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The lane ropes have been put away and the swimmers have left the building. The 2014 John Grootveld Sr Officials Classic provided more than 5,000 opportunities for 830 athletes to swim during the four day meet. This accomplishment was the direct result of your enthusiastic participation -- volunteering to step out onto the deck and work 490 positions over seven sessions. Job well done, TSC! Thank you, Malcolm Binns Meet Manager for the 2014 John Grootveld Sr Officials Classic & Laura Pratt TSC Club Officials Chair
Alexis Bragman (National Group) was selected by Swim Ontario to attend the Provincial “Train to Compete” Camp held in Waterloo from April 11-13th. Alexis was selected for the females born in 1998 group, and selection was based on the sum of FINA points (3 Events) accumulated from two (2) different Olympic Events not including the IM’s, plus either the 200 IM or the 400 IM. Coach Charles Kim also attended the camp. Congratulations Alexis!
Congratulations to Kaitlin Gervais (National Group) who competed in her very first 10K open water race in Fort Myers, Florida on April 12. Open Water Results: Females: Zsofi Balazs placed 6th, Heather Maitland placed 11th, and Kaitlin Gervais placed 20th Males: Zack Chetrat placed 19th Congratulations!
TSC gets set to kick off the Long Course racing season at the John Grootveld Senior Officials Classic, Thursday, April 10-Sunday, April 13 at the University of Toronto Pool. This meet is held in memory of John Grootveld Senior, respected as one of the top volunteer/officials in Canada. An OSOA memorial fund is set up to help educate swimming officials in Ontario. TSC contributes $0.60 from every swim at this meet to support swim officials' education. TSC would like to welcome to following clubs racing this weekend: Cobra Swim Club...
Oliver Straszynski (National) was among 24 swimmers selected by Swimming Canada to attend a Male Junior Relay Camp in Victoria B.C, April 6-7. Coach Bill O’Toole was also in attendance at this camp. The goal was to identify and develop a group of male 100 and 200 freestyles capable of winning a medal in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. Swimmers were assessed based on their performance during dry-land activation, warm ups, test sets and warm downs. At the end of the camp 12 swimmers were identified to attend a relay based...
TSC's best are in Victoria, BC for the Canadian Swimming Trials! Competition takes place at the Saanich Commonwealth Place, April 2-5. LIVE RESULTS
Dear TSC Families, We hope you enjoy the first edition of our freshly designed newsletter, Keep Swimming! In this edition of Keep Swimming! we asked our TSC coaches tell us what their incredible swimmers have accomplished this Fall and Winter. Read on TSC family. You will be amazed… Click here If you have questions, comments or feedback, we’re happy to hear from you at [email protected] All the best, Rhonda Cohen Board Member, Communications
Congratulations to TSC parent, Berna Aricibasi, who recently obtained her Level 3 Officials status! Moving up the officials’ ladder is a gift to TSC and the swimming community parents like Berna give generously and selflessly. And now, “Berna’s Top 10 Reasons for Moving Up The Officials’ Ladder”: #10: Because Officials always have the best seats at the pool! #9: Because Officials get to wear white, even in the winter. #8: Because I’ve always wanted to know the difference between an ‘extended layout’...
Registration for the Toronto Summer Swim Camp is now open! Our coaching staff is looking forward to another great summer at the beach. This year the camp will run for 8 weeks, beginning July 2nd. We have three registration options: 1. Register online at: www.swimtoronto.com 2. Mail in registration with cheque - form can be downloaded from www.swimtoronto.com 3. Email registration form and bring payment on first day. Questions? Contact Bob Hayes [email protected] 416-819-9484
