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January schedule change note January 6, Friday, Templeton has service training. Age’s practice is cancelled. Elite's practice on January 5, Thursday and January 6, Friday, at Hillcrest, are cancelled. January 5, Thursday, Elite B joins Elite A's practice from 4:30-7:00 pm at JCC. January 7, Saturday, Elite has practice at Templeton from 5:45-8:00 am. January 7, Saturday, Junior’s practice at Templeton is cancelled. Junior has practice at Renfrew pool from 6:45-8:45 pm instead. January 8, Sunday, Elite A/B and Senior have practice from 7:45-10:00am at Templeton. Age and Junior has...

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By Anchie Xu On December 16 -18, we had 25 swimmers from Elite A/B, Senior and Age attend the Richmond Rapids FastMeet. It was the last swim meet in 2022, and our coaches and swimmers were excited about it. For some young swimmers, it was an excellent experience to have a preliminaries and finals meet and swim with higher-level athletes. The meet was long and tiring, but our swimmers did a fantastic job. We broke 6 new club records, got 95 personal best times, and achieved 2 new Provincial and...

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Killarney has annual maintenance from January 3-29, 2023. Please click the links below to view the temporary training schedule. Elite group January schedule Pre-competitive and Development January schedule (Killarney groups) Age group has practice on January 7, 14, 21, and Saturday at 5:45-8:00 am at Templeton pool. On January 28 &29, we are attending the LMR champs. The pools are facing big challenges in finding lifeguards to fill out the shifts due to the staff shortage and unforeseen staff sick leaves; our pool times might get cancelled or reduced due...

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By Leo Zhi, On Sunday, January 18, Gold, Silver, Bronze, Alligator, and Crocodile A, B, and C attended the Chena Developmental Meet at the Harry Jerome Pool in North Vancouver. One of the highlights of this meet was the Santa Claus relay. Swimmers retrieved different items to place in Santa’s bag, who then had to bring the bag to the other side (images attached). For many swimmers, this was the first time experiencing a multi-club swim meet. We are very proud of all of our swimmers for their performance. The...

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By Agatha Leung On December 4th, Senior and Age group attended the Delta Long Distance Meet. Our swimmers tackled their fear of long distance events head on with great results. While it was many of their first times officially racing in a long distance event, their best times show that they should have nothing to be worried about. Great job swimmers! Meet results click here.

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By Daniel Camacho Hollyburn Invitational was on November 26th and 27th, 2022. Gators Swim Team was present with 58 swimmers from Elite, Senior, Junior and Age groups. Age and Junior swimmers took the lead on the first day of the competition, representing the club with a good performance. By the second day of competition, the Elite and Senior groups added to the numbers, raced and reinforced the good performance of the team. Keep up the good work, parents, coaches and swimmers! Go Gators! New qualified provincial events: Ryan Wang: 100free,...

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1. On December 4, Sunday, Senior and Age are attending the Delta long-distance meet. Practice at Templeton is cancelled. Junior has practice on December 3, Saturday, 6:45-8:45 pm at Renfrew. Senior, Junior’s practice on December 3, Saturday, 5:45-8:00 am at Templeton will be the same as scheduled. 2. December 10, Saturday, 1:00-4:00 pm, Gators Christmas Party at 6 Pack Indoor Beach. 3. Elite A/B’s practice on December 15, Thursday, 5:45-7:30 am, at Hillcrest is cancelled. Elite B has practice with Elite A at 4:45-7:00 pm at Killarney. 4. On December...

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By Octavian R. On Sunday, November 13th, 33 Gators from Gold, Silver, Bronze, Alligator and Crocodile A/B/C attended West Vancouver Otter Swim Club Development Meet. It was great that all of our young swimmers met and raced with the other clubs, and they did such an amazing job. Most of our swimmers swam 3 events during this meet, and they brought back some Bellringer Prizes from Otters, and they really loved it. Congratulations to Sam Halton qualified for the LMR standards at this meet. We also have many others who...

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1.November 11, Friday, Remembrance Day. No practice for all groups. 2. November 26, Saturday morning practice: Age practice at Killarney is cancelled for the Hollyburn LMR. Elite A/B, Senior and Junior will keep the practice as usual. 3. November 26, Saturday 6:00-8:45pm Renfrew, Elite’s practice is cancelled. 4. November 27, Sunday, Senior, Age and Junior practice are cancelled for the Hollyburn LMR.

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By Agatha Leung On October 29th and 30th, Gators attended the Winskill LMR meet at Watermania. It was most of our swimmers’ first meet of the year, and they did a great job. Winskill Dolphins brought back their Bellringer Prize which was a fun addition to the meet. Some swimmers have qualified for several events with this years’ updated Divisional and Provincial time standards, as well as many others who received best times in multiple events. Amazing start to the season, keep it up Gators! New Provincial Events: Ryan Wang:...