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Psych Sheets for 2013 Senior Circuit 1 Now Posted

The psych sheets for the 2013 Senior Circuit 1 meet are now posted.

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Times Corrected for FAST Meet Schedule

Please note the times for the first three PCS FAST Meets, part of our school swim program,  have been corrected to 11:00am - 2:00pm. You can find the corrected times on the PCS Events Page or the PCS Google Events Calendar.

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Great Turn Out for the 2013-2014 AGM

Over 50 people turned out to the Cedars Room at Saanich Commnwealth Place on a sunny Sunday for the PCSPA Annual General Meeting.  It was a full agenda including: short presentations from the coaches and board members, a vote on a change to our constitution, the election of our new board and...cookies!

I'd like to thank all of the 2012-2013 Board Members for all of  their hard work, service and commitment for the past year! It was a pleasure working with you.

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Rod Barratt Named U14 BC Swim Coach of the Year

Rod Barratt - 2013 SwimBC U14 Coach of the Year

PCS B-group coach Rod Barratt was this year’s winner of the BC Swim Coaches Association Coach of the Year for the 14 & under age group. The award was presented at the Swim BC Awards Banquet held at the Fairmont Whistler resort on Saturday, September 21st. Congratulations Rod!

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Masters Swimming at UVic Starting October 1st

Come for an early morning Masters swim at UVic, McKinnon Pool.

Sessions are available starting October 1, 2013 on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 6:30-7:30am and on Saturday from 10:00-11:00am.

Payment is by punch card, which can be purchased from Coach Aleana on deck for $75 for 10 swims.

Other Masters swimming opportunities can be found on the PCS Masters page.

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PCS at Prospects Team Camp

Congratulations to the following PCS girls who were selected to the Swim BC 13-14 Prospects Team. Their selection is based on last summer's performances at Provincial Championships and Age Group Nationals.

Allison Ballantyne, Blair McDowell, Jordan Andrusak, Lauren Crisp and Molly Gowans. The girls will travel to Vancouver for the Prospects Team Camp October 17-20. Coach Rod Barratt was also selected to coach at the camp.

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Pacific Coast Swimming Parents Association Annual General Meeting

Another season of swimming has started and as the new season begins, it is also time for the Pacific Coast Swimming Parents Association (PCSPA) Annual General Meeting.

We would like to get as many people out to the AGM as possible, so we have combined the event on the same night as Swim with the Vikes.  Come bring your swimmer down to Saanich Commonwealth Place to swim with some of the University of Victoria athletes and attend the AGM while the kids are in the pool.

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2014 UVPCS Wavemaker Meet

Wavemaker - (weyv-mey-ker) – noun
1) Someone or something that generates an area of moving water that is raised above the main surface of an ocean, a lake or pool.
2) An annual swim meet hosted by UVPCS, this year on April 25-27, where officials and volunteers wear tropical-themed clothing, athletes swim quickly and a good time is had by all.

Jon McKay finishes with two medals at Canada Games

Pulled from swimbc.ca:

Jon McKay (UVPCS) wrapped up the Canada Games for Team BC with an impressive performance which yielded him two medals in the final 24 hours of the Games swimming competition.

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Canada Games

Jon McKay won the 1500 Freestyle at Canada Games in a time of 15:40.35, nine seconds ahead of his nearist competitor!  Way to go Jon!

This marks yet another age group club record for Jon, who has been breaking many records in both Freestyle and Butterfly this summer.

Jon will conclude his Canada Games experience Friday with a 5km open water race.  Go Jon!

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