Stratford Flyers Swimming Club
Taranaki · North Island
A typical Stratford Flyers 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 Stratford Flyers?
46 swimmers raced for Stratford Flyers in 2026 so far. Each has a page of their own.
Do they get faster?
Of 39 swimmers in both years, 31 in 100 gained more points than is typical for swimmers of the same age, gender and level a year before, clearly fewer than half; a typical gain of +29 points; swimmer by swimmer, typically 15 points fewer than them.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 7 | 23 | −20 |
| 13 | 7 | 59 | +5 |
| 15 | 6 | 2 | −33 |
| 16 | 5 | 24 | −17 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 against the same months of 2025 · n = 39 swimmers
Who stays with Stratford Flyers?
68 in 100 Stratford Flyers swimmers from the same months of 2025 raced for Stratford Flyers again this year, about the same as the 65 in 100 typical for swimmers of the same age.
Swimmers of 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025, per 100: whether they raced for Stratford Flyers in the same months of 2026.
| Swimmers of 2025 | Per 100 |
|---|---|
| Raced for Stratford Flyers | 68 |
| Raced for another club | 2 |
| No race this year | 30 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2025 and 2026 · n = 57 swimmers of 2025
Where do Stratford Flyers swimmers come from, and go?
15 swimmers joined Stratford Flyers from another club and 22 left for one, 2016 to 2026; the most came from Hawera (9), the most went to Aquabladz NP (14).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aquabladz NP | – | 14 |
| Hawera | 9 | – |
| Inglewood | 5 | – |
| Other clubs | 1 | 8 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026, each year against the year before · n = 37 moves
Who is still racing for Stratford Flyers years later?
Of Stratford Flyers swimmers of a year, 73 in 100 raced for Stratford Flyers again the next year and 52 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 Stratford Flyers 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford Flyers | 73 | 52 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Same age and gender across New Zealand | 66 | 45 | 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 = 652 swimmer-years one year on
How has Stratford Flyers changed over the years?
46 swimmers raced for Stratford Flyers in 2026 so far (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 41% fewer than in the same months of 2016; 19% fewer than in 2025; the most were in 2017 (89); across New Zealand, 5% fewer than in 2016.
Swimmers with at least one race for Stratford Flyers from 1 Jan to 10 Nov of each year.
| Year | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 78 |
| 2017 | 89 |
| 2018 | 81 |
| 2019 | 72 |
| 2020 | 61 |
| 2021 | 50 |
| 2022 | 49 |
| 2023 | 60 |
| 2024 | 55 |
| 2025 | 57 |
| 2026 | 46 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov of every year 2016 to 2026
Who joined Stratford Flyers, and who left?
46 swimmers raced for Stratford Flyers in 2026, against 57 in 2025 (1 Jan to 10 Nov): 39 stayed, 18 left (17 stopped racing, 1 raced for other clubs); 7 joined: 7 new to racing, 0 from other clubs, 0 back after a break.
Swimmers with a race for Stratford Flyers 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 Stratford Flyers swimmer is faster than 44 of every 100 swimmers of the same age and gender across New Zealand. Yet they overlap: nearly 2 in 5 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 Stratford Flyers swimmer | 44 |
| 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 = 46 swimmers with points
How does Stratford Flyers compare with other clubs?
It is 55th of 106 clubs in New Zealand for how fast its swimmers are for their age and 32nd of 59 clubs of 25 to 99 swimmers (4th of 5 in Taranaki).
Places count clubs with at least 5 swimmers in the period, highest value first; equal values share a place.
Places
| Stratford Flyers | In NZ | Clubs of 25 to 99 |
|---|---|---|
| Faster than … of 100 peers44 of 100 | 55th of 106 | 32nd of 59 |
| Swimmers46 | 54th of 106 | 36th of 59 |
| Kept, beyond their age+4 in 100 | 46th of 104 | 29th of 59 |
| Gained more than their peers31 in 100 | 83rd of 100 | 53rd of 59 |
| Under a NZ Age Group time4 | 47th of 105 | 29th of 58 |
Where are they strongest?
Beside swimmers of the same age and gender, Stratford Flyers swimmers rank highest in breaststroke (faster than 52 of every 100) and lowest in butterfly (37); 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 | 44 | 45 |
| Backstroke | 44 | 39 |
| Breaststroke | 52 | 37 |
| Butterfly | 37 | 30 |
| Medley | 38 | 32 |
| 50 m | 45 | 45 |
| 100–200 m | 35 | 44 |
| 400 m and longer | 18 | 11 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · each stroke and distance against peers who raced it · n = 46 swimmers with points
How many swim national qualifying times?
18 in 100 Stratford Flyers swimmers aged 13 to 16 swam at least one race faster than the 2026 NZ Age Group qualifying time for their age, less than the 35 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 | |
|---|---|
| Stratford Flyers | 18 |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 35 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · age at the last race · n = 22 swimmers aged 13 to 16
Where did Stratford Flyers race?
Stratford Flyers swimmers raced at 18 meets in 2026 so far.
The latest threeEvery meet
Did Stratford Flyers swimmers race at school meets?
17 swimmers from Stratford Flyers swam 105 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?
63 in 100 swimmers are 11 to 15 years old; across New Zealand, nearly 3 in 5.
Number of swimmers by age at their last race in 2026 so far; 29 of the 46 are 11 to 15 years old.
| Age | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 8 and under | 1 |
| 9 | 6 |
| 10 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 |
| 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 7 |
| 14 | 4 |
| 15 | 6 |
| 16 | 5 |
| 17 | 1 |
| 18 and over | 1 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 46 swimmers
How often do they race?
A typical swimmer raced 26 times, at 6 meets; swimmers of the same age across New Zealand raced 24 times.
Number of swimmers by the number of races they swam in 2026 so far; typical is the median.
| Races | Swimmers |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | 7 |
| 11 to 20 | 9 |
| 21 to 30 | 13 |
| 31 to 40 | 8 |
| 41 to 50 | 5 |
| 51 or more | 4 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 46 swimmers
When do Stratford Flyers swimmers race?
The busiest day in 2026 so far was 19 Apr, with 124 races; all told, 1,247 races and about 134 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 | 4 |
| 5 | 65 |
| 6 | 0 |
| 7 | 164 |
| 8 | 0 |
| 9 | 73 |
| 10 | 0 |
| 11 | 30 |
| 12 | 70 |
| 13 | 0 |
| 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 4 |
| 16 | 124 |
| 17 | 0 |
| 18 | 0 |
| 19 | 0 |
| 20 | 0 |
| 21 | 59 |
| 22 | 9 |
| 23 | 119 |
| 24 | 0 |
| 25 | 0 |
| 26 | 0 |
| 27 | 0 |
| 28 | 0 |
| 29 | 172 |
| 30 | 0 |
| 31 | 0 |
| 32 | 0 |
| 33 | 0 |
| 34 | 52 |
| 35 | 0 |
| 36 | 37 |
| 37 | 0 |
| 38 | 0 |
| 39 | 2 |
| 40 | 72 |
| 41 | 0 |
| 42 | 0 |
| 43 | 175 |
| 44 | 14 |
| 45 | 0 |
Source: Swimming New Zealand results, 1 Jan to 10 Nov 2026 · n = 1,247 races
How much slower is the second half?
A typical Stratford Flyers swimmer swims the second half of a race 11.6% slower than the first; swimmer by swimmer, they slow down typically 1.6% more than 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 | |
|---|---|
| Stratford Flyers | 11.6% |
| Swimmers of the same age and gender | 9.9% |
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 = 24 swimmers