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October 17, 2009
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DATE OF THE OFFICIALS CLINIC HAS BEEN CHANGED - IT IS NOW ON OCTOBER 20.
October 16, 2009
October 16, 2009
H1 N1 information - please read
Cold and flu season is upon us, and there is much concern regarding the spread of respiratory disease.
Prevention is the first defence. We have adopted the following guidelines from the Public Health Agency of Canada, which recommends the following:
The most important factors to consider in controlling the spread of the pandemic (H1N1) influenza virus are:
• Early identification of ill children exhibiting symptoms of H1N1
• Exclusion from the setting of anyone ill with symptoms of H1N1
• Practicing cough/sneeze etiquette (cough and/ or sneeze into tissue or elbow)
• Frequent hand washing with soap and water for 20 seconds
Symptoms of H1N1 are:
• Fever
• Cough
• Sore throat
• Body aches
• Headache
• Chills and fatigue
• Occasionally, vomiting and diarrhea
If you suspect your child may have H1N1 or the seasonal flu, please keep him or her home and away from other people until he or she is better.
To speak with a nurse, contact HealthLink BC at 8-1-1, 24 hours a day. For more information on H1N1, please go to www.gov.bc.ca/h1n1.
October 16,2009
Our Oct 10 2009 Intra Club Meet went very well. Swimmer swam some very good races despite only being in the water a short period of time.
Thank you to all the parents who came out to support their children and help with timing/officiating.
A big thank you to Dorothy Clark who provided the water and treats for the officials and coaches!!
Please help out at all meets. We need new and experienced members to help out to make your child's sport a success. Whether is it L/A OSC hosting a swim meet or your child is at another swim meet help is needed. You do not have to be an experienced swimming person to work a stop watch or help out in any capacity. If you have any clinics you would like to take to become more experienced and or certified please let us know.
October 14, 2009
Fin Decorating Contest
We are running a fin decorating contest for all our 10 and under swimmers on the week of October 26. Click here for full details.
October 7, 2009
Most current newsletter now available in members only section.
Swimathon 2009
The swimathon packs are going out to all swimmers this week. These packs contain pledge forms for swimmers to raise money to offset their fundraising dues paid at registration. You can ask family members, friends and neighbours to sponsor your efforts at the Swimathon in November. Listed below are the times and dates for each group and you need to bring a parent or older person (13 yrs or older) to count your laps.
Stroke Improvement and Provincial Groups will swim Fri Nov 6th 4:00-6:15pm
Olympic Way/Junior Olympians/Mini Olympians will swim Sat Nov 7th 7:00-8:15am
There will be a team breakfast following the swimathon on Sat Nov 7th 9:00am-10:00am at a location to be advised. This is for all swimmers and parents.
October 2, 2009
Officials Clinic - October 21
There is an officials clinic coming up this month in North Van on Oct 21. Many of you may have read the email and wondered if this course applies to you. The answer to this question is........YES. If you have a child in swim club you should be getting some certification in order to help out at swim meets. The minimum qualification for parents should be a level one timers course. This course is a great introduction to how swim meets are run and what your role is as a timer. As your child moves up to higher level meets you would then want to consider taking a course at a higher level. These are great opportunities to meet parents from other clubs and create some new on deck relationships.
The following list should give you a good idea of levels of certification that are good to have:
Jr Olympians and Olympic Way - timer
Regional and Stroke Improvement - timer, chief timer and starting to work on stroke and turn
Provincial group - stroke and turn, clerk of course, meet manager, starter
National group - parents should be well on their way to level 3 official and working towards level 4 and 5 referee
At this time in swimming there are very few referees that still have children swimming and it is getting harder to find senior officials to help run our meets. In order for our senior parents to get their level 4 and 5 badges we need more parents to take over roles of starter, clerk of course and meet manager so that we have a wide range of officials to utilize within our club. If you have taken your timers certifiction and are not sure what course to take then please let me know and I can tell you where we need the most help.
If you wish to carpool to the officials clinic in North Van please contact Linda at lindajmetcalfe@telus.net as she has room in her vehicle for 6 more parents.
October 2, 2009
INTRACLUB MEET OCTOBER
We have our first IntraClub Meet of the year at Walnut Grove Pool in Langley on Saturday October 10. This is a great opportunity for you to see how well your kids are swimming and what they have learnt so far this year. NO PRACTISE ON THANKSGIVING
There will be no practise on Monday October 12 as this is Thanksgiving Day. Enjoy the long weekend and see you at regular practise on Wednesday October 14.
August 12, 2009REGISTRATION DATES AND 2009-10 TRAINING SCHEDULE
Wednesday Sept 9th & Friday Sept 11th 4:00-6:00pm (At Matsqui Rec Centre)
Saturday Sept 12th 9:00am-12:00pm (At Matsqui Rec Centre)
Programs start Monday Sept 14th
August 12, 2009
Jake Tapp (LOSC) in World Record Breaking Team
Britsh Grand Prix, Leeds England (25m pool)
Jake Tapp was the lead off for the Mens 4 x 100m IM relay team which broke the World Short Course Record in Leeds this week. His 100m backstroke swim (50.60) earned him a new Canadian Record and helped his team to win Gold and and take the World Record (3:23.53) set last year by Russia. Jake also won Gold in the 100m Backstroke individual event in a time of 50.68. He managed to break another Canadian Record in the 100m IM (53.81); place 4th in the 50m backstroke (23.97) a new LOSC Club Record and 5th in the 200m backstroke (1:54.09) setting yet another LOSC Club Record).
Chelsey Salli was also competing in Leeds where she was 8th in the 200m IM (2:12.94) and 400m IM (4:41.35) breaking the B.C. Record for 15-17 year girls. She was placed 6th in the 200m breaststroke (2:27.69), 8th in the 100m breast (1:09.28) nad 10th in the 100m IM (1:04.32).
North American Challenge Cup, California (50m pool)
Olivia Montgomery was a member of the Canadian team who took part in this 3 day event featuring top age group swimmers from Canada, USA and Mexico. Canada won the event overall with 801 points, USA 2nd with 624 points and Mexico 3rd with 553.5 points. Olivia won Silver in the 200m freestyle (2:04.49) and Bronze in the 800m free (4:28.72).
US Open Federal Way Seattle (50m pool)
Melanie Dodds and Charlie Tapp were both at this meet in Seattle, Melanie placing 7th in the 400m IM "B" final (4:53.86) and 8th in the 200mIM "C" final (2:19.39). Charlie set a new LOSC Club Record in the 50m freestyle "B" final (22.83).
Well done to all these swimmers, we are very proud of you!
June 29, 2009
June 27 IntraClub Meet and Year End Award winners
Well done to all swimmers who attended the IntraClub meet on Saturday and to all swimmers in Team O who won the Candy Cup! Please see the link below for the list of Year End Award winners.
Thank you to all the parents who helped out this weekend. We cannot run the meets without you.
Special thanks to Sheila MacDonald who helped with inputting the results so we could determine a winner.
Swimmers of the Month
Our final Swimmer of the Month is for Sportmanship. This was awarded to the following swimmers;
Regional Group - Jessica Toews
Olympic Way - Tobyn Smith
Stroke Improvement - Connor Green
Well done guys!
June 19, 2209
Abbotsford Olympians Stars and Record Breakers!
A belated congratulations to Hannah Weinkauf who had some fantastic swims at the LMR Championships in Burnaby 5 - 7 June. She was placed 2nd in the 100m Butterfly in a time of 1:36.11, 4th in 100m Backstroke 1:35.42 and 5th in 50m Freestyle 37.29. Well done Hannah!
Bevan Waller has just broken the AOSC TOPs club record for 100m IM in a time of 1:59.22. TOPS stands for Tiny Olympian Prospects, which our 10 and under swimmers participate in during the year. These take place four times a year and each age group takes part in a distance freestyle swim and an IM swim. The results are then published in the Swim News Magazine where the swimmers can see how they compare with other swimmers of their age in Canada. Way to go Bevan!
June 15, 2009
Pre-registration forms have now been completed for all swimmers and are available in the swimmers box at the pool. Please note that if you pre-register for Fall 2009 before July 31, the family membership fee is $90 rather that $100. This fee is applicable to all groups
June 11, 2009
Swimmers of the Month-May
Swimmer of the Month was for Positive Attitude. Our winners were;
Regional Group - Peyton Smith
Olympic Way - Brenna Wiens
Stroke Improvement - Aman Badhan
Well done swimmers!
June 4, 2009
July Swimming Schedule
We are currently taking registration for July swimming. This is open to all current AOSC swimmers and new members age 5 years and up. See the link below to view session days and times.
All Summer swimming will be done at Walnut Grove Pool.
May 25, 2009
LAOSC Novice Results
Congratulations to all those who attended this past weekend's Novice meet.
We had one new Regional qualifier, congrats Peyton Smith (10) who made her LMR Regional Times.
A special thanks to all the parents who helped time. Thank you we cannot run the meet without you.
May 11, 2009
July Swim Schedule
Please note that all practices will be run out of Walnut Grove Pool
Swimmer of the Month - April
Swimmer of the month for April is for the Hardest Worker. AOSC winners are;
Regional Group - Hannah Weinkauf
Olympic Way - Katelyn Charest
Stroke Improvement - Emma Vig
Congratulations girls and keep up the hard work!
Novice Meet Results
Thank you to all swimmers who attended the meet this weekend. We had some great swims with a lot of personal bests.
Swim meets are a great way to see improvement in your child's strokes and attitude.
Thank you again to all the timers and officials who helped out!
Apr. 9, 2009
In Honour of Wendy Ladner-Beaudry
In honour of Vancouver Pacific Swim Club parent Wendy Ladner-Beaudry, Langley Olympians and Abbotsford Olympians have made a donation to KIDSPORT BC. We hope that this donation will help to support Wendy's dream of providing sport to all the children of British Columbia. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family at this time.
With warmest sympathy,
Brian, Linda, Martha, Hillary and all of our coaching staff.
Apr. 6, 2009
Website Quiz
This month we`re asking 10 & under swimmers to fill in a Website questionnaire. Moms and Dads can help out as well as older siblings.
Click here to download the quiz. Click Print, complete and return to your coach by May 6th in order to receive a prize.
April 6, 2009
Swimmer of the Month - March
Swimmer of the month for March is for Coachability. Our winners are:
Regional Group - Peyton Smith
Olympic Way - Jayden Watrin
Stroke Improvement - Raphael Cho
Well done to you all and keep up the good work!
Mar. 31, 2009
LOSC Long Course Meet Sat March 28/Sun March 29
A big well done to Hannah Weinkauf, Robyn Nakano, Nate Ansell and Helen Wagner who attended the LOSC Long Course meet at the weekend. Not only was this the first Regional Meet these swimmers have attended, it was also the first time for all of them competing in a 50 metre pool! They all rose brilliantly to the challenge and produced some awesome swims. Way to go guys!
Mar. 26, 2009
January TOPS Results
Wow, we have had some great results with our TOPs swims. Look at our 10 & unders and how they stack up compared to the rest of Canada!
March 4th 2009
Swimmers of the Month
Swimmer of the Month for February is for Leadership. This months winners are:
Regional Group - Jessica Toews
Olympic Way - Alina Blakey
Stroke Improvement - Helen Wagner
Well done to all our winners who show true team spirit and leadership qualities that inspire the rest of the team!
Feb 26th 2009
Robyn Nakano - new Regional Qualifier!
Well done to Robyn Nakano who achieved her Regional Qualifying times at the LAOSC 10 and under Novice meet at the weekend. Robyn is now eligible to attend all the Lower Mainland Regional Meets. Congratulations to Robyn!
Feb 10th 2009
Jessie Gibson achieves AA Provincial Times!
Jessie Gibson attended the LMR Championship meet on the weekend of January 30th and 31st where she not only smashed a number of the 11-12 Club records but she also achieved AA times in all her swims. This is an incredible achievement and Jessie has now been invited to swim in the Provincial Group in Langley. Well done Jessie, you're a star!
Feb 5th 2009
Congratulations to Peyton Smith
Peyton Smith has been invited to move up to Regional Group. She has shown dedication and commitment to the group during her tryout period and moves up full time this month. Well done Peyton!
Tax Receipts now available
Please be advised that Adrienne has all tax receipts. The receipts need to be collected by an adult and you may come on deck next practise to get them. If you rely on your kids to bring them home and they lose them, we will have to charge you for a replacement.
Thank you.
Feb 4th 2009
Swimmer of the Month
Swimmer of the month for January is for attendance on time to practise and swim meet attendance. Congratulations go out to:
Regional Group - Robyn Nakano
Olympic Way - Justin Chae
Stroke Improvement and Conditioning - Maddy Hay
Well done to all three of you and keep up the good work.
Jan. 26, 2009 LAOSC Novice MeetIt was quite the meet with some great relays to finish. Thank you to all the parents, grandmas and grandpas and aunts and uncles who showed up, helped out and make this meet successful. We cannot do it without you! We had 100 swimmers show up to this weekend's events including swimmers from the Hyack Swim Club. Congratulations go out to Hannah Weinkauf who made her LMR Regional Qualifying times. This allows them to go to Lower Mainland Regional Meets and Invitationals. Congratulations Hannah and we hope to see you at the LMR Meets! Click here for results
Jan. 20, 2009 LAOSC 10 & under Crossword Puzzle10 & unders can download this crossword puzzle, complete it and hand it in to their coaches for a prize. Please Note: Crossword uses spaces in clues with 2 words. Make sure you put them in! Click here for crossword!
Jan. 20, 2009
January 24 Novice Meet Time Change
A reminder the novice meet on Saturday, January 24th will start at 6:45-11:30am. Please be on deck at that time ready to stretch and swim fast!
Please remember there is no Regional or Stroke Improvement and Conditioning Practice that morning!
Jan. 1 2009
Swimmer of the Month - December - Most Improved Start, Turns and Technique
Congratulations to all of the Swimmers of the Month. This month's swimmers were recognized for their improved starts, turns and techniques.
Way to go!
Regional - Jake Letkemann
SIC - Nate Ansell
OW - Madeline Charest
Next month is for LEADERSHIP. All swimmers of the month must have swam in the highest level competition they are eligible for in order to qualify.
Dec. 15, 2008
INTRACLUB Meet Results
Wow, with almost 100 athletes at the meet, the December 13th intraclub meet was a great success.
Thank you to all the parents who helped volunteer, provide refreshments or start/referee.
For those of you who attended the Brunch after the meet thanks for a great time and great food!
Click here to see results!
Dec. 1 2008
Canada Cup - Toronto
It was an exciting weekend of racing in Toronto at this year's Canada Cup. National level swimmers from all over the country were in attendance as well as Standford University's swim team.
Swimmers at the meet broke many National and Age Group National records were broken but the culminating swim was a world record breaking swim by Julia Smit from Standford University. Her WR swim in the 400 IM was 4:25.87 SC.
Langley swimmers in attendance at the meet were Melanie Dodds and Chelsey Salli.
Chelsey Salli was 6th in the 200 Breaststroke and 12th in the 100 IM.
Melanie Dodds was 8th in the 200 IM and 10th in the 400 IM.
Way to go girls!
Nov. 25, 2008
LAOSC 10 & Under Colouring Contest
Click to download a copy of the Colouring Contest.
Return to your coach before December 19th for a prize!
Nov. 24, 2008 LAOSC Novice MeetGreat job to all the swimmers who turned out for our November 22 Novice Meet. We had plenty of fast swimming from all age groups. Thanks to all the parents who helped out with timing; we can`t do it without you. A special thank you to the Clark Family who provided refreshments. Click here for ResultsHope to see you all at the Dec. 13 IntraClub Meet and Christmas Brunch
Nov. 18, 2008
Newsletter #2
Click here for the Newsletter!
Oct. 16, 2008
LAOSC IntraClub Results
Congratulations to all swimmers who participated in this past weekend's IntraClub Meet. It was extremely successful with over 100 athletes attending.
We had a new regional qualifier who broke the 4:00 200 IM and 5:40 300 freestyle barrier.
Way to go Chelsey Borrowdale!!!!! She is eligible to attend all LMR meets within the Region.
A special thank you to all the parents who helped out with timing, starting or refereeing. We can't put these events on without you. Hopefully we'll see you out at our LOSC Remembrance Day Invitational.
Thank you to Dorothy Clark for providing food for the timers/officials and coaches.
Our next Novice Meet is Sat Nov 22 9:15-11:30am. This will be for swimmers who do not have the Regional Qualifying times in 300 free & 400 im or other swimmers who choose to participate.
Click here for results!!!
Great work!
Fri. October 3, 2008
Parent Coach Meetings
On Wednesday 8th October I plan to meet with all parents to discuss how we will be organising your child/childrens swimming this season. I will not be discussing individual children at this point but am happy to talk to you at a convenient time if you have any concerns about your child.
Regional parents will meet with me from 5 - 5.30pm
Olympic Way and Stroke Improvement parents will meet with me from 6 - 6.30pm
Both meetings will take place in the Daycare Room at the pool.
I hope you can make it and look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.
Adrianne
Mon. September 8, 2008
Adrianne Goodey, New AOSC Head Coach
The Abbotsford Olympians Swim Club would like to welcome Adrianne Goodey as its new Head Coach. Adrianne has grown up around swimming pools and has an extensive background in coaching age group swimming. Her last positions were in Great Britain coaching swimmers aged 12 & under. Adrianne brings a new perspective and new skills to our already great coaching staff.
Welcome Aboard!
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