Hi Everyone, Summer swimming has been a booming success thus far with numerous swimmers participating from across all our programs! As a result of this demand, we are pleased to be adding 3 additional weeks of summer swimming! The three weeks we are adding are: 2023 Summer Week 9 (August 7-13) 2023 Summer Week 10 (August 14-20) 2023 Summer Week 11 (August 21-27) The schedule will be as follows: Novice: -Monday 5:30-6:30 PM Development/Jr Performance/Senior Performance/Varsity -Monday-Friday 5:30-7:00 PM Registration is open on the website and sign-up is on a...

Save The Date! Training Camp March 9-19 in Plantation Florida We are excited to announce that we will be going to Plantation, Florida for training camp from March 9-19, 2024! Over the past 20 years GHAC has had over 800 athletes participate in training camps and it is a staple in our training calendar! The camp is open to all swimmers in the organization! It is strongly encouraged (not mandatory) that all swimmers in the Junior Development Select, Junior Performance, Junior Performance Select, and Senior Performance groups attend. More details...

Congratulations to all GHAC participants for swimming fast, setting meet records, and bringing home 42 medals from the Dr. Paul Hauch Invitational this past weekend in London! Head Coach Grey and Coach Kevin were accompanied by the following 21 athletes: Junior Development: -Carina M. -Everett P. Junior Performance: -Spencer B. -Gwen B. -Sofia F. -Antonio F. -Charlie G. -Quinn H. -Rowan H. -Victoria L. -Bella O. Senior Performance: -Morgan C. -Enye E.B. -Annika F. -Joseph G. -Thomas G. -Magnus L. -Brady M.L. -Anwyn S. Varsity/Summer Senior Performance: -Liam B. -Anthony...

Wow!! GHAC had an entire weekend of fast swimming at the 2023 Ontario Swimming Championships hosted July 6-9 at the Toronto Pan Am sports center! GHAC was represented by our 5 Paralympic stream swimmers Antonio, Charlie, Melinda, Nicholas and Sumbul. There were 69 clubs in attendance and our small 5-swimmer team earned 311.50 points enough to earn a 20th-place finish. We even finished with 7 medals: 4 Silver and 3 Bronze! Each swimmer had a ton of personal victories including lots of best times. As a team GHAC had over...

GHAC Olympic Stream athletes make waves at ManSask in Winnipeg! Lead by veteran leaders Emerson, Matt, Owen, and Xander 20 Olympic stream swimmers ranging in ages from 10-18 flew to Winnipeg for the 4-day meet. Our team of 20 scored a total of 757.5 points which earned us 5th place out of 24 teams! The team had 8 swimmers participating in team travel for the first time including: Cammy T. Victoria L. Michael S. Spencer S. Cameron A. Sofia F. Violeta R.D. Bella O. The meet was full of great...

On April 1-2 GHAC hosted our second Color Meet. We divided our swimmers into 4 teams – Blue, Pink, Purple and Blue. It was great to see the team bonding between the different age groups. Hopefully new friendships have formed, and team spirit has grown. But most importantly, we hope that our younger swimmers had fun, and are excited to race again. And the results are in: The points were awarded as follows: Best Time = 5 points Within 3% of best time = 3 points New Event = 3...

Hi Everyone, In addition to our regular programming, we are pleased to be offering Skill/Stroke Clinics throughout this spring session. They are a great opportunity for all swimmers to develop and enhance their skills! These skill/stroke clinics are led by GHAC & McMaster Marauders Head Coach, Grey Fairley. Grey has been involved in aquatics in Burlington & Hamilton for over 40 years. Grey was an elite youth swimmer and at one point he was top 20 in the world in multiple events. He was also a member of the McMaster...

On December 4-6, GHAC team members excitedly left for Windsor to participate in the Border City Swim Meet. For many of our swimmers, this is one of their favorite competitions because the pool is fast and the meet is fun. The weekend started with some very fast swims (approx. 90% best times on day 1), and GHAC was well represented in the finals. The cheering was loud, from on the pool deck and up in the gallery. By day 3, our athletes were getting tired, with one swimmer exclaiming “I...

On Nov 19 GHAC hosted our first Color meet. We divided our swimmers into 4 teams – Blue, Pink, Purple and Blue. The goal of the meet was to foster team bonding by having the senior swimmers team up with our up and coming swimmers; to encourage them, and show them how much fun swim meets are. Amid the loud cheering, and a few tears, we had some fantastic swims. Here are some of the highlights (based on unofficial meet results): Blue team: 82 total swims, 23 were first time...

BRANTFORD NOVEMBER MEET Novice Meet What a great way to start our Novice competition season. The Brantford Junior Series Meet on Nov 5 was geared to introduce new swimmers to swim meets. We had 33 swimmers, ranging from 6 to 14 years old. The day started with a lot of nervous kids and a few tears but ended with a lot of smiles and “Best Time” ribbons. We like to ensure that there is no pressure at these meets, but a lot of encouragement and praise. We forget how scary...