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,...

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...

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...

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.

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:...

By Anchie Xu On October 15&16, eighteen Elite swimmers attended the PSW Fall Invitational at Grandview Heights Aquatic Centre. Even it was the first swim meet of the season, Elites did excellent jobs. We qualified 3 Provincial standards, 8 Divisional standards and got many personal best times. Good job, eIites! New Provincial Events: Helen Shen: 100 Breast Kieu-vy Nguyen: 50Fly Jobia Plata: 100Back New Divisional Events: Terrance Wen: 100 Free Ysabelle Guzman: 100Free Jayden Chung: 100Free, 200IM, 50Free Jayden Du: 50Fly Kieu-vy Nguyen: 200Free Helen Shen: 200IM Best Times: 100...

2022-23 PROVINCIAL AND DIVISIONAL TIME STANDARDS Divisions Please note that there has been a realignment of the divisions, with some movement of clubs between what was the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser and Island Divisions. The North and Interior Division remains the same. The new divisions are: Vancouver & Fraser Division Coastal Vancouver & Island Division North & Interior Division The breakdown of the divisions is identified in the documents below and on the standards for each division. More Information Swim BC Provincial Championship Standards Swim BC Para Provincial Championship Standards...

October Schedule Notes 1. October 1, Saturday, Killarney pool is cancelled due to Agatha attending the Coaches Conference. Age swimmers have practice at 5:45-8:00 am at Templeton pool with Junior. 2. October 10, Monday, Thanksgiving Day. No practice for all groups. 3. MIni-meet # 2 will be hosted on October 14, Friday at the original practice time and location. It will be divided into four sessions. Parents don’t need to sign your swimmer up for this mini-meet. Our coaches will sign them up and select the events. - Session 1:...

By Anchie Xu On September 17, Gators made big splashes at Renfrew pool. We have over 100 swimmers from Elites, pre-competitive and Development groups participated in the first mini-meet. It was the first try at racing for lots of new swimmers. Although the season had just started two weeks, we made many personal best times and had two swimmers qualified for the LMR standard in this meet. Good job, Gators! Congratulations to the following swimmers who newly qualified LMR standard: Jonathan Wang Duncan Huang Click here for the meet results....

Gators has a long history of senior swimmers volunteering for our summer clinic to help the young swimmers. It is a great way to give back to our community. This season, we are introducing a new Junior Leader volunteer coaching program to our members. The program will be running throughout the whole season. Junior Leader has a typical day in practice as below: - Preparing and cleaning up the equipment for the practice - Assisting with activation - In water assisting the lead coaches Benefits of joining the Junior Leader...