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03/26/2012 Olympic Trials Go Live on Sportsnet!!
Canadian sports fans across the country will get to witness the action unfold at the 2012 Canadian Olympic and Parlympic Swimming Trials taking place in Montreal between March 27 and April 1st Live on Sportsnet. For details on complete coverage follow this link :SportsNet Trials Coverage Details
02/20/2012 - New Brunswick Swimming Results From Easterns
The 2012 Speedo Eastern Canadian Swimming Championships were held over the past weekend in Gatineau. New Brunswick swimmers had a great weekend with Cassidy Richards of FAST bringing home gold in 15 & under girls 50 Fly. Louis Savoie of CNBO also had top 10 finishes in male 16 & under 50 Fly, 50 Breast, 100 Breast and 100 Fly. Madeline Leger also of CNBO placed 14 th in Girls 15 & under 50 Back. Other swimmers competing at the event included Amanda Greene of CVAC and Dylan Wooley Berry of SSC. Full results from Eastern Canadian Championship weekend can be found here:2012 Speedo Eastern Results
01/31/2012 - Chris Overholt, CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee Presents New Timing System in Moncton
City of Moncton was hailed as a world class host for sporting events and receives a $50,000 donation from Mr. Overholt as part of the Olympic Legacy Fund. As a result of the donation, Codiac Vikings Aquatic Club and Club de Natation Bleu et Or partnered with the Universite de Moncton to obtain $27,000 of the $50,000 towards a new electronic timing system for the CEPS pool. This has been a great partnership between two clubs from greater Moncton. Both CNBO and CVAC would like to thank the Canadian Olympic Committee, CEO Chris Overholt, City of Moncton, Mayor George LeBlanc, Universite de Moncton, Recteur Yvon Fontaine for supporting competitive swimming in Moncton. Pictured left to right : Stephane Thibodeau-President of CVAC, Chris Overholt-CEO of COC, Luc Melanson-President of CNBO04/01/2012 - Thank You from the Gagetown-Oromocto Titans Invitational
The Organizing Committee of the Gagetown-Oromocto Titans would like to thank all Clubs that came to the CFB Gagetown Spring Fling Invitational held March 24-25, 2012. The meet was promising to be one that has never been done before in the Province of NB - a Masters meet held concurrent with an Age Group/Para meet...we even had a Time Trial at the beginning of Session 1. The meet did get off to a rocky start with clarity issues on Saturday morning, but with only a 45 minute delay, we were able to finish off both sessions in a timely manner. Then, unfortunately, due to a broken water pipe, which found us staring at a half empty pool on Sunday morning, we had to cancel the rest of the meet.
This did not distract from the meet, as everybody who was in attendance was very gracious and forgiving. For that we are extremely grateful. The feedback and support from the athletes and parents I have received since then has been wonderful. It is our hope that we can host another meet like this next season...minus a broken pipe, of course. To my knowledge, there has never been a broken pipe like that in the facility...Murphy's Law just chose us on that particular day.
We would also like to thank the many Officials that came out where we really needed it - Meet Mentor (Gary Losier), Computer Operator (Tamara Booker), and all the other officials that helped from FAST, WVST, TIDE, and TCSC. We couldn`t have done it without you!!
A special thank you to our Sponsors - Sour Grape, Gateway Tim Horton's, and Subway for their generous donations. And an extra special Thank You to the 13 Masters swimmers that were in attendance. They thoroughly enjoyed being there, and the feedback I received from them, Age Group swimmers and their parents was outstanding.
The Age Group swimmers, along with the spectators, enjoyed watching them compete. The end result was two-fold - Masters swimmers were able to compete in a fully sanctioned meet, and Age Group swimmers realized there is swimming after Age Group and University. Swimming is for life.
Despite the meet ending up being only one day, we hope that eveybody involved from organizing, to officiating, to competing, to being a spectator had a great time!!! The pipe has since been fixed and our swimmers were back in the water before the week was out training for MLTC!!
Thank you again...and we look forward to seeing you at the next competition!!!
Carol Chiasson
Meet Manager
Gagetown-Oromocto Titans
HARDER FASTER STRONGER
02/06/2012 - Thank You from the Codiac Vikings Aquatic Club - Stephane Thibodeau, President of CVAC
CVAC would like to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU to all clubs who participated in the 2012 New Brunswick Short Course Open Championship this past weekend. We hope you've enjoyed the meet and your stay in Moncton. We would like to send a special thank you to all those who help officiate this weekend. Without the commitment of volunteers, this event would not have been so successful.
Thank you to all swimmers for providing an exciting swim meet and congratulations to Veronique Cassie, CNBO (Top Female 12 and under), Luke Murchison, TIDE (Top Male 12 and under), Cassidy Richards, FAST (Top Female 13 to 14), Colm Somers, HWAC (Top Male 13 to 14), Lucy MacLeod, HWAC (Top Female 15 and over) and James Profit, CBAC (Top Male 15 and over).
A Special congratulations to Cassidy Richards, FAST (OVERALL TOP FEMALE) and Colm Somers, HWAC (OVERALL TOP MALE).
Again Thanks you from CVAC and congratulations to all swimmers. We hope to see you next year.
01/23/2012 - Tri Meet NB, NS, PEI 2012 - January 21-22 , Fredericton NB
99 Swimmers from NB, NS and PEI participated in the 2012 Tri meet and camp in Fredericton this weekend. The provincial teams participated in a training camp on Saturday which included water sessions,a yoga stretching class and a dryland training session. The 2012 Tri meet and camp wrapped up on Sunday January 22 with a competition for the Top Team Award. Nova Scotia took home the top team award with Team New Brunswick placing 2nd followed by Team PEI. The final scores were NS 482, NB 386, and PEI 125. Team New Brunswick challenged Team NS a number of times throughout the meet in an exciting competition with lots of great swimming from our New Brunswick athletes. Congratulations go out to Team New Brunswick for a great effort! The success of the weekend was due in large part to our wonderful team of Coaches and Chaperones. Thanks to our coaches Marta Belsh , Alexander MacDonald, Amanda Wilson, Melanie Melanson , Jonathan Greer and to our Chaperones Nancy Corbett, Brigitte Bernier and Réjean Thibodeau. Congratulations to all the members of the Team New Brunswick Allstar Team.01/19/2012 - CEO of Swimming Canada, Pierre Lafontaine To Attend NBSCOC Feb. 3 & 4
Swimming New Brunswick/Natation Nouveau Brunswick is pleased to announce that Swimming Canada CEO Pierre Lafontaine will be attending two days of our New Brunswick Short Course Swimming Championships in Moncton Feb 3rd & 4th. SNB will be hosting a meet and greet with Lafontaine on Saturday afternoon prior to Saturday evening finals session where we encourage coaches, club Presidents and interested parents to meet Pierre and learn more about Swimming Canada's "2020 Vision". This will be a great opportunity to meet Pierre in an exciting year where Swimming Canada prepares to travel to the London 2012 Olympic Games, so we encourage you to make time for this event over the weekend. Pierre will also be attending Friday & Saturday evening finals. More details to come!01/18/2012 - Swimming New Brunswick/Natation Nouveau Brunswick Announces Canadian Olympic Trials Camp Selection Criteria
SNB/NNB has announced preliminary details for Team NB Olympic Trials training camp March 30th to April 2nd. This event will include training schedule for the athletes and event tickets to attend the Canadian Olympic Trials at the Olympic Park in Montreal. Details have been emailed to club coaches & presidents or feel free to contact our office. This will be a great opportunity for qualifying swimmers.Olympic Trials Camp Athlete Selection Criteria
Olympic Trials Camp Coaches Selection Criteria
01/12/2012 - Countdown to London 2012 and our Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Team Trials March 27 to April 1, Montreal!!!
For Canada's swim team, the ultimate test will take place at the 2012 Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials, March 27 to April 1 at the Olympic Pool in Montreal. It is a 6-day event packed with excitement and drama, where Canada’s swim team will be selected for London.
Here is the link for Official website for 2012 Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials
2012 Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Swimming Trials
For those of you looking ahead to London 2012 FINA has released the Olympic Swimming schedule of events
London 2012 - Swimming Competition Schedule
01/09/2012 - Canada Games camp #1 - Technical camp, January 07 in Moncton
The first of the Canada Games camps took place this past Saturday at the CEPS pool in Moncton.
The Technical camp was very well attended with 69 swimmers in attendance. Twelve provincial coaches from 6 of our provincial clubs volunteered the day to run the camp.
The camp included two water sessions, a dry land session and a nutrition seminar. Congratulations to all the qualifying swimmers and a big thank you to the participating coaches!
The tech camp was a great start to our Canada Games 2013 preparations!
Thanks again to our participating coaches:
Sarah and Diane from BLAST
Troy and Melanie from CVAC
Marta, Alex and Katie from FAST
John from SSC
Brian and Amanda from TIDE
Randy and Todd from WVST
11/01/2011 - East Coast Championship 2011-12 Standards
The Atlantic Standards committee met to discuss how the ECC standards should be shaped in the future. From the 2011 Atlantic Coaches Conference, the agreed philosophy of East Coast Championships was to offer an Atlantic Championship competition that represented a peak competition of the SC and LC seasons, and served as a stepping stone competition from the provincial to national level. With this in mind, the committee developed a new set of standards that are based off a percentage of Age Group Nationals that progressively encourages swimmers towards the national level. 2011-2012 Standards
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