About Oakleigh Dolphins

Welcome to Oakleigh Dolphins Swim Club! 🐬

Our swim club season runs during Term 1 and Term 4, offering fun, fitness, and friendly competition for swimmers of all levels.

🏊 Club Nights:
Join us every Friday night!

  • Pool Opens: 5:45 PM
  • Racing Starts: 6:15 PM

Families can relax poolside, enjoy a BBQ dinner, and grab tasty snacks from the canteen. It’s the perfect way to kick off the weekend with friends and community spirit!

🙌 We Need You!
Our club thrives thanks to the amazing support of volunteers. Whether it’s helping with timekeeping, set-up, or cheering from the side lines, every bit of help makes a big difference. Find out how you can get involved here.

🌊 About Our Pool:
We’re proud to swim in the Oakleigh State School’s 25-metre, solar-heated pool, featuring seven lanes—perfect for racing, training, and having fun!

Come dive in with us and be part of the Oakleigh Dolphins family!

 

 
 

 

CLUB NIGHT SCHEDULE

5.45pm - Gates open

6.00pm - Free swim

6.15pm - Tadpoles (under 6) swim 12 metres with assistance in the pool

6.30pm - First race

7.45pm - Approximate finish

Club Night Competition

All swimmers must nominate for races via the app.

Swimmers can compete in two separate competitions across the season. 

Aggregate Points Champion and Runner-up are awarded for male and female in age groups 6 to 14. Aggregate points are calculated based on each swimmer's individual improvement in swim times. The better the improvement in time the more points are awarded. Points are also awarded if the swimmer's time is the same or slower. The aim is for participation and improvement.

The second competition is Age Champion which is awarded based on points accumulated during the Club Championships which are run on the second last Friday night of the season. To qualify to swim in club championships a swimmer must swim at least four club nights in the particular stroke. 

Swimmers aged 9 years and under will contest 25m distance races in all strokes, 10 year swimmers will contest 50m distance races with the exception of 25m butterfly.  Remaining swimmers will contest 50m distances in all strokes.

All Club Age Championship events will be conducted in accordance with the current rules as laid down by the QSA. 

In order to compete, swimmers must comply with the following:

  • Swimmers must be nominated for up to four races prior to the event.
  • New swimmers must begin in 25m events for all strokes and can progress to other distances once qualification is achieved. See below for qualifying times.
  • After swimming a 50m event in a particular stroke the swimmer can not return to 25m events in that stroke

Once swimmers move from primary to high school at the start of the season they achieve Life Membership for the club. Life members can compete in all club events and encouraged to swim for the club at carnivals. Club night results will be posted on the website each week.

Qualifying Times

Stroke

Freestyle

Backstroke

Breaststroke

Butterfly

Time 50m to 100m

50s

56s

64s

50s

Time 25m to 50m

25s

28s

32s

25s

 

Club Carnivals

Each year Oakleigh participates in the IWO Carnival alongside Ithaca and Windsor swim clubs.

The club normally competes in two carnivals (November and February) each season (swimming in the carnival does not count toward swims to qualify for club championships).

Every effort is made to include as many swimmers on the carnival roster as possible however spaces are limited.