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PRACTICE TIMES

Nanaimo Aquatic Centre 

(*Beban Pool for September - see below)

  • Mondays  7:30 to 8:30 pm*

  • Wednesdays  7:30 to 8:30 pm*

  • Saturdays 9:30 to 11:00 am

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR 2011 START-UP and REGISTRATION:

The Nanaimo Aquatic Centre is closed for the month of September. We will be swimming at BEBAN POOL in September. In order to accommodate different swimming needs and levels at Beban Pool we are offering TWO sessions Mondays and Wednesdays: 

*For stroke correction and stamina  building, join Darcy for the September workouts from 7:00-8:00 pm, Mon.-Wed.

*For endurance, join Courtney's September workouts from 8:00-9:00 pm, Mon.-Wed.

*Jacko will coach the Saturday endurance workouts from 9:30-11:00 am (short break halfway); all swimmers are welcome.

CONTACT US

  • e-mail: ebbtides@shaw.ca 

  • Margie Sanderson, President  (250) 390-3612

  • Karina Younk, Past-President (250)756-1002

  • Steve Ricketts, Treasurer (250) 751-1506

UPCOMING MEETS 

For all meet information, check the

MSABC Website

 

Saturday, December 3 is our 31st Annual Ebbtides Meet. Register now!

 

We had 24 of our swimmers at the Canadian Masters Swimming Championship we hosted in Nanaimo in May, 2010! At provincials in April 2011, 12 of our swimmers competed!

WHO ARE THE EBBTIDES?

We are a club formed under the umbrella of the Masters Swim Association of BC. We provide pool time and coaching for recreational and competitive swimmers. Our club has 60+ members aged 19-76, some who have been with the club for over 25 years. We have hosted a swim meet every year for 30 years and encourage all of our swimmers to give this meet a try even if they have never swam in a meet before.

  WHAT ELSE DOES THE CLUB DO?

Our club organizes socials so club members can get to know their fellow swimmers with their clothes on. E-mail invitations are sent out to members.  

We participate in Masters Swim meets. You can see how your hard work has improved your swim times. You can sign up to participate in the Million Metre Challenge by logging your workout distances with Masters Swimming Canada. We also sponsor two classes of school swim lesson programs each year.

Watch out for the 50 50s on 50 challenges between the Ebbtides and the masters swim team in Lethbridge! Here are the club members who beat out Lethbridge in  December, 2010!

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REGISTRATION FORM  

Our 2011-2012 season runs 

Sept. 7/11-June 30/12 

at the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre (September will be at Beban Pool).  

You may join any time and opt to swim 1, 2 or 3 times a week as your schedules and interests permit. You are welcome to drop in for one of our workouts to see what we are about. Come early to sign up! Get in the water faster by filling out our on-line registration form and bringing it with you.

WHAT ARE THE FEES?

Our Ebbtides fees include admission to the pool so it's like paying your pool fee with the added benefit of great coaching, a swim routine planned for you and a fun social group to help you reach your goals. Fees are flexible to meet members' busy schedules. Swimmers can opt to swim:

  • once a week ($35/mo or $315/yr*) 

  • twice a week ($55/mo or $495/yr*); 

  • 3x/week ($65/mo or $585/yr*)

  • All members must pay the $50 club fee. This fee covers the membership with MSABC and MSC ($38) and club social expenses ($12).

*BONUS! If you pay in advance for the year (10 months), you swim in June for free.

Benefits 

  • Fitness, fun, and fabulous strokes!

  • Borrow swim DVDs to improve technique

  • Discount card from NAC's Swim Shop

  • The annual club fee registration of $50 covers our club insurance, social expenses and  membership with MSABC (Masters Swimming Association of BC) and MSC (Masters Swimming Canada). 

EBBTIDES ANNUAL MEET 

Dec.3, 2011 Meet Registration

 

2010-11 Meet Results 

Team Point Scores for 2010-11 

 

We had 110 swimmers at our 30th annual meet in November, 2010! 

 

  WE DID IT! 

In May 2010, the Nanaimo Ebbtides Masters Swim Club 

hosted 600 swimmers (24 from our club) at the 2010

Canadian Masters 

Swim Championships!

IS COACHING PROVIDED?

We currently have three qualified coaches guiding us in our efforts to swim faster and farther. Jacko is on deck Saturdays, and Darcy and Courtney coach on Mondays and Wednesdays. Each coach ensures there is a workout to please every type of swimmer from recreational to competitive. If you are not getting as much correction as you would like or if the workout isn't hard enough for you, talk with your coach.  

OTHER SWIMMING LINKS:

Not yet 19? Visit the Nanaimo Riptides and Nanaimo White Rapids websites.

 

WHO CAN JOIN?

Can you swim 15 to 20 lengths of the pool? Are you wanting to improve your strokes, stamina or speed? Then the Nanaimo Ebbtides Masters Swim Club has a lane waiting for you!

Don't be fooled! The name Masters simply means that you need to be 19 years of age or older. Many of us are much, much older and still a long ways from being masters in the art of swimming!

We cater to all abilities of swimming, but you will need basic swimming skills and some endurance. If you aren’t sure, come watch us swim so you can judge for yourself.

Our youngest swimmer at the 2009 Ebbtides meet was Andrew at 18. Our oldest swimmer at the 2009 Ebbtides meet was Fred at 90!

 

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