Papakura Swimming Club

Congratulations to our swimmers who qualified & represented PPK @ 2025 Apollo Projects Div II Competition this year.

Our swimmers did the club proud with some outstanding placements and personal bests this year. It was fantastic to see Michael and Ben qualify for their first national meet & perform exceptionally well. Congratulations to Ethan on qualifying for NZ champs in both the 1500m & 800m events.

Results as follows:

Janessa Palmer - 15 year old Womens

800m free -6th place - 3.68 PB
200m free - 11th place

Analiah Palmer - Opens (16+) Womens

50 free - 3rd place
50 fly - 6th place - 0.18 PB
50 back - 6th place - 0.12 PB
100 free - 4th place
200 free - 3rd place - 0.64 PB
800 free - 4th place - 5.75 PB
100 IM - 3rd place - 0.43 PB
200IM - 4th place

Michael Phelan - 13 year old Mens

50 free - 11th place
50 fly - 8th place 0.25 PB

Benjamin Weston - 15 year old Mens

50 fly - 37th place - 0.90 PB

Ethan Doidge - Opens (16+) Mens

1500 free - 1st place - 44.60 PB
400 IM - 2nd place - 5.88 PB
400 free - 3rd place - 4.87 PB
200 fly -3rd place
800 free - 1st place - 19.69PB

Ethan, Ben, Analiah & Janessa competed in the mixed relays:

4x 50 free - 18th overall
4x 50 IM - 21st overall

Thank you to Janelle for managing the team.

And last but not least a massive thank you to Coach Pavel who has made a few more swimmers dreams come true, we appreciate you and thank you for all your effort, advice and expertise, you are one in a million and will be very missed going forward.

2025 Junior Festival in Rotorua was held two weeks ago. Josh had some really good personal best times at this event whilst Elyse came away with 4 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze. Next year it would be great to see more of our team enter this awesome event. Well done Josh & Elyse and to Coach Pavel for your efforts.

Join us for Have-a-Go Swimming Day!

This is a fantastic opportunity for the community to come together, have fun, and discover why we love to swim at Papakura Swimming Club.

Hosted by CLM @ Massey Park Pools, PPK, and Swimming Waikato, this event is free to join! Don’t miss out on the excitement—come make a splash with us! 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️

We hope everyone had a fantastic time at our first Family Feud night! A big thank you to our sponsors and everyone who attended and purchased raffle tickets. We’re especially grateful to Papakura Tennis and Squash Club for their generous support and facilities. Huge thanks to Jason and Benson for all your help on the night, we really appreciate all you did.
Congratulations to all our prize winners! 🎉

🎉 Raffle Update! 🎉

Here are the entries/numbers for those who have paid. The raffle will be drawn tomorrow night, so there’s still time to purchase tickets! It would be great to see some more tickets sold, especially from those members who couldn’t make it to Family Feud night.

Each ticket gives you 12 chances to win, with prizes totaling approximately $3,500! Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity! Remember, you don’t need to be at the event to win. Every ticket supports the club. Thank you for your support!

Don’t forget to grab a table or get in touch and we can help put you on an existing table, this is going to be a fun night. Please sing out if you have any questions otherwise it will be great to see you there!!!

PPK Fundraiser evening!!!
Saturday 19th October.

This event is going to be MASSIVE!

The prize pool for the night (overall winner, runner-up and raffles) includes....

- M4U 8 MKII premium wireless active noise cancelling headphone ($450+)
- WeWALT XR cordless power drills x2 ($800+)
- Bluesound pulseflex wireless speaker ($600+)
- Christmas hamper including nonalcoholic drinks and 6 bottles of wine ($400+)
- Food / Drink vouchers for Behemoth Breweries, Horse & Trap and Good Home Mt Eden ($440+)
Plus much, much more.

Not only is this night essential for the clubs finances but it's a great opportunity to link-up with the wider club community, make some new friends and catch-up with some old ones.

We now need to finalise numbers: Please see the payment instruction on the flyer and RSVP to this email.

We are really looking forward to seeing you there!

Less than a week to go team, please purchase some tickets, share with your friends and help support the club as much as you can.

Hi guys,

Please see attached flyer for the RAFFLE we are running on the Fundraiser Night. You do not need to be present on the night to win a prize.

- There will be 12-14 individual prizes, all as part of the raffle.

- Each ticket ($10) gets a chance at ALL of the prize draws so many chances to win.

- The flyer has details to make the payments into the club account with buyer's name as reference

- You do not have to be part of the club to buy a ticket, every ticket helps our club. Please share and help get these tickets sold!!

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