Club nights are on Friday nights between 7pm and 8pm at The Aquadome. The Aquadome is located at Wellington East Girls College. Enter via Gate A (not the main gate) off Paterson Street and follow the driveway up to the Netball Courts where there is plentiful parking).
Maranui Swimming Club hires the whole heated indoor pool complex and divides it up into lanes for groups with different skill levels. We swim every Friday night in a school term, other than Good Friday.
Our Friday night programme consists of a mix of event and straight swimming nights. We put variety and fun into the club night activity, which enhances the skill training, and creates greater interest and personal satisfaction. We aim to have one different, fun or structured event each month, such as:
Fun chocolate fish nights
Bring a friend night
Club Championships (generally over two club nights)
Swim-A-Thon
Award and prize giving nights
Specialist stroke nights
Costume night (early November)
Grand final night for the year.
Swimmers are placed in groups according to age, ability and personal comfort.
The beginners (Learn to Swim) group relates to ages five (with water confidence) to seven years.
The main membership of the Club comprises seven to sixteen year old members of differing abilities.
The Club does not usually have members aged above 16, but an existing member may stay on until they are 19 or 20.
A programme is produced at the start of each year which highlights both the activities for the year and dates when the Club does not swim. See the announcements for the current schedule or our shared calendar
Lanes (Swim Squads)
Swimmers progress through a series of coloured 'lanes' as their swimming capabilities improve.
All the coaches work together to assess the abilities of each swimmer. They then make decisions on when each swimmer should progress based upon several measures including your child’s ability in all strokes and space being available in the next lane.
Each coach tailers the tuition to the range of swimmer's abilities they currently have in the lane.
Lanes
Red (Begineers) - Shallow pool
Orange (Beginners) - Shallow pool
Yellow - Lane1
Green - Lane 6
Blue - Lane 5
Aqua - Lane 3
White - Lane 2
Silver- Lane 4
Learning Objectives
These are a guideline, coaches will continue to extend the ability of individual swimmers in each lane should they already meet the objectives.
Red
Arm circles with kicking with aid blowing bubbles 4-6m
Independent streamline kicking on front
Independent streamline kicking on back
Bubble arm breath
Kicking on side - Bubble eyes up
Orange
Freestyle 10m
Kicking on side with freestyle restart 10m
Backstroke with rotation 10-15m
Deep Water (front & back swim)
Yellow
Freestyle 25m
Backstroke with rotation 25m
Introduction to race dive
Green
Butterfly kick
Introduction to breaststroke
Smooth freestyle 1 length
Smooth backstroke 1 length
Blue
5 minutes continuous swim
Breaststroke 1 length
Race dives
Introduction to butterfly
Aqua
Introduction to tumble-turns
Butterfly for 12m
Smooth freestyle 2 lengths
Smooth backstroke 2 lengths
Smooth breaststroke 2 lengths
White
15 minutes continuous swim
Smooth freestyle 200m
Smooth backstroke 200m
Smooth breaststroke 100m
Butterfly for 1 length
Smooth tumble-turns
Silver
Smooth freestyle 400m
Smooth backstroke 400m
Smooth breaststroke 200m
Butterfly for 2 lengths
Regularly using tumble-turns