North Shore Swimming Club
Auckland · North Island
A typical North Shore 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 North Shore?
328 swimmers raced for North Shore in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
Do they get faster?
Of 242 swimmers in both years, 54 in 100 gained more points than is typical for swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before; a typical gain of +48 points; swimmer by swimmer +4 beyond them, not a clear difference.
Each swimmer’s gain in best points* since the same months of 2025, at each age with 5 or more of them, set beside New Zealand swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before - level meaning the same quarter of best points for their age and gender then.
Columns: the typical gain in points at each age. Over them: points beyond swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before - more, fewer, grey where not clear.
| Age | Swimmers | Typical gain, points | Beyond swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before, points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 17 | 49 | −4 |
| 10 | 18 | 57 | +6 |
| 11 | 41 | 58 | +3 |
| 12 | 30 | 76 | +16 |
| 13 | 26 | 58 | −2 |
| 14 | 30 | 60 | +12 |
| 15 | 23 | 65 | +22 |
| 16 | 14 | 6 | −7 |
| 17 | 9 | 21 | −2 |
| 18+ | 32 | -2 | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 against the same months of 2025 · n = 242 swimmers
Who stays with North Shore?
76 in 100 North Shore swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for North Shore again this year, more than the 64 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age.
Swimmers of 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025, per 100: whether they raced for North Shore in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for North Shore | 76 |
| Raced for another club | 4 |
| No race this year | 21 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 326 swimmers of 2025 · shares are rounded, so they add to 101
Where do North Shore swimmers come from, and go?
139 swimmers joined North Shore from another club and 102 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most came from Coast (26), the most went to Phoenix Aquatics (46).
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. The chart names the 8 clubs with the most moves both ways; “other clubs” holds the rest, and “Show more” names those with 3 moves or more.
| Club | Came | Went |
|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Aquatics | 18 | 46 |
| Coast | 26 | 22 |
| United | 25 | 13 |
| TBSS Central City | 19 | – |
| RNZAF Base | 7 | – |
| Howick Pakuranga | 6 | – |
| Waitakere | 6 | – |
| Kowhai | 4 | – |
| Parnell | 4 | – |
| Roskill | 3 | – |
| Mt Eden | 3 | – |
| Other clubs | 18 | 21 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 241 moves
Who is still racing for North Shore years later?
Of North Shore swimmers of a year, 71 in 100 raced for North Shore again the next year and 51 in 100 two years on; swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand: 65 in 100 and 44 in 100.
Swimmers of each year since 2016 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): the share with a club race for North Shore 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Shore | 71 | 51 | 37 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 65 | 44 | 30 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026 · n = 2,975 swimmer-years one year on
How has North Shore changed over the years?
328 swimmers raced for North Shore in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 3% more than in the same months of 2016 and 25% more than in 2020, the fewest; 1% more than in 2025; the most were in 2024 (335); across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.
Swimmers with at least one race for North Shore from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 318 |
| 2017 | 282 |
| 2018 | 312 |
| 2019 | 297 |
| 2020 | 263 |
| 2021 | 269 |
| 2022 | 289 |
| 2023 | 284 |
| 2024 | 335 |
| 2025 | 326 |
| 2026 | 328 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined North Shore, and who left?
328 swimmers raced for North Shore in 2026, against 326 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 246 stayed, 80 left (68 stopped racing, 12 raced for other clubs); 82 joined: 57 new to racing, 24 from other clubs, 1 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for North Shore 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 North Shore swimmer is faster than 78 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: nearly 1 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 North Shore swimmer | 78 |
| 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 = 326 swimmers with points
How does North Shore compare with other clubs?
It is 3rd of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 3rd of 18 clubs of 100 or more swimmers (3rd of 15 in Auckland).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| North Shore | In NZ | Clubs of 100 or more |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers78 of 100 | 3rd of 106 | 3rd of 18 |
| Swimmers328 | 1st of 106 | 1st of 18 |
| Kept, beyond their age+12 in 100 | 17th of 104 | 3rd of 18 |
| Gained more than their peers54 in 100 | 28th of 100 | 6th of 18 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time65 | 1st of 105 | 1st of 18 |
Where are they strongest?
Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, North Shore swimmers rank highest in medley (faster than 79 of every 100) and lowest in butterfly (75); by distance, they stand lowest at 400 m and longer (72).
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 | 77 | 312 |
| Backstroke | 76 | 275 |
| Breaststroke | 78 | 274 |
| Butterfly | 75 | 246 |
| Medley | 79 | 261 |
| 50 m | 76 | 313 |
| 100–200 m | 78 | 308 |
| 400 m and longer | 72 | 110 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 326 swimmers with points
How many swim national qualifying times?
59 in 100 North Shore swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam at least one race faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age, more than 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 | |
|---|---|
| North Shore | 59 |
| 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 = 111 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Where did North Shore race?
North Shore swimmers raced at 73 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
Did North Shore swimmers race at school meets?
133 swimmers from North Shore swam 845 races at 2 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?
2 in 3 swimmers are 10 to 15 years old; across New Zealand, nearly 3 in 4.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race in 2026 so far; 221 of the 328 are 10 to 15 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 14 |
| 9 | 32 |
| 10 | 36 |
| 11 | 53 |
| 12 | 38 |
| 13 | 32 |
| 14 | 36 |
| 15 | 26 |
| 16 | 17 |
| 17 | 11 |
| 18 and over | 33 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 328 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 26 times, at 7 meets; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand raced 18 times.
Number of swimmers by the number of races they swam in 2026 so far; typical is the median.
| Races | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | 60 |
| 11 to 20 | 78 |
| 21 to 30 | 48 |
| 31 to 40 | 59 |
| 41 to 50 | 29 |
| 51 or more | 54 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 328 swimmers
When do North Shore swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 17 Jun, with 751 races; all told, 9,675 races and about 1,100 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 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 |
| 5 | 785 |
| 6 | 564 |
| 7 | 129 |
| 8 | 156 |
| 9 | 522 |
| 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 535 |
| 12 | 112 |
| 13 | 234 |
| 14 | 41 |
| 15 | 196 |
| 16 | 147 |
| 17 | 235 |
| 18 | 419 |
| 19 | 292 |
| 20 | 239 |
| 21 | 0 |
| 22 | 239 |
| 23 | 238 |
| 24 | 787 |
| 25 | 107 |
| 26 | 386 |
| 27 | 84 |
| 28 | 0 |
| 29 | 902 |
| 30 | 179 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 55 |
| 33 | 460 |
| 34 | 141 |
| 35 | 576 |
| 36 | 16 |
| 37 | 130 |
| 38 | 0 |
| 39 | 225 |
| 40 | 44 |
| 41 | 113 |
| 42 | 240 |
| 43 | 16 |
| 44 | 0 |
| 45 | 126 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 9,675 races
How much slower is the second half?
A typical North Shore 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 | |
|---|---|
| North Shore | 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 = 247 swimmers