Dargaville Swim Club
Northland · North Island
A typical Dargaville swimmer in 2026 so far, stroke by stroke: faster than … of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender in New Zealand. 50 is typical.
* Swimmers are those who raced at a meet in Swimming New Zealand’s results; club members who did not race are not counted.
Who raced for Dargaville?
23 swimmers raced for Dargaville in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
How often do they set personal bests?
Of their races in an event they had swum before, 67 in 100 were personal bests, about the same as the 67 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age who race as often.
Personal bests per 100 races in an event the swimmer had swum before.
| Per 100 races | |
|---|---|
| Dargaville | 67 |
| Swimmers of the same age who race as often | 67 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 23 swimmers
Who stays with Dargaville?
6 of 9 Dargaville swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for Dargaville again this year; for swimmers of the same age across New Zealand, 65 in 100.
Swimmers of 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025, per 100: whether they raced for Dargaville in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for Dargaville | 67 |
| Raced for another club | 11 |
| No race this year | 22 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 9 swimmers of 2025
Where do Dargaville swimmers come from, and go?
9 swimmers joined Dargaville from another club and 8 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most came from Te Kopuru (5).
Swimmers who raced for one club in a year and for another the next; each band as wide as the number who moved, and the clubs stand in the same order on both sides. Clubs with fewer than 3 moves are together as “other clubs”.
| Club | Came | Went |
|---|---|---|
| Te Kopuru | 5 | – |
| Other clubs | 4 | 8 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 17 moves
Who is still racing for Dargaville years later?
Of Dargaville swimmers of a year, 60 in 100 raced for Dargaville again the next year and 40 in 100 two years on; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 66 in 100 and 45 in 100.
Swimmers of each year since 2016 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): the share with a club race for Dargaville one, two, three… years on, in the same months. Peers are New Zealand swimmers of the same start year, age and gender.
Years on, per 100 swimmers of the start year.
| one year on | two years on | three years on | four years on | five years on | six years on | seven years on | eight years on | nine years on | ten years on | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dargaville | 60 | 40 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 66 | 45 | 31 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | — |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 221 swimmer-years one year on
How has Dargaville changed over the years?
23 swimmers raced for Dargaville in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 21% more than in the same months of 2016 and 156% more than in 2025, the fewest; the most were in 2018 (35); across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.
Swimmers with at least one race for Dargaville from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 19 |
| 2017 | 24 |
| 2018 | 35 |
| 2019 | 27 |
| 2020 | 30 |
| 2021 | 25 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2023 | 21 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2025 | 9 |
| 2026 | 23 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined Dargaville, and who left?
23 swimmers raced for Dargaville in 2026, against 9 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 6 stayed, 3 left (2 stopped racing, 1 raced for other clubs); 17 joined: 15 new to racing, 0 from other clubs, 2 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for Dargaville in the same months of each year (1 Jan to 10 Nov), set beside the year before.
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
How fast are they for their age?
A typical Dargaville swimmer is faster than 26 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: 1 in 6 of them are faster than New Zealand’s typical swimmer of their age.
Peers are New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender, compared by the World Aquatics points of their best race (one scale for every stroke and distance; 1,000 is about world-record speed).
| Faster than … of 100 | |
|---|---|
| A typical Dargaville swimmer | 26 |
| A typical New Zealand swimmer | 50 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender · n = 18 swimmers with points
How does Dargaville compare with other clubs?
It is 91st of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 21st of 29 clubs of 5 to 24 swimmers (6th of 6 in Northland).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| Dargaville | In NZ | Clubs of 5 to 24 |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers26 of 100 | 91st of 106 | 21st of 29 |
| Swimmers23 | 79th of 106 | 2nd of 29 |
| Kept, beyond their age+1 in 100 | 53rd of 104 | 10th of 27 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time0 | 86th of 105 | 13th of 29 |
Where are they strongest?
Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, Dargaville swimmers rank highest in freestyle (faster than 28 of every 100) and lowest in breaststroke (13).
Each stroke and distance sets a swimmer’s best race in it against the best of New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender who raced it; 50 is the typical swimmer. Faded bars are not clearly different from 50, or have too few swimmers to tell.
By stroke
By distance
| Faster than … of 100 | Swimmers | |
|---|---|---|
| Freestyle | 28 | 17 |
| Backstroke | 21 | 8 |
| Breaststroke | 13 | 10 |
| Medley | 27 | 6 |
| 50 m | 28 | 18 |
| 100–200 m | 17 | 13 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 18 swimmers with points
How many swim national qualifying times?
0 of 5 Dargaville swimmers aged 13 and over who raced SC swam at least one race faster than the 2026 NZ Short Course qualifying time for their age; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 33 in 100.
Swimmers aged 13 and over who raced SC, per 100, with a race faster than the qualifying time for their age, gender, event and pool, beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender.
| Per 100 | |
|---|---|
| Dargaville | 0 |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 33 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · age at the last race, with an SC race · n = 5 swimmers aged 13 and over
Where did Dargaville race?
Dargaville swimmers raced at 6 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
Did Dargaville swimmers race at school meets?
1 swimmer from Dargaville swam 2 races at 1 school meet in 2026 so far.
School meets are entered for schools, not clubs: a school race counts for the club the swimmer raced for before and after the meet, or in the three months before it when there is nothing after yet. They count in how fast the club’s swimmers were, never as races for the club.
How old are the swimmers?
57 in 100 swimmers are 9 to 12 years old; across New Zealand, 53 in 100.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race in 2026 so far; 13 of the 23 are 9 to 12 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 5 |
| 9 | 4 |
| 10 | 2 |
| 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 2 |
| 13 | 2 |
| 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 0 |
| 16 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 |
| 18 and over | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 23 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 8 times, at 2 meets; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand raced 15 times.
Number of swimmers by the number of races they swam in 2026 so far; typical is the median.
| Races | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | 14 |
| 11 to 20 | 6 |
| 21 to 30 | 2 |
| 31 to 40 | 1 |
| 41 to 50 | 0 |
| 51 or more | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 23 swimmers
When do Dargaville swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 7 Mar, with 82 races; all told, 246 races and about 11.6 km of racing.
Each cell is a week of 2026, from the first of January; the darker, the more races. Empty cells are weeks without a race; the outline fades for weeks still to come.
| Week | Races |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 |
| 5 | 0 |
| 6 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 |
| 8 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 |
| 10 | 82 |
| 11 | 0 |
| 12 | 0 |
| 13 | 0 |
| 14 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 |
| 16 | 0 |
| 17 | 0 |
| 18 | 0 |
| 19 | 0 |
| 20 | 0 |
| 21 | 0 |
| 22 | 0 |
| 23 | 0 |
| 24 | 45 |
| 25 | 0 |
| 26 | 0 |
| 27 | 0 |
| 28 | 0 |
| 29 | 0 |
| 30 | 0 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 58 |
| 33 | 0 |
| 34 | 0 |
| 35 | 0 |
| 36 | 0 |
| 37 | 0 |
| 38 | 0 |
| 39 | 0 |
| 40 | 0 |
| 41 | 0 |
| 42 | 0 |
| 43 | 0 |
| 44 | 54 |
| 45 | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 246 races