UVic may be closing the outdoor pool at the Ian Stewart complex indefinitely. A few PCS parents have organized a farewell/save-the-pool event for tomorrow. The idea is to pack the pool with as many people as possible to demonstrate how useful the facility is to everyone.
The Save the Pool event will take place on Friday, October 10, 2014 at 12:00-12:30pm at the Ian Stewart Outdoor Pool.
Stop the closing of the pool by joining us on deck or in the water. Let's pack the pool and make a splash!
Congratulations to all of the PCS swimmers whose hard efforts last season resulted in their being named to the Swim BC and SNC development teams. Selection was based on LC performances in the 2013-14 season. Well done athletes and Coaches Rod Barratt, Brent Gaudreau and Cody Flegel (Lucas Tyler).
SNC National Junior ID team: Lauren Crisp, Molly Gowans, Lucas Tyler
Swim BC Youth Junior Team: Lucas Tyler, Eden Kormendy, Molly Gowans
Swim BC Prospects Team: Jessica Luo, Sophie Tarrant, Allison Ballantyne
Congratulations to our coaches and swimmers on being awarded the 11 & Under Coaching Staff of the Year for 2013-14 at the recent BCSCA/Swim BC Awards evening. The award goes to Mark Lancaster, Dave Creel, Cody Flegel, Brent Gaudreau and Ryan Slater for the hard work and performances of their young charges. Well done all!
Just a reminder to everyone that the 2014-2015 PCSPA Annual General Meeting is taking place this Sunday, October 5, 2014 fro 11:30am to 1:00pm at Saanich Commonwealth Place.
The AGM takes place at the same time as the "Swim with the Vikes" event. Bring your swimmers to the pool for some fun with the senior athletes and join us for the meeting to learn more about your club!
Jon McKay raced in the 10km Open Water race yesterday, winning his second silver medal of the competition after his club record performance in the 1500 Fr on Wednesday. The junior Pan Pacific 10km race was combined with the senior Pan Pacific Championship open water field after their race was postponed due to water quality concerns, making the field much quicker and experienced than expected. Jon stayed with the front pack until about 500m to go before falling back, easily beating all but one of the junior competitors.
Racing for Canada in Maui yesterday, Jon McKay came away with a Silver Medal in the 1500m Freestyle in a new PCS Senior Record time of 15:21.82. Jon also swam the heats of the 200 butterfly yesterday in a new best time of 2:02.72 which put him 10th overall, and second Canadian, but he scratched at night to focus on the 1500 final.
There is only one week of Swimming Camp left! The last week starts this Monday August 11th at 9am and runs until Friday the 15th. There is still space available so hurry up and register before itès too late! Registration is open until the end of the first day and can be found at http://vikescamps.com/sport-development-camps/ . For Ages 8-12, Lightning Fast Level 3/Red Cross Level 6 and up.
