Latest News
- Earlier this year Pirates footballers gave their pre loved football boots to Milton and Pam Bevin to take to over to the GCU Academy at Heideveld in Cape Town, South Africa. Read all about the positive way your gift is being used and the thanks from the young GCU Academy footballers. Read more >>
- Results from the Swimming Wellington Winter champs held over 28/29 August and 4/5 September are available. Read more >>
- The Club needs your help! We are looking for a Treasurer, someone to assist the Race Secretary and someone to take over looking after the Pirate website. Read more >>
- On four Sunday nights in May and June, a team of twelve younger Pirates have been trekking out to Cannons Creek Pool in Porirua for this year's "Inter-Club League". Read more >>
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Useful links
- Direct Athletics (for entering swim meets)
- Wellington Swimming
- Swimming New Zealand
- Swimming World Magazine
- Take Your Marks
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About Us
Karori Amateur Swimming Club was formed in 1964. It became the Karori Pirates Swimming Club Incorporated on 2 May 2007.
The club has the following aims:
- To promote, foster and encourage swimming and associated aquatic sports and disciplines.
- To arrange for instruction and coaching in swimming and associated aquatic sports and disciplines.
- To promote, organise and/or conduct competitions, carnivals, tournaments and entertainments both related to swimming and associated aquatic sports and disciplines and also unrelated to swimming and associated aquatic sports and disciplines (In the later case for the purpose of furthering, extending, assisting, fostering or providing financial support for swimming and associated aquatic sports and disciplines or individuals or afflicated clubs and/or other members).
- To affliate with the Swimming New Zealand (Incorporated) and to do all acts, matters and things incidental to that association.
- To promote attitudes and behaviour conducive to good conduct and fair play.
- To raise funds to promote all or any the objects for the club.
- To do all other acts, matters and things as are incidental to or conducive to the attainment of the above objects of the Swimming New Zealand (Incorporated).
Coaches Corner
Well done to all swimmers and parents last weekend. After a slow start Saturday we had a great Sunday and finished the weekend very well. Stacks of medals from a number of swimmers, and two Wellington records to Ted Taylor. Now we need to be even better this weekend.
Pirates Treasure
Swimmer of the month
Swimmer of the Month for August is Abigail Dorrington. Abby is the hardest working, most consistent training Pirate. Well done Abby!
Read MoreWall of Fame
Read all about the Pirates' club champions, international competitors, record-breakers and place-getters at Wellington and New Zealand championships.
Read MorePhoto Chest
- NZ Opens/Commonwealth Games Trials
- Division II Champs 2010
- National Age Group Champs 2010
- 2010 Wellington Summer Champs
- Senior Summer Camp 2010
- Junior Summer Camp 2010
- Moss Burmester Visits the Pirates
- Wellington SC Champs 2009
- Mana Novice
- Division 3
- Go for Gold
- Karori-Capital Mini Meet
