On the weekend of June 23rd, UVIC-PCS hosted the 2012 BC AA Long Course Championships. Approximately 350 swimmers from around the province were in attendance to compete for medals, personal bests and a chance for a AAA times.
As always, meets like this depend on the time and commitment of our volunteers. A big "Thank-You!" to all those who provided food donations and came out to time, officiate or provide hospitality services! The meet was a huge success.
PCS is hosting the 2012 BC AA Long Course Championships this weekend and your help is needed to make this a great event. Approximately 350 swimmers from around BC will be attending the AA meet and volunteers and food donations are still needed for every session.
If you will be at the pool this weekend and are able to help out, please send an email to meets@pacificcoastswimming.com.
Vikes and UVPCS Open Water swimmer Richard Weinberger qualified for the Olympic Games in Portugal this morning, capturing a silver medal in the 10 km qualifying race in a time of 1:45:30.2.
After a rough start where he lost his goggles, Weinberger slowly moved up in the pack. At the first lap timed, he was in 49th position, and nearly 30 seconds behind the leaders. He gradually moved his way up the field to 5th place with one lap to go.
Our pools and deck areas are closed starting Monday July 9 until Monday September 17, 2012. This closure also includes our annual maintenance shutdown September 3-16.
The purpose of the closure is for safe removal and replacement of the large skylight system over the centre of the pool.
PCS swimmer Rachael Newman is in Tucson, Arizona this weekend, competing as a member of Team BC. Follow her progress on our live results site. Go Rachael go!
KidSport™ is a community based sport-funding program established in 1993 by Sport BC. KidSport™ provides grants for children ages 5 – 18 to participate in a sport season of their choice. There are over 35 community chapters in BC and over 175 chapters across Canada. KidSport™ works to fulfill its mission of eliminating the financial barriers to sport participation, ‘So ALL Kids Can Play!’ For more information, please visit www.kidsport.ca & www.kidsportvictoria.ca.
25 swimmers and their coaches made the short trek to Nanaimo for their annual long course invitational this past weekend. A few performances stood out including David Sikli achieving his first Age Group National standard in the 50m BR. Armaan Gill made his first 10 and Under AA time in the 50m FR while David Hiebert made his first 12 Year Old AA time in the 100m BK after narrowly missing it in a number of events.
This weekend in Madrid, Victoria triathlete Brent McMahon managed to secure a 3rd spot for the London Olympic team. McMahon has been training for the swimming leg of his specialty with UVPCS' open water swimmers since returning to the sport a year and a half ago. The qualification makes Canada the 8th (and final) country in the world to qualify 3 men in the triathlon for 2012. McMahon joins fellow Olympic qualifiers Simon Whitfield and Kyle Jones in heading to London, an incredible feat considering he was recently relegated to the sideli
Come join us for the PCS 10th Anniversary BBQ and Pool party on June 17th at Saanich Commonwealth Place. Help us celebrate 10 years of swimming excellence.
The party begins at 6:00PM with a mix and mingle outdoors (back of the SCP building where the team photo was taken). Then at 6:30PM we start the BBQ and serve some food. The pool party goes from 7:00-8:00 with a social upstairs with an adults only bar area.
Bring your squirtguns and pool toys and prepare to have some fun!
