GETTING STARTED
WE'RE EXCITED YOU'RE HERE!
Becoming part of the Waitaha Swim Club is a positive step in a swimmer's development as they move up from Canterbury Swim School.
A Waitaha coach will invite the swimmer to join the Club. Doing this not only introduces the very best candidates into the teams, but gives the both the swimmer and their parents the opportunity to consider the commitments and requirements of squad training. Fundamentally, you must enjoy swimming - your coaches will help you with the rest.
SOME CONSIDERATIONS:.
- Swimming is both a team and individual sport, that's part of what makes it a great choice. Consider what it means to be part of a team so that both individual swimmer and their team can progress together, develop a strong work ethic, and contribute to our positive club culture.
- Attend training sessions regularly.
- Show regular a keen interest in competing. A minimum competitive participation level of one meet per term is required to maintain your position in your squad.
TYPES OF MEMBERSHIP
Competitive Membership: Competitive swimmers are eligible to enter Regional and National Championship meets provided you are able to meet qualification times. To complete your registration, follow the steps below.
REGISTRATION
Once you have received your invitation from your coach to begin the journey into competitive swimming, there are a number of steps you need to take to complete your registration as a Competitive swimmer. Once you have completed all the registration steps, you'll be eligible to compete in swim meets as part of the Waitaha team.
Please work through the following steps. If you have any questions, please contact us by email at secretary@waitahaswimclub.org.nz
Waitaha Club Registration - Please complete the registration form in this link
Swimming NZ Registration - Please click on the "Login/Join" button at the top of the screen and complete the registration process. Make a note of the login details you choose - you'll need them later to enter meets.
Check your details and set up payment for SwimmingNZ via Fastlane using the login you set up in step 2.
Wait for a representative from the club to contact you to confirm the membership has been approved.
Swim Meets
Once you have registered with Waitaha the next big step is entering swim meets.
Please work through the following steps. If you have any questions, please contact us by email at secretary@waitahaswimclub.org.nz
Make sure you have a login and valid membership in Fastlane. You must have payment set up.
Using Fastlane find the correct swim meet, select events to enter. Ask your coach for recommendations
Go through all confirmation screens, always double check entries have gone through.
Check your uniform is all up to date. Find out more here.
Turn up ready to race.
Parental Role
None of the swim meets in New Zealand run without the help of a great many volunteers. Nearly all of them start out as parents looking to help make sure their child has a space to race. We are always on the look out for more volunteers to help run the swim meets in many different capacities.
Team Manger:
Help organize the team swimmers at swim meets
Time Keeper:
Make use of a stop watch to time all the children at a swim meet
Make sure the swimmers are swimming within the rules
There are a number of other roles available.
EXTRAS
This is the communication app the Club uses. There are apps on Apple and Android as well as a website for computer access. After joining the Waitaha group you will receive notifications for upcoming swim meets, posts about relay teams, records and many other things. We do ask that at least a parent from each family is in the respective group for their child and if possible, the child is also in their squad group.
Further once your swimmer has started competing, there are two mobile apps that we recommend you download. These are:
This is the official SNZ record of all your swimmer’s times from every official event they compete it. It is where their personal best times are recorded for your reference. As they progress to older age groups, it also records the events in which they have achieved the national qualifying times that enable them to enter National Age Group competitions. This is a free app.
This useful app displays the results for every official swim meet in New Zealand. The results typically appear in the app within a few minutes of the race taking place, so you can track your swimmer’s times and placings live. This is a paid app.