Follow the link here to find out about all the details.

http://www.sharks.bc.ca/­page20/­page24/­page24.php

Please find attached the new results of Wednesday's test set.
Congratulations - some impressive results.
Keep track of your points!

Congratulations to the 5 swimmers that were selected to join the ranks of only 20 other swimmers from Vancouver Island to attend the 12 and under training Camp. This is an annual camp that selects swimmers based on their total FINA points to date. It is an honour to be chosen and highlights the hard work that these 5 have put in. Keep up the great work!!

Jordyn Ryan
Gabrielle Wolfe
Dustin Raume
Ethan Asthly
Ben Neufeld

In your parent handbooks you may have noted that the Comox Valley Aquatic Club has a "Code of Conduct" policy that is there to ensure that the club has fun, enjoyable ans safe environment for all its members. It has been updated this 2011-2012 year. The updated document is here for you to download. It outlines not only what is expected of our members but what what you can expect from club.

Small Contingent Big Results

Eight Comox Valley Aquatic Club Sharks travelled to Victoria for the Island Pacific Cup last weekend. The competition was tough with new Olympic Head Coach Randy Bennet swimming his "Academy" swimmers in the meet. "The swimmers were really inspired to be swimming with Olympic level swimmers such as Julia Wilkinson or Blake Worsley. It pushed them to bring on their "A" game." commented Sharks Head Coach Albert Burgund.

Three swimmers qualified for the Age Group Nationals which will be held in Calgary next summer: Brooke
Lamoureux (800 free,200 butterfly,400 IM), Emma Neufeld (50 back) and Ben Neufeld(200 back). The others did some impressive swimming too. Julianna Bartemucci , Gabrielle Wolfe and Mario Venegas all swam 100% best times and managed to make some new "AAA" (provincial standard) qualifying times in the process! The medal count ran up impressively - Brooke lead the pack with 7 gold and 1 silver while Ben followed up with 3 gold, 2 Silver and 3 Bronze. Congratulations to all the swimmers on a job well done.

The Sharks would like to thank the community and their sponsors for all their support. For complete results and information on the club please visit our
result page on our website.

Many thanks to everyone for volunteering at the meet this weekend. The meet would not have gone as smoothly if it hadn't been for all of you. Everyone pitching in got the jobs done quickly and efficiently. The old adage certainly is true. Many hands make light work. I am very grateful for so many hands. And it was great to see and meet so many new faces.
Special thanks to our Campbell River friends for helping. We look forward to giving back by volunteering at your meet in early Dec.
CVAC is also very appreciative of the members of the masters and the community in general who came out to help. Hope you enjoyed the great swimming.

Please accept my sincere gratitude for all your hard work and time you gave to the event. It was a real pleasure to work with such competent and enthusiastic officials and volunteers.

Heather Ney
Meet Manager

Hello folks.Every Wednesday from now I will be running a test set - please down-load the attached sheets (explanation and first test set results) and go over them with your swimmer NOW PLEASE - Thank you!
I will require some assistance - timing and recording - so if you can spare some time (about 1.25 hours) I would appreciate it. Perhaps we can set up a schedule - I need about 4-5 volunteers each Wednesday - get back to me () and I can set up the schedule - give me your preferred date/time.Thanx-a-million!

The swimmers get points for being "the best at execution" - how they did compared to a formula NOT by how fast they were (although that's good too) I am trying to teach their bodies HOW to execute a specific strategy.

Click on the document below to download the sheet

Greetings Shark families!



We will begin session 2 of our Shark School program on Tuesday, November 1. Shark School is our non-competitive program for 12 & under Swimmers.



We will be holding Shark School registrations at the Sports Centre from 4-6pm. Please feel free to let friends and family know who may be interested in our program. You can contact me at or Coach Albert at for more information.

Here is the 2011-2012 draft of our meets. You can you this this as guide of whats coming up. Remember that it is a draft and is subject to changes. You can download the PDF file below or follow the link to the list.

Now you may not need equipment like this but swimming does requiring a few items beyond the obvious swim suit. Coach Albert has put together a list of the things that each squad should have. Please make sure your swimmer has these and brings them to practice each week. Most of these items can be purchased at the swim shop at the pool If you have any questions about this please take the time to talk with Coach Albert. You can download the list below.

Lyle and Kimberly Pierce from the club have put together a fabulous offer to our members. They run a commercial fishery and have offered to bring fabulous seafood direct to our members while at the same time helping you raise money towards your fundraising commitment! Click here for the full details. http://www.sharks.bc.ca/­page14/­page16/­page16.php

Comox Valley Aquatic Club - Sharks is a swim club dedicated to the overall development of personal excellence.

Our long term vision is attract individuals of all ability levels and develop healthy champions in sport and life by providing a framework for success through progressive learning, personal growth and competition.