Swimming for Arthritis New Zealand

The team swimming for Arthritis New Zealand is Jaynie Hudgell, Craig Hudgell, Corney Swanepoel and Gary Hurring.

Jaynie Hudgell (nee Parkhouse) - Captain

Jaynie represented New Zealand at the Munich 1972 Olympic Games and the Christchurch 1974 Commonwealth Games.

At the Commonwealth Games Jaynie claimed gold in the 800m freestyle and bronze in the 400m freestyle.

Jaynie broke multiple national freestyle records during her competitive swimming career, at one point she held all the women's freestyle records from 100m to 1500m. She also claimed a number of national titles and in 1973 held the national title for the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events.

Gary Hurring

Gary was a gold medallist at the 1978 Edmonton Commonwealth Games (which earned him the Sportsman of the Year award, now known as the Halberg Award). His winning time of 2min 05.99s also set a Games record.

That same year he competed at the FINA World Championships in Berlin where he turned in an impressive silver medal performance in the 200m backstroke.

In 1988 he moved to Wellington to coach swimming professionally and helped set up the Capital Swim Club. Gary now works as a high performance coach for Swimming New Zealand.

Corney Swanepoel

Corney is a two time Olympic swimmer for New Zealand competing at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games. He also competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

At the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games he finished 12th in the 100m butterfly and was part of the 4x100m medley relay team that placed 5th.

Corney has also competed at four FINA World Championships (LC) and is the current New Zealand record holder in the 50m and 100m butterfly.

Craig Hudgell

Craig represented New Zealand at the 1972 Australian Winter Championships and the 1973 Australian National Championships.

He was the men's 100m and 200m backstroke national champion in 1972.

Craig also held the New Zealand record for the 200m backstroke from 1972 until 1973 with a time of 2:18.6.