Join us to celebrate the start of summer swimming in 2024! If you’re new to Queenstown or open water swimming, come along for tips, tricks and a dip in the fresh waters of Lake Whakatipu. We’ll have coffee and biscuits in the Scout Hut afterwards. When: Sunday 17th November 2024 (the day after the Queenstown Marathon) …
Committee Thanks to our committee this year, who have worked hard behind the scenes getting stuff done. We meet around once a month and work through all the things discussed below. President Paul Jaquin Secretary Eleanor Trueman Treasurer Lucas Fornes Committee members: Annekke Veenstra Marijn Wouters Richie Lambert Bethany Rogers Neil Drouet In May 2023 …
We recognise that open water swimming can be daunting. The lake can be cold and deep, and sometimes it’s a big step up from swimming in the pool. We’re running a four week course for beginners to Learn the Lake. If you’re looking to get into open water swimming, if you’ve entered Challenge …
What you need to know about cold water swimming Wild swimming and cold water swimming are a growing trend. But how do you go wild and immerse yourself in cold water safely whilst reaping the benefits? We swim in the Southern Lakes on the South Island of New Zealand, and our ‘home’ lake is Lake …
Yoga for swimmers event with Jo Woolley Yoga Learn some yoga moves to help and improve your swimming at this free event! Jo will lead you through a series of yoga postures that are especially beneficial to swimmers. With regular practice, the right style of Yoga can improve body posture (and thus body position in the water) and increase the range …
Celebrate the end of summer with a swim in Lake Alta on the Remarkables mountain range. It’s a lot of fun to swim in a lake before it freezes over, then ski over it a few weeks later!
It’s time for our annual swim to Coffee Afloat, the barge which serves coffee on the Lake Dunstan Trail. We’ll meet in Cromwell and carpool to the start of the swim. Then we swim downstream to the boat, have a coffee and a bite to eat. Afterwards there’s the option to swim or catch a …
Paul Jaquin President Bethany Rogers Content editor Lucas Fornes Treasurer Bresita Paton Grounds and doing stuff Marijn Wouters Website and photography Neil Drouet Filing reports so it looks like he’s doing stuff Richie Lambert Whakatipu Legend Eleanor Trueman Secretary Anneke Veenstra Membership
The Whakatipu Legend open water swim event is offering swimmers a unique opportunity to leap from a historic steamer boat in Queenstown. On 23rd March 2024, swimmers competing in Queenstown’s Whakatipu Legend 4km swimming race will be ferried out into Lake Whakatipu on the century-old TSS Earnslaw. They’ll then leap from the historic ship to start …
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Media release from the Queenstown Lakes District Council: Water activities are an important part of summer recreation here in Queenstown Lakes and 1,700 swim school students are receiving the best water safety programme on offer thanks to Queenstown Lakes District Council’s (QLDC) Swim School. Now certified as a ‘Water Skills For Life (WSFL)’ provider by …
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