9th.

In the 200 Breaststroke Mackenzie raced a strong race to claim the NZ Silver medal and 7th in tonights B final. Alyssa put togther a bold swim to drop almost 3 seconds to claim 4th and backed up with a second swim faster than entry time in the C final. Tom and Max had a tussle in their heat with Max taking line honours and both PBing - making it a 100% PB event.

The 100 IM saw 3 great PBs from Rylee, Tom and Zandre with Zandre finishing 7th and backing up in the C final tonight with another swim faster than entry time.

The heat session finished 4 out of 5 distance swimmers hitting PBs and top 10 times. McKenna started the charge claiming 3rd in the 800 with a 17 second PB. Not to be out done the boys stepped up taking 3 top 10 finishes with Fletcher (4th) Lucas (5th) and Flynn (8th) all finishing in PB times. Jack Collins back up his recent form finishing 12th a mere 2 seconds off of PB in his 3rd ever 1500.

Relays
Camryn, McKenna, Matilda and Mackenzie swum a solid relay getting a 2 second PB and finishing 12th.

Harry, Zandre, Logan and Mitch also pulled a 2 second PB and finished 10th

100 Back (4/7)
- Rylee - 1:10.11 - PB - 11th
- Matilda - 1:11.62 - 16th
- McKenna - 1:08.78 - 9th
- Harry - 1:02.42 - 18th
- Matthew - 1:08.99 - PB - 8th
- Fletcher - 1:00.49 - PB - SILVER
- Mitch - 54.66 - PB - BRONZE

200 Brst (4/4)
- Mackenzie - 2:43.22 - PB - SILVER
- Alyssa - 2:46.03 - PB - 4th
- Max - 2:38.65 - PB - 15th
- Tom - 2:38.75 - PB - 16th

100 IM (3/5)
- Rylee - 1:13.35 - PB - 16th
- Gabriella - 1:12.61 - 14th
- Matthew - 1:11.06 - 14th
- Tom - 1:02.69 - PB - 13th
- Zandre - 1:00.53 - PB - 7th

800/1500 Free (4/5)
- McKenna - 9:48:81 - PB - BRONZE
- Flynn - 18:13.28 - PB - 8th
- Jack - 18:24.03 - 12th
- Lucas - 17:35.84 - PB - 5th
- Fletcher - 17:26.80 - PB - 4th

🏊‍♀️✨ NEXT MEET: CLASSIC SERIES – MEET TWO! ✨🏊‍♂️The Classic Series is here, meet two is designed to provide a fantastic...
25/09/2026

🏊‍♀️✨ NEXT MEET: CLASSIC SERIES – MEET TWO! ✨🏊‍♂️

The Classic Series is here, meet two is designed to provide a fantastic opportunity for swimmers who are beginning their competitive swimming journey. 🌟

It’s a great chance to experience racing, build confidence, practice race skills and have some fun in a supportive environment!

🏆 CLASSIC SERIES – MEET TWO
Hosted by Papamoa Swim Club
📅 When: Saturday 17th October
📍 Where: Greerton Aquatic Centre
💰 Entry: $25 flat fee for up to 4 races
⏰ Entries close: Wednesday 14th October at 9:00pm
👉 Enter now through Fast Lane!

Whether it’s your first-ever swim meet or you’re looking to gain more racing experience, we’d love to see our swimmers getting involved!

The team are on their way to Christchurch!!!! 🎉✈️ Wishing you all the very best of luck — go smash it! 💪🔥
25/09/2026

The team are on their way to Christchurch!!!! 🎉✈️ Wishing you all the very best of luck — go smash it! 💪🔥

🏆🏊‍♀️ GOOD LUCK TO OUR 19 LVWA SWIMMERS! 🏊‍♂️🏆Today, 19 of our LVWA swimmers are heading south to Christchurch to compet...
24/09/2026

🏆🏊‍♀️ GOOD LUCK TO OUR 19 LVWA SWIMMERS! 🏊‍♂️🏆

Today, 19 of our LVWA swimmers are heading south to Christchurch to compete at the New Zealand Short Course Championships! 🇳🇿

This is a HUGE achievement and something they should all be incredibly proud of. Every swimmer has worked hard, committed to their training and achieved the qualifying times needed to earn their place at this national championship.

👏 A massive congratulations to every one of you! Getting those qualifying times and making this team is an achievement in itself.

Now it’s time to head down to Christchurch, race hard, give it everything and enjoy the experience! 💪🏊‍♀️

We’ll be cheering you on from back home and can’t wait to see what you achieve!

🔥 GO LVWA! 🔥
🏊‍♀️ RACE HARD. SWIM FAST. HAVE FUN. 🏊‍♂️

🏊‍♀️ A MASSIVE thank you to everyone who supported our Classic Series Meet One last Sunday! 🏊‍♂️It was a fantastic day, ...
23/09/2026

🏊‍♀️ A MASSIVE thank you to everyone who supported our Classic Series Meet One last Sunday! 🏊‍♂️

It was a fantastic day, especially for the swimmers who were racing at an interclub meet for the first time. We hope everyone had a great time, made some new friends, enjoyed the experience and came away with some awesome PBs! 🎉

A huge thank you to all of our volunteers, officials and helpers who gave up their time to help make the day run smoothly. These events simply wouldn’t be possible without the incredible support from our swimming community. 💙

We also received some lovely feedback from one of the parents that attended:

💬 “Our son Ngatai has just started racing this year, and this was by far the best and most well-organised event we've attended. Thank you so much 😁 Loved the special touches such as the chocolates, the bake sale and the instructions on how to start and finish as well. :)”

Feedback like this means so much to our team and is a great reminder of why we love creating a positive and welcoming racing environment for all swimmers.

Thank you to everyone who played a part in making Classic Series Meet One such a great day! 💙🏊‍♀️🏊‍♂️

Address

79 Pyes Pa Road
Tauranga
3112

Opening Hours

Monday 5am - 8:30pm
Tuesday 5am - 7pm
Wednesday 5am - 8:30pm
Thursday 5am - 8:30pm
Friday 5am - 7pm
Saturday 5am - 4pm

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+6479288822

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