Our History
Melbourne H2O Swimming Club has existed for over 25 years, during which time it has changed names twice.
It originally began as an offshoot of Powerpoints Masters Swimming Club in 1985.
Anita Killmier, Head Coach of Powerpoints Masters (1983 - 1997), also coached the children of many of her adult swimmers. The original intent was to create one club that all ages could swim under, but in those days it was not allowed as 2 seperate organisations who were at odds with one another, could not resolve their differences. Hence our club was affiliated with, but separate from the Masters Club of the same name. To distinguish ourselves we were known as Powerpoints Juniors.
At that time the Juniors trained from Christian Brothers College pool in East St Kilda, while our adult counterparts trained at Prahran Aquatic Center. When they were capable, the faster swimmers trained with the adults at Prahran who served as great role models to the kids, motivating them to train better, smarter and harder.
In the mid 1990's with Swimming Australia still opposing the idea of the one club concept, the club decided to rename itself to reflect and align our branding more in keeping with our squad provider H2O Swimming Works. We became H2O Swimming Club.
We moved some of our sessions to South Yarra Sports Centre in 2010 and merged with another club from there, Melbourne Emperors.
This merger prompted us to combine club names into Melbourne H2O Swimming Club.
Finally in 2013, 25 years after its foundation, Swimming Australia and Masters Swimming Australia finally gave the green light to work together to allow us to become a true ONE CLUB allowing us to provide pathways from "cradle to grave".
Although a few other clubs have embraced adults, we were the first and the most successful to do so and continue to be at the forefront.
It originally began as an offshoot of Powerpoints Masters Swimming Club in 1985.
Anita Killmier, Head Coach of Powerpoints Masters (1983 - 1997), also coached the children of many of her adult swimmers. The original intent was to create one club that all ages could swim under, but in those days it was not allowed as 2 seperate organisations who were at odds with one another, could not resolve their differences. Hence our club was affiliated with, but separate from the Masters Club of the same name. To distinguish ourselves we were known as Powerpoints Juniors.
At that time the Juniors trained from Christian Brothers College pool in East St Kilda, while our adult counterparts trained at Prahran Aquatic Center. When they were capable, the faster swimmers trained with the adults at Prahran who served as great role models to the kids, motivating them to train better, smarter and harder.
In the mid 1990's with Swimming Australia still opposing the idea of the one club concept, the club decided to rename itself to reflect and align our branding more in keeping with our squad provider H2O Swimming Works. We became H2O Swimming Club.
We moved some of our sessions to South Yarra Sports Centre in 2010 and merged with another club from there, Melbourne Emperors.
This merger prompted us to combine club names into Melbourne H2O Swimming Club.
Finally in 2013, 25 years after its foundation, Swimming Australia and Masters Swimming Australia finally gave the green light to work together to allow us to become a true ONE CLUB allowing us to provide pathways from "cradle to grave".
Although a few other clubs have embraced adults, we were the first and the most successful to do so and continue to be at the forefront.
