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The sport of swimming is for life, it's never to late to start. Regardless of whether you're swimming for fitness or competition we want to inspire and support you to be the swimmer you want to be. The below pathway aims to help you navigate your journey.
Travel and Accommodation
Members of the Otago community are encouraged to unite as one when traveling to zonal or national events. An oline registration form link and information will be emailed to each individually SNZ registered competitive swimmer two weeks in advance of the closing date.
Team Mangers play a vitual role in our swimmers journey and your support is apprecaited. Should you require further details on what the role entails email us at soswimmingotago@gmail.com for more details.
MyPage
Through your MyPage you can update enter up coming swim meets, update your contact details, add your high school, request club transfer, past event information etc etc.
Individual Funding Opportunities
Skeggs Foundation Funding, Individual applications are encouraged, with close off dates twice a year (March and September)
Swimming Otago Representative Fund, Application Form, Close off dates are twice annually; 30 May and 30 November
Check with your club, they may have "members only" access to other funding opportunities
Direct Links
Varied direct links to of "interest pages" on the Swimming NZ website
Performance Calculators, FINA points calculator, XLR8 points calculator and Pool length conversion tool
Individual Travel Authorisation, to be complete and submit prior to trainning and competing overseas (form can be found at the bottom of this page)
High Performance Selection Criteria, regular checks are required
High Performance Calendar, 2016 through to 2020
Medications and Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE), many medications contain substances which are prohibited in sport. Any athlete who is sick or injured needs to carefully consider the medications they take to ensure they avoid prohibited substances.
Drug Free Sport NZ, swimming in New Zealand is committed to the advancement of clean sport that rejects cheating through the use of performance enhancing drugs and methods.
SNZ Member Benefits, great deals can be found for motels and rentals
