Dear LOSC Families, Please read this email carefully as it contains pertinent information for the next coming weeks as the Township of Langley (TOL) has indicated that there will be a holiday schedule starting December 19th to January 3rd. An email response by Sunday December 13th is required for families affected. December 19th Time Trial – There will be a different schedule for the Olympic Way, Regional, and Stroke Improvement Time Trials scheduled for December 19th. The new time will be from 8:15-9:30 AM. Week of December 21-27 – We...

The Langley Olympians Swim Club's National, AGP, and Provincial had their 6th Red vs White Time Trial last Saturday, December 5th. There still is a CLOSE race between the two teams, only separated by 310 points! For perspective, a best time yields 50 points, a 5% off BT yields 20 points, and a club record yields a whopping 200 points! A highlight of the meet and some time trials done Friday night is club records being broken by some swimmers: Hugh McNeill broke the 15-17 yrs SCM 50 BK Record...

Dear L&A OSC Families, We would like to relay to families of the communiqué sent to us by Swim BC and as provided by the Public Health Order. Due Dr Henry’s (Provincial Health Officer) announcement of return to Phase 2 of Sports and the publication of the Public Health Order on December 3 11:30 AM, here are the implications to us (Quote from Public Health Order on Gatherings and Events December 4): 18. A person may permit a place, other than a private residence or vacation accommodation, to be used...

Dear Current and Previous LOSC Mini Olympians, Olympic Way, and Stroke Improvement & Conditioning Members, BELOW CONTAINS PERTINENT AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND THOROUGHLY. You are receiving this email since you swam with the Langley Olympians Swim Club in the 2019-2020 season and/or swimming currently with us at the Aldergrove Pool. We would like to ask for your intentions for the new year. We need this information to book our pool time and space for the new year. As some of you may know, the Township of Langley...

The Langley Olympians Swim Club would like to congratulate HILLARY METCALFE for a successful swimming career! Hillary recently announced her retirement from competitive swimming after the cancellation of the U SPORT Championships slated for February 2021. Hillary started swimming with LOSC on September 2002 at the age of 4 years old. She had her first official swim meet at Victoria’s 10 and Under Jamboree. From there, Hillary had a dominant, successful age group and university swimming career. Overall, Hillary swam a good 18 YEARS! She swam with LOSC as an...

Dear L&A OSC Families, As a club, we have reviewed our current policies and have updated them to ensure that we are up to date with the best practices in the industry. We have also ratified some new policies to ensure that all members have a safe and enjoyable experience with us. Please be advised that the current Team Manual has been updated in our website and these contain the policies. I have attached it here as well for your reference. Please take some time to go over these policies,...

Dear Families, We are writing this email regarding WC Blair Pool. Unfortunately, we have decided NOT to resume operations out of WC Blair Pool up until further notice. Initially, the date provided to us by the Township was that it was going to be ready by November 23rd. As of today, we still have not received a date when we can fully operate out of the facility as we were only given a “soft” opening date scheduled for Thursday November 26th. We cannot operate and plan for our members by...

Dear LOSC Families, Please be advised that ALL members of the Langley Olympians Swim Club will be required to attest to and verbally acknowledge the COVID safety screening questions. This is a requirement of the Township of Langley's Emergency Operations Centre. Here are the questions that we are going to be asking: - Are you physically and mentally healthy, no symptoms (cough, shortness of breath, chest pain, difficult breathing, fever, chills, repeated shaking with chills, abnormal muscle pain, headache, sore throat, painful swallowing, runny nose, new loss of taste, gastrointestinal...

The Langley Olympians Regional, Provincial, AGP, and National Groups competed in their fourth Red vs White Time Trials! The Red vs White Time Trial Event is one of the ways that swimmers in these groups will test their swimming skill and competence as meets are suspended due to COVID-19. So far, we have seen a lot of swimmers swimming their personal bests, if not close to their best. Team White HAS TAKEN OVER THE LEAD! Team White is leading by 460 Points! National group swimmer Hugh McNeill broke the Men's...

Dear L&A OSC Families, We are emailing you to remind you to please sign up for activities in order to participate in them. This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions placed on facilities and gatherings, we cannot host an event with more than 50 people (swimmers, coaches, parents, and lifeguards inclusive). Please sign your child up by the deadline that we have indicated to increase the chances of them being able to participate as we will have a first come first serve policy to ensure a smooth and fun activity. Please...