About the Club

The Wharenui Swimming Club has an exceptionally long and rich history of swimming and squad training in New Zealand tracing its roots back to 1911 with the construction of the Wharenui Coronation Baths as a memorial of the coronation of King George V. Over the years, the club has produced numerous Olympic and Commonwealth Games representatives from Roger Gibbs at the 1950 Empire Games in Auckland to most recently Taiko Torepe-Ormsby at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The club is also proud to be called home to 1974 Commonwealth Games Gold Medal winning duo Jaynie Parkhouse and Mark Treffers who along with Susan Hunter claimed six medals between them at the games. 

Our competitive squads programme is led by our Director of Coaching Carl Gordon which are designed to provide a place for athletes to develop and achieve personal goals through a structured, high quality and proven pathway in the sport of competitive swimming. 

As a club with a long history, we are extremely proud of our programme and the amazing young people and athletes that it produces. Annually our swimmers are achieving amazing success as regional and national champions and are breaking regional and national records.