SEASONS GREETINGS SHARKS SWIMMERS & PARENTS:

Thank you all for one of the most interesting and successful years for our excellent Swim Club, The Sharks Swim Club. All competitions and practices are complete, (except for our more committed swimmers ; please be aware of daily updates on practice times & venue), and we look forward to a New Year of discoveries and progressive improvements in and out the pool.

I would like to congratulate the members of our club on a fantastic week of swimming last week. I would also like to congratulate our Jr coaches & Qualified Coaches on achieving some excellent results from their commitment to The Sharks Swim Club.

8 Sharks Swimmers competed last week at The Short Course World Championships in Turkey and the The ASATT Invitational in Trinidad, and once again by the end of the week, we had once again overhauled the record book.  5 New National Records, and 17 New Age Group Records (including the 5 National Records) were set by 4 of the 8 Sharks swimmers, certainly a great early Christmas present for the swimmers and our club.

Jordan Augier continued to show why he has been one of the most outstanding St. Lucia Swimmers in 2012 as he set 5 New National (& Age Group) Records at the World Champs. Teammate Julien Brice set 1 New Age Group Record and was under the previous National Record in the 100 IM. Young rising stars Adriana Gooding and Katelin Samuel set 5 New Age Group Records each in Trinidad against some fierce competition from Trinidad, Barbados, Antigua & Grenada. Honorable mention to Eden Crick who was under the previous age group Record in 2 of her 6 events at the Trinidad meet.

Congratulations to Kyle Ernest who swam personal best times in all 8 of his events, Christopher Phillips who performed to his best in 7 of his 9 events, and Jyasi Daniel who raced his way to 6 personal best times in 8 of his events. 

A truly excellent way to end the year and set the bar even higher for the next generation that will try to outperform some very fast times in the near future.

CONGRATULATIONS SHARKS SwimmerS, YOU ROCK!

THANK YOU SHARKS PARENTS:

Thank You to all of our parent volunteer administrators and parents and siblings,uncles,aunts, cousins, grandparents, family friends, who all support the growth and improvement of The Sharks Swim Club. 

We look forward to the continued support and encourage many more agents and family members and family friends to consider contributing to the great sport of swimming as St. Lucia Swimming moves forward to staging a world class swimmeet in the very near future.

 "Work is done, then forgotten. Therefore it lasts forever." - Laotse

In Gratitude,

Sharks Coaching Staff - "KAIZEN" - (continuous improvement)

(P.S. SHARKS Beach Practice today Friday, 21st at the Ramp from 4:15-6 pm...All parents should account for a peak in traffic at the pick up time).

Open Pool Practice

Hi All:

We will be having an Open Pool Practice today at The Aquatic Centre for JR's and SR's from 4:30-6:30 pm.

Be pleased if swimmers would remember to bring all gear including, Caps, Goggles, Water Bottles, Towels and a warm change of clothes. 

Let's look forward to a good practice and see you at the pool later.

(Please expect an email later about a Beach Practice announcement in regards to time and place  and a wrap up of our awesome performance last week at The Short Course World Champs and The ASSAT Invitational meet).

Coach J

NO PRACTICE

There will be NO PRACTICE for SHARKS JR's tomorrow, Wednesday 27th. All regular Wednesday swimmers are welcomed to join the team for practice on Thursday 28th. SR Practice will be as per normal tmrw.

Please accept my apology for the late notice.

Regards,
Coach J

A BAKE SALE

Dear parents and swimmers,

We are thrilled to report that our swimmers excelled at the recent OECS championships!

Thank you to all parents and swimmers who supported our fund raising activities in support of our 13 Sharks Swimmers on the National team.

We have one fund raising activity left this year:

A BAKE SALE ON SATURDAY 15th DECEMBER

(We have postponed the Family Fair of 8th December, as there is a big swim meet that weekend)

We look forward to your usual enthusiastic support.

Please let us know, by return email, or tell the coaches, what items you can contribute.

 

 

 

SHARKS FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE

OECS Slideshow/Video

There is now a Slideshow/Video posted on the SLASA Site

Jubilent Return for our OECS Team

Hi all:

Tonight was a very special experience for all the members of the 2012 OECS Swimming Champions, a moment to remember for sure.

Jamie

Sharks did so well overall. See SLASA Site for details as they are put together.

Chris

I would like to take the opportunity to thank the executive for supporting the Team that was recommended to defend our championship. Our 3 SR Swimmers based in the USA, earned us 268 points and 2 of the 3 won their age group, while 1 (Julien) was just ONE point away from winning his age group.

Jamie

Fund raising

Dear Parents and Swimmers,


Thank you all for your tremendous support of our fun filled Beach BBQ at Vigie Beach last Saturday.    We raised over $2000.00 making it truly a resounding success!

 

The club also donated food to The Boys Training Center in Masade Gros-Islet at the end of the BBQ.

Please bring in any outstanding money or unsold BBQ tickets and place in the SHARKS box in the Office at the Pool.
 

The IPOD Shuffle Raffle will be drawn on Wednesday the 7th so please sell as many chances as possible.

   

 

 

 

 

 

Please note that raffle sheets and raffle money must be turned in tomorrow Tuesday November 6th. 

Well done SHARKS!

 

The Fund Raising Committee

Sharks Upodate

Hi SHARKS:

Congratulations to all our SHARKS Swimmers, YOU DID IT!  Once again we were crowned Short Course National Champions and our Girls Team  were Girls Team Champions and our Boys finished 3rd. Most important we had several outstanding swims and our team of 38 swimmers recorded an ASTOUNDING 175 Personal Best Times, along with 4 NEW Age Group Records (1 for Jyasi Daniel & Katelin Samuel & 2 for Eden Crick). THAT IS AWESOMMEEEEEEEE!!!

We have also once again had the most swimmers selected to represent St. Lucia at the OECS Swimming Championships, and they will be formally introduced to the press and SLASA Members at the pool on Sunday @ 1 pm. 

Parents we need everyone's help to raise the necessary funds to send our 2012 St. Lucia National OECS Team to Antigua this year. The Goal is $75,000 and we are almost half way there. We have one more month to raise the finds and our swim club will be having some fundraisers over the next 3-4 week period to assist.  

Please see attached a letter from our Club President with details for A BAKE SALE next week Saturday, October 20th at the JQ Mall in Rodney Bay. Please assist with donations in kind or by volunteering some of your time to help at the table.

Looking forward to a great month of swimming and hope you all will be a part of our efforts to get our SHARKS swimmers and their teammates to the OECS Championships in Antigua next month.

Warm Regards,

Coach Jamie

Long Axis Meet postponed

Todays meed has been cancelled due to weather

SEPTEMBER 2012 SCHEDULE

Hi SHARKS:

Thanks to all the Families that contributed something to to the Beach Grillin Party.  Many thanks to Chef Bobo for handling the grill & to all the mums that were organizing the buffet.  Thanks to all who came to Pigeon today to have fun spending time together as a team; it was a Great Beach Day and hope to have another day like it soon.

I have attached and copied (see below) the September Schedule. Please be advised that ALL of our Sharks Groups will be swimming at the Aquatic Center as we look fwd to having all of our club members together again.

Hope everyone is prepared to start the New Swimming Season with a positive outlook toward the continuous growth and success of our club; WE BEGIN JR & SR PRACTICE TOMORROW, (Learn to Swim will Begin on Tuesday 4th) looking forward to having the Team back in the water ... Go SHARKS!

Coach Jamie

SHARKS SWIM CLUB

SEPTEMBER 2012 SCHEDULE

Monday, SEPTEMBER 3^rd, 10^th, 17^th, 24^th

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JR’s:  4– 5:30 pm  = (4 – 4:30 = Flexibility & Stretching)      

SR’s:  5– 7 pm  =  (5 – 5:30 = Flexibility & Stretching)                      

                         

Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 4^th, 11^th, 18^th, 25^th

LTS:  3:45 – 5 pm = (LTS 1 = 3:45 – 4:15 pm ; LTS 2 = 4:15 – 5 pm)

JR’s: 4– 5:30 pm  = (4 – 4:30 = Flexibility & Stretching)

SR’s: 5– 7 pm  =  (5 – 5:30 = Flexibility & Stretching)

             

Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 5^th, 12^th, 19^th, 26^th

JR’s: 4– 5:30 pm  = (4 – 4:30 = Flexibility & Stretching)

SR’s: 5– 7 pm  =  (5 – 5:30 = Flexibility & Stretching)

Thursday, SEPTEMBER 6^th, 13^th, 20^th, 27^th 

LTS:  3:45 – 5 pm = (LTS 1 = 3:45 – 4:15 pm ; LTS 2 = 4:15 – 5 pm)

JR’s: 4– 5:30 pm  = (4 – 4:30 = Flexibility & Stretching)

SR’s: 5– 7 pm  =  (5 – 5:30 = Flexibility & Stretching)

Friday, SEPTEMBER 7^th, 14^th, 21^st, 28^th – ( @ REDUIT BEACH )

JR’s & SR’s: 4-6 pm  = (4 – 4:30 pm = Flexibility & Stretching)

Saturday,  SEPTEMBER 8^th, 15^th, 22^nd. 29^th

                       

JR’s & SR’s: 8:30 – 10:30 AM = (8:30 – 9 AM = Flexibility & Stretching)