Lake Alta Swim
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!
Legends Swim Squad
A brand new old pool-based swim squad for adults starts on 11th March 2025. For many years, a dedicated group of Southern Lakes Swimming Club members have regularly trained in the Alpine Aqualand swimming pool in Frankton, Queenstown. Pool training is a fantastic opportunity for open water swimmers to improve their technique, speed and endurance …
Pigeon Island swim
This is one of our most popular club swim events of the year! We’re going to swim the 2km from the eastern shore of Lake Whakatipu to Pigeon Island. We’ll have a picnic on the island and then swim or boat back. This is a members-only event, one of the perks of being a member …
Southern Lakes Swimming Club Open Day 2024
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) …
President’s report 2023-2024
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 …
Learn the Lake
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 …
How to start cold water swimming
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
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 …
Coffee Boat Swim
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 …
SLSC Committee
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