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Cathy Ye lead the rapids squad at the kisu iron sprint taking an impresive 30sec off her best time in the 800m free
14300 Entertainment Boulevard, Richmond, B.C. Canada V6W 1K3 Ph: 604-275-7946 Fax: 604-274-7946 Email: [email protected] www.richmondrapids.com Dear Rapids, We would like to take this opportunity to express how exciting it was for the Rapids Banquet to be such a huge success! To see the swimmers dancing and cheering for each other was a sight enjoyed by all the parents. The only challenge of the evening was accommodating the additional seating requirements for the families that decided at the last minute to attend the event. We...
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It has just been confirmed that any kids 5 years old and younger attending the Rapids Awards Banquet on October 8th are free to attend. Thy will not be charged for food. Remember the deadline to RSVP is October 2nd and all practices will be cancelled on October 8th. Rapids Staff & Board of Directors
SFU LMR Time line update Saturday distance session (1500’s then 800’s): - 8:30 am warmup - 9:15 am start time - 2 per lane - 4 heats of 1500 (full heats) - 4 heats of 800 (full heats) - approximate 11:45 am finish Saturday regular events - all ages: - 11:45 am warm-up - 12:30 pm start - approximate 4:00 pm finish Sunday events - all ages: - 8:30 am warm-up - 9:15 am start - approximate 12:30 pm finish
Dear Members The first Richmond Rapids online club survey is now available on the club web-site. You can access and fill out the survey by "clicking” on the feedback button on the top right corner of the web site once you have logged on. If you have some suggestions or some constructive feedback for us please fill out the survey so we can listen to what you have to say.
Update: All Steveston Workouts will be canceled on Friday September 18th The Richmond Rapids staff will be up in Whistler for the annual Swim BC coaches conference. Regular workouts at Steveston will resume September 21st Due to technical difficulties we were not able to post this notice sooner. We apologize for any inconveniences it may cause. Robert Pettifer Head Coach / Director of swimming
Time Standards As far as we’ve been told, all time standards (both Swimming Canada and Swim BC) are staying as they were last year. Remember, though, that Swimming Canada has announced previously that they planned to implement pre-qualifying standards (an IM event and a longer freestyle event, roughly 5% slower than the actual QT) for younger swimmers (14&U, I think) for Age Group Champs. Obviously, don’t quote me on the details here; I’m just putting it out there as a reminder. Details and confirmation should be forthcoming from Swimming...
So, there’s this great deal on a Jaked or LZR on ebay…. Don’t do it! Don’t do it!! Just walk away. Nothing to see here, folks. Just keep on moving… Ya see, by now, most are probably aware that FINA as decreed that effective January 1, 2009, those fancy, schmancy super-suits (Jaked, LZR, Arena X-Glide, et al.) will be banned, and in place will be new suit rules which should return the sport back to being about swimming, and not about what suit you’re wearing, what fits, or what you...
