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Welcome to the Howick Pakuranga Amateur Swimming & Life Saving Club Incorporated. This site is designed to provide relevant information to the club members and other interested parties.

Mission
To promote, foster, and encourage, swimming and associated aquatic sports

News

7 Mar

NAGs final results have been published. Click here for club finalists or here for full results.

28 Feb

XLR8 points tool has been updated to utilise latest SNZ base times. Note: the age groups are now only up to 14yo, swimmers older than this use Fina Points.

25 Feb

SNZ have released the final club results from Juniors. Wow our team scored 444 points with the next club over 120 points behind us (this amounts to 12 gold medals). Click here for full details.

23 Feb

Congratulations to our Juniors team (swimmers & coaches) who finished 1st club for the 3rd year running. Click here for club finalists or here for full results.

23 Feb

Congratulations to Cara Baker on being selected for the World Champs Open Water team with her 2nd place in the 10k event at the Aus Open Water Champs. Cara also won the 5km event beating the current 5k world champion. Laura Baker was the 2nd NZ women in the 10k race finishing in 6th place which makes her eligible for selection for the Junior Pan Pacs and Oceania teams. Stefan Talbot also confirmed his place as the top 18 & under open water male in the 5k and 10k events. Photos can be viewed on the photos page.

9 Feb

Club database updated with swimmers fastest times.

9 Feb

A link to the latest swim suit regulations has been provided in the Links menu.

3 Feb

Fina Points tool updated to use 2010 long course base times. Note SNZ is currently using 2008 base times for team selections.

3 Feb

Click here for club champs results for all events

3 Feb

Two new pages have been added to the website to recognise club members who have been members of National Teams or have broken NZ records. These pages can also been accessed from the club information menu. To reconstruct the clubs history has required obtaining information from a number of sources including Swimming NZ, Swimming Counties Manukau and current & previous club members. Therefore the information may still not be complete and accurate. If you notice any errors or omissions please notify the webmaster.

20 Jan

Photos from Junior Nationals Clinic have been published on the photos page.

31 Jan

Click to read Eastern Courier article about HPK's NZ Open Water results

26 Jan

National qualifiers updated based on information provided by Counties Swimming. For rectify any errors or omissions please contact Counties/Vicki.

20 Jan

Photos from Melbourne trip have been published on the photos page.

17 Jan

Congratulations to Cara Baker winning the 5km &10Km Open Women and Stefan Talbot winning the 5km & 10km 16 -17yo Male at NZ Open Water. A few photos can be seen on the photos page.

13 Jan

Congratulations to the following on their Tri series tour selection:

  • Alex Hancock
  • Herman Ang
  • Renee Stothard
  • Jeffrey Arona-Tuifana'e
  • Corey Main

13 Jan

Congratulations to the following swimmers for topping their age group XLR8 points for 2009. The club also achieved top NZ ranking.

  • Katie Hohaia
  • Paige Schendelaar-Kemp
  • Bayley Main
  • Corey Main

13 Jan

What have I qualified for tool has been updated to reflect the national short course meet changes (Spring and Summer are replaced by Short Course - Age and Short Course - Open meets).

13 Jan

Congratulations to Sally Yates on winning the 100 Back and Bradley Arona-Waqanivavalagi on placing second in the 100 Fly at Victoria Champs.

13 Jan

Please return all Counties cups and Trophies at Counties Champs or Sprints.

12 Jan

Flier for remaining club champs events is published on the meet calendar page.

12 Jan

Aus Age Qualifying times updated.

12 Jan

Term 1 club night newsletter has been published on the Club Information - Newsletters page

2009

21 Dec

Congratulations to Paige Schendelaar-Kemp on winning 5 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze medal at the Victoria Junior champs. Click for full results.

20 Dec

Congratulations to Jana Korbasova on finishing 28th woman in the Rotorua half iron man.

20 Dec

Sky Sports 'All in the Games' series includes the following swimming segments

  • A day in the life of an elite swimmer (featuring Hayley Palmer)
  • Recreational swimming (Philip Rush)

Click for details of viewing times.

13 Dec

Well done to our 4 swimmers who competed in the Russell to Paihia swim on Saturday. You can see the results and some photos here. Please let the webmaster know if anyone has been missed or there are any errors in the results.

9 Dec

Photos from Counties Juniors meet in November have been published on the photos page.

7 Dec

National qualifiers updated based on information provided by Counties Swimming. For rectify any errors or omissions please contact Counties/Vicki.

7 Dec

Club database updated with swimmers fastest times.

7 Dec

Emma Lowther and Rachel Palmer are joining North Arizona University next year. Click to read more.

7 Dec

Congratulations to Stefan Talbot, Jana Korbasova & Cameron Flavell on their results in the Chelsea Sugar swim. Stefan and Jana finished 2nd overall male & female respectively and Cameron finishing 7th overall. Because Stefan swam without a wetsuit he won the Chelsea Cup (1st male non-wetsuit), Mazzolini cup (1st swim club member male) and the Malloy shield (1st overall swim club member (non wetsuit division)).

26 Nov

Click for details of Sky TV coverage of Sovereign Ocean Series.

26 Nov

Click here for club champs results (events 1 - 9)

24 Nov

Congratulations to the swimmers and coaches of our Auckland Junior Championship team who finished 2nd club. Click for results.

17 Nov

Well done to our 7 swimmers who competed in the Harbour Crossing on Saturday. You can see the results and some photos here. Please let the webmaster know if anyone has been missed or there are any errors in the results.

14 Nov

Click for details of Sky TV coverage of FINA aquatics world.

14 Nov

Opens qualifying times have been updated.

11 Nov

National qualifiers updated based on information from Counties. For rectify any errors or omissions please contact Vicki.

2 Nov

Club database updated with swimmers fastest times.

26 Oct

Click to read Eastern Courier article about HPK's NZ Spring results

20 Oct

Congratulations to the following on their Tri series team selection:

  • Jeffrey Arona-Tuifana'e
  • Corey Main
  • Herman Ang
  • Alex Hancock
  • Renee Stothard

18 Oct

DQ words summary sheets have been updated to reflect the revised rules. These are available under Meets menu ( -> Officials -> DQ Words).

12 Oct

Revised swimming rules in A5 format have published on (Meets -> Officials -> A5 rules). Click here if you wish to see the identified changes.

1 Oct

Fina Points tool updated to use 2009 short course base times. Note SNZ is currently using 2008 base times for team selections.

1 Oct

Race night schedule and key officials for term 4 has been published on the Meets - Race Night Schedule page

1 Oct

Term 4 club night newsletter has been published on the Club Information - Newsletters page

30 Sep

After the final day at Spring our swimmers have collected 7 national age group records, 14 Gold, 10 Silver and 9 Bronze medals achieving an overall club placing of 2nd. Click here for club finalists or here for full results.

30 Sep

Award

Jeffrey Arona-Tuifana'e breaks NZ 15yo short course 50 Breast record at Spring.

30 Sep

Award

Corey Main breaks NZ 14yo short course 50 Free & 200 Fly records at Spring.

29 Sep

Award

Corey Main breaks NZ 14yo short course 50 Back record at Spring.

28 Sep

Award

Corey Main breaks NZ 14yo short course 200 Back record at Spring.

28 Sep

Swimgym launched its own new website from today. This can be accessed from the side menu.

27 Sep

Award

Corey Main breaks NZ 14yo short course 100 Fly & 100 Back records at Spring.

24 Sep

Sovereign and Quantum Events are offering a $5 per event discount for all Swimming NZ members (this includes registered swimmers & qualified officials) who enter the Sovereign New Zealand Ocean Swim Series. Simply enter the promotion code (snzmem2009 for 2.8k events or snzmem7502009 for the 750m events). Note: entries using the promotion code will be checked against the Swimming NZ database.

21 Sep

Congratulations to Paige Schendelaar-Kemp on winning the Kiwanis Papatoetoe Sportsperson of the Year Award (12 & under) last Friday.

13 Sep

Club database updated with swimmers fastest times.

4 Sep

Swimming NZ have released these swim suit rules for NZ Spring

3 Sep

Congratulations to Aimee Moss on winning the Franklin Young Sportswoman of the Year Award (16 & under).

30 Aug

National qualifiers updated based on the information provided by Swimming Counties Manukau.

24 Aug

NZ Juniors times have been published by SNZ - there do not appear to be any time changes from last year. Flyer is available on the Meet Calendar page.

23 Aug

Award

Aimee Moss breaks NZ 13yo short course 50 Free record at Auckland winters.

6 Aug

Victoria Age Group times updated for tools.

6 Aug

Club champs flyer published on the Meet Calendar page.

1 Aug

Qualifying times for NAGS and Div II have updated from the national competition booklet. Last years times have been used for meets where times have not been published yet.

30 Jul

Swimming NZ national competition booklet is now available.

30 Jul

Club database updated with swimmers fastest times.

7 Jul

Award

Jeffrey Arona-Tuifana'e breaks NZ 14yo short course 50 & 100 Breast swimming records on day 1 of the Trans Tasman series.

3 Jul

Club database updated with swimmers fastest times.

3 Jul

Race night schedule and key officials for term 3 has been published on the Meets - Race Night Schedule page

3 Jul

Term 3 club night newsletter has been published on the Club Information - Newsletters page

25 Jun

Qualifying times for Auckland Winters and Age Groups has been updated on the club database. Please check your times to ensure that you have still qualified

24 Jun

Qualifying times for Auckland Juniors has been updated on the club database. Please check your times to ensure that you have still qualified

24 Jun

Please note that NZ Summer 2009 has been cancelled.

13 Jun

An XLR8 calculator has been developed. This can be found in the tools menu

8 Jun

Congratulations Verity Hicks on her selection in the World University Games team.

8 Jun

The club has won the following awards at the NZ Coaches conference
  • Club of the Year - Juniors
  • Club of the Year - Div II
  • Rookie teacher of the year - Daniel Fulton

8 Jun

Counties prize giving winners & club trophies

3 Jun

Well done to the club team on retaining the St George shield for another season.

3 Jun

Annual prize giving winners

3 Jun

AGM

31 May

Congratulations Gary Hollywood on his selection as a coach for the Trans Tasman Tri series team.

30 May

Changes to the regulations ratified at yesterday's AGM have been published.

30 May

Club database updated with swimmers fastest times.

17 May

Congratulations to the following on their Trans Tasman Tri series selection:

  • Emma Lowther
  • Ewan Jackson
  • Jeffrey Arona-Tuifana'e

9 May

Club database updated with swimmers fastest times. Note: these are as at 1 April and therefore do not include Aus Age results.

28 Apr

Counties prize giving will be held at 4pm on May 31st at Weymouth Cosmopolitan Club, 151 Sykes Road, Manurewa. Nibbles, soft drink & lollies (Swimmers only) are provided. Cash bar available.

28 Apr

Well done to our team at Aus Age who won 2 Gold (Corey), 3 Silver (Ewan) & 2 Bronze (Jeffrey & Ewan) medals.

28 Apr

Congratulations to our 7 swimmers who swam the King of the Bays ocean swim and the overall series winners.

14 Apr

Award

Ewan Jackson breaks NZ 15yo long course 200 Back swimming record at Aus Age.

6 Apr

Congratulations to our Opens team who 5th. Click here for club finalists or here for full results.

26 Mar

Photos from Div II have been published on the photos page.

25 Mar

Congratulations to our 9 swimmers and 3 parents/coaches who swam the Mount Sand to Surf ocean swim on the weekend.

25 Mar

Through all the hard work of the swimmers, coaches and managers our Div II team were the top team for the first time in the clubs history. The team scored 409 points and finished 141 points ahead of the next club. Click here for club finalists or here for full results.

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