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Belleville – The Belleville Youth Swim Team hosted their first of four meets this season and nearly 400 athletes attended. The BYST posted a remarkable 90 percent personal best times and earned 108 medals; 48 gold, 35 silver and 25 bronze. There was no team scoring at this event, however the BYST definitely dominated the competition against 10 other swim clubs from across Ontario. There were many multiple medalists from the BYST. Alexander Grant had six gold and one silver. Stephanie Cairns achieved six gold and a bronze with 100...
Amherstview – The Belleville Youth Swim Team brought 50 athletes to the Ernestown Barracudas Invitational Swim Meet last weekend. The team placed third overall behind the host club and the Kingston Blue Marlins, but managed to fight off other teams from Ottawa, Kingston, Brockville and Perth. The athletes combined for 70 percent best times and managed bring home many awards. Mackenzie Latter, 12, lead the way with six first place finishes and one second place, plus 100 percent best times. Stephanie Cairns, 14, also had six first place finishes and...
It is an honour to have a hero amongst us. We are so proud of your Kristianna! Belleville has paid tribute to a young naval cadet who rescued a man from drowning earlier this fall. 14-year old Master Seaman Kristianna Barton jumped into the waters of Gull Lake on the last Sunday in September to save 85 year old Doug Cooke. Kristianna, a Nicholson Catholic College student, says Cooke was working on the dock when he stumbled and fell into the water. She jumped, fully clothed, into the water...
We will be holding two information sessions for anyone needing clarification and for those who have questions about the participation requirments for the 2013-2014 season. These sessions will be held on Thursday, November 7th and Monday, November 11th from 5:15 - 5:45 in the upper viewing area outside the pool.
Officials for our first home meet of the season. November 23 - 24 To volunteer as an official, please sign up on the OSOA.ca website. If you don’t have an account on the OSOA website, you will need to create one in order to sign up the meet. Once you have an account – Log in Click on the Meets tab at the top of the page Click on Register for Meets Find the BYST Fall Extravaganza meet Click on Select a Session Select the session(s) you want to work...
