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Welcome to Swimzim.org a handy guide to all things ‘swimming’ in Bulawayo. We have news from our Learn to Swim school, Barracudas Swimming Club and the ins and outs of competitive swimming in Matabeleland.
You will be able to access the latest news at the swimming club, programmes for training if you are away from home, or what galas are coming up. We will post pictures of our swimmers and keep you up to date if you are away.
Competitive swimmers and their parents will be able to get access to the National swimming records, the Matabeleland Records and the programme of events for the season ahead. Details of tours will be available and general reminders will be on hand.
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MARS HILL AND KENTUCKY IN ACTION THIS WEEKEND
Great swimming this weekend in the USA, our Mars Hill swimmers Lorna Doorman and Brendon Cyprianos with PB's all around, with Lorna taking off a whopping 39.44 seconds off her 1650 free. Meanwhile over in Kentucky Peter was collecting B times for NCAA and a PB int he...
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2018 BULAWAYO COACHES CHOICE GALA
Matabeleland also held their final gala before the Provincial Championships which start on the 29th November 2018. Click here for the full...
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2018 HARARE GALA NO 5
Harare held their last gala before the Provincial Championships this evening. Click here for the...
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2018 HARARE SEEDED GALA NO 4 AND JUNIOR LEAGUE NO 4
Senior swimmers from Harare gathered on Friday evening for the 4th Seeded gala of the season. Coincidentally they also held a 1500m event which attracted just 13 swimmers in contrast to the 32 who swam in Bulawayo the same evening. This morning the Junior swimmers...
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2018 HARARE GALA 4
Harare also held their 4th Seeded gala on Friday night, and coincidentally also had a 1500m event on the programme. Only 6 swimmers took part, whilst 32 were trundling away in Bulawayo. Click here for the full...
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2018 MATLAND GALA 4
A great turnout for Gala 4, only swimmers from Petra, Centenary and Masiyapambile were missing as they were preparing for their interhouse galas today. It was quite a long evening while we celebrated the 32 swimmers who competed in the 1500 which now requires...
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HARARE SHORT COURSE 2018
Aapproximately 100 swimmers went off to Heritage School this morning to compete in the Harare Short Course. Potentially 8 records were broken, but they are subject to ratification. National records require 3 qualified timekeepers to be present at the time and sadly...
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2018 MASHONALAND JUNIOR LEAGUE NO 3
Mashonaland held their 3rd Junior League gala at Heritage pool yesterday. Click here for the...
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BULAWAYO HOSTS THE ZAU LEARN TO SWIM COURSE
The Zimbabwe Aquatic Union has developed a Learn to Swim Course designed to assist teachers who work with small children and this weekend 9 teachers are attending this course in Bulawayo. Teachers are not only learning how to work with young children, but are...
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2018 MATABELELAND GALA 3
More good results from swimmers in Matabeleland last night, a number of Matabeleland records fell, and a 200 freestyle national record for Tichatonga. Matabeleland can now boast that 6 swimmers - Dale, Denni, Tich, Liam Quintin and Cory, who have qualified for SA...
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MUTARE SPRINT GALA 2018
The dust has settled and a couple of additional facts have emerged following the Sprint Gala. The first is that young Donata Katai (aged 14) achieved the Qualifying time set by ZAU to attend the World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest in 2019. Her time for...
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2018 MUTARE SPRINT RESULTS
210 swimmers (only 6 of whom were over 18) took part in what was a celebration of swimming. Some amazing times were achieved by a number of swimmers, not least by Tichatonga Makaya from Stingrays in Bulawayo who broke 3 records subject to ratification. Click...
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