TECHNICAL COMMITTEE REPORT

APRIL 2019

Diane Guignard (Chair), Marta Belsh (Chair of Coach Education), Brian Woods (Chair of Swimmer development), Mohammed Rachidi (Chair of Calendar/standards), Marcel McLaughlin, (Chair of HP)

All TC business was done by exchange of emails in April 2019

Meet sanctions

Sanctioning of meet packages
Meet packages were approved for the following meets:

Meet sanctions requests:  

  • Ellen Waters memorial pentathlon & relay meet April 27 & 28
  • Atlantic Cup & Open water event, July 4,5,6,7th
  • Premier Champs, Edmundston, May 25 & 26
  • QPlex Meet, Quispamsis, June 22,23
  • TIDE Invitational, Saint John NB, June 1,2

Other TC Business

In Person meeting scheduled for June 7th, 10-4pm, Miramichi NB.

SUB-COMMITTEES

Meets & standards sub-committee

A meeting took place, see reports. A draft calendar with proposed meet for 2019/2020 has been circulated to all club presidents and coaches. This calendar will be finalized and the bidding process will begin on June 9th, 2019.

High performance sub-committee

A High-performance camp with Ken McKinnon took place in Saint John, April 26-28.
Lead Coach: Ken McKinnon
Coaches in Attendance:
Melanie Melanson
Rachidi Mohammed
Marta Belsh
Brian Woods

Swimmer development sub-committee  

No actions taken

Coach continuing education sub-committee

No meeting of this sub-committee

Courses currently available:
Swimming 101 English: June 7-9th, Moncton NB

Courses recently completed:
Swimming 201 English: May 10-12th Fredericton NB (Complete 10 candidates) Done
Swimming 101 French: May 3,4,5th Bathurst NB (4 Candidates) Done

Link for coach education registration:
https://edu.swimming.ca/index.php?page=245

Respectfully submitted
May 22nd, 2019
Diane Guignard ChPC
Technical Committee Chair