Dear ROW Families: The ROW 2023/2024 Holiday Fundraiser is here! This year, we have $5000 worth of locally sourced prizes to give away, just in time for the holidays. Tickets are $10 each or 3 for $20 and the draw is happening on Dec 29, 2023! Buy tickets online at https://trellis.org/rowraffle Earn 1 FPP per swimmer once 10 tickets sold through your social network. Once 10 are sold, please fill out the form below. Points are earned based on the honour system. Only one point per swimmer max with this...

Hello ROW families, This past weekend was filled with excitement as team travel officially returned to ROW for the first time since 2019! Two buses full with our ND, SD, PD1, PD2, and AGD groups traveled to Windsor for the Border City Invitational meet. Our swimmers had a great time building close friendships with their teammates while learning how to manage themselves, stay nourished, and rest well through a 3-day meet away from home. It was lovely to see the team spirit and camaraderie throughout the event, particularly the 12&U...

Swimmers from our SD, AGD, JD1, JD2, and RSA Comp teams represented ROW last weekend in the Wilmot Fall Invitational. While it was another unconventional format (Friday/Saturday PM prelim, with Saturday/Sunday AM finals), it allowed our senior athletes to take Sunday afternoon off, providing a little bit of downtime for rest heading into some upcoming meets in the next few weeks. This meet was a fun one, with many brand-new experiences for athletes over the course of the weekend. Our swimmers experienced many firsts, including their first time qualifying for...

Last weekend, 40 ROW swimmers from PD2, PD1 and ND and their families took to the 401 to attend the North York Aquatic Club (NYAC) Cup at TPASC, “Canada’s Fastest Pool”. This was their first 3-day meet of the season featuring preliminary heats and finals for 13 and over swimmers. The TLDR: when all points were added up, ROW placed 3rd out of 21 clubs, behind only NYAC and TSC, two GTA teams with several times as many participants! Our athletes did a great job at preparing and adapting throughout...

Last week, 66 novice ROW swimmers travelled to the University of Guelph swimming pool to compete in their first novice competition of the 2023-24 season! The meet consisted of one exciting afternoon session, where many of our athletes experienced their first swim meet ever! ROW swimmers did an excellent job managing their excitement (and nerves!), while learning by doing everything that happens at a swimming competition: from the warm-up, to practice dives, to marshalling and getting ready for races, to racing in the pool along swimmers from other clubs. Overall,...

Last week 60 of our swimmers from SD, AGD, RSA Comp and JD1 took part in BAC’s SC Invitational at the Wayne Gretzky Arena in Brantford. With over 95% personal bests (PBs) achieved, it was a great experience for all participants individually, but also as a group. According to the coaches, there was a lot of mingling amongst teammates across different groups, allowing for more club cohesion. The meet had a relatively unconventional format, with 13& overs swimming on Friday afternoon, Saturday morning and Sunday afternoon, while 12& unders swimming...

We have some more exciting developments to share with you as we continue to celebrate the success of our ROW swimmers. Firstly, we would like to congratulate Patrick L on being named to the Swim Canada "National Development Program ID Team". For more information on this program, please visit this link. We would next like to congratulate Sunny X on being named to the Swim Ontario Youth Medley Program! Sunny has been selected as part of the top 8 females and top 8 males in Ontario, based on FINA points...

As we head into more competitions in the new swim season we’d like to take a few moments to recognize some more noteworthy achievements by our athletes over the last few months. We had a great group of female swimmers attend the Ontario Swimming Championships (OSC) Summer competition. Le Anne D, Olivia G, Sophie R, Katherine S, and Sunny X represented ROW at this event just a few months ago. We would once again like to share a huge congratulations to all on their impressive individual accomplishments! But equally important...

Congratulations to everyone involved in our first ROW-hosted swim meet of the season: Fall First Try! We were host to four other clubs: Huron Hurricanes, Owen Sound, St Thomas Jumbo Jets, and the Killer Whale Swim Team. ROW athletes across the entire club prepared during the morning workouts prior to the competition where coaches reviewed meet expectations, warm-ups and team cheers! This preparation was key in ensuring our athletes were fully prepared for not only this meet, but for the rest of the season! With this 1-session, tune-up meet following...

The Region of Waterloo Swim Club’s final competition of the season came to a close this past Sunday, August 6th, with the Canadian Swimming Championships at the Toronto Pan AM Sports Centre. Representing ROW at this season’s finale were Le Anne D, Olivia G, Katherine S, Sunny X as well as Tyson M who trains with the High-Performance Center for para-athletes based out of Montreal. The Canadian Swimming Championships and Canadian Junior Championships have gone through quite a transformation over the years, with this being the second season the two...