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For practice after Nationals and before Worlds in Montreal: London Sunset Outdoor Long Course Meet 12-July-2014, 5:00pm Warm Up Meet Info 8-lane outdoor 50m pool London, Ontario Driving time from Wasaga Beach – 3hr 5min 3rd Ithaca Masters Long Course … Continue reading →

Ontario Masters Swimming Championships – DAY 3 … 50 Breaststroke – 36.85 for 3rd 100 Individual Medley – 35.16 + 39.98 = 1:15.14 for 7th 200 Backstroke – 37.58 + 41.69 + 42.49 + 42.04 = 2:43.80 for 2nd (1st:  Todd … Continue reading →

Ontario Masters Swimming Championships – DAY 2 … 50 Backstroke – 32.96 for 2nd (1st:  Dave Town 30.31) 50 Freestyle – 29.47 for 8th (just a cruise as 100 BK was 10 min later) 100 Backstroke – 35.40 + 37.42 … Continue reading →

Short loosen-up swim at the Windsor International Aquatic Center on Day 1 of the Masters Swimming Ontario Provincial Championships.

Hosted by the Nepean Masters Swim Club at the Nepean Sportsplex. Friday 17-May: 50 Back – 32.71 (splits 15.9 + 16.8) – Silver Medal – new best time Saturday 18-May: 100 Free – 1:05.18 (splits 30.41 + 34.77) – 8th place … Continue reading →

Practice cancelled due to CFB Borden Pool Closure. The pool is re-opening later today – Friday practice will go as normal.

Practice CANCELLED due to a mechanical issue at the pool. Opening ???

The Elite Men’s and Women’s waves were the last off the beach on Friday afternoon. USM Events has posted video of the action on YouTube … watch via embedded links on the Beast News page: http://www.adventureimaging.ca/BEAST/news.htm

Media Release by USM Events for the race results: O’Brien claims victory over reigning champion Gorman reclaims title Gold Coast’s George O’Brien scored a surprise win over swim king Ky Hurst at the Eyeline 1000 Noosa Ocean Swim today, while … Continue reading →

2010 Noosa Triathlon Race Day 1500m Swim

Noosa Ocean 1000 Race Day

To the best of my knowledge, the last time there was a swim meet cup in the family was 29-Nov-1950. It appears that the A.M.P. Teams Mercantile Relay held a touch more significance than the recent “Not Serious” Championship: Second … Continue reading →

Etobicoke’s Semi-Serious IV had a pretty big turnout with racing in both 25m tanks. BEAST had five swimmers in attendance: Full meet results and videos are posted on the BEAST News page. It was Leslie’s first meet and she sure … Continue reading →

Results for BEAST swimmers from the Brantford Meet have been posted on our web site … see BEAST News. We’re still waiting for the full meet results to be posted on the Masters Swimming Canada web site Congrats to all … Continue reading →

Videos of some of the BEAST swimmers racing at Brantford can be viewed on the BEAST web site News Page. See more photos below.

Now, who had fun at the Brantford Meet? Details to follow once the results are published. Video to come too!

Finally … a few mintues of interent cafe time to post a bit of news from the World Masters Swimming Championships, taking place in Perth West Australia. The 100m Freestyle was my first race of the meet and I was … Continue reading →

Some of the regular readers have mentioned that the blog has been rather empty since last November. The last entry of note was a short description and a few photos of the 2007 Noosa Ocean 1000 Swim. Unfortunately a Plague … Continue reading →

Conditions at Noosa’s main beach late Friday afternoon were perhaps a touch calmer than 2006. The organizers used smaller markers this year, which held their positions. Being the 25th anniversary of the Noosa Triathlon, entries in the Ocean Swim were … Continue reading →

The Eyeline 1000 Ocean swim is held off Noosa’s main beach, in Laguna Bay. The bay is open to the North – North-East, which appears to be the prevalent wind direction at this time of year. On the following satellite … Continue reading →

Friday 2Nov2007 – So it is race day again … my third try at the 1000m Ocean Swim at Noosa. I’ve come to realize that conditions for this race are as the ocean prefers … rough and tumble … as … Continue reading →

Our very own swimming phenom, Issa P., will be diving into pool in a few hours racing for the Canadian Forces Team at the 4th Conseil International du Sport Militair (CISM) World Military Games. The swimming competition is taking place … Continue reading →

Check out the details on the MSO (Masters Swimming Ontario) web site’s What’s New 2007 page for details on the early January Swim Camp being organized by Claus Koch. It will be at the Lagunamar all inclusive resort on Margarita … Continue reading →