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August 11th

Hi Everyone,

I hope this email finds you well.

This update is the third of our low key summer updates.

At the time of this writting we are finally beginning our late summer slow down. Chris, Jordan and Collin have left to Sudbury to represent our club and town as members of the Eastern Ontarion Summer Games Squad. We wish them luch as they go up against some very tough competition prior to much needed down time. Good luck boys!

Robert and Joah are in their final prep for this weekends Brockville Triathlon while our Summer campers gear up for their final meet of the Summer this Saturday in Kemptville. The Prescott meet witnessed a 1st place overall for Upper Canada Swim Club with Cordell Reynolds winning the competitive high point. Well done and good luck as the final weekend of competition approaches.

As you may have noticed our last open water of the season has been reactivated. We have 12 swimmers from Ottawa Swim Club coming down for a day on the water. We encourage swimmers from all groups to try and attend if around, even if to do a low intensity short swim. Meets are import for our long term viability and it would help put our best foot forward to have more than a few Upper Canadians out to race.

Keep an eye on the club website for new information as it arrives. With the pool closed until Sept 27th for its maintenance shut down the staff will be working on alternate plans for the first two weeks of the season. The pool shut down will not affect our scheduled Sept 13th start up for the core programs, but instead put us into more of a dryland focus. Watch for more information as it developes.

Drop in as you wish, but most importantly continue to stay active, relax, have fun, and be safe.

Take care,

Brian

UPCOMING

August 11th-13th Ontario Summer Games Selected

Agust 14th Kemptville Invitational Campers

SCHEDULE UPDATE

Summer Training

Week of August 2nd

Monday-Wednesday-Friday 4:00-6:00pm

Week of August 9th

Monday-Wednesday-Friday 4:00-6:00pm

Week of August 16th

Monday-Wednesday-Friday 4:00-6:00pm

CONTACT

Summer availability

In office: Monday-Wednesday-Friday.

Club phone line checked weekly, though best to email me and ask for a call back.

July 23rd

Hi Everyone,

I hope this email finds you well.

This update is the second of our low key summer updates. Our summer cycle has been going extremely well. We continue to see many familiar faces dropping in to the pool for a swim. Evenings can range from 5 to 20 swimmers depending on who is poking their head in the door, while the AM's float around 4-8 swimmers. We are entering our final push for the Ontario games and the Brockville Triathlon as only a few short weeks remain. Amazingly, we're still witnessing a few swimmers breaking new ground. This bodes well for their final stage of prep prior to a well deserved break.

The final planning has been completed for the season ahead with regards to schedule. The Board will be sending out a mailing in the not too distant future. Keep an eye out for your package.

On another note, I will be away the Week of July 26th. If you need to reach me for anything I will be back on deck Friday night July 30th, and Saturday morning July 31st, otherwise I'll return your emails and phone calls the week of August 1st.

Swimmers interested in attending workouts while I'm away are welcome. The squad training will have the material, you're welcome to drop in. Please note that the Ont Games squad will be swimming their Tues-Thurs am workouts with NKB at the sportplex.

Lastly, as you are no doubt aware our 2nd club open water meet of the summer is fast approaching. Please be sure to forward me the distance you wish to Swim, should you be planning on attending. As mentioned before, no training required but a great addition to your summer activities as well as a way to stay in touch with your teamates.

Gold and National swimmers will be entered unless they communicate prior to the deadline as dicsussed in season. Silver and Bronze swimmers please send in a request prior to mid day Monday.

Drop in as you wish, but most importantly continue to stay active, relax, have fun, and be safe.

Take care,

Brian

UPCOMING
August 7th UCSC Open Water Invitational Open
August 11th-13th Ontario Summer Games Selected

SCHEDULE UPDATE
Summer Training
Week of July 26th
Monday-Wednesay-Friday 4:00-6:00pm
Tuesday-Thursday 5:30-7:15am
Saturday 7:00-9:00am
Week of August 2nd
Monday-Wednesay-Friday 4:00-6:00pm
Tuesday-Thursday 5:30-7:15am
Saturday 7:00-9:00am
last week of full workouts.
Swimmers heading to Ontario games or competing in the Brockville Tri will swim an adjusted week beginning August 9th.
Schedule TBA

CONTACT
Summer availability
In office: Monday-Wednesday-Friday.
On deck: daily.
Club phone line checked weekly, though best to email me and ask for a call backUpdate #33‏

June 25th

Hi Everyone,

I hope this email finds you well. This update marks the official end of our regular weekly update series. You can expect few more at irregular intervals throughout the summer keeping you abreast of the goings on within the club. At the time of this writting we are in the final stages of our long course championship prep. We have 30 Upper Canada athletes preparing for their final competitions of the season, either at the club Time Trial, Provincial Championships, or Canada Cup. Please send them your good energy as they race to put an exclamation point on this stellar 2009-2010 campaign.

For those already finished, and those about to, have a safe happy, active summer.

UCSC OPEN WATER MEETS

Please plan on attending our two open water meets this summer. No training required. Should you plan to include them as simply part of your summer activities we are happy to enter you without attending workouts. They are a great way to stay fit and connect with teammates you may not have seen for awhile. Entries will be put in only for those who request so be sure to get your emails in if you wish to race.

SUMMER TRAINING

In addition to the Summer Camp some of our top swimmers will be preparing for the Ontario Summer Games. Swimmers are welcome to drop in as they wish to maintain summer fitness or prepare for summer triathlon events. Please touch base with me to ensure the compatibility of the workout relative to pool space. We can fit you but want to make sure we get it right.

Please review the schedule section for training times.

SCHEDULE UPDATE

Please note that the individual group schedules will run until Saturday June 26th.

The Club time trial represents the end of the season for the bulk of our membership, though we hope to see many competing in our fun open water events this summer.

Swimmers in Cross Training and Silver who regularly attend Tuesday and Thursday nights please plan on switching to the Monday and Wednesday nights beginning Monday June 28th

All athletes wishing to train for a summer event may drop in as regularly as they wish

UPCOMING

June 27th UCSC Time Trial Non-provincial qualifiers

July 2nd-4th Provincials Qualifiers

July 2nd-4th Canada/Quebec Cup Qualifiers

July 18th UCSC OPEN water invitational Open

August 7th UCSC Open Water Invitational Open

August 11th-13th Ontario Summer Games Selected

GARAGE SALE

A huge thanks to the organizers of the club garage sale this past weekend. Despite mother nature working against us the sale was a huge success for the club. Special thanks to Brian Charman for securing the St. Lawrence Pools location for us.

PERFORMANCE WRAP UP

COMPETITIVE PHASE II

The long course competitive phase runs from May 29^th through to the end of July. To date UCSC has average 90% best times while swimming to an additional 21 club records.

Final statistics will not be available until mid summer.

Blackfly Invitational

18 athletes swam to 86 personal best times, 74 top eight placings, and a 3^rd place overall.

Eastern Region Long Course Championships

18 athletes swam to 100 personal best times, 64 top eight placings, 37 medals, 13 individual regional champion swims, while swimming to a 6^th place overall.

Ontario Provincial Championships

Results pending

Canada Cup

Results pending

Ontario Summer Games

Results pending

COMPETITIVE PHASE I

The short course competitive phase runs from Feb 1^st until the beginning of March.

UCSC averaged about 90% best times while swimming to 34 club records.

Congratulations all!

Eastern Region Short Course Championships

16 athletes combined to record 109 personal best times, 91 top eight placings, 43 medals, 19 individual regional champion swims, and 1 high point trophy while swimming to a 7th place overall.

KBM Invitational

29 athletes swam to 116 personal best times, 67 top eight placings, 4 high point trophies

Ontario Provincials

8 athletes swam to 22 personal best times, 5 top eight placings.

Records and Rankings

In addition to the almost 1400 personal best times put forth by Upper Canada’s athletes this season, the club has witnessed some amazing accomplishments which deserve mention.

Short Course Season

Records:

10 swimmers from three different groups broke 34 club records. Congratulations to Natalie Peddell, Carlyann Leigh, Keira Brazeau, Jenna Malone, Doug Wood, Liam Smith, Collin Reynolds, Jordan Prophet, Christopher Richmond, and Martin McKend.

Canadian Top 50 Rankings:

6 swimmers from three different groups place 30 swims into the Canadian TOP 50 Rankings. Congratulations to Carlyann Leigh, Keira Brazeau, Jenna Malone, Doug Wood, Liam Smith, and Collin Reynolds.

Selections:

On the strength of their short course performances three swimmers from two groups have been selected to the Ontario Summer Games Team. Congratulations to Jordan Prophet, Collin Reynolds, and Christopher Richmond.

Long Course Season (to date)

Records:

9 swimmers from 3 different groups broke 21 club records to date. Congratulations to Natalie Peddell, Carlyann Leigh, Joah Wiltse, Jenna Malone, Keira Brazeau, Liam Smith, Collin Reynolds, Jordan Prophet, and Christopher Richmond.

Canadian Top 50 Rankings:

7 swimmers from three different groups placed 50 swims in to the Canadian TOP 50 Rankings. Congratulations to Carlyann Leigh, Joah Wiltse, Jenna Malone, Keira Brazeau, Collin Reynolds, Jordan Prophet, and Christopher Richmond

Team Performance:

2^nd place overall Division III Team Championships ensuring a move to Division II next season.

Qualifiers

Regionals:

Jenny Bain, Kade Brazeau, Keira Brazeau, Maddy Baldissera, Kevin Cummings, Carlyann Leigh, Ashlyn Malone, Jenna Malone, Stevie McKend, Marty McKend, Natalie Peddell, Tiana Pitts, Jordan Prophet, Collin Reynolds, Cordell Reynolds, Christopher Richmond, Liam Smith, Amber Watson, Doug Wood, Emma Hobbs, Joah Wiltse

Provincials:

Keira Brazeau, Carlyann Leigh, Jenna Malone, Marty McKend, Jordan Prophet, Collin Reynolds, Christopher Richmond, Liam Smith, Joah Wiltse

Canadian Age Group Nationals:

Keira Brazeau, Jenna Malone, Joah Wiltse, Collin Reynolds, Jordan Prophet, Christopher Richmond.

Canada Cup:

Marty McKend, Joel Saborin

Eastern Canadian Nationals (Junior Nationals)

Collin Reynolds, Jordan Prophet, Christopher Richmond

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July 2010

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