A typical Saturday at the pool

What To Expect

Never been to a swim meet before? Here's how it works

Weekly Saturday swim meets

From October through to April, we're at the pool every Saturday afternoon, with a two-week break over Christmas and a week off at Easter. Each week has three types of races.

The Freestyle is always on the program. 15m, 25m or 50m, pick your distance.

Then one of the other strokes rotates through. Backstroke one week, Breaststroke the next, Butterfly the week after. Again at 15m, 25m or 50m.

And there's always one distance event, either 100m or 200m of a chosen stroke.

You pick one race from each. That's a typical Saturday. Three swims.

If three feels like a lot, just do one or do two. Or if you're having one of those days, do none. Come along anyway, sit by the pool, have a chat, do some timekeeping.

From February the weekly 15m, 25m and 50m sprints keep running, but the distance event is replaced by the Championship races.

The Championship races are not handicapped, and points accrued go towards the Club Age Champion Awards. The other races count towards the Age Point Score Winners.

Check our club calendar for what's on this Saturday.

When to arrive

Racing starts at 1:30pm. First-time visitors: aim to arrive by 1:15pm so you have time to sign in, meet a few people, and get changed before things kick off.

If you arrive right on 1:30pm you'll miss the first race. But we will fit you in. We are all about participation and encouraging all ages to swim

New members trying us out for free. Go down to the pool and make yourself known. We are pretty good at spotting those who are new and will make you feel welcome.

HOw the AFTERNoon Runs

1:30pm — First race
Races run one after another. The race marshal will call each event and swimmers get themselves ready at the blocks.

Throughout the afternoon — Racing
Every swimmer picks the events they want to enter the night before (we send an email during the week) or on the day if you get stuck for time. You'll typically do 2 or 3 swims (or just one). A Freestyle sprint, one of the other strokes, and a distance event. New swimmers usually start with just one race to see how it feels.

Between races — Hang out, watch other races, chat with families, cheer for kids. It's more social than competitive.

Around 3pm — Wind down
Last races finish.

During the afternoon we run a Sausage sizzle
Some would say it is the best part of the afternoon.