Shuswap Swimming

Welcome to Shuswap Swimming Team’s Website

Swim Meet Results:
We have hosted the Shuswap Swimming Team Winter Jamboree, and went to the KAJ Snowfest Invitational and had many great performances! With many new team records broken we want to encourage you to check out both the Swim Meet Results and the Team Records sections of our website to get all of the details!

Swim Meet Information:
Now that we have a couple meets under our belts, we are nearing some of local regional meets and the championship short course meets of 2012:

the KCS Valentine Splash (Kamloops Feb 4/5, 2012)
the Swim BC AA Provincial Championships (Chilliwack Feb 10-12, 2012)
the Swimming Canada Western National Championships (Winnipeg Feb 16-19, 2012)
Swim BC AAA Provincial Championships (Surrey Mar 1-4, 2012)

Check out the Swim Meet Info section of our website for current meet information and consent forms.

Registration for Pre-Competitive Session #3: January 23 – Mar 30, 2012*
We are now accepting new members for the 3rd Pre-Competitive session, along with registration into our Gold Squad competitive groups. Registration is ongoing throughout the season, space permitting.

*Note, there is no swimming taking place in Session #3 during the 2 week school Spring break.

Looking for information on how to join our team?
For those not yet members of our team but who are interested, this is a an opportunity for swimmers aged 12 and younger to get a great foundation on swimming skills for the future! All new swimmers must be evaluated by a Shuswap Swimming Team coach prior to registration.

Free Assessment:
If this is something that you are interested in trying, then please contact us for a free assessment and information about our programs! Registration is filled on a first come first serve basis … give us a try!

All swimmers must be able to complete 25m of the pool unassisted to join, and we will teach you the rest!
Please contact us at 250-804-2006 or via email at coachmike@shuswsapswimming.ca to register or set up an assessment.

We want YOU to be a part of our team … so give us a call now!

Shuswap Swimming Team Whole Team Practice:
Thursday Jan 19, 2012 3:30-4:30 pm
All of our youth aged swimmers, both in our Pre-Competitive and Competitive groups, came together at the whole team practice at the pool for some fun! It was a practice of learning, mixing and mingling of swimmers from all levels in our team, prizes, and racing. This was the final day of swiming for the 2nd Pre-Competitive Session, and for the Pre-Competitive swimmers, they should have received their report cards that day too. We hope that you all had fun, and if you missed it, we hope that you can make it to the next one … See you at the pool!

Shuswap Swimming Winter Jamboree Swim Meet: January 15, 2012
We are hosted our 2nd Jamboree meet of the season, and it was a great success! Thank you to all swimmers and parents who came out to help us run the meet, as without your assistance, it would not be possible! Also, congratulations to all swimmers on their great racing, as you represented our team very well. Check out the Swim Meet Results section of our website to get all of the details, or the Team Records section to see the updated records after the meet.

Polar Bear Swim: January 1, 2011 – 10:30 am
Once again, now in our 5th season, we have taken part in the Annual Polar Bear Swim at Canoe Beach. We had a great turnout with approximately 15 youth swimmers, 4 masters, 1 parent, 1 volunteer supporter and 1 coach take part.

We did so in an attempt to raise awareness and funds for diabetes research in honour of those who are impacted by diabetes on our team. For each of the Shuswap Swimming Team members who has come out and taken the Polar Bear plunge with us, the Shuswap Swimming Team is donating $10 (per swimmer) to the Canadian Diabetes Association, earmarking the funds for Type 1 diabetes research. Currently, as you may or may not know, we have two swimmers aged 12 or younger on our team who have Type 1 diabetes, and in our 2^nd and 3^rd seasons we also had a coach who was a Type 1 diabetic, so this activity for us is personal!

For those of you who came out, we also had a follow up brunch at PJ’s restaurant.

We hope that you all had Happy Holidays, a Happy New Year, and we look forward to seeing you all at the pool in the coming week!

Pro-D Days …
In case you are wondering, swimming is on as per our usual schedules for all of our swimming groups during Pro-D days at school. See you at the pool!

2011-2012 Swimming Season
The new swimming season started on September 19, 2011, and we are off and rolling!

For returning members, we have finalized our registration forms at the moment and have mailed them out to all of our youth members from last season. If you did not receive yours, then please contact us, and we will get you another ASAP.

2010-2011 Annual Awards Picnic: June 27, 2011 – 4:30 pm
The annual awards picnic took place at the covered picnic area of Canoe Beach on Monday June 27, 2011. All swimmers in Gold, Platinum and Provincial Plus levels and their families were invited to this pot luck affair. We had a great time, and were sorry that a few of you were not able to make it out. Click here to see a list of all of our award winners for the season! For all swimmers in our competitive squads, they received a package containing a record of all of their results from each competition for this past season, along with any awards not yet received (such as ribbons from swim meets) and any certificates from the Annual Awards Picnic. For those who were not able to attend, we sent all of your goodies out to you along with the registration information for the upcoming season.

2010-2011 Swim Meet Results:
Our team attended many meets last season, from the novice Jamboree level competitions, to regional invitiational, provincial, and even a meet in the USA too! Check to see how well we are doing throughout the coming season by going to the “Swim Meet Results,” and “Team Records” areas of our website.

Shuswap Swimming Masters Team had a great third season, and we are looking forward to an even better one starting in September 2011! This has replaced the programs for the Salmon Arm Waves. For more information, please go to our Masters Swimming Section of the website.

Here at Shuswap Swimming, it is our intention to provide every swimmer the opportunity to improve their skills, confidence and success in the pool, through a focus on swimming technique, hard work, commitment and dedication from the coaches, the athletes and their support networks. Shuswap Swimming will help teach, refine and guide athletes through the process of becoming a leader in the pool and out. Our long term mission is to become the best swim team in British Columbia for populations of 100,000 people or less.

Shuswap Swimming is a member organization of Swim BC, and Swimming Canada and the Masters Swimming Association of BC.

Please check out our website regularly for updates, or contact us for more information.

Last Updated on January 25, 2012