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Sixteen national masters swimming records were smashed in less than three hours in Hamilton’s 50m pool at Waterworld on Saturday June 19th. Based on this it's a good indication that many fast times will be set at the upcoming National Long Course championships

Tasman Gold Masters Swim Club is hosting the South Island Short Course Championships in October 2010 in the Nelson area and we are pleased to see the entries coming in – from Invercargill to Northland. You can enter here for one of the key events on the 2010 Masters calendar. The organising committee have investigated some of the best accommodation options in Nelson, and have an exciting social programme organised. Plus if you register early, you can be in to win one of the early bird prizes.

Capital region held a regional meeting on the 15th May 2010. You can read the minutes for this meeting here, including a very interesting proposal to modify the NZMS membership structure.

The Hamilton Masters Swimming Club is organising its annual Mid-Winter Christmas meet on Saturday, June 19, at Waterworld. This pool competition is a good way for swimmers to prepare themselves psychologically for the 2011 New Zealand Long Course Masters Swimming Championships, which will be held at the same long-course venue. Competitors will be able to check out the facilities and practise starts and turns in the 50m pool in advance of their bids for national titles.

The June 19 competition is also a good way to fight off the mid-winter blues for those who struggle up and down the pool for health or fitness reasons, rather than hibernating during colder months.

After the presentations, the day will end with a Christmas-style meal underneath the grandstand.The entry form for the Mid-Winter meet is available here. Entries close on Queen’s Birthday, Monday, June 7.

A record 176 swimmers took part in the Five Bridges River Swim in Hamilton on  Sunday, April 11. The number smashed last year’s record turnout of 102 swimmers and was more than double the number who took part in 2008.

“It was way beyond what we were expecting,” river swim co-ordinator Eleanor Pinfold said after the prizegiving ceremony. Mrs Pinfold said the registration team at the start line ran out of bright pink caps for the competitors but fortunately had a few white caps for late entrants. The 6km Waikato River swim, from Hamilton Gardens to Ann Street Reserve, got under way five minutes late, because of delays in processing so many entrants on the day.

Competitors in the Five Bridges River Swim in the Waikato River, on Sunday, April 11, will view a wide range of huge Hamilton bridges from underneath during their 6km journey from Hamilton Gardens to Ann Street Reserve.