Artistic swimming is on display today as Tauranga Synchro club athletes take to the pool at Baywave to showcase their artistic swimming routines they've prepared for the upcoming North Islands artistic swimming championships.

The display will feature athlete Evander Claydon, who is refining a solo routine to Abba's ‘Chiquitita', a piece they will take to the International Gay and Lesbian Aquatics LGBTQ+ aquatics championships in London later this month. The routine is an upbeat expression of living life to the full.

Evander, who has been at swimming for nine years, also gives back to the community by coaching the Adaptive Synchro athlete at the club.

Their swimmer Maddy Uden will perform a solo as the youngest member in Saturday's display.

Tauranga Synchro prides itself on being one of the only synchro clubs in the country to offer one-on-one training to neurodivergent athletes within an Adaptive synchro programme.

The NZ Aquaferns, the NZ Artistic Swimming team, are also due to perform routines.

The display is 10.30am-midday June 10 at Baywave. Spectators welcome – Baywave's spectator fee may apply.