Latest News

• 2012 New Zealand Junior Championships Results  -Great swimming by our team of 7 swimmers at the NZ Juniors at WRAC last weekend. The team swam 26 p.b.’s and there were many outstanding swims. Highlights include: Theo Holst - national bronze medal (50 back) and George Dorrington – 3 national 4th placings (100 back, 400 IM, 200 fly) and 1 national 5th placing (100 fly).  Aliesha Mitchell,  Andrew Loveard, Thomas Watkins & Laura Stewart all achieved regional top 10 places, and Sean Register, swimming as a 9 year old in the 10 & under age group, swam fantastically and gets the opportunity to swim again in the same age group next year. Well done! Alison Dorrington (Team Manager) Read more >>
• 2012 New Zealand Age Group Championships Read more >>
• The recent Wellington Long Course Champs were a big success for the club. Karori Pirates finished 3rd out of 41 clubs. There were numerous medals. Well done to all our swimmers. Steve says "the standout swim of the meet was Devlin Forsythe's Wellington record set in his 1500m Free swim in the new time of 17:24.57". This was more than a minute faster than the second-place getter. Congratulations Devlin. Read more >>
•  Div 3 LC Meet to be held on 24 March 2012  at Naenae Pool Read more >>

Competitive Squad

The club's competitive swimmers train in five different squads:

- Stingrays

- Electric Eels

- Seahawks

- Hammerheads

- Tiger Sharks

Placement in squads is based on the swimmer's development needs. Progression between squads is at the coaches' discretion. If you have questions about which squad you or you child should be in, please contact Steve Francis, the club's Head Coach.

All training is at the Karori Pool, Donald Street, Karori (unless otherwise indicated by your coach).

Please consult the  Karori Pirates Squad Training Timetable for your squad's training times. Note the recommended number of sessions.