Kings Swim School
Vikings Swim Club
Training for Competition
Vikings Competitive Squads
Transitioning from the Kings Swim Programme to the London squad under Olympic Coach Todd Mason presents swimmers with an unparalleled opportunity. Todd’s extensive experience and expertise, with over 40 years of experience, has consistently propelled swimmers from the Kings Swim School to the highest levels of competition, both nationally and internationally.
In 2023 Vikings had swimmers attend the Youth Commonwealth Games and the World Junior Championships along with several state championships in Australia. We were also proud to see Vikings Swim Club member Gaby Smith represent New Zealand in the 2024 Paralympics.
At Vikings, our ethos emphasises more than just winning - we strive to cultivate well-rounded individuals within a close-knit swim community.
Here, swimmers build long lasting friendships whilst embracing the values of strength, camaraderie, competitiveness, and passion.
Vikings Programme
The Vikings comprehensive training programmes for our London to LA Squads encompass various aspects of technique and skills to ensure their readiness for competitive high performance swimmers.
Swimmers begin with
warm-up routines both on land and in the water, and are primed to optimise their performance. Dedicated sessions then focus on refining swim technique, honing each stroke to maximise efficiency and speed in the water.
Endurance training forms a
crucial component
of the programme, building the physical and mental resilience necessary to sustain prolonged efforts during the swim journey.
Swimmers are provided with opportunities to engage in various
swim competitions at home, away or internationally, allowing them to apply their skills in a competitive environment and fine-tune their race strategies. Through this holistic approach, participants are equipped with the skills and conditioning required to excel in the London to LA challenge.
London & Rio Squads
Approx 9+ years
London Squad
Swimmers start in the London Squad. This squad is a competitive swimming group– swimmers will be competing in "Have a Go" races and at local meets.
Up to x 3 trainings per week
Some swimmers begin with one or two training sessions per week when they first join the squad.
Rio Squad
Swimmers regularly compete at local and regional meets and aim for NZ Division II qualifying times.
x 6 trainings per week
Monday - Friday
Land and pool sessions
Tokyo & LA Squads
13+ years
Tokyo Squad
Athletes swimming at regional champs, Division II and National Age Group level.
x 7 trainings per week
Monday - Saturday
Land and pool sessions
LA Squad
Athletes competing at NZ Opens, National Age Groups and NZ Short Course Champs.
x 9 trainings per week
Monday - Saturday
Land and pool sessions
Training Camps &
Summer Training
At Vikings we are not in the Kings pool all year round - we also take the squads outdoors for fitness training and swim camps away from home.
In January 2025 Vikings summer training camp was held in Timaru giving everyone a great chance to bond as a team, work out on Caroline Bay beach and train in the pool.
Timetable & Pricing
Squad Fees
London Squad: $160 per month
Rio Squad: $200 per month
Tokyo Squad: $225 per month
Paris Squad: $250 per month
Annual Membership Fee - $250
(Fees split between -SwimmingNZ, Swim Canterbury West Coast and Vikings Swim Club)
Annual Fee from: June to June (no pro-rata option)
Training Gear required:
- Vikings Swim Cap
- these are provided when joining the Vikings Squad - Fins - short/long
- Kick Board
- Band
- Small Paddles
- Large Paddles
- Mesh Bag
- Vikings Clothing - swimmers are to wear to all lessons and swim meets.
Gear to order: please contact
hello@vikingsswimclub.co.nz for the gear list and to order.
Training Gear Requirements
London Squad: Mesh Bag, long fins, pull buoy,
kickboard.
Rio Squad:
Mesh Bag, long fins, pull buoy,
kickboard, hand paddles.
Tokyo Squad:
Mesh Bag, long & short fins, pull buoy,
kickboard, hand paddles, snorkel (optional).
Paris Squad: Mesh Bag, long & short fins, pull buoy,
kickboard, hand paddles, snorkel (optional).
Hand Paddles:
These paddles should be a few centimetres larger than hand.
Gear Bags:
These bags and items should all be named and can be kept at Kings Swim School, hooked onto the gear bag with a stainless steel carabiner/snap hook.
Helpful Equipment websites:
Teamline: www.teamline.co.nz
Aqualine: www.aqualineswim.co.nz
Zoggs: www.zoggs.com
Funkita: www.funkita.co.nz
T3 Swim: www.swimt3.co.nz
Swimhub: www.swimhub.nz
Arena: www.arenasport.com
Vikings Swim Club Uniforms
When you join Vikings, you become part of the Kings/Vikings family. It’s more than just swimming—it truly becomes your swimming family. With that sense of belonging, everyone wears their uniform with pride.
We encourage swimmers to wear their uniform to and from lessons and at all swimming meets.
The Vikings range includes t-shirts, jackets, hoodies, and tracksuits to suit all weather conditions, ensuring you're comfortable while training or representing the Club at lessons and meets.
South Island Country & Town Competition
Session 4
South Island County & Town Competition
Session 3
South Island Country & Town Competition
Session 2
South Island Country & Town Competition
Session 1
Kate 200 backstroke at the 2025 Apollo Projects NZ Division II Swimming Competition
📸 Steen Bech / @pihasteve
2025 Division II competition
Harrison Cunningham #GO VIKINGS#
PHOTO CREDIT: Steen Bech (@pihasteve) and Swimming NZ
2025 Apollo Projects Division II Swimming competition. Go well team Cunningham!
Good luck to our Vikings Div II team in Auckland this weekend!! Div II is SUCH a great competition - swim hard and have a blast 💥 🏊♀️ 🏊♀️ 🏊♂️ 🌟 🌟 🌟
All the best to our Vikings team heading over the Alps tomorrow to Greymouth for the Buller West Coast Champs this weekend!! Have a great time and swim fast! 🏊♀️ 🏊♂️ 🤩
🥈Luca 200 backstroke
🥈Mun Chi 50 fly
🥈Molly 100 breastroke
SCWC Officials at SI Champs in Invercargill @wearescwc @selwynswimclub @whangarei_swimming_club
Congratulations to our Friday night medalists!
Luca 🥈100 backstroke
Molly 🥉50 breaststroke
Mun Chi 🥉100 freestyle
All the best to our Vikings team competing at the South Island Long Course Champs in Invercargill this weekend!! Swim hard and have fun 💥
Waitaha Summer sizzler 2025
We are a wee bit proud 🥹 of four of our Vikings elite athletes who are currently in Melbourne taking on the Aussies 🇦🇺🟢🟡🐨with SCWC target squads at the Victoria State LC Championships. Nice one Chris Elson, Tyson Lynch, Luke Manderson and Harry James 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 Swim fast and have fun 💪🏻
@wearescwc
Congratulations to our very own Gerald Cunningham who has qualified as JOS Judge of Stroke today. Nice one Gerald!
Vikings Swim Club would like to thank the Kiwi Gaming Foundation for their Grant towards accommodation costs to help our swimmers attend our annual training camp held in Timaru over the last week.
Swim Camp 2025 - Vikings first swim camp in Timaru has been a big success! A week of clocking the km’s morning and afternoon along with dryland training sessions in between. For many of our team this was their first swim camp and we are so impressed with how well everyone stepped up to the challenge 👏 and our senior swimmers were awesome, as always 🤩
Massive thanks to our outstanding camp parents for the huge task of feeding all the troops round the clock and making sure everyone was well looked after 🌟
Also thanks to the lovely Alison at Timaru Top 10 for hosting us, perfect spot and great facilities 👌
Swim Camp Beach Session ☀️🌊🐚
Check out the smiles on these Vikings athletes on the podium for the SCWC Memorial Meet over the weekend. We LOVE to see our swimmers train hard and try their best and when that results in a PB or a medal then that’s just great 👍🏻 Nice one Vikings 💥 🥇🥈🥉
🏊♀️🏊♂️💫
@wearescwc
Brooke is flying over to Brisbane today to compete at the Queensland State Champs this week. All the very best Brooke!!!
Our SCWC Target Squad members Josh, Harry, Tyson & Luke competing at the Otago LC Champs 🏊🏼♂️🏊🏼♂️
It’s a busy weekend for Vikings athletes! We’ve got four of our senior swimmers at the Otago Long Course Champs with SCWC Target 2028 & 2032 squads, Chris at the World Swimming Champs in Hungary and our team at the Jasi Christmas Cracker bringing home some fabulous PBs and podium finishes. Bring it on Vikings!!! 🏊♀️ 🏊♂️ 💥
Today’s the day for our World Swimming Championships Representative Chris Elson to embark on his journey to Budapest and we as a club and his teammates could not be more proud of him! 🤩🤩🤩
Here is a message from Chris who we wish the very best of luck 🍀
“I want to take a moment to say a huge thank you to everyone at Vikings and everyone who has supported me on my journey to the Swimming World Championships. From coaches and teammates to family and friends, your encouragement, advice, and belief in me have been incredible.
The build-up to Worlds has been an exciting and challenging journey, and I couldn’t have done it without the amazing support network around me. Knowing I have so many people behind me keeps me motivated and focused as I strive to give my best on the world stage.
Thank you for being such a big part of this journey—I truly couldn’t have done it without you!”
Come and get your car washed this Saturday! 🚘 🧽 🪣 💪🏻 💫
$10 car wash THIS SATURDAY by Vikings Swim Club at Kings Swim School (218a Main South Road, Sockburn - behind DA Lewis) and help support Vikings athlete Chris Elson raise $10,000 to get to the World Swimming Champs in Hungary!!
CAR WASH FUNDRAISER
WHEN: 9am - 1pm THIS Saturday 16 November
WHERE: @kingsswimschool 218a Main South Road, Sockburn (next to Chipmunks/behind DA Lewis furniture shop)
COST: $10 (Cash or online bank transfer)
BBQ/SAUSAGE SIZZLE 10am - 1pm 🌭
See you this long weekend!
We are SUPER proud of all our Vikings athletes, officials and coach who attended the 2024 SCWC Awards dinner last night. Congratulations to you all! Well done Glenys McKenzie for being awarded the Domestic Official of the Year award for 2024👏🏼
Our Vikings swimmers in all our squads train hard throughout the year and it’s nice to take a moment and reflect on how far you’ve come, and for some of our elite athletes to be recognised for their success after allllllll those early mornings and long hours in the pool. Good job everyone 👊🏻
Our Vikings athletes were recognised for being named in the Target 2028 and Target 2032 squads: Chris Elson, Harrison James, Tyson Lynch, Luke Manderson, Mun Chi Jager, Josh Baars, for National Title recognition: Chris Elson, Brooke Anderson, Gaby Smith, Josh Baars, Luke Manderson, for attending the NZ Tri series; Brooke Anderson, for attending PanPACs; Chris Elson, for attending the Para World Series Gaby Smith and Coach Todd Mason and for attending the 2024 Paralympic Games: Gaby Smith.
All the VERY best for 2024 Tri Series Brooke!!! Swim fast and have fun 💥 🏊♀️ 💨 Goooooo NZ!
Coach Todd presented Amelia and Elle with their Swim Canterbury West Coast XLR8 Squad badges today! Well done girls 🙌🏻 🌟 💥
They both have been awarded the 1500 and 2000 badges in recognition of them achieving key milestones in the points system of the XLR8 squad.
@wearescwc
Our very own Viking Paralympian Gaby Smith is about to swim in Paris!! We can’t wait to see you shine Gaby 💫 We are SO very proud of you!! 👏🏼💥👊🏻 💪🏻 🏊♀️ 🇫🇷
Where to watch: TVNZ daily from 7:30pm and also on TVNZ+
Here are Gaby’s events:
Friday 30 August 9:01pm NZ time
100m Breaststroke SB9 Heats (Finals Sat 5:16am NZ time)
Thursday 5 September 7:55pm NZ time
400m Freestyle S10 Heats (Finals Fri 3:50am NZ time
Saturday 7 September 7:39pm NZ time
200m IM SM10 Heats (Finals Sun 3:37am NZ time)
@wearescwc
@gabyy.smithh
@kingsswimschool
🚨RECORD ALERT🚨
Our Vikings mixed 4 x 100m Medley relay team reclaimed the SCWC record from Wharenui at NZ Short Course Champs. Well done team!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Hannah King
Harrison James
Chris Elson
Sarah Wilson
@wearescwc
@_harry_james07
@hannahk6809
@sarah_k_wilson_
🚨 RECORD ALERT🚨
Last week Chris Elson broke his own SCWC Open record for 50m Free at the NZ Short Course Swimming Champs 👊🏻 Chris’s previous record was 23.64 set in July and his new record is 23.31. Nice one Chris 💥
@wearescwc
@chris._.elson
🚨ANOTHER RECORD ALERT🚨
Luke Manderson not only broke the SCWC 100m free record - he also broke the 15 year old age record for 50m free swimming it in 23.32‼️Luke we are SUPER proud of you 👏🏼 🌟
The 50m free record was previously held by Taiko Torepe-Ormsby 23.49 set in 2019.
@wearescwc @kingsswimschool
🚨RECORD ALERT🚨
Luke Manderson has had a stellar week away at the New Zealand Short Course Swimming Champs breaking the SCWC 15 year old age record for 100m Freestyle swimming it in 52.14. Nice one Luke‼️💥👊🏻
The record Luke broke was 52.27 previously set in 2019 by Zach Knowles.
@wearescwc
@kingsswimschool
Vikings Swim Club would like to thank the Aotearoa Gaming Trust for their Grant for accommodation and transport assistance to help our Swimmers compete at the New Zealand Short Course Championship Swim Meet over the last 5 days.
NZ Short Course Official pics Days 3-5 🤩
Thank you! @bwmedianz & @swimming_nz
What a week! 11 Medals, 3 Canterbury Records, awesome PBs and plenty of smiles 😀 2024 NZ Short Course Champs has been a blast 💥
Team Vikings also came in 13th out of 36 clubs on team points 👏 and finished the meet by reclaiming the Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Canterbury SC Record from Wharenui 🚨
Day 5 also saw Luke break another Canterbury SC Record 🙌 in the 50m Freestyle 15yrs and take the gold 🥇
Other top ten placings:
Sofia 8th - 50 Free 15yrs
Chris 7th - 50 Free Open
Brooke 4th - 50 Free MC
Flynn 4th - 200 IM 16yrs
Tyson 7th - 200 IM 16 yrs
Ashlee 7th - 200 IM 16yrs
Sarah 9th - 200IM Open
Harry, Hannah, Sarah, Chris 6th - 4x100 Mixed Medley Relay
Huge well done to all of our athletes who have represented Vikings so well and big thanks to coach Roly ⏱️ and our superstar official Glenys 🤩
Massive thanks to our team managers, especially Kim for taking on the big job of managing all the food to keep our team so well fed 🍽️.
@wearescwc
Day 4 of NZ Short Course was our biggest day of racing for the team with great racing, impressive PBs and three Vikings relay teams competing last night.
Massive congratulations to Luke who raced a gutsy 100m Freestyle to take bronze 🥉and break the Canterbury Short Course Record 15yrs with a time of 52.14 🙌💥👏
Other top 10 placings:
Flynn 4th - 200 Fly 16yrs
Luke 8th - 50 Back 15yrs
Tyson 8th - 50 Back 16yrs
Sofia 6th - 50 Back 15yrs
Brooke 6th - 50 Back MC
Sarah 5th - 100 Breastroke Open
Sofia 6th - 100 Breaststroke 15yrs
Ashlee 7th - 100 Breaststroke 16yrs
Hannah 8th - 100 Breaststroke 17-18yrs
Chris - 5th 100 Freestyle Open
Brooke - 5th 100 Freestyle MC
Harry, Emlyn, Chris, Luke - 5th Medley 4x50 Relay
Final day of racing ahead, let’s go Vikings! 👊
NZ Short Course Day 3 wrapped up with 4 more medals for Vikings! Huge congrats to:
Chris🥇100 Fly Open
Harry 🥉100 Fly 17-18yrs
Sofia 🥈50 Breastroke 15yrs
Brooke 🥉200 Freestyle MC
Other top 10 placings:
Tyson 4th 200 Backstroke (16yrs)
Ashlee 7th 50 Breaststroke (16yrs)
Hannah 9th 50 Breaststroke (17-18yrs)
Very proud of all our swimmers up here giving everything in the pool, keep up the great work team 👊
NZ Short Course Champs Official pics from days 1-3
Thanks @bwmedianz & @swimming_nz 🤩
Great racing and great supporting from our team on Day 2 of NZSC Champs.
Congratulations to Chris for his Open 🥈 in the 50m Fly and to Brooke with 🥈 in the 400m Freestyle MC 👏👏👏
Other top ten placings:
Luke 5th - 50m Fly (15yrs)
Harry 9th - 50m Fly (17-18yrs)
Sarah 10th - 50m Fly Open
Flynn 4th - 400m IM (16 yrs)
Let’s go Day 3! 😁
2024 NZ Short Course Champs - Day 1
Brilliant first day of racing from our team up in Auckland with some fantastic PBs and 3 of our Vikings girls making the podium 🙌
Huge congratulations to:
🥉Sarah - 100m IM NZ Open
🥉Hannah - 200m Breaststroke (17-18 yrs)
🥉Brooke - 100m Backstroke (MC)
Other top 10 placings:
4th Tyson - 100m Backstroke (16yrs)
6th Harry - 100m Backstroke (17-18yrs)
7th Ashlee - 200m Breaststroke (16yrs)
6th Sarah - 200m Breaststroke (open)
10th Flynn - 200m Breaststroke (16yrs)
7th Tyson - 100m IM (16yrs)
7th Luke - 100m IM (16 yrs)
8th Ashlee - 100m IM (16yrs)
Our 2024 NZ Short Course team head north today after many weeks of putting in the hard yards in the pool - we can’t wait to see you perform!! Swim hard and have a fabulous time away together doing what you do SO well 💫🌟💥👊🏻💪🏻🥇🥈🥉
Three of our athletes are not able to attend due to illness: Josh Baars, Oscar Baggaley and Hope Chmiel - rest up and get better soon!
That’s a wrap folks! 🎬 Our Vikings Battle of the Ages Meet has once again been a great success ✨
Huge thanks to all the swimmers who entered 🏊🏼♂️🏊🏻♀️ , all the volunteers who made it happen 🤩, our fantastic sponsors 🙌 and @wearescwc 🙏 we couldn’t have done it without you!
Our team is having a great time at our very own Vikings Battle of the Ages Meet. 😁
So much goodness watching our swimmers race their hearts out 🏊🏻♀️🏊🏼♂️ with our senior team stepping up to help out with coaching, timekeeping and IOTing. Making the club proud 🥲 Nice work everyone 🙌
Tonight we ended the session with two 🥈🥈 in the hotly contested 14&Under Relays:
4x100m Medley - Kate, Molly, Josh & Benji McNally
8x50m Freestyle - Thomas, Lexi, Rocio, Kate, Molly, Benji, Benji & Josh
Have fun and swim fast tomorrow team! 🌟
It is on! 💥 The 2024 Vikings Battle of the Ages has begun with a fantastic 1st session tonight 🏊🏼♂️ 🌟🏊🏻♀️
Good luck to all of our swimmers racing this weekend 👊
Massive thanks to our superstar 🤩 Sarah Manderson for putting together all of our fabulous raffle prizes, be in to win people!
We’re super excited to have amazing prizes up for grabs at our Vikings Battle of the Ages meet this weekend at the Selwyn Aquatic Centre. We couldn’t have done it without the support of some amazing companies, thank you!
Grab your tickets at our meet, $4 a ticket or 3 tickets for $10!
A massive thank you to the businesses who are sponsoring our lanes for Vikings Battle of the Ages this weekend at the Selwyn Aquatic Centre! We appreciate your support!
Last one fast one for Luke 💥 taking the🥇in the 50m Freestyle (15yrs) at NZ Secondary Schools today. Luke also takes home a relay🥉as part of his Christs College 4x50m Freestyle team 👏👏👏 Congratulations Luke!
Huge well done to all of our Vikings swimmers competing in Auckland this weekend, all of whom achieved top 5 placings 🤩
Ashlee 5th - 100m IM (16 yrs)
Kate 5th - 200m Breaststroke (17-18yrs)
Tyson 5th - 200m Backstroke (16yrs)
Luca 4th - 4x50m Mixed Medley Relay Team
See you all back at training tomorrow 😀
Another Viking on the podium 🙌 Congratulations to Harry 🌟 for taking🥈in the 100m Backstroke (16yrs) at NZ Secondary School Champs 👏👏
Huge congrats to Flynn 🤩 for taking out the🥈in the 200m Fly (16yrs) at NZ Secondary School Champs tonight 👏👏👏
Wishing our athletes competing at the 2024 NZ Secondary Schools Champs in Auckland good luck! 🍀
Vikings Battle of the Ages is fast approaching (2-4 August) and we are famous for our amazing raffles!
It's now time to get selling those raffle tickets, the prizes are amazing & there's heaps to be won!
Tickets are $4 each or three tickets for $10.
Purchase your tickets from any Vikings swimmer or at our Battle of the Ages Swim Meet on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of August at the Selwyn Aquatic Centre.
The raffle will be drawn on Sunday 4th August at the final session. Winners will be notified by Vikings swimmers, text or phone. Prizes can be collected from the meet or Kings Swim School.
You could win:
* 14 Baskets full of treats and either a $50 Joe's Garage or $50 Lone Star voucher
* 6 Bottles of wine and either a $50 Joe's Garage or $50 Lone Star voucher
* 2 $50 Farmers vouchers and chocolate
* 4 Pure Sports Nutrition packs, valued at $100
* 9 pc Barkers Gift Pack
* Shakti Mat & Pillow Set
Wharenui Winter Olympics - Session 2 saw our swimmers breaking out some very impressive Pbs 🙌 and our Open and 15-16yr men both took out wins in the 200m Freestyle relays 🥇🥇
Great work team 👏🌟👏 and best of luck to everyone racing tomorrow 🍀
It’s been a big three days of racing at the 2024 South Island SC Champs, our team have put in a huge effort in the pool and we congratulate all of them on their successes 🌟 it’ll be a well deserved day off training tomorrow!
Today we had some impressive PBs, exciting finals, and Chris broke a second South Island Record, this time in the 50m Fly with a time of 23.64 💥 We also had our Paralympian Gaby presenting the medals tonight 🏅
Our Day 3 medalists:
50 Fly
🥈Harry James (15-16yrs)
🥈Sarah Wilson (17&O)
🥇🥇 Chris Elson (17&O) & Overall & S.I Record 👏
200 Backstroke
🥈Tyson Lynch (15-16yrs)
100 Breastroke:
🥇Josh Baars (12-14yrs)
🥇🥇 Sarah Wilson (17&O) & Overall
It was a super successful day at the South Island SC Champs today💥 big congrats to Chris (100m Fly) and Luke (50m Free) for breaking South Island SC records! 🙌🙌
Awesome to see so many of team with PBs and making finals! Keep up the great work tomorrow everyone 👏👏👏
Our Day 2 medalists:
400 IM
🥇Flynn Grace (15-16yrs)
50 Backstroke:
🥇 Harry James (15-16yrs)
🥉Tyson Lynch (15-16yrs)
🥇 Gaby Smith (MC)
🥈 Hannah King (17&O)
100 Fly:
🥈Sarah Wilson (17&O)
🥈Harry James (15-16yrs)
🥈Zac Baker (17&O)
🥇🥇 Chris Elson (17&O) & Overall & S.I Record 💥
200 Breastroke:
🥇Josh Baars (12-14yrs)
🥈Ashlee Baars (15-16yrs)
🥇🥇 Sarah Wilson (17&O) & Overall
50m Free:
🥇Luke Manderson (15-16yrs) & S.I Record 💥
🥇🥇 Chris Elson (17&O) & Overall
2024 South Island Short Course Champs
Brilliant first day of racing from the whole team 👏 nice work Vikings!
Our Day 1 medalists:
200 IM:
🥇Josh Baars (12-14yrs)
🥇 Flynn Grace (15-16yrs)
🥈Ashlee Baars (15-16yrs)
🥇🥇 Sarah Wilson (17&O) & Overall
100m Backstroke:
🥉Brooke Anderson (MC)
🥇 Harry James (15-16yrs)
🥈 Tyson Lynch (15-16yrs)
50 Breastroke:
🥇Josh Baars (12-14yrs)
🥇Ashlee Baars (15-16yrs)
200 Fly:
🥈 Flynn Grace (15-16yrs)
🥇Zac Baker (17&O)
100m Free:
🥉 Luke Manderson (15-16yrs)
🥇🥇 Chris Elson (17&O) & Overall
And that’s a wrap 🏁 on the 2024 SCWC SC Champs! Huge well done to all of our swimmers 👏 from PBs, to making finals, to winning medals🏅we are super proud of all of you 🌟
Our podium finishes from tonight:
100m Fly:
🥇Harry James (15-16yrs)
🥈Josh Baars (12-14yrs)
🥉Layla McDowall (15-16yrs)
100m Freestyle:
🥇🥇Chris Elson (17&O) & Overall
🥈 Luke Manderson (15-16yrs)
200m Backstroke :
🥇Josh Baars (12-14yrs)
🥇Tyson Lynch (15-16yrs)
🥈Callum Lockhart (17&O)
🥉Layla McDowall (15-16yrs)
Vikings continues our strong 💪 performance at the 2024 Canterbury Champs with brilliant racing from all of our swimmers 🏊🏻♀️🏊🏼♂️ Keep up the energy team for the final session tonight 🌟
Our medal winners from sessions 3&4:
200 IM:
🥇Flynn Grace (15-16yrs)
🥈Callum Lockhart (17&O)
🥈 Hannah King (17&O)
100m Backstroke:
🥇🥇 Harry James (15-16yrs) & Overall
🥈 Tyson Lynch (15-16yrs)
🥉Callum Lockhart (17&O)
200m Freestyle:
🥇 Josh Baars (12-14yrs)
🥈 Chris Elson (17&O)
🥈 Zac Baker (17&O)
100m Breastroke:
🥉 Emlyn Clayden (17&O)
🥉 Hannah King (17&O)
200m Fly:
🥇 Flynn Grace (15-16yrs)
🥈Harry James (15-16yrs)
4 x 100m Medley Relay (15&O)
🥇 Harry, Josh, Chris, Luke
100m IM:
🥇🥇Hope Chmiel (17&O) & Overall
🥈Sofia Harris (15-16yrs)
🥈 Luke Manderson (15-16yrs)
🥉 Tyson Lynch (15-16yrs)
🥉 Callum Lockhart (17&O)
2024 SCWC Short Course Champs 🏆
Our team is going great, loving the PBs coming in🌟 and we had a clean sweep of medals in the Men’s 50m Backstroke 15-16yrs 👏👏👏 Special mention also to Benji and Benji on their fantastic PBs 🙌
Our medal winners from Sessions 1 & 2
50m Freestyle:
🥇Luke Manderson (15-16yrs)
🥇🟰 Chris Elson (17&O) & Overall
400m IM:
🥈Flynn Grace (15-16yrs)
🥈Sarah Wilson (17&O)
50m Breaststroke:
🥇 Sofia Harris (15-16yrs)
🥈 Hope Chmiel (17&O)
4 x 100m Freestyle Relay 15&O
🥇Luke, Harry, Chris, Zac
🥉Layla, Hannah, Sofia, Hope
50m Fly:
🥈 Josh Baars (12-14yrs)
🥇🥇Harry James (15-16yrs) & Overall
🥉 Luke Manderson. (15-16yrs)
🥉 Zac Baker (17&O)
50m Backstroke:
🥇🥇Chris Elson (17&O) & Overall
🥇 Harry James (15-16yrs)
🥈 Tyson Lynch (15-16yrs)
🥉 Luca Graham (15-16yrs)
🥉 Josh Baars (12-14yrs)
🥈 Hope Chmiel (17&O)
Sunday Morning junior Vikings crew!
Session 2 - Go junior Vikings!
Vikings has our first ever Paralympian!! 🇫🇷 🌿 We are incredibly proud of Gaby Smith who will be heading over to Paris to compete in three events at the Paralympic Games Paris 2024 - 400 free, 100 breast and 200 IM.
We will all be watching you take on the world Gaby and we couldn’t be more proud!
Have an amazing experience and fast racing! Your Vikings teammates are behind you 👊🏻
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Vikings legend Chris Elson brought his medal haul to training last night - check out these beauties! These medals are a result of years of hard work, countless hours in the pool culminating in a series of stunning performances at the 2024 Oceania Championships held 21-24 April at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in Australia.
It’s great to have you back with the squad Chris - we are super proud of you and your 2024 Oceania Championships medals!! 🥇🥇🥇🥈🥈🥈
Final day of racing today at the Oceania Champs in the Gold Coast with Chris taking out🥈in the 50m Freestyle with a time of 23.19💥
Chris takes home an impressive haul of 3 gold🥇🥇🥇 and 3 silver🥈🥈🥈 medals! What a way a represent New Zealand 🇳🇿 Congrats Chris 🤩
🥇🥇🥇 Three in a row for Chris 🔥
Another huge congratulations to Chris on taking his third international gold medal last night in the 100m Butterfly with a time of 54.52 at the Oceania Champs.
Making Vikings super proud! 👏👏👏
And he’s done it again 🙌
Yet another gold for Chris on day two at the Oceania Championships! 🥇
Chris placed first in the Men’s 100m Freestyle, swimming a 51.25 in the final! 💨
Alongside three other members from the New Zealand team, Chris also gained another silver in the Mixed 4x50m Medley Relay 🥈
Congratulations Chris 👏👏👏
Massive congratulations to Chris on winning a gold and silver medal at the Oceania Champs in the Gold Coast 🦘
On day one, Chris placed first in the Men’s 50m Butterfly final in a time of 24.31. He also gained a silver with the 4x50m Freestyle Relay team!
So very well deserved Chris!
Vikings would like to thank Pub Charity for their support for our Vikings swimmers transport and accommodation costs for the NZ Swim Champs (Opens) and National Age Group (NAGs) swim meets over the last two weeks in Hawke’s Bay.
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Official NAGS photos 📸 Part 2
Thanks @bwmedianz & @swimming_nz
Official NAGS photos 📸 Part 1
Thanks @bwmedianz & @swimming_nz
What a way to finish up! 🙌 2024 NZ Age Group Champs has been super successful for Vikings with a total of 17 medals💥 along with awesome PBs and every one of our swimmers taking a top ten placing🌟 huge well done to all of our team for their amazing efforts in the pool!
Day 5 brought some VERY exciting racing! We had three Vikings in the 16yrs 100 Backstroke final with two making the podium. Congratulations Harry, Brooke and Gaby for taking NZ Titles and to Tyson on his 🥉bronze 👏👏👏
Our Day 5 Finalists:
400m Freestyle:
🥇 Brooke Anderson (MC)
50m Breaststroke:
8th Ashlee Baars (15yrs)
100m Backstroke:
4th Lukas de Wit (14yrs)
10th Luca Graham (16yrs)
🥇Harry James (16yrs)
🥉Tyson Lynch (16yrs)
🥇Gaby Smith (MC)
🥉Brooke Anderson (MC)
200m Fly:
5th Flynn Grace (16yrs)
Big thanks to Todd and our team managers 🌟 we’ve been really lucky to have Kim & Fleur take charge of all the food up here with rave reviews from the team 🤩
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2024 NZ Age Group Champs - Day 4, was in Todd’s words an absolute rippa! Great PBs, 7 finalists and two more 🥇🥇 and a 🥈 to bring home, our team is on 🔥
Massive congratulations to Luke on becoming a new NZ Champion taking out the 50 Free title with some serious speed 💨 and to Brooke & Josh for both making the podium again 👏👏👏
Our out of pool success continued too with Tyson & Flynn giving a prize winning performance in the Dance Off competition 🕺🕺
One more day to go, give it everything team!
Our Day 4 finalists:
100m Breaststroke:
6th Ashlee Baars (15yrs)
8th Hannah King (17-18yrs)
200m IM:
🥈Josh Baars (13yrs)
10th Flynn Grace (16yrs)
200 m Freestyle:
8th Julia Benyo (16yrs)
50m Free:
🥇Luke Manderson (15yrs)
200m Freestyle MC:
🥇 Brooke Anderson
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2024 NZ Age Group Champs - Day 3, another successful day for Vikings! Two more medals in the bag along with 6 more top ten placings 🌟 keep up the great effort team!
Congratulations to Brooke and Josh for getting onto the podium again 👏👏👏
Our Day 3 finalists:
200m Backstroke
🥉 Josh Baars (13yrs)
6th Lukas de Wit (14yrs)
5th Tyson Lynch (16yrs)
7th Harry James (16yrs)
5th Ashlee Baars (15yrs)
100m Free:
5th Luke Manderson (15yrs)
🥈 Brooke Anderson (MC)
400m IM:
9th Flynn Grace (16yrs)
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2024 NZ Age Group Champs - Day 2 ✌️super exciting racing from our team 💥 some impressive PBs, 8 finalists, with 5 podium finishes! Well done to all of our swimmers, being here at Nags is a huge achievement in itself, we are proud of you all 🌟
Vikings also has a new New Zealand Champ 🥇Josh Baars taking out the title in the 200m Breaststroke with an outstanding swim in the final 👏👏👏
Another highlight was our prize winning enthusiasm in the mexican wave competition! 💃🕺🔥
Our Day 2 finalists:
50m Free MC:
🥇 Gaby Smith
🥉 Brooke Anderson
200m Breaststroke:
🥇 Josh Baars (13yrs)
7th Julia Benyo (16yrs)
🥈 Hannah King (17-18-yrs)
8th Harrison Cunningham (15yrs)
50m Butterfly:
6th Luke Manderson (15yrs)
🥇 Gaby Smith (MC)
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2024 NZ Age Group Champs - Day 1☝️PBs, finalists and two medals to bring home 💥 our team have started strong 💪 up here in Hawke’s Bay!
Amazing swimming from all the team and brilliant results for everyone 👏🏼
Congratulations to all our athletes from those who were on the podium to those who swam their first ever Nags heat or final. We are so proud!
Our Day 1 finalists:
100m Fly:
9th Flynn Grace (16yrs)
100m Breaststroke
🥈 Josh Baars (13yrs)
200m IM:
7th Ashlee Baars (15yrs)
8th Julia Benyo (16yrs)
8th Hannah King (17-18-yrs)
50m Backstroke
7th Luke Manderson (15yrs)
🥉 Harry James (16yrs)
7th Tyson Lynch (16yrs)
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Our 13 strong Vikings team have arrived in Hawke’s Bay ready for a week of NAGS racing. They’ve worked long and hard and are ready to reap the rewards! Can’t wait to see you all in action this week 💥
Our reps at the 2024 NZ Open Champs / Olympic Trials 🏊🏼♂️ Chris, Zac and Callum have been racing the best of the best from around the country bringing home silver🥈and bronze🥉medals, LC PBs, with all three achieving top ten placings 👏👏👏
Amazing effort from these guys who, as always, represented Vikings with class ✨
This year was made all the more memorable by having to evacuate for a fire alarm mid finals session last night just as Zac finished his 200m Fly, which seemed a good time to get a team pic 📸
Huge thanks to coach Roly, team manager Merryn and our official Glenys for being there and being awesome 🤩
And best of luck to Chris who is off to represent New Zealand at the 2024 Oceania Games in the Gold Coast next week ☀️
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Vikings is very proud to have another NZ Opens medal from Chris who claimed the bronze last night in the 100m Butterfly.
Tonight we have Zac in the 200m Fly final and Chris in the 100m Freestyle final, good luck you guys!
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2024 Apollo Projects New Zealand Swimming Championships - congratulations to Chris on taking out the silver medal in the 50m Butterfly Final last night.
Great racing also from Callum and Zac, all the Vikings team at home are cheering for you guys!
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Wishing our Vikings athletes kicking off today at the 2024 NZ Swimming Champs all the very best!!! Have an awesome time and swim fast 💨 🏊♂️
Our resident pocket rocket Josh Baars pulled a blinder in Greymouth over the weekend and surprised even himself when he broke the SCWC 13 yr boys 200m IM record set in 2013 of 2:20.06, by a healthy margin - Josh set the new record at 2:16.26!!! Nice one Josh 🚀 💫
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We are pretty proud of the legend that is Chris Elson who has been selected to represent NZ with the SwimmingNZ team heading over to the Gold Coast for the Oceania Champs next month. Chris is a leader in and out of the pool and we are so proud to call him a Viking! Have a great time in Australia Chris 🏊♂️ 💥 🌟
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Session 2 in Greymouth!
200 freestyle:
12 & under:
Benji 🥇
13 & over:
Jasmin 🥇
50m backstroke
10 & under:
Amelia🥇
Elle🥉
11-12
Sienna🥈
Lexi🥉
Eli 🥇
13-14
Rocio🥉
100m butterfly:
11-12
Benji🥇
13-14
Kate🥈
50m freestyle:
10 & under
Elle🥉
11-12
Lexi🥈
Sienna🥉
Benji🥇
Eli🥈
15&over
Jasmin🥈
200m backstroke:
Amelia🥇
100m breaststroke:
10 & under
Elle🥈
11-12
Lexi🥉
13-14
Benji🥉
100m IM:
10 & under
Elle🥈
11-12
Benji🥇
Eli🥈
Lexi🥈
15 & over
Jasmin🥈
Mixed 11-12 200m freestyle relay🥇
Eli
Lexi
Sienna
Benji
London & Rio in Greymouth - session 1
50m breaststroke
10 & under:
Elle 🥈
Amelia 🥉
11-12:
Lexi 🥇
Benji🥇
Laken🥉
13-14:
Molly🥈
15&over:
Jasmin🥈
100 backstroke
10 & under:
Elle🥈
Amelia🥉
11–12:
Eli🥇
Sienna🥈
13-14:
Benji🥈
15 & over
Jasmin🥈
100m Freestyle
10 & under:
Amelia🥈
Elle🥉
11-12:
Lexi🥇
Eli🥈
50m butterfly
10 & under:
Elle🥈
11-12:
Benji🥇
Eli🥈
15 & over:
Jasmin🥉
200m breastroke:
Molly🥇
Vikings elite athlete Gaby Smith competed at The World Para Swimming Series in Melbourne 24-25 February alongside competitors from around the globe 🌎 Paralympic medallists from Ireland, Australia, Poland and the USA were in attendance. Gaby competed in 3 races making 2 multiclass finals. Results were 10th 400 Free, 5th 100 Breaststroke and a 6th in the 200IM. Super proud of you Gaby!! 💥
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Our South Island LC Team have had a fantastic time away together 😁 Great long course racing, PBs and results! Nice work everyone 👏👏👏
Thank you to all who made this trip happen 🙌 to our officials Gerald & Glenys 🌟 and big thanks to @swimmingotago for being brilliant hosts + all the great photos 📸
Our Day 3 Finalists & Medal Winners
50m Freestyle Finals:
6th Julia Benyo (15&16yrs)
6th Hope Chmiel (17&O)
8th Lukas de Wit (13&14yrs)
🥇 Luke Manderson (15&16yrs)
🥈Chris Elson (17&O)
🥉Brooke Anderson (Multi Class)
200m Breaststroke Finals:
🥇 Ashlee Baars (15&16yrs)
🥇 Hannah King (17&O) & 🥇 Overall
🥈Josh Baars (13&14yrs)
5th Harrison Cunningham (15&16yrs)
100m Fly Finals:
7th Julia Benyo (15&16yrs)
7th Hannah King (17&O)
4th Harrison James (15&16yrs)
8th Oscar Baggaley (17&O)
🥉Zac Baker (17&O)
🥇 Chris Elson (17&O) & 🥇 Overall
50m Backstroke Finals:
🥇Hope Chmiel (17&O) & 🥇 Overall
5th Lukas de Wit (13&14)
🥉Harrison James (15&16yrs)
6th Tyson Lynch (15&16yrs)
7th Oscar Baggaley (17&O)
4th Callum Lockhart (17&O)
🥉 Brooke Anderson (Multi Class)
Adam & Eve Relays
8th Luke Manderson with Isabella Miller (Neptune) 15&U
🥉Chris Elson with Hope Chmiel (16&O)
It’s been another big day of racing at South Island Long Course Champs, very proud of all of our swimmers! Special mention to Kate & Molly on their fantastic PBs this morning 🌟🌟 and to end the finals session tonight we all enjoyed the Mystery Medleys 😁
Our Day 2 Finalists & Medal Winners:
50m Fly Finals:
4th Harry James (15-16yrs)
6th Luke Manderson (15-16yrs)
🥇Chris Elson (17&O) & 🥇 Overall
8th Hannah King (17&O)
200m Backstroke Finals:
🥉 Josh Baars (13-14 yrs)
4th Lukas de Wit (13-14 yrs)
5th Harry James (15-16yrs)
6th Luca Graham (15-16yrs)
🥇 Hope Chmiel (17&O) & 🥇 Overall
100m Breastroke Finals:
🥉Josh Baars (13-14 yrs)
🥇Ashlee Baars (15-16yrs)
4th Hannah King (17&O)
🥇Hope Chmiel (17&O) and 🥇 Overall
200m Freestyle Final
6th Julia Benyo (15-16yrs)
Mystery Medley Challenge $$$
5th Harrison Cunningham (15&U)
🥇Callum Lockhart (16&O)
🥉Zac Baker (16&O)
Our senior team is down in Dunedin competing at the South Island Long Course Champs 🏊🏼♂️🏊🏻♀️ Day 1 saw some fantastic performances from our swimmers, some very close finishes and lots of team comradery. Great work everyone 💥👏🌟and big congrats to our Day 1 finalists & medal winners:
200IM Finals:
🥈Josh Baars (13-14yrs)
6th Tyson Lynch (15-16 yrs)
5th Callum Lockhart (17&O)
🥈Julia Benyo (15-16yrs)
🥉 Ashlee Baars (15-16yrs)
🥇 Hope Chmiel (17&O) & 🥇 Overall
100m Backstroke Finals:
🥇 Hope Chmiel (17&O) & 🥇 Overall
🥈 Brooke Anderson (Multi Class)
🥈 Lukas de Wit (13-14yrs)
🥈 Harry James (15-16yrs)
🥉 Tyson Lynch (15-16yrs
6th Luke Manderson
7th Luca Graham
🥉 Callum Lockhart (17&O)
50m Breaststroke Finals:
🥇 Ashlee Baars (15-16yrs)
4th Josh Baars (15-16 yrs)
6th Oscar Baggaley (17&O)
200m Fly Finals:
🥈 Zac Baker (17&O)
8th Oscar Baggaley (17&O)
100m Freestyle Finals:
🥇 Chris Elson (17&O) and 🥇 Overall
6th Lukas de Wit (13-14yrs)
🥉 Brooke Anderson (Multi Class)
7th Julia Benyo (15-16yrs)
SKINS Elimination Challenge $$$
🥈 Tyson Lynch (15&U)
🥉 Ashlee Baars (15&U)
🥈 Hope Chmiel (16&O)
6th Josh Baars (15&U)
4th Julia Benyo (15&U)
Thanks @swimmingotago for the great podium pics! 🤩
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Nine of our junior Vikings have had an awesome weekend racing at the SCWC Junior Championships!! They spent the weekend battling it out and getting PBs, finals and podium placings. We ❤️ all the PBs! ⏱️ ✅
Congratulations to our medal winners - nice work Vikings!! 💪🏻💥 👊🏻
Benji McLean
🥇50m Butterfly 12yrs
🥈100m Free 12yrs
Eli Pert
🥈100m Backstroke 11yrs
Amelia O’Connell
🥉50m Backstroke 10yrs&under
Elle Noonan
🥉100m Breaststroke 10yrs&under
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Great second season this morning. Benji 🥇 12yrs 50 fly, Eli 🥈 11yrs 100 back, Elle 🥉 10&U 50 fly
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