Darwin Swimming Club

What a phenomenal heat swim by Sahrah at the 2026 Para Pan Pacs in Walnut California. Sahrah swam a 1:44.98 in the 100 Breast to qualify for the C Final tonight. Make sure to tune in and watch through https://www.youtube.com/live/mjeimGaANuY?si=OkZxW81iJ4kbvk54

Good Luck Sahrah go smash it

⭐️ NT SHORT COURSE CHAMPIONSHIP ⭐️

Amazing efforts to all who competed at this past weekends SC Championships!!

Two fun sessions filled with fast swimming, PB’s, club records, NT records and heaps of turns!

98 PB’s in session 1!
109 PB’s in session 2!

25 broken NT SC records 🎉

Well done to all our medal placers 🥇🥉🥈!

Congratulations to all our award winners:

Junior Female Champion : Queen Nicanor
Junior Male Champion: Lachlan Prentice
Swimmer of the Meet: Sienna Walo

And a team effort to claim the Champion Club Trophy 🏆!

Thank you again to all our parents who helped out at the BBQ, timekeeping and team managing!

GO BUFFS!

Wishing Sahrah all the best as she embarks on her first trip with SwimAus to the 2026 Para Pan Pacific Championships in California. Coach Tim will be joining her for the staging camp.

Sahrah will be racing in the 50 Fly (28th August), 100 Br (29th August) & 200 IM (30th August) live streaming of the races will be through https://www.mtsacathletics.com/sports/wswimdive/hudlfan

Good luck Sahrah and enjoy the experience

Good luck to all DSC swimmers!

It was a cold morning, but the pace was hot at the Darwin Ocean Swim. Congratulations to all Buffs and Buff affiliates who took part.

2.1 km placings
1st - James Smith, 22.46 mins. 1st in M20-24 years. 1.05 pace.
5th - Kalub Olsen, 25. 48 mins. 1st in M15-19 years. 1.13 pace.
6th - Megan Gallagher, 25.53. 1st in F30-34 years. 1.13 pace.
10th - Ali Fitch, 28.50. 1st in F50-54 years. 1.22 pace.
11th - Ian Po***ck, 29.06. 2nd in M55-59 years. 1.23 pace.
12th - Valerie Smith, 29.07. 1st in F45-49 years. 1.23 pace.
16th - Bella Handley, 29.17. 1st in F15-19 years. 1.23 pace.
21st - Kylie Scholz, 29.23, 3rd in F40-44 years. 1.24 pace.
28th - Moira Wigley, 29.58. 1st in F65-69 years. 1.25 pace.
31st - Anne-Marie Cruickshank, 30.14. 2nd in F60-64 years. 1.26 pace.
38th - Kate Bourchier, 31.15. 4th in F45-49 years. 1.29 pace.
42nd - Brett Roach, 31.46. 5th in M55-59 years. 1.30 pace.

Massive congratulations to 16-year old Sahrah Hancock who tonight in her 100m Breast met the qualifying time (QT) for the 2026 Para Pan PACS Immersion Program, with her 1:44.06 smashing the QT of 1:44.72.

Well done Sahrah! If selected will see her join the Para team in California.

Feeling excited, with the Australian Swimming Trials starting this morning. All our thoughts are with Bayleigh Young, James Smith and Sahrah Hancock as they commence their programs. Heats and finals are being broadcast live and free, streamed on 9Now, with television coverage in Darwin on 9Gem. Times in the session summary below are in NSW times (minus 30 minutes for NT time).

Thank you to all swimmers and families who attended our club presentation night last weekend. Some great swimming this year, with many personal bests set.

Featuring our Club Night champions for 2025-26:

8 and under – Pepper Harrington-Ware, Sandy Harrington-Ware
9-10 years – Queen Nicanor, Sarvad Roopan
11-12 years – Saanvi Roopan, Lachlan Prentice
13-14 years – Katinka Paspaley, Prithvi Shah
15 years and over – Sahrah Hancok, James Smith

Well done to the champion team – Yellow.