The
Revelstoke Masters Swim Club is again organizing the Las Vegas Swim camp
in May 2011 at the University of Las Vegas. Last year's camp was extremely
successful with several BC swimmers going on to Nationals to win titles
and medals, and many participants came home with great swimming and
coaching memories. Details can be found
here (pdf) .or
here (doc) .
Alex
Szirmai
1-877-837-9594
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The Nanaimo Swim Meet was held on November
27th. The results with splits and relay times are posted
here and the team
scores are posted below:
1. Nanaimo Ebbtides
1749
2. Victoria Masters
1636
3. English Bay Swim Club
1134
4. Comox Valley Masters
753
5. Victoria Silver Streaks
707
6. UBC Masters
510
7. Winskill Otters
222
8. Navy Masters
214
9. West Shores Masters
188
10. Unattached
145
11. Campbell River Grey Whales
140
12. Team X Triathlon
134
13. Canadian Dolphin Masters
76
14. Langley
74
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The UBC Masters Swim Meet was held on November
14th. Results are posted
here, and the
team scores are posted below:
Place Team Points
1. UBC Masters
1631
2. English Bay Swim Club
1470
3. Delta Retreads Masters Swim Club
1032
4. Winskill Otters Masters Swim Club
1016
5. White Rock Wave
653
6. Victoria Masters
630
7. Semiahmoo Masters Swim Club
569
8. Unattached BC
518
9. Hyde Creek Masters
502
10. Hyack Coquitlam
390
11. NavyMasters
361
12. Langley Olympians
301
13. North Shore Masters
257
14. Trinity Western Langley Olympians
252
15. Nanaimo Ebbtides
216
16. Revelstoke Masters Swim Team
197
17. Team X Triathlon
164
18. Hyack Burnaby
162
19. Unattached AB
140
20. UBC Dolphins Masters
77
21. Lord Byng Masters
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The Okanagan Masters Swim Club has jumped out to an early
lead in the race for this year’s League Trophy which is awarded to the team
with the highest points after completion of all our regular season meets –
League Meets - excluding Provincials. Here is how the ‘Top 10’ looks after
completion of the first 2 meets of the season held in Kelowna & North
Vancouver!
| Okanagan Masters Swim Club |
1400 |
| North Shore Masters |
862 |
| English Bay Swim Club |
776 |
| UBC Masters Swim Club |
654 |
| Hyack Masters CC |
604 |
| Winskill Otters |
534 |
| Hyde Creek Masters |
274 |
| Revelstoke Masters Swim Club |
200 |
| Victoria Masters Swim Club |
197 |
| Wine Country Masters Swim Club |
147 |
Two meets down and six to go.. the order of the Top 10
will change with the completion of each meet and a lot of that change will
depend on how many swimmers each club can muster up for each competition!
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The Comox Masters swim meet which was planned for January 2011 has been
cancelled. |
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The North Shore Masters First Annual Swim Meet was hosted on October
23rd. Results are posted
here, and the
team scores are now posted:
Place Team
Points
1 North Shore Masters
862
2 English Bay Swim Club
778
3 Hyack Masters CC
604
4 UBC Masters Swim Club
474
5 Winskill Otters
440
6 Hyde Creek
274
7 Victoria Masters
197
8 Calgary Masters Swim Club
80
9 Hyac Burnaby
77
10 Lord Byng Masters
67 |
Another MSABC swimmer, Rod Craig, has completed an English Channel swim.
He departed England on July 20th 2010. You can read about the swim
here:
midlifecrossing.com |
The North Shore Masters will be hosting their swim meet on
October 23rd. They have extended their entry deadline
to 1200 Wed Oct 20th. Get your entries in now! |
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The Winefest Swim Meet was hosted by Okanagan Masters Swim Club on October
9th. Results are posted
here, and the
team scores are now posted:
Place Team Points
1 Okanagan
Masters Swim Club 1,400
2 Revelstoke
Masters Swim Club 200
3 Ubc Masters
180
4 Wine Country
Masters Swim Club 147
5 Victoria
Silver Streaks 117
6 Winskill
Otters 94
7 Shuswap
Swimming Masters 80
8 Westside
Thunder Master Swim Club 60
8 Campbell
River Grey Whales 60
10 Kamloops
Sunstrokes
57
11 Percy Norman Wave Masters
40
12 Byng a
Lings 34 |
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The Nanaimo Ebbtides will be hosting their 30th Annual Swim Meet on
November 27th. The meet package is now posted in .pdf format:
Meet Package .pdf
Meet Package .doc
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My name is Dale Robinson, head coach for the UBC Masters
Swim Club and Lead Coach for the CDSC Masters/Tri group in Vancouver. I
am posting this in hopes that you can please pass along some information
regarding a series of Masters Swim and Triathlon camps being put together
by Kelvin Landolt of Oannes Athletics (Toronto, ON), on Margarita Island,
Venezuela, this coming January 2011.
I have been lucky to have been selected to take part in these camps as a
coach, and it would be great to see some familiar BC faces in the pool!
Here are a few quick details about the camps...
- 7 day swim or triathlon vacation at all inclusive resort with an
outdoor, 10-lane 50m pool
- available 2011 swim camp dates - January 4-11 & 18-25 (January 11-18 is
now full)
- available 2011 triathlon camps dates - January 11-18 & 18-25 at the same
resort
- more detailed info about the camps and resort can be found at:
http://www.oannesathletics.com/
- air/hotel packages have departures from Toronto or Montreal (see website
for details)
Anyone interested in obtaining additional information can email Dale
Robinson directly at
dale.p.robinson@gmail.com.
Thanks so much in advance for passing this along to your respective club
members!
Dale Robinson
Head Coach
UBC Masters Swim Club
Lead Coach
Canadian Dolphins Swim Club - Masters/Tri Group
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The North Shore Masters will be hosting their swim meet on
October 23rd. The meet package is now posted in .pdf and .doc format:
Meet Package .pdf
Meet Package .doc |
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The Okanagan Masters Swim Club will be hosting their "WINEFEST" swim meet on
October 9th. To encourage online entries, the HyTek entry file is
posted here. The meet package is now posted in .pdf and .doc format:
Meet Package .pdf
Meet Package .doc |
The Results from the Nationals held in Nanaimo during May and the BC Provincials
held in Vancouver during April are now posted on the
Results page. The team
scores are shown below.
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Our 2010 Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday 24th April. A new
Board was elected.
The agenda from the meeting is posted here:
Agenda
Draft Minutes will be available and are posted
here
2010-11 MSABC Directors
The 2010-11
election of Directors was held at the MSABC Annual General Meeting, Saturday,
April 24, 2010 in Duncan, BC. Directors were elected for a term for two years
[Bylaw 25(1)], expiring at the Annual General Meeting.
2010-2011 BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
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Aart Looye
(Winskill Otters) |
President |
2011 |
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Keith Kendal
(Victoria Masters) |
Vice
President |
2012 |
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Nancy Ryan
(Nanaimo Ebbtides) |
Secretary |
2011 |
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Melissa
Furlotte (Comox Masters) |
Treasurer |
2012 |
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Len Martel
(Victoria Masters) |
Registrar |
2012 |
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Gilles Beaudin
(English Bay) |
Editor |
2011 |
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John
McManus (NavyMasters) |
Member at
Large/Webmaster |
2012 |
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Ivan
Szasz (UBC Masters) |
Member at
Large |
2012 |
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Steve Wallace
(Victoria Masters) |
Member at
Large |
2011 |
DUTIES OF
THE DIRECTORS
On behalf of the membership, the Directors are responsible for planning and
guiding the overall affairs of MSABC. The Board establishes committees which
Directors chair. There are six Board meetings a year. While engaged in the
affairs of MSABC, board members shall be reimbursed for approved expenses that
are necessarily and reasonably incurred. [Bylaw 29] |
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Swimming from Kona to Kelowna
Kelowna –
World Master Swimmer of the Year Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen recently presented a
number of swim technique clinics in Kelowna to prepare swimmers and
triathletes for the competition season. Organized by the
Okanagan Masters Swim Club (OMSC), more than 70 swimmers participated in the
clinics.
Read more about this story
here |
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The first meet of the 2010/11 season has been
sanctioned and it is a new meet. The "Winefest"
Swim Meet will be hosted by the Okanagan Masters on October 9, 2010 in
Kelowna.
Meet information is available
here |
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Swim Las Vegas
Canadian Masters Training Camp
April 25-May 2 & May 2-9 2010
The
Swim Las Vegas
Trainings
camp is organized by the Revelstoke Master Swim club for all Canadian Master
Swimmers. The focus of training is getting you race-ready for the 50m
long-course Canadian Nationals in Nanaimo in May 2010. But even if
competition is not your main goal, the Swim Las Vegas Camp is a great way to
learn more about swim training, work on your strokes and fine tune your
swimming skills. Great coaches will cater to all level master swimmers and
tri-athletes.
For this we have hired
the 50 meter pool, a 25 yard pool plus the award winning NCAA coaching staff
of the Las Vegas Rebels University Swim Team. You stay in one of Vegas nicer
hotels within walking distance of the pool and a mile from the Vegas strip.
Cheap daily flights from anywhere in Canada to Las Vegas, lots of optional
entertainment, warm weather and great swims make for a perfect setting.
Costs: $ 755
per week. Non swimming
registrant: $ 475. Single room surcharge $ 370/week
Included:
6 days of training camp with 2 hours in the 50 meter pool in the morning,
1.5 hr. technical workouts in a 25 yard pool in the afternoon, 7 nights
hotel room based on db occupancy, room taxes, airport transfers, daily
continental breakfast and
Swim Las Vegas
T-shirt.
Excluded :
Your flights to and from Las Vegas, meals other than breakfast, personal
expenses.
You can opt to come one
week or 2 weeks. Bring a swimming partner or a non swimming partner, share a
room or book a single room. And all training sessions are optional of
course. Tri-athletes will find Vegas a stimulating area to train in, with
good weather and some great bike and run areas near Lake Mead.
Registration.
Early registration is
strongly recommended, as space is limited. Deadline for registration is
April 1, 2010 Once we receive your payment and registration, a confirmation
will be sent out to you and you can proceed with booking your flights. For
insurance purposes, all camp registrants must be a member of sanctioned
Canadian Swim organization and provide their Master swim provincial number.
If you’re not registered, a $ 40 MSABC fee applies. All registrants must
read and sign and return with their registration the waiver or liability and
assumption of risk. Click
here for information and the
registration form
For more
information contact:
Revelstoke Master
Swim Club: Alex Szirmai.
info@glacierhouse.com 877-837-9594 |
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Subject:
Cherry Blossom Masters Meet - Change of Location
We have
official notice that our Penticton pool is closed as of March 22nd,
therefore, our Cherry Blossom Masters Meet is moving to Kelowna and will
be held at the H2O Adventure & Fitness Centre. Here are the new meet
files:
Click here to download HyTek File
Click here to download paper Meet Registration Form
Click here
to download Meet Information Package |
Jock
Noble 1922 - 2009
A pioneer of masters swimming in BC,
Jock Noble, left us this past December in his 87th
year. As a young man, Jock was a member of the British SAS and was
awarded many decorations for his valour during the Second World War,
serving behind the lines in both North Africa and France. After the war
and a stint as a London bobby, Jock and his family moved to Canada where
he became a member of the Canadian military and was posted to Edmonton.
In Edmonton, he became involved in swimming when the two volunteer coaches
of his children’s swim team both moved away at the same time. After being
posted to Victoria, he carried on coaching with the Juan de Fuca Coho Swim
Club. As many do, Jock decided to stay in Victoria when he retired from
the military and carried on coaching the Coho club. Realizing most
swimmers after age 19 did not have an organized program available for them
to be able to carry on swimming and competing, he founded the Victoria
Masters Swim Club and encouraged the formation of other clubs on the
Island. For many years he was the coach and mentor of VMSC. Jock also
created the Victoria Crystal Silver Streaks with the focus on the older
swimmers for whom evening practices were not ideal. Jock stepped down
from coaching the Streaks a few years ago. Many swimmers who joined
masters because of Jock’s encouragement and were coached by him, are still
swimming, competing and setting records. VCSS is one of Jock’s legacies
and the strength of masters swimming in BC is a reflection of Jock’s
vision and contributions to our sport.
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The results for
the Victoria Masters meet
held on the 20th of
March are posted:
Click here for results
Here are the
scores for the Victoria Masters Meet:
Place Team Points
1 Victoria Masters
Swim Club Victoria Masters Swim Club 3,315
2 Winskill Otters
Masters S. C Winskill Otters Masters S. C 644
3 Victoria Crystal
Silver Streak Victoria Crystal Silver Streak 642
4 English Bay Swim
Club English Bay Swim Club 541
5 Okanagan Masters
S. C. Okanagan Masters S. C. 477
6 Pacific Northwest
Swimming Pacific Northwest Swimming 422
7 Nanaimo Ebbtides
Nanaimo Ebbtides 409
8 Calgary Masters
Swim Club Calgary Masters Swim Club 391
9 Navy Masters Swim
Team Navy Masters Swim Team 348
10 Unattached
British Columbia Unattached British Columbia 311
11 Delta Retreads
Masters Delta Retreads Masters 301
12 North Shore
Masters North Shore Masters 278
13 Hyde Creek
Masters Hyde Creek Masters 217
14 Ubc Masters Swim
Club Ubc Masters Swim Club 210
15 WestShore Masters
Swim Club WestShore Masters Swim Club 209
16 Vancouver
Pacemakers Masters Vancouver Pacemakers Masters 153
17 Comox Valley
Masters Comox Valley Masters 147
18 Tyee Tyee 146
19 Canadian Dolphin
Masters Canadian Dolphin Masters 80
20 Cowichan Aquannis
Masters Cowichan Aquannis Masters 77
21 Gooey Tubes Gooey
Tubes 76
22 Wine Country
Masters Swim Club Wine Country Masters Swim Club 50
23 Uvic Tri Club Uvic Tri Club 34
Here are the Top Ten cumulative
2009/10 team scores so far:
1. Victoria Masters - 7292
2. English Bay - 4480
3. Winskill Otters - 3079
4. Nanaimo Ebbtides - 2719
5. Comox Valley Masters - 2439
6. UBC Masters - 2400
7. White Rock Wave - 1462
8. Hyde Creek Masters - 1207
9. Navy - 1147
10. North Shore Masters - 942 |
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Here are the
scores for the January 24th Comox Valley Masters Meet:
Place Team Points
1 Comox Valley
Masters Club Comox Valley Masters Club 1,584
2 Victoria Masters
Victoria Masters 1,482
3 Navy Masters Navy
Masters 799
4 Nanaimo Ebbtides
Nanaimo Ebbtides 764
5 English Bay
English Bay 616
6 Winskill Otters
Winskill Otters 308
7 Vic Crystal Silver
Streaks Vic Crystal Silver Streaks 191
8 Calgary Calgary
160
9 Calgary Clippers
Calgary Clippers 141
10 Hyack Hyack 140
11 Cowichan Aquanis
Masters Cowichan Aquanis Masters 80
12 Ubc Masters Ubc
Masters 71
13 C R Grey Whales C
R Grey Whales 60
13 Washington
Washington 60
15 WestShore Masters
WestShore Masters 53
16 Ravensong Masters Ravensong
Masters 40
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Here is the
HyTek Meet Manager file for the Vic Masters meet on the 20th of February:
Click here to download HyTek File |
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There will
be a series of Stroke Clinics held in Kelowna this March. These sessions
will be hosted by world-renowned masters swimmer and coach, Karlyn
Pipes-Nielson. Karlyn is travelling from her home base in Kona, Hawaii to
spend 5 days with us in Kelowna (March 11th through the 15th). Karlyn will
be providing 5 Freestyle clinics (maximum 12 swimmers per session), 1
Multi-stroke clinic (maximum 12 swimmers), and 1 Open Water clinic (maximum
25 swimmers). Not to worry...your open water session will not be held in
the lake!
Here are
the links for the application forms:
Multi-stroke Clinic - Saturday March 13th, 2009 3:00-7:30 pm
Open Water Swim Clinic - Sunday, March 14th from 10:00 am-12:00 noon
Freestyle Stroke Clinic - Mar 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15th |
