Nelson South Swim Club
Nelson Marlborough · South Island
A typical Nelson South 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 Nelson South?
41 swimmers raced for Nelson South in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
Do they get faster?
4 in 5 swimmers who also raced in the same months of 2025 scored higher this year, with a typical change of +48 points, about the same as the +40 typical for swimmers of the same age.
Swimmers who scored higher than in the same months of 2025, per 100; only those who raced in both years.
| Per 100 | |
|---|---|
| Nelson South | 81 |
| Swimmers of the same age across New Zealand | 76 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 against the same months of 2025 · n = 26 swimmers
Who stays with Nelson South?
48 in 100 Nelson South swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for Nelson South again this year, less than the 61 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age.
Swimmers of 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025, per 100: whether they raced for Nelson South in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for Nelson South | 48 |
| Raced for another club | 4 |
| No race this year | 48 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 54 swimmers of 2025
Where do Nelson South swimmers come from, and go?
34 swimmers joined Nelson South from another club and 18 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most came from Tasman (21), the most went to Tasman (6).
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”.
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 52 moves
Who is still racing for Nelson South years later?
Of Nelson South swimmers of a year, 68 in 100 raced for Nelson South again the next year and 49 in 100 two years on; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 64 in 100 and 42 in 100.
Swimmers of each year since 2016 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): the share with a club race for Nelson South 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson South | 68 | 49 | 37 | 27 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 64 | 42 | 28 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 622 swimmer-years one year on
How has Nelson South changed over the years?
41 swimmers raced for Nelson South in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 37% fewer than in the same months of 2016; 24% fewer than in 2025; the most were in 2017 (78); across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.
Swimmers with at least one race for Nelson South from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 65 |
| 2017 | 78 |
| 2018 | 70 |
| 2019 | 65 |
| 2020 | 52 |
| 2021 | 69 |
| 2022 | 57 |
| 2023 | 51 |
| 2024 | 61 |
| 2025 | 54 |
| 2026 | 41 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined Nelson South, and who left?
41 swimmers raced for Nelson South in 2026, against 54 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 26 stayed, 28 left (26 stopped racing, 2 raced for other clubs); 15 joined: 9 new to racing, 3 from other clubs, 3 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for Nelson South 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 Nelson South swimmer is faster than 59 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: 2 in 5 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 Nelson South swimmer | 59 |
| 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 = 41 swimmers with points
How does Nelson South compare with other clubs?
It is 22nd of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 12th of 59 clubs of 25 to 99 swimmers (1st of 5 in Nelson Marlborough).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| Nelson South | In NZ | Clubs of 25 to 99 |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers59 of 100 | 22nd of 106 | 12th of 59 |
| Swimmers41 | 58th of 106 | 40th of 59 |
| Kept, beyond their age−13 in 100 | 86th of 104 | 52nd of 59 |
| Gained more than their peers58 in 100 | 15th of 100 | 10th of 59 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time8 | 29th of 105 | 13th of 58 |
Where are they strongest?
Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, Nelson South swimmers rank highest in medley (faster than 66 of every 100) and lowest in backstroke (45).
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 | 59 | 41 |
| Backstroke | 45 | 32 |
| Breaststroke | 61 | 33 |
| Butterfly | 61 | 29 |
| Medley | 66 | 29 |
| 50 m | 59 | 41 |
| 100–200 m | 59 | 36 |
| 400 m and longer | 65 | 16 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 41 swimmers with points
How many swim national qualifying times?
38 in 100 Nelson South swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam at least one race faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age, about the same as the 34 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age and gender.
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 | |
|---|---|
| Nelson South | 38 |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 34 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · age at the last race · n = 21 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Where did Nelson South race?
Nelson South swimmers raced at 23 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
Did Nelson South swimmers race at school meets?
7 swimmers from Nelson South swam 42 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?
3 in 5 swimmers are 12 to 16 years old; across New Zealand, nearly half.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race in 2026 so far; 25 of the 41 are 12 to 16 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 1 |
| 9 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 1 |
| 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 6 |
| 14 | 6 |
| 15 | 5 |
| 16 | 4 |
| 17 | 5 |
| 18 and over | 4 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 41 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 29 times, at 7 meets; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand raced 25 times.
Number of swimmers by the number of races they swam in 2026 so far; typical is the median.
| Races | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | 13 |
| 11 to 20 | 5 |
| 21 to 30 | 3 |
| 31 to 40 | 1 |
| 41 to 50 | 4 |
| 51 or more | 15 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 41 swimmers
When do Nelson South swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 23 Jan, with 155 races; all told, 1,433 races and about 202 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 | 99 |
| 4 | 155 |
| 5 | 4 |
| 6 | 0 |
| 7 | 100 |
| 8 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 |
| 10 | 55 |
| 11 | 111 |
| 12 | 6 |
| 13 | 84 |
| 14 | 5 |
| 15 | 23 |
| 16 | 32 |
| 17 | 59 |
| 18 | 0 |
| 19 | 4 |
| 20 | 5 |
| 21 | 0 |
| 22 | 0 |
| 23 | 0 |
| 24 | 83 |
| 25 | 0 |
| 26 | 0 |
| 27 | 57 |
| 28 | 2 |
| 29 | 0 |
| 30 | 64 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 0 |
| 33 | 213 |
| 34 | 0 |
| 35 | 112 |
| 36 | 0 |
| 37 | 43 |
| 38 | 0 |
| 39 | 47 |
| 40 | 12 |
| 41 | 0 |
| 42 | 8 |
| 43 | 0 |
| 44 | 50 |
| 45 | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 1,433 races
How much slower is the second half?
A typical Nelson South swimmer swims the second half of a race 10% slower than the first, about the same as the 9% typical for swimmers of the same age and gender in the same events.
Each swimmer’s typical race of 100 m or more in one stroke, beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age and gender in the same event and pool. The first half holds the start, so even an evenly swum race has a slower second half.
| % slower | |
|---|---|
| Nelson South | 10% |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 9% |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · with the halfway split recorded in a race of 100 m or more · n = 30 swimmers