Join Queenstown's only open water swimming club
The Southern Lakes Swimming Club is a not-for-profit social sports club based in Queenstown, New Zealand. No matter where you are on your open water swimming journey, gain confidence and get adventurous with a group of like-minded people at our regular club swims and fun social events.
Annual membership enables you to join our group swims and get members-only pricing for special events organised throughout the year.
How to join
Annual membership: $45
Membership + tow float: $90
Becoming a member is quick and easy. We use Hivepass – an app that acts as your virtual membership card. On the app, you can sign up for an annual subscription and set your membership to auto-renew each year. Hivepass acts as your virtual membership card. Through the app, you can keep up to date with events and club news too.
Start by downloading the app and filling in your details. You can also download the app using the QR code (on the right), or if you don’t have a smartphone, you can sign up online here.
Becoming a member of the Southern Lakes Swimming Club
By becoming a member of the Southern Lakes Swimming Club, you’re helping to support and grow open water swimming in the Southern Lakes region – good on you!
Membership fees go towards maintaining the swim lane and special events like open water swimming workshops. We’re here to help make open water swimming safer and more accessible.
Promoting safety is one of our top priorities. While the lane buoys are there for your safety, we strongly recommend having your own tow float. These are available at a discounted price with an annual membership option. These buoyant, bright-coloured floats help you to be seen in the water (and they double as a dry bag – handy for storing important things like snacks). If you have ordered a tow float with your membership, we’ll give it to you the next time we see you at the club swim lane.
Benefits of membership
As well as supporting our awesome little swimming club, there are some brilliant benefits to being a member:
- Member events such as swims in cool places, organised by the club
- Discounts at Queenstown businesses – check out the offers we’ve got on the Hivepass app
- A dedicated Facebook Group Chat to arrange swimming sessions during the week. Once you become a member, drop us a message on Facebook and we’ll add you to the chat if you would like.
- You join a group of fabulous supportive open water swimmers
Help with the Hivepass app
Here’s how it works:
- Download Hivepass for free here: https://go.hivepass.app/nR6C
- Open the app and enter your name and email address, set a password and select ‘Create Account’. NOTE: If you already belong to another organisation that uses Hivepass, when you enter your email address, Hivepass with recognise you and you just need to log in and then select ‘join other organisations’ from the side menu.
- Select your membership package.
- Enter your personal details and membership type. You can add a donation at this stage too if you like🤘
- Pay securely using a credit or debit card
- Just like that, you’re a member of Southern Lakes Swimming Club and you can start enjoying all of the benefits that brings.
Header image by Connor Paton Photos.