By Tony on July 21, 2011
Five hundred swimmers entered the 63rd Across The Lake Swim last Saturday July 16th. The 2.1km swim is an annual event that starts at Ferryman’s Wharf, West Kelowna and ends at Hot Sands Beach in City Park, Kelowna. The ATLS started in 1949, and rates as the longest standing open water swim event in Canada. [...]
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By Tony on July 21, 2011
At the awards ceremony for the 2011 Across The Lake Swim on July 16th, Brent Hobbs and Jennifer Leach-Trask were pleased to announce this year’s winner of the Jan Morrow award: Eli Dimitrov.
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By Tony on July 20, 2011
Here are a couple of photo-video collages for your entertainment: BC Provincials 2011 (April 15-17) Across The Lake Swim 2011 (July 16) Enjoy!
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By Tony on June 26, 2011
Introducing our 2011 Summer Season. Existing members, $100 covers the full two-month Summer Season. The fee includes the open-water session on Fridays. New members should complete the application from. Click on this header, or Article: “2011 Summer Season” below.
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By Tony on February 26, 2011
As we approach the end of February, membership exceeded 110, making OMSC one of the largest Masters swim clubs in British Columbia
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By Tony on December 21, 2010
Get the latest OMSC news with ‘Catch-Up’ our News Flash for December. Catch-Up is in addition to the coaching newsletter from Jon which will appear on a quarterly basis.
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By Tony on November 25, 2010
It’s Sunday morning . . . So, what do our Masters swimmers get up to on a Sunday morning? Dress funny Hang around in the hot tub. Did I mention dress funny? The Usual Suspects …anything to shorten one of Coach Jon’s 90 minute workouts.
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By Tony on October 16, 2010
The spirit of fun, friendship, fitness and friendly competition was alive and well at the Winefest Swim meet hosted by Okanagan Masters Swim Club on October 9th……… HOT OFF THE PRESS. Head Coach Jon Smirl’s “OK Swim Times”, a must read about the people and the doings of the Okanagan Masters Swim Club:- Click here [...]
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By admin on July 9, 2010
For immediate release July 7, 2010 Contact: Jeanette Hoft jeanette@hoft.ca Phone: 250-215-3623 Okanagan swimmers draw attention to the environment Kelowna –On July 3rd five swimmers entered Georgia Strait, or the northern arm of the newly named Salish Sea, near Sechelt and emerged less than 10 hours later at Pipers Beach in Nanaimo. The swimmers crossed [...]
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By Peter Rudd on January 14, 2010
An exciting bed time reading article about the study of drafting and the best distance to draft. A real page turner!
Posted in Articles, Feature | Tagged drafting, freestyle, open water swimming
