HBPB SWIMMING AUGUST 2025 NEWSLETTER |
BRIEF NEWSA quick look at news stories. |
GREENDALE ADDS MASTERS EVENT TO SWIM MEET
It is awesome to have the Greendale Swim Club add some Masters events to their upcoming event being held at HBRAC on... Read more |  | CELEBRATING NEW TECHNICAL OFFICIALS
It was wonderful to have nine wonderful people assessed and qualified as new IOTs over our regional champs.... Read more |  | WINNING TEAMS - HBPB WINTER SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025
This year saw the re-introduction of team points and trophies to our regional championships. Well to all teams who... Read more |  | HBPB SWIMMING SHORT COURSE RECORD
Congratulations to Breeze van Veldhuizen from Heretaunga Sundevils on her 17 year old HBPB Short Course record in the... Read more |  | RELAY WINNERS - HBPB WINTER SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025
Congratulations to all these relay teams. Awesome racing by all to win these regional trophies. Mixed 10 and under... Read more |  | HBPB DRAFT RELAY - HBPB WINTER CHAMPS
HBPB DRAFT RELAY - WINTER CHAMPS The relay was a great event yet again with one of the closest finishes we have seen! ... Read more |  | HBPB WINTER CHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT AND RESULTS
What an amazing weekend of racing we had. Congratulations to every swimmer who competed. We were thrilled to have 330... Read more |  | HBPB SWIMMING BOARD POSITIONS CONFIRMED
The new Board positions for the year have been voted on, with those positions being the following for the year: Keith ... Read more |  | HBPB SWIMMING AWARDS
It was with pleasure that the following HBPB Swimming Awards were announced: - Service Honours Awards - Jacqui... Read more |  | HBPB INTERCLUB CHALLENGE A HUGE SUCCESS
Our thanks got to Napier Aquahawks for hosting the inaugural HBPB Interclub Challenge. What an awesome few hours of... Read more |  |
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ERIN JENKINS APPOINTMENT Congratulations to CHB's Erin Jenkins on being named as a SNZ Technical Assessor.. This is incredible news! We also wish Erin all the best as she heads to Auckland to officiate at the NZ Short Course Champs. Way to go Erin! |  |
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LANCE DUSTOW - VIRTUS GAMES The region congratulates Lance (CHB Swim Club) again for his selection to the team. Lance has thoroughly enjoyed the experience at these games and have achieved some great results in Thailand. The region was thrilled to be able to provide Lance some support to attend.. | Lance's Results 5th - 4 x Free Relay (NZ Record) 10th - 200 Backstroke (2.51.17) 10th - 50 Backstroke (35.00) 12th - 100 Backstroke (1.19.02) 16th - 100 Butterfly (1.14.30) 18th - 50 Butterfly (31.73) |
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UPCOMING EVENTSGet in behind these events and support them. |
DISABILITY/PARA EVENT
7th September 2025 - HBRAC In conjunction with Disability Sport and Recreation HB Read more | | GREENDALE DASH FOR CASH MEET
13th September 2025 - HBRAC Read more | | NZ SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025
21st - 25th September 2025 Auckland Read more | | SUNDEVILS SPRING MEET 2025
18th-19th October 2025 (Sat pm and Sun am) HBRAC Read more | | CHB MEET 2025
2nd November 2025 Centralines Pool, Waipukurau Read more | | HBPB SUMMER LONG COURSE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025
28th - 30th November 2025 Kiwa Pools Read more | |
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EVENT PREVIEW - SUMMER CHAMPSWe cannot wait for our next regional championships being held at Kiwa Pools in Gisborne - 28th - 30th November 2025. It is super exciting to be running our long course regional championships in this pool for the second year running. The flyer will be out next week - make sure you commit to this and get entries in. It's a fabulous way to round out the year, racing in a great facility, and getting that valuable long course racing in. It's open to all competitive swimmers across all age groups, More details SOON. Let's fill the pool! |
KEITH BONE MAKES BAYBUZZ AND SPEAKS ABOUT VOLUNTEERS BEING THE HEART OF OUR SPORT This is a great article. Thank you Keith for your very valuable insights. Read all about it here |  |
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WE NEED YOUR HELPTECHNICAL OFFICIAL AND CONTROL ROOM EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST |
Now is the time to step up for our swimmers and clubs! Volunteers are the absolute mainstay of our sport. Do you want to:: - Start Your Technical Officiating Journey (become a new official); or
- Gain Additional Technical Accreditations (move up the Technical Pathway); or
- Express Interest in Learning the Computer/Quantum Timing Systems (Control Room)
Please complete this form HERE. With the Summer Champs just around the corner for those in Gisborne at the end of November it's a particularly good time to get involved. |
 | RECORDS Congratulations to our two recent HBPB Age Group Short Course Record holders: - EVIE SKIDMORE (Trojans) - 18 yr 200 Butterfly (2.18.92)
- BREEZE VAN VELDHUIZEN (Sundevils) - 17 yr 200IM (2.22.09)
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GREENDALE, SUNDEVILS AND AQUAHAWKS JOIN TOGETHER FOR JUNIOR CLINIC It was great to see these three clubs join together to offer a fantastic opportunity for their juniors to learn and practice some skills in a different environment - with other coaches and young swimmers from other clubs. Lots of fun and learning was had at this event held in late July 2025. Well done to coaches and swimmers involved. |  |
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SWIMMERS EXCEL FOR THEIR SCHOOLS AT NZSSIt was awesome to see so many fantastic results from the regions swimmers at the NZ Secondary School Championships held in July. A total of 19 individual medals and 3 relay medals from swimmers across the region. Well done to everyone. |
 | VOICE OF THE PARTICIPATION SURVEY Thank you to all of our members who completed the SNZ Voice of the Participant survey. The results are in it was pleasing to see the region and our clubs score better than the rest of the country when measured across key metrics. There is still a recognition that improvements can be made and the Board looks forward to working together to achieve this. |
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THANK YOU DONNA At the HBPB Winter Short Course Championships we farewelled Donna Blair (Comet) as she moves out of the region. Donna has contributed to HBPB Swimming for many years, as both a Board member and a very active Referee. Donna also served on the HBPB Technical Committee for many years. We also thank Donna's husband Tony who has provided much expertise with the new timing system in Gisborne, and contributed so much behind the scenes. We wish them all the best with their move to BOP. |  |
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| TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CONTACTS Chair - ERIN JENKINS - j.jenkins@xtra.co.nz Other Members - KEITH BONE, ANNA DULY, SONIA KEEPA, TRACEY KONIG Anyone can be a Technical Official, Get involved. More information can be found here |
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