510 [PGBSC Blog] BBQ

Hi Everyone

 

Just a couple last minute reminders about the BBQ on Sunday:

 

·        The BBQ is from 3:30-6:30 pm Fort George Park Shelter

Sunday June 2nd

 

·        If you signed up to bring a cooler, please bring it with you

on Sunday

 

·        We only have one person signed up to cook, if you are able

to help BBQ please let me know

 

·        Don’t forget to bring lawn chairs and water guns

 

·        Tonight is the last day to sign the cards for the coaches. I

will be at the pool from 5:30-6:30 pm

 

 

Thanks

 

Kelly Esopenko

 

 

 

509 [PGBSC Blog] update to practice cancellations

Good morning everyone,

 

Due to the club travelling to Kamloops next weekend, there will be some practice cancellations.

 

Practices for Swim School, D3, D2C and Masters are regular schedule.

 

Practices for D2AB, D1, J/S Dev, Elite and Y/N are cancelled for the following days:

Thursday June 6

Friday June 7

Saturday June 8

Monday June 10

Tuesday am June 11 Y/N

 

Cheers,

 

Jason

 

Andy, when you have a moment, can you update the calendar on the website?  Thanks.

508 [PGBSC Blog] information regarding the Kamloops swim meet

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR THOSE ATTENDING THE KAMLOOPS INVITATIONAL NEXT WEEKEND

 

One week to go until the club heads down to Kamloops!

 

This morning I have a number of items to pass on to you.

 

1.       Those travelling with the club are to be at the Aquatic Centre Thursday June 6 at 8:45am.  The club will be returning to PG Monday June 10.

2.       There is a practice Thursday June 6 in Kamloops starting at 5:30pm.  If you are still travelling at that time, see you Friday am.

3.       The start times are being changed.  In order to maintain a proper session length and minimize the need to limit the number of swim events, Kamloops has decided to adjust the warm-up and start times for the Saturday and Sunday Sessions.

 

Accordingly the meet will proceed as follows.  Be on deck 20 minutes prior to the beginning of warm ups

Friday Prelim Warm-up: 12&U, 7:00 am – 7:35 am; 13&O 7:35 am – 8:15 am; 8:30 am Start

Saturday Prelim Warm-up: 12&U, 6:45 am – 7:15 am; 13&O 7:15 am – 7:50 am; 8:00 am Start. 

Sunday Prelim Warm-up: 12&U, 6:45 am – 7:15 am; 13&O 7:15 am – 7:50 am; 8:00 am Start.

Finals for all three days will have warm-up 4:00 pm – 4:50 pm with racing at 5:00 pm. 

4.       The 50 and 100 of each stroke, 200 free and 200 im will  be swum as Heats and A/B finals.  This means if you are 11 and over and place in the top 16 in the morning, you will be in finals.

5.       Relays for 11 and over are in the evening at the end of Friday and Saturday finals

6.       For those of you who are relatively new to the whole swim meet experience, click on this link for more information http://www.pgbsc.org/what-to-do-a-swim-meet/

 

That’s it for now.  Any questions, let me know.

 

Cheers,

 

Jason

507 [PGBSC Blog] practice cancellations

Good morning everyone,

 

Due to the club travelling to Kamloops next weekend, there will be some practice cancellations.

 

Practices for Swim School, D3, D2C and Masters are regular schedule.

 

Practices for D2AB, D1, J/S Dev, Elite and Y/N are cancelled for the following days:

Thursday June 6

Friday June 7

Saturday June 8

Monday June 10

 

Cheers,

 

Jason

506 [PGBSC Blog] Summer swim camps

Hi everyone,

 

The swim season is quickly coming to a close. 

 

However, we will be running our summer camps beginning Friday June 28.

 

The camp is open to all children between the ages of 5 -12 who are able to swim a minimum of 15m.  

 

The focus of the camp will be to have fun while concentrating on stroke improvement and endurance for swimmers of all abilities.  

 

For more information and/or to register, click on the following link

 

http://www.pgbsc.org/summer-swim-camp/

 

Cheers,

 

Jason

505 [PGBSC Blog] Fwd: Mega Sale Drivers

Hi everyone:

It's that time of the year again when you get the opportunity to go and do some test driving of vehicles for the Ford Dealership.  I am looking for any and all drivers for the morning of June 6^th starting at 9:00 am at the Ford Dealership on Central and again on Saturday June 15^th starting at 5:30 pm.  This is a really fun way to earn some fund raising levy credits.  Anyone who has done it in the past will tell you it's a blast.

For those of you who wondering what I am talking about, we will be meeting at the dealership at 9:00 am on June 6 and will be driving cars from the dealership to the parking lot at CN Centre for the annual Mega Sale.  There will be a shuttle that will pick us up and take us back to the dealership where we will pick up more cars and drive them to CN Centre and so on and so on.  On June the 15^th, we will do exactly the same thing except in the opposite direction ( we will take any unsold vehicles from the CN parking lot back to the dealership).  The dealership provides a donation which we then proportionately allocate to your FRL account.

I need at least 10 drivers for Thursday and will welcome more.  I recognize there may be a conflict as some of you are travelling to Kamloops for the meet.  If you are not going to go until that afternoon, you can still come and drive. 

Please let me know your availability for both June 6^th and the 15^th by this Friday, May 31, 2013 at noon.  Email: sheilanelson@kpmg.ca or direct line at work: 250-614-4071.  I will be providing more details to those of you who are able to drive.

Regards,

Sheila Nelson, CA, MBA

 

511 [PGBSC Blog] Fwd: Mega Sale Drivers

Hi everyone:

It's that time of the year again when you get the opportunity to go and do some test driving of vehicles for the Ford Dealership.  I am looking for any and all drivers for the morning of June 6^th starting at 9:00 am at the Ford Dealership on Central and again on Saturday June 15^th starting at 5:30 pm.  This is a really fun way to earn some fund raising levy credits.  Anyone who has done it in the past will tell you it's a blast.

For those of you who wondering what I am talking about, we will be meeting at the dealership at 9:00 am on June 6 and will be driving cars from the dealership to the parking lot at CN Centre for the annual Mega Sale.  There will be a shuttle that will pick us up and take us back to the dealership where we will pick up more cars and drive them to CN Centre and so on and so on.  On June the 15^th, we will do exactly the same thing except in the opposite direction ( we will take any unsold vehicles from the CN parking lot back to the dealership).  The dealership provides a donation which we then proportionately allocate to your FRL account.

I need at least 10 drivers for Thursday and will welcome more.  I recognize there may be a conflict as some of you are travelling to Kamloops for the meet.  If you are not going to go until that afternoon, you can still come and drive. 

Please let me know your availability for both June 6^th and the 15^th by this Friday, May 31, 2013 at noon.  Email: sheilanelson@kpmg.ca or direct line at work: 250-614-4071.  I will be providing more details to those of you who are able to drive.

Regards,

Sheila Nelson, CA, MBA

504 [PGBSC Blog] FW: Year End BBQ

 

THE PGBSC YEAR END BBQ IS THIS SUNDAY JUNE 2ND

FORT GEORGE PARK SHELTER

3:30-6:30 PM

 

Please sign up on or before Wednesday May 29th.  Final numbers are

needed so the food and drinks can be purchased.

 

I will be at the pool the following days to collect donations for coach's gifts

and card signing.  Please have your child stop by the table to sign the cards.

 

TUES MAY 28th 6:00-7:00 pm

WED MAY 29th 6:00-7:00 pm

FRI MAY 31st 5:30-6:30 pm

 

Please bring lawn chairs, and water guns to the BBQ. 

 

See you Sunday

 

Kelly

 

 

503 [PGBSC Blog] Barracudas share UBC pool with US Olympians

News 1 new result for "prince George barracuda swim club"

Barracudas share UBC pool with US Olympians Prince George Citizen Nine swimmers from the Prince George Barracuda Swim Club had the opportunity to share the UBC pool with American Olympic medalists at the 2013 Mel Zajac Jr.

502 [PGBSC Blog] Mel Zajac Jr International

FOR IMMEDATE RELEASE

 

Nine members of the Barracuda swim club were at UBC over the weekend competing at the 2013 Mel Zajac Jr International Canada Cup.

 

5 time Olympic Gold medalist Ryan Lochte was also racing in the meet over the weekend.  Also racing will be American Elizabeth Beisel, who won silver in the 400-metre individual medley and bronze in the 200 backstroke in London.

 

The club finished in 16^th place overall.

 

Haley Black

200 back 7^th ‘A’ Final 2:20.34

400 im 6^th ‘B’ final 5:07.63

100 fly 7^th ‘A’ final 1:02.47

200 im 25^th 2:28.83

200 fly 2^nd ‘A’ final 2:17.12

100 back 2^nd ‘C’ final 1:06.33

 

Danica Ludlow

200 back 2^nd ‘B’ final 2:20.53

200 free 8^th ‘A’ final 2:04.62

100 fly 55^th 1:08.48

400 free 7^th ‘A’ final 4:22.62

100 free 7^th ‘A’ final 59.19

800 free 7^th 9:03.91

 

Patricia Fortier

200 back 6^th ‘B’ final 2:22.98

400 im 8^th ‘A’ final 5:04.92 best time

200 im 6^th ‘C’ final 2:26.71 best time

200 breast 41^st 2:50.63

200 fly 41^st 2:31.88 best time

100 back 26^th 1:08.00

 

Julie Wing

200 back 29^th 2:27.31 best time

400 im 50^th 5:25.18 best time

400 free 59^th 4:47.66 best time

200 im 83^rd 2:37.59

200 fly 63^rd 2:42.42 best time

100 back 57^th 1:11.16

 

Jessa Wing

200 back 42^nd 2:30.42

200 free 61^st 2:14.83

400 free 34^th 4:39.07 best time

200 im 52^nd 2:33.79 best time

100 back 68^th 1:11.90

800 free 28^th 9:34.21 best time

 

Hannah Esopenko

100 breast 43^rd 1:19.58 best time

400 im 56^th 5:27.20 best time

200 im 46^th 2:32.57 best time

200 breast 44^th 2:51.19

50 breast 43^rd 37.13

200 fly 57^th 2:37.06 best time

 

Sava Yungman

200 free 36^th 2:00.44 best time

400 im 23^rd 4:57.20 best time

100 fly 25^th 59.65

400 free 26^th 4:16.23 best time

200 fly 4^th ‘B’ final 2:10.10 best time new club record!

100 fly 57^th 56.38 best time

 

Josiah Binnema

200 back 37^th 2:16.80 best time

50 fly 3^rd ‘C’ final 26.79 best time new club record!

100 fly 33^rd 1:00.63 best time

50 back 2^nd ‘C’ final 29.43 best time

200 fly 8^th ‘C’ final 2:15.74 best time

100 back 8^th ‘C’ final 1:02.56 best time

 

Aiden Kim

100 breast 4^th ‘C’ final 1:09.86 best time

200 free 78^th 2:07.66

100 fly 62^nd 1:03.97 best time

200 breast 32^nd 2:37.42

50 breast 5^th ‘B’ final 31.64  

100 free 59^th 56.43

 

501 [PGBSC Blog] Y/N practice schedule for remainder of this week

This message is for those swimmers in Y/N NOT attending the Mel Zajac Jr International this weekend.

 

Below is the practice schedule for Thursday through to Monday next weekend.

 

Thursday AM practice cancelled

Thursday PM practice with Elite

 

Friday AM practice with Elite

Friday PM 4-6pm practice then dryland

 

Saturday AM 8-10am practice then dryland

 

Monday AM practice with Elite

Monday PM dryland cancelled

 

Cheers,

 

Jason

FW: 500 [PGBSC Blog] 1500/400 Freestyle, long course, time trial

This message is for everyone in the D2AB, D1, Elite and Y/N groups.

A reminder that today is the deadline for parents to put their name in the sign up list to volunteer for the time trial this weekend.

There is 1500/400 Freestyle, long course, time trial on May 18^th, 2013.  The sign up list for parents to volunteer is on the Barracuda bulletin board.  The list will be taken down on Thursday May 16^th, 2013.   Only kids whose parents have signed up will be able to participate in this time trial. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Georgie Gerula

Director of Officials

499 [PGBSC Blog] 400 and 1500 free time trial Saturday May 18

Hi everyone,

 

This message is for all swimmers in the Y/N, Elite, D1 and D2AB groups.

 

This Saturday, we will be having our 400 and 1500 free time trial.  If you do not plan on attending, please contact either Jerzy or myself by Friday May 17.

 

If you do plan on attending, please sign the volunteer list on the bulletin board at the pool.

 

Cheers,

 

Jason

498 [PGBSC Blog] Monday May 20 Practice cancellations

Hi everyone,

 

A reminder on Victoria Day (Monday May 20), there will be no practices for all groups.

 

Enjoy the long weekend.

 

Jason

497 [PGBSC Blog] reminder

 

 

 

I will be at the pool this week to collect donations for the coach’s gifts and have

the thank you cards available for signing on the following dates:

 

Tuesday May 14^th 6-7 pm

Saturday May 18^th 9-10 am

 

Please remind your child to stop by the table and have them sign the cards.

 

If your family will be attending the BBQ June 2nd, please sign up before the end

of the month.

 

Thanks

 

Kelly

 

495 [PGBSC Blog] 2013-2014 Changes to SwimBC AA/AAA/Senior Meets

 

 

Background Over the past couple of years, there has been considerable discussion among the BC Swim Coaches Association, SwimBC staff, and SwimBC's Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) on how we can adjust the formatting and/or placement of SwimBC's Championship meets to give our swimmers better opportunities to achieve success.  The BCSCA, over the course of the past eight months or so, has sought input and feedback from its membership on this matter and the revisions outlined below reflect a large portion of what they developed. Rationale for Change The move by Swimming Canada to go to a Spring Trials - and their commitment to maintaining that for the foreseeable future - indicates that a shift to thinking - and preparing - for long course peak performance earlier in the year would be beneficial; people need to shift their view of the swimming year from consisting of two halves, to one which is one-third short course and two-thirds long course. All parties agreed that having the major short course championship meets earlier in the year would help shift that mindset. SwimBC Meet Scheduling To spearhead these changes, SwimBC, upon recommendation and with agreement from BCSCA and TAC, will, starting in 2014, shift the scheduling of the winter SwimBC designated competitions as follows: "AAA" Championships will move to early February (January 30 – February 2, 2014).  "AA" Championships will move to late-February / early March (February 28 – March 2, 2014).  "BC Open" (successor to BC Senior Champs) will run long course approximately three weeks out from the SNC Spring Trials meet (March 7-9, 2014). The earlier AAA Championships meet will allow coaches to transition to long course and add a month to the long course season. (AAA Champs has been held in mid-February in the not-too-distant past, so this shouldn't be viewed as a radical shift).  We would hope that an enterprising club might host an age group long course meet early in March to kick-start this shift to long-course swimming (and thinking), in addition to the Long Course BC Open meet with which we will be looking to attract outside interest. The timing of AA Champs remains relevant for the AA-level swimmer. Those who qualify for AAA Champs at AAs will then have a full training cycle to prepare for their first AAA competition instead of going into that meet almost immediately upon qualifying. Age Group Meets Formats AAA Championships:  Driven by considerable discourse and discussion among and with the BCSCA, below is an outline of the significant changes that plan to be implemented starting with the 2014 SwimBC AAA Short Course Age Group Championships: Age Groups:  We will return to double-year age groups, but offset from the "normal" age groups: 11&U, 12-13, 14-15 and 16-18 (Open in the summer).  This is being done to have a higher standard of swimming in the finals. There will be "A" and "B" finals in the meet to give younger swimmers and later developing older swimmers in the 12&older age groups a reasonable opportunity at a second swim.  Scoring:  The meet will be scored 16 placings deep.  Qualifying:  Swimmers will require TWO qualifying times to compete at AAA Championships. Swimmers with one "AAA" time will still be qualified to attend "AA" Championships and will be able to swim their "AAA" qualified event at that meet. This follows the philosophy established by Swimming Canada (e.g. requiring three QTs for Canadian Age Group Champs) looking to discourage early stroke/event specialization and rather, to move in the direction of developing more versatile and multi-event-capable swimmers.  Bonus swims:  All qualifiers (i.e., those with two AAA times) will be eligible to enter six events Non-qualified entries will have to be at least a "AA" time Long course AAA Championships will follow a similar format with regards to age groups and qualifying, and will be held as in the past on the first weekend after the July long weekend. AA Championships:   Age Groups: 11&U, 12-13, 14&O As above with AAA Championships, swimmers will require a minimum of TWO AA times to enter the meet Swimmers with one AAA time will be eligible to participate in the meet, and will be permitted to enter that AAA event at AA Championships Swimmers with two or more AAA times will be de-qualified from AA Championships All qualifiers (i.e., those with two AA times) will be eligible to enter six events Non-qualifying events will have to be at least "A" times Both "A" and "B" finals in 12-13 and 14&O age groups with sufficient entries Long course AA Championships will follow a similar format with regards to age groups and qualifying, and will be held as in the past two weeks prior to long course AAA Championships Senior Meets The Senior Circuit meets will be revived, with meets on the following dates next season: October 26-27 (short course) January 18-19 (long course) "BC Open" meets will be senior-level 2.5-day heats/finals competitions, looking to attract some outside talent to go against BC's best.    December 13-15 (short course)  March 7-9 (long course) The formatting of these meets is being worked on by a sub-committee of members from TAC as well as BCSCA representatives. As in past years, SwimBC will be soliciting bids to host AA and AAA Championships; requests for bids are expected to go out to the membership approximately May 15. Time Standards New time standards will be released by mid-July 2013; the time standards are being developed to create a AAA Championships meet that has approximately 600 swimmers and a AA Championships meet that has around 350 swimmers.

 

 

496 [PGBSC Blog] Info Pages

Deadline to sign up for Info Pages is Friday, May 10^th, at 6pm. 

This is a great fundraiser for those who enjoy lots of walking and an excellent opportunity for your swimmer(s) to work with you for the family FRL.

Starting on May 17^th, you will earn .24/book by delivering Info Pages phone books in Prince George.

Maps are available for the various delivery areas. These areas will include anywhere from 750 - 1500 books that must be delivered, door to door, within a 2-3 week period.

This fundraiser works best in teams of 3 people or more. Depending on the number of people interested, more than one area may be available per family.

Please email me at cathie.fundraising@pgbsc.org if you want to participate or have any questions.

Cathie Godden

Fundraising Director

 

494 [PGBSC Blog] Card signing/donations

I will be at the pool the following dates and times to collect donations for the coaches gifts

and card signing.  Even if you are unable to donate to the gifts, please have your child stop

by to sign the cards for their coaches.

 

Tuesday May 14th 6-7 pm

Saturday May 18th 9-10 am

 

Thursday May 23rd 6-7 pm

 

Tuesday May 28th 6-7 pm

Wednesday May 29th 6-7 pm

Friday May 31st 5:30-6:30 pm

 

Please sign up if you will be attending the BBQ June 2^nd, it’s always a lot of fun.

 

Thank you

 

Kelly Esopenko

 

 

 

493 [PGBSC Blog] 1500/400 Freestyle, long course, time trial

This message is for everyone in the D2AB, D1, Elite and Y/N groups.

 
There is 1500/400 Freestyle, long course, time trial on May 18^th, 2013.  The sign up list for parents to volunteer is on the Barracuda bulletin board.  The list will be taken down on Thursday May 16^th, 2013.   Only kids whose parents have signed up will be able to participate in this time trial.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Georgie Gerula

Director of Officials

 

 

492 [PGBSC Blog] Year End BBQ

The PGBSC annual year end BBQ is fast approaching:

 

When: Sunday June 2nd

Where: Fort George Park Shelter

Time: 3:30 - 6:30 pm

 

A sign up notice has been put up on the bulletin board at the pool.

Please let us know if you will be able to attend and what food item

you can bring. The club will provide burgers, hotdogs and drinks for

the BBQ. We ask each family to bring a fruit or veggie plate, salad

or dessert. Please sign up on or before May 29th.

 

I will also be collecting for coaches gifts over the next few weeks.

You are under no obligation to contribute, but any money raised will

go towards thank you gifts for all the hard work and dedication

our coaches have put into our children over the year.  These gifts will

be presented to the coaches at the BBQ.  Cards will be available for

all of the swimmers to sign. A schedule will be posted shortly on what

days I will be at the pool for card signing/donation collection.

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

 

Kelly Esopenko

social@pgbsc.org