Feilding Dolphin Amateur Swimming Club
Manawatū–Whanganui · North Island
A typical Feilding Dolphin Amateur 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 Feilding Dolphin Amateur?
29 swimmers raced for Feilding Dolphin Amateur in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
Do they get faster?
6 of 7 swimmers who also raced in the same months of 2025 scored higher this year, with a typical change of +12 points; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand: +59.
Swimmers who scored higher than in the same months of 2025, per 100; only those who raced in both years.
| Per 100 | |
|---|---|
| Feilding Dolphin Amateur | 86 |
| Swimmers of the same age across New Zealand | 89 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 against the same months of 2025 · n = 7 swimmers
Who stays with Feilding Dolphin Amateur?
7 of 14 Feilding Dolphin Amateur swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for Feilding Dolphin Amateur again this year, about the same as the 67 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age.
Swimmers of 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025, per 100: whether they raced for Feilding Dolphin Amateur in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for Feilding Dolphin Amateur | 50 |
| Raced for another club | 0 |
| No race this year | 50 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 14 swimmers of 2025
Where do Feilding Dolphin Amateur swimmers come from, and go?
14 swimmers joined Feilding Dolphin Amateur from another club and 32 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most came from Dolphin (11), the most went to Ice Breaker Aquatics (20).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ice Breaker Aquatics | – | 20 |
| Dolphin | 11 | 6 |
| Dannevirke | – | 3 |
| Other clubs | 3 | 3 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 46 moves
Who is still racing for Feilding Dolphin Amateur years later?
Of Feilding Dolphin Amateur swimmers of a year, 60 in 100 raced for Feilding Dolphin Amateur again the next year and 35 in 100 two years on; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 67 in 100 and 46 in 100.
Swimmers of each year since 2016 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): the share with a club race for Feilding Dolphin Amateur 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feilding Dolphin | 60 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 67 | 46 | 32 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | — |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 261 swimmer-years one year on
How has Feilding Dolphin Amateur changed over the years?
29 swimmers raced for Feilding Dolphin Amateur in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 190% more than in the same months of 2016; 107% more than in 2025; the most were in 2017 (34); across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.
Swimmers with at least one race for Feilding Dolphin Amateur from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2017 | 34 |
| 2018 | 33 |
| 2019 | 34 |
| 2020 | 30 |
| 2021 | 23 |
| 2022 | 27 |
| 2023 | 30 |
| 2024 | 26 |
| 2025 | 14 |
| 2026 | 29 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined Feilding Dolphin Amateur, and who left?
29 swimmers raced for Feilding Dolphin Amateur in 2026, against 14 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 7 stayed, 7 left (7 stopped racing, 0 raced for other clubs); 22 joined: 4 new to racing, 18 from other clubs, 0 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for Feilding Dolphin Amateur 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 Feilding Dolphin Amateur swimmer is faster than 57 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: 47 in 100 of them are slower 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 Feilding Dolphin Amateur swimmer | 57 |
| 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 = 29 swimmers with points
How does Feilding Dolphin Amateur compare with other clubs?
It is 27th of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 16th of 59 clubs of 25 to 99 swimmers (2nd of 8 in Manawatū–Whanganui).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| Feilding Dolphin Amateur | In NZ | Clubs of 25 to 99 |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers57 of 100 | 27th of 106 | 16th of 59 |
| Swimmers29 | 70th of 106 | 52nd of 59 |
| Kept, beyond their age−17 in 100 | 89th of 104 | 53rd of 59 |
| Gained more than their peers29 in 100 | 86th of 100 | 55th of 59 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time1 | 65th of 105 | 43rd of 58 |
Where are they strongest?
Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, Feilding Dolphin Amateur swimmers rank highest in freestyle (faster than 62 of every 100) and lowest in backstroke (36); by distance, they stand lowest at 400 m and longer (18).
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 | 62 | 28 |
| Backstroke | 36 | 26 |
| Breaststroke | 50 | 25 |
| Butterfly | 38 | 23 |
| Medley | 51 | 23 |
| 50 m | 55 | 29 |
| 100–200 m | 57 | 26 |
| 400 m and longer | 18 | 7 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 29 swimmers with points
How many swim national qualifying times?
1 of 5 Feilding Dolphin Amateur swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam at least one race faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 39 in 100.
Swimmers aged 13 to 16, 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 | |
|---|---|
| Feilding Dolphin Amateur | 20 |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 39 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · age at the last race · n = 5 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Where did Feilding Dolphin Amateur race?
Feilding Dolphin Amateur swimmers raced at 19 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
Did Feilding Dolphin Amateur swimmers race at school meets?
10 swimmers from Feilding Dolphin Amateur swam 83 races at 3 school meets 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?
Nearly 3 in 4 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; 21 of the 29 are 9 to 12 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 2 |
| 9 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 |
| 11 | 7 |
| 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 0 |
| 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 2 |
| 16 | 1 |
| 17 | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 29 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 17 times, at 3 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 | 12 |
| 11 to 20 | 7 |
| 21 to 30 | 4 |
| 31 to 40 | 5 |
| 41 to 50 | 1 |
| 51 or more | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 29 swimmers
When do Feilding Dolphin Amateur swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 31 May, with 93 races; all told, 536 races and about 53.4 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 | 3 |
| 5 | 25 |
| 6 | 0 |
| 7 | 18 |
| 8 | 0 |
| 9 | 6 |
| 10 | 0 |
| 11 | 13 |
| 12 | 0 |
| 13 | 4 |
| 14 | 0 |
| 15 | 0 |
| 16 | 0 |
| 17 | 8 |
| 18 | 0 |
| 19 | 0 |
| 20 | 0 |
| 21 | 0 |
| 22 | 93 |
| 23 | 41 |
| 24 | 0 |
| 25 | 21 |
| 26 | 23 |
| 27 | 0 |
| 28 | 0 |
| 29 | 0 |
| 30 | 31 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 57 |
| 33 | 16 |
| 34 | 0 |
| 35 | 26 |
| 36 | 0 |
| 37 | 4 |
| 38 | 0 |
| 39 | 0 |
| 40 | 0 |
| 41 | 49 |
| 42 | 46 |
| 43 | 0 |
| 44 | 52 |
| 45 | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 536 races