Events

Regular Events

  • Social drinks – first and third Thursday of the month after swimming
  • The annual TAMS-DSW swim meet is a friendly swim meet with the Auckland Rainbow swimming club TAMS
  • As part of Rainbow Team Wellington we’re usually in the Wellington Pride Festival every year – in the parade and at the Out in the City Fair.

Upcoming Events

  • The Rainbow Swim Meet will be hosted by TAMS in Auckland on Saturday 14 February.   This is our annual friendly swim meet between the Rainbow swimming clubs in New Zealand.  DSW (Wellington), TAMS (Auckland) and Rainbow Waves (Christchurch) will all have swimmers at the swim meet, but anyone is welcome to join in.
    Register here
    Contact tams.secretary@yahoo.co.nz if you have questions.
    The next day (Sunday 15 Feb) is the Big Gay Out at Coyle Park, Pt. Chevalier, in Auckland.
  • There may be a repeat of the Rainbow Games in Auckland in 2026 – details are yet to be confirmed – may be in October
  • The Gay Games in 2026 will be in Valencia in Spain in June

Past Events

  • The annual TAMS-DSW swim meet for 2018 is on Saturday 10 February 2018 hosted by TAMS in Auckland.   Come up to Auckland for the weekend!  There’s a sea swim as well as the indoor swim meet, and this all happens the day before the Big Gay Out festival in Auckland.
  • Rainbow Fun Triathlon 2018
  • Rainbow Fun Triathlon 2017
  • Wellington Pride Festival 11-19 March 2017
  • Pride Parade + Out in the Park Festival – Saturday 18 March
    We’ll walk in the Parade and hold an information stall with Rainbow Team Wellington at the Festival

Event Calendar

Past Events

  • Rainbow Sport and Culture Weekend – 27-29 January 2017
  • Capital Swim Meet 28 January 2017
    Details and final results are here
  • Out in the Park Pool Party Hosted by DSW
    7-9pm, 13 March 2016, Thorndon Pool, 26 Murphy St, Wellington

    At the end of a busy week of activity at the Wellington Pride festival, come along to the relaxed atmosphere of Thorndon Summer Pool, 5-7pm on Sunday 13 March.

    Entry includes a barbecue and soft drinks.

    Come along and play in the pool, soak in the spa pool, and have dinner with friends and family.

    Tickets are $15 per person ($10 concessions), and will are available in advance from the Rainbow Team Wellington stall at Out in the Park (Sat 12 March), or at the  pool entrance.  (Note – all ticket sales are cash only.)

  • Out in the Park: Saturday 12 March 2016
    Out in the Park is Wellington’s annual LGBT fair at Waitangi Park
    DSW co-hosted a stall with Rainbow Team Wellington
    There was a parade starting from Frank Kitts Park – assemble at 10am
    The fair ran from 11am-6pm

Asia Pacific LGBTI Swimming Records

  • At the Proud 2 Play event in Auckland in February 2016, five LGBTI swimming teams (TAMS, DSW, Wett Ones, Aqualicious and the Glamourhead Sharks) founded the Asia-Pacific LGBTI Swimming Forum.  We agreed that at Asia-Pacific events to which we were all invited a set of swimming records would be kept, swum against, and updated.Click here for the current records.