Our Team
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Gary Hurring
Adult Swimming Director
Gary has been a top New Zealand swimmer and coach for over 30 years.
Gary is an Olympian (Los Angeles 1984) appearing in three finals, a Commonwealth Games gold medalist and a silver medalist at the Berlin World Champs in1978. He was named Halberg Sportsman of the year in 1978 and went on to become one of New Zealand’s top swimming coaches. He has trained a host of young swimmers who went on to represent NZ at World Championships and Olympic Games and has been a NZ coach at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
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Georgia Hind
Programme Director
Georgia has represented New Zealand in both swimming and surf lifesaving. She wore the silver fern at the Youth Olympics, Junior Pan Pacific games and in Surf Life Saving at the World Games. She has competed at the top level in Open Water as well as in the pool and was NZ Open Water (5km) champion in 2009.
Georgia holds current AustSwim Qualifications in Teacher of Swimming and Water Safety with additional qualifications in Infant and Adult coaching.
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Natasha Hind
Programme Director
Tash has represented New Zealand at two Olympic Games (Beijing and London) and won a silver and bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
She has also been a member of the World Championship winning NZ Surf Life Saving team in 2012 and 2014 and set new world records in several events. Born and raised in Lyall Bay she was Wellington Sportswoman of the year 2008 and 2012. She already has plenty of experience in teaching learn to swim and passing on basic swimming and surf life saving techniques. Her passion is to pass on those skills to the next generations and see them enjoy being in the water.
Our Programme
CitySwim has been operating in Wellington since 2008, primarily at Freyberg Pool on Oriental Parade. The programme was comprehensive but could only cater to a limited number of children, due to the lack of pool space available in Wellington at peak times.
With the development of the new pool (the Aquadome) we are now able to extend the number of lessons and options to cater to the increasing demand for quality learn to swim.
We offer a structured programme designed to teach children the basic skills and techniques to swim well. It will allow the child to progress, through a step-by-step process, from first strokes, in the learn to swim pool, to competent swimming in the 25m pool alongside. The important aspect of this programme is that the child can make that transition when they are ready, in the same location, and feel confident about doing so.
